stupid story five years ago and my party was liquidated despite my party was all this liberal party russia republican party of five years later i warn european court of human for human rights in strasbourg in january i won the russian supreme court decision of superior court what was it called in the european court decision that liquidation was illegal what happened after that minister of justice of russia mr cano while two days ago built to superior court again to liquidate my party despite two court decisions european court of appeal but what it means that the government steal tried to stop activity of my brother does that mean that the minister of justice is breaking the law because i was a little bit behind it was because the ministry of justice is the executive branches and it has to abate the court the supreme court decision absolutely and he doesn't absolutely that means that he appeals yes but does he have the right to appeal they have a right but it's very strange if you have to the citizens court decisions it it's difficult to believe that european court of the supremes court of

make it clear now putin is obviously dumping the united russia party so so so one of these lives very hard imo a problem with the idea of social left if only because i'm in often we talk about you know social ladders and social. as a source a lifted lift is something you get on you press a button and it gets you off regardless of your your effort and i think that that's not necessarily even what put in me this is where you are talking maybe this is why everyone like you know. the book and then me write for a certain number of people for a certain amount of time but i think that the broader problem is is mobility the broader problem is giving people opportunities not necessarily to go where the government wants you to go but to be able to take your own life in your own career where you want to go and that means creating an economic opportunity but it also. i have a hard time understanding what the story does after that when he talks about the labor aristocracy i read the article three or four times looking for a definition of the labor of congress only way to decide very little village

yes you think you think and i hope my hope my hope is that it will be not only my party is one of my partners with russia but with the much hope that we will be really united in strong liberal party is that it will be if it will be united liberal party it could take twenty twenty five thirty percent of violent elections and be one of the biggest political parties and here you are optimistic yes this is the i want to mistake not because of power not about not because of mr because of i see russian society has changed for the last ten years and the russian society now is totally different with the ninety's in the ninety's it was who're. and very split a decided this is almost without middle class now it's my much more prosperous society with massive middle class and now as a historian i could say that maybe it's the first time in russian history for the last thousand years when we have real social basement for democracy and these people of that race it's a signal that we have civil society demanding democracy there is an interesting opinion pinion is that that maybe putin is. so clever that he is he wants

campaign featuring a mix of faces from the past as well as the present while his rival from the just russia party still game it on the it's trying to attract the older generation the only clear favorite in the race prime minister vladimir putin has refrained from getting involved in the campaign directly he has controversially refused to take part in any t.v. debates sending his representatives instead and his promos never show his face. on this three politics there are only talk either big meeting. either prop or tin or against porter so if you when he doesn't go to television when he's part of st politics when he's a part of television coverage of who's job as prime minister he is there is the only one let's say the the only candidate with so many resources so much media attention i think that he wants to show that he's the only real candidate precisely by not going there and according to the latest opinion polls the level of food in support keeps on growing across the country despite the wave of opposition protests i think that brought us tend to mobilize his core electorate because when. peop

is so much disillusionment with the government that back in december, vladimir putin's united russia party was beaten into second place by the communists in every part of the city. brushup's corruption contagion can affect anyone, rich or poor. this is a wealthy executive but his son was arrested for dealing drugs which seem to have been planted. he has been sitting in prison for a year and a half. his father has been asked to pay a pride of 300,000 pounds to set him free. >> i get the impression that no one cares about people. they only think about themselves. it never occurred to me that someone would do this to my son. >> all of this corruption makes people feel powerless like these campaigners fighting against an office block being built on their children's playgrounds. they even wrote to vladimir putin but he never wrote back. in this city, the third largest in the russian federation, they are preparing to punish him in the election. >> you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come -- swimming towards a solution, the sea lions are touting some high- tech equipment for a uni

