that brings ours so a new political reality surprisingly it brings us to a reality where mr putin who is normally associated with sort of strong here on the sort of thing politics could in fact indeed inevitably carry out quite a liberal economic agenda i mean saying that the problem with the allies russia party is that it's not capable of reproducing itself ok it was all focused around mr putin using the job of the change of generations of course this is not the sort of radical change which people might have expected but united russia he's now becoming something similar to what the little democrats in japan are into what the p.r.i. party in mexico used to be that is to say it's the ruling party which is capable of reproducing a new generation of leaders this is really something new for russian politics columnist and political analyst told us the support received is justified. and really very few people doubted that the prime minister. as the move influential and the most popular political figure he is a charismatic leader is the understand and he has built up his two presidential

about that adrian do you think that the in the capitals of europe they're going to be happy to see mr putin back what you think about mr hope maybe i don't know for mr obama is going to be back in office what you think. well very much touted because they lasting impression. gave when he was last president was the security speech in munich in two thousand and seven when he was very blunt. not only. denounced american in germany but also essentially brand of the rest of europe is pretty much useless so i don't know we maybe that was a pretty good description i mean how things are played out right here and i was the munich conference i remember it extremely well i'd like to point out to my viewers that it was very well received here in russia is that russia will have its own foreign policy and not kowtow to the united states and other powers of united nations is the kind of reaction what you said earlier jonathan a lot of people in russia do not like how the libyan resolution was played out where you can just do whatever you want to abuse international law and still we saw a very strong strong

mr putin was made it very clear that he wanted a mr big bit of come back as prime minister with a new team now maybe kind of reading the tea. he leaves there mr medvedev whole modernization program will probably continue only as prime minister so some of the objectives that we saw that mr i'm a bit of it a lot of people in the west had hoped for maybe maybe too much or because they prefer the softer touch of mr mcbride of over mr putin but there is an obvious indication that the country has to continue modernizing it cannot continue with the same kind of political system and economic approach that it has had for the last decade. modernizing what have been modernizing the political system no there's been a reversion of the with the party to governors the raising of the threshold where they're not in the sense it's not it's not i want to make it clear as i said that's a that's a myth if it actually they are confirmed through local committees in each region but i allot of people would say that that was necessary to keep the country together that's part kartik part of the process of keepi

that they have right now and of course everybody wants to win as many votes as possible and solely mr putin is going to be their greatest cheerleader but you know that happens in politics all over the world you get a good face and it helps the party and this is what's going to happen right here so it has all to do with the parliamentary elections the what's the reason why it was announced today or this time period ok not after the parliamentary elections which could happen as well what do you think i could say ahead of the parliamentary elections that were perhaps just a little more of a smooth street for him do you think well what i'd like to see him do is maybe shake up some of the leadership in united russia ok and and i think they should have more people that are on the list to actually serve in the parliament you biggest would give people more confidence and we'll see if that happens but it doesn't get that sometimes to service people i mean i'm again i don't want to be super critical of united russia but it just hasn't stood out as a political force the very complaisant ok we've had a

actually more interesting because well mr straw can who was in your studio before me concentrated mr putin's role i would actually concentrate on mr mediators role in this new framework because firstly it is to me that it will bring liberal votes for the united russia party because he's of course associated with if you look literally john there and secondly those things which have been inserted into the russian political agenda such as political modernization and also economic modernization and innovation and innovation as these are things which are normally associated with mr medvedev name so if he becomes a reformist prime minister on this super popular president putin that brings ours so a new political reality surprisingly and brings us to reality where mr putin who. is normally associated with a sort of strong hand the sort of thing politics could in fact and indeed inevitably carry out the liberal economic agenda which will be carried out by labor it was going to. actually quite an interesting thing here. which i think i can see that ever more interesting given the circumstances now i'

yes, certainly mr. putinmic well-being of almost every individual russian, but, you know, politics is the art of what have you done for me lately. and in that sense, there are issues that are, today, a problem for the putin -- the future of putin presidency. >> if you compared putin with the current list of republican candidates, he's a swashbuckling heroes, hee fig fights bears, r horses topless. is there anything this current list of candidates could learn from mr. putin's playbook, do you think? >> in particular what they could learn is that theater is very important. and mr. putin, if nothing else, is very good at political theater. he knows his people, he relates to his people, he understands what plays well. and in that sense, i think he's done two things. he's done good theater, but he's also had a rather consistent message, and that message is, you know, i'm working for you, i'll fix your problems, and that has been pretty effective. as i say, however, it's not 100%, because the popularity of the gove

