back. breaking news this hour the russian president's now appointed the former tax chief . as the country's new prime minister after parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor of his candidacy. western media suggest. plans to devolve greater power to the russian parliament a part of a lot to stay in power for. a president who one announces that more turkish troops are heading to libya to ensure the stability of the country's u.n. recognized government it's ahead of an international summit coming up in berlin on libya this sunday.

afternoon international worldview center of moscow is kevin and here was round for us to say that breaking news to start with russia's now got a new prime minister as of this. after lawmakers approved. candidacy and president putin then signed off on the appointment. it only took this country what was it slightly more than 24 hours to come from the point when the president proposed to tweak some elements of russia's constitution which by the way didn't automatically mean that the cabinet would have to step down to a moving towards the point when the russian state duma approved the name of the country's new prime minister that is mikhail so the result was $383.00 votes in favor about 40 abstentions and 0 votes again so this is the kind of backing the

and coming prime minister is getting which is very important obviously in his position and clearly we were listening to his speech right before the vote which was obviously filled with quite a few promises here are some of them. used to produce them i can do up to ensure you that all members of the new government will carry personal responsibility for achieving national goals i know that some talks in this room can even an intensive and i believe it's very important that the government feels that it would always be questioned him on it it remains open and constructive critics help us improve and do the members of parliament give us regional feedback you know what they think what people talk about how they sense the situations and whether they think that there are changes needed for the past just to look at the background of mr mishra stand a little bit i can tell you that he was in charge of the russian federal tax authority for about a decade he rarely appeared on t.v. so when on wednesday the now former prime minister dmitri medvedev i can

tell you that there's really no other way to put it shocked the country shocked the world by saying that his government was stepping down only a few hours after the russian leader delivered his annual state of the nation address pundits were calling out different names and i can tell you that it's. in most cases may call misused in wasn't even on the list they gave the name of for example russia's young minister of economic development with him arrested in or for example acts minister of finance alexei good drain who was in fact a political opponent in some way of the former prime minister dmitri medvedev also moscow's a vicious a mayor city gate savannah and but then again boom the name the helm issues didn't came out of the kremlin so you can't help wondering what are the reasons for this

appointment why so much trust well i can tell you that the new prime minister while he was working in the federal tax authority managed to accomplish a mission that seemed absolutely impossible at one point to get rid of a very painful state of bureaucracy and russia's taxes i can tell you that previously to pay taxes or to deal with some problems russians had to stand in line fill out hundreds of papers they say that at this point now it can all be done through smartphones or tablets p.c.'s you name it what then a matter of minutes and people say that this is really the achievement of me and i can also tell you that in fact spoke to r.t. a few years ago about exactly that about the digital izing the paper work in russia and how it's important for the development of the country he was talking about the younger generation that will shape the future of the nation it's important that the

young generation whose form of whose future taxpayers to morrow use the friendly user interface which is suitable for the as we know the research is showing us the young generation now not using a p.c. computers so the mobile phones mobile applications and social networks so basically we should parts of the story. it's. too calm we should come to the such is social networks and make sure that it's friendly interface for them so basically this is the maybe main reason why we collaborate can be the commissioners to make sure that we saw recent codecs piers because between service and confused part of the administration servicing part this now more and more coming by the way clearly there will be something for 'd the audience outside this country to point out russia's new pm is fluent in english that is something that we hadn't seen for

a very long while now before the vote in the upper chamber of the russian parliament began i managed to catch up with some of russia's most senior lawmakers and i asked them why they are about to support the candidacy of me. was thinking about efficiency. if you look at the different ministries in said russia the tax collection is one of the best it is all. in. everything about every payment officially made it is said russians they created the most. useful and usable. government it has a ph d. in economics he writes books on economics he writes textbooks he teaches the financial university in moscow so he is an intellectual. very more than

that intellectual of more than a bureaucrat who can. have a very systematic view on issues because he is actually. at the university was systems and functioning of the systems so. i do. it's a good choice. i think a very quick. reply you know which i think it's also important for a politician. in developed an efficient tax service one of the most efficient departments in the country he's a strong leader tax service management is being done correctly both in terms of leadership and cutting edge technology. but. the prime minister has proven business capabilities. with using working with the tax police and if you polish all our ministries and i say and way it will boost national

income growth and streamline expenditure still we can here's an interesting area that he brings strong at him in the sciences and innovative technology. politically he's neither left nor right was the north central that we really have a specialist coming into power. not back when this major shake up in russian politics comes after the government resigned of course on wednesday that was in response to the in suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively diminishing the president's powers while boosting those in parliament. but it was the amendments i suggested yesterday do not affect the fundamental basis of the constitution further in russia's development as a lawful state the goal is also to enhance the effectiveness of the country's institutions to strengthen the role of civil society and to enable the political parties in our regions to make decisions vital to the country's development our

