but artie's peter oliver live from outside the state duma here in moscow. there's fallout within nato as france has defined the u.n. arms embargo on libya paris is under verbal fire from alliance officials about why it has taken unilateral action to arm libyan rebels it's the first time a member of the coalition has admitted supplying weapons to the country since bombing began over three months ago there are coalition splits too over the interventions goal some officials claim a peacekeeping role while others going as far as confirming that colonel gadhafi is on the hit list well the u.n. mandate allows military action to protect civilians but false short of authorizing ground invasion and arm supplies paris based political analyst john laughlin says three countries have hijacked the mandate. the admission that france is arming the rebels is very obviously an admission that what's going on in libya is a fight between the government and armed rebels and armed rebels are not civilians so any attack by the government on armed rebels in libya is therefore not n

deputies for people from across the region to take up a seat just behind me right in the state duma currently you need seven percent of the votes in an election to to get a seat in the state duma know what made you put in place what he's put forward is that that would be five percent of the vote hoping that that would mean more regional policies would be able to take paul the main stage in russian politics now the person's actually going to look at food. well five percent is the. really if this doesn't prove to be low enough to provide us with a truly representative government. to three percent now and so i would say present a bit of looking to get more people from the regions in russia into the main seats and just behind me right now in the state to. live in central moscow thanks. to all of ukraine has gone on trial for abusing power during her time in office in two thousand and nine yulia timoshenko secured a gas deal with russia which is. ukrainian economy of millions of dollars she's dismissed the case as fabricated but faces up to ten years in jail if convicted. the atmosphere

so it looks more likely that she will be established as the the new speaker of the house the state duma just behind me the lower house of russian government also set for a little bit of a shake up the president put forward a draft law that would mean that the current percentage of the vote you need to take a seat in the duma is seven percent he wants to see that lowered to five percent meaning there's more parties in the regions that can get a share of the main power base here in moscow not just the major political parties making the whole system far more representative of russia as a whole and as i said less moscow centric no it doesn't actually go further than not he said if five percent proves to be too little. of a decrease in the amount of the vote you need an election he's willing to lower it to three percent now this would make make sure that a lot of the more marginal parties as they are at the moment would be able to sit in on a decision making that goes on of making laws and governing here in the russian federation peter all of a reporting there from central moscow not in some

law that would mean that it's the current percentage of the vote what you need to take a seat in the duma is seven percent he wants to see that to five percent meaning there's more parties in the regions that can get a a a share of the main power base here in moscow not just the major political parties making the whole system far more representative of russia as a whole and as they said less moscow centric no it doesn't actually go look at further than that he said it's quite the same proves to be too little. of a decrease in the amount of the vote you need an election he's willing to lower it to three percent now this would make make sure that a lot of the more marginal parties as they are at the moment would be able to to sit in on a decision making that goes on of making laws and governing here in the russian federation. right that now to our attention to libya where libyan rebels in both main garcia and government control tripoli claim to be in secret talks and caring for the fall of these regimes the opposition is uniting efforts to set a date for an uprising in the capital and what

in brussels and constantine cultural views the chairman of the state duma foreign affairs committee here in moscow explain to the arrest warrants cannot be applied to the libyan leader. well we can't bring you that statement from the concertina cost of child but we can go live to what we're now going to go live to william engdahl he's going to talk to us about these attempts by the i.c.c. to arrest gadhafi thanks very much indeed for joining us there live in frankfurt well as we were going to hear. he was going to say that there is concern here in russia that the i.c.c. decision will actually force gadhafi to cling to power even more and lead to more bloodshed would you agree with what he has to say. well i don't i don't know if that would be the case or not i think i think the whole thing is upside down the call by the i.c.c. i think the nato high command including the united states commander of nato ought to be tried for crimes against humanity given the fact that they've been bombing civilians in libya for more than one hundred days i mean this entire libya intervention by nato is abs

law that would mean that's the current percentage of the vote what you need to take a seat in the duma is seven percent he wants to see the us lowered to five percent meaning there's more parties in the regions that can get a share of the major power base here in moscow not just the major political parties making the whole system far more representative of russia as a whole and as i said less moscow centric know it and the presence actually go looking further than not he said it's like the same proves to be too little. of a decrease in the amount of the vote you need an election he's willing to lower it to three percent this would make make sure that a lot of the more marginal parties as they are at the moment would be able to sit in on a decision making that goes on of making laws and governing here in the russian federation. peter oliver reporting there and now to some international news in brief in our world out there at this hour at least twelve people have been killed in syria as anti-government protests were once again held in several cities security forces opened fire and used t

law that would mean that's the current percentage of the vote what you need to take a seat in the duma is seven percent he wants to see the two five percent meaning this more parties in the regions that can get a share of the main power base here in moscow not just the major political parties making the whole system far more representative of russia as a whole and as they said less moscow centric no it doesn't actually go living further than that he said if i for say proves to be too little. of a decrease in the amount of the vote you need an election he's willing to lower it to three percent now this would make it make sure that a lot of the more marginal parties as they are at the moment would be able to to sit in on a decision making that goes on of making laws and governing here in the russian federation. right there and it's going to some of the international news for you in brief and new anti-government protests have been held in several cities in syria security forces have reportedly opened fire on a crowd south of damascus clashes post at the border have forced more than twelve

