do we still stories on our t.v. let him of potence back in russia's presidential saddle with all eyes know on his plans and policies the latest wave of discontent with the we taking the top job. radical islamists 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 rebel side. as many as hundreds of thousands of protesters march against austerity in spain as fresh political turmoil in greece again threatens one of the severely weakened euro zone . and russian rescue teams join the search for answers in indonesia had the sight of a super hoists super jet crash which killed all forty five. pm

sunday night here in moscow you're watching the weekly here on r.t. with me kevin owen it's the roundup of our top stories of the last seven days and first a new president but a familiar face putin was sworn into office this week in a lavish culmination of russia's tumultuous election period with opposition activism in the historic high the focused is now on how putin will deal with the huge challenges faced at home and abroad are his reports. 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 tossed case taken on could be more like an uphill ride x. birds believe any leader who's been in power for five six seven years in a difficult position because people get used to him and taken for granted he has to then reinvent himself international challenges have changed greatly since used two previous terms while russia's new president faces an absolutely different situation at home the country has become more politically active and with so many reforms promised by putin during his campaign he has no choice but to start fulfilling them needs to set out for reform and not a reform on paper but something we'll something that both the opposition and you know the regular people not just in moscow but all throughout russia can see that

this is really putin to point out the eyes of the world are also on what putin's foreign policy will be many believe it's likely to stay close to that of me that 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 pavement 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 this. 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. r.t. moscow. his return to the kremlin the same people turning out on the streets on mass with major anti-government rallies happening in moscow some of the most recent protests descended into clashes and hundreds of arrests that he's innocent and political analyst and he had been looking 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 modern russian opposition is to me

three 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 also 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 would also friesen to decode. he's. left for aung to be an ally of the

communist party a russian federation human being chronically ill participate in all these actions get him constantly arrested that's his style what's like is that they're on a kibbutz where he is their traditional. russian anarchists 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 a 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 strung up all white. and red. but who would not like to be associated with

communists or leftists what does it mean that. when we see tens of thousands of people on the streets of moscow as opposed to small groups like we see here which we saw after the inauguration sit ins trying to happen why don't we see the thousands of 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 views they're not simply i think in histogram not simply contradictory that's just in excluding the nationalistic use put in of being a liberal the liberal secular wouldn't of been a nationalist the leftist accuse putin of the soviet social system is the liberal secular splintering of reviving the soviet imperialist 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 it to me three 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 demos also see the ongoing and indefinite sit in on one of moscow's central square the gatherings already been labeled occupier by from the name of the poet who is mourning the dorms the square now many people are virgins to a few dozen but there are some surprising visitors one farmer code of the protest he's got some serious beef with russia joining the world trade organization saying 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 doors being broken. meantime around two thousand opposition activists were marching through central moscow today sunday in what they dubbed the control wark participants say they wanted to check out how the police will respond to the mass rally no one stood in the way of the march passed off peacefully. is a mystic stream of claimed responsibility for the twin bombings in the syrian capital on thursday which killed fifty five people and injured four hundred others it was

the worst terror attack in the country since the start of the uprising there last year the group called the al nusra front thought to share al qaeda as jihadist ideology he says the suicide bombings were in response to attacks on residential areas by president assad's forces but claim seems to confirm fears that al-qaeda linked extremists have joined the anti regime fight artie's sara first met syrians who were living through more than a year of violence and whose hopes rest with the u.n. observers. the sound of gunfire and heavy artillery brings out in it let's skyline all with the units in it live in there's been some pretty heavy gunfire. throughout the night. now also government seemingly has for a tighter control of the century area. and if this fighting is continuing this nice cease fire here both sides we're told of violating the peace plan we followed the

