book and you will see it for yourself would you predict that after the you know if you're asian mrs putin will be back to play first lady again i think absolutely yes why not. chris a you said i get you that you had a problem finding a publisher for this putin book and only mr carter poll helped you out why didn't the u.k. publishers buy it what i mean i mean because of the book or all you needed like the energy of mystical of coal and these know how to help you're writing it and then further selling it i mean how did that work with with with all due respect to mr grubb go it was about the book i mean there was a major british publisher that wanted the book but when they went to the chairman he said no if we write a book that offends putin we will not we will never sell another book not only in russia but in all the old soviet union satellite states. and they were afraid that it would ruin their business so all the british but publishers unless we produced an anodyne book the didn't reveal anything and they didn't attract putin's attention i believe this book certainly has then then they

from ation about about vladimir putin well mr mr hutchinson has admitted in one of his previous interviews that that the sources were so good that as early as in two thousand and five you chris knew that putin would step down as president in two thousand and eight and then would become prime minister and return to the kremlin in two thousand and twelve now later mr hutchings also said that he had so much to tell which was not told before because people he interviewed worse care and so what information have you have you discovered what were the people that you interviewed can you tell us of the wherry lives yes it was a very wide selection of people i learned that he was going to step down in two thousand and eight and become president again in two thousand and twelve in two thousand and six in a london square from a man who is very close to him and remains very close to him and called me a few minutes before this interview which you toward me. well what i said but he has given me a lot of information which i believe came from mr putin himself but when you ask about the sources i went far a

this book is an end to become a part of mr putin's apology. our apology for what it is that i think i think the english korean used to say or it is believed that she used to say that she never apologizes and i think if the queen doesn't i think why put insured. in this book you say putin is the most interesting man the most interesting politician on the world stage today could yes if i want to what you want to sounds and what's so interesting for you a russian proud about about your president well first of all let me tell you about not long ago i was in the philippines i was on the island of mindanao which is obviously worlds away from russia and i was an information about putin's someone when you were out i was talking to. a man who named long time ago still in the late soviet union these he named hughes school football team sputnik after he did that to coca-cola truck arrived with a portable movie screen showing the horrors of the soviet life but that's another story so i asked him what russian words does he know obviously apart from sputnik

take place but not for the reason mr putin is a different mr put in comparison with mr putin ten years ago or all ago or in comparison with mr mineta the changes will quite naturally take place for the simple reason russia is changing of the they were all this changing one has to go to to adopt the foreign policy of russia according to these changes but i do not see any crucial differences between mr putin and mr midriff in terms of foreign policy and bill russia has been our strategic partner and will continue to be a strategic partner after a visit to minsk the next foreign visitor of the new russian president will be will be to berlin and paris why these capital is do you think that kremlin once again is thinking in terms of the of the moscow berlin paris axis that used to be functional in the in the beginning of the century two thousand and three is something that well i don't like your we end the lies in the things that i believe that the reasons are both political and practical as far as i am and for the good the trip of mr peter putin will be even longer and will include several

only decision which could have been taken by by mr putin to be his first official visit to belorussia not to the united states of america or elsewhere you mentioned the discontent moscow's discontent with some moves by mr shanker but this they do came. often during mr medvedev presidency during the last four years but many people say that as it became obvious that putin will become russia's next president the relations with belarus started to improve is this true. no no i don't believe that you know people hold astroid two to find a certain difference is crucial differences between mr mir different mr putin between mr putin's foreign policy and mr milledge of foreign policy this is not this is not fair i believe that the foreign policy of russia has kept its continuities during mr medvedev years in presidency and i do not expect any big changes in the foreign policy approaches of mr putin they will definitely take place but not for the reason mr putin is a different mr put in comparison with mr putin ten years ago or all ago or in comparison with mr mineta the changes rule quite natur

i think both mr. putin and mr. f will have another try to try to convert the russian economy within the next few years. >> rose: this is because you know the ipcoming president, vladimir putin, because you have had conversations and transactions with him, the impression in america is that he is surround by a group of former kgb colleagues and that's who is running russia. is that true? >> no, i wouldn't say so, no. of course, mr. putin is famous for being very faithful to his friends. that's true. but -- >> rose: so was mr. yeltsin. >> but flotall his friends are rich, and not all of them are in business. >> rose: but some of them are. have gotten very rich. >> yes, but there's nothing wrong with having rich friends. >> rose: well, but there's nothing wrong with using the power of the state to make your friends rich. >> i think that's-- i think mr. putin doesn't have his children or daughters running alleged companies or things like this. >> rose: nepotism, we're talking about a number of people who have gotten enor

