ok let's just check in at what's happening at pushkin square it seems to be the place to be our opposition rally going over its permit police clearing this square there are conflicting reports the latest is that opposition leader really the face of the opposition the newest face the next a lot of wiring that he has been arrested over earlier it was reported that was the case and then it was reported he was still there are in fact in the fountain basically demanding that a sit in the house being gone so a lot of unclear. kind of reports about the situation on push to open still inside the receiving line here. sure as we can see some of the cold reading clearing here clearing people away it has to be said it doesn't look to be odd but access to the news was here when i. just looked at me and he particularly violence going on you can see a. lot of police. cars and if you can move the camera and i think this is one of the security cameras. and security cameras it might move doesn't look like it's going to at the moment small talk show to come we can only tell you what you're seeing on your scr

court action was taking place in the pushkin square square where they are deployed most of the military and the police forces and in fact the volley of the rest of the protesters the organizers they were on the pushkin square square as were some of the nationalist that were standing basically couldn't go away but. no movement of theirs seemed to be harmful in any way to the peaceful. people who were just passing by the streets anything i thought why defeated the only time we actually seen arrests were the protests that took place to correctly after the elections the . peaceful apolo peaceful why aren't these kind of directly the night after we're seeing kind of less people of course detained after the parliamentary elections but why is it that the bigger meetings here have actually thousands of people seem to be more peaceful i think that if you have one hundred thousand people outside on the streets then it's going to get a little hard to arrest any of them because there's just so much of them they have this critical mass where they become so sort of legitimate in the eyes of the power

square in front of the kremlin but this very same time when the opposition was protesting at the pushkin square square. fifty thousand people were here to support but didn't put in to congratulate him with a victory and this was not a rally it's all this is more like a celebration proxy with pop star star forming from the state and people expressing their delight over. victory the prime minister himself was here twenty four hours earlier on sunday when all the polling stations closed across the country and he was very emotional too thanking the people for the support and expressing his outmost delight at gaining this overwhelming victory in the very first round of the election making a second round runoff completely impossible so then what about the other candidates in the election and how did they take the outcome. most of them reacted positively and congratulated like even put in of all his victory and in fact they held a meeting with the prime minister which he inspired and they had a long conversation they have all of them except for you know he's a god of the leader of the communist party

people are fighting for rights. >> the choice of pushkin square was deliberate. >> i would come here to see a very small numbers of dissidents. they were protesting against the communist government. now there are tens of thousands of people in the square. >> this is the kind of thing that has infuriated the crowd. he is accused of organizing buses yesterday, from one polling station to another to vote again and again. the man that they presumably voted for was celebrating today with stars backing his campaign. he has said it was open and honest. i put it to a strong ally that this was phony. >> this was -- same time. very simple thing. even demonstrators know vladimir putin, most popular figure. >> 250 were arrested. alexey navalny has been released. it will be a long battle here. >> you are watching newsday live from singapore and london. a growing call for change causes a great turnout in the indian elections. >> the u.n. sets to preserve one of the natural wonders of the world. >> let's look at the stories making headlines. we start with obama reassuring netanyahu. he is trying to

how you look at it you know to argue with him just bring us up to date you obviously were at pushkin square you have yes tell us recently just about what what you felt about tonight's program will we see more more specifically is it still going on there we're hearing a big nothing going so i think it's dissipating but i know. well i've also been to suffer a protest which was and december twenty fourth that one was. interesting because the tensions were really high because that was the first protest where you really saw sort of forces that have never been together like black nationalists like for you know and people like that stand next to and speak you know right next to two liberals and there is this profound. discomfort with that i think that both sides are no figuring out how to work with each other tour i'm going to actually spoke at this rally as well but you could see he tone down his rhetoric you could see that the nationalists are trying to find ways to create some sort of probably short lived alliance with the liberals in order to to demand fair elections. and the rest michael said

all police report that monday's protest rally together to around fourteen thousand people on pushkin square that's less than in the rallies in december when up to seventy thousand took to the streets following the parliamentary vote many explain the numbers as a reflection all but the communist candidate acknowledged the results of the vote a clear sign that the changing political landscape in russia has little room for revolution which he did in the direction of on our t.v. screens. but the matter portends victory was widely expected not only in russia but internationally too but american media was keen to report a legit voting fraud even before the ballot itself our correspondent in washington got an answer to karen tells us the reaction across the atlantic to the decision made by the russian people even before the election the american audience were primed to believe that the presidential vote in russia had to be a fraud is this one going to be worth a read in the west or call a free and fair election. it seems are highly unlikely that it will be a free and fair election in our sense of