u.n. into it on the way passing through homs and hama other areas monitors that based there is that it's seen some of the trucks it fighting. as we pass through homes we have a brief and emotional conversation with the president after. his safety. we would want people who are still about the fighting that happened. or but it's clear that is he tries hard not to show perfectly encapsulate the level of devastation that has been wreaks 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 with the volatile situation criminal gangs thoughts 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 it's the government and other states armed groups we don't know who's doing that last to get a chance to me to governor and ask him about the situation here. even if there is a little unrest in some areas here 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 your monitor is making small steps on the ground it is 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 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 the symbol is the olive branch the symbol of

peace right now a city at civil war sara for auditing. the turmoil in syria spark clashes in neighboring lebanon where a soldier and two civilians were reportedly killed on sunday gunfire broke out in the city of tripoli in the north the country most of the fighting took place between a neighborhood primarily populated by sunni muslims who oppose syria's president assad and alawite who supported the two countries share multiple religious and political traits and there are deep rifts in lebanese society over attitudes towards the south we term in bahrain anti-government protesters have stepped up their rallies demanding the release of the country's top human rights activist now bill rodger was arrested a week ago for allegedly organizing and taking part in protests days before that he spoke to wiki leaks founder julian assange that interview show aired here on r.t. and choose state budget himself believes that's what 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 they realized that i was not at home didn't they just. ask. me to come to the public prosecutor today at four o'clock where i am here what are you going to do or i'm going to go back i mean i have to face. journalists in middle east affairs expert afshin rattansi believes rajiv's arrest exposes the west's selective approach in dealing with the arab uprisings. so 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 can now arrest 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 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 to 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 protest and to this is ongoing and they know journalists that cover it for sort of afshin rattansi just remind you the next edition of julie the sunday shows here on r t next choose day and if you missed that program that allegedly triggered now be a read jobs arrest you can find it on our website and catch all editions in fact of a son so far his son is told r.t. dot com. i speak to two leading revolutionaries one from bahrain where the revolution failed once in egypt where the revolution is now in turmoil what makes

a revolution and where is the arab spring going to go. recovery teams in indonesia are reportedly focusing their search now in a ravine as they try to track down the flight data recorders from that suha super jet that crashed on wednesday that's been put on hold overnight but it will begin again adorns all forty five people on board were killed when the newly designed russian plane slammed into a mountain on his priest readers got 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 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 they come met 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 pockets on and me unarmed 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 order 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 reputation but some aviation experts say it won't this is going to have. very much to. report. to the primary called the crash war we have to remember of course because the jet thought implying here in commercial a very very. russian rescue teams will work alongside indonesian search teams until the investigation is concluded hoping that family members like their dick can get some answers because. i just want to find out what happened to her preassure either our teacher carda indonesia. there's a website this hour including a look at how the mighty have fallen apart traders article by simply chart nicolas

sarkozy lost his presidential election bid to the socialist francois can they win to reverse function fortunes on a website and. discover when it's time also reporting on the russian businessman viktor booth sitting outside the u.s. justice system describing his case as a witch hunt after being jail for twenty five years he has spoken exclusively with us at r.t. . it's been a truly hexie week for the e.u. with violent and he was territory demos 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 await banners demanding an end to cuts and painful austerity in italy to violence clashes erupted in the city of naples after get another suicide caused by the aggressive government taxation program but above all but it's the political turmoil of course in greece there a last ditch effort to try to form a coalition is all but collapsed over differences on the stereotype. the country

now than looks like at this stage new elections but journalist and political analysts crystal stood trial this is knowing how much hope will solve anything. i think this forms all these guys are in and then they're not the radical it leaves a lot of course there is possibility for governing the country so at this point i think that the only way out this election's what i don't think of at least congress who's your honest if it were hard work it's not collective security there's a lot of it will be the only result of the elections if we go all this is going to grow ground then or story big wheel and bridge to the least to the top down as well as from a society under the sink it will leave the sort of the problem the distorted one story that. will finance parks in central hall if i don't you will finalize the salaries and all this stuff of course is not forever because the

