back to the kremlin. becomes the first russian president. wins the french presidency. growth instead of austerity. under the weight of france's mounting debt. just days before his interview with julian which. you can watch the controversial program all day on tuesday.

it is good to have you with us today this is our to you with me rule research live in moscow a lavish celebration has taken place at the kremlin where vladimir putin has become the first russian president to be sworn in for a third term he's now set to stay on for an unprecedented six years as putin took the oath he appealed for unity and reform to carve out a strong russia in what he called a new stage of national development thousands of guests alone to join the president at a private banquet here the details of the inauguration from our very own. he was in the thick of it all. the whole process the whole ceremony took just less than an hour of first we saw live on the huge plasma screens everywhere in the in the in the george and george hall the very beautiful aerial shots of uprooting the motorcade traveling from the government building from the white house to the kremlin certainly something unprecedented and novelty for the way this integration

has been televised in russia so far then put in arrived he went in walked past us in the sand george's hall past the thousand odd guests b.a.p. guess who gave it there greeted with a lot of loud evasion and certainly the people who were there were really happy to see him being reinstated as russia's present for the third term now. then he calmly and collectedly where it went into the main hall where the whole integration was to take place took the oath a very short oath only thirty three words. as i fulfill the duties of the president of the russian federation i swear to protect and guarantee the rights and freedoms of us citizens to observe and protect the constitution of the russian federation to protect the sovereignty independence and territorial integrity of all state to serve its people faithfully as he was leaving in fact it was then george's whole he shook hands with most of the crowd who were standing up on the first line loud of

ation again people very happy for him then we heard from the open windows of the of the old to reshow it's just meters away from the kremlin which is clear symbol that the presidential term of argument has kicked off in russia the greatest of russia were there not only from russia in fact some former leaders of world countries were there like for me telling prime minister silvio berlusconi former german chancellor gerhard schroeder we're all there as well the last soviet leader mikhail gorbachev the widow of the first president of russia in the even the likes of football stars the former everton football player. who was there it's interesting that even the leader of the biggest biker back in the moscow the night wolves was there and he's called the surgeon a very famous guy and he was the only one not wearing a tie and suit like most of the guests he was wearing a black leather jacket like all bikers do so differently in mixed crowd but just twenty minutes after the finished. in the hall where we stood george's hall was

empty because all of those guests went to dinner some speculate that this is in a cost about a million dollars so it's a speculation maybe but i never had a chance to go there but my insiders from the dinner told me that there were black caviar on the menu fried scallops even. a couple chino made of cocoa milk was there along with expensive champagne wine and definitely was a big party to remember when i was going to the kremlin on my way there in the morning it struck me that the. the city's completely deserted only the policeman no traffic no anything security measures have been certainly unprecedented for integrations in russia but this is not something we should be surprised about i remember the scenes from the united states four years back when obama was inaugurated in washington and as many as sixty five thousand policemen servicemen military were ensuring the safety in moscow there were only twenty thousand so it's

interesting times less than that in the united states also in the united states there were helicopters and even fighter jets hovering about washington d.c. to. provide security and in fact the security measures during obama's obama's inauguration were so serious that special service almost a year to prepare themselves for for the process of for the ceremony of integration the same basically security measures apply to all the g. eight and g. twenty summits across the world just points is the latest g. twenty summit in france more than ten thousand policemen were securing the particular point five thousand cameras installed and twenty million euros invested into the security at this during this event so the measures security measures the most certainly unprecedented but on the general scale nothing unusual at all. well i was. right there an hour straight after his inauguration president putin signed into force some of those promised reforms let's get some details now from our correspondent. live outside the kremlin good to see you put in as well as we know

we promise to make russia stronger and more united sorry lost the game. well but to me a putin certainly hit the ground running when he starts his well as he starts his third term as president he's already signed into play several key strategic. alters now these include the. orders they're supposed to improve the work of the the federal and local services also to try and make it easier for people to deal with government services they are one of these orders will see the the waiting time the maximum waiting time for anybody. standing in a queue for federal services cut down to fifteen minutes in order to try and cut through some of the queues there for awhile have been a major issue for people trying to get to into government buildings and i also want to use the internet to make the government more transparent that's of course

