say journalist shawn ramsey lattimer scenario the spotlight will get back shortly after a break so stay with us there were no. means of protection can be used. in global supremacy. between two thousand and five and two thousand and nine the u.s. has spent fifteen billion dollars in the price to pay for the entire program that we are dealing with right now here in two thousand and eleven is another hundred fifty billion dollars that's larger than many country's entire military budgets twenty things becomes the best form of defense. has been to the hub our of. the country's mineral wealth starts its way across the ocean. now our team goes to the area. looking to a different character to represent itself. for local businesses are striving to build the aviation capital of russia. that's where the four by fours are made and can be tested to the limit. welcome to the. russia close up on our wealthy british style. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy. there are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. welcome back to spot

obsolete one day a new way to be found to meet new challenges prime minister and presidential candidate lattimer potent has published his version over how the russian economy as to be changed in the nearest future the article was warmly welcomed in general but some critics claim it's contradictory and say putin didn't propose any real solution so is the program a real remedy or rather intellectual speculation we're asking journalist shawn ramsey and the bladder or summat. russia's prime minister vladimir putin has recently been sharing his vision for russia's development in this series of pre-election manifestos published weekly major russian newspapers the first antico outlined his vision funded relies on russian society and was particular the addressed to the country's middle class the second touched upon issues of migration and zina fulvia this week's article the third is considered by many of the most important so far is a do. with the country's economic revival wouldn't present a case for ending russia's dependence on raw materials and sets two thousand and twenty as the deadline for reform

discussing the latest article published in they in one of the russian paper about the part about lattimer put in the presidential candidate and now let's listen to another quote let's hear what the prime minister says about what awaits the russian manufacturer is in the w t l mark. i can see all the challenges that our exemption to the w three always putting before a number of industries a whole week and i would like to assure them that i will do my best to transition based problems however the manufacturers of industrial and technological goods must be clearly aware that the days of competing in the single national market have gone now one there will be no profitable knishes for high tech products and there will be only one market the global one. so here seductive again you promises to question but are you proud or anti w in terms inter i mean for russia what was your storage in my opinion every my time on i was again is this the person because we are talking about how to develop in a different kind of directions our economy if for will try to produce shoes or dresses or food or somethin

say journalist shawn ramsey and lattimer somalia spotlight will be back shortly after a break so stay with us don't go. the close up team has been to the hub bar of screeching where the country's middle well starts its way across the ocean. now our team goes to the area. was named after plenty of good looking to a different character to represent itself. for local businesses are striving to build the aviation capital of russia. for the four by fours are made and can be tested to the limit. welcome to the screech of. russia close up on our. very welcome back to spotlight time algor norman just a reminder that my guests on the show today are journalist shawn ramsey a journalist and filmmaker and blood human or some magneto business minutes and journalist and writer and a filmmaker not sound to go together like thank you thank you very much both. for being here just a reminder that we are discussing the latest article published in the a and one of the russian papers by a part of about lattimer put in the presidential candidate and then. let's listen to another quote let's hear what the p

journalist and filmmaker sean ramsey and filmmaker and journalist politician and businessman of lattimer samantha banks was a pleasure talking to you in just a reminder that spotlight will be back with more first time comments on was going on and outside russia until then stay on russia today and take a. mission free cretaceous a free transfer charge free m.h. three.

journalist and filmmaker sean ramsay and filmmaker and journalist politician and businessman of lattimer symantec thanks was a pleasure talking to you in just a reminder that spotlight will be back with more first time comments on what's going on and outside russia until then stay on russia today and take a. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm trying hard welcome to the big picture.

gear following a day of demonstrations across the country prime minister and presidential candidate lattimer putin continues laying out his electoral program this time it's more about web shape democracy with initiatives allowing people to suggest their own laws online. as well. while the main idea of the sort of civil society in russia has grown and developed and become much more active most importantly compared to say ten years ago and what comes to the state well it's a lagging behind at the moment people do want to be more active and have more influence on the political life and one of the mechanisms providing them with these opportunities is the internet and this is not only about the tens of thousands of people who now take to the streets for this or that rally is about millions of internet users in russia who over the past few years have become very active. stores of blogs and forums videos of all internet lures political movements and all of them are going on the web and the prime minister wants to see the role of the internet and its influence increase more user friendly government

