twenty four hour news live from moscow this is our she was new u.s. ship of our thanks for joining us russia has a new prime minister dmitry medvedev who will now form a cabinet before getting down to business and newly inaugurated president putin has already dishing out directions regarding changes to the country's policies all he's people have a breakdown plenty of various acceptance speech. changes to the upper echelons of russian political system also to continue with what he sees as his efforts to multan the rich political system in russia i like to meet call me a major point that he wants to to push saying that he wants to increase investment into russia's economy and increase investment from a brule as well also you saying it's full membership of the w t o is a must and something that he will push for as hard as he can 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 the editor in chief of g.q. russia thanks very much for talking to so what is your reaction to the election of teacher made good of his prime minister well i think has 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 and especially you know yesterday's pageantry. indicated that the tandem as we know it is still very much alive or at least by the fear and says dimitri medvedev said that one of his proudest achievements presidents was

that he believed he would like the political discourse in russia now. prime minister of course he's going to be have a lot more input his input is going to be with domestic politics do you think we could see increasing widening of the discourse in terms of local politics in russia with that bit of his prime minister i think so i'm not sure exactly how much credit for this i would describe to the bit of but 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 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 hold is highlighting what he wants to achieve while he's in power he amongst those who have been foreign policy decisions revolving around the proposed u.s.

on time missile defense shield in eastern europe now the president has ordered the foreign ministry in russia to address the united states demands from washington clear written commitments that they will not target russia with any of those missile sites placed in eastern europe you could look closer to home he's also said that he wants to cripple corruption in russia by forcing all 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 dmitri medvedev had put in place had started to do during his time as president now as prime minister he's going to have to work very very closely with the to me of putin if they're to be able to live up to some of the promises of what some people are dubbing putin two point zero is the loss of key economic decisions to be made and both prime minister dmitri medvedev and president vladimir putin going to have to work very

closely to knock those promises. and as legend the person gets busy in his new role as president some people have taken to the streets of moscow sharing their discontent with his return to office riot police have been deployed to disperse and exhibits have been trying to hold marches against putin's inauguration and our correspondent he is going over is now in central moscow and joining us live. so you go or the night dragging on the president should bring out at this late hour. while several groups of protesters remain on the city streets the activists have been wandering around the city center throughout the night evening and really the entire tuesday in what they call broad just walks that they've been taking and sometimes from time to time gathering for unsanctioned to approach us rallies in different places of the center and were blocked by the police who have been also

sort of following them around the city center on the off road you see that they've detained around two hundred people throughout the entire day on tuesday several opposition leaders have also been detained to the latest one was. the leader of the left front movement also a blogger alexina wiley and socialite and t.v. host who was released shortly after she was detained and right after she was released she did decided to take part in another unsanctioned. so pretty much this has been the picture of throughout the night and throughout tuesday which started already with a protest rally on one of those who are some people actually spent the previous night there and then several hundred protesters gathered in the morning also singing songs and then they dispersed into these groups walking around the city center after that. the opposition mosque and russia has become nor were they last

five months how far has the movement it wont during that time. while deep the protest movement did start in such on such a scale in december after the parliamentary election amid accusations of ballot fraud and it did have strong momentum in the beginning we saw huge protests rallies which gathered tens of. thousands of people then the movement did lose momentum but it seems that right before the inauguration of president vladimir putin the momentum returned and we've been seeing protests rallies both sanctioned and unsanctioned ones for the past few days but when we talk about the demands of the opposition this is a really complicated question since the opposition is really diverse throughout these five months and they still haven't been able to establish one. and

establish concrete and while specific constructive demands since the movement itself consists of various and different movements and organizations which often don't share the same political views actually the only thing that unites them is the demand for the new elections and that they don't want to see president vladimir putin as the head of russia but really just what we're witnessing in moscow now is the total lack of organization among the opposition movement which definitely needs to change if it needs to if it wants to achieve something. many thanks indeed for that day. and season isa now it takes a closer look at all drives the on to peace encounter and how you knighthood. 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 alexina violently and sergei 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 nonviolently is not a typical leftist populist like will does he use more into 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 certain 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 is. left from the reason why all of the communist party the russian federation human being chronically ill participate in all these actions get him constantly arrested that's his style but it's like is that they're on ikea's where is their traditional. russian i guess what does that mean in terms of these protests there are several groups which do not i y themselves with a laugh or with the communist party over sunday i was there and they 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 some time i believe we don't have pictures here yet but it's. white areas yes what's this is it means someone you know all of the groups all the nationalist groups are strongly opposed

to the current government strong up or two white blue and red. but who are also but will not like to be associated with communists 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 syrians trying to happen why don't we see the thousands of people the masses do we see so many different flanks 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 unthinking histogram not simply contradictory they're just including school of the nationalistic use put in of being a liberal the liberal secular would have been a nationalist the left your stick you are in the soviet social system is the liberal secular sporting of reviving the soviet imperialism so they can't agree on anything the only thing that they can agree on is that they don't like what they want the current russian state to collapse that's about it to me bob rich political

