secretary of state hillary clinton she was speaking at a meeting of the organization for security and cooperation in europe and she criticized the results of sunday's vote this prompted a stern response from president dmitri medvedev who essentially told the usa secretary of state to mind her own business. well those of us that a conclusion about the sufficiency or insufficiency of parties is an area of responsibility for the russian authorities not for international organizations and if they monitor the quality of elections and violations that's one thing but the issue of the country's political system is none of their business they will soon be telling us how to write our constitution will go to the constituent. that we've also heard from the israeli foreign minister he said that the international observers sent from his country to watch sunday's poll reported back to him saying that the result of sunday's election was free and transparent so reaction coming from not just here in russia but all over the world regarding sunday's parliamentary elections here in russia. like a piece have many than

and moscow responds to washington severe criticism of the vote for a minister sergei lavrov accuses his counterpart hillary clinton of using a platform of the organization for security and cooperation in europe to score political points or zero zero. plus a last ditch attempt to save the euro and the plan sparks heated debate over whether a proposed changes to e.u. treaties will really help cure the ailing eurozone. russia markets continue declining on wednesday after a sharp drop on tuesday as both internal and external factors remain on for more in this business r.t. . ten pm wednesday night here in moscow welcome if you just joined us my name is kevin owen you're watching r t in our top story for the past two days now russia seeing dramatically mixed reactions at home and abroad in the aftermath of sunday's parliamentary election both pro and anti government demonstrators have been

and moscow responds to washington severe criticism of the vote for minister sergei lavrov accuses his count the particularly clinton of using a platform of the organization for security and cooperation in europe to score political points at home. plus a last ditch attempt to save the euro and the plan sparks heated debate over whether a proposed change to leave treaties will really help the ailing europe's. eight pm wednesday night here in moscow welcome it's kevin owen here tonight r.t. and first for two days now russia has been dramatically seeing dramatically mixed reactions at home and abroad in the aftermath of sunday's parliamentary election the victory of the ruling united russia party the gained almost half the votes has been praised by its supporters and slammed by the opposition as catch up on the latest artie's peter all of his in central moscow for us. good seats night so what exactly is being said about the man who's been saying it. well we heard from former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev now he called for sunday's parliamentary election vote to be a nold saying that it was unfair and he also accused the government of failing to listen to the russian people now we've a

secretary of state was speaking at the organization for security and cooperation in europe meeting and she also criticized sunday's electoral electoral outcome the vote that took place there for the parliamentary elections and this resulted in a stern response from moscow saying basically mind your own business. a conclusion about the sufficiency or insufficiency of parties is an area of responsibility for the russian authorities not for international organizations and if they monitor the quality of elections and violations that's one thing but the issue of the country's political system is none of their business they will soon be telling us how to write our constitution what it could constitute. so police are gearing up for a potential third night of demonstrations here in moscow and we're also hearing from reaction from here inside russia as well as around the world to sunday's parliamentary election which saw united russia come in again as the with the majority in the tumor elections they will have the majority of those seats there in the lower house of the russian parliament taking

sergei lavrov accuses his counterpart hillary clinton of using a platform of the organization for security and cooperation in europe to score political points at home. plus a last ditch attempt to save the euro and the plan sparks heated debate over whether a proposed change to the new treaties will really help cure the ailing europe so. welcome this is r t with me kevin oh it's midnight here now in moscow and first this hour for the past two days russia's been seeing dramatically mixed reactions at home and abroad in the aftermath of sunday's parliamentary election both pro and anti-government demonstrations have been gathered in the capital for rallies over the result of the parliamentary poll let's get the latest from artie's peter all of . well the political reaction to sunday's parliamentary elections which saw united russia take the majority of seats in the state duma has been coming in from both here in russia and elsewhere the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev said the results of sunday's election should be a nolde he called the elections unfair and accuse the government of failing to listen

accused the government of not listening to the people now speaking at a meeting of the organization for security and cooperation in europe united states secretary of state hillary clinton called also criticized the vote on sunday for the parliamentary elections now that her criticism from today to two m. a stern response from the government here president dmitry medvedev saying that she should mind her own business. because of us a conclusion about the sufficiency or insufficiency of parties is an area of responsibility for the russian authorities not for international organizations if they monitor the quality of elections and violations that's one thing but the issue of the country's political system is none of their business they will soon be telling us how to write our constitution what it could constitute. well elsewhere the israeli foreign minister has said that the international observers said by his country to observe the elections here in russia reported back to him saying that the parliamentary elections were free fair and transparent so the israeli saying that the election result is all good and all o

