michael idol the editor in chief of g.q. russia thank you very much for talking to us well there is a lot of wood to be done by the prime minister the new prime minister to meet you may get of looking at alongside president putin and president putin laid out some of it. justice. among those who said pivotal among those international policy saying that the regarding the on time missile defense shield in eastern europe the u.s. proposed anti-missile defense shield saying that. he told it the foreign ministry to go to washington to speak to washington and demand written confirmation that say missiles placed at those sites wouldn't be targeted against russia no he also said to president putin also he said that the start treaty to limit and cut down the size of nuclear arsenals between russia and the united states must be a little closer to home there was talk of. lowering house prices and increasing wages for nurses and doctors and for and forward school teachers as well so a lot of plans being laid out that's just it a selection all o

like a lot of thank you very much the editor in chief of g.q. russia well blood in me a putin is the president and he's been delivering some strategic holders highlighting what he wants to achieve while he's in power he amongst those who have been foreign policy decisions revolving around the proposed u.s. missile defense shield in eastern europe now the president has ordered the the foreign ministry in russia to address the united states demands from washington clear written commitment that they will not target russia with any of those missile sites placed in eastern europe a clue closer to home he's also said that he wants to cripple corruption in russia by forcing all bureaucrats to declare their incomes and to work to more transparency in russian politics using technology using the internet to do that of course that was something that dmitri medvedev had put in place had started to do during his time as president now as prime minister he's going to have to work very very closely with blood in me a putin if they're to be able to live up to some of t

you may get it is now the prime minister of russia i'm joined by michael the editor in chief of g.q. russia thanks very much for talking to so what is your reaction to the election of teacher made good of his prime minister well i think has just about any observer of russian politics over the last few years i guess the proper reaction would be a complete and utter lack of surprise i think. that's been something that could have been easily predicted and especially you know yesterday's pageantry. indicated that the tandem as we know it is still very much alive or at least by the fear and says dimitri medvedev said that one of his proudest achievements presidents was that he believed he would like the political discourse in russia now. prime minister of course he's going to be have a lot more input his input is going to be with domestic politics do you think we could see increasing widening of the discourse in terms of local politics in russia with that bit of his prime minister i think so i'm not sure exactly how much credit for this i would describe to the bit of but it's undeniable that the

the editor in chief of g.q. russia live in moscow thanks for coming on r.t. today. right now around three thousand special guests from russia and abroad are all invited to celebrate. presidential inauguration our correspondent was at the kremlin just a bit earlier and alexia let's talk about this every year one of the lucky few we know there are some big big names there apart from artie's bill dodd he was there in the audience as well of utah. but what actually happened inside the kremlin's walls earlier you were one of the v.i.p.'s it was my first time first chance to witness the inauguration firsthand to be honest but i never expected that the whole process would take just less than an hour basically with first we and about a thousand of v.i.p. guests in the in the descent george's hall where we gathered all of us we witnessed the amazing aerial shots of how putin was travelling through on the government building to the kremlin something of a novelty for the way the inauguration has been broadcasted in russia amazing shot simply believe me then he just entered the