the streets tonight of moscow pro and anti-government protesters some of the protesters at pushkin sky square about eleven thousand or so signed up on hump facebook much less than the previous protests we saw where we saw up to you know fifty thousand to maybe one hundred thousand come out onto the streets of moscow they're claiming this mode is even gentlemen and if i heard earlier today we haven't heard any official announcements that they were going to call for early presidential elections that is protesters you're seeing live pictures now down from pushkin sky a square just really you know a fifteen minute walk from the protest down here on main house and i square behind us just outside the presence of all of this taking place as we speak in the heart of moscow a very active city oh sure let's list the most pictures for just a second we're also hearing to noise that could be another opposition protest called the white circle really sleepy basically because they're the symbol of the protest movement was wearing white to join hands pretty much like they did around the garden rake all of thi

streets of moscow but the day after presidential elections nearly half of that number showed up to pushkin square square and even fewer still to the demonstration on saturday they are not believing right here is that they don't always hear every single protest absolutes that by some a lot of them are gonna see it more as if they don't need that really go away satisfied oh ok so it was your guidance you know harry was there some blame the lack of a coherent idea and absence of unity among the opposition leaders for the waning support that i had i think these people all have a different agenda some don't even know why the hair if i were a star i want to see different in japan. candidates that i can choose from but i tell you think we can really reach any calls by protests like feeds even some of the most of the movement for their actions see solid foundations are necessary to carry on with a movement that's in the book some sort of regulation and structure is needed some sort of goals an understanding of what happens next which could be easily understood by people who are also necessary. which bega

of moscow but the day after presidential elections there only half of that number showed up to pushkin square square and even fewer still for the demonstration on saturday yes i'm looking right here yesterday don't always hear a single protest action was that place of a lot of the other seat wise of a government that really got it not so no never called president or your guide as you know here is was there some blame the lack of a coherent idea and absence of unity among the opposition leaders for the waning support. i had i think these people all have a different agenda some don't even know why they're here if i was star i want to see different in japan. candidates that i could choose from but i tell you think we can really reach any goals by protests like these even some of the most vocal supporters of the movement for their actions so solid foundations are necessary to carry on with the movement. from sort of regulation and structure is needed some sort of goals an understanding of what happens next which could be easily understood by people but also necessary. to protest movement which be

. >> the choice of pushkin square -- >> i would come here to see very small numbers of dissidents, making their protests against the communist government. and now, there are tens of thousands of them here at the square. >> this is the kind of thing that if -- infuriated the crowd. this man is accused of organizing buses to move people from one station to another to vote again and again. the man they presumably voted for was celebrating with those who backed his campaign. he has claimed several times this was open and honest. the one of his strongest allies said that the result was phony. >> this was the same time -- they know that he is the most popular figure. >> 250 protesters were arrested. and the leader has now been released. it is going to be a long, drawn- out battle here. >> for more on putin's victory and where the opposition goes, i spoke to the leader of the endowment ofr international peace. >> they did not accept the results. can they change anything now? >> there is no way the protest movement ends here. we know there would be claims of fraud and protests. a lot of people in

moscow but the day after presidential elections there are only half of that number showed up to pushkin square square and even fewer still to the demonstration on saturday they are not believe it's a serious threat and all i see every single protest action which took place over the last i'd rather see more eyes again on monday that really got worse not so no not. it was a good idea you know here it was some guy in the lack of a coherent idea and absence of unity among the opposition leaders for the waning support. i think these people all have a different agenda some don't even know why they're here if i was there i want to see different independent candidates if i could choose from but i don't think we can really reach any goals by preacher slighty even some of the most vocal supporters of the movement for parallel actions say solid foundations are necessary to carry on with a movement that's been is not some sort of regulation and structure is needed some sort of goals an understanding of what happens next which could be easily understood by people also necessary. the movement which began as

