according to the constitution of the russian federation the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet. and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman. the other piece of news after washington's assassination of iran's top general america's top diplomat now says it's all part of a new did terrorism strategy with warnings from russia and china to. live from the arts international world. you sent this wednesday 15th of january welcome to the update with me kevin i am there's one big bit of breaking news you see on the screen russia's prime minister dmitri medvedev has announced that the government has resigned this up a few hours ago it comes after president vladimir putin suggested changes before but to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers to appoint a prime minister roof an option is in the shooter she's been across all this force as it sounds quote this is a huge headline but much more in control 'd than one would. thi

you great to have you company so the big news today then in the last hour lawmakers in russia's state duma the lower house of parliament have now approved putin's nomination for prime minister. and the president will have to sign off on the appointment to make it official let's get the latest sales and just how good it is in last if the frank is in central moscow for a sale here take us through it then what's this going to mean and what's next for the incoming prime minister how quickly does this all happen. kevin good afternoon well what can i say it only took this country what is it a bit more than 24 hours to come from the point when the president proposed some elements of the russian class 2 should. acts didn't automatically mean that the government would have to resign to the point when the lower house of the russian parliament approved the candidacy of me helm issue stand as the new prime minister so we had 383 votes in favor some 40 abstentions and 0 people again so this is the outcome of the vote in the russian state duma and right before this voting kicked off the new prime minist

to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government. and in other news this hour after washington's assassination of iran's top general america's top diplomat says it's all part of a new terror and strategy with warnings for russia which. lie from moscow to the world this is 247 r.t. international my names you know neal hello and welcome to the program. top story this hour the russian president has nominated the head of the federal tax service for the post all of prime minister it is the latest move in a day of major in russian politics earlier russia's are going prime minister dmitri medvedev announced that his government had. resigned it came after president putin suggested amendments to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers well i'm delighted to say that picking up the muscle to explain all that for me this hour is maria it really has been all go today how to 1st of all this nominee who do who is what do we know about them to be honest not a lot of them saying i mean he was born in 1900 to 6 here in moscow he's m

according to the constitution of the russian federation the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet. and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government. to years of a punishing trade war the u.s. and china are set to sign up which will see beijing buying more american products in return for access to its markets but questions remain over the long running tardif issue and whether they will be there to washington to any significant next. one minute past 10 pm here in moscow this whedon's they january 15th welcome to our to international my names you know neil. our breaking news this hour the russian president has nominated the head of the federal tax service for the post of prime minister it is the latest move in a major in russian politics earlier russia's not going prime minister dmitri medvedev announced that his government has resigned. after president putin suggested amendments to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers i discussed

ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman. nearly 2 years of punishing trade war the u.s. and china are set to sign up which will see beijing in more american products in return for access to its markets but questions remain over the long running tara fisher and whether they will be lifted washington to any significant extent. live from our international news center in moscow with a very warm welcome to the program my names you know neal. there is to be a new prime minister government in russia and a day of major all people in the country's political system the president nominated the head of the federal tuck service for the post of pm and all of that's going prime minister to me. his government had resigned. another itself was in response to president putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively limiting his own powers and transferring them to parliament i discussed all of that earlier with our correspondent marie if a national starting with more on the premier to be. saying i mean he was born in 1006

to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's. nearly 2 years of punishing trade war at the u.s. and china are set to sign up that sees beijing more american products in return for access to its market. in from right around the world welcome to moscow and to r.t. international my names you know no good for your company. our breaking news this hour the russian president has nominated the head of the federal tax service for the post of prime minister it's the latest move headed to have major upheaval in russian politics this witness the earlier russia's prime minister dmitri medvedev announced that his government resigned not came after president putin suggested amendments to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers i discussed all of that earlier with our correspondent. saying i mean he was born in 1966 here in moscow he's married to have 3 sons and he's a good hockey player right we know that he has been the head of the russian federal tax service as you mentioned for actually many years since 2010 but even befor

the president appoints the cabinet and all the ministers i proposed shifting this power to the state duma and also with the approval of the russian government chairman. also the topic of the washington. of iran's top general of ramifications that will now america's top diplomat says it's all part of a new did terran strategy with warnings for russia and china plus. unity classified papers revealed the reuters news agency received generous funds from british intelligence to the cold war to help spread the soviet propaganda. i get out of the afternoon this wednesday 15th of january here in moscow man and kevin i would stick around for this 25 minute update then 1st. proposed a major legislation shift that would see russia's prime minister cabinet minister is no longer appointed by the president but by the state duma that suggestion came up president putin was delivering his annual state of the nation address to lawmakers. is here the highlights next. we were heads back here where this country is supposed to head and 2020 but i can tell you that the russian future it seems way beyond that po

according to the constitution of the russian federation the president of the state duma is concerned. the president appoints the cabinet. ministers. and also the approval of the russian government. nearly 2 years of a punishing trade war the u.s. and china. which will see. more american products in return for access to its markets but questions remain over the long running whether they will be lifted. to the world this is r t international the names you know neal hello and welcome to the program. our top story the russian president has nominated the head of the federal tax service for the post of prime minister it's the latest move in a day of major upheaval in russian politics earlier rushes. prime minister dmitri medvedev of his government resigned not came after president putin suggested amendments to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers well i discussed all the changes with our correspondent earlier maria for national. saying i mean he was born in 1006 to 6 in moscow he's married has 3 sons and he's a good hockey player right we know that he has been the head

ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government. after nearly 2 years of a punishing trade war the u.s. and china signed a pact which will see beijing buy more american products in return for greater access to its markets but questions remain over when the greater part of the tariffs imposed by washington will be lifted. by broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our international thomas glad to have you with. there to be a new prime minister and a government russia in a day of major upheaval in the country's political system the president nominated the head of the federal tax service for the post of pm the head of that outgoing prime minister dmitry medvedev announced his government had resigned and that itself was in response to president putin suggesting it meant to the constitution effectively limiting his own powers and transferring them to parliament earlier my colleague you know neil discussed all of that with our correspondent maria for an ocean starting with more on the premiere to be. saying i mean he

according to the constitution of the russian federation the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet. and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman. a lot more to come on and now the news we're covering today after washington's assassination of iran's top general america's top diplomat says it's all part of a new to terrorists strategy with warnings for russia and china to. either live for the r.t. world view center wednesday the 15th of january just turned 6 pm well welcome to the program this update with me kevin i mean you can see on the screens are breaking news as just mentioned russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev has announced that the government has resigned that comes after president vladimir putin earlier suggested changes to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers for point a prime minister so it's all wills emotional ready very quickly more if not in the studio here it was a surprise announcement for mere

according to the constitution of the russian federation president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman and that the german suggestion all the deputy prime ministers and federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president with the right to reject any candidates yes this is of course all subject to a popular vote if these passes russia will be a changed country with a very different future russia is changing into a new face of democracy and now this 1st. time when the president limits his old power this is something in the lake of control the country is not knowing at all the president limits it's all the more and once to let the people decide on the new constitution and to pave the way the government handed in its resignation it's worth mentioning it wasn't all that popular that failed at a number of fronts and we trim it then if the now caretaker prime minister said himself

russia's prime minister cabinet and other ministers no longer appointed by the president by the state duma instead the suggestion came during president putin's annual state of the nation address to lawmakers or watching across that going to reaction was. there near red square are there with this address took place big s.-chip speak to earlier on tell us about that a bit but 1st of all the big picture that came out from today the refuse prizes were there. kevin hi again well we were expecting to hear where this country is supposed to go in 2020 but i can tell you that the country's future way beyond that point it seems was being seeped out as mr putin was speaking here at the exhibit hall which is just outside the kremlin and i can tell you that some of the groundbreaking proposals that we heard from them included proposals for the changes to the russian constitution and some of that meant that. was in fact limiting his powers or proposing to limit his own powers in the sense of appointing key government ministers and the prime minister and leader as well so here's proof of that. just. acco

according to the constitution of the russian federation he's the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman and the chairman suggestion all the deputy prime ministers and federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president with the right to reject any candidates another proposal that came from the president was taken out the phrase in a row from the sentence from the constitution that one person could only serve to presidential terms in a row which if the amendments are approved would mean that the situation when for instance mr putin himself were turned to the presidential office after a 4 year break won't repeat itself in raw. in the future the russian leader among other things proposed that's also something very important putting the russian main law that's the constitution once again above international law in the sense that russia wouldn't be. a part of any internat

president appoints the cabinet and all of the ministers high praise shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government cham. these are across the up to washington's assassination of iran's top general america's top diplomat says it's all part of a new to terence strategy with warnings from russia china to. get out today never a dull moment in news is this breaking news story thanks for watching out international by the way it just came in the last few minutes russia's prime minister dmitri medvedev has announced that the government has resigned it comes after russian president vladimir putin that earlier suggested changes to the constitution in an address he made to lawmakers there was a shared. you'll think that on pretty quickly maria from austin is in the studio with this group called a source like bebo surprise this one has nothing to alarming the government is still going to carry on doing what it does and bring the country until somebody else is thought up a new covenant comes along and there's also a future place we have for dmitri medvedev as wel

russia's prime minister cabinet ministers no longer appointed by the president to recap by the state duma suggestion came as mentioned while president putin was delivering his annual state of the nation address to lawmakers as mentioned earlier trenchard's there with all the highlights earlier on we were headed back to you here where this country is supposed to head 2020 but i can tell you that the russian future it seems way beyond that point was being shaped out here and the manager exhibit hall just outside the kremlin as mr putin was speaking because we heard some really groundbreaking proposals including proposed changes to the washington maine law the russian constitution in fact one of the proposals suggested that the constitution should limit mr putin's own powers that have to do with appointing key government ministers and in fact the prime minister as well so here's proof of that. according to the constitution of the russian federation the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all of the mi

