it is good to have you with us here on our to today. in moscow russia has a new prime minister dmitry medvedev who will now former cabinet and get down to business a newly inaugurated president putin is already dishing out directions regarding changes to the country's policies on the details now from. moscow what are the expectations for the results of the reshuffle also what i will kind of challenges will the tandem face. dmitri medvedev is the new prime minister follows him receiving the support of united russia and the liberal democratic party putting him well over the fifty percent of the votes needed to take up that position us despite the communist on the famous your vote against. the putting him well over that mark now. making his address to the parliament said he wanted to make changes to the political. political and russia saying that he would

continue to work to malta not least the russian political system and placed great emphasis on the economy saying that he needed developing also saying that more investment was needed in russia more foreign investment needed in russia and also picking up the session to the w t o full membership to the w t o c a necessity by prime minister dmitry medvedev you know in social terms he said he wanted to raise the average age in russia from seventy yes it is at the moment to seventy five by two thousand and eight teenie also said he wanted to improve education in the country russia's universities would become some of the best in the world and rise in the global rankings if he is able to put in place his policies now for more on the reaction. too dimitri made yet of being named as the prime

minister in russia i'm now joined by michael i don't think they let you join me at the editor in chief of g.q. russia so what's your reaction to it you may get it being named as the prime minister. otter locked up shot. by an every other russian observers perhaps most photos this was something that could have been used in the predicate to specialise in this. badge and three. indicate that the tandem is alive and well they walked together and all that so at least in terms of the island right now don says. you know we still have the testimony that was supposed to be a straight switching employer and now it is do you think they'll be changing the dynamic old love relationship now that he has the president in may get him the prime minister well i'm getting a bit of a flashback you know i mean you've got all of us asking the same question but i've been hurted well you know four years ago so. i don't know i would say that to me

and even then. you know how to call every observer of the russian politics and probably i would probably be correct in treating this as putting forth. less rosy and so on and i would say that that's that's the gist of it as wastes you know from the way it looks to. someone from but you seem quite skeptical about that relationship is there an alternative in your minds to the movement was saying at the moment no i'm not not stipulate it is what it is i.e. you know i don't doubt that it exists or if that's what you mean it's going to mean do you have hopelessness and the to me it could not be able to put in place the plans he spent he's laid out say i will go after being inaugurated on monday he's as he said he wants to make some really big changes in order to do that and he's going to need the help of the beach may get it was going to be the prime minister do you think since you say that they are they are on the side together well they're going to be able to work together to win and they're not some of those shows. just

you know i believe that one of the things that sort of spurred the protests and you know the center for example that. was sort of the intelligence was in fact bought into the idea that if it was developing into kind of a personal visit. or have you know we were sort of all salivating at the you know at the prospect of some sort of electoral struggle between wouldn't a bit of think it's been complicit for a month you know none of this is going to happen so we have no other choice of observers i think i'm not. going to say i know everything one of them or not does have something about their own some kind of thinking ok. michael the editor in chief of g.q. russia thank you very much for talking to us well there is a lot of wood to be done by the prime minister the new prime minister to meet you may get it looking at alongside president putin and president putin laid out some an. object of among those who said pivotal among those international policy saying

that the regarding the missile defense shield in eastern europe the u.s. proposed anti-missile defense shield saying that that's. the foreign ministry to go to washington to speak to washington and demand written confirmation this. place that those sites wouldn't be targeted against russia no he also said president putin also he said it's the start treaty to limits and cut down the size of nuclear between russia and the united states must be a little closer to home there was talk of. lowering house prices and increasing wages for. doctors and full and forward school teachers as well so a lot of plans being laid out a selection all of them are there but it's going to take the new president by working alongside the new prime minister of. they put into practice. some people

are calling putin two point zero reloaded can actually work. live in central moscow thank you. now as a lot of uprooting gets busy in his new role as president some of the public on the streets of central moscow are showing their discontent with his return to office activists have been holding marches against putin's inauguration with some protests turning into overnight camps. reports from the scene of the opposition. but they're still braving the elements that moscow weather at the moment has the awful see them gathered just behind me at present now they're cool. of alexei you know bony poles opposition activists he did that early tuesday morning to eating grass he told his followers to send in central moscow they did so somewhere else in kids who are originally and that was in the early hours of

