don't comb. the week's top stories on our widely read a petition returns to the proudly announce russia's president with a round of new challenges ahead one of the biggest being the protests which grew into clashes ahead of his inauguration. change you told us the terrorist group says it carried out the door suicide bombings in syria's capital which became the deadliest since the only rights began. the search is on for the reasons why a point supercharge not into a volcano killing all forty five on board russian teams reach and in the hunt for the black boxes. and also therapy anger fuels mass protests in spain and clashes in italy with warnings that the fury among europeans over economic misery

could tear the e.u. apart. thanks for joining our tia this sunday for the weekly with me. russia's latest president took his seat this week as floods him and putin returned to the top job but it's a very different world than the one that he was in the wall 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 a look see at the ships came. 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.-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 he's 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 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 meeting with the video however putin statements on foreign policy have given a hint that we may see something you want 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 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. the 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 an e.u. putin willing and able to face difficult challenges. r.t. moscow the people which the new government probably needs to convince most are the opposition that drew crowds before and after the inauguration some of the most recent protest in moscow resulted in ugly clashes with police and hundreds of arrests parties only so now and political analysts to me 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 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 is not by typical leftist populist like will 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 russian communist solidly right because it will

do so for recently because. he is. 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 but it's like is that they're on i.q. tests where is their traditional. russian i guess what does that mean in terms of the there are several groups which do not i why themselves with the left front or with the communist party if you go on the 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 we see sometimes i believe it's white there it is. yes 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 strong of course 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 when you 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 there just in the school of the nationalistic us but you know being a liberal the liberal secular which you know would be the nationalist the leftist think you will support you know blair in the soviet social system is a liberal secular bordering on 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 that and they want the current russian state to collapse that's about it to me they're bob rich political analyst from waste 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 wendel to an indefinite sit out in one of moscow central square the gathering 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 scout to the protest he's got some serious be for 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 law has been broken. and some opposition activists plan to march through a mosque shortly they're interested in how the police respond to what they call peace for walks in the capital will 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 the all nusra front to share the same g. harvest ideology as al qaida posted a video online saying it carried out the worst terrorists felt 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 by president assad's forces the crime confirms fears that al-qaeda linked extremists have joined the fight parties are first met with syrians who've been living through more than a year of violence and whose hopes rest with the u.n. observer. the sound of gunfire and heavy artillery rings out in 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 fairly tight control of the century in the

areas of and the fierce fighting is continuing there's no you see here both sides we're told of violating the peace plan we've followed the u.n. observers into it live on the way passing through homes and hama other areas monitors that based and there is that is seen some of the most destructive fighting . as we pass through homes we have a brief and emotional conversation with a resident after. safety. people whose food the fighting. that is he tries hard not to share as 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 live on a stretch of road this names are 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 are 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 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 u.n. 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 at civil sara furth r.t. . there's a fear at the u.n. peace mission in syria is being undermined from abroad as the director of the complex form organization explained to our team 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 all 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 overthrow of the regime anti-government rallies have gained momentum in bahrain following the arrest of the country's leading human rights activists a week ago now bill for a job 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 for a job himself believes the interview which aired on r.t. 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 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 the public 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 a journalist a middle east affairs expert i'll share our towns he believes workshops or rust 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 think

that they can arrest his interviewees very disturbing what's happened to the president of the bahrain center for human rights is not just him more worryingly of course is. no longer strike i understand 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 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 there to cover it. the next edition of q. and a saga show is here on our team next tuesday and if you missed the program that allegedly triggered jobs arrest you can have tar website where you can catch all the edition so far at a solid start r.t. dot com. has been to two leading revolutionaries one from

bahrain where the revolution failed was in egypt where the revolution is though in turmoil what makes a revolution and where is the arab spring going to go. sixty minutes past the hour and recovery teams are scouring the site of wednesday's deadly air crash which saw a socor superjet slam into a mountain in indonesia british reader 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 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 the 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 some of them got to she was not supposed to fly because shouldn't tell me i wasn't formed of that 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 and 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 purchase 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 and 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. here in commercial goods a very new workbook a very cool 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 carter indonesia and still ahead on our team the pressure is on for france's new president a tour of crowds ushered in france well loved it but there will be no running with