analyst from words 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. going on now the un envoy to syria warns that his peace plan is the last chance for the country to avoid civil war kofi annan has also keys damascus of failing to implement a road map saying civilians are still coming under as hard as he is going to come has the details of syria's response. we've heard the syrian ambassador to the united nations say that a number of regional powers are sponsoring terror in syria to undermine kofi annan . he said the syrian government remains committed to the plan but it faces a surge of terrorist attacks including. d.v.d. and said it has the confessions of dozens of individuals involved in terrorist activities upon the order of certain countries here's what he said these terrorists

did not come into syria. by using. into syria. she and borders with the neighboring countries so it's not a secret anymore who is behind these. giving orders and try to work with these terrorist. live in qatar saudi arabia. he also accused turkey of harboring armed groups which are infiltrating syria committing crimes and returning back to turkey because syrian ambassador said what also undermines kofi and his plan is the inflow of arms into syria now both the syrian ambassador to the u.n. and even the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. noted that there has been an increase of violence in syria but the international envoy kofi annan said there is still a profound concern that syria is descending into full on civil war up to one

hundred international observers are already working there the envoys said the number will reach three hundred by the end of the month so there's going to be more eyes on the ground as of now he said and i'm going to i'm going to quote here there have been a worrying episodes of violence by the government but we have also seen attacks against government forces troops and installations it's very interesting how the u.s. ambassador susan rice responded to the claims made by the syrian ambassador she brushed off the question about terrorists and then she went on talking about those who. look up war and step down to fight for their rights very dubious question arises here is it in a campaign to justify violence on one side while. the other being exclusively of the syrian government susan rice confirmed it in a way with her latest statement by putting all responsibility in the hands of the syrian government and never not once mentioning the armed groups in the opposition with this regard and that despite the fact that the u.s.

has accepted kofi annan plan which addresses all sides of the conflict not just the syrian government. meanwhile syria is counting the votes out of the country held its first parliamentary election for hoffa century but it was boycotted by the opposition. says that amid continuing violence in the country many syrians believe the election gave them a real chance to help that country. it didn't get the stamp of approval from the opposition who'd called for a boycott the people did turn out to vote in syria's parliament to 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 shia who say yes for syria no for to resume no for holding us for be used 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 have been a violation so far that everything has been going smoothly people are taking part in the motions without violations 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 to win one of those 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 will 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 ballot but as international opinion surrounds the political developments in syria one analyst stressed that this is a very full syrians and by syrians to me. comes from the people. who seized the. president of. the city most. of this for him probably. the one who can declare that president assad is legitimate or illegitimate he lost his legitimacy. his legitimacy the syrians. of the rights that is a right that they've been exercising whether it's turning out to cast the ballot or

attempting to demonstrate in the streets even amongst those voting there was some he said they felt the elections were unlikely to bring about any theories change but they said they believed that after fifteen months of unrest they had to at least try. r.t. syria. the office of leave is interim prime minister has been attacked by gunmen in tripoli leaving at least two security officials dead and several others injured the militia men surrounded the building to mandate to be paid for the role they played in last year's uprising against nomic adelphi the premier wasn't present however when the shooting happened and by yomi icici re at the pan african newswire told us earlier that the security problems that currently then the government is facing now might pave the way to foreign intervention. there is a lot of problems that exist are when the national transitional council inside of libya they were put in power socially by the pentagon and nato that had not been

for the air power the mabel blockades the intelligence assurance on the part of the united states government and the various european governments there is no way that the m.t.c. could have defeated the libyan army last year so these are of the dilemmas that the government is facing right now so it actually is creating a situation where there will be a rationale for possible u.s. or nato direct military intervention on the ground in order to poorly or stabilize the situation in the country. bahrain is leading human rights activist remains detained on charges of inciting prospects through social networks now builder job was arrested just days after featuring on julian assange hero nazi and on the program the whistleblower questioned him and an egyptian human rights activist about the origins and future of the arab spring movement now be over java has

always openly criticized the bahraini ruling family and estates of western allies but next edition of julian assange to show featuring nabby over job is a man next hour but he is a small previously. 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 in the idealized you know was not a home didn't they just do it's my duty to me to come to depose prosecutor today at four o'clock where i am here to do it so you're here today was going to i received when i was ten and i think you know it but what i mean what is what are you going to do if i'm going to go back i mean i have to face it in. the fullest. but this is the struggle this is the freedom this is democracy that we are fighting for as a cost and we have to pay the costs and the cause might be very expensive as we

have been. willing to pay for the changes that we are fighting for. i speak to two leading revolutionaries one from bahrain where the revolution failed was really gypped where the revolution is now in turmoil for makes a revolution and where is the screen going to go. back with a recount of all top stories in just about ten minutes time and up next one of president putin's past acts in office was to order the foreign ministry to obtain clear guarantees that america's missile defense shield in europe is not a threat to russia and then he managed to talk to a nato secretary general on the future cooperation between moscow and that line.

