the stories that shaped the week see a lot of. russia's president after securing a comfortable win in the polls but many believe challenges that lie ahead. the election thousands to russia's streets rallying for the outcome of the opposition movement facing a test for support amid accusations of expectation. the arab league season with russia on how serious crisis should be ended i mean growing calls for foreign intervention and fears it could lead to further bloodshed. in greece

receives a cold shower. after it finally seals a deal with private investors this is moody's declares the country to be officially different. live in moscow welcome to the program russia's prime minister vladimir putin will return to the crowd and for a third presidential term it was made official this week after a security first round of elections when but despite finishing way ahead of the other candidates there's a growing feeling that serious challenges still ahead for the country's future leader. reports on. it was one emotional night for the porch and yes i did promise you we would win.

and we have won. but your prime minister may have justified his tears by the strong wind 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 with even still result of almost sixty four percent stunned even those at the helm who are never think of such a higher so it's even higher. than was predicted for ourselves and shows once again actually proves that that person is a political figure number one of these countries and he's potential he's here to is yet to be oh i'm told of it but it's no time to party now many experts believe putin's real challenge in fact starts now. this will be sort of a battle between the two outer of course of the state or while it meant coherent development strategies for myself i've been to fry the first concept point 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 russian public whom i associate with a. they just need status quo they need just some candles from the state they don't want any change which is the road to nowhere to change manifested itself in the sudden rise of of in under four months the russian billionaire managed to persuade more than five million people to vote for him and many say this new face in a country split six has serious potential and brokered have already declared an intention to form an opposition party with promising she would cooperate with it to symbolize . the new russia at least some additional. other candidates. from the old style is. solidly. here. they're not you

know any more leaders of the younger generation and figures speak for themselves second place community leaders are going to gain seventeen percent in his fifth complained for presidency less going to support he had earned a parliamentary vote and experts say even this came mostly as a protest vote seen in the eyes of many this is a clear signal it's time for french politicians to make way in the western countries if a party loses the election its leader in san fran changed if it happens again then he's definitely changed these guys had lost three times prior to this firm a lot of those folks are still seen as being somewhat out of touch you and the russians traders in our work these guys had their chance in the one nine hundred ninety s. to screw things up you know we still need stronger leadership very able to offer we needed more concrete programmed and putin will continue his work as prime minister for two more months of that period which could become crucial and decisive for the

country's long term future blood even a putin will officially return to the kremlin on may the seventh that is when his inauguration takes place by till 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 let's see russia ascii r.t. reporting from moscow. the opposition rallies had a taken place in the weeks leading up to the voter and even after the presidential election outcome thousands still took to the streets but the number of those protesting is dwindling and the nature of the demonstrations is changing as well as a ridiculous but examines what's caused a shift in the protest. when the protestors unhappy with the results of the presidential elections took to the streets the day after the vote took place some kept the police busy. to give them some decided to i'll stay they wanted two hours

yes you know there was no right 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 you chose as a makeshift stage to make you statements from and from which police removed him and several dozens of his supporters. as the situation repeated itself on saturday when police pulled all the 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. if that hysteria that irritation and aggression had continues it would have alienated the public no one here wants a revolution no one wants to fight with police the people who come to these protests only want change they don't want bloodshed or violence which is what could scare them away the results of the elections to the studio hotly contested by many

brought tens of thousands out in the streets of moscow a day after presidential elections there are only half of that number showed up to push in because quero and even fewer still to the demonstration on saturday just out of the way she was read and all i see every single protest out so it's that place of a lot of the mothers see it more as a thing going to that really going to start saying no it wasn't it was younger guys you know here it was here some blame the lack of a coherent idea and absence of unity among the opposition leaders for the waning support. but i think these people all have a different agenda some don't even know why the hair if i was gone i want to see different in japan. good candidates that i could choose from but i don't think we can really reach any carl's typewriter flightiness even some of the most vocal supporters of the movement for fair elections see solid foundations are necessary

to carry on with the movement. 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. to 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 and bringing people suit to the streets and try to attract more attention to their slogans. we are now witnessing their slogans leads to be change there's a need for us gender in fact the rallies seem to have only one slogan out with putin but what to do if he leaves no one seems to know in moscow in a girls' school our team. the western media has been largely critical of both russia's election run out and its outcome in the us there were allegations of

planned vote rigging even before the polls opened and it even took barack obama almost a week to graduate putin on as well but he's going to chicken reports from washington . even before the election the american already is were primed to believe that the presidential vote in russia had to be a fraud is this one going to be worth it when the words we call a free and fair election. it seems are highly unlikely there will be a free and fair election in our sense of the term and that is washes made their choice we knew the results of russia's presidential election for a single vote was cast if you look at how. look at russian opinion there's a tendency to ignore in community opinion so support for putin is ignored which is genuine it 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 question some ask is why would try to rig

