the stories that shape the way here on r t y reporting confirmed as russia's president elect after securing a comfortable win in the polls but many believe tough challenges for the new leader why have. the election process thousands to russia's streets rallying for and against the outcome with the opposition movement facing a test for support and made accusations of failed expectations. the arab league season i took on with russia on how serious crisis should be on the i mean growing calls for foreign intervention and fears that could lead to further bloodshed. greece receives a cold shower from ratings agencies after it finally seals a debt deal with private investors with moody's declaring the country in default.

watching r t thanks for being with us we'll take a look at the top stories of the week today russia's prime minister well the report will soon return to the kremlin for his third presidential term a official this week after he secured a first round wash away but despite finishing way ahead of the other candidates there is a growing feeling that serious challenge those lie i have for the country's future leader are his likes are chefs in our reports. because one emotional minefield led you to judge john i do you we would when we get him. when you are young. but your prime minister may have just a foreign history is going to assume no one would be surprised if it was posed by

the jury will be chilly. it was hardly a shock instead you had been the elections clear front runner but eventually result of almost sixty four percent stunned even those. who would never think. such a high result so it's even higher than downward predicted for ourselves and shows once again actually proves that that person is a political figure number one in this country and his potential is yes to is yet to be open to those of it but it's no time to party now many experts believe can just real challenge in fact starts now that. this will be sort of a battle between the two i'll terakhir of concepts all of that state are relevant for hearing development strategies for myself i've been to try the first concept as putting the land they want russian political system to be transparent whereas russia's economy where they will be no net parties and no corruption but on the

other hand this other group of process elite as well as russian probably whom i associate with a deal they just need status quo they need just some ten dollars from the state they don't want any change which is that will come nowhere to change manifested itself in the sudden rise of me how you could of in under four months the russian billionaire managed to persuade more than five million people to vote for him many say this new face in the country school ticks has serious potential and people have already declared an intention to form an opposition party with putin promising he would cooperate with it he symbolizes the new rules the new russia is some dish and . other candidates. from the old stylish summit. and. then all you know anymore leaders of the younger generation and figures speak for themselves second place community leaders to gun

of gauge seventeen percent in his fifth competing for presidency less than he sporty had earned at the parliamentary vote and experts say even this came mostly as protest building in the eyes of many this is a clear city. no it's time for fringe politicians to make way in the western countries if a party loses the election its leader is no friend changed if it happens again then he's definitely changed these guys had lost three times prior to this a lot of those folks are still seen as being somewhat out of touch you and the russians traders you know look these guys had their chance in the one nine hundred ninety s. they screwed things up you know we still need stronger leadership variable to offer we need a more concrete program to boot and will continue his work as prime minister for two more months the period which could become crucial and decisive for the country's long term future the idea that a portion will officially return to the kremlin on may the seventh that is when his inauguration takes place michael then the president elect will have to work out

a strategy of holding a dialogue between those in power and those in the streets and given that some are still calling for him to step down even after such a convincing victory this may prove to be quite a task. alexy recess t.r.t. reporting from moscow. opposition rallies are taking place in the weeks leading up to the vote and even after the presidential election outcome thousands took to the streets but amber of those protesting is throwing laying out the nature of the demonstrations as changing to renegotiate examines what's caused a shift and a protest movement. in the protestors unhappy with the results of the presidential elections to the streets the day after the most took place some kept the police busy. to give thanks to both decided to hold steve you wanted to ours yes you weren't there yet it was a good no no no i'm not going to leave the square i'm staying here until putin leaves where the tents and there were no tents but there was

a fountain which shows is a neat shift staged to make you statements from and from which police removes him in several dozens of his supporters. as the situation repeated itself on saturday when police pulled. all that stuff from an electricity transformer again after the opposition rally was officially over but the antics of the opposition leaders seem to do little to keep people coming to protest rallies for years about but also it was the what they stated if that hysteria that irritation and aggression had continues it would have alienated the public no one here wants a revolution it wants to fight with police that people who come to these protests only want change or they don't like shit all violence which is what could scare them away the results of the elections to the studio was hotly contested by many brought tens of thousands out in the streets of moscow the day out to presidential elections their only half of that number showed up to push his case square and even

