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

presidential address to russian lawmakers earlier had suggested this man should shifting the power to appoint the prime minister and the whole government to the lower house of parliament. 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. and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman. the other piece of news after washington's assassination of iran's top general america's top diplomat now says it's all part of a new did terrorism strategy with warnings from russia and china to. live from the arts international world. you sent this wednesday 15th of january

welcome to the update with me kevin i am there's one big bit of breaking news you see on the screen russia's prime minister dmitri medvedev has announced that the government has resigned this up a few hours ago it comes after president vladimir putin suggested changes before but to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers to appoint a prime minister roof an option is in the shooter she's been across all this force as it sounds quote this is a huge headline but much more in control 'd than one would. think when you 1st hear that dramatic headline take a so it's been a busy day rewinding for viewers just joining us what's happened here yes kevin indeed it was no doubt it is a big news and a question i believe many now ask is what does that actually mean for more than russia and i think the important thing to understand for any aggression and for anywhere there watching r.t. right now is that russia will not at all find itself in a vulnerable situation known as the power of fact as the government that just now step down will still remain in charge of everything until a new cabinet is formed actually the news came

a couple of hours ago and nothing dramatic happened so far so i believe we all call me a bit of announced about that at the meeting between wife and the minister is here is how it was. it was a little bit with. 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 and 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 in decisions and in this context.

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 am 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. or kevin i want to do or you were at the viewer's attention to the fact that dmitri medvedev didn't look anxious and worried and nervous in this video while your very relaxed as well admitting that it was even a smiling so i think the right place 2 reasons for that i suggest 1st of all

although we just learned about this resignation early on wednesday i'm pretty sure again it can all be very far but i suggest that it was discussed for some time behind the scenes and maybe this decision was it was agreed upon between the president the prime minister and maybe even with some ministers involved and another reason is that my feeling is that both sides report made to me that if want to send this message to the russian public at this moment that some may take as an alarming point in russia's history you know the government is resigned that everything is under control no reason to panic all call well established of course has a problem promised to for 8 years. and he's also got another job lined up because it's a new job so what do we know yes well you are absolutely right to say that measurement is quite a prominent politician here in russia he has quite an impressive political career he served as a prime minister for 8 years right. since 2012 with wagner putin being the

president but before that he was the leader of the country he was the president of russia for 4 years with widely reported being prime minister and now yes he will move to another position he will be within the security council according to russia's legislation they had of security council this body that is responsible for all presidential security related decision here is the president himself and now dmitri medvedev will move there as we work of course yes it was some time we going to see these gentlemen working side by side although it is a new position but again it's very important to stress that he was simply created for me to relate so i guess it's kind of like great or i suppose if you look at all from this. 'd 'd mr putin talking to federation council state of the union address the smaller we're going to do. the speed of this. it's

been quite impressive within 2. to give mr putin the scope of what he wants to do well let's get on with it was no time at the present yes i believe that was discussed for some time before we learned about this news and i did not believe that it is a spontaneous decision but. what i want to say is that if you fall of leiden report in public appearances like let's say in the last 34 months there were many big massive speeches press conferences and it is that he was talking a lot in these speeches in these addresses about this need for change that is very strong right now in russian society as a part of this society i can say that mr president is right many changes are needed and i'm pretty sure it has been in there for some time and i guess now the time has come. all these changes and president putin is sad that they will be he suggested

several amendments to the russian constitution i guess you need a new team to like to make it happen you know i guess this is how it is later so take us back to the beginning of the day were all this started if you like. take us through the address the putin gave to the federation. had an address to russia's federal assembly and he suggested several very important amendments to the russian constitution and i think he meant that the reason need for a new team to implement all these changes it is not quite clear who is going to appoint a new prime minister i guess is going to be still mr president but then the country's parliament will have greater power comparing to what we had before and of course it is related to. put means address all these changes and my colleague.