the vote when opinion polls before the elections clearly indicated that he had sixty plus percent support it's very possible it wouldn't so in order any of this stuff but it's perfectly plausible that people or a local magistrate sort of governors they want to impress people for the bomb by demonstrating how strong support for putin 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 fine perception is being created. was a fraud no matter what the majority of russians say and he cast a shadow not just on the future president but also on those who voted for him i'm going to check our reporting from washington our people to assessments by the west russian authorities the postelection has been the most transparent in the country's history to ensure a fair vote almost one million observers were allowed to monitor the election process and one of them. shared his view on how it. we have seen several

regularities mistakes of the members of the public spaces so it's normal you cannot prepare all people i mean there are thousands of people working on the electoral process. every pair of them perfect so. the irregularities or. the people there's not even irregularities but those. problems weren't seeming like all the problems we had faced in european countries and in addition to the observers are there were several hundred thousand web cameras to ensure the elections transparency but the costly project wasn't only used to document violations but also provided some entertainment for millions of viewers all around the world. dancing for the camera falling asleep on duty and

a spot of yoga later this hour we shared a boat footage that inadvertently became an internet sensation. russia and the arab league have agreed on a plan to help syria end its yearlong crisis in which thousands of people have died the agreement came after months of diplomatic bickering over how to tackle the turmoil speaking after the meeting with arab counterparts in cairo russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said he agreed plans sends an important message to all sides involved in the ongoing syrian conflict. we've agreed a joint position of five main points first to stop violence wherever it comes from second to create an impartial and independent monitoring system third no external interference fourth the unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid to all syrians and finally the firm support of kofi annan is mission to start political dialogue

between the government and all opposition groups. well the u.n. arab envoy kofi annan is currently on a peace mission in damascus but its efforts were dismissed before they officially began syria's external opposition firmly rejected the government talks the group's renewed calls for military pressure on the regime was followed by suggestion to deploy foreign troops to syria as our history of financial reports outside interference in the country is raising fears of an even bigger looming crisis. as the syrian conflict stretches out in time it has also spread geographically i case of the uprising are felt far from the country's borders what's happening in syria is heartbreaking. rages and what you've seen is the international community mobilize against the assad regime strategic analyst dr salinas says one thing is clear though that mobilization has many more 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 in take take missiles in israeli drones . while the u.s. and many other countries have admitted al qaeda linked extremists groups fighting alongside beyond 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 iraq that 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 how to coach never

blogger and freelance journalist has been investigating the foreign involvement in serious crisis since last year she says this is a story with three main chapters weapons smuggled across the border overseas contractors and foreign cash. when you see a lot of money in syria i believe that this is comparable to what happened in the civil war in lebanon there were plenty of money then you would find not going to talk about pandas or bellowed or something nobody would killing so. now you would see now this is a big world here in syria with more and more reports on international involvement emerging and calls to arm the opposition get louder even for those at the grassroots for the uprising the initial euphoria is turning. they can say we regret what we did but we don't want things to go down for the turn

so much militarized globalized and violent we never wanted and don't want intervention now fears are too as he says that it could be too late to start this all too far into claims of conflict while the conflict between france and russia on assad and his opponents here in syria about to enter its second year another conflict 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 turn it into a fight almost as important as the one claiming blood on the streets. here if not shot see damascus syria. meantime the pentagon said this week it was ordered to review its potential options on syria which include the enforcement of a no fly zone tarion its trends forecaster says washington is just not interested in diplomacy at this 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 the same scenario the 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's not a lot of sympathy for iran and it's only how. is on the ropes we have to quiet it down a little bit. so you could have you with us today you're watching our team still to come for you shelling by israeli forces. two more palestinians killed sunday after forty eight hours of deadly air force strikes i will talk live with our

correspondent for the latest from tel of the interest a few moments. plus nuclear fears continue to spread in japan as experts accuse the government of failing to disclose information in one year after an earthquake and tsunami spotted an atomic crisis. this week greece finally concluded a deal with private investors considered to be the biggest debt write down in history the agreement which reduces the greek burden by over one hundred billion euros was hailed by the european leaders as a solution so e.u. is going to be the e.u.'s our economic woes however there was no applause from a ratings agencies with moody's declaring athens in default on its debt and another firm fitch has downgraded greece to a restricted default status chris wafer chief strategist at investment firm troika dialog says there's

