right now and everybody knows that unfortunately some subjects of the russian federation to not have even one deputy elected by locals by the court and i also suggest changing the procedure for forming the central and regional elect election commissions. one of the. parties may have the right that's the rich enough to revoke their representatives ahead of schedule if there is such need i will i will propose relevant bill says state duma in the near future. colleagues. this is not the final least of my initiative. more that would. be patient given the fact that. one chinese we probably knew more than a wise man sat government should be consistent and when taking actions we should take account of time or the nation butts in the future in which we will take further steps. and i believe that the measures that have been proposed will make up political system more efficient. and better representing the interests of in our citizens and search changes especially relevant before the presidential election these elections should be transparent that. they shoot indicates that we abide by. levels

for its red flag with a hammer and sickle of the communist party of the russian federation do i lecture two thousand to eleven on r t. just a look there for you at the modern russian a communist party there so far today over one hundred people in fact have been arrested in moscow as political organizations both pro-government and opposition tried to stage rallies on election day are these jacob graves has the latest from central moscow but as we said actually these opposition protests will be somewhat lost on the ground that's right in nature throughout the course of the day there will be more individuals than say parties or movements as such no less the left front two are in attendance but just behind me outside the credible zone miners square a few of the numbers to tell you by police basically using this tactic with father leverage with these protesters tools and there is a metro station is something they employed as well on the cheap so yes we would loyal to united russia and a few of their members these arrested as they express support for the government this is the scene around th

could get at the start that the fact that i as a president with what i as a president of the russian federation go into to in the next few months normal number one today at the new state of development of our state so that you support in the initiative a prime minister vladimir putin and when i suggest a complex free form of our political system. i would like to say thank you with that i hear those talking about the need for reforms and for changes and i was sound like to you when i'm going to them we need to give all active citizens an opportunity to take an active part in the political life you know. so i consider the following necessary regardless the be at the price he's going to get out the putting will of the one humans we believe we should introduce direct vote for governors of the russian regions that are introduced simplified partly your registration procedure for political parties and you thought i suggest that by application of five hundred people from the beginning of representing not less than fifty percent of the countries reaching this that i consider it necessary to cancel out t

working class brought for its red flags with the hammer and sickle of the communist party of the russian federation to my lecture two thousand eleven on r.t. . over one hundred people have been arrested in moscow as political organizations both pro-government and opposition try to stage rallies on election day overseas drake aggrieved has been monitoring events in the city center for us. but as you said actually these opposition protests that we saw what lies on the ground that's right in nature throughout the course of the day there will be more individuals than say parties of movements as such the less the less front were detained it's just behind me outside of the credibility of miners square a few that numbers to tell you by police this is a police tactic we've seen used throughout the whole day where one number of them are linking arms across the with over there and making sure really having them in funneling these protesters towards the area they want them mainly metro station this is after nine o'clock or nine o'clock or so it's the end of the day or science is not allowing for electioneerin

russian federation has a global goods in the one seeing good positive dynamics you know you were sectors we. see good prospects. so both of you and i are sure that it will be even better after. more of rush exceeds to the world trade organization i wanted to thank you for your viewers and darkness once again for the helps of the old constructive conversation throughout the. hour with relations nationally recent days once again it's definitely in the black and on successes of the past year energy. launch of the first phase of the north european with this gas pipeline it will enforce energy security although difficult does remain being as frank we need to be guided by our own interest we spoke about it when the darkness i'm referring to the implementation of the third energy package. plans for guiding the construction of the interstate more. and intercontinental gas pipelines but what's important is that we exchange information we are in dialogue and i'm confident we'll continue cooperating and exchanging views are these and other matters anyways russia is and remains a reliable stable sup

i would rather see the russian federation redo the arithmetic on this and come to the conclusion that it is losing the syrian street and an adjustment -- >> i would agree in humanitarian terms because that would bring a much quicker hopefully resolution to the situation. but given the fact looking at the long-term prospects our real competition is going to be china especially. and i would think that rather than -- if i had my druthers but we don't. we would take a look at the real world opportunities and how to take advantage of the fact that this is a very important region, and islamic region with 22 muslim countries within the arab world and others watching very carefully to show that it is we who are more concerned with the people in syria who are supported by the arab league to prove our humanitarian concerns and interests and the well-being and future of the people in that region. >> i think, congressman, from the point of view of twenty-three million syrians there is no question at this point as to who stepped up to the plate and who hasn't. >> the gentleman's time has expired.

