it seems like a lock the americans are going to support her christine legarde is not a disinterested economic players she not only was is she a close and longstanding friendship with the united states and american politicians she is going to be bucking for the french presidency in two thousand and seventeen after and he lost her clothes use the term expires or second term expires and so she is going to be fulfilling her duties at the i.m.f. from a political perspective not from a purely economic perspective so she's going to do what i mean extra's khan was doing and the many stars khan was not this wonderful guy basically he was just throwing money at the problem and doing bailout after bailout as opposed to the hard haircuts that have to be made i mean we have to restructure these debt. but still the way that the european countries are going to be able to get out of this hole that they're it because the central planners are not restructuring that's they're simply foisting more debt onto the bonfire of debt so these countries simply fall no you know they shouldn't use default should

now christine legarde takes over the i.m.f. in a turbulent financial time to say the least do you think she has what it takes to deal with the current financial turmoil. oh she really. scully i mean what is in that i'll call christine legarde which she is number one washington who controls the i have a else i just wrote an article on your occupation of greece well because the i.m.f. is intimately and all it was going on in greece and other countries that if they want to get debt entrapped. economist michael refers to were the high and we have put the i.m.f. does replacing economic democracy put financial all of europe the other way to describe it is a bait is there is something the actual. or baker occupation that's what you're all max keiser calls it banker occupation in my article in greece was called your occupation of greece that's what it is. america decided it's here because america controls the us they want to look at her resume stroh's calm when it was not because of any possible sexual transgressions whether he did the

well so with christine legarde appointment the tradition of having a european in the position of the head of the world's top lender. remains intact at times of crisis for europe having their own chairing the international monetary fund could be as important as the effort although mr guard has stressed that her decisions will not be biased for example as staying carstens from mexico was the french finance minister his main competitor for the job said that the appointment could add on to the perception of the i.m.f. as a biased open ization he pointed out that there could be a conflict of interest with europe now becoming the main borrower of the organisation and at the same time dominating the situation the mexican convey contender for the office also is that said that he knew he lost to misled guard even before he announced his candidacy he said it was like starting a soccer game with five zero score emerging economies that contributed most of the world's economic growth in recent years have repeatedly criticized the convention that the head of the i.m.f. has to be from europe and su

french finance minister christine legarde becomes the first female head of the international monetary fund winning overwhelming support from europe russia china and the u.s. . really concerned about a problem oh we don't need a new food as libya rejects the international criminal court's demands for colonel gadhafi is arrested or to reports from the oil port of breda scene of nato's latest bombing campaign. two am in moscow i match president good to have you with us here on r t our top story violent clashes have broken out in athens on the first day of a general strike by workers hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are protesting ahead of a parliamentary vote on a harsh set of tax hikes and spending cuts riot police clashed with rioters in the center of the greek capital firing tear gas and using rubber buttons to repel stone throwers at least eighteen people have been detained four policemen have been hospitalized the e.u. is demanding twenty eight billion euros worth of cuts before releasing any more cash to greece its consider the country as a last resort to avoid becoming the f

now the international monetary fund has picked french finance minister christine legarde as its new boss and she was backed by europe and the u.s. russia and china making her the clear favorite let's get more from our washington correspondent. so is there any fundamental change in store for the i.m.f. under its new leader. well paso with christine lagarde appointment the tradition of having a european in the position of the head of the world's top lender. remains intact at times of debt crisis for europe having their own chairing the international monetary fund could be as important as the effort although missile guard has stressed that her decisions will not be fires floods for example as i've seen carstens from mexico who is with friends and finance ministers main competitor for the jobs said that the employment could add on to the perception of the i.m.f. as a bias that is they should be pointed out that there could be a conflict of interest with europe now becoming the main borrower of the organisation and at the same time dominating the situation the mexican can that contender for t

what it inferred although christine legarde has just been formally announced as the new head of the i.m.f. i think their decision was really made weeks and weeks ago the deal was cart between the big european players and america to make christine lagarde the head of the when you have the i.m.f. what we've seen over the last few weeks is not more of a p.r. campaign to say yes of course we care a bit about the emerging economies but are not so much that they could have a head of the i.m.f. so i think something has changed i think they are becoming more influential but it's still dominated by western powers do you think that will ever change that we could ever see a leader from an emerging economy or not the world's richest nations lead an institution like the i.m.f. . i think it could change possibly but i think even if. costin's had won this time i don't think it would change things that fundamentally because the problem of the i.m.f. is not just that it's headed by a european so much more fundamentally that it's a very short term narrow technocratic institution. to solve a lot of the prob