fewer still to the demonstration on saturday night of the race yesterday and all i see everything the protest action was took place over the last that i'd rather see it was a good idea that ridiculous not a silly way out of the old president it was good i didn't care it was there some blame the lack of a coherent idea and out series of unity among the opposition leaders for the waning support was a matter of fact that i think these people all have a different agenda some don't even know why the hair i find a spot i don't see different independent candidate says i could choose from but i don't think we can we have reached any goals by coach or flight beings even some of the most vocal supporters of the movement for fair elections six solid foundations are necessary to carry on with the movement ok because that's in the back of some sort of regulation and structure is needed some sort of goals an understanding of what happens next which could be easily understood by people who are also necessary of the protest movement first began as

a call for free and fair elections in russia following the vote for the state duma seems to have turned into haphazard series of gatherings they have achieved success in bringing people. stooge of the streets yeah. try to attract more attention to their slogans. we are now witnessing this slogan states to be changed. or. impact the rallies seem to have only one slogan account with putin. if you leave no one seems to know in moscow and those who are to follow western media have been largely critical of both russia's election rock and its outcome in the us there were allegations of planned vote rigging even before the polls opened and to barack obama almost a week to congratulate put nonis when i just got to count has more from washington . even before the election the american audience were primed to believe that the

presidential vote in russia had to be a fraud now is this one going to be worth it when the west will call a free and fair election. it seems are highly unlikely that it will be a free and fair election in our sense of the term and that is washes made their choice when you have the results of russia's presidential election before a single vote was cast if you look at how western let's look at russian opinion there's a tendency to ignore an open communication so support is ignored which is genuine there was an unprecedented monitoring of the elections in russia with cameras in all polling stations and almost a million washes volunteered to observe the vote certain violations have been reported they are being investigated the questions i'm asking is why would try to rig the vote when opinion polls before the elections clearly indicated that he had sixty plus percent support very possible to put himself in order any of this stuff but it's perfectly plausible that people will call magistrates or governors they

wanted to impress people for the blind by demonstrating how strong supporter good was in their area when it comes to the media coverage here it's not just about reporting on certain irregularities which absolutely should be covered. but it's when perception is being created the vote was a fraud no matter what the majority of russians say and it caps the struggle not just on the future president but also on those who voted for him i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.p. in congress to assessments by the west russian authorities their recent election was the most transparent in the country's history to support this claim there were a record number of international action observers and some two hundred thousand web cameras installed air polling stations but that is to say found out the costly initiative serving are just to ensure transparency but also to produce some moments of hilarity. allegations of widespread voter fraud in last december's parliamentary

elections set off a wave of ness of protests mr putin sensitive to the incited opposition he ordered the installation of with cameras and all of russia's pulling stations it has been a very ambitious and costly project for the russian government not everybody was convinced by the use of the web cameras to ensure transparency the cameras however did prove to be quite handy in some provinces such as date is done in one station the results were cancelled after the cameras showed by legions of election procedures. the web cameras reproduced a fascinating slice of russian provincial life which went viral and got hundreds of clicks on social networking sites such as. some even joke that mr putin gave us the best reality show. cameras captured various activities from cultural dancing in chechnya. to russian women apps training and lots of dancing.

one a video that was a hit with this three hundred thousand hits on you tube this man bring in michael jackson's moonwalk back to life his ballot. we caught up with him and ask if he expected his video to beat this popular song i would say we did it for fun not for free actually i was surprised that we were the only ones who took this way i thought they should have been more people like us there were a lot of opportunities to create whatever you want i hope next time people will feel more creatively with the election and the world and the country awaits the swearing in the president elect mr brahimi putin as well the rest of us there's no doubt we'll never forget the kim says that people gave us all their lives from all across the country and those who thought that their moment on camera wasn't being

watched by greedy we were looking. to ban anything on t.v. . well i guess for this week's top story endowed by logging on to a special section dedicated to the presidential elections in russia on our website r.t. dot com discover what russians thing makes an ideal president and whether people want evolutionary or revolutionary changes for the country watched. we've got plenty of expert opinion on this story and the very latest footage of posthole demonstrations this and much more in store for you at r.t. cop. now russia and the arab league have agreed a plan to help syria and its yearlong crisis in which thousands of people die here greenland's came out after months of diplomatic bickering over how to tackle the turmoil speaking after a meeting with our counterparts in cairo russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov

