this is our she coming to live from moscow i mean you lash our timeline story now russia has a new prime minister dmitry medvedev who will now form a cabinet before getting down to business and nearly inaugurated president bush and as a ready dishing out directions regarding changes to the country's policies oh he's peter all of a breakdown premie admitted that his acceptance speech. changes to the upper echelons of russian political system also to continue with what he sees as his efforts to mull to the right 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 you so what is your reaction to the election of a teacher made good of his prime minister well i think has just got any observer of coverage of all there for 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 he's a verdict 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 to me she

may have 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 a lot more input his input is going to be with domestic politics do you think we could see a crease and widening of the discourse in terms of local politics in russia with good of his prime minister i think so i'm not sure exactly how much credit for this i would describe to the bit of it's undeniable that the discourse has widened. you know things have gotten much more interesting 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. 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. missile defense shield in eastern europe now the president has ordered the the foreign ministry in russia to address the united states demands from washington a clear written commitment that they will not target russia with any of those missile sites placed in eastern europe a political osa 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 think hooten 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 have very closely to enough those promises. angelic sabre's call they had of dumas foreign affairs committee who told all say that the new crime news international agenda is one area where well that will follow the course i'm uptown by dmitri medvedev. i expect to go there will be continue to between. foreign policy under president medvedev and the foreign policy which will be conducted by the russian. federation under president putin in the last six seven years there is a large consensus in russia on foreign policy issues unlike domestic affairs i think that russia will insist on this position on the issue and yesterday vladimir putin signed

a decree in which he. stressed that. the russian foreign policy will be based on requests on the request for security guarantees from the united states and nato and those guarantees should states that the new a.b.m. system that will be established by the united states of america and nato in europe will not be directed against the russian nuclear potential however it was also stressed that russia will seek balanced and constructive relations with the united states what is important to moscow is that there are no military interventions in the countries where there is an internal conflict this trend which we have seen for instance in libya. is not acceptable to the russian federation russia would not like that in syria the military intervention that happened in

libya repeats itself and as let's say a person gets busy in his new role as president some people have taken to the streets of moscow showing that discontent with his returned to office riot police have been deployed to disperse activists have been trying to hold marches against christians in operation our correspondent. has. 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 are just walks that they've been taking and sometimes from time to time gathering for unsanctioned protests 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 to do you see that they've detained around two hundred people throughout the entire day on tuesday several opposition leaders have also been detained 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 protest rallies 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 leader and establish concrete and well 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 the protest movement had really strong momentum in the

beginning when it started in december following the parliamentary election and amid accusations of ballot fraud then we saw tens of thousands of people taking to the streets for peaceful protest rallies the figures we're talking about now are hundreds of people who are attending the unsanctioned. also the character of these rallies seems to have changed since. the large protest rally on may sixth showed us that besides the peaceful middle class which she came to the previous rallies there are also. some a radical activist who often. leads to violence and clashes with the police like it happened on the me when there were injuries. and injuries on both sides and now it takes a closer look now at drives there and to put it in compound her united. 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 age he's a political analyst for voice of russia radio thanks for being with us i want to start with alexis the widely and surrogate so 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 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 a communist so what they write because it will do so for recently decode. he's. left from the reason why all of the communist party of russian federation human being chronically ill participate in all these actions get him constantly arrested that's he style that's like is that there on i.q. tests where he is the traditional. russian i guess what does that mean in terms of the world there are several groups which do not i why themselves with a laugh or with the communist party 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 we're 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 some time i believe we

don't have pictures here yet but it's. white there it is 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 of course white blue and red. but who also but would 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 i think in his degree not simply contradictory that's just including school of the nationalistic use but you know being a liberal the liberal secular would have been a nationalist the leftist accused would you know 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 three 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. with the u.n. envoy to syria warns that his peace plan is the last chance for the country to avoid civil war kofi annan has also accused the massacres of failing to implement the road map saying civilians are still coming and time what he's going to check on has the details of c. rist response. well purred 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 suicide bombings. d.v.d.