something that dimitri made to get if head first started to put into play in his term in president and this is something that's going to carried on by vladimir putin now also is going to be looking out the bureaucrats he wants to raise the level of education all of russia's bureaucrats also rooting out any party who may if stagnated in the job or may not be doing their job correctly to make sure that they are replaced with people who can do that job or efficiently now those same bureaucrats are also going to have to disclose all of their their incomes in a bid to try and stamp out corruption now we're also going to see a develop a system of online feedback for the police and the security services so that any. he has a an issue with the law enforcement can come together on not enough websites and his foremost and put forward any of their grievances now we're also going to see web cams put into put into courtrooms this part of

a system of trying to make the the legal system in russia more accessible both both physically and online so these web cams are going to actually show trials peter it hasn't exactly been smooth sailing about of putin's our journey back to the kremlin we've had protests in recent months protests in the last twenty four hours the turn violent yet at the end of the day he made it. well yes indeed actually an investigation has been launched into what happened during sunday's riots in moscow that saw many people several people injured some of the in fact several of the police officers that were wounded in the in clashes with protesters on sunday still remain in the hospital an investigation is under way to determine what exactly happened there the authorities say that they were under orders not to react to provocations and that they only moved in the right place only moved in once they

realized it passes by bystanders were actually in the line of fire from protesters they were hurling bottles hurling rocks at the police and at the police actually rooted to stop it isn't bystanders from being caught up in not. seen one hundred twenty people to taint here in moscow on inauguration day at a demonstration here in the capital. so despite coming back into power there still has been a few shadows on the. putin's day in the sun on his inauguration however as my colleague in isa now a looks we can see what he hopes to achieve in the next term. he's back for an unprecedented third term after a break as prime minister and many say russia will need to see putin two point zero any leader who's been in power for five six seven years in

a difficult position because people get used to him and taken for granted he has to then reinvent himself putin has made the promise i had of the poll he proposed vast reforms from a major crackdown on corruption to diversifying the economy and raising living standards as the richest just students next term will be the one that forms his legacy as a politician in russian history and i'm sure it will be a positive one. but the people to be convinced most are the opposition who gathered in the largest numbers russia has seen for decades after claims a vast front in december's duma vote and clashed with riot police on the eve of a new and you're a suit. he needs to set out for reform and not a reform on paper but something real something that both the opposition and you know the regular people not just in moscow but off throughout russia can see that this

is really putin to point out the most popular politician no doubt has a majority of support across russia and is credited with extraordinary development in the country but putin leaves few people in different at home and abroad it usually comes down to love or hate but i don't think that everything that putin has done is defensible or by a by a very wide stretch but there are some people who argue in such transparent bad faith that it's you know it's impossible not to notice that it's just it's a person it's a personality thing in the west he's seen as harsher than madrid especially on foreign policy which could prove to be a challenge on issues like the reset with the u.s. and pushes for intervention in the middle east. but on the economic front analysts have already sense to change at least three key issues w.t.r. entry privatization investment climate reform we see. putin changing his.

emphasis and direction on particular issues in a way which corresponds with a political shift a shift that is most evident on the web russians have never been more active in politics marx twitter facebook or something putin will have to embrace if he wants to stay in touch yes to participate otherwise you'd be excluded and you would have the other russia which talks its own language and the president will talk his language leaving the question now that he's back can putin move forward this time hell have six years to try to deliver on reforms and change which could make or break clinton's presidency and he's now a r.t. moscow. it is good to have you with us here on r.t. today socialist francois hollande has one of the french presidential runoff making nicolas sarkozy the latest e.u. leader to be swept aside by the crippling euro debt crisis the president elect has

promised to fight against the german led european austerity drive and has already spoken to chancellor angela merkel that the first foreign leader of a large will visit for now though this reporter from paris is our party's test for our city. creswell and it is acceptance speech yesterday did talk a lot about unity which is which has been much of the theme of his entire campaign he said he's the one who's going to bring about solidarity and unity criticizing a cycle is divisive presidency but of course the unity he's talking about does hinge on his ability to bring about the promises that he had made particularly the practical promises of jobs and employment and this is a no easy feat given the the economic circumstances of france said again he the first thing he wanted to do is to talk to german chancellor angela merkel to push for this growth or yet that approach and he has a lot of supporters on this approach however even the supporters are skeptical as to how much he can really do given the constraints i mean france is