as a concert mr putin. could you give an example of any project that you are looking at now maybe maybe maybe you already know. the first project that will get money from you you know only three weeks passed from. thought through through three weeks pass and you know we got our two two thousand projects ideas. and we got it and we have it now website two thousand interest when five days which will which means to be hundred today exactly exactly and these are not only projects these are ideas these are initiatives because one of the most important things. we are. implementing not only good projects we would implement good initiatives for. making a comfortable medium business environment this is a very important thing with the money coming from what your resource base. first supporting the projects we are noncommercial than ization and there first the money would come from the michigan bank from the government from the from michigan and then it's a go it's a state bank. but it will be. none repayable on a num

that brings ours so a new political reality surprisingly it brings us to a reality where mr putin who is normally associated with a sort of strong here on the sort of thing politics who's in fact indeed inevitably carry out quite a liberal economic agenda i mean saying that the problem with the allies russia party is that it's not capable of reproducing itself ok it was all focused around mr putin's example this change of generations of course this is not the sort of radical change which people might have expected the united russia he's now becoming something similar to what the little democrats in japan are into what the p.r.i. party in mexico used to be that is to say it's the ruling party which is capable of reproducing a new generation of leaders and these these really something new for russian politics. and fred we'll get christian science monitor that letting a putin becoming president again may not be a bad option for the rest as they already know. people become more certain that there is one. paper the system of power in russia that it's here to stay with think that's what

why i think it's clear that the dead are far is junior to mr putin. we have told you one national leader which was very clearly demonstrate they want to do so i don't think that one could expect the two men to fight each other. now mind is vision for russia's future during that conference taxes for the rich tackling corruption encouraging big. but your assessment of what he said is a good way forward. while i think that this is a very good question many experts believe that we face and then the very bumpy road ahead of us and some quite radical maybe unpopular maybe even risky decisions have to be made and of course mr putin as a potential president of this country will have to be added to a part of his political capital whether he's ready to do that whether he's ready to take on popular measures or whether he is ready to confront opposition this is something that we have to see in future well i guess one of the big problems is the problem is for a signal most the rest the world as well in the financial global downturn and putin said the russians and

allude to may may i may stay on change i think also i mean i like them who did what was said by mr putin said with a new team of people because that's the next thing we need to kind of pick away because the crisis that the world is facing in every individual country spacing is nuance and it's different in different ways russia has to be worried about our moral price regime and things like this we're going to need to be able to act quickly and i would personally like to see some new faces in government when it comes to my company the new first government when it comes to part of the priorities of the government i lead let's listen to what the pressure of politics at university of texas adrian pasdar that's. one of the presidential election i think i would expect for some time but it's surprising is that the president has agreed to lift the forthcoming election to take surprise i think since july. given up fighting for the presidency. he was in some sense resigned to the fact mentor to. think it's clearly a shift in strategy comply with what's puzzling is try to implement. try to strengthe

to a level of seven percent grant and the same on the same day finance minister in putin's government mr couldn't so bad the next decade is going to be lost because of slow world g.d.p. growth people some are even expecting a crisis coming and how these two promise is compatible with my guess this is a misquotation really i mean it could do that wouldn't i mean cauldrons. misquotation because quillan said absolutely the opposite thing is going to be laws decayed for the world economy that is slumping into recession while he said nothing about russia so he said it would not be easy for russian economy for years in the context is the trasher is an exporting economy and our exports are much higher than our imports so there's a core that's the contre that adds to the global g.d.p. contrary a very positive. expert input balance in this case russia is the country that actually adds up to the global g.d.p. and it will not it's not going to face any major crisis of course there is a global economy and we know there a crisis in the euro zone which could easily cause the collapse of the whole euro

when i heard about the a dear of a mr putin of creating the edge and see it was. for me a. very interesting because it was what i really did for thirteen years. you qualified for the job because how do you go out and you just send an email or one doesn't do e-mail see his mail. it's sort of. contest throughout the world was a tender it was a tender. send by email. via. the they're all ours see the edge and see and etc and then on the twenty seventh of july. putting invited us and told the results tell me tell me what did you write to the prime minister how how did you impress him how you going to improve the investment climate in russia because i have been asking this question here in this studio for more than a year now but in very improving the investment climate what nots need in your approach there deal of agency and the met new managers from managers who would work in the agency they should be businessmen who will really created their own business because for businessmen to understand other business and is much easier then for our government authority for a government

