that cause conflict inside the president as the nomination is backed by the current president dmitry medvedev you know last year agreed to become the new prime minister and that is russia party cartel that means russia's top political elite is unlikely to change to lead the next six or even twelve years. to russia what do we have to expect from the shop full time then after december and all to march two thousand and twelve when the presidential election will take place we'll be discussing this with political analyst and research fellow at the institute of world economy and its national why should he get hot and a political columnist babbitt so let's start with what retreat medvedev had to say . i believe it would be right for the conventions and support the candidacy of once you were going into a presidential election. was . this applause means i don't have to explain what kind of experience and thora to let him recruit and how it's. thank you for your skillful and i'd like to see something else despite rumors that there's been a split i'm going to show it turns him i can see that this was a well

meet you thank you but it's a good number and with the parliamentary elections coming in december i'd like to ask all russian citizens to support the united russia party with dmitri medvedev. and i believe you. know it but i would just i'm convinced to become prime minister continue to thoroughly modernize our society i think the tandem now running up. form of taking russia through the next decade promising more growth and stability with their party united russia in december's parliamentary elections and next year's presidential run both putin and medvedev have their work cut out united russia's popularity has been falling in recent years by making such a move. or tandem as you say they send a political message to the russians as a role to the best of the world that. is not outdated it is not absolute this is a liable construction which can work for years you see it is quite effective and so was the announcement even the delegates there were certainly taken aback with you know. of course everybody expected it but it must count as one of the best kept secrets really in recent political history the west has already started emphasizing how much the move lacks surprise i'm su

we'll be bringing you dmitri medvedev speech live later this hour here on r.t. . a russian pilot found guilty of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the u.s. earlier this year has been sentenced to twenty years behind bars constantine was detained in liberia in two thousand and ten and brought to the u.s. on charges of drug smuggling moscow says his arrest and rendition were illegal as artie's on a stasi churkin reports. this case builds a major precedent this is the first time when a russian citizen is sentenced to an american prison for an intent to participate in a crime in a case that was built by special agents posing as drug dealers arrested in a third country in this case liberia now you will be edge eligible for parole in as much as thirty years we know that his defense team has thirty dale's days to file an appeal but u.s. officials can take as much as two years to consider this appeal now the man has repeatedly pled not guilty in this case hopeful in till the last minute himself and his family has mother and wife who are here to support him broke out in t

streak of bad luck with leaders of course recent events weaken the party i'd like to remind you that dmitri medvedev is at the top of another party's list so i'm not going to comment on the situation in right cause of their problems there is only one thing i can say and it is also our party's view because like i said of the party convention our party is magnanimous our parliament should reflect the electoral preferences of all russian people left wing sentence right wing conservative democratic and so on it in other words it should include all those who can influence people all those for whom people vote or would like to vote a parliament is much more legitimate if it includes all those forces that's my answer to your question. with the locals speaking of society mr president many believe the social base were right wing liberal party in russia is still not sufficient due to the lack of a fully developed proprietary class or a middle class whatever you call it but where that basis is definitely sufficient is the internet and i have to tell you although you have probably noticed it yourself good thing

presidency next year his candidacy was put forward by dmitri medvedev doing son agreed to lead the ruling party and the country's government. if you are just joining us a very warm welcome to you this is a line from moscow with me roll recent shy breaking news here on prime minister putin will run for the presidency of two thousand and twelve announcement was made at the ruling united russia party as annual convention here in central moscow president medvedev said that he will head the party in parliamentary elections and is ready to lead the government if they win and he said i heard a historic speech is the first time. united russia party russia and the world knew that somehow one way or another in the figure that he used to russia the stability that he brought would remain and have some kind of life in the political world here in the country exactly how it was told no one knew and more importantly no one really expected at least the people here that it would be you say i mean it's a party because the session opened with the two leaders coming in to gather it's an opening with his speech saying that we the two of us do know how

and i'll be back to update you on the main stories in a few minutes but on our t.v. now dmitri medvedev explains why he's stepping aside from next year's russian presidential election. mr president last week a major and long awaited event happened in politics at the united russia convention you suggested that lattimer putin should run for president what was the primary motive behind your decision usually presidents see korea elections you're a politician and politicians are ambitious people what was your ambition in making his decisions. but. my biggest ambition is to be useful to my country and my people this may sound a bit pretentious but it's true unless you have this ambition you shouldn't go into politics but you should focus on something else instead of politics or government service we both belong to the same political force both putin and dmitri medvedev were nominated for the presidency first him then me under the current model of power by the united russia party. was number one in the united russia slate and yours truly is this time. so we really represent the same political