found christine legarde the best fit for the job still did several emerging markets including russia and china but she faces the difficult task of appearing independent despite her past lies and will struggle not to cement even further the perception that the i.m.f. exists only for the benefit of its creditors i'm going to check our reporting from washington our to do. well on our website our team dot com you can have your say on what the appointment of christine legarde will bring let's take a look at how you've been voting so far the majority of you think that the new i.m.f. chief will be a puppet controlled by the interest of global corporate interests fall for the view that the organization will be exploiting a common means and deepening the crisis others are split over two options either the move will help change the world's financial system or set a new independent course for the i.m.f. get involved by logging on to our dot com and let us know what you think. the group that returned from the international space station last month have been holding their traditional meeting at r

french finance minister christine legarde becomes the first female head of the international monetary fund winning overwhelming support from europe russia china and the us the former managing director strauss kahn resigned in may due to a sex scandal. as libya rejects the international criminal court's demand for colonel gadhafi is arrested from the oil port scene of nato's latest bombing campaign tripoli accuses the court of doing nato's dirty work by trying to remove the libyan leader power. next we travel the world's largest garbage a village on the outskirts of cairo where a minority religious community manages to cherish and streams despite the harsh reality of daily life stay with us for our special report. oh. you. morons that i once went into cairo to collect trash i realized everyone was well dressed i wasn't so what i was a bit upset. even by that i left them off this city has three social classes will follow all the upper class without the middle class. then there's the nothing class. they need that's us. in the mr belin. i'm. going to miss monday everyone here works in the

french finance minister christine legarde becomes the first female head of the international monetary fund winning overwhelming support from europe russia china and the us her chief rival for the postman was mexican banker augustine carstens who lobbied as a non european candidate better suited to understanding developing economies and the organization's former director dominique strauss kahn resigned in may because of a sex scandal. r t is on the ground in the libyan oil port of break this is tripoli rejects the international criminal court's demands for colonel gadhafi is arrested and accuses it of doing nato's dirty work critics say the ruling makes a peaceful settlement less likely and only deepens the country's deadlock. up next to me alone to show we continue our top story with a look at whether a potential greek default is just the tip of the iceberg before other national economies follow it's coming your way next. for the feast we've got. the biggest issues get voice ceased to face with the news makers. welcome to the lone a show where look at the real headlines with none of t

french finance minister christine legarde becomes the first female head of the international monetary fund winning overwhelming support from europe russia china and the us the chief rival for the post was mexican banker augusten carstens who lobbied as a non european candidate better suited to the needs of developing economies organizations former managing director dominic strauss kahn resigned in may because of a sex scandal. r t is on the ground in the libyan oil port of brega this is tripoli rejects the international criminal court's demands for colonel gadhafi to rest and accuses it of doing nato's dirty work critics say the ruling makes a peaceful settlement less likely and only deepens the country's debt. up next we travel to the world's largest garbage village on the outskirts of cairo where a minority religious community manages to cherish its dreams despite the harsh realities of daily life or special report coming up. you know bill help me with this well i also need to put all my salts help me first lives of love. and not just just give me a hand i've already done one two ze

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international monetary fund is preparing to name its next boss christine legarde expected to meet with french finance minister who would be the first woman to the organization that she manages to meet and the central bank of mexico you know. place a company car resigned last month over successful. afghanistan's top banker has resigned and fled the country the head of the central bank who was down in the u.s. claims he feared for his life after the government interfered in his efforts to expose corruption within the bank kabul though says the traps resignation and that's to treason it also says he was suspected of embezzling likely almost led to the collapse of the country's largest lender last. staying with afghanistan where years of war and destruction have triggered the soaring trade of legal drugs says the afghan conflicts minister in an interview with r.t. has a preview of what's to come next i. see it for you some of the drugs production flourish to the period of the most intense of military hostilities which led to serious destruction security as well as long. as a result of the

