town pain as officially kicked off in russia seven parties will be fighting for seats in the state duma the lower chambre of the russian polish the general election will take place under seven before and this time it may be quite different the m.p. is well served for five years instead of four and the pressure of the candidates have to overcome has been raised making the struggle tens and more entries over the course of the campaign spotlight will give you a unique opportunity to hear from the leaders of all the parties first up today and they do not have those leaders all the right calls. russia's most famous shopping mall symbol the cliff faces the kremlin money and power have always gone hand in hand the soviet regime however so the two grow were hot now that business is back its claim in a chair of the decision making these days the right clothes political party describing itself us pro-business is fighting for seats in the state duma the right whose political party was born three years ago as you result to the merger of three liberal parties no no we each managed to cross the seven

on december fourth russia is voting for the candidates to the state duma the lower chamber are. seven parties are campaigning for the four hundred fifteen states the new law the m.p.'s term in office will do five years instead of four over the course of the campaign spotlight gave you an opportunity to hear from all the parties and today the lobby but not least under one of the head of the executive committee of the united russia the ruling party and the favorite the campaign. as solid as the kremlin itself the united russia party enjoys the leadership of prime minister vladimir putin and the support of president dmitry medvedev the last parliamentary election brought the body sixty percent of the seats in the state duma its closest rival the coleman this but it won six times less votes the coming problem in true action is to show where they do not in russia can keep its two thirds majority in the duma the unit to block transformed into the united russia party in the country's political arena in one thousand nine hundred nine the same year vladimir putin became prime minister th

duma have been able to make a difference over the past twenty two years. i don't mean their record has been that. there were a lot of things done but now the time has come for new blood because we've seen the same faces for twenty five years. it's well this means stability what's wrong with that stability is great but people get older and all kinds of things can happen to them so what comes next will their apologies be disbanded because they've always been one leader. that's not right by the way out a party doesn't have a single leader it's all about a team sharing the same political views even. going to stem from your election campaign and the one that had been on before you think the helm of the party. people that's right because you know it's one to second place holding the party in power or else they will leave a country. sounds like a bad ideology according to the official statistics one point five thousand people have been moving abroad from our country daily literally trains packed with people leave daily there's only one way to stop this process th

election it gained as many as forty five seats in two thousand and three its representation in the duma was a town feel about the party made several attempts at forming coalitions with other woodrell movements but could never overcome differences with their counsel. in two thousand and eight same gamey true he became the albuquerque reader and his biggest challenge now is to get back into the state duma. hello mr mitrokhin welcome to spotlight there were first of all your party one of the oldest in russia sometimes called liberal sometimes social democratic sometimes something else what about you how do you define its. artificial positions. as a social liberal policy in the party and social liberal vs which of the world's prominent parties would you compare yourself to. there was a famous man living heart and made post-war germany one of the world's economic leaders. he called himself a social liberal you and i may know him but i'm afraid that most of our viewers are more familiar with the democrats the republicans the conservatives in the labor party and so on are you somewhere to any

over the years the young party so was hope you are retained in the one nine hundred ninety five state duma election it gained as many as forty five seats in two thousand and three its representation and to do what was it can feel that the party made several attempts at forming coalitions with governor we've grown movements but could never overcome differences with their potential partners in two thousand and eight sergei mutual he became doubtful course reader and his biggest challenge now we still get your book back into the state duma. hello mr metron and welcome to spotlight on which there were first of all your party one of the oldest in russia sometimes called liberal sometimes social democratic sometimes something else what about you how do you define it or is not official position says that is a social liberal policy to govern the party some social liberal yes which of the world's prominent parties would you compare yourself to or there was a famous man living heart and made post-war germany one of the world's economic leaders we're told he called himself a social liberal if you and

advance and mitri away yasha why is it because your party is no longer in the duma. you know we have an ideology of our own. all those departures should be assessed accordingly. and have on scale left because they felt they had to make it into the parliament well yeah it was an opposition party. on the left due to our differences in ethnic problems. he declared he supported the nationalist policy which is unacceptable for yabloko in any form of nationalism is like a time bomb under a country. boy asked for yes yes he left for radicals to whom we have many claims. among other things due to what was going on in the ninety's all the departures just mean yeah because it is things ideology still those who are popular figures and it's a loss for your party but yes a loss if it comes to choose between persons and principles which is the latter you find a standard technicalities of the russian electoral system correctly in case your party doesn't get into the duma hole the votes that were cast for it will be proportional and distributed among those who have qualified tribes

and radio air has just been sliced seven parties are in the running for the duma seats and while the country's main political force the united russia party is only concerned by how big a majority they'll be getting this time many are there is that desperate to just make it into the parliament and the race is on a staunch communists are appealing to solve it in style chair. communist haven't lived a single time in one hundred years we save the country from fascism in world war two we twice save the country from collapsing we were the first in space for europe with. the liberal democrats are yet again appealing to nationalism. the russian president should be the sole ruler in the caucasus we have to eliminate the crime culture in this region and introduce curfews in some areas video surveillance is a must and that's just while just russia comes up with a robin hood plan to help the poor with the money of the reach for one of the reform number one is fighting poverty in introducing tax on luxury business and country should brief really. there had been and not a runner in this race lobby

