find out what's really happening to the global economy u. conn's record one or two. of. the stories that shape the week here on our t.v. i'm reporting confirmed as russia's president elect after securing a comfortable when a poll by man it will leave the top challengers for the new leader will lie ahead. election draws the others to russia's streets rallying for and against the outcome with the opposition movement facing a test for support of accusations of failed expectations. the arab league season i'd offer with russia on how serious crisis should be ended amid growing calls for foreign intervention and fears it could lead to further bloodshed. and greece receives a cold shower from ratings agencies after it finally seals

a dead deal with private investors with ruiz declaring country in default. one piano the russian capital you're watching r t with me wearing a joshing welcome to the program now russia's prime minister vladimir putin will soon return to the kremlin for his third presidential term made official this week after he secured a first round watching when but despite finishing way ahead of the other candidates there is a growing feeling that serious challenges i have for the country's future leader. in our reports. it was one emotional night full fledge even approaching yeah i do still i promised you we would when we get him. i. only have one. but you will be prime minister may have just defined history as my history but no one would be surprised if it was caused by the joy of victory i it was hardly

a shock as clinton had been the elections clear front runner but even still result of almost sixty four percent stunned even those at the helm who would never think of such a high result so it's even higher than that were predicted for ourselves and shows once again actually proves that person is a political figure number one advanced country and that he's potential is here to is yet to be oh those are there but it's no time to party now many experts believe can just real challenge in fact starts now and this will be sort of a battle between the two outer of course it's all of that state irrelevant coherent development strategies for myself i've been to fry the first calls of pork in a land they want russian political system to be transparent whereas russia's economy where they will get no nepotism and no corruption but on the other hand

this other group of process elite as well as the russian public whom i associate with a day or two just on 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 pull it off 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's politics has serious potential and growth could have already declared an intention to form an opus ition party with putin promising he would cooperate with it to symbolize the new rules the new russia has some dishes. 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 communist leaders are going to gauge seventeen percent in his fifth

complained for presidency less that he scored he 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 signal it's time for fringe politicians to make way in western countries if a party loses the election its leader is known for changed if it happens again then he's definitely changed these guys had lost three times prior to this move a lot of those folks are still seen as being somewhat out of touch the view of the russian street is 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 and they're able to offer we need a more concrete program. who 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 david a portion will officially return to the kremlin on may the seventh that is when his inauguration takes place until 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 convincing victory this may prove to be quite a task alexi russia ski r.t. reporting from moscow opposition rallies have taken place in the weeks leading up to vote and even after the presidential election outcome foul zones to clear the streets but a number of those protesting as dwindling at the nature of the demonstrations is changing to artillery i wish to examine what's causing a shift in a protest movement. when the protestors unhappy with the results of the presidential elections took to the streets the day after the votes to place some. kept the police busy. to give them self decided to i'll stay they wanted two hours yes it was their third it was ignored 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 all died so choses a makeshift stage to make his statements from and from which police removed him and several dozens of his supporters. the situation repeated itself on saturday when police pulled that suffer from an atrocity transformer again after the opposition rally was officially over but the counting said the opposition leaders seem to do little to keep people coming to protest rallies three years ago but also it was the old police did it if that hysteria that irritation and aggression had continues it would have alienated the public no one here wants to revolutionise one wants to fight with police the people who come to these protests only want change they don't want bloodshed all violence which is what could scare them away the results of the elections to the studio much hotly contested by many brought tens of thousands on the streets of moscow the day out to presidential elections there are only half of that number showed up to push his case square and even fewer still to the

demonstration on saturday some of the ratio was agreed and all i see every single protest action which took place of a lot of them are gonna see it was a thing of money that they are you going to sack so go out ok as i did with your guys you know here is all here some blame the lack of a coherent idea and an absence of unity among the opposition leaders for the winning support such i had i think these people all have a different agenda some don't even know why the hair if i was gone i don't see different independent candidates that i could choose from but i tell you think we can really reach any calls by protests lightings even some of the most vocal support. as of the movement for peer actions see solid foundations are necessary to carry on with the movement ok because that's in the is not some sort of regulation and structure is needed some sort of goals an understanding of what happens next which can be easily understood by people who are also necessary of the protest

movement which 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. to the streets. try to see which rights or extensions their slogans but we are now witnessing that their slogan states to be change the elites for us gender impact the rallies seem to have only one slogan account with putin what to do if he leaves no one seems to know in moscow and those who are to. the west has been largely critical of both russia's election rock and its outcome often implying fraud even before the polls opened but only ok former foreign minister again of miliband went even further calling coffin a ruthless dictator who were the last his next term in power are his i regret it looks into how this harsh rhetoric reflects the west's selective coverage of

