let's talk to maria financially in the studio to take us through this it sounds extremely dramatic but this is kind of a bigger plan isn't it and it doesn't mean there's some power vacuum at the moment but for any of you is just shooting in that might be alarmed by that headline on the face of it take us through it it is indeed a big news calving and it could sound indeed alarming for some viewers but i and the question many i believe now is what does that mean for more russian i think the most important thing here to understand and for me as a russian as well is that there will be no any power vacuum in russia will not find itself in this very vulnerable position because the current government that we just now heard stepped down will remain in full charge of everything until a new cabinet is formed so no panic actually it happened a couple of hours ago and nothing happened so far so we all call and made him about have announced that at the meeting between by the report and the minister is and i want to take a look and a listen how was. it was when we leave you mr

putin colleagues you have all heard the address of the russian president vladimir putin as president he outlined the major priorities of our work for the upcoming year but he also outlined a number of fundamental changes to the constitution of the russian federation these changes when they take place and this will be done after the discussions as was said they will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power the executive the judicial and the legislative powers in this context it is obvious that as the government of the russian federation we need to give the president of our country the opportunity to take all the necessary steps and decisions and in this context i believe it would be the right thing to do in accordance with article 117 of the constitution of the russian federation for the government to resign. i'm grateful to everyone i've worked with in the government for the steps and decisions will be taken by the president. were to remain between. you mr medvedev

colleagues i would like to thank you for everything that you have done i would also like to express my satisfaction with the results we have achieved yes we haven't done everything but it is impossible to do everything you want i hope very soon we will see each other again i'll be meeting every one of you personally please continue carrying out your functions until the new government is formed. well can i want to draw your end of years attention to how these 2 gentlemen look actually not nervous not more it is that all very relaxed i think 1st of all that because it wasn't at all it's been 10 his decision this what i suggest i cannot verify but this is what i suggest that's my feeling we only learned about this resignation early on wednesday but i think it was discussed behind the scenes a long time before putin's address to the federal assembly and i think maybe was even agreed upon between him and prime minister and maybe some ministers were also

involved in that discussion and also i think another reason is that. my feeling is that while reporting and mention about it wanted to send this message message to russian pavlik that everything is under control the new government will be for and in some time but until that the current government that just now step down will be in full try as a team they've been the face of russia for so long have. been doing that job for 8 years or so he's looking for a mystery as well but however he's also got another job lined up a newly created post we're told has a very special ones mr medvedev could be called a very prominent politician because he has a very impressive political career in fact he served as the country's prime minister for almost 8 here is if you just said you're right since 2012 we've widely reported being the prize. but before that he was the country's leader president of russia at the very same time putin was. the prime prime

minister and before that mr medvedev service 1st deputy prime minister for 3 years and as kremlin chief of staff and you are right to say that he will not move to brand new position because it never existed before that he will be in the country security council according to russia's the legislation the president is the one to had body which is in charge of all security related presidential decisions and and now dmitri medvedev will become his deputy again this issue never existed before so again these 2 will work side by side important as lot of people the. politics of it does change you sometimes as history in russia happened very quickly when things do happen. today it was literally only an hour or 2 since the president was talking for the. state of the union address if you're looking at how things should go into a new decade and then bingo we've seen these changes to it were. to give president

putin the the scope to be able to start doing that a few hours yes and now we hear from some politicians that the new government will be for sure for him very soon and the constitutional amendments will be. accepted within the year or so that's quite impressive i know but i think it has been in the air for some time if you were following widely reported and public appearances and there were several massive speeches in the last 3 months and press conferences he was talking a lot a lot a lot every time about this need for change that he believed is very strong in russia is more than society and as a part of this society i can say that this is the truth so it has been there all the time. it was just it was just a matter of time this is my feeling was i was at a time place how the people living in real life who were already hearing people say effectively it's russia moving to the legislative yes we're hearing the popular

vote if you like of what's going to happen in the future what's occurred to me your russian what's it going to mean for you for me is that will mean that it's actually quite i mean for sure that will mean changes because we expect. you can imagine the right i mean in the government that just our steps down there were $22.00 ministers and 10 deputy prime ministers $32.00 people plus prime minister now we're going to see $33.00 at least new people in the government so it cannot mean anything but changes for this country you know what i mean the russians welcoming this move i didn't have a chance actually to ask that have but i mean. they need some time to digest it to understand what exactly that will mean and then we can talk to them but. the