has been stolen let's take a look he has more. we were expecting to hear where this country is supposed to have 2020 but i can tell you that the russian future it seems way beyond that point was being shaped out here and the manager exhibit hall just outside the kremlin as mr putin was speaking because we heard some really groundbreaking proposals including the post 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 meets with the state duma's consent to make official commitments the president appoints the cabinet. cuties 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 suggestion 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 to 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 my putin's expected departure after the end of his term from the presidential office and 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 so what's next is the question well not a lot of answers there russia's outgoing prime minister what we do know dimitri medvedev the ministry heads will stay on in caretaker positions until a new government is formed time to be confirmed according to the constitution the president now has 2 weeks to nominate a new premier candidate will then have to be confirmed by the duma the lower house

of parliament. after the president's earlier address to lawmakers we spoke to some very senior russian parliamentary figures to get their impressions on the proposed constitutional changes he laid out this morning bearing in mind this will happen before the news that the government's 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 sort of the paradox of early 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 of 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 the prerogative to the president so i see this is a mixture. we we may call it you know as we want to limit discuss about how we should be called but 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 prime minister also in the cabinet also depends more on the palm of elected by the

population so that's the the big development i think that has been announced by putting today it's the 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 so the evolution of the russian. political system the coming 2 or 3 years. the initiative put forward by the president to amend the constitution is a 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 that has been well established we have the federal somebody 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. never a dull moment in politics specially rusher it seems things could happen pretty quickly we continue our breaking coverage in iraq international we said. mr putin had 2 weeks to find success is due to me to be very serious already happened reflections across names come forward. saying better than me and he's the guy in the tax service or believe yes he is the head of the russian federal tax service mr michaud said and he agrees to become the new prime minister so we know we have been talking about this i mean this fear of a power vacuum and now we have a new prime minister actually now as far as i understand he will be charge of appointing $22.00 ministers and hand it was in the previous government like deputy

minister right at this moment what do we know about him he sees it is a very high profile figure here in russia we need some time and to prepare his profile as a russian journalist i can tell you i mean he's not quite popular i mean there is no much information about. in my head related to finance and money yes money man which is i mean maybe some people will say that it's a good thing that he's not coming from k.g.b. or you know like any intelligence or security he is there all the guy is related to money can you picture and try to find a picture of. in. his very difficult we decide as an englishman inter-generational how long i'm going to go telling the all i can see a right. to 3 years old it's not the reality of 66 great year he went to the most logical universe and there years a substantial looking chap a very. business looking chap you want to ask him i think we are so yes so looks

like a 53 year old that is going to be the we are you know it's an experienced man you know and he is now the prime minister or is he to be appointed what you know just to clarify he just was appointed and he agrees to become the new prime minister so you better start i mean learning how to pronounce words into a regular on the head of the federal taxation service department the. loveliest tell us more about it later thanks very much for that update so russia has got a new prime minister tonight in the head of a 53 year old nicole. well i can let you know we continue our breaking news here not international the russian prime minister over the whole government has resigned there is now a new prime minister as mentioned in situ we'll have more on that in just about 90 seconds.

you know world with a big part of the law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. just one magic bullet you could actually come up with some of the top of these baby bonds talking about ways we get access capital and capitalism is important so we could actually have programs that actually help folks who want to do that but when you give everybody a $1000.00 i'm a poor person i'm going to consume that and if you're rich you're going to invest

that equity the wealth the spirit is going to grow because you're you're not using your money to do it can so you're literally buy more crazy things and then my landlord knowing that i got a $1000.00 and you just go raise my rent so then you get your inflation going on and they're. politicians to you so. they put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so if you want to be president and she. wanted. to go right to the press this is like the 4 korean people. i understand was a. very good evening live from moscow this is international with me kevin and mikhail mish

the new name for your country with the current was head of the federal tax it was of russia has got a different job as of the last few minutes he's agreed to his nomination to become russia's newest prime minister it's after the russian government resigned earlier on few hours ago following president putin's annual state of the nation address to lawmakers earlier dmitri medvedev said that the move would allow the president to implement a set of constitutional reforms he called for in a speech a few hours before the small and has been a busy day the suggested changes would devolve greater power for parliament let's get a view on this from throw from the hill but dr a prolonged independent political analyst hi there thanks kevin online so a relatively unknown figure out you know anything about the guy who was in charge of the the tax service a 53 year old relatively unknown figure can you cast any like settle or maybe not. but there are a grove of laws or sort of

