thank you very much very interesting examples there welcome grimston a policy analyst from the chatham house think tank in london. now president medvedev is still keeping that russia and the rest of the world guessing whether he'll make a bid to stay chief of the crime went for a second term however in an interview with london's financial times he appeared to rule out a puttin medvedev face off in next year's election artie's it got that he has a lot of our reports on what else the president had to say. it's definitely the question that the russian president has been asked most frequently in the recent odds with the way they decided to keep the suspense up. but is it doomed the new leader especially one who walking past the president's seat has to be willing to run for reelection however it's not a question of whether he would make that decision for himself i suggest waiting a bit longer and keeping the intrigue. of course the main intrigue of the twenty two of the presidential election still remains with him and they did answer some questions in relations to who will run for office and one

atomic energy authority is now a policy analyst for the chatham house think tank in london and he says the holding back of data is leading to widespread public concern but i don't believe personally that we've seen a massive cover up of information coming from japan what we have seen though i think is a very slow response to questions an attitude which has been far too backward looking about this is what we think might have been happening two or four weeks ago instead of this is what we think might happen in two or four weeks time when that is the attitude. people are going to think it is are sitting on the information of they don't want to release so until they are more open about it of course people are going to think that way. just remind you all of our stories are lined up for you at r.t. dot com along with blogs and expert opinion here's what can be found there right now if you should be playing around with a laser beam one man in southern russia behind bars here to try to blind the plane crews by flashing his red light at the local airport. and a heartfelt apology and captain rob

atomic authority and currently a policy analyst for the chatham house think back in london understandably all of us want to know as much as we can about the present situation clearly sometimes you need discussions behind closed doors to. try to discuss things that may not be the case but which would cause a lot of fear if if they were announced until now later not to be the case but for such a major and meeting of this sort i do believe that a demonstration of openness is extremely important and i think this is the wrong decision people are going to think. that they don't want to come out even if that's not the case i don't believe personally that we've seen a massive cover up of information coming from japan what we have seen though i think is a very slow response to questions an attitude which has been far too backward looking about this is what we think might have been happening two or four weeks ago instead of this is what we think might happen in two or four weeks time and when that is the attitude. people are going to think the author is are sitting on the information and they don't

atomic energy authority is now a policy analyst for the chatham house think tank in london he says there should be no holding back of data because it just causes public concern but i don't believe personally that we've seen a massive cover up of information coming from japan what we have seen though i think is a very slow response to questions an attitude which has been far too backward looking about this is what we think might have been happening two or four weeks ago instead of this is what we think might happen in two or four weeks time when that is the attitude. people are going to think they're all foreigners are sitting on the information of they don't want to release so until they are more open about it of course people are going to think that way. it's now a quarter past the hour here in moscow you're watching the weekly more parties could soon be represented in russia's lower house of parliament after the president proposed a lowering of the threshold from seven to five percent of the vote that's the minimum level needed to take up a seat in the duma speaking before the decision

tomac energy authority is now a policy analyst for the chatham house think tank in london and he says the holding back of data is leading to widespread public concern but i don't believe personally that we've seen a massive cover up of information coming from japan what we have seen though i think is a very slow response to questions and attitude which has been far too backward looking about this is what we think might have been happening two or four weeks ago instead of this is what we think might happen in two or four weeks time when that is the attitude. people are going to think we're all foreigners are sitting on the information of a don't want to release so until they are more open about it of course people are going to think that way. there's been a series of international reports that hugo chavez the story anti american president of venezuela is in a critical condition after undergoing surgery in cuba speculation has been stoked by conflicting statements from the government about his health something jumped on by the world's media well earlier i spoke to agents all bucci is an

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atomic energy authority is now a policy analyst for the chatham house think tank in london he says there should be no holding back of caves have been because it causes public concern but i don't believe personally that we've seen a massive cover up of information coming from japan what we have seen though i think is a very slow response to questions an attitude which has been far too backward looking about this is what we think might have been happening two or four weeks ago instead of this is what we think might happen in two or four weeks time and when that is the absolute you would undoubtedly people are going to think that the operators are sitting on the information of a don't want to release so until they are more open about it of course people are going to think that way. dozens of people have been killed in afghanistan in separate bombings over the past two days the attacks from the prison the bomb is announcement of his troop withdrawal strategy the latest attack on a hospital in eastern afghanistan left at least thirty five there was some reports putting the death toll at sixte