and the communist party of the russian federation duma election two thousand eleven. welcome back you're watching our here's a look at the top stories doing the duma election of the worst strikes as russians papo you both determined to make said to parliament. a war of words between iran and the west turned into an inferno asked washington and the e.u. infuriated by tehran's phase reaction threats his bad by choking off the oil revenues . human rights commissioner calls for military intervention in syria sanctions continue to pile on the mask over alleged civilian abuses by forces loyal to president bashar. lamas parties claim when it first post revolution election and that frustration in the streets as many believe their voices are not heard. and coming up next thirty special report on the stand off between mining corporations and eco activists. is growing to military scale violence and intimidation. this is sacred land killing. the waters from kalish naresh come out of. this if they destroy kill us that won't be water. will die without water our ancestors want us abo

ikon is not just a communications satellite to the russian federation.is the communications satellite. you are, undoubtedly, aware of our restructuring problems. losing all telecommunications until we are able to replacekon could plunge us into chaos. and perhaps even civil war. hard to believe that you fellas only have one bird up there. couldn't we just transfer the workload? gene... excuse me, sara. [clears throat] we have been given a presidential mandate to assist the russians, our partners in the international space station, and i assure you that we will fix this problem. it's just a glitch. you are feeding these guys boldfaced lies. it's a waste of money, and it's a waste of my staff's time. sara, you're one hell of an engineer, but, you know, you don't know jack about politics. now, helping the russians to save face is an act of good faith. now, how are you gonna put a price on that? this thing is dumb as a post. it's dead in the air. kid, why don't you just stop trying to talk to this satellite? i mean, you have the code. why don't you just over

percentage but they also have high inflation in here this year will have much higher inflation than russian federation and china not so high but close to it then why do we call or so of bricks because russia prefers to be the best kid in town the last kid in the city is that it's not the. name of this is one of the guys from goldman sachs. his is his label. so it doesn't really necessary to use the labels you have to understand better the real sense of the problems on the situation so i would say that we have not very high bar sustainable growth this year more than four percent the next c.e.o. bill it will be close to four probably little bit lower but around that so in a way it's about speaking about rating agencies we just got the news that that fitch has downgraded six biggest banks in the united states and europe bank of america goldman sachs b m p some of the well according to analysts these banks the dow then reading of these banks is going to influence the world financial situation will it influence that the banking situation in russia. depends the they are all of the right and agencies are qui

which was the answer to offer to resume negotiations addressing the federal council of the russian federation midriff once again stressed that we are ready for negotiations basically he once again hand. although as i said the united states have already given a negative answer so now i think it's up to washington to decide whether they want to share quite a bit of or they want to live hang in the air do you think that both with russia and the us having presidential elections and two thousand and twelve do you think that there's going to be some sort of impact on bilateral relations with that outcome. by the two alicia and especially such complicated relations as relations between russia and the united states and my feeling is that these elections will not be an exception and the effect will be negative. where is in calmer times i sink. the reset of the reset it would have been possible i mean two presidents could have met once again and decide was what has gone wrong with their why we are in an impasse on a why this new tension we should hear between russia and the united states and maybe mayb

this is a consensus right across the russian federation where the number of votes received by united russia went up markedly from the initial 35 results to end in the official computer. but all that was swept aside as vladimir putin dave a -- gave a bravura performance. he gave no concession of cheating in the election. he said that is what opposition parties claim everywhere in the world. bbc news, moscow. >> it is a question whether he exhausted himself for the viewers on that one. that is an awful long time. today, former french president jacques chirac was found guilty of corruption, getting the dubious distinction of being the first french head of state of being convicted since the first world war. christian fraser now reports. >> in office, and he was shielded by presidential immunity, but today, jacques chirac finally answered the allegations that followed him throughout his career. guilty of collusion, embezzlement, abuse of power, alongside eight two-year suspended sentence, a stinging rebuke from the judge's. mr. chirac used the civic payroll to support his own election cam

efficient this is how the president instructs all the ministries all the national security team of russian federation and this is how we will proceed so when you start it's a separate issue it's a new and different treaty compared to what was the keys under soviet time and this treaty presumes that part is able to develop their strategic deterrent forces in the most efficient way to assure their survivability to ensure that there are more than but also compact and cost effective you're referring to you models of something this is not a breach of anything in this treaty exactly the opposite that we are developing our system. in full confidence that nothing in the new treaty precludes us from it we're doing it. in complete commitment to a every every obligation in this treaty mr cough recently put in the russia's prime minister the presidential candidate was holding a q. and a session with the nation and one of the questions asked to mr putin from one of the foreign journalists present at the meeting was where are the russian lines we talk about america and its allies britain and south where are the ru