on tuesday, the organization for security and cooperation in europe. >> this was a flawed duma election in russia, including efforts to halt election monitoring by a civil society organization. and those were exactly the kind of activities that a country committed to the rule of law should welcome. they have been subjected to massive cyber attacks. >> despite this, government supporters have also been on the streets of moscow this week, determined to defend the election results as a true representation of the will of the people. weekly question -- does the broader population believe this, -- the key question -- does the broader population believe this? bbc news, moscow. >> just two years ago, hillary clinton and sergei lavrov painted this picture of camaraderie. how times have changed. my colleague joins me now. you were in the room. do you think it was our real reset? >> there is some dispute in the terminology used in the reset button. well it shows united states and russia can cooperate in some areas, but there will always be areas where there is some tension. i think it is going int

bringing them together in a way similar to what we did in europe awhile ago with the organization for security and cooperation and europe where we actually bring various states various sectarian interests to the table where respect their legitimate national security concerns and have them working cooperate fully rather than pitting them against one another if i go to far a view i think we've already done that i think the u.s. and its allies have already done that they've actually created three iraq right now they don't look like they're going to stay in one sovereign state for much longer we see the divisions grow more and more and more and the outside players that have been mentioned on this program are very much interested in doing that and on top of that is that the u.s. will have no i left in iraq as things go along but what do you think about the world by i agree with you i mean i agree with you from the washington as well you see you. know very peculiar situation because they want to run the united states and. they're going to do very well this will. in other countries in the region you see the problem

organization called golos was subjected to intimidation, harassment, political pressure and fines. the subsequent election has been criticized by impartial international observers, including the organization for security and cooperation in europe, which documented in its preliminary assessment numerous irregularities and other efforts by the government to sway a vote in its favor. instances of ballot stuffing have been documented. for example in chechnya, it was reported that 99% of the population participated in the election, and 99.5% of them voted for putin's party. that seems a little suspicious, especially considering that the putin government has waged years of bloody warfare in chechnya. despite the fact that the recent dupeoa -- duma election fell short of international standards and violated russia's law, substantially fewer russian voters chose to cast their vote for putin's party, including in its stronghold and home base of st. petersburg. this frustration has subsequently poured into the streets where russian citizens have peacefully sought to demonstrate against the recent election fraud. the russian government has responded in turn by arresting hundreds of opposition leaders, democracy and human rights

the organization for security cooperation in europe and so what's been response to america's remarks on russia's elections. well meanwhile to school on this time he's on the sort of on off says sanction protests is the only legal option to demonstrate against an election that's leaving the ruling party in charge well they don't want to break the law they should do it and if they want to get their message from that forward to being. the solution for why. they set up this going out it's very likely the police and the program the activists there is no means all the profits for money holders we've all the policies in the state you know they already help is not. the constitutional maturity four years they will need to have that sixty six percent still very enough were too slow right now and i think. this. action will be i wouldn't dominated by the not too. well we're closely following the aftermath of sunday's elections and the protests that have been taking place in russia's capital or you tube channel has lined up the latest videos of what's happening you also find updates on our web si

for vladimir putin and. sentiment goes deeper than the results. this shows but for the kremlin a party before the polling stations even opened. observers from the organization of security and cooperation in europe saw similar irregularities. >> there were very serious violations, extra votes a stuffed in the ballot boxes, delays in counting while observers were present, delays until we left. those are the kinds of things that we saw. >> the controversy surrounding the ballot issue is also taking the shine off the united russia and victory and vladimir putin and's bid next to for the presidency. >> talking about the man who may be able to defeat chance alarm -- chancellor angela merkel. a vote of confidence is adding to the buzz around his political future. the social democrats are gearing up to fight the next general election. they work angela merkel's junior coalition partners, but the newly reelected leaders as their aim is to run the country with the help of the greens. to achieve that, they will need to increase their popularity. >> we are aiming to win, not come in second. a party that is 148 years old cannot be the junior party in a coalition again. we need to lead. that is what

