they were a gift from vladimir putin. it is just one reason why parents and teachers here want putin to return to presidential office. >> since he has been in charge in russia, we get paid on time. businesses are full, which you could not count on before. russians do not live any worse than europeans. and we are still developing. >> putin promised this school computers when he visited two years ago. in a local meeting that was broadcast on television, putin unleashed a general modernization of the village. this retired couple treat the bench where putin sat in their garden like a treasure. they still gush over how modest the most powerful man in russia was and how easy to talk to. >> vladimir putin would be a president for all russians again. two years ago, he major that pensions were substantially raise for pensioners like us, and now, two more increases are coming in february and once more. >> when they see mass protests in moscow against putin, they do not agree. they do not think that recent elections involved fraud,

you just don't like vladimir putin? >> i do not think so. it is not the main fact that we are drawn together by. the main fact is that we are deeply terrified by the fact that the last elections in parliament have been falsified a lot. and several facts have been proven. but a lot more facts have not been researched yet and will not be researched. it is terrible. theake all the citizens thought in russia to be socially responsible and that is a big story. it is not as it is now. many people join the elections, but not enough people to. only 50% of the russian citizens. have citizens the other 50% said at home and do nothing. >> i'm sorry. i need to stop you there. thank you very much for being with us, dmitri. that brings us to the end of this part. stay with bbc world news. there's plenty more to come. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work h

[speaking russian] >> strong words from vladimir putin in his former job. does that mean the russians were spying on the brits? >> oh, i don't think spying finished with the end of the cold war. it's no secret that countries around the world spy on each other. thinking back to 2006, though, when that story broke, it was an incredible story. it was broken in a documentary on russian state television. it seemed at the time something out of a novel, the fact these high-tech transmitters could have been hidden in fake rocks. many people didn't believe it, but now it appears there is confirmation that it was true. >> steve, many thanks. steve rosenberg in moscow then. to pakistan, where the prime minister made a rare appearance before his country's supreme court to defend himself against allegations of contempt. the case against gilani is based on his refusal to reopen an earlier case of corruption against the president, czar dooree. proceedings have been adjourned until february. if mr. gilani is found guilty, he could be jailed up to six months and disqualifie

>> vladimir putin could stay in office until 2024.is critics are already comparing him to the soviet leader for 18 years. >> to compare putin with him and would almot be a complement to putin. he is much -- he has revived what was bad about the soviet system. >> un putin's what, dissent has been stifled, public demonstrations forcibly dispersed, and critics thrown in jail, all highly reminiscent of soviet times. a token parliamentary opposition hardly dares to challenge him. the state television allows no criticism. now, dissatisfaction with the kremlin has brought tens of thousands of ordinary russians on to the streets, including young, well-educated middle- class citizens who had never been politically active before. the unrest was triggered by reports of vote fraud in the recent elections. the discontent with putin's entire system is widespread. >> corruption in russia is out of control. it makes life very hard, almost impossible. hardly anyone supports putin and his party anymore, so they rig to the elections. -- they rigged the

the alliance, and vladimir putin staying at the throttle. the name of this new russian connectivity is, get this, the eu, the eurasian union. in other words, an eu2, with the european union the eu1, if this eurasian union, the eu2, will serve as an ll pivot on free trade. the five nation will enjoy free exchange of goods across their mistake of eu1. >> we won't repeat the mistakes of the european union in our integration. we're conscious of what we're doing. we understand who we're g with. the european union took a shot in the dark. >> question, is putin trying to capitalize on the eurozone's woes? >> i thibault in is desperately trying to save his skin. the action in russ right now is the russian establishment has been astonished by the public reaction to the parliamentary election that russians came out on the streets. everyone had written the russian people 06 as too apathetic and too much prospering from the putin years. and they went out there -- in moscow last week, the kremlin is absolutely terrified, and the predictions are that eith

. >> it is long awaited justice for vladimir djordjevic's family who is still grieving his death. they say vladimir was always helping people and that's what he was doing the night he was burned. this is the way the family will always remember the 28-year- old, happy, smiling, full of life. >> look at that smiling, beautiful smile. >> vladimir, he was a happy person, friendly, very positive, always looking at the good side of life. reporter: djordjevic died in may, 2010, 2 and a half years after being burn in over 90% of his body at the strip club good guys in northwest where he worked as a manager. it happened as 41-year-old so see graure was asked to -- vasile graure was asked to leave the club after trying to photograph a dancer. he came back with gasoline and poured it around the restaurant. the manager tried to stop him. >> he did a lot to help a lot of people that night to, you know, at the expense of his own high. reporter: annette said her husband was working to pay his way through school. he was studying international business and hoped to work globally. bauer was convict

