vladimir putin may not have it all his own way. yes, here in russia he's still the most popular politician. but this place has changed a lot since he came to power. people live better thought butt they're also more dissatisfied and some of those who once praised him for restoring order now say he could be leading the country in a dangerous direction. for all of the appearance of growing rich and poor. stability has become stagnation and could lead to social explosion. even putin's form prime minister says it could be on the cards. you really think it could be the equivalent of the arab spring here in russia? >> absolutely, absolutely. and everything putin is doing that encouraged this mood. it would not -- it would not mature soon, but indefinitely. >> the question is what would it take to get russians traditionally apathetic out onto the streets outside moscow peace headquarters, we found this small picket, hardly the stirrings of revolution but russia's top political blogger said the internet has given the opposition a powerful n

vladimir putin might not have it all his own way. yes, he is still the most popular politician but things have changed the lot. people live better but they're also more dissatisfied. those that once praised him for restoring order say that he could be leaving the country in a dangerous situation. stability has become stagnation. even his former prime minister said it could be on the cards. do you think there could be the equivalent of an arab spring here in russia? >> absolutely. what vladimir putin is doing is encouraging this. this would not mature soon definitely. >> what it would take to get russians out on to the streets? we found this small ticket, hardly the starring revolution. the top political blunder said that the internet has given the opposition is a powerful new tool. >> all of this is true but everything can change in a very short time. >> letter putin's return to the presidency is not in doubt. what is much more uncertain whether his style is still what most russians want. >> you are watching "bbc world news a,"mecall

vladimir putin was furious.onths later, berezovsky left russia, never suffer to return. >> it is a commercial case about a business dispute. for anyone interested in russia, it is also deeply political. pitting boris berezovsky, one of the kremlin's most impact old enemies, against roman abramovich, who has always tried to steer clear and keep the best possible relations with vladimir putin. >> late in 2000, roman abramovich also entered politics, serving platter or put in as governor of the reindeer herders of russia's remote province. meanwhile, the court heard, after a meeting while on a holiday in the french alps, roman abramovich agreed to pay a staggering 13 $3 billion to boris berezovsky and his partner as the final payoff for the protection he no longer needed. the kind of 24 karat handshake. but boris berezovsky says that roman abramovich was buying him out of their joint business at a knockdown price, threatening that if he did not accept the terms, president vladimir putin might jail one of boris bere

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prime minister vladimir putin's united russian party is expected to win. it has long dominated the politics of the country, but there are signs his popularity is slipping and it could lose their two-thirds majority, a majority which allows it to make constitutional changes. a growing number of russian said they are not happy with the way their country is run. many complained of corruption, injustice, and agreed to. one opinion poll suggests one- fifth of the population would like to leave the country. perhaps the most frustrated are highly qualified young people. in this special report, we caught up with two people very divergent views on the future of their home country. >> this person is a loyal supporter of vladimir putin. the 26-year-old sociologist believes in the russian prime minister's words and deeds and as a candidate for the governing united russian party. stefan wants to pack up and leave. he does not see a future for himself in russia with putin in power. two young people and their perspectives of russia. this is the city of penza, about 560 k

as solid as the kremlin itself the united russia party enjoys the leadership of prime minister vladimir putin and the support of president dmitry medvedev the last parliamentary election brought the body sixty percent of the seats in the state duma its closest rival the coleman this but it won six times less votes the coming problem in true action is to show whether united russia can keep its two thirds majority in the duma the unit to block transformed into the united russia party in the country's political arena in one thousand nine hundred nine the same year vladimir putin became prime minister the party has always been supportive of food in sports. so woods popularity has grown proportionally to the politicians approval ratings stability has been the key word in the party is election campaigns and it has been embraced by menu portions we read from years of to equal an economic turbulence two thousand and seven saw the peak of the party's popularity when it received a record sixty four percent of the vote in the state duma election the party's success was further strengthened by vlad

