the liberal democratic party of russia alexion two thousand to eleven party. he went on to talk further about the today's palm entry vote pulling no punches he referred to fair russia as the most corrupt party in the country and he also suggested the united russia the leading policy had been shown on television ten times more than the liberal democrats over the last four years so letting the media in some senses for the liberal democrats perhaps coming up short on what they had expected to gain in this election. but i think agree or disagree with him it's fair to say he always makes some point of making a very bright statement we heard that from testable bit earlier peter over live from the liberal democrats headquarters i just want to point out that so far over a hundred people have in fact been arrested in moscow as political organizations both pro-government and opposition tried to stage rallies on election day parties jacob greaves has the latest from central moscow. but as you said actually these opposition protests will be somewhat lost on the ground tha

the liberal democratic party of russia election two thousand to eleven on r.t. . well we had lot of nation and also he there referred to as a confrontational and occasionally controversial politician he wasn't letting anybody down this evening when he was speaking to journalists he pointed a finger squarely at a fair russia and called them the most corrupt policy in the country so always good for a quote you know he certainly never fails to entertain in one way or another peter all over a mile from the liberal democrats headquarters on election night here thanks pete for that update well over a hundred people were arrested in moscow as political organizations both pro-government and opposition tried to stage rallies on election day parties jacob griefs has been monitoring events in the city center. but as you said i see these opposition protests as we saw what grounds this radical nature throughout the course of the day there will be more individuals than say. a movement as such the less the less drugs were detained that's just. the credible zoners square a few of

the liberal democratic party of russia election two thousand and eleven r.t. . over out of michigan office he's often been accused of putting polemic before policies and he was speaking to journalists he certainly didn't pull any punches with his comments over these elections he accused fair russia of being the most corrupt party in the country and also suggested that the finger of blame could be pointed at the media saying that united russia had been shown many more times on television over the last four years than the lib dems he also suggested that the liberal democrats had the youngest base the youngest political base of any party in modern party politics so he's always good for a remark to the journalists pointing the finger of blame at this time right point i figure at fair russia like you said it looks like they are taking some of the votes from the liberal democrats again just preliminary results coming in here all over live from the lib dems headquarters thanks for that. now over a hundred people have been arrested in moscow as political organizations b

well the obvious part is the liberal democrats because if you look at the last twenty years the liberal democrats have in fact sided with the government. with the putin of. the vote they vote regularly for the government and for stability so they're for the liberal democrats would in fact be a natural partner. with. the liberal democrats you mentioned them the communists are unexpectedly high and low on the polls do you think that was predictable. that are predictable because the communists have a british strong base because if you look at pensioners you'd expect them to do well among the working class specially the industrial working class. some young intellectuals who look back to the past and say we would like to develop marxism develop socialism therefore the problem is with our souls constituency but they're basically not a ruling party. i think to me that imagery is of art and prime minister putin have both suggested that the ruling party should be modernized it needs reforms in order to avoid stagnation how do you see this initiative playing out over the next couple of years. wha

the liberal democratic party of russia election two thousand and eleven fund party. over one hundred of people have been arrested in moscow as political organizations both pro-government and opposition try to stage rallies on the election day drake agrees has been monitoring events in the city's center for us but as we said actually these opposition protests that we saw what law on the ground that's radical nature throughout the course of the day there will be more individuals than say parties of movements as such the less the less drugs were detained that's just behind me outside of the credibility of manners square a few of the numbers the table police this is a police tactic we've seen used throughout the whole day where one number of them are linking arms across the with over there and making sure really having them in and following these protesters towards the area that they want them mainly metro station this is after nine o'clock or nine o'clock or so it's the end of the day or science is not allowing for electioneering protests to take place but here it is th

