russia's central election commission's abounds the final official results of sunday's vote the same evening the election determines the makeup of the country's parliament for the next five years now sort of planes. well the central election commission has released a final results and this is what they need to is going to look like united russia will hold two hundred thirty eight seats the communist party ninety two seats hairbrush sixty fools the and the liberal democratic party fifty six seats now the commission oh also said that the mind of violations during the election process president medvedev had already said that all the claims of violations are going to be fully investigated now of course those claims of fraud and vote rigging during the election process is books this international debate we've seen a number of international voices indeed wading into that all given prime minister putin has slammed the u.s. to interfering in russia's internal affairs he will say course aside hillary clinton and the keys to encouraging the opposition for claiming that the votes were rigged before she

and the vote valid russia central election commission confirms the ruling united russia party with sunday's parliamentary polls but it may smile a regularities did take place. hello and good morning from me kevin owen here in moscow it's just past midnight now you're watching r.t. in our top story the leaders have pushed through new budget rules to save the single currency but the franco german dream of a unified europe is being dealt a severe blow by london marathon overnight talks saw the u.k. opt out of a new e.u. treaty which will now have to be agreed between individual nations. in brussels for us. with the decisions that came out what we're going to see is a two speed europe essentially those who are on board the german push for more fiscal integration stricter rules and harsher punishments more supervision and those who aren't now as it stands there are twenty three yeses maybe including sweden hungary and the czech republic who have to check with a problem once and get back with an answer and a note coming from the u.k. you know that no it's not very surprising because david cameron

russia's central election commission confirms the ruling united russia party won the parliamentary poll but admits minor regularities to take place so those voters to make up for the next part. of next from the festival to the face for moscow takes a look at christmas in the capital. maundering. she's telling. frankly. dynamic. frank buckley a. month ago. hello and welcome on this week's program we'll be taking a look at various activities you can enjoy over the festive period that's right christmas is just a few weeks away and there's a real much less fear in moscow over the new year period i want it to start something good all i skating here i'm at school. open for three months until the beginning of march one of the best things about coming here is the story. impressive breadcrumb the moves down the opposite the ice rink the colorful and in terms of the sixteenth century symbols cathedral can be seen and worn and what a magnificent sight. the talk as it's known in mission has been set up by the company that runs the elegant shopping arcade on the east side of the square. skate away a

polls that sparked mass protest against alleged vote rigging and calls for a recount the central election commission has looked into the claims and cancelled the voting results of twenty one polling stations but this didn't affect the overall outcome. and disagreements between the u.k. and the e.u. grow with the battlefront now being wealthier world a bloc insists that britain pays billions to non-citizens something london says will spawn benefit tourism. that's the house of the french institute of international relations terry. paints a picture of the present political landscape across the globe. to the longer we all thank you very much for being with us today it's a pleasure sir so you had one of europe's think tanks i was wondering in terms of policies what do you promote and is there such thing as european approach for example there's an american approach there is russian approach is there such thing as european approach not truly in policy terms because we know europe is not yet. single unified decision making specially for foreign policy i think it will take a two few decades before europe is

the democratic process however he did stress that protesters must respect the law and a central election commission may decide the final result of the election can be confirmed the now if a some reason it needs more time and has a right to presume publishing them but only based on facts and our election law i believe the questions being asked now about the election results and violations have a right to exist and they have to be carefully investigated that's what the central election commission is for that's what courts are full and there are no other investigation procedures with regards to the post-election situation there are people who are disappointed when they do i believe are disorientated sure what is nothing wrong in this is there is nothing wrong with the rallies that we have seen because rallies are a sign of democracy president medvedev there echoing earlier words from prime minister vladimir putin he said that the protesters had a constitutional right to demonstrate but that they must stick to the rule of the lord now prime minister putin also said. he was willing to enter into dialogu

the central election commission could decide the final results of the election can be confirmed now but if for some reason it needs more time than it has a right to postpone it really has to be based on facts and our election law but those i believe the questions that are being asked now about the election results in the national employer lay sions have a right to exist they have to be carefully investigated east that's what the central election commission is for but that's what the cool too for there are no other investigation procedures we're talking about the post-election situation there are people who are disappointed we were i believe on to sue orientated bush well there is nothing extraordinary in this there is nothing used ordinary in the rallies that we have seen because rallies are a sign of democracy is that those numbers get the. president made yet of their echoing earlier words from prime minister vladimir putin now he said that the protesters should be allowed to to demonstrate as they want but as long as they maintain with in the rule of law he also hinted at the possibil

