the week's top stories on our clear up bloodied a portent returns to the kremlin as russia's president where they ramped up new challenges ahead one of the biggest being the protests which grew into clashes ahead of his inauguration. a jihad as terrorist group says it's carried out dual suicide bombings in syria's capital which became the deadliest since the r.s. began. and its recovery crews have located the flight data recorder from the crowds who poured super jet which had a steep volcano in indonesia with forty five on board.

the lone karen taraji thank you for joining us on this sunday for this week's top stories russia's latest president took his seat this week putin returned to the top job but it's a very different world to when he was last in the kremlin and all eyes are on which course he will take the question being if putin can move forward now that he's back here's i would say to chefs. for the third time. the thirty three word oath to become russia's president with an air of ease and call. as i fulfill the duties of the president of the russian federation i swear to protect and guarantee the rights and freedoms of our citizens to observe and protect the constitution of the russian federation to protect the sovereignty independence and territorial integrity of our state to serve its people faithfully. but the task he's taken on could be more like

an uphill ride x.-press believe any leader who's been in power for five six seven years in a difficult position because people get used to him and taken for granted he has to then reinvent himself international challenges have changed greatly since used two previous terms while russia's new president faces an absolutely different situation at home the country has become more politically active and with so many reforms promised by putin during his campaign he has no choice but to start fulfilling them he needs to set out for reform and not a reform on paper but something we'll something that both the opposition and you know the regular people not just in moscow but all throughout russia can see that this is really putin to point out the eyes of the world are also on what putin's foreign policy will be many believe it's likely to stay close to that of me that he made a video however first statements on foreign policy have given a hint that we may see something new off to roll first he insisted russia will

firmly defend its interests over american missile defense plans in europe he also said he would not be going to the next g. eight summit in the united states it has already made some analysts speculate that the relationship between moscow and washington would not be so rosy the return of putin to the presidency. heralds a strong not a decisive shift but a strong shift in emphasis away from the failed reset policy that hillary clinton offered when video first the man as president and i think it's been clear that the reset has brought nothing positive for security or stability in russia it was a time bind measure on the part of washington simply to allow it to build more of its ballistic missile defense installations and put more pressure on russia's security situation the next few months a experts will be instrumental in defining putin's long term strategy the question

is whether russia and the world will see and you putin willing and able to face difficult challenges. see moscow. the people which the new government probably needs to convince the most are the opposition that drew crowds before and after the inauguration some of the most recent protests in moscow resulted in ugly clashes with police and hundreds of arrests parties and so now and political analysts to meet the bobbit examine who's really driving the demonstrations. 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 modern russian opposition is to me 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 sergei 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. is not a typical leftist populist like what 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 solidly right because it will do so for recently because. he's. left from the reason why all of the communist party of russian federation human being chronically ill but dissipating all these actions get him constantly arrested that's his style that's like is that

they're on a kiss where he is their traditional. russian i guess what does that mean in terms of there are several groups which do not i why themselves with a laugh or with the communist party if you go on a 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 we're in a lot of these masks. let's talk a little bit more about the nationalist fight that we see sometimes i believe it's white there it is. what's this if it means someone you know all of the groups all the nationalist groups that are strongly opposed to the current government strung up all white. 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 sit ins 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 mutually exclusive view they're not simply i think in his degree not simply contradictory that's just in the school of the nationalistic he was put in of being a liberal the liberal secular were going to be the nationalists the leftist accused would you know the sort of social system is the liberal secular sporting of reviving the soviet period is so they can't agree on anything the only thing that they can agree on is that they don't like what they want to the current russian state to collapse that's about to meet their political analysts 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 the latest series of anti putin rallies that started

last weekend has now do windell to an indefinite sit out in one of moscow's central squares the gathering has already been labeled occupied by from the name of the poet who's monument dorrance the square not many people are there just a few dozen but there are some surprising visitors one farmer brought his cow to the protest he's got some serious before russia joining the world trade organization it certainly was an eye opener for muscovites who aren't used to the livestock on the streets but police say so long as it's on a leash no laws being broken. and russian opposition writers and poets plan to march through moscow later on sunday they're interested in how the police respond to what they call peaceful walks in the capitol will follow along and tell you what happens right here on our. islamised extremists a very behind the twin bombings in syria's capital on thursday which killed fifty five people and injured around four hundred others we all know through

a front thought to share the same jihad this ideology as al qaeda posted a video online saying it carried out the worst terrorist assault in syria since the start of the uprising last year it also says the suicide bombings were in response to an attack on a residential areas by president assad's forces a claim confirms fears that al-qaeda linked extremists have joined the anti regime fight parties are a further met syrians who have been living through more than a year of violence and whose hopes rest with the u.n. observers. this sound of gunfire and heavy artillery brings out lipsky line or with the u.n. observers in it live in there's been some pretty heavy gunfire. throughout the night. no will say government seemingly has very tight control of the century area . and the fierce fighting is continuing there is the cease fire here both