automatically mean that the cabinet would have to step down to a moving towards the point when the russian state duma approved the name of the country's new prime minister that is mikhail so the result was $383.00 votes in favor about 40 abstentions and 0 votes again so this is the kind of backing the incoming prime minister is getting which is very important obviously in his position and clearly we were listening to his speech right before the vote which was obviously filled with quite a few promises so here are some of them. used to produce them i can do that too i like to ensure you that all members of the new government carry personal responsibility for achieving national goals i know that some talks in this room can even an intensive and i believe it's very important that the government feels that it would always be questioned him on incident remains open and constructive critics help us improve and you the members of parliament give us regional feedback you know what they think what people talk about how this sense the situations and whether they think that there are changes needed for the past

that that would see russia's pm cabinet ministers no longer appointed by the president but by the state duma that suggestion came while president putin delivering his annual state of the nation address to lawmakers. across all this watching him talking to various greater good down there today there is again hey one of the priorities outlined by the russian president including what we said there about the way might be made up in the. decide in the future. kevin good afternoon well 1st of all i can tell you that we were expecting to hear where russia is supposed to head in the year or 2020 but it looks like today's speech expanded to further in the russian future because quite surprisingly mr putin ended his speech by talking in speaking volumes about the proposed changes to the russian constitution that he was mentioning several aspects but perhaps the most important one is about appointing the washing government pretty much the prime minister and other cabinet ministers previously it was his job it's now the proposal is to change that all together and have a listen he's. so through it's just

according to the constitution of the russian federation the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments to the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman and the chairman suggestions all the deputy prime ministers and federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president with the right to reject any candidates another proposal that came from the president was taken out the phrase in a row from the sentence from the constitution that one person could only serve 2 presidential terms in a row which if the amendments are approved would mean that the situation when for instance mr putin himself were turned to the presidential office after a 4 year break won't repeat itself in russia in the future the russian leader among other things proposed that's also something very important putting the russian main law that's the constitution once again above international law in the sense that russia wouldn't be. a part of any internation

that you according to the constitution of the russian federation the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government.

according to the constitution of the russian federation the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman. after nearly 2 years of a punishing.

according to the constitution of the russian federation president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet. and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman and the chairman suggestion all the deputy prime ministers and the federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president with the right to reject any candidates yes this is of course all subject to a popular vote if these passes russia will be a changed country with a very different future russia is changing into a new face of democracy. and now this 1st. time when the president limits his old power this is something in the lake of control the country is not you know at all the president limits it's all the more and once you let the people decide on the new constitution. well through the prism of major nation media rusher is considered a one not even a one party state a one man state complete utter autocracy run by vladimir putin the matter what he had said no matter what some of the de

object so according to the constitution of the russian federation the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinets his deputy and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman and at the chairman's suggestion all the deputy ministers and all the federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president without a right to reject any candidate this is of course all subject to a popular vote if these passes russia will be a changed country with a very different future russia is changing into a new face of democracy freedom and now the basis of 1st. time when the president limits his old how this is something in the later control country is not noted at all their president limits its own power and wants to let the people decide on the new constitution many in the west see president putin is a mental power is the one that wants to remain in power for ever and so on and so forth but if you look at the reforms if you look at the proposals i see myself

exactly all those sadia switch expressed in the draft law adopted today in the 1st reading by the state duma how exactly they will take shape well let's the let's talk about your own perceptions because in your recent piece for chess and pals you contend that it's all about prolonging put in its grip on power do you think that's really all he cares about and if so a do you think the staying in power isn't aimed in and of itself or is it a means to something else i think they have. been allies president putin. seeings. and to look at what has happened to on january 15th. there can be no are the serious reasons. they have a life scale can situational reform except for changing the system in a way transforming this ystem in their way which will allow put into keeping after 2024 and they have various nothing strange. if and when he goes with these what looks a little bit strange it's that there are no more political play us who. know reacts not just in the way. wholeheartedly support or wholeheartedly oppose these sadia but to analyze what exactly will happen to russia's concede to sion and to r

well basement for political pull or look even at the state duma today they did vote on them you only know what my knowsley for the well project with. without. a. rejections without any ideas how to improve it to say i'm shelley without any substantial discussion so how could you imagine they are. aimed to give them as representative self but people a shell. more riots or how could you imagine that the next generation of duma deputies would be at a reprint population imagine that these are he's only and is a mother i can tell you that development doesn't happen overnight i mean your kid doesn't become a 16 year old 2 months after birth it all takes time and it takes a certain degree of practicing in making mistakes to reach i think should be allowed to russia as to any other country but let's continue that discussion after a very short break we'll be back in just a few moments. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back to worlds apart with nikolai patrol seni

i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman and at the chairman suggestion all the deputy prime ministers and federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president without the right to reject any candidates so this is of course all subject to a popular vote if these passes russia will be a change country with a very different future russia is changing into a new face of democracy freedom and now this 1st. time when the president limits his old power and this is something in the lake of control the country is not noted at all a president limits at all and wants to let the people decide on the new constitution. well through the prism of major nation media rusher is considered a one not even a one party state a one man state complete utter a talk recy run by vladimir putin the matter what he had said no matter what some of the deputies might say in the coming days and to pave the way the government handed in its resignation it's worth mentioning it wasn't all that popular that failed on a number of fronts and meacham event