russian affairs. a ruthless dictator whose days are numbered all exactly the language of international diplomacy but that's what britain's former foreign secretary thinks of russia's president elect casting his aspersions even before russians cast their vote while david miliband is use in the sort of expressions dictatorship conform to reality in a dictatorship people are not allowed to protest people are not allowed to walk around publicly with placards in the face of the leader of the country with the rocketry terms written across these cards we've seen this in russia david miliband comments appeared in a british tabloid the morning of. russia's presidential poll long before it finished the m.p. accusing putin of reversing russia's reforms because of vested interests the sort of claim some experts say typifies the perception here of putin and russia the coverage has been very stereotyped so that when bad things happen in russia then

they get huge coverage and then when i think we're good things will progress like genuine economic progress that tends not to get ruffled you david miliband may not be in government now but he's widely expected to feature again should labor return to power should that happen he'll face a tough job repairing relations with russia after such a venomous attack talk about getting off on the wrong foot as miliband asserts that to a vital partners when it comes to foreign policy security and economic issues david cameron's reaction to putin's elections been far more measured until now the prime minister's haven't exactly been close in didn't even make it on to cameron's extensive christmas card list last year but while cameron may not have congratulated putin on winning he has indorse the result it's clear the election has delivered a decisive result even the ngo polling data put putin above the fifty percent needed to win in the first round the same can't be said of britain according to the

electoral reform society two thirds of m.p.'s elected in two thousand and ten lacked a clear majority thanks to the ballot method of first past the post is russia's electoral system perfect no it's not but the no electoral system in the world is perfect let's not forget in britain british prime minister ever achieves anywhere near fifty percent of the vote the protest movement against putin's return to the presidency is certainly loud but according to official election results it's toward by those in favor putin received almost sixty four percent of the vote miliband predicts that support won't last for long but while it does britain will have to like it or lump it if it wants to do business either bennett's artsy london. and congress to assess was by the west russia the recent watcher was the most transparent in the country's history to support this claim there were

a record number of international wash observers and some two hundred thousand web cameras installed the polling stations but as artie's say found out the costs were initiative serve not just to ensure transparency but also to produce a moments of hilarity. allegations of widespread voter fraud in last december's parliamentary elections set off a wave of mess of protests against mr putin sensitive to the incited opposition he ordered the installation of web cameras and all of russia's polling 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 show 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 cameras showed by lesions of election procedures. on. the web cameras reproduce

a fascinating slice of russian provincial life which went viral and got hundreds of clicks on social networking sites such as you keep 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 of media that was a hit with this three hundred thousand hits on you tube shoot this man and bring in michael jackson's moonwalk back to life his ballot. we caught up. within minutes give he expected his video to be this popular. i would say we did it for fun not for fame actually i was surprised that we were the only

ones who voted this way i thought there should have been more people like us there were a lot of opportunities to create whatever you want i hope next time people will vote more creatively with the election of the world and the country awaits the swearing in the president elect mr black even putin as for the rest of us there's no doubt we'll never forget the game 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 but really we were looking. see see moscow. explore this week's top story and asked by a lawyer and have a special section dedicated to the presidential elections and russia at archie dot com again discover what russians thing makes an ideal president and whether people want evolutionary or revolutionary changes for the country plus we've got plenty of

expert opinion on the story and a very latest footage of post poll demonstrations this and much more our web site r.t. there are. now russia and the arab league have agreed a plan to help syria and its year long crisis in which thousands of people died the agreement came after months of diplomatic bickering over how to tackle the turmoil speaking after the meeting with their counterparts in cairo russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says he agreed plan sounds an important message to all sides in the syrian conflict. we've agreed a joint position of five main points has just don't financially or every country to create an impartial and independent monitoring system. to live to see such as the unrestricted delivery of humanitarian needs to syrians and finally. because you know its mission to start political story that's really got much position because

you see it was that sort of the new group of. the un arab and void coffee and it is currently on a peace mission and a mascot's but his efforts were dismissed before the officially began as syria's external opposition firmly rejected the government talks the group's renewed calls for military pressure on the regime was followed by qatar suggestion to deploy foreign troops to syria but as a financial records outside interference in the country's conflict is raising fears of an even bigger crisis. as the syrian conflict to time it has also spread geographically. case of the uprising felt far from the country's borders what's happening in syria is heartbreaking. and what you've seen is the international community mobilize against the assad regime strategic analyst dr something says one thing is clear though that mobilisation has many more force than officially stated . during the operation in baba amr the syrian army arrested fighters from both

