the. week's top stories on our t.v. bloody murder portent returns to the kremlin as russia's president with a raft of new challenges ahead one of the biggest being the protests which grew into clashes ahead of his inauguration. if you caught us terrorist group says it carried out dual suicide bombings in syria's capital which became the deadliest since the unrest began. the search for the reasons why a sukhoi superjet plowed into a volcano killing all forty five on board russian teams reach indonesia in the hunt for the black boxes. and austerity anger fuels mass protests and spain and clashes in italy with warnings that the theory among europeans over economic

misery could tear the e.u. apart. hello and thanks for joining our teas the weekly this sunday ten o'clock here in moscow and i'm karen tara russia's latest president took his seat this week as well as a metropolitan 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 a ship scheme. for the third time vladimir putin took the thirty three word oath to become russia's president with an air of ease and calm. 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. byrd's believe any leader who's been in power. five six seven years in a difficult position because people get used to him and the 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 and the set out for reform and not a reform on paper but something real 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 two point zero 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 putin 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. 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 people and its 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 say experts will be instrumental in defining putin's long term strategy the question is whether russia and the world will see any you putin willing and able to face difficult challenges alexi russia. moscow 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 he said now and political analysts to meet bob it examine who's 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 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 aleck's 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 well does he use more into it and take 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 because. he's. left prong 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 there. is that 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 with the communist party job you know sunday i was there and there were clearly some people who were trying to provoke violence a lot of these so-called anarchists you can see here basically were running into the riot police and also were wearing a lot of these masks. let's talk a little bit more about the nationalist fight that you 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 gold want to appeal

to white. bread. but who also but would not like to be associated with communists or leftists why does it mean that. when we see tens of thousands of people on the streets of moscow as opposed to small groups like we see here which we saw after the inauguration sit ins trying to happen why 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 his degree not simply contradictory that's just excluding the nationalistic use which you know being a liberal the liberal secular wouldn't be the nationalist the leftist think you would you know the sort of social system is the 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 what they want the current russian state to go and that's about it to me through 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 and the latest series allowed. about started last weekend has now joined to an indefinite sit out in one of moscow central square but now the ring has already been labeled occupy a by from the name of the poet whose monument adorns the square not many people are there just a few dozen but there are some surprising visitors one farmer brought his cow to the protests he's got some serious beef over russia joining the world trade organization it was an eye opener for muscovites who are used to livestock on the streets but police say so long as it's on a leash no laws being broken. and some opposition activists plan to march through moscow later on sunday they're interested in how the police respond to what

they call peaceful walks in the capital well follow along and tell you what happens right here on r.t. . islamist extremists say they're behind the twin bombings in syria's capital on thursday which killed fifty five people and injured around four hundred others they all nusra front fought to share the same due harvest 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 residential areas of president assad's forces a claim confirms fears that al-qaeda linked extremists have joined the air time regime fight parties are further met syrians who been living through more than a year of violence and whose hopes rest with. the sound of gunfire and heavy artillery brings out in it lipsky line with the u.n. observers in it live in there's been some pretty heavy gunfire. throughout the

night. now also government seemingly has very tight control at the century area in the areas of it live and the fierce fighting is continuing there's no cease fire here both sides we're told of violating the peace plan we've 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 of when it's safe to. see if. we would do what the people who still live at the fighting. or but he's cute. 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 is 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 but 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 to what we see is a frightened population and the city symbol is the olive branch the symbol of peace is right now a city at civil. r.t. . there's a fair of the u.n. peace mission and syria is being undermined from abroad as the director of the conflicts form organization explain tartini. 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 a con 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 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 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 ball and to overthrow the assad regime. anti-government rallies have gained momentum in bahrain following me around us of the country's leading human rights activists last weekend now be

overtop an outspoken critic of the regime was detained for organizing and participating in the protests just days after meeting with wiki leaks is julian assange there's album self believes the interview which aired on our t.v. last tuesday prompted his arrest when i said in my twitter account that i'm going to meet julian assange and i'm going to. t.v. program my house was surrounded by almost one hundred policemen and. machine guns in the and they realized that i was not at home didn't they just. ask my family to tell me to come to depose prosecutors today at four o'clock where i am here what are you going to do i'm going to go back i mean i have to face. journalist and middle east expert there faris expert rather on tante he believes jobs around exposes the west selective 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 seem to think that they're going to arrest 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. longest strike i understand his daughter who is also been in custody 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 in the years two thousand and nine 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 it cover it. and makes a decision of julian assange show is here on r t and next tuesday and if you've missed the program that allegedly triggered not be over shops arrest had tar