i mean using these cameras to see whether this eager surely if but this is so as lattimer put it if i put it in here out there you have just. given us but probably not you will see how many of the kind of this is good that it was going to be explained or maybe explained by the commission members but it is a suggestion of one of the political parties. the vote of counting. the president of the commission shows the result into the camera so now it will be you are just the sun and saved so this will be a special new procedure to salute during the counting of the vote to make it to make moment make it more transparent absolutely not visible will everybody well any use around internet get free access to those webcams where will it be sort of a limited number you know maybe some limitation is supposed to be accessible to every user and so the theoretical theoretical rather silly move the theoretical to the system is a well constructed to allow two hundred twenty five million. you know people. to see during the day one hundred million two hundred people similar to honestly. sixty thousand vi

non-farm payroll data out a later today so all eyes will be focused on lattimer right now and that is to come for them as you to say moving on. the russian markets now that's troubling for direction in the fourth hour of trade this friday the l.t.s. has been stuck in the red for much of the day whereas the my sense is just managed to edge a self into positive territory fright aidid trading live this hour moving on to the neighbors on the my sex and as you stocks all next gas problem is put itself into the black in the last few minutes of tried independent gas produce another tag is down after a positive. trade despite the company's gas reserves rising a sixteen percent last year and is also. change of fortunes will be today then zero down point eight percent. and here's what's going on in the exchange rate this hour the euro is trading just a notch higher against the dollar and by year the year of pay in the u.s. currency is all gaining a small fraction against the russian ruble. the commodity will get started with oil gold was trading this six week low it is indeed for the moment as

the now we're not and today we're talking about of lattimer putin's view on democracy during the last twenty years russia has been going through a democratic transition success has been made by the way wasn't easy and there were ranters true as the presidential election gets closer many speculate on how this process will continue if either of the candidates is elected this week the favorite in the race prime minister putin expressed his opinion in an article seen as part of his electoral benefit so is he planning to make russia more democratic and how discuss it with the head of the general political science department at the high school of economics mr coffee and mr schuster simon schuster head of the time moscow bureau. over the last two months russia has seen the biggest relish since the time of yeltsin an active electorate and they did political debate is what makes the current presidential race different from the previous two it all started with protests over the stay do my election results last december when the ruling united russia party won which triggered ballot rigging accus

closer the media hype around it grows a louder opposition blogger alexina valmy a harsh critic of lattimer putin has emerged as a darling of the foreign press and of all me is praised for his anti-corruption campaigning but it's his radical views and some nationalist comments that have gotten glossed over abroad as artie's and he said now way reports. he's the anti corruption crusader making waves in and outside of russia he's pushed for transparency and exposing multi-billion dollar homes in state projects into a political phenomenon blow good opposition dolling alexei devalued the often gets glossy coverage and is rarely asked tough questions by international media whether comparing the vile need to julian a son or calling him one of the most influential new political figures he's hardly challenge to prominently praised and very present at the used introduction that is the very basis of the political system we should work in phone go for he's not just point when speaking at rallies which has been after their biggest numbers in tech gates because it's got tell. him. these are the good guy

election around the corner but you won't find many pictures of the front runner on moscow's billboards lattimerputin's campaign is relying on the recognition he's already achieved but it's a different story abroad images of putin have appeared throughout london promoting a new book parties laura smith gauges the growing interest in russia's prime minister. russians a used to seeing putin in all manner of surroundings no sanely in top level meetings out in the wilderness and even singing to a hollywood crowds. but there are always new heights to scale and you currently find him looming large on a london icon the double decker bus. is coming it proclaims so may find the wording of the slightly sinister but it's all to do with a new book which analyzes putin the man not the politician the books the results of a six year collaboration between a british author and russian journalist alexander caught up put in is probably the most interesting police. in the world at the moment and yes the right people who feel him be violent towards the rebels who love him or those who do but the most important thing

closer the media hype around it grows louder opposition blogger alexei in a volley a harsh critic of lattimerputin has emerged as one of the darlings of the foreign press that all he is praised for is anti-corruption campaigning but it's his radical views and nationalist comments that sometimes get glossed over as art he's a nice in our way reports. he's the anti corruption crusader making waves in and outside of russia for his push for transparency and exposing multi-billion dollar holes in state projects to a political phenomenon blow good opposition dolling alexei devalued the often gets glossy coverage and is rarely asked tough questions by international media whether comparing the vile need to julian a son's or calling him one of the most influential new political figures he's hardly challenge to prominently praised and very present they used a small print production that is the very basis of the political system which would involve go he's not a scoring when speaking at rallies which has been at their biggest numbers in decades because it's got to tell. him. you know these are good guys