in europe found christine legarde the best for the job so did several emerging markets including russia and china but she faces the difficult task of appearing independent despite her past guys and will struggle not to cement even further the perception that the i.m.f. exists only for the benefit of its creditors i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . but if you want to go to our web site you can see more analysis of what christine the gods appointment could mean terms of global finance expert opinion on that and more on the challenges the new. nato has extended its operation in libya for three more months that it's not going to scale down its mission of daily and strikes that's as opposition to the operation continues with more protests in london by activists. oh i don't. know. how the bonus question comes made reports of growing some money and casualties escalating costs and the end in sight to the bloody conflict aaa says more than eight hundred civilians have been killed as a result of the airstrikes ok has already ordered two hundred million dollars into the campai

greek economic turmoil is the first challenge for the new international monetary fund chief christine legarde the first woman to head the organization she also faces the tough task of fighting off the perception that the i.m.f. is biased in favor of western countries. and fears grow the unrest in syria by driving but it's improved his with lots of group weapons it's the war there to melbourne and threatening to stoke up further trouble in the region. israel is reportedly to point new missile defense system near its border with lebanon. with more on their stories less than a quarter of an hour's time but we want to support now with amman and eastern europe seems to be dominating the latest events at wimbledon remark that's right kerry. three players are representing a rush of blood bruce and the czech republic are through to the semifinals in london plus there's a surprise wildcard from germany i've got details on all of that in just a moment. hello welcome to sport an artsy broadcasting globally from moscow i'm on crossfire and these are the headlines. read out favorite maria sharapova thrash

put together our web site you can see more analysis of what christine legarde support winter could made terms of global finance there's expert opinion on data and more on the challenges that lie ahead faces well that's what our teams are. well nato has extended its operation in libya for three more months one but it's not going to scale down its mission of pain and strikes that says opposition to the operation continues with protests in london and more activists. the demonstration comes amid reports of growing civilian casualties escalating costs and no end in sight to the bloody conflict aaa says more than eight hundred civilians have been killed as a result of the airstrikes in kane's reported more than two hundred million dollars into the campaign and risks doubling down to the ration drags on throughout the summer peace activists say it's time nato was brought to account. by the saudis where they and the people are suffering more and more they would meet me here and at the very least the question look at they should have a violent in this no fly zone and this intervention and the co

do list for the new head of the international monetary fund that's france's finance minister christine legarde or she's likely to keep up the institutions old ways says danielle benami a veteran financial journalist and editor at find it strategy magazine. i think what we're likely to see from christine lagarde is more of the same which is the i.m.f. trying to stabilize problems in the short term and cut short term deals but not really tackling the fundamental problems with the global economy i think it serves the interests of the western powers not just europe i mean clearly europe has always had the head of the i.m.f. it continues to do so based on a deal with the with america's america has the chief role in the world bank even if . carstens had won this time i don't think it would change things that fundamentally because the problem of the i.m.f. is not just that it's headed by a european but a much more fundamentally that is a very short term this narrow technocratic institution to solve a lot of the problems facing the world economy we need political solutions with politicians tackling pr

international monetary fund is preparing to name its next boss with christine legarde expected to work with the french finance minister would be the first woman to lead the organization she manages to beat her opponent the central banker from mexico. head will replace dominique strauss. last month in the sex assault charges. afghanistan's top banker has resigned and fled the country the head of the central bank who's down in the u.s. claims he feared for his life after the government interfered in his efforts to expose corruption within the bank but kabul says. resignation amounts to treason also says he was suspected of embezzling money that almost led to the collapse of the country's largest lender last year. while staying with afghanistan where years of war and destruction have triggered the soaring trade in illegal drugs so says the afghan minister in an interview with r.t. there's a preview of what's to come in around fifty minutes time. you can see it. through to the period of the most intensive military hostilities which led to serious disruption in security as well as. as a res

as well on our website are to dot com you can have your say on what the appointment of christine legarde will bring let's take a look at how you've been voting so far the majority of you think that the new i.m.f. chief will be a puppet controlled by the interest of global corporate interests now if third are the view that the organization will be exploiting con unease and deepening the prices and others are split over two options either the move will help change the world's financial system or it will set a new independent course for the i.m.f. get involved log on to our g dot com and have your say. and look now at some world news in brief for you this hour at least ten people are reported killed and eight wounded in a suicide and gun attack on a hotel in the afghan capital kabul reports say militants wearing civilian clothes burst into the intercontinental or gassed for having dinner at least one militant we were himself up and several others took positions on the roof after a shootout with police before our standoff with ended by an airstrike from a nato helicopter and taliban has clai

