well as our peter all of it was saying along with our political analyst dimitri babich other state duma is to vote on dmitri medvedev scandal to see as the country's prime minister we can go to our live pictures here on our president vladimir putin is expected to personally nominate a movie if you know just a few moments here again these are live pictures you're watching here from the state duma to me treatment then will make a speech outlining the key points of his work as the head of the government to approve the candidacy though a simple majority of votes is required maybe you can rely on the support of the ruling united russia party and the liberal democrats already have their approval these live pictures here you can follow them for their entire session simply at the dot com. now as we were discussing here and a lot of money has won a majority vote in the presidential election and that was in march but his return to power has not been without opposition activists marched on his inauguration day with protests turning into overnight sit ins some groups did clash with police some arre

drum up a lot of followers for this cause but also the third and fourth largest factions in the state duma respectively they've also be represented today that is just russia party and liberal democrats now one notable absentee from proceedings in central moscow today has been the white ribbon movement those calling for free and fair elections it garnered a lot of media attention on the back of december's parliamentary elections initially called for a protest be held today but since counts of it instead they want to plug together and pulls together for may this thing a day before president elects volunteer proteins and nor go ration on may the seventh they wanted to make a stronger show of it then now as for those in attendance today fundamentally many of them coming from state duma parties or others also being represented such as nationalist choosing this day to march. now may the first is also being marked with mass labor day marches worldwide in europe several large nationwide demos are under way for example as. latest pictures from france where it is election week and supporters of incu

the main the ruling party in the state do and also the third and fourth largest factions in the state duma staging protests and demonstrations as well being a just russia party and the liberal democrats respectively but while no civil absentee from today's proceedings in central moscow that's the boy driven the protest movement for free and fair elections they garnered much of the media attention on the back of december's parliamentary elections initially they had penciled in demonstrations take place today but they can stitch quite recently instead trying to pull together their forces for may the sixth that's the day before to be a persian president elect is officially inaugurated into office so they want to have all their support on display for that day as for the moment the only ones out in support of those who have representation in the state duma. to. thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest jacob riis reporting there from central moscow. and as we heard earlier the occupy wall street movement just planning a general strike across us to protest against what it says is a corr

as peter was referring to there just a reminder you can watch the live broadcast of the ongoing state duma session on our website on dot com. now as of late i'm a putin gets busy in his new role as president some of the public are on the streets of central moscow showing their discontent with his return to office activists have been holding marchers against putin as an organization with some protests turning into overnight camps. agrees reports from the scene of one of the opposition gatherings. they're still raving the elements that moscow weather at the moment has the offer the see them gathered just behind me at present now they're cool hest of alexei no bony poles opposition activists he did that in the early tuesday morning to eating raw seal his followers to send in central moscow they did so somewhere else in quito i originally was in the early hours of tuesday warning that they were saving somewhat of a city and it seemed quite peaceful at times of people singing and overstretching quite a peaceful demonstration and a keeley they didn't want to actually be citing anything political

show over it then now as for those in attendance today fundamentally many of them coming from state duma parties or others also being represented such as nationalists choosing this day to march. make a group supporting right there well russia is of course not the only country marking may day the traditional workers' holiday seeing demonstrations all across european cities let's show you the latest pictures we've just got now is tens of thousands march in madrid and the country has been swept up in the euro crisis coupled with very tough austerity measures on sunday the country's main statistics office announced that the country had plunged back into recession when it comes to the issues of unemployment in fact unemployment in spain is twenty five percent that is higher than the unemployment levels in my area one of the young people in spain desperately looking for a job those are the latest pictures right there from madrid here on out. in france it is election time and the far right national front are rally supporters would lead a marine le pen addressing crowds should earlier laid a wre

country's lawmakers before forming a new government again these are live pictures all right from the state duma session here in central moscow you can follow this live for yourself at r.t. dot com. andre inaugurated president putin is already oh shoot in his own corrections to russia's political calls join me in a few moments rule the latest. hundreds of activists remain in the central moscow to protest against putin's it's. all up for the next target cation shortly. and france's newly elected leader francois hollande has little time to enjoy the taste of victory and he needs to get down to business and bring about promised change leaving the stock cozy era behind. worldwide news twenty four hours a day this is artsy with me rule research and live in moscow russia is a little makers are meeting to vote on dmitri medvedev scandal to see for prime minister and president putin's already dishing out directions regarding changes to the country's policies let's get all the details now from our he's pretty all of a standing by for us live right now in central moscow peter with dmitri medvedev expected

drum up a lot of followers for this cause but also the third and fourth largest factions in the state duma respectively they've also be represented today that is a just russia party and liberal democrats now one notable absentee from proceedings in central moscow today has been the white ribbon movement those cooling for free and fair elections have garnered a lot of media attention on the back of december's parliamentary elections initially coup for a protest be held today but since counts of it instead they want to plug together pulls together for may this thick a day before president elects vellum a pittance and nor gratian on may the seventh they wanted to make a stronger show of it then now as for those in attendance today fundamentally many of them coming from state duma parties or others also being represented such nationalists choosing this day to march. stay with us here on r.t. still to come this hour britain's out of touch luxury lawmakers. please these people haven't got a clue what it's like to be an ordinary person. a million is mostly million look you know of the interests o

chance to return back home to russia we know that he has filed an official request for the russian state duma to file a complaint against the united states and thailand victor boot himself says because he knows he's innocent he's hoping that he will not end up serving the entire twenty five years that he's been sentenced to but whether or not that's going to be the case we're going to have to wait and see and you can catch the entire interview the exclusive on t.v. and if you are that will be all day on sunday. it's good to have you with us here on out to you today for a third time this week greece's deadlocked parliament is desperately trying to form a coalition government but hopes of a deal remain slim with the country now facing the possibility it may have to hold yet another round of elections polls however suggest that pro bailout part of the parties would suffer even more losses this time around those groups saw their power share plummet in sunday's election and europe is getting worried cutting the latest bailout payment to cash strapped athens by one billion euros germany though is a

