twenty four hours a day russia has a new prime minister dmitry medvedev who will form a cabinet before getting down to business and newly inaugurated president putin is already dishing out directions regarding changes to the country's policies of a breakdown premier medvedev acceptance speech. changes to the upper echelons of russian political system also to continue with what he sees as his efforts to malta nice the political system in russia highlights you need. a major point that he wants to to push saying that he wants to increase investment into russia's economy an increase in investment from a brewery as well also he's saying it's full membership of the w t o is a must and something that he will push for as hard as econ doing his time in the role of prime minister and in terms of the military he wants to see a industrial military complex see making sure that russia's armed forces can remain

amongst the best in the world for more reaction to the fight to meet you may get it is now the prime minister of russia i'm joined by michael i don't the editor in chief of g q russia michael thanks very much for talking to you so what is your reaction to the election all for me to get it as prime minister well i i think as just about any observer of russian politics over the last few years i guess the proper reaction would be a complete and utter lack of surprise i think. that's been something that could have been easily predicted especially you know yesterday's pageantry. indicated that the tandem as we know it is still very much alive or at least by outward appearances it's undeniable that the discourse has widened you know things have gotten much more interesting and much more volatile in a few places and i think that focusing on municipal and local politics

is a smart thing for everyone right now because a lot can be a lot of them to accomplish absolutely like a lot of thank you very much the editor in chief of g.q. russia well let me a putin is the president and he's been delivering this on the strategic oldest. highlighting what he wants to achieve while he's in power key amongst those who have been foreign policy decisions revolving around the proposed u.s. missile defense shield in eastern europe now the president. the foreign ministry in russia to address the united states demands from washington clio written commitment that they will not target russia with any of those missile sites placed in eastern europe a little closer to home he's also said that he wants to cripple corruption in russia by forcing old bureaucrats to declare their incomes and to work to more transparency in russian politics using technology using the internet to do that of

course that was something that. puts in place to do during his time as president now as prime minister he's going to have to work very very closely with me of putin if they're to be able to live up to some of the promises of what some people who didn't two point zero is the loss of key economic decisions to be made both prime minister. president vladimir putin are going to have to work very closely. going to be approaching 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 a correspondent jacob greaves reports from the scene of the opposition gathering. but there are still braving the elements moscow weather at the moment has the awful see them gathered just behind me at present now they're called upon the behest of

alexei no bony opposition activists but he did that early tuesday morning to eating grass and all his followers to send in central moscow they did so somewhere else in quito 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 lead they didn't want to actually be saving anything political that's because it's an unsanctioned demonstration that would have likely led to a rest now actually coming back to this protest well 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 sort of moved the demonstration elsewhere

they were stopped by police but they have since been released three hours attained those two key figures since released on them 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'll 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 that markedly violent demonstrations for 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 there rog you. no but this was born on the back of the parliamentary elections back in december 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's somewhat of a split is a pit in my eyes in those violent demonstrations resource i can place on sunday for those and more of a fringe me 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. what is jacob greece reporting there and and he said no he now takes a closer look at what drives the anti putin camp and how united in actually is. 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 which 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 name is not a typical leftist just like would 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 also 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 there these are 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 was so friesen to declare he is. left wrong to be an ally of the

communist party a russian federation human being chronically ill participate in all these actions get him constantly arrested that's his style what's like is that they're on a kibbutz where he is their traditional. russian i guess what does that mean in terms of there are several groups which do more time why themselves with the left front or with the communist party job you gone off 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 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 right 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 proud. but

who would not like to be associated with us or leftists what 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 don't we see the thousands of the masses do we see so many different flags if they are so anti putin can't they just get under that banner all these groups have a mutually exclusive view they're not simply i think in histogram not simply contradictory that's just including school with the nationalistic use put in of being a liberal liberal secular which would have been a nationalist the leftist. the soviet social system is a liberal secular splintering of reviving the soviet period so they can't agree on anything the only thing that they can agree on is that they don't like they want the current russian state to collapse that's about to meet there 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. just turning eleven minutes past the hour here in the russian capital still ahead for you this hour a small step towards stability. we have a proof that we can move forward yes for syria no for tourism no for holding guns yes for peace yes for developing the country as syrians come and parliamentary votes the country is still divided over whether the ballot will make a difference to people's lives. move victims of police abuse in the u.s. leave many questioning whether the law is failing to control the offices responsible for upholding it. those stories told. cumber first france will be hoping for a positive future following the election of a new president but well for all and may have been his rival nicolas sarkozy in the recent run off a considerably tougher task now awaits him many voters want to see a change in the country's foreign policy course and the economy to grow our reports