we have a standing meeting tonight in pushkin square. it will not be in every day. middle-class people are appearing on the streets, the most important part of society which is the driving force of development. political reform is absolutely necessary. that is the message we like to send to mr. putin. >> do you think that you will give a face to the opposition movement? >> [unintelligible] mr. putin and mr. medvedev have produced legislation for liberalization of the political environment and restoration of elections of regional governments. we continue to press to allow them to build up an exit strategy. if the political course that mr. putin produces continues to take place, i believe that in four years or five years, a revolution would happen. >> back to london. >> thanks very much. international monitors from europe have said in the last few minutes that there were irregularities in the election and was clearly skewed toward vladimir putin. we will go to them in the next few minutes. to china, the premier has cut china's economic growth target. speaking 3000 del

believe we have here are all of us who are told to see how the four for election protest in pushkin skies square has touch over there now i paid we just been seeing the life take choose from the course of these turnout so. mccoy to start with initially because they were so for workouts noble monday what they did look all over go change maybe a cup of tea come out to do what they're going to do and take coffee whichever side they want to take part in and it's pretty busy where you are now saying. well that's right it's been underway for around two hours here and really in the last forty five minutes we see a real sewage in the tuna just to get a picture of how many people are here this is a square roughly around three hundred meters by five hundred meters an old long if you will a rectangle and that's pretty much jump packed at the moment with people not just to my left shoulder is a stage where speeches i'll be given out in just a few moments ago we saw mikhail prokhorov the presidential candidate who was defeated by vladimir putin on sunday night and he came out there no peace thanks everybody

oh yes in fact we should see more demonstrations taking place later stale pushkin's square just but point me now these are planned in advance before the actual election day took place a really are. a show to express this content this is the sparks back on the fourth step but this is part of me and she elections allegations of let's her and then see inaction on that part for forties that hasn't really lost any woman to see it as a movie scene mass demonstrations in moscow and around russia as a whole but also be a growing sense only for a vocal support for foreign minister prime minister vladimir putin during this presidential way we see his supporters take to the streets in the tens of thousands as well showing support for him and his principle message that all stability if he just yes they say yes they were ten powell over ten thousand people coming out about hundred thousand said the old man is where they're really well could be in crimea. as the next president of russia indeed now she a huge movement to crimea is about to be seen they're going to be taken to st later today to really th

. >> the choice of pushkin square for the demonstration was deliberate. in the 1970's and 1980's, i used to come here to see very small numbers of dissidents making their protests against the prominent government. now, there are tens of thousands of people here in the square. here's the kind of thing that infuriated the crowd. this man is being accused of organizing buses yesterday to ferry people from one polling station to another to vote again and again. the man they presumably voted for was celebrating today with various stars who backed his campaign. he has claimed several times it was open and honest. >> it is quite clear. >> no, no. it was same time. one very simple thing. everybody know that vladimir putin really -- >> 250 were all arrested. alexey navalny has now been released. it is going to be a long, drawn- out battle here. bbc news, moscow. >> votes are being counted for elections held in five states, including the largest state, where turnout was reported to be 60%, with 112 million voters. it is seen as a political bellwether for the next g

after we left pushkin square, this rally which had been allowed by the authorities from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. most people left but some people stayed on, and the authoritys made very clear either move out or you're going to be arrested. at some point around 10:00 they started moving in on them. arrested, it's estimated, some 250 of these activists including the prominent blogger anti-corruption blogger who was in our piece and we interviewed last week. he kept blogging from or tweeting rather from the pady wagon and the station. the most recent one which was just a few minutes ago said, well, they're going to fine me. i should be out in an hour or two. but clearly the russian government was sending a message that there are going to be some boundaries here on demonstrations. >> brown: you reported that a number of watchdog groups are raised questions about voting abus. what does the opposition say about how hard it will push back on the question of the fairness of the election. >> warner: first of all they filed thousands of complaints. all of those are supposedly to be investigated. seco

some tried a permanent occupation of pushkin square but they were dragged off by the police. analysts believe the opposition movement does need to change tactics now, but not by becoming more radical. >> a small portion of those who took part in the rallies are ready to radicalize and in an unlawful ways challenge the authorities. they are a much easier target for the government. radicalization is more likely to actually signaled the end of this movement. >> so, using the streets to demand change may now become less popular with the opposition focusing instead on creating their own political party to fight the next elections. >> tonight greece looks certain to receive its second enormous bailout after a decision by private investors to except losses of more than half the value of their holdings of greek debt. the deal is the biggest of its kind in decades and was greeted enthusiastically by the european government. but the in fester losses -- investor losses have triggered a multi-billion euro insurance payout. there is some cause for optimism. american employers added more t

