dmitri medvedev is voted in as prime minister by the country's lawmakers will now form a new government here in russia. and grated president putin is already ushered in is corrections to russia's political goals to meet a few moments for all the latest. hundreds of activists remain in central moscow protesting against putin's return to office this comes after some four hundred arrests following violent clashes on the. and also reporting this france's newly elected leader has little time to enjoy the taste of victory as he needs to get down to business to bring about promised change leaving the era behind. online on screen this is our live from moscow with you twenty four hours a day so russia has a new prime minister dmitry medvedev who will now form a cabinet before getting down to business and newly inaugurated president putin is already dishing out directions regarding changes to the country's policies. breaks down premium acceptance speech. changes to the upper echelons of russian political system also to continue with what he sees as his efforts to malta nice the right political sy

live from moscow with twenty four hours a day russia has a new prime minister dmitri medvedev who will now form a cabinet before getting down to business and newly inaugurated president putin is already dishing out directions regarding changes to the country's policies breaks down premier medvedev acceptance speech. changes to the upper echelons of russian political system also to continue with what he sees as his efforts to multan ice the right political system in russia highlights you need call me as a major point that he wants to to push saying that he wants to increase investment into russia's economy and increase investment from a brewery as well also you saying it's full membership of the w t o is a must and something that he will push for as hard as he can doing his time in the role of prime minister and in terms of the military he wants to see a industrial military complex see making sure that russia is armed forces can remain amongst the best in the world for more reaction to the fact that dmitri medvedev is now the prime minister of russia i'm joined by michael i don't the ed

crime news international agenda is one area where well that will follow the course i'm uptown by dmitri medvedev. i expect to go there will be continue to between. foreign policy under president medvedev and the foreign policy which will be conducted by the russian. federation under president putin in the last six seven years there is a large consensus in russia on foreign policy issues unlike domestic affairs i think that russia will insist on this position on the issue and yesterday vladimir putin signed a decree in which he. stressed that. the russian foreign policy will be based on requests on the request for security guarantees from the united states and nato and those guarantees should states that the new a.b.m. system that will be established by the united states of america and nato in europe will not be directed against the russian nuclear potential however it was also stressed that russia will seek balanced and constructive relations with the united states what is important to moscow is that there are no military interventions in the countries where there is an internal conflict this tr

what we what we have to realize of course is dmitri medvedev doesn't have a specific role at the moment but he still a key figure in russian politics on tuesday he's meeting with some leaders of the parliamentary opposition of course later on that vote will be made to the site that we feel will be the next pm but what we can be pretty much sure about is real see more modern nice they should meet made yet of himself looking back on his time as president had said one of his greatest achievements that he felt was bringing the political discourse to more people so as prime minister which of course the role entails more domestic politics are pretty sure we can expect to see more of that from dmitri medvedev. all right peter thanks very much indeed for the sub date artie's pair all over there. although i'm important to one a majority vote in the presidential election in march but his return to power has not been without opposition activists also marched on his inauguration day with protests turning into overnight sit ins and some groups clashed with police and arrests were made well it's now

artsy with me rule research and live in moscow russia is a little makers are meeting to vote on dmitri medvedev scandal to see for prime minister and president putin's already dishing out directions regarding changes to the country's policies let's get all the details now from our he's pretty all of a standing by for us live right now in central moscow peter without dmitri medvedev expected to be voted in as the new prime minister what all the expectations and i will kind of challenges does he face. well that meeting is ongoing right now is to be to make it a kind of nice addressing of the pall of the building but before the former president spoke to the new president speaking introducing him got to be approved saying that the meeting made good it was willing to cooperate and work with all parties and organizations in russia is coming to the political sphere now to me to make good of himself during his speech has said that they needs to be changes in the upper echelons over the russian political power he vowed to continue the policies of economic change i can only development funds and my stati

dmitri medvedev is expected to be voted in as the prime minister by the country's lawmakers before forming a new government. and really inaugurated president putin is already oshie day in his own corrections to russia's political calls join me in a few moments for all the latest. hundreds of activists remain in the central moscow to protest against putin. all of more from that congregation shortly. and france's newly elected leader francois hollande has little time to enjoy the fruits of victory and he needs to get out of business bring about a promise to change leaving behind the era of psychosis. now at just after five pm on tuesday here in moscow this is arts he lives with me rover sushi crushers the lawmakers are meeting to vote on dmitri medvedev see for prime minister and president putin is already dishing out directions regarding changes to the country's policies that delve more deeply into this with our pretty all of a standing by in central moscow peter with dmitri medvedev expected to be voted in as the new prime minister what are the expectations and tell us about the challenges