a part of the euro zone there are sixteen other nations who are using this currency there are a lot of rules to be followed and so they're looking at how much maneuver room he really have and it comes to international dealings there's going to be the nato summit and he had said that he wants to pull out french troops from afghanistan a year earlier than planned he will have to and he's expected to present this blood to president barack obama and the the rest of the nato alliance and also when it comes to issues like syria iran observers are saying that we may expect a less aggressive press whatever this observation is based on the rhetoric so far so of course we have to see the actions that this new president will be taking now french people at the end of the day said that they voted for change but let's not forget that when nicolas sarkozy was voted in two thousand and seven they also voted for change so it's in france hold on does have a lot of work to do ahead of him and prove that he does a service presidency party to get that from paris let's get some more analysis on the french election now with author and journalist

a barry lando are joining us live here from the french capital good to see you today it is the first time in seventeen years that a socialist has come to power how do you explain all the success at this election well it's successful because basically. also against a sarkozy who made himself extreme you know popular with the last five years just by its own personal well being but also by economic program as well as the you know the words the psychos he is the only one of them live and heads of state who have been voted out of office over the last four years since the crisis really would have been more of a miracle if he had won and. so it's it's more a vote on the economic situation here which are really only partially responsible for part out there there is some sort of a sense of renewed optimism in france with all on a sudden he promised seeing economic growth but do you think he can deliver you

know the economy hasn't changed in the past twenty four hours and some people are saying the law has got some very very lofty promises here exactly if you looked at the scene from the bus to us night on your television and you saw the red flags and even the hammer and sickle people cheering on the playfield you would think it was the the french revolution a little her again but that's not at all what alone is about it's a much more moderate kind of guy a much more of a social democrat he's talking about balancing the budget in five years how he's going to deal with france's norma's economic problems is still a mystery to many whereas as we know a lot of that has come out saying that he wants to fight with germany against against the fish school treaty and just several hours ago i thought at the beginning of my shift i source statement from the german government saying all on it's powerless it's not up to him to try and change the fiscal treaty here we have the president elect already it would seem to be on the back foot. well it's on the

back foot not just as far as germany is concerned but as far as the conditions in france to i mean the economy here has been hollowed out over the last few years the price of the workers place of work in france is among the highest in europe and it's gone up tremendously and a lot of that he's due to. high government contributions to insurance to social security and the french were you know only has to work by thirty five hours a week so there are also several major french businesses which have left since he left the country over the last few years because there were. people throughout europe so i do apologize i'm running fairly low on time here but i must ask you at the end of the day why why do you think franzl voted for it because they were not happy with soc ozy and his policies have they were happy with sarkozy they

desperately want change they want jobs and they were looking for someone else who they thought would be able to do it but again just as eleven heads of state have been thrown out over the last four years in europe now and sarkozy whether or not it is going to be doing it will take care of the crisis is a question now for. many reports today about of people saying they saw kosi was our going to be like to live a lavish lifestyle dining in the most expensive parisienne restaurant having parties on the most lavish of yachts do you think that could have contributed to his downfall i think that there was a certain image that he had he was arrogant he could be very prickly kind of guy in the debate. the other. called a liar several times it was not the kind of presidential figure that one wanted to see but on the other hand i think it's much more when you get down to it it's the question of jobs and that is the major problem here author and journalist joining us live from paris thanks for coming on today. well i would have could have you

with us in another vital european election greek voters have protested against the country's major parties but have not left any group with enough support to govern alone athens may be forced to hold yet another election if party leaders can't strike a coalition deal soon let's now we get joined by attorney and a professor of constitutional law george joining us live now from athens and very good to see you so why have decided to protest against the country's major political parties what's their motivation here well i think it was very moving there for two years of that on good ideas and measures that they were not only shortly early unfair but only hugely inefficient. viewpoint and i think we do not see only the collapse of the political system that we see also a massive fairly or of a social experiment of an experiment of trying to impose the european people or

measures without any hope. that with massive. i think that the social experiment of the only body has failed i think that the lab rat has escaped all right so but i mean let's just one issue here because a certainly a little bit of history has been made the so-called extremist group golden dawn and now headed for parliament it's the first time in nearly forty years that a far right group has done so has it really come when it comes down to the public mentality has it really come to this that they've decided to vote in an extremist group that of golden dawn. this is really a problem of course that this is not a greek exceptionalism we have seen. the austerity measures facing a huge economic crisis of the extreme right it is a way. of poorest. of the. i guess the what

the. i mean not the emigrants or something invisible that is against them i think this is the other side of the coin. of course but i think that in greece now that we are seeing some kind of you hope for that and you will of the political system. political parties of the extreme right are not going to. now when it comes to reforming the political system you know we have seen so many months now of protests up and down greece these austerity measures are increased suicide rates it was what four six weeks ago that man shot himself in the head on the steps of parliament do you think it's possible though for greek politicians to really reform themselves or is it the overseeing you or across from brussels who really have the final say. well i think that the no there is not any possibility of