some tried a permanent occupation of pushkin square. they were dragged off by police. analysts believe the opposition movement does need to change tactics now, but not by becoming more radical. >> a very small proportion of those who took part in the rally are ready to radicalize and act in defiance of all lawful -- unlawful way, challenging authorities. because they're smaller, they're easier targets. it is more likely to signal the end of this movement. >> so, using the streets to demand change may now become less popular, with the opposition focusing instead on creating their own political party to fight the next election. bbc news, moscow. >> and this sunday marks one year since an earthquake sparked a devastating tsunami that rabid japan. now, documents show the government knew the fukushima and nuclear power plant was facing meltdown hours after the tragedy struck, but the scale of the crisis was kept secret. our correspondent has been back to see how life has changed in two communities close to the fukushima one year on. >> you cannot see it, but absorbed by the

fact we are we've got reports that the same people tried holding an unsanctioned more toward pushkin square square the scenes where i guess was sort of again shows how divided the opposition is dividing both were mostly into the peaceful part and to the yes more radical part as well so it is clear the opposition needs a new fees it needs a leader it needs to find a direction to attract more supporters and constructive and concrete demands all right r.t. if you're going to is going to live in central moscow i thank you very much well i mean time political analyst alexander office says the protests are becoming smaller because there is no unity among opposition leaders and it's therefore time for them to rethink their direction this is a clear sign of protest plainly and i think that's because the non-systemic opposition they need to show more transparency about their leaders their own leaders we are now witnessing that their slogans leads to be change there is a need for a new agent a while there is no new agenda i believe that the majority of those people will not support because the slogan

minister coming out in force to oppose this protest all right i think you can breeze live from pushkin square in central moscow thanks for that update. comment in the e.u. has been mostly critical of his decision to run again for the presidency we go now to our europe correspondent. brussels who's been gauging the mood there for us. saying now that putin has been named officially the white. well for much of the european press putin winning the presidential elections is a foregone conclusion and even based on the pre-election polls they've already been reported back to whatever be a focus of their coverage are coming from the opposition forces of course the claims of irregularities and votes for example and even just the coverage of the election itself let's look at some of the headlines you see in the papers here is a french newspaper showing putin right there saying be a big return of putin a to the kremlin over down here they also talk about claims of widespread fraud the same with this spanish spanish newspaper over here putin on the front page saying that the opposition is growing and see

police report that monday's protest rally together to round fourteen thousand people on pushkin square that's less than in the rallies in december when up to seventy thousand to to the streets following on the phone many explain the meaning numbers as a reflection all but the funniest candidate acknowledge the results of the book a clear sign that the changing political landscape in russia has little room for revolution. it's still a great show of on our t.v. screen. current affairs journalist richard spencer says russia's opposition is much more diverse than that in america. i think there's a lot more healthy opposition in russia and there is the united states at least from what i can see you know i mean the united states again you'll have some a lot of arguments of left and right about some hot button issues and things like that but i don't think there is really the diversity to use the word that so popular in america in america that you find in russia and russia you have all sorts of parties you have a communist party you will kind of pro-capitalist already you know pretty you don't

police report that monday's protest rally together to round fourteen thousand people on pushkin square that's less than in the rallies in december when up to seventy thousand took to the streets following the parliament to vote many explained the grinding numbers as a reflection all but the communist candidate acknowledged the results of the vote a clear sign that the changing political landscape in russia has little room for revolution which he did in the dutch over our t.v. screens. political analyst for a future and ski explains how he views the split those opposed to putting his reelection as president. i think that the opposition in russia comes in many different flavors you have remember n r n opposition of a kind which is in fact more nationalist more conservative in some sense more. even than putin is i mean putin has talked about reform and he's talked about transparency in combating corruption and you have a democratic opposition i think by and large a lot of those folks are still seen as being somewhat out of touch and then i think you have an opposition which is much more a

in fact we are we've got reports that the same people tried holding a non-sentient more toward pushkin square square the same square again which sort of again shows how divided the opposition is dividing both were mostly into the peaceful part and to the i guess more radical part as well so it is clear the opposition needs a new face it needs a leader it needs to find a direction to watch track more supporters and constructive and concrete demands. the opinion of journalist and put political activist nicholas fatted however is that today's protest was much more constructive than the last opposition rally. today was somewhat more constructive than it was at the end he putin really on march the fifth which was downright hysterical if that his theory of that irritation integration continues it would have alienated the public no one here wants a revolution no one wants quite with police the people who come to these protests only want change they don't want bloodshed or violence which is what can scare them one way to lose. a little later in the program we'll take a look at the latest twist in the