and said it has the confessions of dozens of individuals involved in terrorist activities upon the order of thirty countries here's what he said these terrorists did not come into syria. by using. they came into syria through the syrian borders with the neighboring countries so it's not a secret anymore who is behind these groups the. who are giving orders and try to work through these terrorist. leave. 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 a decrease 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 took up arms stepped down to fight for their rights a very dubious question arises here is it an attempt to justify violence on one side while. the other being exclusively 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. dr yunus research scholar at columbia university told me last hour that conference seeks to destabilize syria to deprive iran over its closest. security if you want it and the opposition basically. the. it was only as an armed rebellion so there is no old no doubt that these countries are funding and arming the rebels some gulf countries want to push back the prestigious money germany of iran and the. movement in the region and they want to basically stop syria or break the alliance between syria and iran we have seen what military

intervention and our own rebellion does to states we see what happens in libya and we just saw the attack today on the building where the prime minister was i think even in a lot of syrians understand what this started as a genuine ocular revolt has evolved and something that there could be and control anymore. and don't forget there's always a lot more in store for you on our website calling. to see i hate that be my guide my own kind to board a u.s. airliner wearing out the web on what's a double agent the full story is waiting. and also get a preview of his massive victory day parade go to our web site on to the home of the superficial the final draft of the heart of the capital of.

france will be hoping for a positive future following the election of a new president but while francois aligned may have beaten his rival he was in the recent run off a considerably tougher task now wait him running voters want to see a change in the country's foreign policy as well as economic growth test on c.n.n. reports now from. outwith the old. in the who the new. the press or large as they victory in the french presidential elections the people here are saying that france is once again peaceful if they're here they have 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

a laundry allies is that people reject it because it would then france would also cite france for many reasons one of them was is based on heritage so we can hope but in foreign policy is going to move in the right direction that is unless 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 as allegations kept coming out about his relationship with gadhafi the result tonight or it's clear they wanted to stop that kind of policy and that's going about your c.v. t.n.t. tonight it's not the night of hope again you know the march thirty second scene 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 you

have. 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 traditionally french while foreign policy took a backseat during the campaign a lot it did throw out two moves one go head to head with germany's angela merkel on renegotiating the e.u. fiscal pact believe me she will experience in the coming month the the power of i mean the negotiation power. of america because america will face an election in one year and will not be willing to compromise we said with a french president and to withdraw french troops from afghanistan a year earlier than planned it's a sign that i thank you once a scaled down foreign policy but i would guess that is going to be. considered to

what is happening in there in the rest of the world i'm more focused on economic issues when in 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. yes or sylvia our team paris. and over here the headlines again in about ten minutes time up next one of president nixon 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 in a few moments we'll talk to nato deputy secretary general on the future of cooperation between moscow and the line.

alexander vershbow deputy secretary general great to have you with us sir good to be here so let's start with something you probably never heard before russia is greatly concerned about nato anti-missile defense system in here will be able to shoot down its nuclear missiles that's upsetting the balance in the region that 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 isn't 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 some patients 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 m 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. today system in the system we might have ten years from now it cannot fire until they were told 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 might fire but it will be chasing the tail of that missile all the way till it crashes into the arctic sea in that case why can't america or nato please russia 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 guarantees 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 a 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 get 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 say 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 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 cold war and it's our mutual obligation to try to work together to overcome. nato deputy secretary thank you very much. pleasure.

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and again this is aussie the headlines. the russian parliament has overwhelmingly confirmed the appointment of the treme to bed if west brom it is to kill the new government while the new day no greatest president putin has already begun mapping out his our own vision for the country's future. and. to protest against putin's return to power continue into the night of central square with around two hundred accidents detained of the day meanwhile some analysts say the opposition movement is losing momentum was no coherent leadership or agenda. they threw an envoy to see red kofi annan slams damascus for their own growing bloodshed warning that the country could plunge into civil war while they see when a boss is assessed the gulf states on demining the u.n. mission by sending him to cuba.