tuesday morning but they were staging somewhat of a sit in it seemed quite peaceful at times of people singing and orchestrating quite a peaceful demonstration and the key leader they didn't want to actually be saving anything political that's because there's an unsanctioned demonstration that would have likely led to a rest now actually coming back to this protest world alexei no bounty on the key organizers and that sort of. head of the left front of also played a key part when it comes to organizing demonstrations or they were detained around four am in the morning there says they saw the demonstration house where they were stopped by police but they have since been released this three hours attained those two key figures since her release and then actually made an appearance here earlier state and indeed the leaders when speaking here of this opposition movement at the moment said that if they get ousted again by the police then they will want to

relocate somewhere else in moscow so they do want to keep the momentum on this going of course it comes on the back of those of markedly violent demonstrations sort taking place on sunday just ahead of that of a person's official inauguration there was so clashes between protesters and police and usually comes this opposition movement number of injuries on both sides and a markedly large amount of arrests being made police say that they were attacked and somebody says by protesters and has some of their raw gaev. from them but they soon was born on the back of the parliamentary elections back in december rule with allegations of electoral fraud and then the pressure grew as we saw mass demonstrations taking place in moscow and also around the rest of russia that led into the presidential elections now as to what they want to achieve for here there is somewhat of a split is a picture in those violent demonstrations we saw

a second place on sunday for those and more of a fringe where with the hardliners who want to see a complete overhaul of the political system as it is at present there are those who just want a rerun when it comes to disputed elections. arfon artie's any so now it takes a closer look at what drives the anti putin camp. who is the russian opposition well of course it depends who you ask but also if you take a look for yourself what you'll see most often are a lot of different colors organizations and parties well to help us kind of decipher who's who in this i think we can call it modern russian opposition is to me through bob h. he's a political analyst for voice of russia radio thanks for being with us i want to start with alexis in the widely and surrogate self just because they're the most well known at the moment they're constantly getting arrested and being released just briefly tell us who they are and why they've become the prominent leaders of our let me use not a typical leftist populist like well does he use the morning to corruption and

nationalist. but let's focus on the flanks for a bit looking at this video this is this is sunday's protest which for the first time turned really ugly you see these there's so and the left front it's called what what are the main focus of that party it's a flag we saw a lot of on sunday you see the red flags with the red star so this is an image abroad people might think it's you know a communist party because they read russia communist so what they write because it will do so for recently because. he. left for on the reason why all of the communist party a russian federation human being chronically ill but dissipating all these actions get him constantly arrested that's his style but it's like is that there on i.q. tests where he is the traditional. russian i guess what does that mean in terms of there are several groups which do more time why themselves with

a laugh or weave the communist party over to go on the sunday i was there and there were clearly some people who were trying to provoke violence a lot of these so-called anarchists you can see here basically were running into the riot police and also were wearing a lot of these masks. let's talk a little bit more about the nationalist fight that we see sometimes i believe we don't have pictures here yet but it's. white there it is what's this is what it means someone you know all of the groups all the nationalist groups that are strongly opposed to the current government strong up all white. and red. but who are also but will not like to be associated with communists or leftists why does it mean that. when we see tens of thousands of people on the streets of moscow as opposed to small groups like we see here which we saw after the inauguration sit ins trying to happen why when you see the thousands of people the masses to be see so many different flanks if they are so anti putin can't they just get under that

banner all these groups have mutually exclusive views they're not simply i think in his degree not simply contradictory that's just an excuse if the nationalistic use but you know being a liberal liberal secular wouldn't have been a nationalist the leftist accused would you know the soviet social system is the liberal secular splintering of reviving the soviet imperialist so they can't agree on anything the only thing that they can agree on is that they don't like pollution and they want the current russian state to collapse that's about it to me three bob rich political analyst from wastes of russia radio thank you very much for trying to help us understand what's happening with the opposition in russia because certainly people in the country have never been more involved in politics. he's innocent all right that will head for you this hour here on a small step towards order and stability. we have to prove that they can move back just for syria to resume holding yes for peace yes for