french finance minister christine legarde becomes the first female head of the international monetary fund when overwhelming support from the u.s. europe russia and china her chief rival for the post was mexican banker augustine carstens who lobbied as a non european candidate better suited to understanding developing economies they were his nation's former managing director dominic strauss kahn resigned in may for a sex scandal. r t is on the ground in the libyan oil port of breda this is tripoli rejects the international criminal court's demands for colonel gadhafi is arrested and accuses that of doing nato's dirty work and critics say the ruling makes a peaceful settlement less likely and only deepens the country's deadlock. over a thousand people dead in months of protest against the presidency of bashar assad that's the political reality first for syria today. day from the syrian center for political and strategic studies discuss what lies ahead for the troubled country spotlight coming up. hello yellow welcome to spotlight the interview show parts of the pilot how do you know wh

has shortlisted two candidates to become its new managing director of french finance minister christine legarde and mexican central bank chief augustan causton will find it out or will fight it out for the top job. will make a decision by the end of june following the resignation of form achieve dominic strauss kahn who was arrested on sexual assault charges an allegation he denies. next week sees the trial in of sand show former tunisian president ben ali who fled to saudi arabia in january following mass protests against his twenty three year rule the ousted leader faces several charges including conspiring against the state voluntary manslaughter and drug trafficking he has slammed the trial as a masquerade. russia suffers one of the highest rates of teen suicide in the world according to recent school polls ways to commit suicide was one of the most popular internet searches amongst teenagers are these acts on a boy because looks at what causes young people to take their own lives. just days before final exams a t.v. crew was reporting and students gearing up for their lives that lay had of

international monetary fund has a shortlist it took candidates to lead the board french finance minister christine legarde and mexican central baghdad chief augustan carstens world pointed out for the top position but have strong credentials but lagarde is seen as the favorite as she is gaining major support when it comes after the resignation of dominic strauss kahn who quit amid a sex scandal the hotly. tested race to succeed him well and later this month. st peters about court has sentenced a local new no c. group leader alex a revolt in his accomplices are preparing to life in prison ruling that they pose an exceptional threat to society other members of the group received penalties raging from suspended sentences to eighteen years in prison the gang members were convicted of hate crimes including murders and illegally possessing weapons responsible for staging eight times on foreign students and killing citizens of senegal north korea and is because stan they will say that turns into high security prisons the founder of the new nasa gang dmitri were of a cold was killed in a standoff with police in t

the international monetary fund to choose a spread minister christine legarde new chief. of the u.s. russia. making her the clear favorite. program of. the first prosecutors in the hague called on libyans to turn over colonel gaddafi for allegedly killing civilians we report from the coastal city recently raised. bombs. just after one am in the russian capital you're watching good to have you with us now our top story violent. greece during massive nationwide strikes hundreds of thousands of workers are protesting ahead of a parliamentary vote on the harshest set of tax hikes and spending cuts riot police have detained eighteen people so far and four policemen have been hospitalized with injuries twenty eight billion euros worth of talks are needed before the e.u. agrees to have another bailout it's considered the country's last resort to avoid becoming the first eurozone nation to default but both the costs and the high interest bailout are deeply unpopular illustrated by the fact that police have once again clashed with protesters and fired tear gas a very good last mar

international monetary fund has a short list of candidates to lead the board french finance minister christine legarde and mexican central bank chub gaston carstens will fight it out for the top position both have strong credentials but legarda is seen as the favorite as she is gaining major support it comes after the resignation of dominique strauss kahn who quit and made a sex scandal the hotly contested race to succeed him well elder later this month. it's a petersburg court has sentenced a local new nazi group leader alex a boy avoided and he's a cold place on proscar and co to life in prison ruling that they pose an exceptional threat to society other members of the group received penalties it ranging from suspended sentences to eighteen years in prison the gang members were convicted of hate crimes including murders and illegally possessing weapons and were responsible for staging eight attacks on foreign citizens and convicts it isn't of senegal north korea and is because stan and may well serve their. as in high security prisons they found all the new notes a gang dimitri recalls killed in a s

well first of all as you know christine legarde is finance minister from france she's a well regarded in international monetary circles first of all but she's also quite frankly a good politician when she was touring touring asia she made some promises to the asian countries there that she would try to incorporate more asian people into the higher echelon of the i.m.f. so the same thing to some of the folks in india when she was touring india so she is now known as a person who wants to bring those folks from the developing countries to the i am of a board over the higher positions in the international monetary fund so she's right now looking like a very good person to look toward especially as in the previous report about the greek debt she's going to have a lot of say over what's going to happen over there and again she's highly regarded so dancer question she is probably a very good choice for this for this role as you think that's the reason why she got the support of emerging economies such as you mentioned china because she's promising to incorporate them more. well again as you

