the russian president appoints former tax chief mikhail misha stint as the country's new prime minister after parliament overwhelmingly votes in favor of his candidacy. that's as western media suggest that vladimir putin's plans to do bold greater power to the russian parliament are part of a plot to stay in power 2024. and libya's rebel general reportedly agrees to abide by the cease fire currently in effect in the war stricken country it comes hours after president wants a turkey would be sending more troops to libya to support the un backed government . from moscow news headquarters where it's just past 4 in the morning you're watching international welcome to the program. russia has a new prime minister lawmakers approved the candidacy of mikhail misha stood on thursday with president putin then signing off on the appointment and it has got more on how the day unfolded. well it only took this country what was it slightly more than 24 hours to come from the point when the president proposed to tweak some elements of russia's constitution which by the way didn't automatically mean tha

russia has a new prime minister lawmakers approved the candidacy of mikhail misha stood on thursday with president putin then signing off on the appointment because got more on how the day unfolded. well it only took this country what was it slightly more than 24 hours to come from the point when the president proposed to tweak some elements of russia's constitution which by the way didn't automatically mean that the cabinet would have to step down to a moving towards the point when the russian state duma approved the name of the country's new prime minister that is mikhail so the result was $383.00 votes in favor about 40 abstentions and 0 votes again so this is the kind of backing the and coming prime minister is getting which is very important obviously in his position and clearly we were listening to his speech right before the vote which was obviously filled with quite a few promises so here are some of them. you see reproduced in my can do up to ensure you that all members of the new government carry personal responsibility for achieving national goals i know that some talks in thi

the cabinet please well sure the russian president vladimir putin he met with the prime minister mikhail misha stern and the new government was unveiled to the public all over the world but mostly it is the russians who were interested to see what changes and those are those words should say quite sizable changes the russian government did get a proper shake up or for instance some 13 people could not find a place in the new cabinet unveiled by mikhail and so a pretty that's a big deal for the russian government it is a big deal but the familiar faces the russia's heavyweights the veterans of the veterans of this of the trade i should say they did find they've stayed i have to say for instance the russia's top diplomat. he is staying so the all the western partners they won't be needing to get used to a new face there's a familiar one that will be doing all the talking on russia's behalf also russia's top russia's chief policeman kept his job as well as did russia's war chief sergei sure who he is staying he's keeping his ministerial job as well now as for those who lost their positions they w

the russian president appoints form a tax chief mikhail misha stint as the country's new prime minister after parliament overwhelmingly votes in favor of his candidacy. that's as western media suggests that vladimir putin's plans to devolve greater power to the russian parliament a possible plot to stay in power beyond 2024. and libya's rebel general holly for hostile reportedly agrees to abide by the cease fire currently in effect in the war stricken country it comes hours after president also turkey would be sending more troops to libya to support the un backed government. well those are the headlines and that's it for me for now jacqueline to go be here with you next hour to take you through the latest news.