1969 was not in keeping with our trust principles and we would not do this today so you see the truth always comes out and now the national archives under the instruction of the foreign office is gradually releasing historical records that expose dirty deeds of the past but it seems like former deals have left a shadow of what's supposed to be those at the forefront of objectivity independence and freedom from bias shot at with daschle r.t. london co-director of the organization for propaganda studies told us that a clear cold war parallels in today's news media to governments and states will always make that claim in the context of a major conflicts and cold war that what we're trying to do is to get the truth to the public and trying to ensure that i would have truth from asian states are not reliable actors in terms of telling the truth which is one of the reasons why i you know what is posed to have a strong independent media to hold them to account one would be absolutely naive to

think that very soon work processes that work to do what we see it among conflicts syria and iran receive an immense amount propaganda going on and when you have the kind of propaganda coup that is underway what sucked is alternately public understanding and really did help with democracy. is joining as you see the breaking news on the screen we'll have more updates analysis on the resignation indeed of the russian government in just a few minutes time as our rolling coverage continues here on r.t. international. chose seemed wrong. but old rules just don't hold. any of the balls to get to shape out just to come out ahead and in detroit because of the trail.

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if i post 5 the evening here in moscow however good afternoon for me kevin when this is out international breaking news then russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev has announced in the last half hour or so that the government's resigned it comes after president vladimir putin earlier suggested changes to the constitution in an address to lawmakers let's get latest on this because the studio looks big is big because it's big headline but it's still business as usual to make that perfectly clear isn't it the current government continues until a new one is formed take it away yes kavin that's a very big news and a very interesting question that i believe everybody now is what will this mean for russia and i think whatever that means they say resignation means the most important the crucial thing is that it would be wrong to say that russia will not find itself in power vacuum because indeed the current government will remain in

full charge of everything until a new cabinet is foreign so we heard that news just less than an hour ago prime minister dmitry medvedev announced the country's government's resignation at the meeting between wyden reporting and the ministers and i want you to take a look and a listen how they snooze was announced. was removed with your list of police colleagues who. believe as we detain them you have all learn your business the address of the president of the russian federation world neutral as president delusion but outlined the major priorities on all workers which work for the upcoming year but lucian also. outlined a number of fundamental changes to the constitution of the russian federation in these changes could be done you could put in your. city and the apostles who are doing in place and this will be done after the discussions as was said many will

alter significantly alter a number of parts of the constitutions will have to touche and then change with the balance of powers the executive the judicial with and those issues later of view. in this context it is obvious that as we believe that the government of the russian federation we need to give the president of our country we might an opportunity to take all the necessary steps and decisions. and will but i would wish them good in this context i believe it will be the right thing to do in accordance to the article 117 of the constitution of the russian federation of to with for the government to resign to step down i just feel that i would have certainly great for i'm grateful to everyone who i have worked with the new within the government and to further steps the further decisions will be taken by the president mr marriage

of colleagues on my behalf i'd like to thank you for everything that i'm sure you have done. what you would and would also like to ask my satisfaction of well there is a lot that we have achieved while. yes we haven't done everything but it's impossible to do everything you want. very soon we'll see. i'll be meeting every one of you personally now please continue. carrying out your functions until the government is formed. kevin i don't know if you notice mr medvedev does not look at all worried and nervous and what reporter looks very relaxed as well so i think we all learned about this earlier today but i'm pretty sure although it cannot be verified at this point but i'm sure that these changes

have been discussed before long before today's address of the federal a sample and i think it was agreed maybe between a lot more potent and the president maybe the ministers as well and i think this is the message that both like reported me to me that if we want to send to the public everything is under control right now indeed the current the current government can we say the current government i mean although we just hurry. to get out i will be in full charge so the to be to move in charge of the outgoing government as it is no for the last 8 years is a long time to be a promise to as well actually do to me but it has quite an impressive political career he served as the country's prime minister for almost 8 years you're right since 2012 students may but before that and more putin was at that time prime minister as you remember but before that he was the country's leader he was the president of russia for 4 years while. reporting and served as prime minister that

very same time and before that from 2005 to 2008 mitra made better served as 1st deputy prime minister and before that for 3 years he worked as kremlin chief of stuff and now we hear that he will move to a new position which he's the head of the. trees security council people of long bring so such a long. tell us in a minute what this new job entails and if you know anything about. what is going to it's hard at this moment to say exactly but he will be in charge of security council which is a very important institution in russia or is it's all about security and the country's safety so i think it is a very important job and kind of great you know. to say why now what what what was a sequential looking all it. was obviously all done behind the scenes. but