a lot of disappointment you all think the broader issue is going on is great interest for polls almost because what we are witnessing is the start of the transition from the clinton years to last fall's and he has no more than 3 years to help the groom his successors and what i think the key element in what he's done today is to distribute decision making power sort of there of my own his peers in that process we will see who is most able to take advantage of the efforts and get into hoover's means for hormones and is this handing this plan that we heard from mr putin this morning is this broadly speaking how they will power to the papers they built will say about what happens in the future especially after 2024 that's the bigger plan as you see it yeah. call it the

don't think we're certainly seeing the endgame in the speech today because that is a good deal of of fuzziness in the concept of having a parliamentary republic sitting with did and wonder what is called a down their government presidential equal to one of the key issues of distribution of color and decision that the responsibility that is foremost at the same time is the other element which is not a constitutional reform but effectively change that in this that he mentions just before his words that all 3 of the parliaments and how the people all integrated responsible what was the notion that all of the duma parties would be given greater responsibility for with. the suggestion here it is not stated explicitly is that we made witness the formation of the. it is for coalition together because it

is a general practice throughout europe. good to bring greater speed of the effect it has to decision making that russia i don't know what are you surprised at the speed of this today coming so soon after president putin talking to smalling outlining these broad plans to change all of a sudden. the 1st wheels in motion the coexist motion a vet of a said it's to give putin the the space he needs the latitude he needs to start making these changes are you surprised that within a few hours on the same day. or so i think the ball makes it very clear that exist since we know that the decisions were taken weeks ago. the only people who are surprised that this 4 year old lady and the rest of the western people the the insiders and it's in there that this was it is as though. we trim it that it's all of a sudden decided during the words of is of this president during the during the seventy's

or the address of your son luke that he decided on the spot the result of course of his forced reprogramming or it is very interesting because most of the society although the president mentions constitutional changes he didn't make friends changes so if they thought of staging what we'd like to see happen is just a small changes will be will be. will be promulgated through walls of which have to be distressed over the federal system moreover. the president puts it at a further step once the proposed reforms are all lined up and set into proposed. legislative acts this will be put to the public in one with because it was all a referendum just received the presidential who vote so the process is what's going to take place. in a lot of hours days or weeks it's going to take place over central or i do believe

that the real be some associate of the principals that outweighed by the president simply because there is no rule precedent for this douglas was interested in. a combination of presidential and parliamentary. procedure here for us it is a tremendous change that is logical at the end of the team's stated power this was this was signals in the least if the else was the office most of the period of us from had as president of russia was regard to crete and the defiance of the problem. for a very brief period to be before 'd it was of this some attempt to rule jointly with the lead story then it would look putin came in with a part of the interview jordi following his. father his election as president in

2000 what he saw was some accommodation beginning between executive and the story was. integrating days of his time in office where he appointed was to because there's a group of legislature closer to decisions made in the hour to ensure a russia's stability in the future after he departs the city will the 1st wheels of motion gilbert dog true independent political analyst on the line there from belgium thank you for being with us give us your thoughts on this big news today thank you. and a final thought for maria financially as we digest little bit more about nico. the 66 of born there is not 66 he was born in ny it was a warning sign just as i said just like me 53 year old great age what more do we know about him and not the law actually and i just wanted to make it clear that. he's not yet russia's new prime minister and president putin for supposed he is

candidate sherry to be prime minister and now it's up to state duma the country's parliament lawyer how to prove except for the job in principle. yes to be prime minister if he had any chance to yeah that's a very good position i can say after if we look at his career i mean that's something absolutely new he is the head of the russian federal tax service right now. as you said and he's going to be good at figures than i yeah yeah i suppose we know that he's married he has 3 sons and he's a very good hockey player and he has all the money and economics this is what we know about this guy but of course. he is as a prime minister we're going to see this well let him get a job 1st. within the next 2 weeks because president putin the school to come up

with a name it's got to be done within 2 weeks ago and we have right now here that state duma that is in charge of approving this man is going to meet to have a special session on thursday. here on the surface. quickly but we are on the scene so this has been long planned as you can see real we'll leave it. just it all as well but it's been a big. you don't see it in the coming hours take you through it as well for. the rest of a very good night stay with this is one of the more this will wear off. dot com or any of us social media of course. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. have to go on to be

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