a minute to crucial negotiations which could dictate europe's debt survival plan last. jailed russian businessman victor boot gets his first interview to the speaking since his extradition to the blacks he exclusively tells our team about what's behind his conviction. and spend another turbulent week for the trouble to you as an tile study spilled onto the streets of europe in spain tens of thousands marched in eighty cities across the country on saturday the loud demands for an end to parts and economic misery earlier in the week violent and tile sturdy clashes erupted in italian city of naples where hundreds of protesters attempted to storm a local tax office that says euro zone's 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 analysts dr allison says the protests we're seeing in europe could soon spill into revolution. it is very clear that this financial assault is like an artichoke first you start with the weakest states of then you go to the heart and the heart is from germany and the other aaa reese has 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 pity for the sake of these financial interests and this is something which goes against the grain of democracy and against the 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. another worry for that use austerity as france where only elected president francois hollande plans to renegotiate the fiscal pact driven by german chancellor angela merkel they'll meet on tuesday after all and a sworn in tests are selling sums up the nation's mood as she joined the crowds welcoming their new leader. out with the old. in with a new. translator large ask a 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 threats are they really going to have and the world is asking precisely the same question. is is that people rejected because it would then france would also cite france for

many reasons one of them was this personal arrogance so we can hope but in foreign policy is going to move in the right direction that is 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 . allegations kept coming out about his relationship with gadhafi you know the march the second seeing is 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 yet it is not. a lot is being branded france's new hope or 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 renegotiating the e.u. fiscal pact believe me she will experience in the coming months the negotiation power of purchase of america because american will face an election in one year and she 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 think you want to scale down the foreign policy but i would guess that is going to be more considerate of what's happening in there in the rest of the world and will focus on economic issues within europe 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 so there are two parts. it's not just the burden of cutbacks that's got europeans fired up as we report on our call hundreds

marched through london and occupy a demo against corporate corruption and we've got the details of the video online. plus how's this for getting to grips with your gadgets meet the man who's literally attached to his toilets the details are all at heart 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 house as 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 today about why he's been targeted. what is happening to me as a pure political career and kind of. further you know remember earlier through the do you view an overreach hard for inquisition where going over your mom accepted. that you were going to be recruited. that you are going to don't commit to anything to have published. when i was a very hard crimes would never agree with a lot of food you have got a record not your breadth of crime i've been a rebel with this conspiracy robot label. decision to get whatever

a growth richard clarke or project bullet or for that you're a future. man in less than five minutes we bring you all of victor boots first interview on an english language channel since his extradition to the u.s. from thailand the meantime let's now take a look at some of today's world news turkey's football championship final ended in a mass riot as hundreds of angry supporters of east on both sides center about she reacted to their team's goldstraw all the title was given to arch rivals go outside . and saw a raging spectators stormed the pitch as well as throw flares and chairs police on to protect players with their seals as they fled to the locker rooms the violence continued outside the stadium with police cars torched and buildings vandalized. a former taliban official who became

a senior member of the afghan peace council has been killed in a drive by shooting in kabul arsala rahmani was reportedly a close figure to president karzai and responsible for peace talks with taliban insurgents the group earlier threatened a spring offensive and lawmakers and officials as well as american and coalition personnel on saturday for nato troops were killed in separate incidents. afghanistan president hamid karzai has been sharing his thoughts and forecasts on his country's many issues in an exclusive interview it's here only on our team on monday. to what extent when i would call them paid mercenaries how much are they going to be at your defense to protect your administration not and your successors none none you're saying the mercenaries like blackwater will not play a major role absolutely on this kind of shift the this is one of the issues over which we had immense tension but they will be here they will be knocked as far as

the afghan government's goes and no way no mercy and no way no way. i'll be back with a reminder of this week's top headlines in a few stay with us.