hearing more on this federal the business update coming up shortly but for now dmitry medvedev a life from saatchi thank you. america's anti missile shield plan of the europe has picked up the pace over the last few days a string of agreements with the turkey rumania and poland saw the remaining major obstacles of the troubled projects cleared will warsaw washington also gave a joint statement and i'll sing which parts of nato shield would be deployed in poland by twenty eighteen what is going into canada has the specifics. the police think missile defense agreement signed between the u.s. and poland in two thousand and eight and it's amending protocol of two thousand and ten has come into force this thursday as we speak it in vision is the deployment of a land based system three system in poland and it's part of america's revamped plan to build a missile shield in europe with elements of it deployed in different countries in eastern europe just earlier this week an agreement was signed between in washington between romania and the us romania too will host a very good land base there some three interceptors

hear already i announced a new coach the former you seem to be of his coming in so you had a need to. dmitri medvedev has visited the crash site and laid flowers and food bute to the victims of the plane disaster in the us level a lot the sight of the russian president said the number of airlines must be reduced dramatically he also ordered the transport ministry to pay special attention of the pilot training of russian civil aviation sector say that those not up to the job must be sacked a bit of out of the entire industry must undergo serious changes and the russian president altered his plans for the international policy forum in the us level to visit the site of the crash but later you're right to address the global gathering our correspondents have now is there and will bring us more of what's been said later in the program. the palestinians have started a campaign for statehood ahead of the september twentieth vote in the united nations it carried a letter to the local u.n. mission and on the last say their peaceful demonstrations will continue until palestine becomes a member state and so are

twelve meaning that they could be a place for the current president dmitri medvedev as prime minister something that finance minister alex you could put in says that he will not work under he said he wouldn't work under a. good of his prime minister would rather step down no this would be a significant blow to foreign investors coming into russia could it is a highly respected finance minister both here in russia as well as abroad should he step down then that would cause how the knock on effect to all of these factors coming together to produce what we're seeing right now which is a drop off in the russian markets how kadyrov are thanks very much and now let's take a look at the figures that we see here in moscow the r.t.s. is down three percent and isaacs is losing over two percent this hour now let's have a look at some index more of us on the rise x. and he stalks among the worst performers in that week of crude. all majors will snap his losing over two percent financials are also under pressure with country's biggest lenders where banks are losing almost four percent in the red it's almost two percent in the red and so

rome wasn't you this is ours evolving from moscow president dmitri medvedev has been explaining his decision not to seek a second. putin's popularity ratings among russians remain higher than it is he also outlined his view on what the upcoming election means for the country i spoke to russia's mainstream media there's no knock about. the biggest mostly spoke about the upcoming race for the presidential seat in russia explaining why he thinks prime minister gordon is the best man for the job well first of all he said that's great and show. which is more loved in the country. and also that when it comes to achieving common goals there's no such thing as power struggle and it's up to the people of this country to decide who they want to see as their president regardless of what. things is best for the country himself in that respect he emphasized that all the speculations about the presidential election of two thousand and twelve being a sealed deal here in russia are absolutely irresponsible and unacceptable. it's the truth any politician can along with his or her political party in our count

that's right andrea thank you debate searching for solutions on the world's most pressing problems i heard what i was unfortunate in a russian city of yasser president dmitry medvedev and i was the liberty keynote address to the forum we go live there now it was neat to show up with little else you know yesterday we had the airport there was a plane crash. in mongolia schools were members of. the ice hockey club. again a very popular hockey club look not if cherished by the residents and citizens all citizens were killed and the citizens of seven other countries were also killed in the crash you could argue the players and coach was such that you were killed and i asked to observe a minute of silence to honor their memory. thank you. top of the national spotlight because it's difficult to speak after deal with them but anyway he got all riled during the topic that we discuss here but the result for. the modern state in the age of social diversity in my. book. at first glance it looks like an academic nature of islam thought how easy it was in russia because in the english version it perhaps. easier to understand than the russian. dystopic. of applying practical nat

