we stop stories on our t.v. lighten your brewton back into russia's presidential saddled with all eyes now on his plans and policies following the latest wave of discontent with him retaking the top job. radical islam is say they carried out a deadly bombing in the syrian capital in response to the actions of government troops confirming fears that terror groups are fighting on the rebels' side. as many as hundreds of thousands of protesters marched against austerity in spain as pressure political promo oil in greece again threatens to on the ravel a severely weakened eurozone. and russian rescue teams join the search for answers in indonesia the site of

a sukhoi superjet prasher that killed all forty five aboard. four pm in moscow i met treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news on r t a new president but a familiar face via the mirror putin sworn into office this week in a lavish combination of russia's tumultuous election period with opposition activism at a historic high the focus is now on how potent how putin will deal with the huge challenges facing him at home and abroad artie's alexei are reports. for the third time to put into 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. birds believe any data who's been in power for 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 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 medium individual however 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. 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. on see. the return of the kremlin saw people turn out to the streets with major anti-government rallies happening in moscow some of the most recent protests descended into clashes and hundreds of arrests are he's a nice an hour away and political analyst dmitri babich took a look more closely at the aims and ambitions of the opposition movement. 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 in the widely and surrogate so just because they're the most well known at the moment they're constantly getting arrested and being released just briefly tell us who they are and why they've become the prominent leaders of our name is not a typical leftist populist like well does he use the morning to corruption and nationalist. but let's focus on the flanks for a bit looking at this video this is this is sunday's protest which for the first time turned really ugly you see these there's so and the left front it's called what what are the main focus of that party it's a flag we saw a lot of on sunday you see the red flags with the red star so this is an image abroad people might think it's you know a communist party because they read russia a communist so what they write because it will do so for recently 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 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 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 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 of these groups have mutually exclusive views they're not simply i think he's not simply contradictory that's just in the school of the nationalistic he was pushing of being a liberal the liberal secular would have been a nationalist the leftist would you know the sort of social system is the liberal secular revive in the soviet period it's 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 demonstrations is also seen an ongoing and indefinite sit in one of moscow's central squares the gatherings already been legal labeled occupied by from the name of a poet whose monument stands in the square not many people are there just a few dozen but there are some surprising visitors including one farmer who brought his cow out of a protest he's got some serious before joining the world trade organization it was an eye opener for jaded muscovites who aren't used to the livestock on the streets but police say so long as the animals on a leash no laws are being broken. meanwhile around two thousand opposition activists were marching through central moscow sunday in what they dubbed a controlled walk participant say they wanted to check how police would respond to their own authorized mass rally but no one stood in their way on the march peaceful

. islam most extremist have claimed responsibility for the twin bombings in syria's capital thursday that killed fifty five people and injured four hundred others it was the worst terror attack in the country since the start of the uprising last year the group calling itself the news for a fraud or thought to share all of his jihad as an ideology it says the suicide bombings were in response to attacks on a residential areas by president assad's forces the claim seems to confirm fear is that al qaeda linked extremists have joined the fight for syrians who are living through more than a year of violence and whose hopes rest with u.n. observers. this sound of gunfire and heavy artillery brings out. who with the units that is in it and it's been some pretty heavy. to at the nights . now we'll see government see many hands from the. century and it's in the areas that that live and that she's fighting is continuing. here both sides we're told of

violating the peace plan we fully into it lead on the way three homes and how many other areas mon it is that based. on some of the fighting. as we pass through homes we have a brief an emotional conversation with the residents after. the safety. people who are still about the fighting that happened to see. that is he tries hard not to show 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 un 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 others say it's on 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 law. 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 humanity is 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 fifth is fighting 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 branch the symbol of peace is right now a city civil. in bahrain anti-government protesters stepped up their rallies demanding the release of the country's top human rights activists nabeel rajab was arrested a week ago for allegedly organizing and taking part in protests days before that he spoke to wiki leaks founder julian assange in an interview aired on r t tuesday where job himself thinks that's what's 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 just. to

come to do. what i am going to do i'm going to go back i mean i have to face. the extradition and show errors on our t.v. next tuesday and if you missed any of the programs including the one allegedly triggered you can find it on our website it's got this special section of our t.v. dot com. as speak to two leading revolutionaries one from bahrain where the revolution failed was that egypt where the revolution is now into them all what makes a revolution and where is the arab spring going to go for. recovery teams are scouring the site of wednesday's deadly plane crash that saw a sukhoi superjet slam into a mountain in indonesia killing all forty five aboard now the search is on for the flight data recorder to see if it holds the answers to what went wrong or korea srijit reports from jakarta. 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 it come 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 because when they got to 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 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. you very much depends on the report. to the primary cause of the crash was we have to remember of course because the jet you thought implying love here. commercial so that's

a very new coke i'm going to call russian rescue teams will work alongside indonesian search teams until the investigation is concluded hoping that family members like it can get some answers is that it that it's just want to find out what happened to her. prius three there are teach a card indonesia. a lot more lined up for you this hour including a look at how the mighty have fallen portrayed as arrogant and divisive we charge nicolas sarkozy lost to presidential reelection bid to the socialist francois lawn but the winner reverse france's abortion laws. russian businessman victor boot lashes out at the u.s. justice system describing his case of which after being jailed for twenty five years he spoke exclusively with our team. it's been a truly hectic week for the e.u. with a violent anti austerity demonstrations and political deadlock again casting doubts