. >> vladimir pejdo is serving four years for theft. he says he's housed here because of conflicts with other inmates. >> translator: well, i had some problems when i was in general population since there are a lot of bad people here. there are a lot of what we call rats. if i had stayed there, i could have ended up with six more months in prison. nowadays, if you break somebody's nose or jaw, they immediately give you more time in prison without any discussion. >> but it's outside of seventh block in the general population area that the uniqueness of zabela is most obvious. >> you walk out into this courtyard that was beautiful. they had this very large fountain. and i was a little shocked, turned my head and saw peacocks. on the yard. the prison yard itself. the further we got actually onto the prizren grounds, everywhere you looked there were birds. >> then you look a little closer and you see flowers. beautiful flowers in bloom. and gardening. inmates planting other plants. laundry hanging out. and it is almost soothing when you wal

talking on multiculturalism a migration vladimir putin praised what he sees as russia's long history as a multicultural nation a history he says goes back to the days of the russian empire it said it have been some very serious problems though when it comes to migration and integration of migrants in russia that these problems over the last twenty years since the collapse of the soviet union were very serious indeed in our problems that russia is still struggling to to deal with today speaking about what the results can be of migration going wrong he warned of the rise of nationalism the rise of xenophobia these type of issues that we saw acted out in real life eight in moscow in two thousand and ten with ethnic clashes taking place i'm right next to the kremlin in the heart of the russian capital a hit. so to those that see nationalism right here how did those two of you slogan such as stop feeding and stop funding the caucuses saying well the caucuses are a part of russia talking of multiculturalism he said that russia had a very unique system of multiculturalism something very dif

such things are xenophobia and ethnic tensions on the subject of nationalism vladimir putin addressing those that say that they should stop feeding and stop funding the north caucuses saying that this was something that couldn't happen that the north caucasus was a part of russia and if you started listening to those kinds of statements then the next time it would be stop funding siberia stop funding the moscow region things of course that they're not going to do addressing multiculturalism further afield but to a putin said that in his opinion the the system that was adopted by countries in europe had failed saying that this was something that trying to establish multiculturalism based on a nation and all being in it together really hadn't worked and that this was also the case with the the melting pot system and in america really the fact that everybody is essentially an immigrant coming to the united states at some point down the line. russia had a very different system and that russia's idea identity as a country and as a multicultural society have to be viewed in different light w

well written over russia's economic priorities that's what prime minister and presidential hopeful vladimir putin sees as one of the main tasks if he regains that top job a fresh bottle of ideas with an economic sense comes in his third pre-election article published in one of russia's major newspapers and you could have just got off summed up all the main points. according to prime minister putin the world is currently witnessing a very interesting time when the global economic crisis has led to reorganization of power with some traditional fevered stepping down and new players gaining more influence and the prime minister says russia has all the chances to secure a place ome all the leaders of course are problems and one of the main one is russia's dependency on natural resources leads to poor a labor efficiency outdated technologies and a lack of competitiveness in other spheres of in this trees in russia and the prime minister also says that private investors are afraid to give money into new projects in the other steers besides energy projects that are major overhaul is needed for the

run up to the vote he's proud of all of our reports but talking on multiculturalism a migration vladimir putin praised what he sees as russia's long history as a multicultural.

prime minister vladimir putin pantsuits real action on a gold painting himself as the presidential candidate for widespread economic reform. and the occupy movement spills on to the streets of london with police accused of going over the top during a crackdown on protesters. iran has vowed to halt on exports to some a u. countries for up to fifteen years despite his parliament disappointing debate on a complete ban on crude supplies to europe it would be in retaliation to the e.u. imposed embargo on iranian oil due to come in to fuel full effect this summer russia's foreign minister says that to ron's threat shows how unilateral sanctions can often backfire. russia has firmly held the opinion that in most cases sanctions are not only affective but also counterproductive the current situation yet again confirms the old war to every action there is an equal reaction iran's announcement was made in response to be european union's decision to ban the purchasing of iranian oil by even member states. meanwhile iran's nuclear program which is the target of e.u. sanctions is being scrutinized by u.n

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petersburg opposed to vladimir putin's return to power. >> woodruff: margaret warner looks at the fallout from a marine's guilty plea in the killing of two dozen unarmed civilians in haditha, iraq. >> ifill: and paul soman has the story of financial watchdog richard cordray's first appearance on capitol hill since his recess appointment by president obama. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: it's state of the union night. president obama will go before the nation this evening to lay out his view of the united states' progress, problems, and priorities. ray suarez begins our coverage. >> suarez: when the president takes the house rostrum tonight, he's expected