these things are going to find out very quickly to the public it would be well hang on you were talking about making changes mr putin just a couple of hours ago in the new plan that. isn't going to go within 23 hours of the government resign to give you the space to do the supposed. what's. best to get on with it no time at the present other than what little quick ok let me share my feelings with you i mean in every speech and every public appearance that like me putin had in the last at least 3 months he was talking a lot about this need for change that he believes is very strong in russia's more than society and as a part of this society back and tell you that this is the truth you know change is needed in russia today and i think it was just a matter of time and i think this is the time when we see this happening finally as many russian citizens may now say again it wasn't

a spontaneous decision i think it was in the air it was just a matter of time yes and very important very crucial point is that. no one can say who is going to be the next prime minister or how much time it will take to form a new cabinet but what is important. is that it will be done under new rules because they will be the country's constitution amendments and the u.s. government will be for and according to these commandments and this is why we say that of course this announcement and this resignation is directly linked to his address to the federal assembly my colleague has been then has been following this let's take a listen we were heads back to here where this country is supposed to head 2020 but i can tell you that the russian future it seems way beyond that point was being shaped out here in the monitor exhibit hall just outside the kremlin as mr putin

was speaking because we heard some really groundbreaking proposals including proposed changes to the russian maine law the russian constitution in fact one of the proposals suggested that the constitution should limit mr putin's own powers that have to do with appointing key government ministers and in fact the prime minister as well so here's proof of that. according to the constitution of the russian federation the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all of the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government chairman. and at the chairman suggestion all the deputy prime ministers and federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president without the right to reject any candidates. another proposal that came from the president was taken out the phrase in

a row from the sentence from the constitution that one person could only serve 2 presidential terms in a row which if the amendments are approved would mean that the situation when for instance mr putin himself were turned to the presidential office after a 4 year break won't repeat itself in russia in the future the russian leader among other things proposed that's also something very important putting the russian main law that's the constitution once again above international law in the sense that russia wouldn't be. a part of any international treaty if it contradicts the russian constitution so all of this is indeed ground breaking and very important especially in the context of a lot of our putin's expected departure after the end of his term from the presidential office in 2024 so it looks like russia and its system of governance

is up for a massive revamp but mr putin today made it clear that none of this will happen without the approval of the nation so perhaps we should expect some kind of vote on that. let's bring in dr reich hermano economist implicit commentator for his thoughts on this on the screens of us joining us here this. short notice so what is this going to mean for the russian political system as you see it it's very early days and it was hard to judge i know this is unprecedented we believe this situation at the moment the president says he wants to. change the way things are done the way the. vote is in president mr medvedev has said ok give the space to do that i'll resign longer the government although they are going government is still in charge until the new one comes in but there are so many questions here alone is not going to take for a start to get a new government in any idea. i think this was

tremendous this might have been a tremendous move 1st russia is in those very very good condition at the minute it is one of the best growing economies in the all the problems around it is it has rather force for russia is the military and so on and so on and now this is the 1st . time when the president limits his own power this is something in the later control country is not known at all that a president limited old power and once to let the people decide on the new constitution and this somehow embarrass us all the later control of government because they are exactly the opposite sides it's all teams who feel and meditative are agreeing very much on this move they don't seem to be angry on each other at

all the upper side they hate each other for all the good work they did and i think this is in kosovo far a very good move because now they have promised the international press is not jumping on broadway yet to influence any election any possible election and they can just do it right you may elect a new government and give the power back to the people so in other words as you're saying the grand plan effectively power in russia moving to the legislative branch yes. to this move today now to see pm event of his cabinet resigning the 1st steps towards that although as i say the big question is how long how long could this now take. well i i think because they agreed already it doesn't take too long on the one hand i think they need it the person made a tip for the other position for the position in this year to council so he

couldn't stay prime minister when he meant when he supposed to take this new position and i think they already look for 4 other people in the ministers and i think that even some of the ministers will stay maybe even all of them but they need to do some sort of stay some start of change now and this is perfectly done in quite minutes without any international influence and there's their own potent talked about the referendum going on and it comes to show changes he said had to go to the people had to be a vote what we see that. i think i think we will see that i think russia is changing into the new face of democracy freedom which is needed to be the big player and the new silk route in our belt and wrote home a chinese call it i think he's preparing and leading rusher into a new face and to a new era of economic welfare on the eurasian continent and this is one