it's hard to imagine also divided they're also divided first of all the liberal democrats are sure enough skew we shall need a liberal not democratic. very nationalist there front of their party. sure enough he is also anti communist. is coming together was you gonna fall for him is extremely difficult at the same time if you ask which party would be more eager to cooperate with the united russia then probably asking liberal democrats who number one for them it is easier to cooperate with the government so the other is to do they have a sort of history of cooperation for four years sometimes getting some material even benefits from from from this corporation and that increases their lobbying potential. so. this coalition is possible but even in this duma if they come together then they will not have the majority they can stop constitutional laws they cannot stop the. raima legislation if united russia party is disciplined disciplined and use said you personally as a political scientist as that i can do that to the to the duma you don't consider the results of the outcome of the election a

the liberal democratic party of russia election two thousand to eleven fun r.t. . top stories this hour naughty voting in russia's parliamentary election is over the main question is can the united russia party take over fifty percent of the vote will count. falling short with what looks like a significant drop in their share the common it's a second in the race and the liberal democrats third. iran's military forces say they have shot down an unmanned u.s. drone in the east of the country according to a state news agency incident follows this week's tensions over students storming the british embassy in tehran in response to fresh sanctions. expelling iranian diplomats in retaliation. and the un human rights commission of calls for international intervention in syria to protect civilians from the government forces but russia and china voted against the resolution condemning the violations saying foreign meddling will only cause more bloodshed. we continue with our coverage of the parliamentary election here in russia a little later in about fifteen minutes from no

. >> his decision has also angered the liberal democrats. nick clegg was noticeably absent from the chamber. there was fierce criticism from opposition labour leaders, who accused cameron of coming back with a bad deal for britain. >> this prime minister left britain alone without allies and influence. it is bad for business. it is bad for jobs. it is bad for britain. >> opinion polls show overwhelming public support for his actions. the prime minister was unrepentant, saying that he had acted solely in the national interests. >> we spoke earlier with our london correspondent. we asked him what impression the prime minister made during his speech. >> david cameron gave quite an assured performance. he brushed away most of the criticism, the heavy criticism that came from the opposition. he reiterated time and again that he had just acted in defense of the british national interest. he also showed a fighting spirit toward brussels, berlin, and paris. he said that britain might look very carefully at the actions of the newly created group of 2

thirty eight states the communist party ninety two states fair russia sixty four seats and the liberal democratic party fifty six theses of the early results of the davis states from the russian election committee and now of course the seats in the duma work on proportional representation say there is full parties that passed the seven percent threshold needed to get the seats in the duma then the seat in the duma correspond directly to the national percentage of the vote say at the moment the percentage is standard around fifty percent for united russia twenty percent for the communist party thirteen percent the thera channel eleven percent for the liberal democrat party you can see that united russia have lost their majority that they enjoyed to stay low under fifty percent of the moment compare that to four years ago when they had sixty four percent of the vote and held three hundred and fifteen feet in the g m a they don't need a three hundred to get a majority this time four hundred fifty feet in the chamber in total already there are tools that the forming of a coalition it does affect the

russian federation coming second are because with just slightly short of twenty one percent liberal democrats have one around thirteen point four percent and that russia party has more than thirteen per cent so they're very close the liberal democratic party of russia and russia and according to the polls the other three parties which were taking part in the elections haven't broken the seven percent threshold needed to secure seats in the newly elected lower house of the russian parliament just a short remind almost half a million russian observance was taking part in the selections and the over seven hundred international observers were also working at different polling stations across the country joining me live now is one of them klein a breast on the torn and observer from the united states thank you very much for joining us mr preston what is your general impression of how the elections in russia persist well from what i've observed and i went to a different stations in moscow in the moscow region were performing well because of the you know the. running of the election years without an