you. watch the full interview with russian president dmitry medvedev later today on r t. well it's china's turn to stake a claim to the stars as the largest as first orbiting laboratory the heavenly palace the unmanned facility has successfully entered around orbit the module in space for two years marking the first step in china's players for its own space station by two thousand and twenty four scientists and science investment consultant thinks the country has the means to. be very much the first step in china's plans to establish a presence with the space station in orbit it's very simple at the moment this all the drum is going to be there for at least two years and china's intention at the moment is to send up a manned spacecraft later this year which will dock with it and show that the really is a capability for a sophisticated space program that china can put in place and i think china has the determination and probably the technical ability to catch up with the u.s. and with russia very very quickly indeed and certainly if they can demonstrate the ability as they

a very warm welcome to you this is a lie from moscow president dmitri medvedev has given a short shrift to russia's finance minister and suggesting that he stands down. as he's going to this position with prime minister putin and he said now he's following developments for us and like now what's behind the president's remarks. well it all seems pretty clear cut although we don't know exactly what happened behind the scenes what we do know is that president medvedev is not very happy with finance minister alexei kudrin he made some comments after news came that if putin does that putin is going to run for president he would like to see him go on to be his prime minister could say and said that he doesn't see himself working in medvedev government of course about as prime minister and this is what president reagan had to say to him face to face. if you wish if you think your views on russia's economic agenda different from mine as president you can resign but you have to be right here. now how you going to resign this should be you know what's the. push just my opinions do differ from you

for presidency in two thousand and twelve the news came at a ruling you know i russia party convention current president dmitry medvedev will head the party in parliamentary elections and is ready to leave the government if they win or he is a nice now i heard a historic speech as first hand. the wait is over but i believe a kid who'd be right for congress to support the county to the city of la i think we're in a presidential election i. know that. this employs means i don't have to explain what kind of experience under thirty putin has. the issue here is because i'm going to say something else despite rumors that there's been a split within our tandem i can see that this is a well thought through decision. putin is running for president. i'd like to express my gratitude to you for supporting my candidacy to run for president it's a great honor a boon a cheese. if you're going to get the numbers and with the parliamentary elections coming in december i'd like to ask russian citizens to support the united russia party with the. model here. and i believe you. like it but i just i'm convinced who become prime minister wh

sure is that so much i was about three and i think you have it really be right with precious me political game has come to an end president dmitri medvedev announced he'll be supported by me who can scan to speak to succeed him in next year's president. welcome to spark plug the interview show on r t i'll do we are going to do we're talking about the presidential race the decades biggest political mystery has been finally so glad to put in his presidential bid being nominated in this. country and many believe that the conflict inside the times them as the nomination is backed by the current president. that the last few agree to become prime minister and that should russia party are telling us that means russia's top political elite is unlikely to change in the next six or even twelve years. for russia what do we have to expect from the shop full time then. december and also march two thousand and twelve when the presidential election will take place we'll be discussing this with political analyst and with. the commie and it's national why he did and a political columnist so let's start with what medvedev had to say. i believe it would be

range of subjects we discussed by both men we're there for you know let's have a listen right now to what are the current president dmitri medvedev had to say. and put it in here given the proposal to the only true list of the party united russia and to do some party work under one condition of good performance in the parliamentary elections and my readiness for practical work in government i believe it would be right for the congress to support the can do see. the new presidential election. as and for now become a seventy so we've also got more comments from the current russian prime minister soon to be one with think the new russian president two thousand and twelve here's some more comments from the prime minister vladimir putin. you know. i'm sure that united russia will win the parliamentary elections can rely on widespread national support. it will be able to form a new effective young and energetic administrative team and head the government of the russian federation to continue his work on the modernization of all parts of our life. coming from both the president of your different prime minister putin as you as you are sa

get all over this and if i can just to remind those of you who are just joining us now breaking news here on r.t. russian president dmitri medvedev has endorsed the russian prime minister vladimir putin to run for the presidential presidency next year that would mean also to the putin's been in power for about twenty five years but peter as we turn breaking news on this much of the world is turning a blind eye to what is an historical moment here in the world of russian politics run down the stats who's ignoring us and who was boarding ok maybe i shouldn't i mean it looks like al jazeera is being pretty neutral about it of course the washington post and the new york post and except for the usual suspects are pulling out very nicely and for six very anti you have been fundamentally misunderstood politics in this part of the world what they were meant so much is that the russian public it won't be easy sakhi the way they are inside the beltway which is pathetic and best i mean i think united states instead of criticizing the political process in countries like russia should worry about gridlock in washington in many ways in europe