. >> the irony is that until recently, vladimir putin could get away with what he wanted.fined the terms of the debate or whether there was going to be a debate. what is happening is that russians are pouring out into the streets, they're rejecting being supporting cast members or really extras in the russian political voice, so you might find that this statement by vladimir putin will backfire. the thing about putin is he's smart enough to realize that and could change his mind. >> tonight, there are four convicted murderers on the loose in mississippi. we are told they hit the ground running on tuesday after being pardoned. by outgoing governor haley barbour. jim hood has vowed to conduct a man hunt if they can't be found. >> i'm encouraging those out there, if you're a family member of one of these five that we're looking for, call our office. the attorney general's office in mississippi and advise them they need to come turn themselves in. >> the republican governor granted clemency or full pardons to more than 200 convicted criminals. >> he said 90% were recommended b

it looks like vladimir putin will be the next russian president. how does that make georgia field?e occupation. that is how this world -- is called by the united states administration and many other countries in the world. there are many people to have been expelled him cannot go back to the area. these are all very strong bordens on us, but i think what is important, what really has changed, we have been seeing this. -- these are all very strong burdens on us. >> i think what has changed, and this is a big difference, there are lots of figures around the region that site georgia as a regent for economic things, because fighting crime, and, you know, president obama said that georgia is an model, quite a compliment from the u.s. president. >> president saakashvili, thank you very much for coming into the studio again. and an aspiring pianist. if you want to play fast. creating a unique playing style, continuous waves of music, allowing him to hit up to 19 sets of notes per second. >> he plays when he calls "continuous music, " and never- ending stream of notes ending very quickly,

to elect a new parliament, that was marred by widespread allegations of vote rigging in favor of vladimir putin's party. mr. putin says that the presidential election will be free and fair. to prove it, he has come up with what is a high-tech solution. they have ordered cameras to be installed at all polling stations across russia to keep an eye on the voting. that is around 200,000 cameras, more than 95,000 polling stations. anyone will be able to log on the internet and see what is happening at any of these precincts. the amount of video available that day will be staggering. it would take you 490 years to what all of the video produced on these cameras at all of the police stations. >> this is crucial for russian to show that this will be transparent. >> here we are outside of another polling station, about half an hour's drive away. the problem here is that there is no internet network. that is exactly what these engineers are trying to fix. they are preparing cables to try to create an internet network and then the cameras and all of the other equipment will follow after that into th

. >> the irony is that until recently, vladimir putin could get away with what he wanted.e defined the terms of the debate or whether there was going to be a debate. what is happening is that russians are pouring out into the streets, they're rejecting being supporting cast members or really extras in the russian political voice, so you might find that this statement by vladimir putin will backfire. the thing about putin is he's smart enough to realize that and could change his mind. >> tonight, there are four convicted murderers on the loose in mississippi. we are told they hit the ground running on tuesday after being pardoned. by outgoing governor haley barbour. jim hood has vowed to conduct a man hunt if they can't be found. >> i'm encouraging those out there, if you're a family member of one of these five that we're looking for, call our office. the attorney general's office in mississippi and advise them they need to come turn themselves in. >> the republican governor granted clemency or full pardons to more than 200 convicted criminals. >> he said 90% were recommend

russian billionaire mikhail prokorov has registered, the only candidate to challenge prime minister vladimirputin. the only other candidates are better and party leaders who pose little threat. putin is under heavy pressure to prove he can win a fair election and avoid the type of protests sparked by ballot rigging in december's vote. >> the run for president is over before it began. russia's electoral commission says these computer analyses show many of his supporters signatures are invalid. the commission is kicking him out of the race. >> i believe the electoral commission's decision is political. i deeply regret that this decision will lead to enormous restrictions for russians during this presidential election. >> candidates need to million signatures to run for president, since their parties do not have seats in parliament. so far, authorities have raised no objection to theandidacy of multibillionaire mikhail prokorov. many say he is the kremlin's puppet, but the businessman says his candidacy is serious. >> i am for competition in politics, our economy, and society. >> the only hope

russian prime minister vladimir putin to reconsider his ban on stadium beer consumption at the twenty eight thousand world cup finals michel platini bringing up the issue in some petersburg this week farms are not a large chunk of russian stadiums after putin signed a law in two thousand and five. it's. the former president said he may reconsider the stunts before the global tournaments kicks off ministry of public health and social development ahead tatyana. does however already spoken out against lifting the ban. it seems david beckham will be finishing up his illustrious footballing career stateside the thirty six year old sending a new two year deal to stay with the los angeles galaxy back and won his first championship on american soil last season i must of been. seized with the gotta. do well and i will answer but it's unethical. and we both don't you know just how they lose one championship. it's. so sad news now canadian freestyle skier sir burke has died nine days after suffering a crush during a training run burke fell onto her head while training for an event in newtown jan

