international community is very interested in seeing these two pitted against each other but the united russia party sic kind of hinting towards putin basically allowed putin to go in front of the united party officials and say hey look this is all premature we still have the state duma elections coming up on december fourth and it is premature to talk about the presidential elections which are in two thousand and twelve when we have the state duma elections this year just coming up in a few months so basically he basically went to his party officials and said look you have worked with needs to be done you still need to keep your eye on the ball and it's premature to talk about this now again in the international community a lot of people like to put these two together they've been friends for a long time invaded even said in this interview that he's known that vladimir putin for half of his life they're linked to politically they're linked as friends and so if there's a difference in opinion between these two people like to exploit that if people like to talk about which one is stronger which one i

vladimir putin who has held that position in the past this of course prompted him to go to the united russia party of which he is the head of to speak with top party officials and say look guys it's too early bad election isn't until two thousand and twelve it's still a ways away and we still need to focus on the state duma elections which are coming up this year on december fourth of two thousand and eleven but let me give you a little bit of history about why this has been such a big deal this week and particularly ahead of the brics summit meeting in china we did have met with the chinese media and in that he was asked about possible good visions and policy different ways different directions that he might be going away from the body reputedly in terms of how the country is being run he said yes there are some areas where they disagree but this is part of a healthy democracy it's part of a system that works now the two of them have been friends for a long time this interview prompted the united russia party to start hinting if you will that they would be in support of a lot even a prudent presi

russia's prime minister told party colleagues this week that it's premature to talk of him running for the two thousand and twelve presidential election that they're putting it but members of the country's leading united russia party cooling attempts to portray him president get that as rivals saying he's short on us for that. certainly it has been an interesting week in the russian national politics especially when you talk about the two top two positions in the country and arguably the two most dynamic men in russian politics and that of course is dmitri medvedev the president and bloody mir putin the prime minister now any time these two get together or there's a possibility of there being a differing opinion or who will run the international community becomes very excited and that's what happened this week it all started head of the brics summit in china when the chinese media had an interview with president to get it and they asked him about some of these possible divisions and how least to many think in that interview president medvedev said more from there will be differences of opinion in how things should be done but he also talked about in that interview how this is part of the dynamic democ

interview said that he was not going to rule out running for president this of course prompted the united russia party which blood in the putin is the head of to start kind of saying no no no we want our candidate to be in that position as well and kind of hinting towards putin basically allowed putin to go in front of the united party officials and say hey look. we still have the state duma elections coming up on december fourth and it is premature to talk about the presidential elections which are in two thousand and twelve when we have a state duma elections this year just coming up in a few months now and again in the international community a lot of people like to put these two together they've been friends for a long time invaded even said in this interview that he's known that blood in your pardon for half of his life they're linked politically they're linked as friends and so there's a difference in opinion between these two people like to exploit that so a lot of interest in this but of course this week put in the prime minister coming up and said you know why. it's time that we focus on the

they are propagating civil war in libya they're supporting one party in this internal conflict and you know russia in accordance with. the united nations charter has always have been catered for their noninvolvement into our companies internal affairs so of course. many people in russia are feeling that russia has been actually stamped into the fall of pharaoh because when they voted to play as they do was to protect civilians to stop while at the same libya but what was seen now while i'm still here is escalating and never cancers are supporting one party or the civil war that is they can place in libya as you said you were saying you know the initial purpose of this so u.n. resolution one ninety seven three was that of a humanitarian mission but now it becomes clear to many of the alliances is that intervening for regime change you suggest a civil war taking place but also you say there are perhaps some moscow's expectations have been dashed what implications you think this could have on relations between the alliance and russia you know i don't think it will influence russian. alliance relations there in march because there

central russia party has come to you live from the heart of what's go christian believers are united in easter celebrations this year the event falls on the same day for all of them in moscow thousands of washable as well able to attend a special service at the main russian orthodox cathedral. or a fourth witnessed ground near us. there's over five thousand people have attended the service this year including president and prime minister putin and a lot of the families inside bringing their children it really is a family event a religious event that's marked by thousands and thousands of people every year but so the cathedral and celebrate not only inside but also lined the streets as well with their candles just the take part in the ceremony. here to celebrate easter it's a russian christian holiday which has always been celebrated all over russia in moscow on a business trip and we just couldn't help but come here. is the first time you had a chance to celebrate this festival in moscow so we came to see the service here it's a joy to be here in this very interesting. we came here s