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losing a big share of its previous popular support because the second in the race with russia the liberal democrats also making it to parliament. out of ties with qatar after the russian ambassador to the country's assaulted by airport security the claims against the link to moscow's position on syria. how does global players make to decide the future of afghanistan and pakistan whose role is key to stability in the region point. its latest sign of islamabad relations with washington taking a turn for the worse off in a recent deadly every day on the pakistani border post. just twenty seconds away heated debate over the outcome of russia's parliamentary election and cross talk here on r.t. . well. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. and. the only welcome to cross talk computable about continuity and change united russia's long dominance over the country's electoral politics is set to undergo a significant transformation once commanding a supermajority able to change the constitution soon united russia will have to learn the poli

the liberal democratic party is last with 11.8%. putin visited his party's campaign headquarters along with president dmitry medvedev. >> translator: the election results reflect russia's status quo. >> translator: united russia needs to cooperate with other parties on complicated issues. >> united russia held a two-thirds majority of the 450 seats in the lower house before the election. this allowed it to change the constitution unchallenged. the results are widely seen as a precursor to the presidential election scheduled for next march. voters took their dissatisfaction to the streets. russian security forces arrested at least 170 opposition protesters. police arrested demonstrators in st. petersburg and in moscow. police had warned protesters about holding unsanctioned rallies. police moved in just as opposition supporters were about to start demonstrating. the protesters held placards criticizing the election as a farce. they want prime minister putin out. some opposition forces claim the election results are being manipulated.

we had a liberal democrat decide welfare reform, we have a liberal democrat deciding tax cuts. we have a liberal democrat signing balanced budgets. >> this virginia ballot issue is not going away. gingrich has already said that he will try to launch a write- in campaign to get on virginia's ballot. that might prove difficult. write in candidates are not allowed. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> not only is the economy a central issue, it may be a contributing factor to some sobering news about the nation's police force. we'll explain that ahead tonight. also, bold burglars caught on camera. >>> also ahead. >> everybody needs a little help sometimes. i'm beth parker. coming up, i'll tell you how one area county is assisting first time home buyers. really making it possible for them to get in the door. >>> and tonight on the news edge, there's a new push to move the redskins corporate head jury present quarters out of virginia and maryland and d.c. are going head to head in a battle force. the details tonight at 11:00.  >>> u.s. park police say good- bye to one of their own. fune

the communist party just under twenty percent that rush's got around thirteen percent of the liberal democratic party around eleven percent now the election commission actually come up with the early results as to how the ok out in terms of states in the duma right now united russia would hold two hundred thirty eight feet the communist party would hold ninety two seats parachute sixty four seats and the liberal democratic party fifty sixty feet can see that the united russia they it's in the lead has lost that a vote parliamentary majority that it enjoyed you compare the figures to four years ago that united russia had sixty four percent of the vote that gave them three hundred and fifteen seats in the state do a full hundred and fifty seats in total and this time around they did need it three hundred seats to have the majority back now of course the election process was what she extremely closely all day yesterday around the country both by observers from teaching policies and from international observers as well it's a day they've been giving that the fact that it's been mixed messages some

he's a leader of the liberal democratic. party of russia now it's often called a one a mad party is widely considered to be a show mad at his over his eccentric behavior and sometimes shocking political views for example he advocated forcibly retaking alaska from the u.s. and openly expressed his hatred of certain ethnic groups apart from that is it is often turned his words into action while on a lighter note says resting chopping i'm excited and was elected as a united russia deputy there's been no more pools in the state. fair russia is headed by he said again and as the name implies its platform is based on the principles of fairness freedom calling for the proper functioning of a welfare state. this is the usual working place of the deputy no bells and whistles just a mike and a device with which to vote but not all deputies are interested in the daily debates over bills last year a huge scandal emerge when it came to light that some deputies consistently missed sessions and simply asked their party colleagues to vote i

he probed the liberal democrat coalition over the prime minister's decision to veto the european union treaty changes. this is about 35 minutes. >> questions to the prime minister. >> i am sure that the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to sapper elijah bond of 35 engineer regiment, who died in queen elizabeth hospital, birmingham last thursday as a result of wounds that he had sustained in afghanistan. he was a dedicated and highly professional soldier, and at this tragic time we should send our condolences to his loved ones, his friends and his colleagues. we should send our condolences to his loved ones from his friends and his colleagues. >> this morning i'd meet with minister colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in this house i shall of further such meetings later today. >> richard fuller. >> trying to -- mr. speaker, the people of my consensual be disappointed this week's report isn't the financial crisis of the royal bank of scotland contained no provision for the criminal prosecution of the executive directors regulators and ministers for their failu