and waiting for mr putin why because he has a good experience in government affairs. governing economy and x. besides that it was be very i was shocked if he wasn't. he commanded by a convention of our united russia as a candidate for presidency because the russian people now enjoy he enjoy his privileges of support of russian people i can say. he doesn't need any fights if occasion or. elect elect or process he doesn't need even using any administrative. resources to be to be elected because i would believe that there are russian people thought my expectation is not pleasant seventy parsons' how russians are full mr putin to be a president that's a different from a west causation he's a well established figure is the same that you began your answer that by saying that here wants to change wants you need to rx him but of course. well we're bringing back some of that's already been the president is the knowledge song this could be seen as russet stagnates saying politically and economically politically and economically but mainly my opinion is that russians are. connec

continued unchanged since the days of mr putin us president i believe. used by russia. we want our children's lives from need to be missile defense system based in europe it's not going to be used against russia. those conditions those demands are going to be continued. john laughlin from being cheered on democracy and corporation in paris so the international situation right here could see significant changes and a new elected russian president will have to that assertive to deal with them. there are differences there have been big differences between a few different hooted one of the. things that people usually said it is that he's moral put some up or a western both liberal and so on where scrutiny is more hardline that's not my view at all it's after all under a million which president stated life but the russian children of war was fought in two thousand and eight it is a war which radically change the balance of power we're going to review where as it was under vladimir putin to see that nato enlarged. and included former soviet republics like altered states and o

has continued continued unchanged since the days of mr putin us president i believe. used by russia. assurances from nato that the missile defense system based in europe is not going to be used against russia. those conditions those demands are going to be continued . can look went from being secured for democracy and cooperation and parents. station next year it's significant changes and a new effort of russian president will have to be a thought if they deal with them. there are differences there have been big differences between if and putin one of the. things that people usually said i mean if it's pretty small i could sum up bro western road liberal and so on whereas putin is more hardline that's not my view at all race after all on the media is where presidents have led the russian children of war was fought in two thousand to me to go to war which radically change the balance of power we're going i said media where as it was under vladimir putin as you see that nato is large to. and including former soviet republics states and of course made his famous question

and medvedev as you remember ten years back western journalists were asking the question who is mr putin you would be surprised by my age he is that today they were other themselves the same question it is not that he's the putin is a newcomer he's well known political figure but definitely he will fail to reinvent himself because he is. facing those challenges you are referring to with french or don't turn and stability is not only one of the basic ideas you see before the key words obviously would be growth and development but it is no put in of sort into if you are playing is known for being a no nonsense leader he's a strong leader you know some i said work a person through for example graco obama campaign on this issue of change he got to the white house and what changed nothing but these changes or what people expect results and putin is he the man in your eyes that can carry them out that's right brooke when you see he's strong leader we have preschool art with a protestant work we can find. his strength and i think that during his next term he will have to make emphasis on soft p

the soviet union collapsed and i can remember that statement that mr goodman i'm sorry mr putin said about the collapse of the soviet union was a calamity it was the worst crimea twentieth century he's always been this understood he said the humiliation that people had to go through the russians in kazakhstan the deal in the baltic republics you couldn't get them to go to their own country so i think really what you know him coming back on the stage is saying it's continued of course you try to. close the inside can you let's keep you here the are the studio will cross i want to say you couldn't make it i try over as we continue to observe the hard part is a lot of putting out making his second address so those people in attendance at the united russia party here in central moscow cascio good to see you. this is and of a long running guessing game any surprise to you. well hello and it wasn't really a surprise especially to john that there had been some interesting talk in the corridors people who were be announcement was made of course there will those who believe that maybe that it

the only problem is that mr. putin, rather than mr. medvedev, will be the official partner of the united states' president. that is important because in part the reset was successful because the name of the russian president was not putin. putin is now back. some people have to rethink what that means and how to address putin now in his capacity as not only the informal butal the formal leader of the russian federation. >> warner: angela stent, pick up on that in terms of how much business really was done between the u.s. and russia in the medvedev time? i mentioned a couple of things. and would putin continue to go down that path or do you think there may be a difference? >> well, i think we and the russians have common interests. we've managed to work on these since president obama and president medvedev were in office. you mentioned those. we have a new arms control agreement, cooperation on iran and the most important thing for the u.s. now is the cooperation on afghanistan. the more problematic pakistan becomes-- and of course you'