. >> before the new year, moscow saw the three biggest protests of the vladimir putin era. tens of thousands took to the street, furious over what they believed were fixed parliamentary elections. the protests inspired and gave hope to a new generation of activists. among them, this man, whose day job as editorial director of one of russia's biggest media empires -- the job is editorial director of one of russia's biggest media empires. >> now it woke up. i think it will be hard to stop. >> the internet is boiling with evidence of alleged election fraud. this was a raid on monday by a parliament -- on what appears to be a room full of people. the videos are fuelling the anger of ordinary demonstrators, like this internet entrepreneur and part-time lecturer. she says her fury overcame her fear of attending her first protest. now she attends them all. >> i saw that. i called my parents. they said i should not go and that it was dangerous. but i saw that and there is no way not to stand up. >> in the weeks since protests began, the kremlin has made several concessions. there i

. >> before the new year, moscow saw the three biggest protests of the vladimir putin era. tens of thousands took to the street, furious over what they believed were fixed parliamentary elections. the protests inspired and gave hope to a new generation of activists. among them, this man, whose day job as editorial director of one of russia's biggest media empires -- the job is editorial director of one of russia's biggest media empires. >> now it woke up. i think it will be hard to stop. >> the internet is boiling with evidence of alleged election fraud. this was a raid on monday by a parliament -- on what appears to be a room full of people. the videos are fuelling the anger of ordinary demonstrators, like this internet entrepreneur and part-time lecturer. she says her fury overcame her fear of attending her first protest. now she attends them all. >> i saw that. i called my parents. they said i should not go and that it was dangerous. but i saw that and there is no way not to stand up. >> in the weeks since protests began, the kremlin has made several concessions. there i

well writing on the subjects of migration and multiculturalism prime minister vladimir putin praised what he saw as what he sees as several centuries of multiculturalism that's taken place in russia some of that goes back to the days of the the old russian empire he did however say that in the last twenty years russia has faced some some very tough tough problems caused after the collapse of the soviet union which saw many people from former soviet republics migrating to cities in russia in attempts to find work they said that this had resulted in. some well as a tough question time to be asked and some serious issues having to be said attempted to be sorted out regarding. dealings with with race and deals with multiculturalism in russia something that they're still trying to do right now he hits out at those that say nationalism right he hit out at those who have a new slogan such as stop feeding and stop funding the caucuses saying well the caucuses are a part of russia if you stop funding the caucuses the next thing will be shouted forward stop funding siberia or stop funding part

rose four point two percent last year that's according to a mid january estimate by prime minister vladimir putin the final figures coming out later on tuesday while retail sales grew last year amid wage increases industrial production growth was cut in half to four percent as the euro crisis type the demand for exports. samsung will open more than one thousand branded quarters and russia's top mobile phone retailer set the south korean giant hopes the move will help boost its market share the company will spend from two to fifteen thousand dollars on setting up each corner here is that said the number of such branded outlets within its chain grew to three thousand in the future last year some still managed to grow its share to thirty six percent and that's compared to around forty percent held by its rival nokia. a long streak of extremely cold weather is making the russian business shiver the conditions are causing logistical problems with icy roads disrupting deliveries and cargo ships stuck in frozen rivers tourist destination managers are complaining that most potential visitors choose

heavyweight crowd against erik to soar in munich next month but i was a late replacement for his by vladimir he was due to practice or however younger klitschko had stewpot last due to an injury older brother vitali who has a career record of forty three wins and just two losses will start as the strong favorites to defend his w.b.c. belt however dr iron fist is not complacent and says the london that has the potential to cause an upset. because for a year in the sport you know i don't want to underestimate his or he's a very serious rival and i have no right to be looking to fight week opponents as it will be not interesting for the audience futures or a push to robert hill a news hard in his last bout so he's a serious challenger is definitely a threat and we'll see what happens on february the eighteenth. now that stay in the ring where dinamo whitewash time visit is the bangkok elephants five male in the world series of boxing here in moscow on friday night in a tournament where i was a boxers fight bottles of professionals and robert that i am explains. this is so for the only arena whe