from our he's pretty all of a standing by for us live right now in central moscow peter with dmitri medvedev expected to be voted in as the new prime minister what all the expectations and i will kind of challenges does he face. that meeting is ongoing right now and to me to make it a kind of nice addressing of the pall of the building but before the former president spoke to the new president speaking introducing him got to be approved saying that the meeting made good it was willing to cooperate and work with all parties and organizations in russia and russia currently his current political sphere dmitri medvedev himself during his speech has said that they need to be changes in the upper echelons of russian political power he vowed to continue the policies of economic. development funds and my station that he implemented himself while he was president he also vowed to increase life expectancy in russia to about the current level of seventy years old up to seventy five by the year twenty eight c. but he also said that he wanted to see more investment in a new russia business is looking to

dmitri medvedev voted in as prime minister by the country's lawmakers will now form a brand you've got. to president putin is already out shooting his corrections to russia's political goals join me in a few moments for all the latest. hundreds of activists remain in the central moscow to protest against. more. shortly. and france's newly elected leader francois hollande has little time to enjoy the fruits of victory to get down to business to bring about promised change trying to leave behind the era of sarkozy. it is good to have you with us today here on arts he. live in moscow russia has a new prime minister dmitri medvedev who will now form a cabinet before getting down to business and of course newly inaugurated president putin is already dishing out directions regarding changes to the country's policies . has more on the tandems agenda. changes to the upper echelons of russian political system also to continue with what he sees as his efforts to mull to the root system in russia highlights you need call me a major point that he wants to to push saying that he wants to increase i

my putin is already busy setting out his strategy for the next six years parliament to vote on dmitri medvedev scandal to see as the new prime minister to explain what the chances are all about him for russia let's not talk to all he's put all of us and find out more good to see you peter it's just a day since the former president has become the new president and once again but he hasn't been wasting much time has he. no he hasn't indeed president putin has signed a series of strategic strategic olders now the most interesting of these most important of the missing on foreign policy and in particular us on time missile defense shield in eastern europe now the president ordered the foreign ministry here in russia to demand from washington written confirmation that the missiles all new sites in eastern europe will not be targeted against russia though president putin also saying that the start treaty must be as he had to close it to home we've heard him talk about putting in place plans to tackle corruption by calling on bureaucrats to declare all of their incomes as well as looking to make the

no one seems to understand why anyone would think the switch was inappropriate. >> dmitry medvedev and i have made our decisions known with advanced notice. nothing has changed since then. >> all large majority of the russian parliament elected medvedyev as president. in his one term, he vowed to bring more rule of law to russia. little progress was made, but media if -- but medvedyev seems just as well intentioned as prime minister. >> i am open to dialogue with all political forces. government must have the best interests of all russians in mind. >> meanwhile, outside the kremlin, russian police led away dozens of anti-government protesters. they spent the entire night in the center of moscow demonstrating against woodson and medvedyev. -- putin. >> governing will be more difficult. because the protest movement has sparked a new and more self- confidence civil society in russia which will be eager to make its voice heard in the future. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the leader of another party have agreed to form a unity government to call off early elections. there

i'm minister dmitry medvedev let's get the latest on this now from our correspondent peter oliver here tell us what's behind this sudden decision. but it's been a very busy week for vladimir putin on monday he was sworn in as president on tuesday how to deal with the election of a new prime minister in the parliament and on wednesday he was part of the annual victory day parade here in moscow so the president called barack obama and explained that he couldn't get attend the g. eight next week he had to remain in moscow to finalize key cabinet appointments while the two leaders will instead meet next month in mexico the g twenty meeting. the debate you made to get of the prime minister who will be attending the g. eight representing russia instead though the white house issued a statement saying that they understood the position of president putin in welcoming the prime minister made head of to camp david. so the issue of key cabinet appointments being listed as the reason for putin's not attendance at the g eight however it has left some wondering if there could be another motive for i