leaders have been targets of murder plot boris yeltsin mikhail gorbachev leonid brezhnev and of lattimer lenin all managed to avoid being killed thanks their security guards and intelligence services. assassination plots aside prime minister putin is gearing up for his presidential bid sunday publishing a latest article outlining goals for russia's future this time the focus on foreign policy the premier slammed u.s. efforts to promote regime change in the arab world. the recent events showed that the desire to impose democracy by force can and often does lead to opposite results leads to a rise in extremism which attempts to change the course of the country's development and secure rule putin also reaffirmed moscow's refusal to back the u.s. led drive to pressure the syrian regime to step down political analyst dmitri babich says the kremlin simply wants the international community to adopt a more balanced and case specific approach to solving conflicts i think the whole article is not anti western. we do know obviously want to cooperate with western policy he's just on hate people with

journalist and filmmaker sean ramsay and filmmaker and journalist politician and businessman of lattimer samantha banks was a pleasure talking to you in just a reminder that spotlight will be back with more first time comments found was going on and outside russia until then stay on russia today and take a. election fever hits moscow with just a month to go before the presidential vote as thousands are gathering gathering in the center of the russian capital to demonstrate. to the un expected to take action on the syrian crisis activists in the country crime massacre as hundreds are allegedly killed by government troops in a flashpoint city of homs. and violent protests against the police and the military government escalating current across egypt several people killed and hundreds injured plus. well news the very latest developments here on our table straight to our top story now and exactly a month from now russians will head to the polls to vote for the next president but this saturday in moscow tens of thousands are gearing up to demonstrate for derelictions as well as rally in suppo

very few people who would see as many horrible things about as i did as well but he once blamed lattimer putin for the death of his son alexander litvinenko but now the former f.s.b. officers bother to change his mind offering his own theory to explain what happened . plus the latest incident for the u.s. anti-corporate protesters face a heavy handed police response we ask how the occupy movement will cope with from a part they have occupied since early october. but before we get to that saturday was a day of demonstrations in russia more than two hundred thousand people gathered across the country voicing their political views ahead of next month's presidential vote two of the largest rallies happened in the capital was supporters and opponents of the car. leadership braving bitter cold to have their voices heard it was the third and largest opposition gathering after the parliamentary vote two months ago that protesters say was a break now their main demand is for their presidential votes and large political analysts to be true babbage says there is no split in russian society but the

journalist and filmmaker sean ramsay and filmmaker and journalist politician and businessman of lattimer samantha banks was a pleasure talking to you in just a reminder that spotlight will be back with more first time comments on was going on and outside russia until then stay on russia today and take a. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. of. the. russia's foreign minister warns of chaos in international relations saying moscow will block the new resolution on syria at today's u.n. vote while barack obama calls on president assad to leave right now. more than two hundred thousand people braved russia's bitter subzero temperatures to ensure their views on national politics are heard. we've seen people out on the streets demanding free elections insupportable the code russian government join me for more than a few moments. europeans demand free internet as people f

journalist and filmmaker sean ramsay and filmmaker and journalist politician and businessman of lattimer samantha banks was a pleasure talking to in just a reminder that spotlight will be back with more first time comments on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay on russia today and take a bite. mission creep going to take three years for charges three. three. three. three. zero three brought in video for your media projects free media r.t. dot com. tens of thousands of people braved moscow's bitter subzero temperatures to ensure their views on russia's politics are heard. protesters here came out in japan to ask their elections ahead of next month's presidential election i love the part of both good people gathered to voice their support for the current leadership. russia's foreign minister warns of chaos in international relations i think criticizes the new resolution on syria promising a security council detail of the vote next on saturday. and europeans demanded free internet people to flood the streets in protest against an anti r.c. ad being signed across the contin

non-farm payroll data later today so all eyes will be focused on lattimer right now investors aren't too confident as you can say moving on. the russian market is now that still blames the direction in the fourth hour of trade this friday bill t.s.s. been stuck in the red bull much of the day whereas the my sense is just managed to edges self into positive territory fright aidid trading at this hour moving on it to the movies on the my sax and as you stocks all next gas problem is put itself into the black in the last few minutes of trade independent gas produce another tag is down also a positive. trade despite the company's gas reserves rising sixteen percent last year and is also. change of fortunes will be today then no down point eight percent. and here's what's going on in the exchange rates at this hour here is trading just a notch higher against the dollar and by year the year of pain now in the us currencies are gaining a small fraction against the russian ruble. while the commodities will will get started with oil although it's trading their six week low it is indeed for th