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and vladimir putin currently russia's prime minister is formally nominated to run for the presidency next year his head as he was proposed at the united russia party convention on sunday and given unanimous support by the delegates. up next a documentary titled dead ocracy casts doubt on the course chosen by e.u. leaders to tackle the debt crisis up next our interview with a man behind the film. from the very beginning of the year as a crisis one of the major criticisms to be of the e.u. leaders failure to adapt to the continuing problems which by aras had just a finite piece documentary does focus they gained a lot of attention but opening the discussion about possible alternatives and challenging the assertion from yours they needed that there was no plan b. paris thank you very much for joining us now the title of your documentary that's a pretty self-explanatory can you tell us what the main message is on that documentary you know we started with the idea that the another countries there where are there no other solutions to this grace is that they weren't mentioned in greece by

the russian prime minister vladimir couldn't announced a $14 billion -- vladimir putin announced a $14 billion rescue plan for belarus. russia wins complete control over the belarus's gas pipeline network. >> the bill russian president alexander wishing go -- desperately needs russian assistance. prime minister putin pledged support. >> on average, european customers will have to pay for in dollars per cubic meter of natural gas next year. the price for belarus will be $164. >> in exchange for the discount, the russian energy giant gasprom will take control of the gas pipeline. >> it is certainly clear who was dominating the economic front. = status is -- equal status is an allusion. >> mask go double its previously guaranteed loan for the project -- moscow -- is bruce the guaranteed loan for the project. russia is belarus' me friend as long as belarus is isolated from the eu. the country's political independence could still change. >> now for space exploration news. >> awesome. it is nasa's latest mission to mars. at cape canaveral on saturday -- is cargo at $2.5 billion mars science

from that is to vladimir putin has just been officially approved as the united boss appointees candidate for the next president elect. or looking back at the week's top stories also on our t.v. the heat turned up on egypt's ruling generals with hundreds of thousands protesting their power on cairo's tahrir square and across the country it's leading to fears of more violence ahead of monday's parliamentary poll. fresh credit rating downgrade shaky europe is the struggles to control soaring interest rates on its runaway debt all vending market fears that collapse may now be eminent. russia sounding the alarm over the u.s. missile defense shield in europe president medvedev warning moscow will deploy its own rockets of the borders of washington's plan continues without guarantees for russia's security. three pm in moscow i met treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t russia's biggest political party united russia has just approved vladimir putin's official nomination as their presidential candidate the prime minister first gave a speech in which

his name was vladimir kuna. >> i had heard a lot about vladimir kuna when i got to mirov prison.was one of the most notorious inmates housed there. because vladimir was such a high-profile inmate he had to be taken to a very specific cell before we were able to go in and interview him. so there's this big build-up about his notorious crimes, the violence. he was like a character out of "goodfellas." and then when i actually started talking with vladimir, i was a little surprised. very calm, gentle guy. he was relating his situation to me. >> translator: i was living a double life. it was awful for me. it's like watching a horror movie on tv and then you're actually living it. >> kuna was serving 25 years for his role as an accomplice in a bizarre organized crime plot that was so infamous it inspired five books and a czech feature film. it also resulted in five murders, including ku nchna's mother. >> translator: as far as my own personal story is concerned, i should start at the beginning. i grew up without a father. and i had friends, older ones. and one of those older friends b

he said he thought he was looking at himself when he saw vladimir putin on tv. doppelganger does not quite get the female admirers, saying that he is still looking for love and hope to start a family. for now. maksense of intertional >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its r abal strength to worfo wide range of financial companies. >> bbc world news was presented by kcet los angeles.

a small crowd protested en vladimir putin's likely return -- protested vladimir putin's likely return to the presidency. catastrophic flooding has affected the lives of 2 million people and left 400 dead. the worst monsoon rains in 50 years have devastated large parts of the central river basin and have displaced thousands in the capital of bangkok. >> the water is still high. the government says the situation was about. for people here, there is little sign of relief. many are becoming desperate. >> the water was stable and seemed to be going down, so we came back. today, it is rising dramatically. now it is almost too late to leave. >> some residents accused the government of sacrificing their areas in order to keep the main business district tdry. they're demanding that the sluice gates be opened. >> but how about the water condition is. -- look out bad low water condition is -- look how bad the water condition is. >> some people have decided to take the law into their own hands. authorities say this might cause flooding elsewhere. >> a polish airlines boeing 767 has made a dramati

post hosni mubarak parliamentary elects next week. >>> this is a sound of russian prime minister vladimirutin not used to hearing. they booed him live on television at a marshal arts bout in moscow. the prime minister stepped into the ring to congratulate the winner when the crowd let loose and you can hear it. putin supporters say the jeers were not directed at the prime minister but for the american fighter who lost the match. >>> the cost of thanksgiving diner is going up 10% year over year tips to use to cut the cost of your holiday meal to family and loved oner. >>> how one provider is take your call. hotline style if you are fretting about getting ready for the holiday feast. details ahead on this tuesday, november 22nd a live look at downtown baltimore. good morning, maryland." crear >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> news time 5:23. it's hard to believe there are two shopping days left until thanksgiving dinner and while you want that dinner to be great, you don't want to break the bank. smart shopping starts before you ever air the store. if you cooking multiple meals think ahe