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the to do list for the new head of the international monetary fund francis' finance minister christine legarde for analysis on what to expect from her we're joined by claude barfield national trader searcher in washington thank you very much for joining us mr barfield so now all eyes are on how lagarde and what the i.m.f. is going to do about greece and other feeling economies or can we expect a new miracle plan for. no i do not think so. i think actually i am if there's too much involved in this in the first place and. i have a great admiration for the guard personally she has had a distinguished career i think we have complicated matters by placing the european head of the i.m.f. at this crucial time i listened to your last few minutes with both of your correspondents and i think the the sense that they have is the sense that i have but this is just putting in terms of greece itself it's putting a band-aid on a problem that is a crushing one and that sooner or later we're going to have to face some sort of default by how over the europeans want to want to describe it by the greeks because yo

well on our website are two dot com you can have your say on what the appointment of christine legarde will bring let's take a look at how the voting is going right now so far the majority of you think that the new i.m.f. chief will be a puppet controlled by the interest of global corporate interests a third are the power of the view that the organization will be exploiting weak economies and deepening the prices and others are split over two opinions either the move will help change the world's financial system or it will set a new independent course for the i.m.f. get involved by logging on to r.t. dot com drops a line on what you think about the new head of the i.m.f. . their lives are often blighted by a troubled childhood but russian orphans are finding that their problems are often extended into adulthood too they're entitled to free housing from the government wants to leave their care home there's peter all over now reports many of them aren't getting the support they need. and dilapidated. this plan looks more like a prime candidate for demolition than a family home twenty two

the to do this for the new head of the international monetary fund france's finance minister christine legarde for analysis on what to expect from her we're now joined live by daniel benoni a veteran financial journalist editor at fund strategy magazine thanks for being with us what's your take on this can we expect miracles from the new i.m.f. head will she find a way to finally pull greece and other economies like it straight out of this crisis. i'm afraid not i wish there was an easy way to do it but i don't think that will happen i think what we're likely to see from christine lagarde is more of the same which is the i.m.f. trying to stabilize problems in the short cut short term deals but not really tackling the fundamental problems with the global economy. states are the chief clients of the world's top lender and the guard appears to cement european dominance obviously if the i.m.f. simply a self-serving institution. i wouldn't exactly call it self-serving i think it serves the interests of the western powers so not just europe i mean clearly europe has always had the head of the i.m.f.

fighting a revolution for a loss of sovereignty because of plans by dominique strauss kahn or christine legarde but would it wouldn't that just provoke more protests if the u.s. is one to keep this military government in power and the people want more democratic government in place. well the obama administration is now in talks with the muslim brotherhood causing some tensions now with israel so the obama administration obviously thinks that by going over talking to the muslim brotherhood they can stave off more demonstrations that would overthrow what is in power at the moment i wonder if the muslim brotherhood is going to be wise about this and presumably they're going to make gaza part of the equation so i'm not sure whether american strategy will work in this case as it didn't work when there was that flip flopping by the obama administration before we must remember that joe biden and hillary clinton didn't want also to mubarak to go that's falsely mubarak and his cronies so many of them are retaining power and it's a very dangerous situation and we mustn't forget what's crucial here for th

and so of course today there is the news and i am happy christine legarde has been chosen france is a former finance minister to take over here but of course there is a lot of a lot of discussion after her and strauss kahn lack as to whether it's time for some new leadership maybe doesn't have to be europe anymore and we actually have an interesting sound bite here this is our reporters from moscow did an interview with jim rogers who thinks that maybe china needs to have a greater role in italy. they will come to save europe they become the largest creditor for europe they're going to have a very major seat at the table and it's going to improve their position in the i.m.f. it's going to produce improved position with the world bank it's going to improve their position if you win because you know the europeans are going to have to be more and more friendly to china there's china stating america not cannot say. what you think is the other point that everyone's going to happen start being real friendly in china is next time you need a bailout that's going to help it's possible we don't