he is the ninth or tenth leader to fall since the financial crisis we see mr putin returning because of the stability i was country i just went through dispersed any doubts of election fraud because i was there for twenty seven hours i was part of the election committee of one of the regions in moscow and i can tell you this this was one of the most transparent elections one has ever seen really you know this is you know sophia i mean i don't want to get overly political on this day of celebration for mr putin but you know going yesterday seeing the protesters yesterday they're the most undemocratic elements in russia today because they do not agree with the outcome of an election democracy means fifty percent plus one ok if you disagree with it then you're disagreeing with the process so i guess it's a good thing that we have the last part of it it's very important to protest leaders all over the world have to listen to what the people want even minorities ok as long as it's done peacefully without applying let's talk about insiders leave the politics aside for a second and go to wh

of the eight largest economies and we have a very difficult economic situation in the world maybe mr putin was anxious that the europeans will be asking for loans from russia and didn't want to give them loans i'm speculating i'm not being serious right now but the fact that the first major foreign visit of mr putin is going to be to china indicates we're at what i've been through. what they call the union state clearly it is in russia it's called so use the. joint venture and this is a visit that will probably outline the ways for the worse for integration biller us into russia but the real foreign visit that puts in starts his third term is to china and that should be taken as a note as as a hint for the direction of mr putin's foreign policy because biggest china is the number one his national rival for the u.s. to his china is a rising power. it is a game of words whether we call it a rising superpower china's g.d.p. is as large as ten trillion dollars while the u.s. g.d.p. is fourteen trillion and the chinese. economic growth is eight nine ten percent a year so it is a matter of time

mr putin who i'm told reliably in my is of course on his way he'll be arriving very shortly. beautiful day for it as well looking at the weather. but it was tops off a splendid day like this is of course it isn't ready to go. the weather today lovely for absolutely couldn't be a better but. you know it's very interesting thinking you know these two men that have been the center of russian political life and they've known each other for over twenty years we've called it the tandem and it really is a tandem because now we're going to have the other part of the tandem coming back. over the last four four years if if there was any friction between them but you know i mean they're different men they're different men from different generations and they may have different outlooks but i think they have the national interests of this country at heart so i think that is the biggest difference here is. that amir putin. of course the kremlin is no stranger to him. on what he's thinking i think you know i think he's got a lot on his mind i mean the first eight years when he was president

will people will not return to that chaos and that's one of the reasons why they voted for mr putin pause if i can take a phrase from on reagan we are you better off today than you were four years ago a lot of russians will say yes actually and as we've been reporting on the protests a lot of the people that were protesting over the last few months have benefited over the time that putin putin back in office which is since he's been around. from the national television feeds what's going on here now. showing us. shots of kremlin inside but from what i understand let me put it in and you have to go out to the cathedral square where the presidential regiment is awaiting for both of them and this time by the way when will revive the presidential regiment just to which you know i can bet you that you know they're going there together and then the next big piece of news political news coming out of this country is the new government and we're going to be looking at who's going to stay because there are a lot of people in russia quite honestly would like to see some new faces on the question bu

much about it in of course we know in western capitals and some people are watching seeing what mr putin is going to do now with a lot of people talking about how well the reset quarter quote reset continue with the united states i've always believed it was kind of a p.r. stunt i never believed in the reset because the united states and russia have mutual interest they have also things that they disagree on ok that's called the nation's foreign policy my thing mr putin will continue the course what we've seen over the last four years which he has actually established during his presidency during his eight years in office ok vladimir putin has gone through st andrews an exam designed to st george's reception holes of the ground. there this year the national flag and presidential standard carried with him over to the should value. so help you know. yeah it seems we're seeing restrictions you really are a nice guy viewer is brutally honest so when you were here in russia new president it seems like yesterday almost four years of the you and i was sitting here actually took us a day or two t

is with the leadership of putin that it's only one british politician that is complaining about mr putin coming to london i think i think they're very worried about putin's leadership of the russian federation because it is the only real guarantee and that's what the russians say themselves is the only guarantee against the spread of fascism across the world those who are spreading fascism in the vanguard is britain mentioned just now with a live picture often politicized with many boycotts of the past are they think an appropriate way of dealing with political problems. i don't think it's necessarily appropriate but it's always the case isn't the olympics olympics are supposed to be out about developing friendship between nations but this is this is a nonsense i mean i'm reminded and i think a lot of people in the generation of the sixty's were inspired by the black power salute of tommy smith enjoin call us so that for me was a very inspiring moment probably the most inspiring moment in sporting history and it's always politicized and this is always the way it is. if you don't get tick