in fact we are we've got reports that the same people tried holding a non-sentient more toward pushkin square square the same square again which sort of again shows how divided the opposition is dividing both slow mostly into the peaceful part and to the i guess more radical part as well so it is clear the opposition needs a new face it needs a leader it needs to find a direction to attract more supporters and constructive and concrete demands. reporting there from the damaged. let's get some more details on this now from russia's protest movement see where it's headed let's talk to blogger writer and analyst alexander a lot so joining me live from central moscow good to see you thanks for coming on r.t. today since the election turnout of opposition rallies has been much lower than expected how would you explain the sort of drive. pricing that the main seeing is that many people who demonstrated in the december in january in february those people where industries because they wanted to show that they were not happy with the political situation and most of all because. of the political result

police report that monday's protest rally gathered around fourteen thousand people on pushkin square that's less than in the rallies in december when up to seventy thousand to the streets following the parliamentary vote many explain the dwindling numbers as a reflection all but the communist candidate if knowledged the results of the vote a clear sign that the changing political landscape in russia has little room for revolution race to the gretsch over r t. well let's get more on this now and thoughts of political analyst richard barbiturate here in the studio where regular joining us now the big protests before the presidential election last night largely without incident but last night we saw two hundred fifty arrests is this likely to escalate i don't think is going to ask but of course i'm sorry but it happened because it's a drawing of the us a former activist i think people should be free to demonstrate whatever they want but here i would like to call to vote in a number of the famous russian writer rowdiest never heard of this reaction so i'm afraid what we saw yesterday wer

pushkin square about ten thousand people viciously sanctions take place it take part in this demonstration this is part of that protest movie saw spurred all really on the back of the heart of main street and elections in allegations of electoral fraud that followed from that hasn't really lost any of us have made some seeds we see mass demonstrations mass protests in russia's tattoo indeed around the country ever since characterizing the build up to this presidential campaign we have also seen the other side of the stories well those who are of the government in particular supporter want translate prime minister vladimir putin. throughout the course of this election build up show their support for prime minister vladimir putin expected to present the just last night or minus well over one hundred thousand people assembled again to cheer on the prime minister he place a dress the crowd much easier boiled see the prime minister there space to be simply down the old good credit of ernest where they stay again showing their support for those dogs. ok for now jacob riis live from moscow thank

some russian observers let's get the details on that from our keys jake agrees it's in moscow's pushkin square so what's been the position of some of the local monitors on this vote. well some of the opposition movement they themselves assess all wives sizes really disagree with the verdict being given by the central election commission when it comes to this vote also we have the likes of independent independent monitoring polity based in russia and they're saying that hussein probably got about fifty percent of the vote they disagreed perhaps with the margins being applied at present you also say that probably there was about three thousand alleged boy elations taking place but deals with ballot stuffing and also other forms of elect. taking place such as carousel voting which is where people go on mass to the individual polling stations and they vote repeatedly this is something the central asian commission to try to explain by saying that there were bus loads of people going to individual polling stations back in order to help the vote such as factory workers situation commissioner who also

their findings or he could greaves as on top of the story live with what they're saying from pushkin square in central moscow so jacob break it down for us what is the assessment of the observers. well starting with the promise of enemy who should has just said on the situation it comes to allegations over let's. he said that they will be investigated fully hailed found of any wrongdoing moves you be pursued according to the law now we have had announcements from certain bodies european observer missions including pace the parliament parliamentary assembly of the council of europe now what they have stressed has been a real marts improvement in terms of the presidential elections compared to that of the do more elections that occurred in december of course these rules with allegations of electoral who are slightly more critical inspired is that of the oas see the organization for security cooperation in europe and they said the happy some real positive noises including the implementation of where cameras we've seen this is stored over ninety thousand polling stations around the country allo