parliament and now we see that there are number three on the least and there it has all of the liberal democratic party which has won around twelve point seven percent according to the polls the other three parties taking part in the election haven't grocon the seven percent threshold russia uses a point at least for fortunately representation system in the state duma elections all in all four hundred fifty seats are at stake to be eligible for any since at all a party should take at least seven percent of the votes and if a potty breaks the beria that means that it will take the number of seats proportionate to a number of votes one now so far four parties are making it to the newly elected parliament to have secured a certain number of mandates in the new duma and these time the first time the lower house of the russian parliament is being elected for a five year term previously devotees were elected for only four years will be over forty on the latest as we're getting it here at the at the central election committee in mosco and of course we'll see how the parties have fared later through the

party have just under twenty percent fair russia starting at around thirteen percent and the liberal democratic policy at eleven percent now is proportional representation in the lower house of parliament that means that these full parties to deposit the seven percent threshold the number seats that they will get in the diva correspond directly to the percentage of the national vote is why this figure is poor since the russian election committee has actually released early numbers of what the seats in the team a kid play outside and the need to make it look like this united russia with two hundred thirty eight seats the communist party with ninety two seats sarah she was sixty four states and the liberal democratic party with fifty six seats now you can see old a united russia in the lead it has lost its majority compare that to four years ago when it had sixty four percent of the vote that gave it three hundred and fifteen seats in the stadium a full hundred fifty seats in take two they don't need a three hundred to get a majority so it does seem that they've they've lost the majority we've se

share of its previous popular support the communists a second in the race with russia and the liberal democrats also making it the party . as global players meet to decide the future of afghanistan and pakistan whose role is key to stability in the region boy. it's the latest sign of islamabad's relations with washington taking a turn for the worse following nato deadly air strike on a pakistani border post. a moscow downgrades of promoting ties with qatar after the russian ambassador to the country is assaulted by airport security reclaims the incident could be linked to moscow's position on syria. but international pressure mounts on syria to auntie's other bennett talks to want to britain's foremost journalist jonathan steele from the guardian newspaper for his take on possible solutions to the country's political crisis. i'm joined by jonathan steele former chief correspondent of the guardian newspaper and now a commentator on international affairs jonathan thanks for speaking to r.t. europe now the u.k. recently been approached by the king of jordan to spearhead a diplomatic offensive agai

communist party just under twenty percent fair russia just around thirteen percent and the liberal democratic party eleven percent now they've actually given the numbers as well for how that could play out in the seats in the duma and it's looking at the moment like united russia could hold two hundred thirty eight seats the communist party ninety two seats there russia sixty four states and the liberal democratic party fifty six days now of course the final count for the votes still going on but you can see that the united russia does seem to have lost its majority in the state duma four hundred fifty seats in the day where it would have needed three hundred to get majority held three hundred fifteen for you compare the results at the moment so what we saw four years ago then they had sixty four percent of the vote so you can see the last public support there at the moment we've also got a news conference going on where the international monitors adjusting the press and telling them their results for monitoring yesterday's faten process we know the more or less if they did go ahead fairly sm

communist party with just under twenty percent fair russia with about thirteen percent and the liberal democratic party is about eleven percent of that. proportional representation in the state duma say the number of seats of the parties will get is directly corresponds to the percentage of the national vote that's why this figure is the same potent and the election committee has actually given early results of what the seats in the dream are could be a poor proportioned like a united russia at the moment voting two hundred thirty eight seats the communist party ninety two fer russia sixty four the liberal democratic party fifty six seats in the stadium and of course the vote counting still continuing the you can see the united russia was it remains on top has lost study room majority had four hundred fifty seats in the state duma were up for grabs they don't need three hundred to have a majority they held three hundred fifteen previously you can get the figures at the moment to what they have four years ago that then they go sixty four percent of the vote so they have lost that majority of cours

