the number of presidential terms but incipient that will do as a motion in principle this option would be possibly at them but under one condition if the constitutional court of the russian federation gives an official conclusion that's that such an amendment will not contradict the principle as understatement of the main laws of the constitution. the former k.g.b. officer and deputy mayor rose to power as the name successor of president boris yeltsin that was in 1999 when yeltsin resigned and appointed putin as acting president a few months later putin won his 1st presidential election followed by reelection victory in 2004 having served 2 presidential terms putin couldn't run again in 2008 but he stayed center stage he became prime minister while his close ally dmitri mir feared if was president 4 years later putin returned to the presidency for a 3rd time he serves 6 years after presidential term limit was extended that victory was followed by protests alleging voter fraud after his landslide reelection victory 2 years ago his 4th term is supposed to end in 4 years' time. let's bring in our panel of guests to discuss this further in moscow we have victor all of it she's expert a

of the presidential order so evil to federal assembly is going to. adopt madness agree to amendments that i'm talking about now. and it would. need to be sent to the constitution or e court of the russian federation through their assessment and through finishing my speech i would like to express my gratitude to the state duma deputies and to the members of the state federal council for it is productive work on them and men so i would like to thank the citizens of the russian federation for the support i feel it i have been willing to give for all the heroes that i've been working without such support it would have been hard to do anything especially in those difficult years in the early to thousands i know that we didn't achieve but everything that we have planned i understand also the criticism that sometimes as expressed regarding some difficult decisions that were made by the would like to assure you of that in my work i always thought exclusively about current and long term interests of russia in the national only i will only think about the will of our people. that's why i suggested to introduce all this amendments for the constitution to make it up to our people to. convene all r

well the earth will go off and therefore calle the fly exe of the russian federation and the rest of. cardiff go our court will smith. in soviet times cossacks were oppressed after the iron curtain collapsed their culture began to flourish again and putin officially integrated them into the russian army this school is publicly funded for them you know i expect our president to hold the country together and ensure our welfare and missed any. poll just. today his most important duty is the security of our country and must see to it that there is peace in our nation because what's happening in our borders frightens us. any. good tory and his fellow pupils have the same curriculum as in other russian schools they study everything from math to literature but here there's a special focus on history specifically the history of the cossacks because look at . what i said not. what. the. girl who would look as a good for the cause x. your head covering as a question of honor of our forefathers only removed it to pray when they entered a church or communing with god. that's just. kind of the cross that died on the b

verdict reached here by the court despite the fact russia was denied being a full participant of the joint investigation team since the very 1st day of the tragedy the russian federation has actively assisted the investigation and during the past year is conveyed to a dutch colleagues a large amount of data connected with the mh 17 crash unfortunately most of these materials were ignored by the joint investigation team this includes a test by the book manufacturer to try and pinpoint the location it was shot from. russia claims that test shows the mis are likely came from an area controlled by ukrainian forces but the findings were checked it by the g i t with its report stating that russia and ukrainian rebels were responsible. we have established that the russian federation was complicit in the downing of m h 17 because they made available the weapon that was used to shoot down the plane we have all the material to substantiate that the official investigation also received criticism from malaysia 43 malaysians died in the catastrophe which involved the country's national carrier but his thought is they were not given full access to essential information that was con

russian efforts are getting harder to detect. >>> and the president of the u.s. soccer federation has resigned amid outrage over some controversial language he used in a court filingos cordeiro claims he did not review the document from an equal pay lawsuit which said women players have less physical ability and responsibility than the men. he now calls the language inexcusable. on wednesday the u.s. women's soccer team protested by wearing their warm-up jerseys inside out to hide the federation's logo. >>> so you probably saw this. there was a new host on late-night tv overnight. former presidential candidate pete buttigieg took over jimmy kimmel's show. the former mayor of south bend, indiana used the opportunity to joke about himself and his former democratic rivals. >> as you know, i dropped out of the presidential race last week, which was unfortunate, but what can i say? some candidates know when it's time to get out of the race. and some candidates are tulsi gabbard. [ laughter ] i really thought we had a shot. but turns out i was about 40 years too young and 38 years too gay. >> oh, mayor pete with the jokes there. afterwards he went looking for a job. he