now from paris. out to the old. in with a new. trust was a lot to ask a victory in the french presidential elections the people here are saying that france is once again peaceful if they're here they had voted for change but the question is how soon are they going to see that change and what kind of crabs are they really going to have and the world is asking precisely the same question alon belise is that people rejected because it would then france would also like france for many reasons one of them was this personal arrogance so we can hope but in foreign policy is going to move in the right direction that is less arrogant. be it arrogance or something else there was no hiding nicolas sarkozy's eagerness to lead the libyan intervention sending french warplanes in first he of course

betrayed himself all along as deliberate of libya but he kept that extremely quiet . allegations kept coming out about his relationship with gadhafi the result tonight or clear they wanted to stop that kind of policy and that can allow you receive it and tonight it's the night of hope again you know the march thirty second sea has created an overall image of france we don't want divisions within the french society we don't want the bombing of arab countries we are friends of the arabs. a lot is being branded france's new hope or gas 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 traditionally french while foreign policy took a backseat during the campaign a lot of 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. 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 thank you much to scale down during all this but i would guess that is going to be. considerate of what is happening in there 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 represent them both at home and abroad . tesser cilia art. just to remind you to get more information on any of our stories you see here on screen log on to our website r.t. don't call here's what's waiting for you right now the fear of flying pilots

refused to operate one of the world's most advanced jets the f. twenty two the safety concerns suggest the cockpit could be deadly for the crew. to our you tube channel to watch a special report on the tragic fate of the displaced refugees escaping the ongoing violence in the arab states. bahrain's leading human rights activists remains detained on charges of inciting protests through social networks now he was arrested just days after featuring on julian assange show here. on the program the whistleblower questioned him and an egyptian human rights activist about the origins and the future of the arab spring movement as it was openly criticized the bahraini ruling family and the state's western allies on the based author and journalist afshin rattansi believes that. his fellow activists face a future of tough challenges. there is no case against him the case against the

british and american and european governments that are backing bahrain i don't know i don't know how long julius. he has been under house arrest here in this country without charge but they honestly seem to think that they can now arrest his interviewees very disturbing what's happening to the president of the bahrain center for human rights is not just him more worryingly of course is the has been under strike i understand his daughter who is also being in custody case not coming up till later in the week you know they are 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 and we has two thousand and nine steve thousand and ten as if 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 protest and to this is ongoing and they know journalists that the government by the way the next edition of joining us on the show featuring. in the next hour here on our team but he's

a small preview of what's ahead for. what i said in my twitter column that i'm going to meet julian assange and i'm going to speak to me t.v. program my house was surrounded by almost one hundred policemen and. machine guns and i did realize that i was not at home didn't they just. ask my family to tell me to come to the public prosecutor today at four o'clock where i am through it so you are here to live here and i received when i was last night and i think i went but i mean what is what are you going to do or i'm going to go back i mean i have to face it i mean it's not the first time but this is the struggle this is the freedom this is democracy that we are fighting for has a cost and we have to pay the cost and the cost might be very expensive as we have costs in bahrain and i willing to pay that for the changes that we are fighting for

. i speak to two leading revolutionaries one from bahrain where the revolution failed was leadership where the revolution is now in turmoil what makes a revolution and where is the arab spring going to go. syria is counting votes out of the country held its first parliamentary election for half a century the ballot however was firmly boycotted by the opposition which called it a sham but aunty sara firth now reports amid continuing violence in the country many syrians believe the election gives them a real chance to help their country. it didn't get the stamp of approval from the opposition who'd called for a boycott but people did turn out to vote in syria's parliamentary 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 i feel because we have some disturbance and some of this is ok we have to approve that we can move forward and we can overcome this obstacle in here. for people who are like people who support syria who say. yes for syria no for to no for holding yes for peace yes for developing the country there are no international observers here something some felt should have been an option authorities say the people of seeing the very thing we're doing so objective way and the monitor at this poll told us therapy live violations so far. everything has been going smoothly people are taking part in her motions without hardly. more than seven thousand candidates have been vying for 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 from 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 ballot but as international opinion surrounds the political developments in syria one analyst stress that this is a very full syrians and by syrian. legitimacy you can. from there people. for. president. does it innocent. of this for him probably. the one who can declare that president assad is a legitimate or illegitimate. lost his legitimacy or he is dismissing the