website you can catch all of the edition so far at a solid start our team dot com. 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. recover teams are scouring the site of wednesday's deadly air crash which saw a sukhoi superjet slam into a mountain in indonesia has the 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 russians to coy's super one hundred forty five people were on board and authorities say there are no signs of survivors 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 did this 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 and airline executives his wife was heading the cabin crew that day. 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 an investigation into exactly what happened many believe that the poor visibility and fog that day contributed to the plane crashing into a nearby mountain. the sukhoi superjet was on a tour of five asian country demonstrations had already taken place in kazakhstan caucus on and me and mark 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 border is 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 scrappier taishan but some aviation experts say it won't this is going to have a temporary impact on sukhoi very much depends on the report of course. to the primary called the crash will we have to remember of course that was the cause of the jet blue thought implying here in commercial that's a very new across a very modern russian rescue teams will work alongside indonesian search teams until the investigation is concluded hoping that family members like this big can get some answers that the bit that i just want to find out what happened to her. preassure either our teacher carda indonesia. and still ahead on r t the pressure

is on for france's new president to dohring crowds i'm sure of in france well armed they're all being the only military at imminent crucial negotiations which could dictate europe's debt survival plan plus. jailed russian businessman victor boot and gives his first interview to english speaking since his extradition to the u.s. he exclusively tells our team about what's behind his conviction. and it's been another turbulent week for the troubled you as and tile sturdy anger spilled onto europe streets in spain tens of thousands marched in eighty cities across the country on saturday with loud demands for an end to cuts and economic misery earlier in the week violent clashes erupted italian city calls where hundreds of protesters attempted to storm a local tax office that's as euro zone's future of 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 former 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 analysts dr alexander says the protests we're seeing in europe could soon spill into revolution. it is very clear that this financial schulze is like an artichoke first you start with the weaker states and then you go to the heart and the heart is from germany and the other aaa reserves already. you know the bottom and very soon other countries will do the say because it's not just working class it's really middle middle class which will be squeaky. without any picture for the sake of these financial interests and this is something which. against the grain of democracy it

begins to green of dignity and freedom so i think search of the situation at least in some countries is really ready for. something very similar to an arab revolution another worry for the e.u.'s austerity champions as france where the 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 selling or sums up the nation's mood as she joined the crowds welcoming their new leader. out with the old. in with the new. the press was allowed to ask 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 threat are they

really going to have and the world is asking precisely the same question alon belise is that people rejected talk is it when then france would also cite france for many reasons one of them was is based on arrogance so we can hope that 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 as allegations kept you know coming out about his relationship with gadhafi you know the march thirty quid a second see has created an overall image of france we don't want divisions within the french society we don't want to see bombing of our countries we are friends of the arabs yet it is not. 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 to additional 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 she will experience in the coming month the negotiation power of america because it just american will face an election in one year and she will not be willing to compromise we said was a french president and to withdraw for. and troops from afghanistan a year earlier than planned it's a sign that i think you want to scale down 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. dozen or so you are ten times. as a times as roving correspondent peppa ask o'barr says clashes over all on foreign policy will stretch far beyond france by by me because even our 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 that 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 whole and once a renegotiation of the financial arrangement in the world and that means the end of the u.s. 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 old terms of the european union so expect major fireworks inside europe and across the world as well. and it's not just the burden of cutbacks that's got europeans fired up as we reported on our t.v. dot com. hundreds marched through london in an occupied demo against corporate corruption we've got the details and the video online for you. plus how's this for getting to grips with your gadgets meet the man who's literally attached to his toys the details are all at our dot com. all right twenty five minutes past the hour russian businessman victor boot

convicted of arms trafficking by the u.s. has compared america's justice system to a witch hunt in 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 who will be sent to a super maximum security prison despite his trial judge recommending medium security confinement a jail in colorado is known as the alcatraz of the rockies and houses america's most dangerous and violent criminals lawyer wants the decision stalled right now victor boot is still in a new york prison from where he exclusively spoke to our to you about why he's been targeted. what is happening to me it's a pure political case and kind of. the murder you know criminally or through the do you feel an overreach. well for inquisition we're going to hear your mom accepted.

that you're going to know people like some of the. that you know i don't want to don't commit to anything to have promised that. when i was there you are major media crime these crimes would never take these a lot of food you have got a record milk and bread of crime i'm going to revolt with this big conspiracy robocop label. decision to kill american richard clarke who works for the troops here. in less than five minutes we bring you all of the boots first interview to an english language channel since his extradition to the us from thailand let's now take a look at some of today's world news hell the french will switch flooded a mountainous region in china's northwest hot left at least forty people dead and another eighteen missing the extreme weather and knocked out power and left many

homeless it's thought hundreds of thousands of people are affected relief teams have taken emergency supplies to the area. turkey's football championship final ended in a mass riot as hundreds of angry supporters of east on both sides fenerbahce had reacted to their team's going list were drawn the title was given to arch rivals and galatasaray and salt raging spectators stormed the pitch as well as throw flares and chairs police had to protect players with their shields as they fled to the locker rooms the violence continued outside of the stadium with police cars torched and buildings vandalized. or up above our top stories with me karen taraji is next stay with us if he can.