prices may start increase. greece wasn't the producer of this crisis the producer was gradual. and the politics of on germany. what you just do think about is a big story log on to our tea dot com and let us know you cast your vote on what you think your state emerges in europe are said to lead to this is what you've been telling us so as you see the over half of you voted we've austerity is said to drive the people to a rebellion against brussels fifty nine percent nineteen percent say slashing spending while holding economic growth of the e.u. eighteen percent think strong economies will dominate the weaker one for the end of watch as four percent of you this same year started measures you think will eventually pull the union out of the crisis that's not the most positive outlook letter so you think still plenty of talent do it all t. dot com trouble for the eurozone came this week not only though from

a struggling south but also for the more prosperous north french president francois hollande has vowed to go really go shake the country's debt limit saying agreements on member nations that may begin on tuesday when he meets german chancellor angela merkel test facility reports now when the man elected to lead france and whether he can really deliver. out with the old. in with a new. president 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 france are they really going to have and the world is asking precisely the same question a laundry lies is that people rejected talk is it when then france would also like france for many reasons one of them was his personal arrogance so we can hope but

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 you know coming out about his relationship with gadhafi you know the march thirty seconds he 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 gas 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 traditionally french while foreign policy took a backseat during the campaign a lot it did throw out two moves one go head to head with germany's angela merkel

on really go sharing the e.u. fiscal pact believe me he will experience in the coming month the negotiation power of america because america will face an election in one year and will not be willing to compromise we said was a french president and to withdraw for. 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. 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 our jobs and leadership to truly represents them both at home and abroad. tesser cilia our time parents. not just the birth of europeans fired up us a report a bit later at our t. dot com hundreds making their voices heard in london on occupy them against corporate corruption all the details in the video. plus some also want to see

ties to the u.s. national security agency google a federal court says the details could threaten government couple of stories of the very many will go online and. take place. this is r.t. away chant russian business moving to boot jail for twenty five years in the united states for arms trafficking branded the case against him he still insists he's innocent it was decided boots will be housed in a supermax security prison in colorado among the country's most dangerous and violent criminals that's despite the trial judge recommending medium security confinement carli then in a new york prison talked exclusively to us about giving his first interview to an

english language channel since extradition to the u.s. from thailand gave his views on washington's case against him. what's happening. ok. now it was very you know. you know. i know you. mark. i'm going to let you. keep bad things. that look how i go i don't commit to anything. published. when i want to i'm very much me. these crimes would never exist i'm going to have government work not to cry i'm going to really not. be risky. decision you want marriage which are very like a magic bullet war profiteer of. like you know the full version of the exclusive interview coming your way just about

five minutes time tonight on r.t. making headlines around the world right now where a roadside bomb targeting police has killed one officer in northern pakistan injuring several others including a child the device was planted in bush's close to a checkpoint which was destroyed in the blast it comes after a spate of attacks in the city of push our four people were killed on saturday in a roadside explosion in a prison convoy. at least eleven al qaeda fighters have been killed by drone strikes in yemen which i believe has been carried out by the united states it comes after the yemeni government launched a new offensive against armed groups in the arab peninsula has 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 who shot dead a senior afghan peace negotiator involved in talks with the taliban in a drive by shooting in the capital kabul our solar money was one of the most senior members of afghanistan's high peace council set up two years ago in a bid to reach

a peace deal with militants the group earlier threatened a spring offensive aimed at lawmakers and officials as well as american and coalition personnel. and indeed afghan president hamid karzai has offered his views on the ten security situation in the country in an interview he's given to us you can listen to what he has to say oh monday. to what extent and i would call them paid mercenaries how much are they going to be at your defense to protect your administration nine your successors none none you're saying the mercenaries like blackwater will not play a major role absolutely on this kind of tradition of this is one of the issues over which we had immense gentian but they will be here they will be they knocked as far as the afghan government's goes and no way no mercenary no way way no. haven't even had cars i or monday back to the present big sport case here with a sunday night update for in just over fifty minutes time and as mentioned also

going to screws of interview with vic to boot he gave us the interview from his new york prison remember too it's the first time he's talked in english language channel since extradition that is how the next half hour shapes up here on r.t. live from moscow.

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