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 a 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. says some countries are using those groups to further their own interests. to get local players involved in order to hide their involvement 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 first they're pushing it 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 she says this is a story with three main chapters weapons smuggled across the border over says contractors and foreign cash. when you see a lot of money in syria then you have i believe that this is comparable to what happened in the civil war in lebanon there were plenty of money then you will find not there will talk about how those will bellow to something nobody would give in so for. now you will see now this is the beginning here in syria with more and more reports on international involvement emerging and calls to arm the opposition gets louder even for those at the grassroots of the uprising the initial euphoria is turning peter. i can see we regret what we did but we don't want things to go back. to turn so much militarized and violence

we never want to and don't want intervention now but fears are abdulaziz says that it could be too late to stop this all too far into claims of conflict while the conflict between president bashar assad and his opponents here in syria about to enter its second year another conflict is also in full swing between those calling on towels or guns political settlement as their way out and those who insist on military solution and the latics turning into a fight almost as important as the one claiming blood on the streets. shot see damascus syria. he was pentagon said this week it was ordered to review its potential options on syria which include the enforcement of a no fly zone and humanitarian era what trans forecaster jared's line they says washington is not interested in a policy in a middle eastern country. when you hear war hawks like senators lindsey graham and john mccain calling for bombs away and again go back and play over you see the

same scenario their heads come in and they say we have to be calm we need to and we have to use diplomacy in the meanwhile they're building up for the military conflict and you heard president obama say at the height of the iranian incident with netanyahu that he said you know that they at this time when there is not a lot of sympathy for iran and it's only how it's syria is on the ropes we have to quiet it down a little bit. and still look on some world leaders just for a fuse to take their food off the gas when it comes to tehran israel insists a military attack on iran is still on the cards even despite 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 problem best was considered to be the biggest death write down in history he agreements were traduced as the great burden by over one hundred billion euros was hailed by the european leaders as a solution to the comic however there was no applause from ratings agencies with rudy's declaring athens in the fall on his debt and another firm fitch has downgrade agrees to restrict the default status or three for a chief strategist at investment firm trying to doll it says there's a bigger threat hanging over not only greece but all western banks trying to be 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 there would put at risk the whole basis of the c.d.s. market the c.d.s.

market is essentially the fond insurance scheme that banks use when they take out to invest in bones in one country and the be effectively paid insurance premium reflecting the risk of default in the country so the c.d.s. is a word short scream you move up and down is what gives is a measure of how risky one country's debt is well to pull another so if there's a technical default in greece at least at the c.d.s. spreads didn't work and therefore the question of whether or not you like to see the spread of insurance everywhere else is also and that's him. trillion dollar business globally if that starts to your 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 series. but don't forget to check out plenty more and news stories and comments on

our web site there for you right now shall you shock israel fires missiles and gals are killing at least fifteen palestinians including two militant leaders by the aftermath of a rich and full r.t. dot com. plus the social networks tearing families apart of the wife who discovered her husband was already married. to iran and world powers have finally reached an agreement on resuming high level talks giving new hope for a peaceful resolution to the nuclear standoff islamic state however warn to go she would fail if the west keeps piling on the pressure despite the push for diplomacy from the u.s. administration the israeli prime minister signaled during a meeting with barack obama that military action is still an option later reports

emerged that israel had asked washington for weapons that could be crucial in striking iran's underground facilities the u.s. defense chief and turns out an american tap on iran would be far more effective putting military confrontation back on the table but very experts say political interest before u.s. presidential election will prevail over around tough war rhetoric. the obama administration does not want to ever work for the election at this point they seem to be trying to soft pedal it any time you attack and have a war with a country as substantial as iran's and is influential in so many countries there and 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 in your 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. and next hour we talked to rise deputy foreign minister on the likelihood of military confrontation over his country's nuclear program. could have marched one year since the devastating earthquake and tsunami killed over nine hundred thousand people devastated an entire nation. a minute's silence has been observed at the exact moment the quake hit last march the tsunami turned whole neighborhoods into debris leaving hundreds of thousands homeless it also triggered the worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century after the cooling systems at the fukushima plant were knocked out arnold gundersen energy adviser at fairwinds associates manny details about the

crisis remain undisclosed with the determination spreading well beyond the pushing very area and i think the government has been slow to disclose ever since the accident occurred there's clearly the cleanup is going to cost around a half a trillion dollars u.s. that's just for the site but for the prefecture of silk shima as well but the contamination goes well beyond the appreciate your pick it up in tokyo and that's going to trip the kilometers away the entire north of the country as a public health hazard here because everyone is exposed to radioactive cesium where you work and strides you know and other i still. take a look at other news from around the world now at least eleven people have been killed and dozens more injured after a bomb exploded during a funeral is northwest pakistani city of peshawar police believe the attack was targeting kushel khan the deputy speaker of the provincial sam who has been

critical of islamic militants in the region khan was not injured but. a 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 kind of are was the scene of protests last month after u.s. troops mistakenly burned copies of the koran at the arafat their military base. well that brings us up to date here on our team and now they have our top stories coming your way shortly.

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