mr putin already busy though setting out his strategy for the next six years while parliament is set to vote on former president medvedev scandal to see as the new prime minister expect to explain what changes are in store for russia let's not talk to. starting a life by force now in central moscow distant to see you peter mr putin has already settled into his new job a familiar job at that but he has been busy outlining his policies hasn't. called president putin has signed say a series of strategic orders chiefly among these concerning foreign policy looking at the proposed u.s. on time missile defense shield now he's ordered the foreign ministry to demand from washington written confirmation that any missile sites won't be targeted out of russia vladimir putin also saying that the start treaty must be and he had to close it a home among the series of of orders there was signed concerned bills to tackle corruption in russia by making bureaucrats to clear all of their income as well as trying to increase transparency through the the use of the internet using the internet for such a

this is the first major event mr putin recited over since his return. then maybe in some ways quite fitting this is an event for all russians whatever your political persuasion wherever you are whatever your income your clients were everywhere this is one of them that already made enormous progress. if you find i have few words about those fearful significant sunny day on himself. into a crowd got a missile systems we call them bugs that this was. all sort of made that it is a safe one to break down. become by both fire power problem guns actual not use them. know next to these ones aren't. and so the four hundred twenty. known as the next one one road. user driven effect and their profit system so they can gauge targets and all kind of. it ranges up to four hundred kilometers would be a ballistic missiles from behind her sonic missions and. also being over effective against twenty countermeasures not in the numbers. i mean where x. is going to fix. things. welcome or something we're going to gauge up but it's part of it and. it's. the sides of this par

this is the first major event mr putin presided over since his return. then maybe in some ways quite fitting this is an event for all russians whatever your political persuasion wherever you whatever your income your clients were everywhere this is one of them that all. enormous pride. if you if i may a few words about those vehicles if you can see they are self-propelled into a crowd got a missile systems we call them bugs that this was. all sort of made as a safe one to break down. they come by both fire power problem guns actually use them. know next to these ones are. sort of four hundred twenty. known as the x. twenty one roller. stream effect and their profit system so they can gauge targets all kind of part of its range up to four hundred kilometers would be a ballistic missiles than the hypersonic missiles and. also they are effective against employment health measures not and. anyway x. is going to and. they have been walking more severe weather than going to gauge up for the six part it's and. besides that this particular. we happen to see some

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certainly this is nothing like the result that mr putin was four years ago when he was in fact that prime minister and when he was supported by the overwhelming majority in the duma deets you and mentioned president's new president vladimir putin they're trying to you think the relationship between putin and made good will change or will it change it all now that they seems that they will see till the end of taking over as prime minister and president well you know mr putin has made some very ambitious plans yesterday he plans to raise the salaries by fifty percent by the thousand to eighteen new the end of his term he plans to create by that time twenty five million you'll drop since the country if you plan to still have ninety percent of all their important medicines to be produced in russia domestic so these are very ambitious plans and a lot of them will have to be implemented by mr medvedev so i don't expect them to be arguing ideologically up but i think there will be a very tough job ahead of them to feel what mr borden sees as his vision for his new dramas president ok to meet you

but certainly both mr putin has changed and the russian society has changed when putin first came to office russia was looking for a new or leader tonight to come. on board behind mr and during his first suit now that russian society is much more frequent it's a lot of different interests the social stratification it is much more that front and now mr putin has many different expectations which are complex sure so it will be very difficult for him of course to be mean it is above the three in there with these huge popularity reads he will more to now into a typical western style british and. well can hand over some positive things to part of society but he is recent by others so russia turns into a new chapter of its critical development and it might well become much more like a european countries in the next years where as you mentioned you bring to light the issue as you were saying about a fragmented population here in russia we have seen many demonstrations against parliamentary elections and putin's government since last december more violence yesterday but how do you think putin