fact we're we've got reports that the same people tried holding on the same should more toward pushkin square square the same square i guess it was sort of again shows how divided the opposition is dividing both mostly into the peaceful part and to the i guess more radical part as well so it is clear the opposition needs a new face it needs a leader it needs to find a direction to attract more supporters and constructive and concrete demands. commenting on the low turnout of blogger writer and analysts alexander says that he believes the opposition today has alienated the public but continues to court the media spotlight but when the people are demonstrated in december they were industry . because they wanted more fair elections the demonstrations pushed in somehow the political power in russia too to do some life forms like her to change the law for creating political parties and so on and in this case i think it's a very positive thing but those are dangerous street nowadays in russia they know that they will never take the power legally so they can only in gauging somebody's collections to

the latest pictures of the opposition i that we can have a look at people are gathering on a pushkin square they say now that they're going to continue to call for free and fair elections on seems we don't have those pictures perhaps we can move on and discuss further the i'm going on a gusher if we do we do we do we are going to go but sorry sorry the the rusia city mysterious road in the center of the cards moscow. was actually a perm. meant was that i was requested for this before the elections it has to be said people knew they would be coming out my pictures from an opposition rally of course just a day after this poll place here putin now declared the president elect and i believe they're going to be calling for early presidential elections of course he hasn't become president yet that won't happen until may of course will follow more of what they saw over the coming hours over the coming days and as well getting more reaction. we've also got of course a approach who should rally let's talk about actually because we can go get some shots just overall show the world a high vantage poin

will continue to monitor the situation of course these are pictures from earlier tonight out pushkin's times square where police did clear it after the permit and it at nine pm yeah but the year later those pictures were coming through to us of the bit earlier on. but as you know if you've been watching the progress of also we had a couple of opposition activists and spokespeople it as well covering their say there so you different side of the story from what maybe the police will say you know you can kind of us we have been bringing in the shots more i visited happening throughout the night these are the latest pictures just. much noise and as mrs paine say these are shots earlier all the see the unfortunate going to be much to show you of the moment because it's now gone quiet but. really things wrapping up here now behind this square there was a big rally in their own businesses said that's not finished a couple of hours ago. coverage continues throughout the night but next a special sport my program for you considering the possibilities for the current protest movement here in russia. hello aga

the police are pulling people off pushkin square. me had a permit to demonstrate against putin but everyone thought there would be a limit to what the police would tolerate in terms of protests and now that the rictry -- victory is secured it's clear the tide is turning. we don't have the details but what we have heard is the fire brand anticorruption blogger, really in many ways a charismatic ring leader of this movement has been arrested by police. earlier this the -- in the evening, he was speaking to crowds of, say, # 4000 people, saying the protestors would take over the streets of the squares in moscow and not leave until putin left the kremlin. he also was continuing his chants that the people in power are crooks and thieves and said they weredy vowing the country's oil and gas. putin as you mentioned, megyn, teared up as he won enough votes to bypass a second round in this election. he claimed the tears were caused by the cold wind. he won 63 percent in the electricals that he said were fair, but the organization for security

between fourteen and twenty thousand people gathered here just behind me in pushkin sky is squared so you demonstrate for free and fair elections you know those who are addressing the crowds included because a lot of the defeated presidential candidates had an ambition to set up a political party here in russia and he would keep come painting for what he his vision of the future of russia is now there were many other people addressing the crowd from not stage coming from all different strata of russian political life now what we've seen here is groups from the far left the full right in just about everybody in between and many of them have been speaking to the crowd we've certainly seen them represents it was. fine is the likes word been talking to people they seemed as committed to the various causes that they have been well over the past couple of months i've been speaking to them when i say various causes because there is no real unifying message certainly no unifying leader this demonstration was sanctioned to take place for two hours between seven and nine pm moscow time small gr

the selection and then focus of plans to meet up with opposition protestors at a rally at pushkin sky at a square here in moscow so we'll definitely be bringing people much more of that as it unfolds. wouldn't even say for us thank you. well voting may be over in russia as the presidential election there's another vote you can take part in our online poll today we're asking you what the biggest challenge for russia's next president will be and the results so far almost to be forty percent defending off later encroachment in the biggest challenge almost a third argue that getting rid of corruption should be the top priority seventeen percent say the main task was to modernize the country's economy and politics. nine percent say the russian economy taking world economic problems on a minority view so far today seven percent voted for russia's leverage because it will tell us what you think should be at the top of the russian presence in trade by costing you operate. certainly been closely watched across the world washington correspondent can has been monitoring u.s. media coverage and says that des