the two decades of its existence the party has been centered around its highly charismatic leader vladimir zhirinovsky. his first political breakthrough came in one nine hundred ninety one and he came in third at russia's first presidential election. he's eccentric behavior or temper and sharp tongue have made him one of the most conspicuous personalities on russia's political arena as well as a media darling in nineteen ninety three to my election was the biggest success for the liberal democratic party which gives up twenty three percent of the world more than of its rivals although afterwards it could never come close to was good a result the party's populist rhetoric and the care isn't all that silly that have so far guaranteed it seats in russia's state duma. for the wish hello mr sharon all skipping cure for the with us to begin with guarding your campaign agenda are you happy with the russians current foreign policy do you still consider the united states to be russia's mean potential adversary. in policies and foreign affairs in general are all parties strongest point i am writing

that said be upcoming voters lining up to be one of its norse performances ever and prime minister vladimir putin acknowledged that problems do exist in the united russia party but he also warns that a deep beats of the ruling party would mean that the country could plunge into an academic crisis similar. the crisis which has gripped the whole of europe now when you said that it was only thanks to you not to russia's majority in the last elections that russia survived the economic crisis of two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine pressure expert martin mccauley from the university of london says putin will remain so but will maintain stability and promote the country's image on the world stage if you look back to two thousand russia was in crisis because of the mad nine hundred ninety s. and putin gave russia stability and you give it respect and that was very very important during the period he was president of two thousand and eight he gradually became harder and he fell out with practically everyone he represents if you like the russian nationalists longing for the outside world

and vladimir putin formally selected as the ruling united russia party's candidate to run for president next year. five pm in moscow i met tries to bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news here on r t we begin in egypt where military rule where the military rulers have warned of grave consequences if the crisis doesn't end this comes a day before the country's first parliamentary election since the fall of hosni mubarak the muslim brotherhood claims it's set to win the majority of seats artes and he said no way has more from cairo. when you talk to people here on talking or about the muslim brotherhood most of them talk about it as their revolution being hijacked because of the organization is very well organized itself they claim that they're going to win some forty percent of the votes on one day's election the movement that is really this revolution to mobilize people here on the square angry about that and in fact some analysts that we've been speaking to people around the globe feel but if they do come into power is a very big chance of that but it could serv

ruling united russia party has unanimous unanimously voted to nominate its leader prime minister vladimir putin as its presidential candidate for the march fourth elections if he wins he will take up the post for six years are going to have a has all the details. now it's a vicious bloody murder who travelled around to seek reelection as president in this country in several months from now he had been russia's president for two terms from two thousand to two thousand and eight according to the constitution one cannot keep the top job for three terms in a row but should let him or putin win the upcoming presidential vote will be the first leader in more than russia to keep this post for six years today in his speech will still being about the way the election goes says is going on in this country he said but the some of the criticism from the opposition is justified but he also warned graining suspension were on the west and he said that in the first place elections in this country is a domestic affair approaching. i know that representatives of some foreign states pay money to so-called r

vladimir putin has officially been chosen as the candidate to represent russia's biggest party at nextyear's presidential election at the united russia convention in moscow the prime minister ally in the direction he would take if elected next march artie's a catarina groucho has more. now it's ambition to. run to seek reelection as president in this country in several months from now he had been russia's president for two terms from two thousand to two thousand and eight according to the constitution one cannot keep the top job for three terms in a row but should let him if we do in the upcoming presidential vote will be the first leader in modern russia to keep this post for six years today in his speech will still being about the way the election process is going on in this country he said but some of the criticism from the opposition is justified but he also warned the meanings to special even from the west and he said that in the first place elections in this country is a domestic affair approaching. i know that representatives of some foreign states pay money to so-called receive

now, vladimir putin has an ad showing a couple getting it on. getting it on in a voting booth. for >> the tag line is, let's do this together. >>reporter: those skeptics think that it is an attempt to go after the use of votes. some say the advertisement goes hand in hand, vladimir putin has a brand brimming with testosterone. do you want more, it says. >>reporter: the most orgasmic levels ahead ever came from spain. in this advertisement the woman sabers and dropping her ballot. voting is a pleasure is the tagline. orgasmic advertisement gained criticism from a committee of women. now, a new benetton campaign is called the un hate campaign yet pictures leaders around the world kissing. an image of the pope kissing a muslim that we are not showing was declared unacceptable by the vatican. call >>justine: we have live pictures into our newsroom out of occupied wall street as protesters are calling for a day of action. the plan is for them to take to the subways and to the streets. protesters hope to bridge all street and the new law will not been changed. they want to prevent in