thirteen percent to go only got a little over eight percent for the election before and the liberal democrats did pretty well too they ended up with eleven they had about eight point one the before so at least it's go back here i mean i've talked to a lot of my friends this morning and i talk asked about their friends and the communist vote is very interesting you know twenty years after the end of the soviet union they get twenty percent of the vote that a protest vote certainly a lot more people voted this year as a protest it's known that on facebook there were a flash mob set up to send a message to united russia the communist vote is difficult because truly if you speak to some of the older population they really do miss that era they have huge nostalgic sentiment towards the communist era they look up to the gun of who is the leader of the party how. how natural that vote is it's hard for me to say i don't know if it was a protest i do have some friends that did vote for the communist party as i just as many friends as a protest who voted for yabloko or for it not the liberal democrats

year that is there was promises made to young people about tuition fees particularly by the liberal democrat party and their leader nick clegg promising to to get rid of chu issue fees which are now running at something like three thousand pounds a year students have to get into debt to do an education to get a decent education in britain and actually behind the scenes all the time nick clegg and the liberal party had done a deal with the conservative party that they were actually going to increase tuition fees so no wonder young people actually feel betrayed many of them voted for the liberal democrat party in the first time they were ever allowed to vote here in britain and actually found a deal or been done behind their backs now these youngsters are not stupid they can see when you've got a crooked corrupt and rotten political class and it's about what i would call kind of checkerboard politics where you've got all the three main political parties have something going for them however small tiny on a large majority of what i was political parties are doing it why don't you hear from barr

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we had a liberal democrat decide welfare reform, we had a liberal democrat deciding tax cut. we had a liberal democrat sign four balanced budgets. i think that's pretty effective conservatism. >> woodruff: the man now sharing the lead in iowa is texas congressman ron paul. he had no campaign events today. but his strong organization may give him a leg up in next week's caucuses. the other leader in iowa polls, former massachusetts governor mitt romney. he spent most of the day in new hampshire where he's well out front of his rival. before leaving for the hawk wi state and another push there. >> i don't have any expectations. i don't really jump into the expectations game. but i hope to do well in every state in the nation. >> reporter: meanwhile as the republicans traverse the iowa countryside their commercials are racing ahead of them. >> congressman get $174,000 a year. you get the bill. >> reporter: according to the des moines register, rick perry has spent almost $2.9 million on ads in iowa this month. >> gingrich. newt has a ton of baggage. he was fined.... >> woodruff:

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but it worked and we had a liberal democrat decide welfare reform, we had a liberal democrat decide tax cuts and to seen four consecutive balanced budgets. that is pretty -- . >> now, this ballot question is not going away any time soon. the republican party in virginia issued the decision last week on december 24th while perry's suit is moving forward. gingrich has said that he'll try to launch a writing campaign to get on this virginia primary ballot. that appears to be a dead end. when you look at the laws in virginia governing how they get on the ballots, they're just not allowed in virginia. >> all right, going to be interesting to see how it plays out. tom, thank you. >>> >> four maryland teenagers are facing arson charges. they stole marine flares from a wal-mart in frederick and used them to set two garages and a wooden deck on fire in the villages of urbana -- urbana neighborhood. all four were released to the parent's custody and charges will be referred to the state department of juvenile justice. >> a teenager accused of exposing himself in the parking lot of a virginia reta

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under fifty percent of the vote the communists came in second but third place by russia with liberal democrats on the fold police the three other parties failed to get the required percent of the votes needed to get seats in the duma now those not yet final but the results indicate that the party which has crushingly dominated the country's politics for years now is on track to lose its two thirds majority in the duma for comparison in the two thousand and seven elections united russia got sixty four percent of the vote and now it failed to get the constitutional majority and also it didn't get that all important fifty percent mark which is of the so-called psychological barrier to say the top of the country is on the side with you that means that the ruling party will come to learn to find compromises with the political forces in the country and maybe pull my polish and with that and not the policy or even qualities that united russia still bra's have already said that they're willing to form polish and in this do it all on monday evening in mosco several thousand protesters took to the stree