wallet he dot com has you on line right now which is a prime minister david cameron receives a top recommendation for being a k.g.b. agent in the russian president dmitri medvedev. also russians duncan like who should be lost in space has come online after three weeks of silence more at all to you don't call and don't forget to check out the best of videos on the new chief of course dot com slash russia today. about the way the news this hour up it up with the headline surely but before about a business update with. hello and welcome to business here on artsy a course in central russia has declared their recent search of b.p.'s most golfers by bailiffs was illegal the raid was done that the request of b.p.'s partners in the russian oil firm. they're currently suing b.p. for three billion dollars in compensation and they claim b.p. broke their shareholder agreement by attempting to form an alliance with rosneft to explore the arctic their way they'll be first was intended to uncover files relating to the lawsuits. trade between russia and the you take a has gone fifty percent since the beginning of the year in the wake of david cameron's visit to moscow our busi

russia's great political parlor game has come to an end president dmitri medvedev announced he would support but i mean putin scaler to see you succeed him in next year's presidential poll was this the plan all along was it a good idea and what is what is called the tandem can he continue to work. to cross-talk russia's political future i'm joined by fred we're here in the studio with me he is the moscow correspondent for the christian science monitor adrian pap's in cambridge he's a lecturer in politics at the university of kent and in london we cross to jonathan steele he is the international affairs commentator for the guardian all right gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want but first marcia want to walk us through about what happened at united russia's convention that's right peter the guessing game is officially over prime minister vladimir putin is set to run for president in two thousand and twelve election his candidacy endorsed of the united russia party convention by incumbent president. so children pretty lodging here given the proposal to have the electoral lists of the party uni

right andrew thank you debate searching for solutions to some of the world's most pressing problems i can third what a policy for a generation city of jaroslav a president dmitri medvedev when i was delivered the keynote address to the forum leave the life there now it was need to shut up but as little as you know yesterday we had the airport there was a plane crash. in mind those killed were members of. the ice hockey club we got a very popular hockey club cannot if cherished by all of our residents and citizens all citizens were killed and citizens of seven other countries were also killed in the crash you could argue that the players and coach was what you were killed and i asked to observe a minute of silence to honor their memory i said thank you. the occasional support of course it's difficult to speak after deal with them but anyway here my i'll do it the topic that we discuss here the form. of the modern state in the social diversity. look like. academic nature of. them thought how easy it was in russian because in the english version it perhaps. easier to understand only russian but not this topic. of applying age and practical nature of the discussion and i w

you. you've been listening to the keynote address of russian president dmitry medvedev to the global policy forum in the russian city of jaroslava president medvedev started the address with a tribute to the fallen players who died in the locomotive plane crash tragically earlier on wednesday an open with a moment of silence then he continued addressing the main topics of the forum talking about multiculturalism and the challenges of diversity that face modern countries saying that diversity though is essential to the cultural and society of societal development of modern countries he talked about information technology the advancement of social networking the russian president known to be a lover of technology and trying to make russia a more high tech country he addressed class inequality class where warfare and income inequality and its role in shaping modern societies said that there needs to be a focus on diversity and multiculturalism in a russia specifically something that he also addressed including the tensions that it could lead to in modern society and in modern russia also addre

the full backing from incumbent president dmitri medvedev he made the announcement in an address to the annual congress of the ruling united russia party if you would if him self will lead the party in the parliamentary election saying that he could lead the government if they win and continue his modernization program from about what essentially is his first campaign speech invalid to increase russia's economic growth tackle corruption and encourage new businesses bring you all the latest developments and reaction as soon as we get it here on r.t. . ok let's see what you've got to talk about here in our studio with our political analyst thank you for joining us good to see you as always so it's been termed i suppose we people have almost over time today the. relationship the turn the relationship between putin and if you had if now has a rotation how do you how do you interpret this shift of strategy oh no i wouldn't call a shift a strategy that they cause from a legal point of view and from their point of the common sense we have to understand that. has been extremely popular in russia since nine hundred ninety nine when she became their pr

you have a really. precious great political game has come to when president dmitri medvedev announced a piece of work by me that's canada speak to succeed him in next year's president. hello again to welcome to spotlight the interview show on our t.v. . today we're talking about the presidential race the decades biggest political mystery has he finally so glad you pointed out his presidential bid being nominated by ruling the. country and many believe that conflict inside the times them as the nomination is backed by the current president. that allows you to become prime minister and that is russia party. that means russia's top political elite is unlikely to change the next six or even twelve years. to russia what do we have to expect from the full time to december and also march two thousand and twelve when the presidential election will take place we'll be discussing this with political analyst and research fellow at the institute of world economy and its national. wealth and a political columnist so let's start with what retreat medvedev had to say. i believe it would be right for the convention to