sides we're told of violating the peace plan we followed the u.n. observers into it on the way passing through homs and hama other areas monitors that based and there is that is seen some of the most destructive fighting as we passed through homes we have a brief an emotional conversation with the residents after. his safety. the people who are still fighting. that is he tries hard not to show perfectly encapsulate the level of devastation that has been wreaked on people's lives here throughout the course of the conflict is on to it and a stretch of road this name for being extremely dangerous it's a journey that would have been near impossible without the u.n. presence and with the volatile situation criminal gangs thought to operate in this area we find it live under siege like conditions

a quiet and intimidated city i don't know since a year and a half ago no one knows what's happening we go to sleep and wake up with fear some say he's the government and other states armed groups we don't know who's doing that last we get a chance to meet it lives governor and ask him about the situation here. even if there is a little unrest in some areas or in a few spots it's due to people who are breaking the. checkpoint after checkpoint then we enter into an area outside of government control and it's a unique chance to see the u.n. monitors in action almost a month into the peace plan and you're monitors are making small steps on the ground but it's going to be a slow process. throughout the course of the conflict it's been hard to come to some of the areas where the fiercest fighting is happening and get a gauge of exactly what the situation is on the ground the u.n. observers traveling to some of these areas have given them access but what we see

is a frightened population and the city symbol is the olive branch the symbol of peace is right now a city civil. r.t. . there is a fear of the u.n. peace mission in syria as being undermined from abroad as the director of the conflicts form organization explain tarting. having militarily experienced witnesses on the ground who can tell what is a mortar shell and what is a burning tar being fired on the top of the roof more than an ordinary journalist can does help but please bring this thing that maybe possibly will contribute to stabilizing it of course military observers any sort of observers can deal with a few determined. who wish to infiltrate the country and place explosives in the middle of a time the head of american intelligence assessment james clapper himself said that

americans believe that the earlier bombings were done by groups infiltrating from iraq into syria to places who is behind them we are not quite sure but it's most likely those that are sponsoring these groups will be in the gulf states will be gulf states who will be by the funding it or stimulating these sort of attacks i think it's fairly plain the reason why it doesn't take a great deal of investigation to work out. for both sides. the peace process is not what they're wanting to see they want to see the violent overthrow of the assad regime. anti-government rallies have gained momentum in bahrain following me arrest of the country's leading human rights activists last weekend now be over jop an outspoken critic of the regime was detained for organizing and participating in the protests just days after a meeting with wiki leaks is chilling a son rajab himself believes the interview which aired on our team last tuesday

prompted his arrest. when i said in my twitter account that i'm going to meet julian assange then 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. to tell me to come to depose prosecutor today at four o'clock where i am going to do it i'm going to go back i mean i have to face channeling stan middle east affairs expert all share a ton c believes for a job so rest exposes the west select approach in dealing with the arab uprisings there is no case against in the case against the british and american and european governments that are backing bahrain i don't know i don't know how long julian assange has been under house arrest here in this country without charge but they obviously think that they're going to 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 a. hunger strike just on his daughter who is also being in custody you know 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 two 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 protests and to this is ongoing and they know journalists that have coverage. from the next edition of join asuncion show is here on our team next tuesday but if you've missed the program that allegedly triggered not be over jobs arrest you can have her website where you can catch all the editions so far as a solid dot dot com. it's speak to two leading revolutionaries one from bahrain where the revolution failed was

a leadership where the revolution is though in turmoil what makes a revolution and where is the arab spring going to go. all right it's sixteen minutes past the hour and russian recovery teams are at the site where a sukhoi superjet crashed into a mountain in indonesia on wednesday the hunt is on for the flight data recorders to help explain the tragedy preassure it or has a story. it was the demo flight that ended in disaster rescuers in indonesia have attempted this week to scale the treacherous terrain outside jakarta at the site of the crash of the russian sukhoi superjet one hundred forty five people were on board and authorities say there are no signs of survivors but ever since the plane disappeared on wednesday family members of those who were on the plane have been gathering here at the airport hoping for any word from authorities about what could have happened to the plane they've also been putting up memorials like this one to

remember the lives that were lost that day. on med had no idea his wife was on board the jet that took off for the second time on wednesday for a thirty minute demonstration for potential customers an airline executives his wife was heading the cabin crew that day because when they got to she was not supposed to fly because shouldn't tell me i was in the forms of the normally when she flies she would tell me while authorities are still continuing the search and investigation into exactly what happened many believe that the poor visibility in fog that day contributed to the plane crashing into a nearby mountain the sukhoi superjet was on a tour of five asian countries demonstrations had already taken place in kazakhstan pockets son and me and maher the multibillion dollar plane is the first commercial aircraft built in russia since the end of the soviet union and already had one hundred seventy orders placed for its part just around the world it's not yet clear