the russian state duma its expected to ratify russia's succession to the wto in june or july. we expect 30 days after that, roughly, that russia will become a member of the world trade organization. for the united states, to take advantage of the new market openings in the russian market, congress must pass legislation to grant russia permanent normal trade relations treatment. the panel today will focus on prospects for improving relations with russia, and how the wto process has prompted russia to take measures to open its economy, to more international trade and investment. we had timed this panel so it could set the stage for the meeting between president obama and president putin, on may 18th. which we have just learned has been canceled today. president putin has decided to forego his trip to the united states for the g-8 summit meeting. we will hear more about that from our panelists. i would like to yield to my colleague, andrew crutch spins, director of the russia/eurasia program here at csis. he will moderate. >> thank you for the introduction. welcome everybody to c

me it's a pure political case you are in the process of appeal and you've also asked the russian state duma to file a complaint against the united states. thailand why hoping for legally add politically or well legally i'm maybe not the best percentile answer use a lawyers would know better and i'm not trained to especially in the american president lol i'm allowed to tell you what my perspective or whatever is the law and i'll be going to do but i have all the most known hope because the way the system works once you label kind of once you put to the so-called. jury's decision so no judge or even supreme court would have the counsel that because like this is the truth in the. hoopers state nobody can ever order a rule reconsider the decision or knows of a certain point and it's accepted that the jurist cannot fail now we know that you are about to be transferred to a prison in colorado and considering your lawyer and your families here in new york city will this affect you a lot this move this transfer but that's another despite a judge's decision andre commendation to keep this hour in ne

west for the russian state duma to file a complaint against the united states and thailand victor boot himself says because he knows he's innocent he's hoping that he will not end up serving the entire twenty five years that he's been sentenced to but whether or not that's going to be the case we're going to have to wait and see. and you can catch of the full interview with victor bhutto that will be on sunday of course here on ott say. it is a five ten pm here in moscow this is our to be in indonesia a search team has found at least twelve bodies on the slopes of a volcano where a new russian airliner crashed on a wednesday during a show flight the rescue operation has been halted overnight until saturday morning as fears meld that everybody onboard might have died. heard from the families and friends who are still holding on to. chaos to jakarta's domestic airport where hundreds gathered after russian superjet sukhoi one hundred went missing from radars early thursday their worst fears were realized as air force helicopters found the remains of the plane on a mountainside thirty mile

chance to return back home to russia we know that he has filed an official request for the russian state duma to file a complaint against the united states and thailand victor boot himself says because he knows he's innocent he's hoping that he will not end up serving the entire twenty five years that he's been sentenced to but whether or not that's going to be the case we're going to have to wait and see the visit you're going to reporting there while you can catch the full interview victor borge has given us this sunday here on our. days after the deadly so horses for a jet crash in indonesia the first rescue teams are expected to shortly reach the side of the wreckage in remote mountains no survivors have been found yet but as our to reports some relatives are still holding out desperate hope. chaos at jakarta's domestic airport where hundreds gathered after russian superjet sukhoi one hundred went missing from radars on wednesday early thursday their worst fears were realized as air force helicopters found the remains of the plane on a mountainside thirty miles outside indonesia's capital

chance to return back home to russia we know that he has filed an official request for the russian state duma to file a complaint against the united states and thailand victor boot himself says because he knows he's innocent he's hoping that he will not end up serving the entire twenty five years that he's been sentenced to but whether or not that's going to be the case we're going to have to wait and see. and you can watch the full interview to boot has given us this sunday here on. volatile story the protests have erupted in the italian city of naples after enraged demonstrators attempted to storm a local tax office protesters threw painted rocks at police who then charged crowds and beat them with batons the demonstration began in the wake of a man suicide apparently the result of a visit by terms connected to this is europe experiences new tensions stemming from a dead not government in greece germany though is already guarding against any possible fallout so the euro could survive with or without greece but some including financial writer peter build are skeptical of bowman's apparent co

filed an official request for the russian state duma to file a complaint against the united states and thailand victor boot himself says because he knows he's innocent he's hoping that he will not end up serving the entire twenty five years that he's been sentenced to but whether or not that's going to be the case we're going to have to wait and see if. you can watch the entire interview with you could be that will be on sunday here on. it's a ten minutes past the hour here in moscow good of you to join us today so teams of so far found twelve a body just as they struggle to reach the wreckage of the sukhoi superjet crash in indonesia despite harsh weather and treacherous mountain terrain no survivors have been discovered yet but as aunties pre-history to reports some relatives continue to cling to hope. chaos at jakarta's domestic airport where hundreds gathered after russian superjet sukhoi one hundred went missing from radars on wednesday early thursday their worst fears were realized as air force helicopters found the remains of the plane on a mountainside thirty miles outside indo

chance to return back home to russia we know that he has filed an official request for the russian state duma to file a complaint against the united states and thailand victor boot himself says because he knows he's innocent he's hoping that he will not end up serving the entire twenty five years that he's been sentenced to but whether or not that's going to be the case we're going to have to wait and see a future going to reporting there well you can catch the full interview victor borge has given us the sunday here on r.t. . the u.n. security council has unanimously and strongly condemn terrorist blast that killed at least fifty five people and wounded almost four hundred in the syrian capital damascus on thursday the twenty explosions near a government intelligence complex are the worst terror attacks in syria since the start of the uprising last year just brings us the latest from u.n. headquarters in new york. all fifteen members of the security council have recognized that terrorist networks are working in side of syria it was only just on tuesday when the syrian envoy to the united nat