officer i'm excited if you go in london in two thousand and six but david cameron and dmitri medvedev agreed the case should not hold back their partnership dr perper recommends worked extensively in sides of technology projects between the u.k. and russia sees potential ahead. russia has taken the first steps in establishing the new business center at skolkovo establishing what is going to be i suppose a kind of silicon valley there and british involvement in that is going to be absolutely key in terms of development companies development business helping russian high tech businesses expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains a kind of allow the ins weather up all kinds of interesting things to be the mega see of the soviet research institutes a first rate mathematics science and engineering education system means that there are all kinds of people ideas intellectual property that remain in russia to be discovered and exploited that i think is really key to the interesting future. russia has in store in this whole area. as ethnic tensions are service border with brea

signals to both sides of the conflict president dmitry medvedev made his position clear in an interview following the global policy forum in jaroslav or are you peter all over has more. the president did of his warned against viewing the situation in syria in terms of good. seeing that careful consideration must be paid to certain elements within the syrian opposition before the international community jumps on sides with them now the president did have also called on both the assad government and the opposition to bring about the ends of violence in the country and we believe the resolutions we will approve to send a strong message to the syrian regime should in fact be addressed to both sides things are just black and white. protests in syria are not followers of some refined. different groups within the opposition feel some of the right extremists and some might even be called terrorists and the situation is not that simple and we have to take into account the balance of different forces and interests of russia may support certain moves but only if they don't boil down to the one sided condemnation of. we should send a strong message calli

is that so much i was about to say that i think if you haven't really played with precious me political game has come to an end president dmitri medvedev announced the piece of work by me who can scan in history to succeed him in next year's president. hello again a welcome to spark plug into the show on our t.v. i'll do we are going to do we're talking about the presidential race the decades biggest political mystery has confined so bloody phone to his presidential bid being nominated by the ruling. countries and many believe that. inside the time them as the nomination is backed by the current president. agreed to become prime minister if putin and russia russia party are telling that mean russia's top political elite is unlikely to change the next six or even twelve years. to russia what do we have to expect from the shop full time to december and to wash two thousand and twelve when the presidential election will take place we'll be discussing this with political analyst and research fellow at the institute of world economy and its national nations. and a political columnist so let's start with what we trade medvedev to say. i beli

central moscow is kevin though is very pleased to have you come to these are the top stories from r.t. tonight the first fallout from dmitri medvedev and vladimir putin's presidential plans as russia's finance minister is being fired in the bed of sacked alexy could run after the treasury chief said on sunday he could not serve under a new government if russia's leading tandem switch jobs with the credit. bureaus and leaders scramble for urgent rescue plan to stave off the euro collapse and a new wave of global recession the international monetary fund's accused of not treating countries equally and it prescribes more cuts for europe while doing america's bidding. and the un's most powerful body meets for talks over the palestinian statehood bid which president mahmoud abbas handed in last week but the u.s. and israel are being blamed for stalling the historic move.

you know out of a live news conference being a given by prime minister david cameron and president dmitri medvedev out that are signing ceremony. it's a scientists without any exaggeration this is important event and this is thought a contribution into the development of the probably european corporations would and process is on the proceeds from the.

turmoil also is in part from the russian markets from dmitri medvedev will be here with a late edition of business desk in about five six minutes time for you. the all tears over the week last sixteen and a half percent to my six more than twelve percent so this is the worst week since november two thousand they will have more details on that and around the time. we certainly will now the u.s. is deploying new drone graces in east africa to intensify attacks on al qaeda operatives for while the policy saving american lives it's already resulted in fact thousands of civilian deaths in pakistan art is going to teach you can't because of the story. the u.s. is aggressively expanding its drone war by setting up more and more bases for those unmanned aerial vehicles or the u. a.v.'s they are armed with laser guided bombs and air to ground missiles and network of those drone bases is unfolding in east africa ethiopia is hosting a fleet of hunting killers as they call them in the military a similar installation has opened in the seychelles a new base is under construction somewhere in the arabian peninsula to enable more flights over yemen and all

the president of russia dmitry medvedev said he's not in support of because additional pressure he believes is not necessarily needed nor would it help. can you explain russia's position on on syria that is a very dangerous situation it is a very dramatic and tragic situation i think the russian position is reflected very well not something which was a consensus position of the security council the first floor of the statement does come down. by the syrian a sort of is you know excessive use of force but secondly it calls on everybody to stop violence including the opposition and also it calls for dialogue in order to resolve the differences and visions of what should happen. in syria and very importantly it calls for on the government of syria to implement the reforms there for them and so this is exactly all line but more importantly our concern is that any sanctions resolution. on syria in the security council might be seen by destructive elements of syrian opposition as sort of encouragement looking at libya something similar to what happened in libya may be happening in syria and that could have extremely destructive consequences our wes

