for more on this we're joined live by franco frattini at italy's former foreign minister and current president of the intelligence society for international organization you're very welcome to the program do you see the logic behind russia's constitutional reforms thank you. well i think it is a very important step forward the one undertaken by the president because the path of reforms is absolutely important to modernize the state to digitalize to state and i think a reform in the constitution would bring old so that balance of powers between deposit meant and the presidential power of course rush out would remain a presidential republican disease. you talk about this being imbalance of power and yet we see western media painting president putin's removal of some of his own power as and a very negative light colling at some sort of ploy or a plot to retain power what do you make of that. well i think in many cases the pictures from the western media not correct because in that way the simple idea of introducing the confidence vote from the duma to the next government is a very step