senior correspondent next explains more about the landmark moves and the reaction they received in the west. try explain these limp wooden and powers the office of president the media accuses of of seizing more power who control over russia but when putin gives up that power and hands it over to parliament at his own expense it is also because he seizing more control over russia 1st to discover this syndrome i name it paranoid putin a friend here and there's a real epidemic russian government resigns is putting proposes reforms that could extend his grip on power putin engineers surprise russian political shake up that could keep him in power longer russian government resigns as putin plots post presidency power grab paranoid putin a friend he aside he is what he actually proposed to guaranteed that no president

ever wields as much power as he did including putin himself he's got 4 more years in office. this is unprecedented in a quarter of a century every constitutional amendment was designed to empower the president for example increase the presidential term from 4 years to 6 years or give the president the power to appoint prosecutors and now he turns it all upside down it

used to be that putin appointed the prime minister the ministers parliament rubber stamp that now. parliament appoints heads of government and putin rubber stamp set with no power object. according to the constitution of the russian federation he's the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments 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 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 yes this is of course all subject to a popular vote if these passes russia will be a changed country with a very different future russia is changing into a new face of democracy freedom and now this 1st.

time when the president limits his old power and this is something in the later controlled country is not known at all the president limits at all and wants to let the people decide on the new constitution. at the pave the way the government handed in its resignation it's worth mentioning it wasn't all that popular that failed on a number of fronts and there diff the now caretaker prime minister said himself it's time for something new 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 discussions and as was said we will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power if there's

one thing we know about putin it's that we don't know him he loves to surprise and there was no warning not even rumors that the country was about to be turned on its head we now have a new prime minister we heil michoud in an unknown quantity he's largely stayed out of the spotlight for the past decade ahead in the federal tax agency and i must say he did wonders teaching russians to pay their taxes fact some would argue he's done too good a job it is now clear putin hangs up the gloves in 2024 he won't run for another term times change so does russia that is revolutionary change from this distance i would say that it gives more power to the parliament but it downgrades the importance of the prime ministership of the stability of

russia's leadership quality which is not a separate issue has been one of the most positive aspects of world governance in the 21st century. the turkish president has announced the deployment of more troops to libya he says to ensure the stability of the u.s. government and its capital tripoli is set to join a deployment already earlier this month and international summit on libya for this coming weekend. the middle east correspondent has more on what's coming up what's planned right now what we hear happening now is that turkey has started to send troops to help back up there to support the stability of the u.n. better government in tripoli the government of national accord now we are hearing from the turks that there this is part and parcel of them supporting according to agreements signed between turkey and libya a big effort to support this government we know that anchor already has troops on

the ground in libya those troops i resolved in assisting and training the forces of the government of national accord and all of this forms part and parcel of that as the months long in boyle meant between the forces of the government of national court and the libyan militia highly for have to our continue the turkish president everyone says that this is important the deployment of turkish troops in libya not only for the safety and security of turkey but for the region as a whole take a listen we are starting to send our soldiers to ensure village of government survival and stability in libya starting with the idea that turkey security lies outside of its borders we will continue to mobilize our capabilities. now the turkish president's comments come just days before a conference is due to be held on sunday in berlin and at that conference the turkish president was due to meet or is due to meet with leaders from russia

britain italy and germany moscow's also been very involved in trying to bring ways allusion to the conflict in libya and all of this these peace efforts have been hailed as an important step forward to peace and stability in that war torn country and of course the latest announcement of the latest moves by the turks will be addressed in the context of what is happening in. iran's press t.v. u.k. channels be blocked on you tube just hours after an initial ballot be lifted press t.v. u.k. youtube account taken down for a 2nd time without explanation after a 1st appeal showed no violations committed so is it a violation of whitey's terms to be an antiwar and see racism and anti imperialism outlook well as far from the 1st time press t.v. has faced just last month google blocked access to the outlets main channel on you tube that's the 5th time it's happened on the video stream of platforms 2009 either which way it's left press t.v. and good it said it had no prior notification given meantime the iranian government

is calling for legal action against instagram after the social media group removed posts supporting the assassinated top iranian general custom solar money instagram's parent company facebook says its actions are simply complying with u.s. sanctions against a. review content against our policies in our obligations to u.s. sanctions laws and specifically those related to the us government's decision nation of the fire g.c. and its leadership as a terrorist organisation in an undemocratic and unashamed action instagram has blocked an innocent nations voice protesting to the assassination of general salim money where the real terrorists have been given an open voice. we spoke to press t.v. journalist richard sit down he thinks of the to ban it but of a why the campaign against freedom of speech and we suspect this is really sort of the malign ongoing and very specific count by against iran not just the war 'd.

in the united states but also the propaganda and the controlling 'd of the information narrative that goes concurrently law currently alongside that we show the timing of this is quite o.p.'s beyond the question of iran and press t.v. this is a wider question now about free speech about me but it's a straight information fairly and suit disseminate a sack so we see this as a wider attack and a very dark day potentially dark chapter for journalism there certainly it seems it's a coup reasons behind this decision but then that would mean that you know political agendas from countries and organizations outweighs the rights of free speech for the public and the media. dating and how possibly our hi there this is out international coming up the david and goliath battle pitching in the small trade is against the world's richest man and as a boss jeff bezos has in asia we had battle visits going down and more when the bat

