said it's pushing up the official retirement age world cup or not the reform is facing resistance g.w.s. you know there are sort of each reports. it's been a long day and olga played minge of a needs a cup of tea after thirty years of working as a hospital doctor she was planning to retire next spring and just on a bit on the side but now the fifty four year old feels there's little chance of that the russian government wants to gradually raise the age of retirement from sixty to sixty five for men from fifty five to sixty three for women. russia has an aging population and too few people paying into its pension pot the retirement system needs an overhaul. the government wants to modernize the country but needs to invest more in health and education is communication choices can seem a little inevitably dr to announce the retirement reform at the start of the world cup hoping perhaps that the football tournament would distract people from its intentions that these two will be. the kremlin has otherwise kept quiet on the issue president putin appears keen to distance himself from the reform la

g.w.s. you'll yohan reports now from istanbul. the president's likeness is everywhere across turkey reject typed out one thing to ship thank you for his reelection which had made him almost all powerful head of state out on is now president party leader and head of government rolled into one he can hire or fire ministers and some senior judges to solve parliament and rule by decree is powers of virtually unchecked but one thing hasn't changed he is running a bitterly divided country and that is particularly evident here in istanbul. the district of s. in the for example is an ad stronghold most of those living here are pious and conservative almost seventy percent voted in favor of the president and people are happy that he remains in charge. he's a source of pride for us that he represents us well on the world stage he's our leader because. our president has done what needs to be done so far and i'm sure he knows what the path forward is to the. system that's one of choice being so happy since the elections that you can visit our country is going to make huge progress and god willing off future is going to be bright. buz in the c