. >> i've been noticing videos of all of these girls in bikinis talking about, i love vladimir putin.capitalizing on the sexiness that they think surrounds vladimir putin. >> this party is the predominant party in russia, putin's party. people saying this video isn't going do help him. a member of the opposition party a just russia, is calling for an investigation on the video, they say the ad is promoting rule-breaking of going into the booth together. especially with the slogan, let's do it together. >> it's an ad, i don't think they're mirroring real life here. >> imagine the poor idiots that think this really happens and he goes to the poll place thinking that something is going to happen. >> where is girl? where is girl? >>> dogs love to eat. all kinds of things. most of the time we can forgive them. except for this couple, it was a little hard. >> oh, no! >> this is twitty, and he ate his owner's $1,000. in $100 bills. >> i would be so mad, i -- i would have to get rid of the dog. >> that's what a lot of people are commenting on the story. but the owners kind of were at fault. t

we are talking about the russian prime minister vladimir putin.n impressively manley dude, some will tell you, and his popularity is slipping, though. in just weeks before his party's parliamentary elections. zain verjee joins us, once again, from london. in the united states we see politicians shake hands and kiss some babies and make speeches. not this guy. >> no, not this guy, t.j. maybe vladimir putin can give some of the presidential candidates there over in the u.s. some tips. he is known in the u.s. diplomatic circles as the alpha dog. what his latest stunt was. he was off campaigning because he wants to be president in 2012, again, his third time. he decided as he was touring hospitals grab some of the dentistry equipment. looks like he is about to pull someone's tooth out here in this shot. this is the governor of one of the regions there and then earlier this year, he did kind of a macho pr stunt. he got himself on a harley davidson and headed up a group of bikers and looking pretty cool. all clad in black there shaking people hands and

well, maybe if you're voting for vladimir putin.s to be the message of a new ad released by his supporters. the russian prime minister is not the only one exploiting racy themes. our jeanne moos has been taking a look at some eyebrow raising ads that are way out there. take a look. >> reporter: first, russia's leader couldn't keep his shirt on. and now vladimir putin's party has a get out the vote ad that shows a couple getting it on. getting it on in the voting booth. >> the tag line is let's do this together. >> reporter: herreman institute director timothy frye says the ad smacks of desperation on the part of putin's united russia party. >> it's clearly an attempt to make united russia look hip. >> reporter: the attempt to go after the youth vote spawned putin puns like she is is putin out. they're attempting to show the macho brand brimming with te testostero testosterone. cleavage bearing women calling themselves putin's army strut their stuff much like obama girl did in 2008. ♪ i got a crush on obama >> reporter: at least obam

although politically powerful and the 1990's, he fell out with vladimir putin and lives in exile in britain. their argument is over a russian oil company. he claims that he threatened him into selling its share for a fraction of their value. he is suing for breach of trust and contract. he denies the allegations. he says the two men were never business partners, but he paid him as a sort of power broker. this is a case about two men who got extremely rich after the collapse of the soviet union. it is also about the power struggle in modern russia. he is usually a very private, a publicity shy person. here in court, between his cross-examination and the publication of all of this witness statement in both english and russian, his life is being shared. he is expected to give evidence for several more days. >> greece will hold a referendum on a new european union aid package intended to resolve the debt crisis. >> the u.s. as libya must do more to secure its weapon stockpile. >> china has launched an unmanned spacecraft as part of its plan to build a space station. a rocket blasted off from th

vladimir putin came in second and chinese president hu jintao fell to third. >>> authorities in brazil has released video of officers ramming their car into a small plane to stop it from taking off. police say the plane was carrying more than $100,000 worth of smuggled electronic goods. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,0 44 after climbing 208 points yesterday. the s&p jumped 23 points. the nasdaq spiked 57. taking a look at overseas trading this morning n tokyo the nikkei rows 160 points, while in hong kong the hang seng skyrocketed 600. >>> well, faced with expulsion from the european union and revolt in his own government, greece's prime minister backed off a national referendum on europe's debt crisis plan thursday and wall street breathed a big sigh of relief. stocks rallied after embattled greek leader george papandreou not only gave up the referendum many feared could destabilize global markets but agreed to resign soon. also reigniting european optimism, european central bank cut interest rates. >>> good job news also fue