and radio air has just been sliced if you will seven parties are in the running for the duma seats and while the countries need political force not a russia party is only concerned by home depot and the surety will begin this time many other is not just may get into the parliament and the race is on the staunch communists are appealing to saudi. colu communists haven't lied a single time in one hundred years you see a country full of fascism in world war two we twice saved their culture from collapsing were the first in a space of. a liberal democrat so yet again appealing to nationalism. the russian president should be the sole ruler in the caucuses we have to eliminate a crime culture in this region and introduce curfews in some areas video surveillance is a must. while just russia comes up with a robin hood plan to help with who or with the money of the rich for a moment of reform number one is fighting poverty and introducing tax and luxury business on country should brief really. there had been another runner in this race lobbying for both small and big businesses billionaire me h

debates and to secure at least one seat in the duma they will have to overcome a five percent threshold to mention it very far has the united russia party his list has even put his political future on the table saying his pals. as the country's prime minister could depend on how well the point to perform and the election booths prime minister putin is also backing united russia and has even become somewhat of a trademark of the party over the years but it sure isn't december's doing well actions will each receive a sparkling new tea set a welcome gift from the government the specifics of the order are exacting the subtle be made from white porcelain each with a gold trim each cup must hold a certain amount of tea interesting new though not all circuits are all the same size two hundred four are key and coffee sets for twelve persons while the remaining four hundred fifty are just scaled down six person sets and while it's not clear which devotees will win which set some joke the discrepancy means they're not at russia party has horn create plans for a tea party of its own following the

swan to politicians beaches this time around there's also one party running for seats in russia state duma which is tugging at voters patriotic card strings the patriots of russia political party was founded in two thousand and five by deny the same meagen before that he had been one of the leading members of russia's communist body also was a successful businessman simeon was mistrusted by the communist old guard who labelled him the red only gone confrontation with the communist party leaders you gonna even should see me again being expelled the party he founded on his own shares some. though years so for me can the boast they need big political victories the last parliamentary election four years ago so the party failed to cross the seven percent threshold needed to gain seats in the state duma. hello mr see me again thank you for being with us hello. could you please tell us straight away what you make of russia's foreign policy whether you like it or not and what you would do differently. we believe there are a number of serious problems with our foreign policy especially with regard

for dumas. it seems there are more. israel's because the poor to improve palestinian activists from the block for to live and try to carry medical supplies to gaza two boats carrying twenty seven foreign nationals and your wednesday let's talk now with who were rough who's in ramallah tonight for us thanks for being on our very much appreciated no you're not vicious so you just wanted to ask you why flotillas at all what it is pretty certain that israel is going to block at the end of the route shouldn't recent through other more reliable channels do you think though. well it's really important to know that there are flotillas are not about delivering aid to gaza or aid to palestine in general because the palestinian people aren't asking for aid and handouts the problem that we have here is a humanitarian crisis but it is it is one that has been created by deliberate israeli policy so we need to change that policy so that palestinians are allowed to lead a normal life i didn't if i had life and not have to live on hando

and they were talking about russian politics seven parties are campaigning for seats in the state duma the lower chambre of the russian parliament for the first time ever the m.p.'s will be elected for five years ahead of fourth and this makes the campaign more intriguing their use of the general election will take place on december fourth and has become pain goes on we continue our pretty l.f. through interviews but like give you a unique opportunity to hear from the leaders of all the parties and today we have to live in your view not speak of the liberal democrat. reaching out to everyone in the crowd the first of a political party to really build a populist in paul soviet russia was the liberal democrat party is slogans have always been clear and simple like no taxes for small business well doubling salaries for teachers and the populace tactic has worked so far the party has always given they'd share of seats in the state duma. the first officially sanctioned opposition party in the soviet union the liberal democratic party of russia was founded in one thousand nine hundred a year

the populace tactic has worked so far that party has always gained it share of seats in the state duma. the first officially sanctioned opposition party in the soviet union the liberal democratic party of russia was founded in one thousand nine hundred a year before the collapse of the us ceasar throughout the two decades of its existence the party has been centered around its highly charismatic leader like the nerve hearing of ski. his first political breakthrough came in one nine hundred ninety one and he came in third at russia's first presidential election. eccentric behavior or temper and sharp tongue have made him one of the most conspicuous personalities on russia's political arena as well as immediate thought the nineteen ninety three to my election were the biggest success for the liberal democratic party which gets twenty three percent of the vote more than its rivals afterwards it could never come close to as good a result the party's populist rhetoric and the charism of its leader have so far guaranteed it seats in russia's state duma. hello mr sure enough ski thank you for