. you know we're big. and conspiracy it's time. to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and 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 we're watching closely watching the hawks. money printing leads to the stock market going higher which makes anyone think they are geniuses and. people make sense. and then the

bed. because we do so for national security and the stock market it's an all time high that everyone gets really smart thank you. so much more people. were soldiers . and the stock market goes higher that's the cycle that. it's called genocide for profit it's called america. deleted data from a phone is coming back to haunt the new e.u. presidents live on the lens on this scrutiny of claims that she wrongly wipe sensitive evidence from are officials phone while she was german defense secretary another claims widening to his paper all of a reports from berlin. it's the scandal it won't leave the new e.u. commission president alone did fall into line delete data from mobile devices that could have been crucial evidence and in investigation into whether phones were in

appropriately spent on outside contract is while she was german defense minister it's now were merge that a 2nd phone used by of on the line at that time has hired messages delete it from it reportedly according to some by the e.u. commission president her self or position politicians here in germany the to banding ounces glorification is urgently required the latest revelations booed wonder lane back in the center of the contract ng scandal and massively and or pressure last month it was revealed that fonda lines main phone cheering her time in charge of the german defense ministry that had its day so wiped bout prompted a green party m.p. here in germany to bring a criminal complaint against the now new e.u. commission boss we have to assume that people an office destroyed evidence such actions could have criminal relevance fonda line is set to give evidence to an

investigating committee next month expect a lot of focus on her actions are and the actions of her aides as we tried to gets of the bottom of who did what to those devices from their lion has obviously tided ho phone are properly or headed tided up the allegations against fonda lion relate to a federal orders office investigation which showed that under her charge the defense ministry was spending around $155000000.00 euros a year on outside advice although the ministry couldn't sufficiently justify why that external advice was needed on that in more than the 3rd of the cases looked at normal rules would not follow suit the baths lead to a parliamentary committee looking into whether those deals were above board in just how how much on the line was involved a spokesperson for the e.u. commission president said nothing relevant to the investigation had been deleted but didn't give away much else there were and are no messages on the phone relevant

to the parliamentary investigation with neither for the lion nor his spokespeople particularly forthcoming when we have to wait until she appears before the committee on the 13th of february before we get any answers one thing is for certain if she remains tight lipped until then well the press and opposition lawmakers are going to be ravenous 4 ounces in a scandal but her silence is only making all the more intriguing peter all of r.t. early. next preview of this a poll that suggest a 3rd of young americans are more likely to consider other countries to be better than their own us of a despite leaders spend the years of course insisting this no country more exceptional i believe in american exceptionalism defending american exceptionalism should always be above politics my entire career has been

a testimony to american express optional if we don't claim to be perfect but we are exceptional america must always lead on the world stage if we don't. know one well swell so here come the steps the pew research center study suggests the skepticism grows when divided on party lines with almost half a democrat sort of the age of 30 believing that other countries are better than their own at the same time while 48 percent the young democrats believe that the u.s. is one of the greatest countries along with others only 5 percent place it above any other nation still with me but we as people of new york city what they thought of american exceptionalism. because we're a generation that's are pretty educated so we have a lot information resources that we've been able to tap into to kind of come to these conclusions also we've experienced other countries more so than any other generation with our traveling so we get to get a better sense of what the world has to offer it's pretty new compared to like you're a beige like so many cultures are like deep into the ground and like i think there's

a lot to learn and it's developing there's just been a negative just negative narrative about the u.s. and its history and. without them the appreciation for what it actually is not like it was starting off for the generations that have come before us as. well as wealthiest person so the warm welcome we can report from small traders in india who claims amazon retail juggernauts unfairly crippling their livelihoods we're talking jeff bezos he's arrived on tuesday there and is expected to meet prime minister in the render modi. well protests are part of a nationwide movement led by members of the confederation of all india traders small business owners accuse amazon of predatory pricing claiming that heavy discounting gives it one competitive edge in the indian market even accusing jeff bezos of being an economic terrorist in the us antitrust regulators now launched a probe traders though say they've simply had enough. in order to steal

business and if you can or sustain your business is the upgrade policies then they're going to know that you have no place in india and not. enough in 2nd. footmarks this can tell you jeff bezos has not responded to the allegations as of yet if he does we'll let you know earlier though he did say his company would invest a $1000000000.00 to digitize small and medium sized businesses and hopes to export 10000000000 dollars worth of indeed made goods by 2025 which took it away it should serve 26 minutes past 5 in the afternoon here in moscow thank you for watching this program more for me about 35 minutes time then check it out or social media for so many great pictures features articles from us check it out and you can have your say as well of course on our site by the comment section can tell you a boom bust of the team here on air next for me kevin owen and everyone else on duty right now thank you for watching r.t.

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