for a minute hysterical of roff accuses count body recanted of using her platform of the organization for security cooperation in europe just called political point at . last a last ditch attempt to save the euro and the plan sparks heated debate over whether a proposed change to treaties will really help cure the ailing here is a. uncertainty all around on the market stocks are looking for direction going from gains to losses due to both external and internal factors more of this in business r.t. and twenty. very warm welcome to you this is our c live from moscow a pro-government rallies underway in the russian capital organized by united russia party supporters the police are holding firm at three or four miles square for the past two days the scene of mass protests that ended with hundreds of arrests the protesters angry with the results of sunday's elections complained of alleged fraud and clashed with police also joins us live now for the latest on this. sir tell us about the post-election rallies what's happening right now with them. but it looks like we could be in for another evening of protests today. the price government supporters rallied today in central moscow and there are now plans

for u.s. and nato would be able to cooperate not only by a level with russia but with the collective security treaty organization this is an arrangement with our immediate neighbors in central asia that is very active in the area of counternarcotics with regards to syria the possibility of a military intervention in syria do you sense that it is diminishing. and as far as armed rebels in syria does russia have any information on who is arming them we do not want a repetition of the libyan scenario there the problem here is not that much of who is arming whom and through what channels although this is also an important part of the whole equation and we are in constant discussion of this aspect but the major political point on our part here is everyone all actors around all and all foreign powers everyone who really wants us stabilize situation there should avoid action that may be regarded by opposition elements in this country as an incitement as you know a push towards a military solution no illusion should be left that this is possible we should do the reverse we should encourage and urge these forces and the

and moscow respond to washington the big criticism of the foreign minister sergei lavrov accuses his counterpart hillary clinton of using her platform at the organization for security cooperation in europe political points at a. class on last ditch i'd say you're right when a chance for me to debate over whether it's changed the e.u. treaty has been really help here a link here is a. very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow a pro-government rallies underway in the russian capital organized by united russia party supporters. opposition march on tuesday ended with a five hundred arrests the protesters angry with the results of sunday's elections complained of alleged that all fraud and clashed with police. well you've got the pro-government rally protesters turning out at the moment in central moscow. a night continued protests where we saw thousands of people taking to the streets both pro-government and opposition protest this now we saw some of those clashes with riot police happening again and a large number of arrests made last night is around six hundred arrests amongst some well known opposition figures and members of the opposition parties as well not just happe

organization to cooperate with us as well. >> our goal is a sovereign iraq that can protect its borders, protect its airspace, protect its people. and our security cooperation with other countries i think is a model for our security cooperation with iraq. we don't want to create big footprints inside of iraq, and that's i think demonstrated by what will happen at the end of this month, which is we're getting our troops out. but we will have a very act iiv relationship, military to military, that will hopefully enhance iraqi capabilities and will assure that we've got a strong partner in the region that is going to be effective. with respect to the embassy, the actual size of our embassy with respect to diplomats is going to be comparable to other countries that we think are important around the world. there are still some special security needs inside of iraq that make the overall number larger. and we understand some questions have been raised inside of iraq about that. look. we're only a few years removed from an active war inside of iraq. i think it is fair to say that there are still groups, although they are greatly weakened, that might be tempted to target u.s. diplomats or civilians who are wo

organization -- to cooperate with us as well. >> our view is a sovereign iraq that can protect its borders, protect its airspace, protect its people. and our security cooperation with other countries i think is a model for our security cooperation with iraq. we don't want to create big footprints inside of iraq -- and that's i think demonstrated by what will happen at the end of this month, which is we're getting our troops out. but we will have a very active relationship, military-to- military, that will hopefully enhance iraqi capabilities and will assure that we've got a strong partner in the region that is going to be effective. with respect to the embassy, the actual size of our embassy with respect to diplomats is going to be comparable to other countries' that we think are important around the world. there are still some special security needs inside of iraq that make the overall number larger. and we understand some questions have been raised inside of iraq about that. look, we're only a few years removed from an active war inside of iraq. i think it's fair to say that there are still some groups, although they are greatly weakened, that might be tempted to target u.s. diplomats, or civilians wh