over the future of the euro in spain as many as hundreds of thousands marched in nationwide protests they chanted slogans and waved banners demanding an end to cuts and painful austerity in italy a violent anti-authority clashes erupted in the city of naples after yet another suicide apparently caused by an aggressive government taxation program above all this is the political turmoil in greece there are a freshly elected parliament is deadlocked over whether to abide by an e.u. austerity program. factional leaders are making a last ditch effort to form a coalition and avoid a new election let's get more on the standoff in greece and what it could mean for the euro a journalist and political analyst christos trotter joining us live from athens so the meeting with the president has now ended with no concrete results do you think there is still any hope for a coalition in private i don't think so. i think these storms over the

skies and sort of in and then not even the right to live leave us were of course the market leaders from ours or the next resupply must really been soon as you want of course there is for stability for governing the country so at this moment i think the only way out of this relations one that one thing the least congress who's your honest. so if we see these new will actions in whose favor do you think a new vote would tip the scales the pro or anti austerity factions or do you envision another deadlock i think. if if if someone six the late this was not some some going into sunday. the understory parties are on the front runner their number one greece at this point but they don't have the they don't have the majority in the parliament on both of them are sure thing but even if we can't prove it it's not to mention security does low the didn't know

will be the only result of the elections. what are the chances if the e.u. and i.m.f. mandated austerity program for greece is going to survive all of this. i think the. greece were not required because not all their public finances arnold are supported by this or by this study decline if greece decides to keep current this is very well known one comes for instance you know very little of the body salaries there do the financial one accent or the other to gauge the show i think that because of the bond the sense decisions recently that then because if we go with this story to where this is going to grow ground then or story beat wheel and venture to the least to the top down as well as from a shot at the other the same time it would leave the sort of the look roman the

start to learn story then. who will finance function central pool correspondent who we find us the solution all the stuff and so if that happens if greece a band is a susteren a plan wouldn't that mean an end to the bell outs and that it wouldn't the country go bankrupt i think yes if we leave this sort of blunt at this point why would we want on coverage by the rest man's we don't really t.v. we don't have our own industry then you have russia and i think that the next us there on the left leader went. and gone somewhere else and the bible has been searched up to do with world leaders they don't have their way out of all of this. quest as they try to sterilize them political analyst thanks very much for your insight one marks. you know your opinion of the stories that we're covering log on

to our dot com cast your vote on what you think the austerity measures in europe will lead to so far a most who participated more than forty percent think they will drive the people to a rebellion against brussels a little more than a quarter say slashing spending will halt the economic growth of the e.u. a similar number think stronger you economies will dominate the weaker ones in the end just four percent say the austerity measures will eventually pull the union out of the crisis let on to. have euro say. the trouble for the eurozone came this week not only from the struggling south but also from the more prosperous north french president francois hollande has about to renegotiate europe's debt limiting agreements on member nations that may begin tuesday when he meets german chancellor angela merkel to us on how the man elected to lead france and whether he can really deliver. out with the old. in with a new. president all our task

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 threats 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 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 as allegations kept coming out about his relationship with gadhafi you know the

much good psycho 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 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 throughout 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 she 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 scale down the flooring but i would guess that is

going to be. considered to what is happening in the rest of the world. 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 cilia r.t. paris it's not just the burden of cutbacks that have europeans fired up as we report on our t.v. . hundreds making their voices heard in the london at an occupy demonstration against corporate corruption all the details plus a video on line at. the secret ties between the u.s. security agency and google a federal court says revealing the details that could threaten the government.

a which is how russian businessman victor boot jailed for twenty five years in the u.s. for arms trafficking has branded the case against him he still insists he's innocent it was decided who will be housed in a super max security prison in colorado among the country's most dangerous and violent criminals this despite the trial judge recommending it meant a medium security confinement staying in a new york prison for now be aboot talk exclusively with our team giving his first interview to an english language channel since extradition to the u.s. from thailand where he gave his views on washington's treatment towards. i want to happen to me as a pure political candidate and kind of. writer you know. you don't overreach. well frankly with you sure you know your mom could come kind of but do you. think. that you know i don't want to don't commit to anything through half that promise. and i want

a i'm very good meat and the crimes of these crimes would not break these are live feed us government work not going to have the crime i'm going to revolt with this conspiracy will all play poker. decision you want marriage which isn't like a magic bullet or that you're a few. full interview with victor boot coming your way in about five minutes here on our t.v. . stay with us so when you give you some more headlines stories making headlines around the globe a roadside bomb targeting police killed one officer in northern pakistan including several others including a child the device was planted in bushes close to a checkpoint that was destroyed in the blast this after a spate of attacks in the city of peshawar four people were killed saturday in a roadside explosion near a prison convoy. at least eleven al qaeda fighters were killed by drone strikes in yemen which are believed to have been carried out by u.s.

this after the yemeni government launched a new offensive against armed groups in the arab peninsula that's already resulted in the deaths of fifteen militants over the past year some of the country's southern provinces have fallen under the control of al qaeda. gunmen of shot dead a senior afghan peace negotiator involved in talks with the taliban in a drive by shooting in the capital kabul arsala rahmani was one of the most senior members of afghanistan's high peace council set up two years ago in a bid to reach a deal with the militant group earlier thread and a spring offensive aimed at lawmakers and officials as well as u.s. and coalition personnel. i'll be back shortly with the headlines stay with us here on r.t. . the .

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