question now i have is who's going point prime minister because there were some talks that new government will be formed according to constitutional amendments but it needs some time for these amendments to be approved and we cannot wait that long to be without a new prime minister i guess but again it's not clear that from what we read from what you hear i guess the president will appoint a new prime minister and after that prime minister will suggest members of the government and according to the constitutional amendments that will be i mean approved by that time the state duma the parliament lawyer temple will be in charge of approving these new members that will mean greater power to the problem and before you go as one the court by the the catalyst for all this was president putin talking absolute the federation council today yes and of course i mean this

resignation directly related to what i report and said and he is. address to the federalist sample and he was talking about the constitutional amendment and my colleague has been following let's take a listen. we were expecting to hear where this country is supposed to have. and 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 to 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 to the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman and the chairman suggestions all the deputy prime ministers and federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president with 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 their washing constitution so all of this is indeed groundbreaking and very important. especially in the context of a lot of our 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 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 is good if you flooded out your return to the house of art is going underground show joining us live no thank you thanks carol and short notice there of shit so how is this being viewed in london in a surprise move will call it surely. yeah i think it surprised lots of journalists

but then there's a word in the english language kremlinology which signifies a kind of shady murky analysis of a government changes for a reason people don't really understand russia and the outside world arguably in fact really it is it is done the in any analysis blinded by russophobia in nato nations any comment from moscow any news for moscow usually gets a pretty quick response i was just on the phone with the foreign office they say they don't have a response the foreign office in london to the changes announced that you've just been discussing in russia which seem really revolutionary putin certainly seems to have rubbed out in the mass coverage of things like free internet and minimum wage . allocations and. the indexation of pensions this is all about what is going to happen in russia and i have to say that already one can see

the usual suspects as it were saying this is all about putin consolidating he wants to be in power after 2024 which he said he was going to leave and even them in the end what he said didn't he did he believe by the times the term should be limited to 4 years plus 4 years maximum so how they're reading into the after what he said today it can mean that he can stay in power any longer. exactly i mean that's actually the editor of the japanese and financial times lionel barber tweeting this is valid we have putin turning into xi jinping which i think is insulting both countries because presumably she jinping would say he's subject to the votes of bodies all around china but that's the kind of problems arguably when it comes to analysis of what is happening in perceived enemy countries we mustn't forget there is huge animosity between nato and nations and russia has been for quite some close

let it be if you didn't obviously was president it was recently popular with this president. especially with barack obama i remember at the time. but i would leave you these days in britain people like a steady hand on the keel don't they on the also like a familiar face like you know he's a familiar face so are there is he is his departure as prime minister going to be viewed in a good or bad light in britain well through the prism of major nation media rush or is considered a one not even a one party state a one man state complete after a talk or see run by vladimir putin the matter what he had said no matter what some of the deputies might say in the coming days or even the election council as it prepares for a referendum on the constitutional changes announced by vladimir putin and mr medvedev they will be watching all this through that prism and be claiming that

anything that comes out of moscow is all about a conspiratorial cabal that runs a country as big as well what about the what about the observers who will say today will know this is affecting the power in russia be moved more to the legislature or more to the legislative branch they'll scoff at that will. they will completely scoff at that and believe this is a power grab and of course this kind of arguable this information about understanding other countries not just russia limits the ability of these countries and understanding other places in the world of course you could be forgiven about russia because of course here in britain the intelligence services were so taken over by soviet agents during the so-called cold war some have as an excuse here where still awaiting comments from i think the white house let alone 10 downing street what's worrying of course is that while journalists perhaps can be forgiven for thinking this is