that sparked massive protests against alleged vote rigging and calls for a recount the central election commission has looked into the claims and cancelled the voting results of twenty one polling stations but this didn't affect the overall outcome. and disagreements between the u.k. and the e.u. grow with a battle front now the welfare rules the blog insist that britain pays billions to non-citizens something london says will spawn benefit tourism. up next a special report about the survivors of the world's tories industrial disaster who are fighting for justice against the corporation responsible for the gas leak in the indian city of pup hall which killed at least fifteen thousand people. december third one thousand nine hundred eighty four the night we can never forget . when the leakage of m i c gas from this union carbide factory made people sleep forever. those who are no more today the people they use. those mothers and sisters who were sleeping bad night in their homes at. the gas leakage from the union carbide made them sleep forever. anderson go to hell union carbide go to hell. for sun

the central election commission made an announcement monday after 96% of the ballots had been counted. united russia had won 49.5% of the vote. the communist party took 19.2%. it's the largest opposition force. it was led by just russia. the right wing secured 11.7%. >> translator: we will manager to remain the dominant political power. thank you for all your support. >> translator: i intend to announce that we secured a majority of seats in the lower house but the results are not available yet. when the vote counting is over, let's drink champagne. >> fighting words from putin and medvedev but this election result will have an impact. >> reporter: united russia is still projected to secure about 238 of the 456 seats. but if lost more than 70 seats from the pre-election level. the party had the majority. but it could possibly no longer be able to initiate constitutional revisions on this alope. putin announced his intention to run for the president before the parliamentary election campaign began. in an apparent effort to get voters to vote for his party. his decision to swap the post

spokespersons for the central election commission say united russia leads with 50% of the vote. the largest opposition communist peat has known.4%. organizers have counted about three-quarters of the ballots. the leftist fair russia has 12.9% of the vote. the liberal democratic party is last with 11.8%. putin visited his party's campaign headquarters along with president dmitry medvedev. >> translator: the election results reflect russia's status quo. >> translator: united russia needs to cooperate with other parties on complicated issues. >> united russia held a two-thirds majority of the 450 seats in the lower house before the election. this allowed it to change the constitution unchallenged. the results are widely seen as a precursor to the presidential election scheduled for next march. voters took their dissatisfaction to the streets. russian security forces arrested at least 170 opposition protesters. police arrested demonstrators in st. petersburg and in moscow. police had warned protesters about holding unsanctioned rallies. police moved in just as opposition supporters

the polls that sparked mass protest against alleged vote rigging and calls for a recount central election commission has looked into the claims and cancelled the voting results of twenty one polling stations but this didn't affect the overall outcome. and disagreements between the u.k. and the e.u. bro with the battlefront now being welfare rules the block insists that britain pays billions to non-citizens something london says will spawn benefit terrorism tourism and. all those who are the top stories here on r t up next a special report about the survivors of the world in the tories industrial disaster or fighting for justice against a corporation responsible for the gas leak in the indian city of pall which killed at least fifteen thousand people. i'm an old notion of a corporation is based on what's called limited liability limited liability means that individual participants are. not be charged with crimes of the corporation commits they can to a very limited one of the major runs its course and the corporation acts in such a way that kills. managers the c.e.o. and the shareholders have limited

polls and sparked mass protests against alleged vote rigging and calls for a recount the central election commission has looked into the claims and cancelled the voting results of twenty one polling stations but this did not affect the overall outcome. of disagreements between the u.k. and the e.u. growth with the battlefront now being welfare rules the block insists that britain pays billions to non-citizens something london says will only spawn benefit tourism . those are the headlines here on our to next oh into the world of sport we go with andrew. good to see you rogers it looks like one of russia's all those football clubs could soon be facing extinction. thomas facing severe financial problems with some predicting it will fall imminently after the details in a moment. they're good to have you company and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes on the brink is grow russia premier league club tom could collapse amid a mounting debt crisis. plus guilty liverpool striker luis suarez is handed a match ban for racially abusing manchester united the truth evra. rain supremum the. five tw

polls that sparked mass protest against alleged vote rigging and calls for a recount the central election commission has looked into the claims and cancelled the voting results of twenty one polling stations but this didn't affect the overall outcome. and disagreements between the u.k. and the e.u. broke with the battlefront now being welfare rules the block insists that britain pays billions to non-citizens something london says will spawn benefit tourism. as we have lived here in arts you'll be back at the top of the hour before that with see what's happening in sports without. hello there thanks for watching and these are the headlines guilty little called striker luis suarez is handed an eight match ban for rachel using manchester united to trace every. club rising star locomotives midfielder should call for flex in a stunning season after being named russia player of the year. rain soon praying in the k.h. out after a five hundred thrashing. in moscow. but first liverpool striker luis suarez has been banned for eight games and fined sixty two thousand dollars for racially abusing manchester uni