juggle both putin and medvedev and later method of press secretary mr prescott after the congress was. closed but they said that there will be a reshuffle of the government the government really needs a major reshuffle said so do you think that this. the next intrigue we will be following in russia what's going to happen to the governments of the ministers who will keep their seats well i would say that media pressure on yourself to be less conservative in terms of personnel avoiding reporting. has basically stayed with the same ministers during all of us can you as the prime minister and you know most of his term he also had to. be changed to the prime minister several times but he didn't change the minister in the surprise of the stay the same or all just met so some small changes so in general midriff is seen as a sort of a personnel reformer. it's just sometimes easier for him to fight people than for mr putin but i would also like to see you know there is a very contradictory. objectives that they are going pound and faces because i agree with igor one of our hand russian public

for a position in the next government on his own terms ok we have to remember mr putin knows putin is well was made but it does i mean this is a very small circle of people that know each other extremely well this could be some power play before we get started i'm a little surprised it's a bit early i think mr green was out of line in his comments we again will have to see if that russia's economy investment will suffer as a result and he should keep those kind of things in mind you have to be careful what you say well let's talk about convince past foundations now has been suggested the finance minister can have become prime minister back again to see exactly what i when i heard his remarks on sunday about he's making a bid to become prime minister in may and it looks like the job's already been given so a little bit of a total right here who says there isn't politics in russia i mean this is something going on here it's something behind the scenes it is not normal for any kind of governments like this and this is going to cause some turbulence here mr goodwin is going to get the sho

that brings ours so in you political reality surprisingly it brings us to a reality where mr putin who is normally associated with sort of strong here in the sort of thing politics coups in fact and indeed inevitably carry on with great a liberal economic agenda i mean saying that the problem with the allies russia party is that it's not capable of reproducing itself ok it was all focused around mr putin the to be example this change of generations of course this is not the sort of radical change which people might have expected but united russia he's now becoming something similar to what the liberal democrats in japan are into what the p.r.i. party in mexico used to be that is to say it's the ruling party which is capable of reproducing a new generation of leaders this eased really something new for russian politics. to cover time to get some insight and analysis from adrian pabst a professor of politics university and i thought it prudent becomes president it will have he will have to make an effort rather to attract money from abroad. i think for the best we will only be forthc

that brings ours so in you political realities surprisingly it brings us to reality where mr putin who is normally associated with sort of strong here on the sort of thing politics coups in fact. indeed inevitably carry out quite a liberal economic agenda i've been saying that the problem with the allies russia party is that it's not capable of reproducing itself ok it was all focused around mr putin the job of the chief of generations of course this is not the sort of radical change which people might have expected of united russia he's now becoming something similar to what the little democrats in japan are into what the p.r.i. party in mexico used to be that is to say it's a ruling party which is capable of reproducing a new generation of leaders these eased really something new for russian politics. just a bit earlier he was a political commentator also a member of russia's council for foreign and defense policy now as we continue all of our breaking news here at our to do a quick recap for you now the big news being that russia's prime minister vladimir putin will run for the

and then the energy sector can of him or longer sustain economic growth which is unnecessary for mr putin's regime to good. so printing needs to steer a different course. and financial. well he needs a professional political team and that's why government are so i. would rather people like the liberal government he had. his first and his performance will be much more has to be much different from why not. just just briefly before you go i mean they didn't run against each other there was a lot of speculation that they might maybe even of the party would be formed so that that could happen it also prized by by today by yesterday's announcement. actually was not. expected to. obviously have to do. the. you know. announced. change in the leadership now they cannot speak to must not. sure need and that's not what rush can afford to. run against each other and election of course would have meant an all out war between the clouds behind these two and one of the clients would have lost. both clients when the keeps for. those two. particular interests very good to get your thoughts on the program p

waiting mr putin why because he has a good experience in government affairs. governing economy and besides that it was be very i was shocked if he was. commanded by a convention of our united russia as a candidate for president because the russian people now enjoy enjoy his privilege of support of russian people i can say that he doesn't need to. elect. since he doesn't need. using any administrative. resources to be elected because all you would believe that russian people bought him my expectation is not pleasant seventy parsons' all russians are full mr portman to be a president that's a different from a western. he's a well established figure is the state that you began your answer by saying that russians here want a change you want a new direction but of course we're bringing back someone that's already been the president is that knowledge chance that this could be seen as russet stagnate saying basically and economically politically and economically but mainly my opinion is that russians are expected asians are connected is political stuff because. of lo