if the crash will affect the jets future as well as sukhoi for a few taishan but some aviation experts say it won't this is going to have a temporary impact on. very much depends on the report. to the primary cause this crash was we have to remember of course because the jet you thought his. here in commercial where that's a very new word craft a very modern russian rescue teams will work alongside indonesian search teams until the investigation is concluded hoping that family members like they can get some answers the bit that it's i just want to find out what happened to her. preassure either our teacher card or indonesia all right still ahead on r t the pressure is on for francis new president. riled up in france well learned about their own would be no honeymoon period with him in two crucial negotiations which

could dictate europe's debt survival plan plus. parker if you don't get a prescription or even three year old firm to recruit workers party here. for their daughter will grow and grow to. be worth of america and his first interview to english speaking media jailed russian businessman victor boot exclusively tells our teeth about what's behind his conviction. well it's been another turbulent week for the trouble to you as and sturdy anger spilled onto europe's streets and spain turns off thousands marched in eighty cities across the country on saturday with loud demands for an end to cuts and misery earlier in the week a violent clashes erupted in the italian city of naples where hundreds of protesters attempted just storm a local tax office that sounds grose own future again descends into doubt over

greece sticking to the harsh plan to dig it out of debt party leaders are in a last ditch effort to form a coalition following last sunday's inconclusive election if they fail it would mean going back to the polls in a few weeks political and strategic analyst a doctor of the song says it's not just protests we're seeing in europe it's a revolution. it is very clear that this financial assault is like an artichoke first you start with the weakest states and then you go to the heart and the heart is from germany and the other aaa reserves already hit you know the bottom and very soon other countries will do the same because it's not just working class it's really middle middle class which will be squeezed without any picture for the sake of these financial interests and this is something which goes

against the grain of democracy and begins to grain of dignity and freedom so i think that the situation at least in some countries is really ready for. something very similar to an arab revolution. and another worry for the e.u. is austerity champions as france where newly elected president francois hollande plans to renegotiate the fiscal pact driven by german chancellor angela merkel they'll meet on tuesday after all and sworn in tests are silly at sums up the nation's mood as she joined the crowd to welcome their new leader. out with the old . in with a new. president a large task a victory in the french presidential elections the people here are saying that france is once again peaceful event here they had voted for change but the question is how soon are they going to see that change and what kind of frats are they

really going to have and the world is asking precisely the same question. is is that people reject it out because it would then france would also like france for many reasons one of them was this based on the arrogance 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 you know the much good the second see 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

a gargantuan 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 really go sharing the e.u. fiscal pact believe me he will experience in the coming month the negotiation power of america because america will face an election in one year and will not be willing to compromise we said was a french president and to withdraw for. troops from afghanistan a year earlier than planned it's a sign that i think he wants to scale down the foreign policy but i would guess that is going to be more considerate of what is happening in there in the rest of the world and move focus on economic issues within europe and at the end of the day all the french really want are jobs and leadership that truly represents them both

at home and abroad. tesser cilia our team paris. there's a times as roving correspondent pepe escobar says clashes over on lines foreign policy will stretch far beyond france by buying me a cozy now we smith so whole and only eternal front in europe he'll be try to call this merkel that this all stare at that business is drowning europe and only external frot hill coordinate with the brics to say look i'm not only to change the whole system is to try to change the financial system as it works and this is where obama in the hole and it will clash head on in spite of hold on the sympathies for hold out for the left in france and for the left in europe in general i learned once a renegotiation of the financial arrangements in the world and that means the end of the us dollar as a reserve currency the greeks want the same thing in now they have an ally inside

the european union that happens to be one of the molders of the european union so expect major fireworks inside europe and across the world as well. and that's not just the burden of cutbacks scott europeans fired up as we report on our column. hundreds marched through london in an occupied demo against corporate corruption while in germany protesters symbolically slaughter a stock market bull the details on the video are online. plus now is this for getting to grips with your gadgets to meet the man who's literally turned into this toy the details are all at parties dot com.

russian businessman victor boot convicted of arms trafficking by the u.s. has compared america's justice system to a witch hunt and an exclusive interview with r.t. he's serving twenty five years for conspiring to kill u.s. citizens and sell arms to colombian militants but he insists he's innocent this week it was decided boot will be sent to a super maximum security prison despite his trial judge recommending medium security confinement the jail in colorado is known as the alcatraz of the rockies and houses america's most dangerous and violent criminals boots lawyer wants the decision stalled right now victor boot is still in a new york prison from where he exclusively spoke to our t.v. about why he's been targeted. what's happening to me as a pure political k. and kind of trial it was a very you know three million do you feel in our green chart trial often causation

where you're now you're must accept that you have that they were right then and now but i think some of. that will help i don't i don't commit to anything to have that punishment. when i was a year of age me and a crime these crimes would not make these a lot of pages got of course not good for the crime i don't really love with this i think conspiracy revolve playful. decision to kill america which is i feel like a magic bullet or for the general fear. more or less than five minutes on our t.v. when we bring you all of the turbos first interview to an english language channel since his extradition to the u.s. from thailand that's after a recap of the headline stated. the

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