renewal of the old political system of your political system collapsed when you say we need something completely new it is true that the old is dead now but the new is not here and. i think that we may see that the new elections that we are going to come in i don't think not more than one month from now because there's not any possibility to form a coalition government with the various arts week up to the present elections where as you say when it comes to the issue of elections if the first three parties can all strike a coalition deal the next three days athens will be forced to hold another election next month as you were saying because we expect a different outcome or is greece is it just headed for another political stalemate well i think that we're not going to cover a stalemate because we can see visibly. turned towards very very political system due to the electoral low this is not accurate during these

elections but i think it is clear that the dynamic is against the old political parties just to give you an example between themselves. in the last elections more than eighty five percent of the electorate at the now we are below they want to tilt. the electoral. vote so it is very clearly but. without any kind of political legitimacy i hope that the new coalition that would struggle to cancel the austerity measures because many hopes. very briefly and i'm running low on my time here going after my last question for you whether euro has fallen two or three and a half year low as a result of the greek and french elections what does this say about the future of the entire entire eurozone i know you've heard this before any changes in attitude on it. well we have seen in all of these months our efforts are for political leaders peas the markets in my opinion europeans not to abuse them as

a monster but the democratically to find a new way your for loop. based on democratic decision making and i think of these foreseeability is that verifying this particular equals i don't think that these are not because they believe it but the sign of something new maybe these are. all right to life math and attorney and professor of constitutional law george thanks for coming on. thank you very much. bahrain authorities have arrested the country's most prominent human rights activist and harsh critic of the state's ruling family. job but was detained just days before his appearance on julian assange show here on r.t. the program which airs on tuesday features a whistleblower getting some insight from him and a fellow egyptian activist the one about the uprisings in the arab states and with

this report hotties i bet. well the authorities of said is that now he'll run job is being suspected of committing a number of crimes punishable by law and that he's now being held on charges of inciting and taking part in illegal demonstrations and should be remembered though that position has landed him in a number of made in the target even of the bahraini authorities before because he is a highly prominent activist there and also one of the most vocal outspoken critics of the country's ruling family and that's really what makes this next steps. so significant because this is thought to be. last interview before his latest arrest now is considered one of the heroes of the first protests that took place in bahrain last february he's now got over one hundred forty thousand followers on twitter disease the head of the bahraini center for human rights and he's really the driving force behind the mass demonstrations that we're still seeing in the streets of bahrain despite

a government ban on on public protests there since it became known that he was appearing on sanjay and that's that's what he elaborates on in this next episode when i said in my twitter account that i'm going to meet julian assange and i'm going to. give you program my house was surrounded by almost one hundred policemen and. machine guns. and they realized that i was not at home didn't they just. to tell me to come to depopulation prosecutors today at four o'clock where i am here so the very day that he was summoned by the public prosecutor's office in bahrain he actually chose instead to appear on as talk show and and appear on r.t. using the platform as an international platform even to criticize the regime in bahrain and it's for this reason they do last stanage things why he's been arrested basically by appearing on this. ranch out would indeed be risking

a great deal but even so. he would be willing to pay any consequences that come of it because he says he would be fighting in the name of democracy this is what he had to say. but this is the struggle this is the freedom disses democracy that we are fighting for as of course. we have to be a discourse and of course it might be very expensive as we have been causing but we were going to be all the changes that we are fighting for now one of the other guests this week on a do not show is another prominent activists in the arab spring his name is our abdel fattah he was a he was highly influential figure in the uprising in egypt last year in tahrir square like right up to has become a target of the or thirty's the fact that today the sound is speaking to the very people who are making leave things happen in these countries and are willing to face the consequences as we've seen with now with his arrest this weekend well that

really that's what makes this next episode really one that's not to be missed and you can catch it here marty is being shown at eleven thirty g.m.t. this tuesday. to speak to two leading revolutionaries one from bahrain for the revolution failed was a leadership for the revolution is now in turmoil what makes a revolution and where is the arab spring going to go. you know that program will be airing all day tomorrow here on r t for now though i do hope you can stay with us in just a moment the headlines and then a special r.t. documentary. height fifty two meters. weight more than eight thousand tons of. skin thickness thirty centimeters the guinness record.

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