developing pick on three syrians calm the parliamentary vote the country is still divided over whether the ballot will make a difference to people's lives. kronk's will be hoping for a positive future following the election of a new president but while francois hollande may have beaten his rival nicolas a cosy in the recent run off a considerably tougher tosca now awaits him many voters want to see a change in the country's foreign policy and they want the economy to grow from paris with this report. out to the old guy. who didn't it was. france was allowed to ask a victory in the french presidential elections the people here are saying that france is once again peaceful appear here they had voted for change but the question is how soon are they going to see that change and what kind of crowds are they really going to have and the world is asking precisely the same question. is

the people rejected because it would then france but also france for many reasons one of them was his personal arrogance so we can hope that in foreign policy he's going to move in the right direction that is less arrogant. be it arrogance or something else there was no hiding the eagerness to lead the libyan intervention sending french warplanes in first. betrayed himself along as a deliberate of libya but he kept that extremely quiet as allegations kept coming out about his relationship with gadhafi the result did not. dark clear they wanted to stop but i know but you see and that receive it t.n.t. tonight it's the night of the hope of getting you know the march good to see has created an overall image of france we don't want divisions within the french

society we don't want to see bombing of arab countries we are friends of the arabs . a lot is being branded france's new hope or gadget one task ahead of him to sort through the euro crisis and clean up an image which many think is no longer in line with what's to additional the french while foreign policy took a backseat during the campaign did throw out two moves one go head to head with germany's angela merkel on really go sharing the e.u. fiscal pact believe me he will experience in the coming months. the power of the good i mean the negotiation power of america because mikel will face an election in one year and will not be willing to compromise we said was a french president and to withdraw french troops from afghanistan a year earlier than planned it's a sign that i think he wants a scaled down foreign policy but i would guess that is going to be more considerate

to what is happening in the rest of the world and will focus on economic issues within europe at the end of the day all the french really want our jobs and leadership to truly represents them both at home and abroad. tesser cilia our tony harris. live from moscow this is r.t. now to get more information on any of our stories just log on to our website it's called some of the items are waiting for the point right now including the fear of flying pilots refused to operate one of the world's most advanced fighter jets the f. twenty two the safety concerns suggest the cockpit of the planes could be deadly for the crew. also online head to our. special report on the tragic fate of the refugees displaced while escaping going violence in the arab states. leading human rights activist remains detained on charges of inciting protests

through social networks. job was arrested just days after being featured on julian assange show here on. on the program the whistleblower questioned him and an egyptian cimon rights activist about the origins and the future of the arab spring in the. always openly criticized the ruling family the state's western allies london based author and journalist afshin believes. his fellow activists face a future of major challenges. there is case against in the cases against the british and american and european governments that have backing bahrain. has been under house arrest here in this country without charge but they also seem to think that they can now arrest interviewees very disturbing what's happened to the president of the bahrain center for human rights is not just him more worryingly of course is

. no longer strike i understand his daughter who is also being in custody case not coming up till later in the week. killing people fifty dead in a country that small equates to a lot of people this is an apartheid state being backed by the obama administration in the years two thousand and nine two thousand and ten. seeing what was about to happen in bahrain the obama administration stepped up sales which include equipment used by the authorities in bahrain to suppress the protests and to this is ongoing and they know journalists that cover it. just a reminder here and you can watch the latest edition of julian assange his interview show in less than two hours time right here of course on not. a speech to two leading revolutionaries one from bahrain where the revolution failed. where the revolution is. a revolution and where is the arab

spring going to go. it's twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow syria counting votes after the country held its first parliamentary election for half a century now the ballot however was firmly boycotted by the opposition which called it a sham but as reports amid continuing violence in the country many syrians believe the election actually gives them a real chance to help that country. it didn't get the stamp of approval from the opposition who'd cool for a boycott but people did turn out to vote in syria's parliament she elections the elections taking place against the backdrop of instability in the country and the credibility of the very it's being called into question with the opposition boycotting the vote so that their participation the real question is just how serious a change will this election bring to the political landscape in syria and that's what we've been finding out. because we have some disturbance and some of this is.