in moscow russia has a new prime minister dmitry medvedev who will now former cabinet and get down to business a newly inaugurated president putin is already dishing out directions regarding changes to the country's policies on the details now from. moscow what are the expectations for the results of the reshuffle also what i will kind of challenges will the tandem face. dmitri medvedev is the new prime minister follows him receiving the support of united russia and the liberal democratic party putting him well over the fifty percent of the votes needed to take up that position us despite the communist on the famous your vote against. the putting him well over that mark now. making his address to the parliament said he wanted to make changes to the political. political and russia saying that he would continue to work to malta not least the russian political system and placed great emphasis on the economy saying that he needed developing also saying that more investment was needed in russia more foreign investment needed in russia and also picking up the session to the w t o full membe

anti-government rally is expected in moscow a day before president returns to the breadwinners dmitri medvedev believes will take a look at the legacy of the outgoing president. hello and welcome to r.t. twenty following news live from moscow on you leadership of all up with the latest news and a review of the week's events first polls have opened in france as millions choose between the two candidates in the runoff vote the defending president nicolas sarkozy has a radical a and the election is on a knife edge as he closed in on arrival from so all around and the final polls. visit at the headquarters of both counts. as the french prepare to choose a future of their country word on the street here in paris is that they're likely to get a socialist president the first in seventeen years in the form of now here in front of the socialist party's headquarters there are certainly high hopes for that but of course nothing is certain until the french cast their ballots of polling agencies are the closest gauge of the public's pulse incumbent nicolas sarkozy is still trailing behind along by between

eight prime minister dmitri medvedev will be representing russia and a statement from the white house they said that they fully understood the decision made by president putin and would welcome dmitri medvedev to camp david now to be a putin during his campaign was quite critical of u.s. foreign policy in particular concerning the proposed u.s. anti missile defense shield in europe in eastern europe now in fact one of the first orders that was signed by by president putin concerned the a.m.d. shield demanding that washington provide legal guarantees that the system would not be targeted against russia. so why does this leave her than the delicate issue of missile defense. well next week we expect the expecting that the missile defense shield will be given its first real green light nato holding a. summit in chicago in ten days time and they're expected to give the ok to activate into septimus isles in poland now. washington has time and time again said that they wouldn't that this system wouldn't be used to target russia or that it was a good use to target states like iran should they

state of maryland that starts next week instead he's sending prime minister dmitry medvedev and let's get the details on this from our tease peter oliver. peter tell us what's behind this sudden decision. it's been a very busy week for vladimir putin on monday how does inauguration as president choose day the election of a new prime minister and dmitri medvedev and on wednesday we saw the new will victory day parade here in moscow so president putin contacted a bed by telephone explaining that he was he was needed in moscow in order to finalize key cabinet positions. dmitri medvedev will go to the g eight and the role of prime minister representing russia and vladimir putin and barack obama will meet at the g twenty in mexico next month though the white house issued a statement saying that they perfectly understood president putin's position if they welcomed prime minister medvedev to camp david no. but to me food is not always being the biggest fan of the g eight referring to it is somewhat outdated in preferring the g twenty summit. saying that the g twenty contained more of the moo

monday how does inauguration as president on tuesday the election of a new prime minister and dmitri medvedev and on waiting state we saw the and you'll victory day parade here in moscow so president putin contacted a bear barack obama by telephone explaining that he was he was needed in moscow in order to finalize key cabinet positions known dmitri medvedev will go to the g eight and the role of prime minister representing russia and vladimir putin and barack obama will meet at the g twenty in mexico next month now at the white house issued a statement saying that they perfectly understood president putin's position if they welcomed prime minister medvedev to camp david. let me putin is not always being the biggest fan of the g eight referring to it is somewhat outdated in preferring the g twenty summit. saying that the g. twenty contained more of the mooching economies that were more important to the world nations like brazil china india countries russia deals with quite extensively when it comes to trade know that to me a putin has said that he is committed to continuing the restart of rel

has reno he arranged for his own succession as dmitry medvedev and became prime minister but remained at the center of the system to the great relief of most russians. you may remember thereafter we had the world the price of puerto collapsed when hundred 45 varo down at 130. that he could squirreled away enough money to be sure he has a shock absorber to be able to weather the storm the political order did not implode but by comparison n y 1998? lael at $10 a barrel. the predecessor defaulted on its obligations and devalue the dollar almost overnight. that meant route that it could weather the storm but to those fears, most adult russians know that period very well or they knew the chaos and collapse. a presided over stability in russia. most compared to the situation he inherited when the ratio was a failed state. suffering a depression that is twice as deep and a new stage for and the territorial integrity as putin was appointed and it made no expansion was proceeding on all fronts for russia was a failed state. putin could restore and aliment of prosperity because this is not the