a big surprise in terms of russian history and we've got to remember it's historical month the russian liberation of auschwitz is being talked about in this country without reference to the russian army or russian involvement in world war 2 well while journalists can be forgiven the intelligence agencies the foreign ministers the think tanks they should have they should be understanding what is going on in russia after all these are these a nuclear armed countries russia has a big nuclear arsenal and i would suggest that the level of ignorance through this prism of russophobia is is quite breath to just a final thought ok this is this isn't in terms of if you like but how's it going to affect any changes at the top as you go to affect foreign policy regarding russia regarding britain. well at the moment the united party in russia is what 335 out of 450 seats we'll have to see how this turns out in elections because

of course as as you've been reporting this gives more power to the legislature what will it mean for russian foreign policy britain the united states nato i'm sure these countries arguably seek an enemy many policy analysts saying the. in fact there are an age of countries that define themselves by their opposition to moscow whether it be foreign policy or the fact that russia has been advancing in certain sure contexts over the past few years after it's a huge downturn with the dissolution of the soviet union i should let you go pre-show together host of ours he's going to go now she returns he loves to see it most of which thank you. thank you so this one talk about now then after the president's earlier address to lawmakers we spoke immediately after that senior russian parliamentary figures to get their impressions on the proposed constitutional changes as laid out by president putin earlier on before the rest of this happened as you can see in the red ticker there bearing in mind all this

happened before the news the government has resigned. well i think that putin sinks 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 further enough being the president he still says he thinks about the bigger role for the postman 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 i'm entering public 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 proposal so still to keep. important. to the president so i see this is a make sure. we we may call it you know as as we want to 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 palm 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. in the debates the evolution of the russian. political system the coming to us 3 years of civil war 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 require us 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 federalist 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. let's check some other news tonight deep

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 air worrying them for the chance for the much that statistics made of the christian social union party voters the scandals see the muslim candidate resign from the race because of resistance from his own colleagues the role of his got the story mayor 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 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 psion feeling he couldn't stand as a candidate based on his faith has drawn sharp criticism from party grandees i think it is fundamentally wrong to exclude a candidate because of his beliefs if you use community to overt views especially at a time when dialogue between the world's religions is so urgently needed something about must not happen the news that mr sarin 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 a ministry run by the christian social union we want a 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

a christian democratic union member mustapha who's been nominated himself for the bundestag elections he stressed the constitution in germany does not hold back muslim politicians in the country said. we need to to only say that to see today a look to talk together to sit in one table with a different crowned there is nothing saying or constitutions that there is no one allowed to have a position in the politics or government if he is with someone not with them nothing could have been like this in order to know what constitution we are bad to 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 the buy and want to but what are you and me could think about it on the it only need to open a discussion not to involve 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 next year if not if someone has

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 who have been locked up in the bomb as we are in the military automated events so what is the problem would be the politics you having also look if you have people with a different package on 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. with the selection of a russian hacking scandal of an a cyber security firm in the us now with ties to the n.s.a. is claiming that the ukrainian gas company of the central donald trump's impeachment was hacked by russian intelligence agents he goes down of looks so what lies 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 target for 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 mom a ukrainian energy firm what they were after and whether the got anything at all such minor details are 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 donald trump then asked the ukrainian president to look into this so will resume is at the center of the ongoing impeachment scandal in other words. passing to the current ethical question of needing lady urge 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 trying to interfere in the 2020 election by investigating job 100 bided. the allegation that the russians had brás mo comes from a firm called area one a firm with a mission. this is a message to all the houses out there. is up there there is no place for you

in fishing it is simple 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 blog their shady walsall used to work for crowd strike the company that led the 2016 russia hacking 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 given 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 in promulgated all of this russia bad image it's still it's it's everywhere so i i say here we go again another russian hack story. so it's filed with the 4th of july turkey for the thanksgiving and now russia harker's for the election season because naturally all dogs aren't good with new tricks. or

breaking news the russian government the prime minister have resigned earlier on in order to allow president putin to make amendments the constitution will be continuing as a caretaker government the time being in woman is time will be about with much more on the international. i'm going to fulfill your purposes ok politics to the people you know we've all pots. you. pretty. much. all.

you want to. know. this is all to international big headlines today the russian government has resigned to give president putin the opportunity to implement constitutional changes it's off to vladimir putin indeed suggested few hours before but giving parliament greater powers to appoint a prime minister president putin is also ministers said to function as a caretaker government in the new one he's all. so busy.