syrians. or the rights and it's a right that they've been exercising whether it's turning out to cast their ballots or attempting to demonstrate in the streets even among their was something he said they felt the elections were unlikely to bring about any serious change but they said they believe that after fifteen months of unrest they had to at least try. now some more world news in brief for you on our world update 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 a spokesperson says gunfire has taken place inside the metal believed to be rebels demanding payment which people inside the building fled but rather reports that at least one security guard has been injured it's unknown whether the prime minister

is in the building. authorities of c sixty 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 seen several protests in support of the fourteen month uprising against the syrian leader. also will not take the u.s. is for the 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 decimate aboard a u.s. bound passenger jet a similar plot was attempted in december two thousand and nine but failed when the explosive did not detonate properly the device which was seized following a cia operation in yemen is now being examined by the f.b.o. . prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the new israeli government will responsibly promote a peace protest with the palestinians the statement came up he reached an agreement

with the opposition for an all night negotiations to avoid snap elections the unity government is now expected to hold talks in a range of issues including iran's disputed nuclear program. footage of two u.s. police officers beating a homeless man to death as he cried for help has been shown in an american courtroom it's the latest in a spate of shocking police brutality cases to grab the headlines as. many in america feel that justice is far from being done. february two thousand and twelve shooting death of teenager trayvon martin marley graham was shot and killed inside his home two on armed african-american teenagers in two separate states succumb to the same fate in florida trayvon martin was carrying candy when he was gunned down by neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman it's a promise to a job and pursued by police moments before he was killed in new york city remarkably graham was standing in his bathroom when he was shot in the chest by

a plainclothes narcotics officer who forced himself into the home without a warrant the eighteen year old was not in possession of a gun or drugs and according to n.y.p.d. officials the thirty year old cop who pulled the trigger lacked the proper training to work in his assigned unit two months have passed and there have been no charges in connection with the killing it's a lack of training in the situation is in a lack of respect for the communities that you're patrolling that allows an officer to sort of act in a unauthorized undisciplined outside the guidelines manner which in essence is acting like a cowboy you know we're not in the wild west the fatal police shooting of a sixty eight year old ex marine kenneth chamberlain sr was the u.s. war veteran who fell victim to unnecessary deadly police force last november the sixty eight year old was tasered and shot by officers who responded to a false alarm from a medical alert pendant chamberlain reportedly instructed the officers to leave

before they broke his door down an investigation into his killing remains ongoing too often the police are putting themselves in situations where violence becomes a more likely outcome and this is the result often of overly aggressive policing policies the exact number of americans killed by overly aggressive policing remains unknown because the us department of justice does not require police departments to report fatal shooting statistics meanwhile the new york. city police department the world's largest has refused to release internal reports on police shootings from one thousand nine hundred six through two thousand and six until you begin holding those officers accountable until when they commit certain acts they actually go to jail or they lose their pensions you're going to have a resistance because they feel sometimes that they can commit these acts with impunity meaning that they know that other than

a few headaches or hiccups nothing is really going to happen to them which is why we bring cases and actions against the officers. are persistent use of police tasers is also being blamed for the death of five hundred people in the u.s. since two thousand and one. and according to amnesty international dozens of deaths can be traced to unnecessary force oh the policies for taser use vary from state to state. experts say it's time for washington to create strict national guidelines to protect the public bar. from police growing trigger happy with electric shock devices this would help clarify things both for police departments and also frankly would strengthen the hands of people who want to bring litigation against the police for civil rights violations because it would show it would provide a standard that they could use for challenging these local police practices critics

claim that justice is rarely served when those who kill turn out to be u.s. police officers in many instances leaving the very people entrusted with in forcing a law well protected when they violate or in upper nile artsy new york. so that to present to the moment a few minutes from now we hear from nato's deputy chief talking about anti missile defense systems in europe that will be after the headlines of may stay with us live and this is all t. in moscow.

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having with this is all to life top stories now that dimitri medvedev is voted in as prime minister by the country's lawmakers and will now form a new government you know great and president putin has already ushered in his own corrections to russia's political course. hundreds of activists remain in central moscow protesting against putin's return to office some of them have been camping out overnight after police made around four hundred arrests following violent clashes on the evolve putin's inauguration. and france is elected leader francois hollande does little time to enjoy the taste of victory as he needs to get down to business to bring about promised change leaving the sarkozy era behind bringing an end to aggressive foreign policies and tackling austerity are among the new president's first task.