he then became prime minister under his successor dmitry medvedev. the constitution bans the president from serving three terms in a row, but he may now be in office until 2018 because a constitutional amendment has extended the president's term to six years. in the meantime analysts say putin will have to deal with an unprecedented level of criticism that corruption has become rampant during his 12 years as president and prime minister. >>> the air forces of south korea and the united states have begun their largest ever joint drill. the exercise is likely aimed at putting pressure on north korea. the annual drill called max thunder began on monday, west of the korean peninsula and will run through may 18th. south korea and the united states hold drills twice a year to prepare for possible air battles with north korea or attacks on military bases. a south korean defense ministry spokesperson says the exercise involves more than 60 aircraft including fighter jets, surveillance planes with early warning systems are also involved. south korea says it h

prime minister dmitry medvedev takes charge of the united russia party and was those who discredited while also remotely for the online era medvedev is also calling for closer discussions with the country's opposition led to a petition for the organizations posts. and to destroying descend with elections ahead of the georgia regime still got no appetite for opposition's views it is this a it is still being pressured say the government forces violently does but independence day reading. up next to a united with all the latest sports news including the preparation for the euro twenty tell football championships sports. if you with us this is sports today plenty ahead over the next eleven minutes including all that. dusted russian knee in their final twenty three months squad for euro twenty twelve calling a friendly clash with europe why in moscow. blast from the past michael schumacher records the fastest time in qualifying for sunday's monaco grand prix will start from six following a grid penalty. leap of faith jumping me in fashion past time for adrenaline junkies this year it's rus

are those are the headlines here on this monday but next we talked to dmitri medvedev who sums up the country's economic achievements goals in the past four years of the interview taking place just moments before today's change of power. to me that means it is leaving the kremlin but i do want to put back at the top what does this mean for russia and its global partners well joining me to discuss that is our carded our core which presidential aide to dmitri mediated for his full term in office by dimmers thank you for being with us i'd like to begin with the economy both sides made a putin and dmitri medvedev. have stated that there are a lot of problems obviously on the global economy to meet their needs re that in fact he said that he believes that it's already in depression do you share this pessimism of the global economy. right now in europe in recession american growth rates very low global growth rates very close to what we can call the recession also or was depression. insufficient for sustainable development and sufficient for this illusion of global social issues and develop

next week just days after wouldn't return to the top job instead he'll be sending prime minister dmitry medvedev to. the ford saying rescue teams are looking for bodies of the victims and trying to reach the crash site of a russian next generation airliner in indonesia. too strong explosions rocked damascus with dozens reported dead and injured the capital has recently been struck by a number of black mainly targeted at military installations the u.n. warns a spate of violence could put its observer mission in jeopardy. while next we talk to the winner of the nobel prize for economics joseph arrow who tells r t how he thinks the eurozone debt crisis should be tackled. kenneth arrow professor of folk and omics americas at stanford university you're also the youngest nobel laureates to have been deported and awarded the prize in economics and ninety seven to two and really great to have you with us today. enjoy being here the global economy is still not fully recovered from the recent financial crisis so now we have an economy saying that we're going to go to another global recession another round

the headlines on our team and dmitri medvedev is expected to be voted in as prime minister by the country's lawmakers before forming a new government. and a hundreds of activists remain in central moscow protesting against putin's return to office some of them have been camping out of a knife after police made around. four hundred arrests following violent clashes on the eve of putin's inauguration. and france's newly elected leader francois hollande has little time to enjoy the taste of victory as he needs to get down to business to bring about the promised train journey leaving behind those stuck zero zero bring an end to aggressive foreign policies and tackling austerity are among the new president's first tasks. and he comes you know neal good to see you your world of sports now time for the longest of a russian football season reaching its final form long it certainly is rory a move from a twelve month to an eighteen month season this year to keep in line with other european seasons we know the champions needs in petersburg but we're just about to find out who could get that second cha

goals for unity under a form as well as dmitri medvedev could be applying his bold nice asian strategies as the next prime minister of. the noisy rules convinced his protests continue but so far she's on a rest mate who vetoes just ahead. standing up to germany's euro dominance and a foreign wars france's newly elected socialist leader is facing tell fresher to leave the sarkozy era behind. and it's a vote for stability for a man in syria after people made their choice in the country's first multi-party elections and half a century. as in the russian capital you're watching r t with me rena joshie welcome to the program that reforms are on the way for russia with a lot of reporting back at the helm for a third term he's already busy setting out his strategy for the next six years while parliament is set to vote on former president candidate c. as the new prime minister well to explain what changes are in store for russia let's now talk to our correspondent peter oliver. so peter what are the main challenges put has already focused on his new but familiar role. well president putin's cast

