it's a free. world free book videos for your media project free media. the week's top stories on our t.v. live in fear of putin returns to the kremlin is russia's president with a raft of new challenges facing him one of the biggest being the protests that grew into clashes ahead of you know gratian. job as terrorist group says it carried out dual suicide bombings in syria's capital which became the deadliest since the unrest started. the search is on for the reasons why a sukhoi superjet plowed into a volcano killing all forty five aboard russian teams reach indonesia in the hunt for the black boxes. and austerity anger fueling mass protests in spain and clashes

in italy with warnings that fury among europeans over economic misery could tear the e.u. apart. two pm in moscow i mattress or bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news russia's latest president took his seat this week as a bloody mary putin returned to the top job it's a very different world though that he has that faces him 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 or he's like sarah cesky has been. 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 right experts believe any data. 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 to 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 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 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. mosco. people which the new government probably needs to convince most of 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 artes and he said now way and political analyst dmitri babich take a look at who is 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 dmitri bobbitt 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 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 communist so what they write because it

will do so for recently because. he is. left from the reason why all of the communist party 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 there. is the traditional. russian i guess what does that mean in terms of there are several groups which do not i why themselves with the left front or with the communist party job 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. 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 just

want to pull the white. and red. but who will 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 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 he has to go and it seems to contradict you that's just excluding the nationalistic use which you know being a liberal liberal secular which it would be the nationalists the leftist would you know the sort of social system is the liberal secular revive in 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 pollution and they want the current russian state to collapse that's about to meet their political analysts from west 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 week and has no dwindled into an indefinite sit out in one of moscow's central squares the gathering has been labeled occupy a by from the name of the poet whose monument stands in the square not many people there just a couple of dozen but there are some surprising visitors one former brought his cow to the protest he's obviously got some serious before joining the world trade organization that was an eye opener for moscow bytes who aren't used to livestock in the streets but police say so long as it's on a leash no laws have been broken. about two other about two thousand other opposition activists have been marching through central moscow today working to see how police would respond to what they called useful walks in the capital no incidence yet reported. islamist extremists save their behind the twin

bombings in syria's capital thursday that killed fifty five and injured around four hundred others the al nusra front thought to share the same joe hottest 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 but also said the suicide bombings were in response to an attack on a residential areas by president assad's government forces the claim confirms fears that al-qaeda linked extremists have joined. our team sara her 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 its skyline with the units in it let in there's been some pretty heavy gunfire. too about the nights. now we'll see government seemingly hands from the control of the century and it's

a bit late and the fighting is continuing. here both sides we're told of violating the peace plan we fully into it on the way poncing three homes and hama other areas mon it is that based there is that some of the base destructive fighting as we passed three homes we have a brief animation of conversation with the residents of to win safety. we would look at. the fighting the. skids. that is he tries hard not to show perfectly encapsulate the level of devastation that has been on people's lives here throughout the course of the conflict is on to it live on a stretch of road this named 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 the government and other states armed groups we don't know who's doing that last we get a chance to me to govern 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 on 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 civil. there is a fear of the u.n. peace mission in syria could be undermined for abroad as the director of the conflicts forum organization explains. having militarily experienced witnesses on the ground who can tell what is a mortar shell and what is a burning 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 for 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's 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 bottom to overthrow the assad regime and a government or rallies have gay men to me in bahrain after the arrest of the country's leading human rights activist a week ago nabeel rajab an outspoken critic of the regime was detained for organizing and participating in the protests just days after meeting with wiki leaks julian a songe job himself thinks 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 and i did realize that i was not at home didn't you just. ask. me to come to depose the 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. journalist and middle east affairs expert option written see things for jobs arrest exposes the west selective approach to dealing with arab uprisings there is no case against in the cases against the british and american and european governments that have 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 can now 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. going under

strike i understand his daughter who is also be 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 then the journalists that cover it. next edition of julian assange just show is here on our teeth next tuesday and if you missed the program that allegedly triggered rage aabs arrest you can head to our web site r.t. dot com you can catch all the editions so far that's at a song dot r.t. dot com. and speak to two leading revolutionaries one from bahrain where the revolution old ones to egypt where the revolution is now in turmoil what makes a revolution and where is the arab spring going to go to.