one senator opposing it president dmitry medvedev has congratulated the ngo wishing her success the new speaker have service at his birth governor for eight years. do you question r t live from moscow still look on the sour no more rush hour we travel to one place on earth where we're air pollution is a thing of the past and daily commute is of the light. again a stands mourning the death of its former presidents who was a key negotiator with the taliban were dean rabbani was killed by a suicide bomber as at his home in the capital kabul on tuesday it's believed the explosives were hidden in the attackers turban rabbani had led peace talks with the insurgents over the last year and was considered one of the most influential figures in the country the killings the latest in a string of high profile as destinations in afghanistan and the second taliban attack on kabul in a week to r.t. was the last chance to interview mr rabbani before his death he blamed the new york operations country for the young going civil war which has claimed thousands of lives. of people. of ghana's them to not want foreign troops to stay here we don't want to nation security to

next year it's kind of see it was put forward by dmitri medvedev who in turn agreed to lead the ruling party and the country's got. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me. and of course our teaser peter lavelle is here as well joining us in the studio peter it's been a day so far of breaking news or the big news of course today is a lot of my personal again running for the presidency before we cross live to our season he said he was at the conference the annual united russia party conference where the announcement was made today a quick wrap up of today's expectations and reactions peter i think the guessing game this was all done on purpose i think this was the intention all along at least one variant of it i think it's because of the united russia is going to be facing elections the parliamentary elections in december they're lagging in the polls they need some support in the best juice you can possibly get is the two most popular people in the country to agree on something another reason is the turbulence outside russia the economic tsunami that is facing the world that russia needs to be a safe haven they need

you with live from central moscow i'm. covering this breaking news here in r.t. that president dmitri medvedev has decided to push for prime minister putin to run for the presidency for two thousand and twelve both of them taking the helm there addressing the ruling united russia party and a broad range of subjects being discussed they will start first with the current president saying that modernizing and fighting corruption top the list of the government's agenda journalism priorities but you have also saying that united russia is in urgent need of modernization it needs to get rid of quote hangers on and prime minister putin saying that the annual g.d.p. growth must be increased by six to seven percent although he did say it's on a very good uphill move right now saying also thirty five to ten years is the deadline for rearming armed forces for the russian federation one point i must say is that regarding prime minister putin who's been really in charge of the economics here for russia for quite some time now when it comes to roads the construction of roads will be doubled in the near futur

monday now president dmitri medvedev has on tuesday robustly defended his spending policies saying that defense spending in particular is crucial to the development of russia. when you more we can do without defense spending and this spending should be worthy of russia we're not some banana republic we're a big country it's a permanent member of the un security council them and we have nuclear weapons that's why an increase in spending for the defense budget arms and salaries for military personnel will be the government's top priority and whoever disagrees with that can work out. just well could really clearly did disagree with that and now he will be looking for work elsewhere this all really came. the catalyst for it being the blood of me of putin will run for the presidency in twenty twelve and that he would put forward to me to be his prime minister. couldn't to say that he couldn't work with. to be prime minister g two spending policies in turn issued an ultimatum to could do in saying the get on board or get. resignation. and he was dismissed from his post late last night after eleven years in the job so the veteran finance minister out of work in russia curr

vladimir putin and dmitri medvedev, which would pave the way for vladimir putin to regain the presidency. i am joined now by someone from the carnegie endowment for national peace. thank youfor joining us. >> thank you. >> what is the significance? many would say that vladimir putin has been in charge all along. what difference will that be in his becoming president? >> my guess is that putin has been calling the shots, whether behind-the-scenes or out in front. even the decisions, the major strategic-level decisions that have been taken by medvedev have borne a kind of putin in a broader -- putin mark. you will see a change in style, and i think they will face new problems, as was forecasted. there are some real economic storm clouds gathering, the fact that the budget is ballooning, and oil prices might fall. this is the one prediction that is always accurate, so i think he will face new challenges with the old team. >> he was forced from office because he criticized the stock swap. what does it mean for democracy in russia? >> i think the return of vladimir putin to the presidency does not strengthen the democracy. that is clear. it does not necessarily weaken or worse