that brings ours so a new political reality surprisingly it brings us to reality where mr putin who is normally associated with sort of strong here on the sort of thing politics coups in fact. indeed inevitably carry out quite a liberal economic agenda i mean saying that the problem is russia party is that it's not capable of reproducing itself ok it was all focused around mr putin himself with this change of generations of course this is not the sort of radical change which people might have expected but united russia he's now becoming something similar to what the little democrats in japan are into what the p.r.i. party in mexico used to be that is to say it's a ruling party which is capable of reproducing a new generation of leaders of the east really something new for russian politics. to the breaking news here our breaking news for the past several hours we've been gauging reaction inside russia and all around the world to come over to catch up with word we're of the christian science monitor tells us that if putin becomes president again it won't be the worst option for th

and i don't care and you know what mr putin doesn't care a mystery but it doesn't care and the russian people don't care and that's what's most important about the standard in this type of political culture the. come into existence and two thousand citizens take care of themselves they think about their own wellbeing and that with the rest of the world thinks of them i think that's very important people about us across the many many thanks indeed for joining us don't go too far i want to thank you to our for now though let's continue here at r.t. and i cross over to our political analyst alexander a solar panel for more details on this. if you can hear me i'm just trying to establish a connection can you hear me yes i can super thank you very much for joining us this move and the timing of it something that was expected you think. yes i think it came as no surprise to. everyone in the country so we want to start saying that it happened and i'm just so just to make sure that the connection here is solid it seems likely that putin will become president then how would his leadership do yo

both putin and medvedev and later medvedev press secretary mr peskov after the congress was.closed for today said that there will be a reshuffle of the government the government we need a major reshuffle said so do you think that this is the next into. we will be following in russia what's going to happen to the government two of the ministers who will keep their seats well i would say that mean dataquest shown yourself to be less conservative in terms of person now than the volume of putin. has basically stayed with the same ministers during all he is to new as the prime minister and you know most of his term he also had to to he changed to the prime minister several times but he didn't change the meanest this is a surprise that stayed the same they're all just met so some small changes so in general . midriff is seen as a sort of a personnel reform and. it's just sometimes easier for him to fight people than for mr putin but i would also like to see you know there is a very contradictory. objectives that they're the tandem faces because i agree with igor on the one hand rus

to a level of seven percent but on the same day finance minister in putin's government mr goulden said that the next decade is going to be lost because of slow world g.d.p. growth people some are even expecting a crisis coming how are these two promises compatible isn't it well yes this is a misquotation really i mean it was moving i mean cauldrons i mean it's it's it's it's called haitian because i wouldn't said absolutely the opposite i think it's a go into the last decade for the world economy that is slumping in the recession while he said nothing about russia so he said it would not be easy for russian economy before us and he saw the context is that russia is an exporting economy and no exports are much higher than our important orders because that adds to the global g.d.p. . we know the country that has positive. export import balance in this case russia is the contradiction adds up to the global g.d.p. and it will not it's not going to face any major crisis of course there is a global economy and we know there are crisis in the euro zone which could easily cause the collapse of

mr. putin looks like he is on the campaign trail. recently, he has been revving up his profile. he has even been giving concerts. well, kind of. not to be outdone, this week, president medvedev went to the ballet. he does not look ready to exit the political stage either. his supporters are urging him to fish for a second term. >> he has every reason to be satisfied and even proud of his term in president -- of his term in the presidency. he has a very good record. we don't think that he would not run for a second term if it is available. >> less than six months ago, russians still don't know which of the country's two big fish will be angling for the presidency, will it be putin or medvedev? this big waiting game is making a lot people here very nervous. in the corridors of power, officials are uncertain who to side with and many investors are holding on to their money until there is clarity. is the question of who will run a red herring? the critics say that it will mask the truth, russians have no genuine political choice. >> this follows the same pattern of power. they have

being accused of putting trade before human rights and can you confirm that you will raise this with mr putin later and mr president if i could give you a question. can you explain why a british businessman should invest in russia when he faces the possibility of intimidation corruption and an inconsistent rule of law and finally mr cameron suggested this morning that the k.g.b. tried to recruit him on a visit here in ninety five. do you think he would have had a good k.g.b. agent. let me. answer that last question i think is no let's be clear about that. first of all on the issue of this issue hasn't been pock the fact is that the two governments don't agree we don't agree with each other about this issue and it's important issue to the united kingdom i'm not down playing it in any way william hague spoke to his widow before coming to russia it remains an issue between britain and russia and we haven't changed our position about that and the russians haven't changed their position but i don't think that means that we freeze the entire relationship what we should do is to mature and sensible