says the agreed plan sends an important message to all sides in the syrian conflict . we've agreed a joint position of five main points so that's just not violence wherever it comes from second to create an impartial and independent monitoring system. no external interference forces the unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid to the syrians and finally firms of christiane's mission to start political dialogue between the government and opposition groups you've seen your visit some of the new group. the un arab amboy coffee annan is currently on a peace mission and the mask is but he's afeard were dismissed before they officially began a series external opposition firmly rejected the government talks the group's renewed calls for military pressure on the regime was followed by qatar's suggestion are to deploy foreign troops to syria but as artie's brave enough now reports outside interference the country's conflict is raising fears of an even

bigger crisis. as the syrian conflict stretches own sometimes it has also spread geographically by case of the uprising a felt far from the country's borders what's happening in syria is. rages and what you've seen is the international community mobilize against the assad regime strategic analyst look to some leaves says one thing is clear though that move the isolation has many more force than officially stated. during the operation in baba amr. the syrian army arrested fighters from gulf countries and afghanistan iraq libya and some european states their work was coordinated by qatari and saudi intelligence officers as well as cia and mossad it's also seized israeli weapons especially if you take take missiles and israeli drones while the u.s. and many other countries have admitted al qaeda linked extremists groups fighting alongside the armed opposition in syria dr celine's says some countries are using

those groups to further their own interests. to get local players involved in order to hide there and this is why we hear mostly arabs like saudi arabia and qatar or iran these countries don't have democracy at home of course they cannot ask for a status thing in syria they have another agenda. there are books and written sources where this plan is described in detail decades ago and had a question of a blogger and freelance journalist has been investigated for a new serious crisis since last year but she says this is a story with three main chapters often smuggled across the border overseas contractors and foreign cash when you see a lot of money in syria i believe this is comparable to what happened in civil war. there were plenty of money then you will find that the governor talk

about how there is the ballot or something nobody would get in so. now you would see now this is a. city with more and more reports on international involvement emerging and calls to the opposition gets louder even photos of the grassroots of the uprising the initial euphoria is turning the tide. i can say we regret what we did but we don't want things to go back for a turn so much militarized globalized and violent. we never wanted and don't know what fears are of lizzie's says that it could be too late to stop this all too far into flames of conflict while the conflict between president bashar assad and his opponents here in syria about to enter itself india and other conflicts is also in full swing between those calling on dialogue and political settlement as the way out and those who insist on military solution and the let's say started into

a fight almost as important as the one claiming blood on the streets. written or shot see damascus syria the us pentagon said this week it was ordered to review its potential options on syria which include the enforcement already no fly zone and humanitarian airlift transport castro says washington's not interested in diplomacy in the middle eastern country. when you hear war hawks like senators lindsey graham and john mccain calling for blogs away and again go back and play over you see this same scenario their heads come in and they say we have to because we need to and we have to use diplomacy in the meanwhile they're building up the military conflict and you heard president obama say at the height of the iranian incident with netanyahu that he said you know that at this time when there is not

a lot of sympathy for iran and it's only now law i. is on the ropes we have to quiet it down a little bit. and still to come some world leaders just refused to take their foot off the gas want to comes to tehran israel insists a military attack on iran is still on the cards even despite the agreement between islamic state and foreign powers to renew talks on iran's controversial nuclear program. plus nuclear fears continue to spread in japan as experts accuse the government of failing to disclose information one year after an earthquake and tsunami sparked an atomic crisis. this week greece finally concluded a deal with private investors considered to be the vegas to death right down and history agreements which reduces degree burn by over one hundred billion euros was

hailed by the european leaders as a solution to any use of canonic woes however there was no applause from the ratings agencies with moody's declaring absence in default on its debt and another refer thick as downgrade agrees to restricted default status chris we've heard chief strategist and vestment firm troika dollops says there's a bigger threat hanging over not only respond all west from backs. frankly this is no longer. about greece what's at stake here is the bigger picture in europe is that if there is a technical default if it's that's what it's called then they would put at risk the whole basis of the c.d.s. market the c.d.s. market is essentially a bond insurance scheme that banks use when they take out the investment vons in one country and the be effectively paid insurance premium reflecting the risk of default and country so the c.d.s. is the word mature it's pretty moving up and down it's what gives is