we have to approve that we can move forward and we can overcome this obstacle here . for people who are like people who support syria who say yes for syria no for to resume holding yes for peace for developing the country there are no international observers here something some felt should have been an option authorities say the people seeing the voting would doing so objectively and the monitor at this poll told us there been leave violations so far. everything has been going smoothly people are taking part in the motions with lesions more than seven thousand candidates have been buying public support fourteen million people allowed to vote in syria and they've been trying to gain the support when one of the two hundred fifty seats that are going to be available in the new parliament fourteen million people were eligible to vote but amongst those not participating

would be the tens of thousands of political prisoners and the huge chunks of the population who are now refugees having fled their homes from the violence this is led to serious questions about the legitimacy of the ballots but as international opinion surrounds the political developments in syria one analyst stress that this is a very full syrians and by syrians to me. comes from the people. who seized the. president. to solicit digital most. of this for him probably. their own who declare. it is illegitimate or illegitimate if you lost his legitimacy. it is diminishing the syrians. who disrupt that is

a right that they've been exercising whether it's turning out to cast the ballot or attempting to demonstrate in the street even amongst those they think there was something he said they felt the elections were unlikely to bring about any theories change but they said they believe that after fifteen months of unrest they had to at least try. syria and straight to libya now for the r.t. was the office of libya's interim prime minister has been attacked by gunmen in tripoli a dozen trucks mounted with anti aircraft guns have surrounded the building and a spokesperson says gunfire has taken place inside where the men are believed to be ex rebels demanding payment most people inside the building have fled but there are reports that at least one security card has been injured it's unknown though whether the prime minister is in the building. authorities have seized

sixteen thousand rounds of ammunition from an italian container ship in lebanon the bullets were found hidden in two cars on the vessel which was docked in the northern city of tripoli the ship's destination was unknown but syria claims that weapons are being smuggled over the lebanese border to fight against president assad tripoli has seen several protests in support of the fourteen month uprising against the syrian leader. u.s. house for oil than al qaeda plot to bomb an aircraft on the one year anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden the bomb was designed to fit into a passenger's underwear and detonate aboard a u.s. bound passenger jet a similar plot was attempted in december two thousand and nine but failed when the explosive failed to detonate but the device which was seized following a cia operation in yemen is now being examined by the f.b.i. . prime minister benjamin netanyahu says a new israeli government will responsibly promote

a peace process with the palestinians the statement came after he reached an agreement with the opposition following old line negotiations to avoid snap elections the unity government is now expected to hold talks on a range of issues including iran's disputed nuclear program. now afghan president hamid karzai is a war and the recently signed strategic pact with the us is at risk of becoming meaningless if the people do not feel safe in their country and this comes after reports that four airstrikes in recent days carried out by international forces left dozens of civilians dead. the president of the lobbying group pac nationalists says the american military and the cia are undermining the u.s. afghan relationship. but i think your president karzai will have to learn the hard way that he cannot trust commitments by the u.s. military and the cia games you know the inevitable nuts and probably some good

arguments made while either the cia and the google small of the by expanding the action such as the ones that killed of civilians under my name their entire model of good hard work or worse everyone else that led to the policy of. the you see you happy with your non compos that you say is in the same position as the the comedy was possible and will choose to sleep it cannot trust the us military you cannot choose to see any near probably has not months to do with the civilians of this it is a google search area this is and will is really the rules urban and who simply actions by a new experience you know you've grasped the need or. can do it in the past and they're all again going to lead to trouble will be a gun people business models will hits us with media over the next month and burns with mars as a start world war two that he will not. commit means the us military would see

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six thirty pm on tuesday here in moscow you're watching on t.v. here are your headlines. prime minister by the country's. new government. president putin has already ushered in his own correction to russia's political. hundreds of activists remain in. office some of them have been camping out overnight at the police made around four hundred arrests following. france's newly elected leader francois has little time to enjoy the fruits of victory as a nice to get down to business to bring about a strange trying to leave behind the ear of.