much disillusionment with the russian government that back in december, vladimir putin's united russia party was beaten into second place by the communists in every part of the city. russia's corruption contagion can affect anyone, rich or poor. this man is a wealthy executive but his son was arrested for dealing drugs which seem to have been planted. his father has been asked to pay a bribe to set him free. >> i get the impression that nobody cares about people. they only care about themselves. >> all of this corruption makes people feel powerless, like these campaigners. no, to corruption, their banners screen. they even wrote to vladimir putin but he never rode back. in this city, they're preparing to punish him in the election. >> thousands of passengers have been stranded after the budget airline carrier air australia with a bust on friday. the airline could not afford to refuel one of their flames. >> just three months after the budget airline took off, the honeymoon is over. more than 4000 passengers were left stranded in thailand, honolulu, and around australia when the company cance

just as once again middle of promising russia party is on the notion b.g. can't even afford to milk now whether pensioners. the competition has made is he gonna reach out to younger generation and offer them a brand new slogan there's always a choice bloody mate put in the running for his that time has refrained from getting involved in the campaign directly he has controversially refused to take part in any t.v. debates sending his representatives instead and his promise to never show his face . when he doesn't go to television when he's a part of st politics when he's a part of television coverage oh he's job as prime minister he is there is the only one that say the only can do that with so many resources so much media attention i think that he wants to show that he's the only real candidate precisely by not going there as the campaign picks up steam it's expected so will the number of street protests both for and against putin and it's likely election two thousand and twelve will be remembered as one that got russians on their feet however the latest op

there is so much disillusionment that back in december, vladimir putin united russia party was beaten into second place by the communists in every part of the city. the corruption contagion can affect anyone, rich or poor. this man is a wealthy executives but his son was arrested for dealing drugs which seem to have been planted. he has been sitting in prison for a year and a half. his father has been asked to pay a bribe of 300,000 pounds to set him free. >> i get the impression that no one cares about people. the only think about themselves. it never occurred to me that some would try to get to me through my son. >> all this corruption makes people feel powerless like these campaigners fighting against an office block being built on their child playground. they even wrote to vladimir putin but he never wrote back. in the city, the third largest, they're preparing to punish him in the elections. >> thousands of passengers have been stranded after the budget airline carrier air australia with a bust on friday. they could not afford to refuel one of their planes and they immediately gr

they have been protesting against alleged fraud in the state doing well action the ruling united russia party gained half the vote amid ballot riggin accusations which infuriated the crowd this time protesters called for free and democratic presidential election in less than a month meanwhile elsewhere in moscow was separate from the mantra was held the main slogan there was we have much to lose suggesting the country's current stability will be damaged if it is not real active participants said they were against the protest movement in the country right in their putin spoke to both sides in his new weekly pre-action article he sees the current political activity in the country as a good sign and an achievement of his years in power at the same time he admits the quality of the state is lagging behind civil society which has become more mature active and responsible. so putin has. admitted that the government needs to catch up with the civil society right here as an out some political concessions but do you have the feeling that putin is ready to to go. further in liberalizing really the soci

started with protests over the stay do my election results last december when the ruling united russia party won which triggered ballot rigging accusations of a since the opposition has regularly how this rallies and has become exceptionally active online demanding changes that would make the election process more transparent last weekend however the protesters have to face the fact the government supporters are also ready to defend their point of view on the streets according to the data he should by the police the pro-government rally even outnumbered the anti government one in their putin addressed both sides sure. after the meetings in another of his pre-election articles the prime minister's manifesto published in russia's corner sun daily admits the quality of the state is a lagging behind civil society which has become more mature active and responsible at the same time putin sees the current political activity in the country as an achievement of his years in power a byproduct of the economic stability he brought about. learned simon welcome to the share thank you for being with us we

in his latest prediction that a festival in the putin lays out his plans for social reform in russia party's peeta over some of the details of his proposed changes. let me if it was outlining his plan for social change in russia should he be elected president in march now the main areas he's been looking at the education system in the country saying that everybody should have the ability to be able to to raise their social standing to education to work also paying those who educate you know teachers and doctors with long being among the groups in russia that don't really get the the levels of pay we see in other countries as a something a lot of it wants to put right he outlined a plan that could see them receive it receive a two hundred percent pay increase by twenty eight teen pensions also an issue that vladimir putin was addressing he praised the fact that russia had to raise the age at which a person can receive their state pension like many countries around europe to do however he does acknowledge the fact that the state pension in russia isn't enough in fact he does acknowledge that o