and vladimir putin the current prime minister of russia formally nominated to run for the presidency next year his candidacy was proposed at the united russia party convention sunday and given unanimous support by the delegates. while half the world fills its bins with wasted food the other half seems to go hungry up next we'll look at who may be controlling food production and pricing that starving out of the market stay with us. was was. the were i had to describe chicago's food market for theater play was i thought it would be easy to get the necessary information by asking a few specialized stock brokers. was was was. but it wasn't like that was one of the people i asked were able to explain the norms that rule the stock market. was was was. i began to believe it was something that couldn't be explained or conceived by the human mind therefore it was something absurd the way in which the global grain production was being allocated was simply in comprehensible situation unbearable to everyone save a bunch of profiteers. was the they were. this is by answer this way this is cell ca

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we heard allegations of vote- rigging in favor of vladimir putin's party.local elections, students -- this didn't said that he was paid the equivalent to -- this student said that he was paid the equivalent of 10 pounds to stuff a ballot box. >> they told us that we would need to go around to the polling station and have ballots already marked for a united russia. i was not happy with that. i did not put any of the ballots i was given into the boxes. >> at this man was an election observer that day for the communist party. he has gone to court claiming that at one station, the results were changed to give united russia a bigger share of the vote. >> this is death, falsification. this is a crime. -- this is theft, falsification. >> it is only in the last 20 years the russians can take part in multi-party elections. these allegations reflect what human-rights groups have been saying, this elections are in favor of the ruling party. at the head of the election commission denies that they rigged the elections. >> out of 85 cases, 68 on a total fantasy. they hav

but it was actually just pictures of me with hu jintao, with vladimir putin of russia said to a songitten called "black flower in the white house." (laughter and applause) (laughter) >> jon: how's the song go? >> it's kind of hard to sing. >> jon: i would imagine. did he... what does a guy like him do... like, how does he dress to impress? because normally he's throughout looking like a cross between, you know, tyne daly and michael jackson. >> well, he was in the big white robe, big red africa pin. black hat. i think it was his finest. (laughter) but the most important thing is i was there because he'd given up his weapons of mass destruction and, i'll tell you, when he was in that bunker as the revolution was unfolding all around them i was glad he had given up those dangerous weapons i have no doubt he would have used them. >> jon: they said that he still had chemical weapons. >> he still had some chemical stocks, old chemical stocks but the really dangerous stuff, for instance, some of the weapons that he'd gotten through the a.q. khan network, the pakistani nuclear scientist, th

but if vladimir gets shot by a deranged postal worker, it'll be on the evening news. and the final reason is that we care more about violence now, so a lot of things that just didn't even count as violence now we consider to be heinous crimes. the most blatant example is genocide which before the 20th century, no one seemed to think there was anything particularly wrong with genocide. there were many colonial ministers and politicians who thanked god for wiping out the indians. there was a change in sensibility that has gone further and further down the scale to isolate behaviors that before were okay. my favorite example being the recent targeting of bullying. no less than the president of the united states gave a policy address on what we're going to do about bullying in the playground. now, 25 years ago this would have been an episode of "the simpsons," it would have been absurd. boys will be boys, it's part of childhood. how are kids going to grow up tough if you're going to turn them into sissies. but now we think of life from the point of view of the bullied chi

vladimir coup and has defended his decision to campaign to keep russia a strong and not for personal gain. he is returning to a position he first held 12 years ago. some see his political influence as an increasingly destructive force. >> for 12 years, the face of russia. he has made it clear he wants to come back as president next year and could be around until 2024. if he can stay in power for so long been challenged, which has happened to russian democracy? tonight, there is a chance to talk to him face-to-face. meeting with foreign analysts, he denied he was driven by personal ambition or a desire to stop russia changing. it doesn't mean that the political system should stagnate, he told us. but of course, we are thinking of ways for the people to have more influence on those in power. he may not have that all his own way. in russia, he is the most popular politician, but a lot has changed since he came to power. [inaudible] some of those praised him for restoring order and some say it could lead the country in a dangerous direction. there is a gap between the rich and poor, stab