alexander vershbow deputy secretary general great to have you with us sir good to be here so i start with something you probably never heard before russia is greatly concerned about nato anti-missile defense system will be able to shoot down its nuclear missiles that's upsetting the balance in the region but the negotiation on this topic started two years ago in two thousand and ten why do you think that is that the united states still is and haven't been able to personally rochelle's the

opposite well it's not something that. is very satisfying and we want to continue to work on this dialogue with russia but it is a serious difference of opinion that we have to overcome because it's really about the facts about the science about the capabilities of the system that nato is developing with a strong contribution from the united states we remain convinced that there is no danger to the russian strategic nuclear force not today not ten years from now and that the russian analysis is based on a series of worst case to functions and and unrealistic assumptions that creates an image of a threat which really doesn't exist but is worried that maybe in five six seven years time the european anti missile defense system will be able to shoot down for example specifically its concern about the modifications of the s.

and three interceptor that can travel fast enough to actually shoot down russia's new cells and sat a key issue it's a very technical issue but it's a very fundamental issue is that in a nato system can't fire. that's today's system in the system we might have ten years from now it cannot fire until the road to the i.c.b.m. that it's targeting has finished its powered flight until the engine burns out and only then is it going in a ballistic trajectory by the time that happens. if this we're talking about a russian system it'll be too far to the north nato will it might fire but it will be chasing the tail that missile all the way till it crashes into the arctic sea in that case why can't. legally pounding guarantees that's a complicated question relating in part to politics and in part to the nature of the problem the cooperation itself we think is the best guarantee come

inside the structure participate in the planning learn more about the system we could agree to exchange information about what we're going to have not just tomorrow but five years from now ten years from now there's lots of ways to increase predictability which is really what russia is looking for guarantee. as we saw with the a.b.m. treaty it's just a piece of paper can be torn up and abandoned just took six months for president george w. bush to abandon maybe i'm truly president obama when he sought the ratification of the new start treaty made some very specific commitments to the senate to get that treaty through he said that the united states will accept no limits on its ballistic missile capabilities i know president said you have had to make similar deals to get it through the duma. but political leaders need to. understand that no one has the ability to override the will of their of their parliaments i understand but in this case in this particular case america needs this to sound

system much more than russia because it's. it's a topic of concern for russia so it's the only thing that's coming in the way of sealing the deal is the legal legal guarantee why not just give it because of the commitments that have been made it would be rejected by our senator we had a worse situation so i just don't think that's the answer i think political guarantees transparency predictability. and the benefits that come from cooperation. in which nato would be helping russia protect its territory just as much as russia would be helping nato i think all that leads to the kind of confidence that. both necessary and sufficient to move forward well from what we're told they see european missile defense system is really directed against the iranian threat and it will be fully operational in two thousand and eighteen there are numerous ways right now to contain iran u.s. is building bases around it israel has kept abilities international sanctions are

in place it really doesn't look like in the nearest future for another five six years iran will be representing a real threat to nato so why so what is the purpose of this whole european anti-missile system if iran is contained well there's a. i think a legitimate debate that we could have maybe if we had more time about can iran a regime that has a radical ideology that has pledged to wipe country not far from its borders off the map whether it could really be contained but yes the threat today is not as bad as we think it will be five ten years ago ten ten years from now so we do have time to work this out right now the threat is concentrated mainly in the southeastern part of europe and southern part of russia if you look at the circles on the map. but we've also seen iran conduct tests of a new generation missiles that are even longer range that can begin to threaten central europe by the end of the decade they'll be threatening northern europe will

they actually attack. who knows from the russian perspective the whole missile defense is break or make as far as they do as far as nature relations go president advance of has stated more than one step at a new arms race could be in place if the two sides don't come to agreement but is it really as important to nato as it is to russia i would hope that at the end of the day it would be equally important to both parties because we're talking about our security at the same time we take the russian concerns very seriously so we have to address the concerns about strategic stability i think we can then i think we can really be thinking about nato russia relations in a totally new way we're still not yet free of the hostility and the suspicions of a cold war and it's our mutual obligation to try to work together to overcome. nato deputy secretary thank you very much listened to your pleasure.

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back this is a quick check of the headlines. to make sure that it is voted in as prime minister by russian lawmakers and will announce the when new government you know great again as president putin has already begun to entrain his own corrections for the country's political. protests in central moscow continue into the ninety's but with opposition members detains the movement loses momentum and few people are holding out against. plus un envoy to syria kofi annan blames damascus for the ongoing violence warning series slipping into civil war but the government claims it's pointing to protect its people from a foreign funded insurgency saying last week that school's out on the billions. and up next l.t.s. financial experts much kaiser and his co-host stays ahead of this and.