of the basic steps for it so the next question who might be the next prime minister sergei so barren and alexi khodr in their various names there maxime a rash. of obviously no one confirmed at the moment who do you think might be in the running then or is it simply too soon to say. i think it's too soon to say i have no idea who they will take but i think all the decisions were already made so a leading knowledge of russia are already there and i think they will find the right person to be the next the prime minister and he will get a little bit more power to talk try came i think you very much for coming on that economist a political commentator much appreciated thank you very much you're welcome one after the president's earlier trust to lawmakers we spoke to senior russian parliamentary figures to get their impressions on the proposed constitutional

changes before what's happened now he the red tape he can see on your screen is a big musicals. well i think that putin thinks about the optimal way of russian development. also after he leaves. in 2024 and what i think he. has come to is that russia needs some democrats ization of the presidential authority for the enough being the president he still says he thinks about the bigger role for the problem and also bigger role for the government because. among his suggestion is that the chairman of the government will appoint key ministers not the president and the chairman of the government will be appointed my wife by the palmer. this is a very very important change if the constitutional assembly that will consider those proposals agrees to them then we will be moving to some form of i would say

presidential poll amend your republic with such a role of the parliament and the government that will be appointed not by the president. necessarily the parliament will become a focal point for the formation of the government but he put in propose also still to keep. important. to the president so i see this as a make sure. we we may call it in all as we want to when they discuss about how we should be called what i would call it is a certain democratization of the presidential authority in russia so that the president is not a manipulator so he depends more on the legislative power and that of the the prime minister also in the cabinet also depends more on the problem and elected by the population so that's the the big development i think that has been announced by putting today it's a practical for ns and the proposals will should be formulated by the

constitutional assembly that will consider possible changes and i think that will do. saw in the debates the evolution of russian. political system the coming to us 3 years of. the initiative put forward by the president to amend the constitution is very timely it's long been discussed a number of colossal changes have happened which requires to clarify the constitution to make it more up to date it won't be a new constitution the president said we do not need another across to to sion and these changes will not affect the pillars of the constitution at the same time the president made multiple points 1st the multi-party system there has been well established we have the federal soundly in place electoral reforms have been passed after all this the president believes it is timely and possible to give parliament a number of functions which the president has it's not just a cosmetic change it is fundamental. a check of some other news the softer new do

divisions of emerged in the german chancellor as alliance party in bavaria with local elections approaching a poll revealed that almost half of all people in the region would be against a muslim or worrying for the chancellor much of that statistic is made up of the christian social union party voters that the scandal see the muslim culture that resigned from the race because of resistance from his own colleagues is peter all of it with more mare all actions in the german state of bavaria raising questions about islamophobia in the regional wing of angela merkel's ruling coalition then assad here had been a candidate for the christian social union but the prospect of a muslim sore protest from some party members so he is decided to drop out of the running when some party member said they don't want to muslim as a man i was initially disappointed they're not ready and i have to accept that they should have clarified that in advance there is no tolerance i'm very sorry indeed

disappointed. this is hugely embarrassing for the c.s.u. mr scion feeling he couldn't stand as a candidate based on his faith has drawn sharp criticism from party ground days i think it is fundamentally wrong to exclude a candidate because of his beliefs if he is committed to overuse especially at a time when dialogue between the world's religions is so urgently needed something about must not happen the news that mr sign would be pulling out of the race prompted polling across the state of bavaria which showed that almost every other person would have an issue to some degree with the mayor of their city or community being of the islamic faith with over a quarter saying they would definitely have an issue when the polling data was broken down to voter preference on surprisingly supporters of the anti immigration a.f.d. overwhelmingly were against the muslim air but just a touch and

a half of c.s.u. voters held the same view the party faithful putting out a very different message to that on the bavarian interior ministry's website the ministry run by the christie and social union we want to culture of togetherness so that people with foreign roots have the desire and the opportunity to get involved for that work and in the local community then assad says he will continue to support the c.s.u. while senior party figures have gone out of their way to show him support the attitude of the grass roots in the christian social union shows that in the conservative state of bavaria at least some germans aren't ready or not willing to accept people from the islamic faith representing them in politics that is sure to leave more than a few of the upper echelons in the party red faced at the attitudes of their supporters while germany bills itself as open to multiculturalism peter all over