a bigger threat hanging over not only greece but all western banks. 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 that's what it's called then they would put at risk the whole basis of the c.d.s. barkha the c.b.s. market is essentially the bond insurance scheme that banks use when they take out the invest in bonds in one country in the very effectively paid insurance premium reflecting the risk of default in that country so the c.d.s. way is aware of the insurance premium moving up and down is 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 means that the c.d.s. spreads didn't work and therefore there's a question mark over whether or not to see the spread of the insurance premium everywhere else is also about it and that's the most control dollar business still

believe that starts to have confidence in that system is on their minds 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. it r.t. if you go to check out are plenty more new stories on comment on our website some of the items are there few that right now a final frontier of mystery an experimental u.s. spacecraft has been circling our planet for a year but the purpose of the mission remains a secret. plus the social networks tearing families apart from the wife who discovered her husband was already married.

twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow israel has carried out a series of fresh attacks on gaza and the worst violence in the region for nearly a year claiming seventeen lives just over the past three days israel first pounded the palestinian territory on friday despite a truce that sparked an exchange of fire between both sides now joins us live from tel aviv both for more details on this also paula what is the latest in this escalation of tensions that you know. well the situation here on the ground continues to escalate as israeli forces and palestinian militants continue exchanges of fire for the food straight day to day day now the latest figures we have put the palestinian death toll at seventeen most of them are members of islamic jihad but overnight a twelve year old palestinian boy was killed in the refugee camp by an israeli airstrike also since the early hours of this morning sunday eleven rockets have been fired into southern israel putting the total number of rockets fired on israel

since friday to one hundred ten in cairo is reportedly mediating work he's trying to mediate here is a harassed innovation in egypt and the interruption ambassador to the palestinian authority has put the blame firmly on the shoulders of the israelis saying that they are to blame for breaking this test that cease fire that has been in place between israel and gaza at the same time the arab league has been meeting in cairo and they've also called the israeli airstrikes a message now yesterday saturday in southern israel the israeli defense minister who was truly in the communities there and he is on record as saying that this round in gaza is sought from over all the schools in the south of his role closed this affects some some one quarter of a million students now tomorrow monday in the middle east quartet is meeting to look at these stalled negotiations between israelis and palestinians that meeting

comes ahead of a special session of the united nations security council that will be addressing the arab spring uprisings. in television thank you. mog one year since the devastating earthquake and tsunami killed over what might you know thousand people that were devastated and tired nation. minute's silence has been observed of the exact moment the quake hit last march but the tsunami time whole neighborhoods into a dead brain leaving hundreds of thousands homeless but also triggered the worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century after the cooling systems of the fukushima plant were knocked out on all the gunderson energy advisor at fairwinds associates said many details about the crisis remain undisclosed with the contamination spreading well beyond the

fukushima area. since i think the government has been slow to disclose facts ever since the accident occurred which there is clearly the cleanup is going to cost around a half a trillion dollars u.s. and 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 surely kilometers away the entire north of the country as a public health hazard here because everyone is exposed to radioactive cesium radioactive strine and other isotopes. all right have time for the r.v. world update here now are some other headlines for you in brief at least eleven people have been killed and dozens more injured after a bomb exploded during a funeral in a northwest pakistani city of peshawar police believe the attack was targeting

a car deputy speaker of the provincial assembly who has been critical of islamic militants in the region a car was not injured in the attack on. a u.s. soldier has been detained in afghanistan after a shooting at civilians in kandahar and local officials said the service when it killed at least three people after opening fire inside a house the incident is under investigation by both nato and afghan officials at the heart was the scene of protests last month after u.s. troops mistakenly burned a copies of the koran a military base. about one of the week's main stories here an r.t.o. russians electing their leader for the next six years following claims of multiple violations during december as parliamentary vote russian authorities pledged to do everything to ensure fair presidential polls are to use a buying and what's looks at how hundreds of thousands of web cameras controlling the vote provided not just transparency but also moments of hilarity.

allegations of widespread voter fraud in last december's parliamentary elections set although we're told message 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 ensure transparency they cameras however did prove to be quite handy in some provinces such as degas 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 ab straining and lots of dancing. one a video that was a hit with over three hundred thousand hits on you tube shoot this man bring in michael jackson's moonwalk back into life because his ballot. we caught up with him and asked if he expected his video to be this popular. i would say we did it for fun not for fame actually i was surprised because 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 election over in the world and the country awaits the

swearing in the president elect most of la to move putin's eyes for the rest of us there's no doubt we'll never forget the glimpses of people big both of 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. to ban would see on t.v. i must go. back with a recap of top stories in just a few minutes. the .

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