and our reporters will provide all the latest on those elections from the central election commission and all the main political parties headquarters all sunday so stay with us for the results reaction and in-depth analysis. company closes. the people prepare to speak. in duma election eleven. in-depth coverage of has won the hearts and minds of the russian people or to. european leaders are planning was being described as budgetary intervention in the running of the young member states german chancellor angela merkel is pushing for the creation of a fiscal union of euro zone countries it would mean that the financial policies of the u. nations would have to be approved by brussels with penalties for countries which break the rules the move would require changes to the new treaty that old direct overbridge group was that creating a fiscal union would put an end to democracy over there. if there is a fiscal union which will take years to build in the u. that will mean that there will be the end of democracy within europe it will mean that countries will be effectively governed by the e

and our reporters will provide all the latest on those elections from the central election commission and all the main political parties headquarters all sunday so stay with us for the results reaction and in-depth analysis. of. the people prepared to speak. in election. coverage of this one. the russian. european leaders are planning what's being described as a bunch three intervention in the running over you member states german chancellor angela merkel is pushing for the creation of a fiscal union of euro zone countries and it would mean that the financial policies of the united as would have to be approved by brussels with penalties for countries which break the bones the move would require changes to the u. treaty and robert oulds director of the bridge group was that creating a preschool union would put an end to democracy within the. if there is a fiscal union which will take years to build in the e.u. that will mean that there will be the end of democracy within europe it will mean that countries will be effectively governed by the european central bank and germany cannot make

parliamentary elections here or not see so it's all over russia being counted now and the central election commission is publishing all the latest figures line and all cs maria for north is there for us so maria what were some of the latest figures we're seeing back well you know at least our almost eighty percent of the count have already been completed our wards that means that more than eighty million ballots have already been counted which is a very good speed actually in just eight hours and of course russia is a very big country is an enormous country and the counting will continue throughout the night but here are the latest numbers for you the united russia party is leading its arrivals with. forty nine point nine t. three percent is getting very close to fifty but still didn't get it too far below sixty four percent to twenty two thousand seven hundred mint reflections it's followed by the communist party with nineteen point two percent and it's followed by liberal democrats and a russian party with just under thirteen percent just remind you have to say that to get into when you do you know

and russia's central election commission confirms the ruling united russia party has won the parliamentary poll but it made smaller irregularities did take place sunday's vote was to determine the makeup of the country's parliament for the next five years. just ahead cross-talk discusses whether the arab league is capable of bringing positive stability to the region. hello and welcome to cross talk time peter lavelle an old organization finding a new mission this is how the arab league is being described by some particularly when it comes to syria others are not so appreciative for them the arab league is very selective when it comes to sanctions and its own members and those hostile to the arab league call it a tool of western powers. and it. started . to cross talk the arab league i'm joined by monzer slain in washington he is director of the center for american arab studies and a national security affairs analyst also in washington we have hussein abdul hussein he is the washington bureau chief of the kuwaiti newspaper all right and in paris we cross to tell me he is the editor in chief

right thank you so much maria assays maria promotion reporting there live from from the central election commission. and so far preliminary results show that the ruling united russia is in the ballot with fifty percent of what appears to be a significant drop in popularity and short of a parliamentary majority and our correspondent daniel bushell said the party's headquarters for the united russia has got over fifty percent of the vote but it's still the two thirds majority required to get laws through russia's parliament on its own so people here party officials are disappointed that down not just because the vote is much lower than they saw in the elections four years ago but also because it's lower than many of the predictions for this election and nevertheless this surprise is seen as another confirmation that the elections have been transparent and fair. has spoken of the voting ended he admitted the party will have to govern in coalition he said that the economic crisis the world economic situation has made some people's lives difficult more difficult and that has reflected itself in some of

and calls for a recount the central election commission has looked into the claims and the voting results of twenty one polling stations but this does not affect the overall. disagreements between the u.k. and the e.u. grow with the battlefront now being welfare rules the block insists that britain pays billions to non-citizens something london says will only benefit tourism. and up next one r.t. it's our debate show cross talk which or this time focuses on the uncertain future of north korea now that its longtime leader has passed away crosstalk coming your way in just about twenty seconds. well see british science. is not out. for. markets finance scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy cars a report on our g. q. story . below and a welcome to cross dot com people themselves from one came to the next the passage of north korea's dear leader again highlights the acute insecurity on the korean peninsula and beyond will the leadership transition be smooth when north korea's domestic and foreign policy change under the younger kim and what can the rest of the world