i think there's another important element of this, something that the russian federation has to take into account, and that is its relationship with the balance of the middle east, particularly the balance of the arab world. what we have now unfolding is a very important and unprecedented arab league initiative to get syria to accept a series of very reasonable conditions to turn the temperature down and create a possibility of the negotiated settlement. i think moscow is watching the the performance very carefully in all of this. and it's one thing for the united states to keep up the effort to persuade moscow. i think the others may have some leverage as well and that may be the sound most hopeful way for word picks bixby for. the gentleman from new york is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. i guess it was a couple or three years ago that syrian nuclear program and it's very nascent form thanks to a gift from north korea was basically destroyed. evidence seems to indicate that the israelis may have had something to do with that. depriving them of that avenue of

i would rather see the russian federation redo the arithmetic on this and come to the conclusion that it is losing the syrian street and an adjustment is necessary. >> i would agree with you in humanitarian terms. that would bring a quicker resolution to this situation. given the fact, looking at the long-term prospects, our competition is going to be china, especially. i would think that russia then playing if i had my -- we would look at what the real world opportunities are and have to take advantage of the fact that this is an important region with 22 muslim countries and others watching carefully, to show it is we who are more concerned with the people in syria who are supported by the arab league, to prove our lines to their humanitarian interests. >> i think that from the point of view of 23 million assyrians their -- syrians, there is no question as to who has stepped up to the plate. >> keep up the good work. >> the final questionnaire would be the gentleman from california. >> thank you very much. thank you for holding this hearing. i have often thought about writing a book

we have been sent examples from right across the russian federation where the number of votes received by united russia went up markedly from the initial certified results to the results entered in the official computer. >> but all that was swept aside as vladimir putin gave a performance lasting over 423456 hours. he made no concession that there was widespread cheating in the election. he said that's just what opposition parties always claim everywhere in the world. bbc news, moscow. >> from embattled leaders of the present to those of the past. today former french president jacques chirac was found guilty of corruption, giving him the dubious distinction of being the first french head of state to be convicted of a crime since the second world war. while he has avoided jail time, the damage to his reputation is something he can't escape. >> he's been at the heart of things for as long as france can remember. he is the great, familiar ever present survivor. he entered politics under his hero, general de gaulle, and at 41 he was prime minister. under his command, he sold a nuclear reac

for its red flags with the hammer and sickle from the communist party of the russian federation do i lecture two thousand and eleven on our t.v. . news today in harlem says once again flared up to find these are the images cobol has been seeing from the streets of canada after. china corporations are ok. to the.

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country to find a peaceful political solution to the crisis that has been the lying of the russian federation all along and that has been our guiding principle in the security council as well so with everything you've just said in mind how much more leeway would you like to see the syrian government given to sort out this from within. well we we don't give any leeway to anybody we believe that the syrian government should be extremely prudent and should refrain from excessive use of force we believe that there has been there are been some extremely troubling reports coming out of syria about excessive use of force by those or it is we urge the syrian government to cooperate to face fully with the when it ordering mission of the arab league but also telling that the everybody must put pressure on. the destructive elements of the of the opposition or various destructive elements which may have found their way into syria that they are a while and acts are not going to be condoned by the international community this is a this is a key to finding a peaceful way out of the situation there and this

the results of our work and i express my gratitude to those who supported my policies as the russian federation . president it started in a very complicated sometimes the way that we all remember what happened in august two thousand and eight in south. with them and that's the month of march to that we faced. a serious financial crisis for much of. what i was doing nicky's them probably it was a serious glow to our economy and some of the challenges have not been solved. by now but here are our main achievements we are a main. conclusion as we have passed through these periods. and have come back to the pre-crisis indicators economies are growing it's about four percent see on only which is the one which exceeds the pace. in the recovery of many of the country's foreign debt is still of the same level russia has become the sixth economy of the world. we deliver on our social obligation these pensions and good wages with the majority of public servants who grew higher pay than we planned before the crisis and there are no pension is. below the regional level and pensions who grew by more than on

and all the love see all the stations are coming through working down almost stations of the russian federation are working around the clock there are a big target country should be able to see that everybody will be able to see what is happening every ballot box. now the news this hour the u.s. is on the verge of legalizing the definite detention of terror suspects without charge or trial it's now up to the senate to approve the bill for the white house and the house of representatives already behind it. russia says it will offer financial help to the usa to help deal with the debt crisis show you are now holding a summit in brussels and also purchases on these if we travel between exclusive session to the world trade organization. time now for sports which is here. hello and welcome to sports today really good to have you with us with some of the headlines. locoed to re-order look mighty small scofield's who are the top sports a league group coming out on the wrong end of a thriller with wunderlich. ball solo will be hoping to join some salsa in the world plus top our body on the side need to