andy a right cause they have quite ambitious goals as well which are not only to get into the state duma as to the next election but also to become the second most powerful political force in the country right there next to the united russia party and even though. political career is just starting he's already aiming for the senior levels off for russia's political elite i'm not the kind of person who tends to dream or plunges into illusions we have particular goals to get into russia's lower house of parliament with the maximum number of votes what i also understand is that i could be a good prime minister if the party successful i would fight for disposition. himself has asked the members of the right cause party not to refer to themselves as the opposition explaining that the currently the term opposition is critically understood by millions of russians who according to see the current opposition in russia as a disorganized marginal force capable of making any changes to the changes that paul and his party are talking about and they are already giving concrete idea of continuing the m

objected to this but of course this will come in due course speaking about lawmaking and the state duma deputy mr lebedev proposed recently a draft law aiming to punish foreign citizens including e.q. nationals who i quote violated the rights of russian citizens the law implies freezing bank accounts of such individuals. do you think the e.u. will somehow react to this legislation i don't know i cannot say because of course this this is only one one line we will have to look at it and see exactly what is on it what we of course respect is whatever decision is taken it will be a decision that will be according to international standards and international principles and of course a quarantine by law and by the just happens it is it will be interesting to would well but it happens i mean if you commit a crime i don't know if we are talking that in you citizen or whoever commits a crime well it has to be trial and brought to justice to be trial and eventually can be condemned to something so if all that is the case in his own in the proper way there is nothing to object of course if that's

threshold from seven to five percent of the vote that's the minimum level needed to take up a seat in the duma speaking before the decision to be treatment said it could be possible to lower that figure to three percent in the future reform to boost political competition and help to modernize the country however many are deaf pointed out that the december parliamentary election will be held using the current regulations the changing the threshold if implemented apply to elections in two thousand and sixteen. well hoping to give politics some fresh impetus is one of russia's richest men who has now set his sights on the parliament. off has been elected leader of the right cause party which plans to run in december elections it stands for a more liberal russia but profit off himself didn't want to call it and. he promised to make the white horse the second largest after the united russia and said he would like to one day become prime minister spoke exclusively to the billionaire well. i'm not the kind of person who tends to dream or plunges into allusions we have particular goals to get into rus

mr lavrov was addressing a meeting of the foreign affairs committee of the duma just behind me you know he highlighted and said so really where russia stands concerning the ongoing situations in the arab world though he gets outside what he sees as the western desire for regime change in the middle east saying that this was unacceptable and the russians would not support it and any circumstances he also went on to highlight the fact that this was actually against international law. russia's feels a little disappointed to say the least about the way. the the situation in libya has progressed russia of course abstaining from the vote on the u.n. resolution that allowed international intervention there a very disappointed at the way they see that mission has gone beyond the parameters laid out in the u.n. resolution and came to avoid a similar fate a similar situation occurring in syria or yemen. sigil of rule pulling no punches even so to those that have criticised russia's stance on the u.n. six. the council also had a few words to say himself about what he sees as a lack of consistency

any effect on the situation in libya remains to be seen konstantin co such of chairman of the state duma foreign affairs committee tells r t why the arrest warrants cannot be applied to the libyan leader the decision of the international criminal court. is not legally binding for libya for the simple reason that libya is not a member state of the court and as long as mr pease on libya still retore this decision can not be fulfilled in case the decision of the courts for. the. inevitable. as long as he can and that contradicts the intentions on the international community. by the security council member states russia included. frankfurt based author and researcher william believes there are others more deserving of justice in the hague when it comes to civilian deaths in libya. the whole thing is upside down the call by the i.c.c. i think the nato high command including the united states commander of nato ought to be tried for crimes against humanity given the fact that they've been bombing civilians in libya for more than one hundred days i mean this entire libya intervention by nato is

seven to five percent of the vote now that would be the minimum level needed to take up a seat in the duma speaking before the decision to move it so it could be possible to lower that figure to three percent in the future reform aims to boost political competition and help modernize the country and the video pointed out that the december parliamentary election will be held using the current regulations a change in the threshold if implemented will apply to elections in twenty sixteen . open to give politics some fresh impetus here is one of russia's richest men who has set his sights on parliament because the pocket of his being elected leader of the right calls party which plans to run in december as elections stands for a more liberal russia but proud of himself didn't want to call it an opposition group and promise to make the right calls part of the second largest after the united russia and said he would like to become prime minister one day and it squares an interview with the billionaire is coming up in fifteen minutes from now but here's a preview. i'm not the kind of person who t

i rush in gymnastics champion and duma deputies named one of the world's sexiest politicians apply an american newspaper see who else made the list. of maybe summer time in russia but it seems the winter fun is always welcome find out why moscow is famous or the park is offering and seasonal opportunities this weekend. the official. called touch from the dumpster. like all the good. old. omissions from. it will now be easier for russian political parties to win seats in the lower house of parliament as the president has signed a bill lowering the threshold from seven percent to five percent of the votes speaking to the media before the decision retributive said it could also be possible to lower that figure just three percent the president said that this is needed to boost political competition and help modernize the country seven percent threshold was introduced in two thousand and seven by his predecessor was he more potent. well hoping to give that competition some fresh impetus as lot of russia's richest man who has set his sights on politics we have proper of has been elected lea