prime minister dmitry medvedev takes charge of the ruling united russia party hoping to clear out those who discredit it and to remold it for a digital age. and destroying to set with elections to come george as a result the regime still has no appetite for opposition a year after a violently putting down and independence day rally. at six pm in moscow as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story supporters of independence for scotland have launched a campaign that they hope will let them break three of the three hundred five year old union with england the scottish national party is now gathering the million signatures needed to call a referendum for two thousand and fourteen but it won't be easy as artie's laura smith reports from london. it is to collect a million signatures from scottish people by two thousand and fourteen in support of a yes vote and then following on from that a referendum will be held which will be people whether they want independence from the u.k. whether they want scotland to be an independent sovereign nation in its own right so to have full contro

this is the with me rule research show here you headlines now dmitri medvedev who's expected to be voted in as prime minister by the country's lawmakers before forming a new government inaugurated president putin has already ushered in his own corrections to russia's political course. hundreds of activists remain in central moscow protesting against putin's return to office some of them have been camping out overnight after police made around four hundred arrests following violent clashes on the eve of putin's inauguration. france's newly elected leader francois hollande has little time to enjoy the taste of victory as he needs to get right down to business to bring about promised change leaving behind. one of president putin's first acts in office was to order the foreign ministry to obtain clear guarantees that america's missile defense shield is not a threat to russia next we talked to nato as deputy secretary general on the future of cooperation between moscow and the alliance. alexander vershbow there just deputy secretary general great to have you with us sir good to be here so i w

prime minister dmitri medvedev takes the reins of power at the united russia party promising to reform the country's biggest political force and get rid of all the people that discredited. and destroying dissent with elections ahead of the georgia regime so got no appetite for opposition a year after violently dispersing independence day red. it's seven o'clock here in moscow you're watching r t i'm to bomb would say let's take a look at the stories first a u.n. monitors confirm tanks and heavy machine guns have been used to pound the western syrian town of harlem where activists say more than ninety people have been killed by government forces this week a u.n. report accused both the regime and the rebels of gross human rights violations in france are the friends of syria group that seemed to remove president assad and one field position condemned the violence and called an urgent meeting there are also reports that the free syrian army is now refusing to abide by the ruling might. there for it who's been covering events in syria for some time says politics has to go on the back burne

here are your headlines dmitri medvedev is voted in as prime minister by the country's lawmakers who will now form a new government this just coming into us here at r.t. i mean time a real you know great of president putin has already ushered in his own corrections to russia's future political course. hundreds of activists remain in central moscow protesting against putin's return to office some of them have been camping out overnight after police made around four hundred arrests following violence on the eve of putin's inauguration. and france's newly elected leader francois hollande has little time to enjoy the fruits of victory as he needs to get right down to business to bring about probably.

dmitri medvedev has launched a special commission to investigate the disappearance of a brand new russian sukhoi superjet one hundred in indonesia the aircraft was on a short sales demonstration flight with fix a passenger's on board but the radio contact was lost in one statement. just a touch of a display of fireworks as enjoyed a victory day involving russia's defeat of nazi germany and the great patriotic war . included a grand parade in red square to another red army is i think at that six to seven years ago. and ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko has moved to a hospital from her prison in a bid to address concerns over the treatment.

appointments while the two leaders will instead meet next month in mexico the g twenty meeting dmitri medvedev the prime minister who will be attending the g. eight representing russia instead the white house issued a statement saying that they understood the position of president putin and welcoming prime minister made yet of to camp david so the issue of key cabinet appointments being listed as the reason for putin's nonattendance at the g eight however it has left some wondering if there could be another motive for i'm not going to me of prudence never really being the biggest fan of the g. eight in fact he's said that he finds it somewhat outdated much prefer the g. twenty which includes more of the a mooching economies in the world countries like brazil china india russia does an awful lot of trade with no old so the president has said that he is committed to continuing the restart of relations between russia and the united states that was begun under the presidency of dmitri medvedev during his campaigning for the presidency flooded me a putin was very critical of some aspects of u.s. fo