the central election commission. grow. something. focuses on the future of north korea. coming your way in just about twenty seconds. well see british science. is not out to cause. markets finance scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on our t.v. . critic. story. below and welcome to cross dot com people about from one came to the next the passage of north korea's dear leader again highlights the acute insecurity on the korean peninsula and beyond will the leadership transition be smooth when north korea's domestic and foreign policy change under the younger kim and what can the rest of the world do except to watch from the sidelines. and you can. start. to cross the ongoing legacy of the kim family i'm joined by peter jenkins in cambridge he is the former u.k. ambassador to the i.a.e.a. and international organizations and partner add a d r g m basters in boston we have jim walsh he's an expert in international security and a research associate at the massachusetts institute of technology and in washington we cross to john feffer

federation to not have even one deputy elected by locals by the court and i also suggest changing the procedure for forming the central and regional elect election commissions. one of the. parties may have the right that's the rich enough to revoke their representatives ahead of schedule if there is such need i will i will propose relevant bill says state duma in the near future. colleagues. this is not the final least of my initiative. more that would. be patient given the fact that. one chinese we probably knew more than a wise man sat government should be consistent and when taking actions we should take account of time or the nation butts in the future in which we will take further steps. and i believe that the measures that have been proposed will make up political system more efficient. and better representing the interests of in our citizens and search changes especially relevant before the presidential election these elections should be transparent that. they shoot indicates that we abide by. levels of law and order. might be stay tuned or we'll have to concede to a number of little on the decentralization it will help to delegates some of the autho

first session on wednesday it comes more than two weeks after elections that sparked mass protests over alleged fraud the central action commission looked into the claims and cancelled the voting results of twenty one polling stations but it still didn't affect the overall outcome isn't tell you and all we could joins us now live from the parliament building. going to tell you well tell us more about how this parliament was elected. well it's been over two weeks since the election day and other day was full odes by the heated debates and a number of opposition rallies in moscow alone over twenty thousand people took it to the streets expressing their disagreements with the outcome of the parliamentary elections in the country claiming if you cation took place and all. already. voting results at twenty one polling stations have been counseled present with video from a thorough investigation into the case of force of a cation. alleged force of patients that's too place however twenty one polling stations out told for tens of thousands throughout the country of course is not enough to cancel the outcome of the parliamentary election

states initially as in greece elected prime ministers would topple the favorite all euro respectively the european commission member former vice president of the european central bank they had what are called national governments but the governments that you put together for the sole purpose of pushing through an agenda that would be rejected at a general election so that receive the if you like the empty democratic tendencies that were always there implicitly in the eurozone we now see them explicitly apparatchiks the brussels deal directly with apparatchiks after news broke the people and their representatives have been. total to go. with. six more bodies have been recovered from the sea taking the number of confirmed dead from the weekend's oil disaster in russia's far east to seventeen thirty six are still missing after the call skip last for him capsized while undertow to port and sank within just twenty minutes fourteen people were rescued from the waters within the first few hours of the rig going down a breach of safety regulations is being investigated as the main cause of the incident. now it's time for our special series of first hand reports on eve

as in greece elected prime ministers were toppled in favor of bureaucrats respectively a former european commission member former vice president of the european central bank they head what are called national governments but the governments have been put together for the sole purpose of pushing through an agenda that would be rejected at a general election so that we see the if you like the anti democratic tendencies that were always there implicitly in the eurozone we now see them explicitly apparatchiks in brussels deal directly with apparatchiks in athens and in rome the people and their representatives have been cut out altogether. turned over to dmitri now here on r t time for your business update. and welcome to business r.t. economic achievements are high and present event of the gender in the spotlight of his address to the federal assembly on thursday. as president is coming to an end he pointed out that the russian economy has managed to grow faster than his peers despite the global slowdown. in the russia has successfully overcome the most difficult period of global economic instability and his return to pre-crisis growth levels our econom

central moscow with more on this so official results are slowly starting to take shape are we expecting any major changes. well about ninety six they said of the house being counted so the election commission has actually released some of the biggest the early results now we know the figures at the as they stand at the moment united russia with just under fifty percent of the national vote the communist party just under twenty percent fair russia just around thirteen percent and the liberal democratic party eleven percent now they've actually given the numbers as well for how that could play out in the seats in the duma and it's looking at the moment like united russia could hold two hundred thirty eight seats the communist party ninety two seats there russia sixty four states and the liberal democratic party fifty six days now of course the final count for the votes still going on but you can see that the united russia does seem to have lost its majority in the state duma four hundred fifty seats in the day where it would have needed three hundred to get majority held three hundred fifteen for you compare the results at the moment so what we saw four years ago then they had sixty four per