recovery teams are currently scouring the site of wednesday's deadly air crash which saw sukhoi superjet slam into a mountainside in indonesia. reports. but 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 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 judge 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. she was not supposed to fly because shouldn't tell me i wasn't 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 floor of five asian country demonstrations had already taken place in kazakhstan pockets don and me unarmed the multibillion dollar plane is the first commercial aircraft built in russia since the end of the still being 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 is reputation but some aviation experts say it won't this is going to have

a temporary impact on. very much depends on the report to cool. to the primary called the crash will we have to remember of course that because the jet got implying here in commercial it'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 i just want to find out what happened to her. preassure either our teacher carda indonesia. well stay with us here on r.t. still to come the pressure on per france's new president adoring crowds on her friend's wall on but there will be no honeymoon period with eminent crucial negotiations that could dictate europe's debt survival plan. jailed russian businessman victor boot gives his first interview to english speaking media

since his extradition to the u.s. he exclusively tells r t what he thinks was behind his conviction. but first it's been another turbulent week for the trouble the e.u. was and how scary anger spilled on to europe streets in spain tens of thousands marched in eighty cities across the country saturday with loud demands for an end to cuts and economic misery earlier in the week violent anti austerity clashes erupted in the italian city of naples where hundreds of thousands of war hundreds of protesters attended to storm the local tax office this is the euro zone's future again descending into doubt over greece sticking to its harsh plan to dig out of debt party leaders are in a last ditch effort to form a coalition following last sunday's inclusive election if they fail it could mean going back to the polls in a few weeks political analyst and strategic and strategist dr alice sandro polity says the party and the protests we're seeing in europe might soon spill into revolution. it is very clear this financial schulze is like

going to show first you saw with the weakest states and then you go to the hub and the host is from germany and the all the triple a reason is already you know the. and very shoot 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 picks for the sake of these financial interests and this is something which goes against the grain of democracy and begins to greenock 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 the e.u.'s austerity champions is france where newly elected president francois hollande plans to renegotiate the fiscal pact driven by german chancellor angela merkel they'll meet tuesday after

alond is sworn in. as up the nation's mood as she joined the crowds welcoming their new leader. out with the old. in with a new. transfer large ask a victory in the french presidential elections the people here are saying that france is once again peaceful event here they are 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 the 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 allegations kept coming out about his relationship with gadhafi you know the march goodness i can 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 yet it is not. a lot is being branded france's new hope or gach 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 to dish and the french while foreign policy took a backseat during the campaign a lot of 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 just americans will face an election in one year and will not be

willing to compromise we said was a french president and to withdraw for. a year earlier than planned it's a sign that i think you want to. see but i would guess that is going to be. what is happening 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. yes or so you are to me. it's not just the burden of cutbacks that's got the europeans fired up as we report on our team dot com hundreds marched through one day that occupy demonstration against corporate corruption and we have the details and video click away. how's this for getting to grips with your gadgets meet the man who's literally attached to his toy details online at our team dot com.

he. russian businessman victor boot convicted of arms trafficking by the u.s. has compared the u.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 he insists he's innocent this week it was decided boo will be sent to a supermax prison despite his trial judge recommending medium security confinement the jail in colorado known as the alcatraz of the rockies houses america's most dangerous criminals lawyer once the decision is stalled right now who is still in the new york president where he spoke exclusively to r.t. about why he thinks he's been targeted. what is happening to me it's a pure political case and kind of. very you know. you

don't overreach. or you know your mom could. have but you know people think. that you know i don't want it don't commit it and you're going to have to punish. and i want a m h me and a crime these crimes would never take these out of your government would not get back to a crime i'm going to revolt with this conspiracy rove all play both. decision to kill americans richard like a magic bullet or pull the trigger a few years. later this hour we bring you victor boots first interview in english language channel since his extradition to the u.s. from thailand in its entirety. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe a roadside bomb aimed at police has killed one officer in peshawar in pakistan and injured several others including

a child security officials say the explosive was planted in bush's near a checkpoint which was destroyed in the blast it marks the fourth straight day of bomb attacks in peshawar yesterday four died when a car bomb exploded near a. prison convoy in the city. turkey's football championship final ended in a mass riot as hundreds of angry supporters of both sides reacted to their team's goalless draw the title was given to the arch rivals and saw arranging spectators stormed the pitch as well as throw players and chairs police had to protect players with their shields as they fled to the locker rooms outside violence continued outside the stadium with police cars torched and buildings vandalized. 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 close to president hamid karzai and responsible for peace talks with taliban insurgents the group earlier

threatened earlier threatened a spring offensive aimed at lawmakers and officials as well as american and coalition personnel on saturday for nato troops were killed in separate incidents. afghan president hamid karzai was sharing his thoughts and forecasts on his country's many issues in an exclusive interview that's coming your way on r t monday to what extent when i would call them paid mercenaries how much are they going to be in your defense to protect your administration and your successors none none are you saying the mercenaries like blackwater will not play a major role in the studio this kind of this is one of the issues over which we have. but they will be here they will be. gone as far as the afghan government schools and no way numerous and in the way way no. we're back in a few minutes with a recap of our top stories stay with us here on r.t. .

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