a measure of how risky one country's debt is relative to another so if there's a technical default in greece it needs that the c.d.s. spread didn't work and therefore there's you question michael for whether or not you like to see a spread of the insurance premiums everywhere else is also valid and that's a most two trillion dollar business still believe if that starts to give confidence in that system is undermined then you're looking at potentially catastrophic consequences for western banks and therefore the western economy so that's really what's at stake it really is that serious. and don't forget to check out plenty more news stories and comments on our web site there for you right now shallowing shot israel fires missiles and gaza killing at least fifteen palestinians including two militant leaders find the aftermath food in full at r.t. dot com. plus the social networks tearing families apart and the wife who

discovered her husband was already married. to a ride out of world powers have finally reached an agreement on resuming high level talks giving and new hope for a peaceful resolution to the nuclear standoff islamic state however a war negotiations would fail if the west keeps piling on the pressure the spy the push for diplomacy from the u.s. administration the israeli prime minister signaled during a meeting with brock obama that military action is still an option later records emerged that israel had asked washington for weapons that could be crucial and striking iran's underground facilities and us the fans chief in turn said an american attack on iran would be far more effective thus putting military confrontation back on the table but many experts say political interest before u.s.

presidential election will prevail over ramped up war rhetoric. obama administration does not want to ever work before the election at this point they seem to be trying to soft pedal it anytime you attack and have a war with a country as substantial as iran's and is influential in so many countries are in it borders it borders afghanistan it borders iraq it's across the straits from saudi arabia and other of the smaller countries in the gulf you can't attack a country like iran and expect to have enormous unforseen consequences if you're israel or the united states so i think anyone who thinks that an attack on iran would be just you know some bombing runs and then it would be over is deluding themselves it would be totally unpredictable where that would go now they are at this hour we talked iran's deputy foreign minister on the likelihood of military

confrontation over his country's nuclear program. japan marks one year since a devastating earthquake and tsunami killed over nine hundred thousand people devastating an entire nation. silence has been observed at the exact moment the quake hit last march that's nonie turn whole neighborhoods into the breach leaving hundreds of thousands homeless but also triggered the worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century after the cooling systems at the fukushima plant were knocked out our knowledge gunderson energy adviser at fairwinds associates said mary details about the crisis remain undisclosed with the contamination spreading well beyond the fiction area you know and. i think the government has been slow to disclose facts ever since the accident occurred there's clearly the cleanup is going to cost

around a half a trillion dollars u.s. that's not just for the site but for the prefecture of fukushima as well but the contamination goes well beyond the appreciate your pick it up in tokyo and that's two hundred fifty kilometers away the entire north of the country as a public health hazard here because everyone is exposed to real actors you know radioactive stride and otherwise it will. take a look now at other stories making news around the world at least eleven people howling ben have been killed and dozens more injured after a bomb exploded during our funeral in the northwest pakistani city of peshawar police believe the attack was targeting still come on the deputy speaker of the provincial soundly who has been critical of islamic militants in the region because not injured. u.s. soldier has been detained in afghanistan after shooting at civilians in kandahar

local officials say the servicemen killed at least three people after opening fire inside a house the incident is under investigation by both nato and afghan officials car was this enough protest last month after u.s. troops mistakenly burn copies of the koran at their military base. now this week several top members of the hacker group while security were arrested and charged with cyber crimes any york the group is most famous for its support of we can expand attacks on websites belonging to the cia fox news and credit card companies failure of law and security however is reported to have worked for the u.s. government following a prior arrest last year and is alleged to happen for him and his former colleagues robert harris from the hayes fired party believes the arrest was only encourage more attacks from and out of us. who resorted to direct because they don't. dissipate. and i think

cross achievement a lot of them are. actually causing significant damage is worse and then. i think it's a good thing that i don't see more governments actually engaged with the relation. the only as well as the. good sense of contracting you are going to see the government in the u.k. especially but all over the world in gauging with the public and europe you can see . the internet and it's not just. a very happy date here on our way where we can have our top stories.

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