r.t. early. we spoke to christian democratic union member stuff who's been nominated himself for the political actions he's stressed the constitution and german does not hold by it was when politicians in the country said. we need to to only say that to see today a look to talk together sit in one table with a different background there is nothing saying or constitutions that there is no one allowed to have a position in the politics or government if he has that wisdom or not was that nothing could have been like this in order to you know our constitution we are bad that very bad is studio and we don't want to repeat this history we are knowledgeable about your country and we need to live war together and there is such a society saw that by and one of the bavarian we could think about it on the it only need to open a discussion now to it for all the people in it and not to make just the selfie of all just that but we are 11 country but one is

a part of our country and want to see where is this year if not it's someone as a politics with the muslim religion we have a lot of people who are that we have a lot of judgment muslims there are in the security service we have a lot of in the borders we are in the military automated events so what is the promise to be the politics you having also a lot of your people with a different park around for a different sort what you only do in this country on the r. and d. spend on the up and get a great faith for this country we should be we need to know with whom we are dealing. another us election a nother set of russian hacking scandal stories out then a cyber security firm in the us with ties to the n.s.a. is claiming that the ukrainian gas company at the center of donald trump's impeachment was hacked by russian intelligence agents he goes down of logs of what was behind these latest allegations. meeting old friends there are a few things that feel better not any old friends the ones you have barely heard from for years who then turn up at your front door with drinks food and great

memories it's a joy anyone who's followed america's 2016 election and is following this one can now be a part of the ukrainian company barisan russia's hack of bridge made russian military hackers the russians could be searching for a potential embarrassing material on the bidens the same kind of information that mr trump wanted from ukraine russian military hackers successful a targeted race not russia trump his fancy bare election meddling why invent a time machine when you have american media a new report is suggesting that a bunch of hackers from russia with ties to the government of course got access to the computers of boris a ukrainian energy firm what they were after and whether the got anything at all such minor details emitted in the report as is any evidence the president leaves everything out except for a smattering of graphs and conclusions but why would everyone care so much all of

a sudden about some company half the world away well because joe biden's son hunter used to sit on the board of directors there as the company was facing a corruption investigation by ukraine's prosecutor general who joe biden eventually had fired and donald trump then ask the ukrainian president to look into this so brás meyer is at the center of the ongoing impeachment scandal in other words down plan essentially confessing to the current ethical question meeting that he urged the ukrainians to investigate joe biden is a journey of scandal involving the president president trump for peta the attempts to get ukraine and now china to interfere in the 2020 election by investigating joe 100 bided. the allegation that the russians hog brás moe comes from a firm called area one a firm with a mission. this is

a message to all the houses out there. all the hackers up there there is no place for you in fishing in a civil society area one is the only silicon valley company that has been allowed to work with 2020 presidential candidates which it does big time we have a tiered pricing system with a little to no cost here for non-profits schools small businesses or political candidates and a little more than a year ago some candidates came to us and said we don't want a repeat of 20162 of its co-founders have n.s.a. background and one of them donated to democratic candidates in this presidential race blag their shady walsall used to work for crowd strike the company that led the 2016 russia hiking crusade whenever you mention russian cackling 2060 election 2020 alexion something happens internally where people's brains turn

off and you can hear a collective oh not a again not again biden must have said oh no not ukraine oh my god that's us that's what that's what we did so no what better way for joe biden to deflect the information from him and his son to say russia did it excuse me before what russia did is what russia did as you say is it true media. promotion then promulgated all of this russia a bad image it's still it's it's everywhere so i i say here we go again another russian hack story as well. so it's filed with the 4th of july turkey for the thanksgiving and now russia because for the election season because naturally all dogs aren't good with new

tricks. he goes down off i can tell you it's 3 minutes to 6 o'clock in the evening here in moscow we're going to more updates and analysis on the surprise announcement of the resignation of the russian government we're back in a few minutes then. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport this list i'm showbusiness i'll see of that. on my youngins i'm mighty i'm not one. of a time about what it was it was a bit down that was in a sense as a bomb was more about the. one with the

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breaking news the russian government has resigned his surprise in the last hour. suggested changes to the constitution to give parliament greater power to prime minister president putin this time now to function as a caretaker government until a new one is for. one of the few i was in in his annual presidential address to russia has suggested shifting the power to appoint the. house of parliament. according to the constitution of the russian federation the president needs only.