the end of taking over as prime minister and putin as president well you know mr putin has made some very ambitious plans yesterday he plans to raise the salaries by fifty percent by the year two thousand and eighteen is the end of his term he plans to create by the time twenty five million you'll drop since the country if you plan to still have ninety percent of all their important medicine to be produced in russia domestic so these are very ambitious plans and a lot of them will have to be implemented by mr medvedev so i don't expect them to be arguing ideologically up but i think there will be a very tough job ahead of them to feel what mr borden sees as his vision for his new dramas president ok to meet you bob which thank you very much for joining us of course we'll keep you up to date on exactly what's happening in the russian parliament right now as you say as it stands at the moment the communists as they are russia saying that they won't vote for the kind of the see all of the meat you may get at the prime minister whether it seems that that wouldn't be enough to stop dead o

i wonder if what we think about this decision by mr. putin, tho will that affect

i wonder if what we think about this decision by mr. putin, tho will that affect relations? >> i'm happy to address those. captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac

and this of course is because mr. putin is not a legitimate of a legitimate election. and just a few word on what did happen in march. the vote was unfree and unfair on so many levels it's hard to know where to begin. all the way through the process. and the only genuinely opposition candidate was removed arbitrarily by the authority from the ballot. all television, national television, was and is under total kremlin control. there was a monitoring study that showed that 72% of all air time during the campaign was given to putin and 28% was split up between his four nominal competitors. there were harassment and attacks on election monitoring groups and of course numerous violations on voting day itself. as if all the above were not enough, all the usual tricks of ballot stuffing and rewriting of protocols. the carousel voting, when large groups of people are bussed around from one place to another, voting several times. by some estimates in moscow there was by estimate from independent poll monitors up to 20% of people and these are not people registered to vote at th

even happy that russian media is a lot more critical of the government and policies and even in mr putin himself which is something relatively new it's self-censorship more than anything else but i think it is a evolving putin it's not a new one or an old one but every politician has to keep up with the time speech talked about his five top priorities just go through the first of all continuing positive demographic trends that was a problem a couple years ago it has turned a corner yeah but if you talk about demographic change you would have to have jobs have to have education you have to have infrastructure you can have the baby yet you have to follow up and this is a plane where you have to deal with security you know we have the situation in the caucuses always there with us unfortunately terrorism is not a foreign idea here also job creation i mean we have young people going into the marketplace not looking at workers in a traditional sense we're looking at high tech and you need jobs that challenge people and they keep people here as well and paid well ok that's something that's goi

she's gotten out of the limousine with mrs. putin and holding hands walking across the national mall at the national book festival, an event dedicated to the idea of an open access to information and freedom of speech. being able to be there and witness that sort of moment was very humbling. i learned a lot about what it means to be respectful and present in the moment. mrs. bush always had this great talent for creating a very special aura around the people who she was meeting this. here she is with a navajo elder in arizona. this little boy, kent morrison from the make-a-wish foundation, his wish was to meet with mrs. bush. and it was the sweetest little moment, just playing with kaleidoscopes in the diplomatic reception room with his little sister rachel. visiting the wounded in walter reed. as a white house photographer, i was always aware of the fact that i was part of the gray area between public and private and i was there as one of the witnesses, and to honor. but i was also sometimes an intruder. i felt very responsible for

again energized because people get a look at this and say oh this is not what we bought into with mr putin because this was the one nine hundred ninety s. this is the one nine hundred ninety s. people don't want to go back there putin will comment on it tomorrow and elsewhere in moscow supporters of the government and political establishment have been marking the anniversary of the popular front movement created by alleging that puts in last year our correspondent you know go scope was there. within supporters of course are pro primarily those who are comprising the popular frauds which is the liberating it's one hears that a verse three today the organization was formed all the initiative all that's been put in in order to bring together all those who were not participating in any political parties were not members of any political parties but still won just at one point maybe to make a sort of a political statement those people were all gathered under the umbrella all of the popular front and a lot of them were here today to have the flags there saying victory and woods in together becau

can jump in anytime you want on the course of i go to you first in new york before we get to what mr putin may do or may not do over the next six years how would you characterize that the coverage of the russian political scene and the presidential election specifically over the last few weeks and months. i think generally speaking there is there's a you know russian bias if you look at the coverage over the last you know year leading to the election and you know this goes back to this historical roots starting with the you know the great britain and the. crimean wars and the. english afghani wars so this is clearly you know a bias that we always seen in the media starting in the u.k. and to some extent in the u.s. you see a lot of negative bias and i think that even if i know it's regrettable to say what you and your brain say with you new york i mean but let me get more specific than i mean i think you're right i mean it goes back and i russian ism is something part and parcel of western political culture but in this election it's extremely anti putin they just don't like this man. yeah