at fault, it the personal friends of lederer putin. -- also involved, the personal friends of vladimir putin. they purchased offshore companies at the recommendation of putin himself. the kremlin has a pet project of its own. >> at the beginning of 2005, they said there was a nice piece of land on the black sea where a small house could be billed for relaxation. the original scheme,hich is clear with our contract, was for just $14 million. this is a small house with a swimming pool, nothing more. >> but today, that little retreat that his company helped to finance covers a whole mountain side. and if our mental activist wanted to discover who would destroy protected forests to build such a huge complex? -- and environmental activist wanted to discover who destroy protected forests to build such a huge complex? they got right up to the palace before they were discovered by security. then, they were approached by other guards with badges more usually seen around the kremlin. >> there were employees of the federal guard service whose job it is to protect the high state officials. they were even

vladimir putin makes his comeback in the kremlin as he's sworn in as head of state . the country kicked off. for the next six. to. one of the leaders of the uprising. view with. the explosive interview on chief. under the way to france's mounting debt.

. >> allen lynch talks about the rise and fall of vladimir putin. it was recorded on the university of virginia in charlottesville, north carolina. >> joining us here at the university of virginia is the author of this book, "vladimir putin and russian statecraft". allen lynch, would you describe russia as a democracy? >> guest: it is certainly not a political democracy. at the same time, president clinton is very popular. in fact, it has increased since he was reelected on march 4, and i will talk about 60%. that is according to an independent russian polling agency. there are very interesting paradoxes here. chancery has obtained documentation to legitimacy. but he certainly avoided the first elements in russian society. he has constructed a very interesting lyrical machine that has combined the forms of democracy without the substance. >> host: why is vladimir putin, why did he get reelected and markets the popular? >> guest: let me go back four years. in 2007-2008, he was reaching the end of his second term it as president. that was me and the e

but neither the violence nor the crowds will stop vladimir putin from take pog the crowds will stop vladimirtin from take pog we are tomorrow for six more years. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> jeff: the new film "the avengers" has shattered the weekend box office record. marvel's superhero action movie took in $200.3 million in its opening weekend, far exceeding the old record, $169 million con injured up by the final harry potter film last year. that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. later on cbs, "60 minutes." i'm jeff glor, cbs news in new york. scott pelley will be herement to. good night.

worry comes down to a very black and white situation when it comes to being a for or against vladimir putin and that was really the feeling on the streets of moscow just a day before this inauguration you had pro putin rallies but also an opposition rally which turned quite ugly the opposition has been growing since december elections and claims there are vast fraud it lost a little bit of steam but yesterday it should be said was the first time we really saw any kind of provocations or violence from a movement that has so far been not only peaceful but quite festive at times really but really the underlining point here is leading up to this election russians have never been more politically involved in what's happening in their country and to speak now more about that joining me is sergei but a lot of he's a political analyst a journalist also commentated the entire ceremony for russian television i don't want to talk so much about the ceremony because i want to use you being here it was a lot of experience and i'm sort of no one would argue with that what people do argue about is putin an

russia rolls out the red carpet for vladimir putin's third time as president. not everyone is enjoying the party. hundreds of roman catholic priests have been meeting in dublin to call for an end to rules on compulsory celibacy in a direct challenge to the vatican. >> this was a show of force by priests calling for reforms in the church once considered unthinkable. many want to have an end to compulsory celibacy, developments forbidden by the vatican. >> in my church, we managed to create the mother of all scandals. >> he has watched congregation's when the and the supply of priests dry up. since the abuse scandal, public support has withered away. >> they're going down the road. the message of christ will live on, but we will not be the ones to do it. >> just as the church needs strong leadership, its head in ireland is hamstrung come under intense pressure to resign for failing to report abuse to the police. the catholic church once dominated public life in ireland. it spoke with authority and respect. increasingly desperate priests are refusing lay people an

independent regains are 68%. >> those institutions have been developed so they could survive vladimir putin not to being an office? >> this is a major concern of political scientist also four putin. two years ago the tragic plane crash which wiped out the polish bishop comedy the leaders at the highest levels but poland continued to function. a real democracy, the only country russia still has executive power not changing hands free and fair. does other structured elections and the executive structures the succession. would he disappeared today or tomorrow perhaps it is likely the system could implode one set of the to against another for the industrial and mineral base. most russians noted at the e the level and the absence of alternatives he has frozen out genuine opposition. the system which is stable with a high price of oil is fragile. it is a one-man system of power. >>host: did you have a chance to interview putin? >>guest: no. i could talk with several russians who are close to him with very confidential conversations. one is the knowledge anonymously because the issues are critical

just as vladimir putin prepares to take office a russian fugitive is offering big money for his arrest exiled a russian tycoon better walski is reportedly offering a bounty to anyone who detains putin at the inauguration ball correspondent our correspondent eva bennett has the details from london. what is plan is to have putin arrested for what he calls the illegal seizing of power so he's offering up a bounty what used to be fifty million rubles but now one new source in russia is claiming that he's increased that ten times to five hundred million rubles which equates to around seventeen million dollars and he's offering that anyone basically any member of the public who'll arrest the president elect he calls a highly dangerous crude criminal ahead of his inauguration on monday so he's advertising this bounty on his facebook page his live journal blog which is a site very big in russia and he has a number of followers in fact and he's appealing to the general public not just the general public also even. parts of putin's inner circle like his bodyguards asking them to start what would

to ask you these days what are your sources what were your sources of information about about vladimir putin well mr mr hudson says admitted in one of his previous interviews that that the sources were so good that as early as in two thousand and five you chris knew that putin would step down as president in two thousand and eight and then will become prime minister and return to the kremlin in two thousand and twelve now later mr hutchens also said that he had so much to tell which was not told before because people he interviewed were scanned so what information have you have you discovered what were the people that you interviewed can you tell us of them where he lives. yes it was a very wide selection of people i learned that he was going to step down in two thousand and eight and become president again in two thousand and twelve in two thousand and six in a london square from a man who is very close to him and remains very close to him and called me a few minutes before this interview actually it was. well what i said but he has given me a lot of information which i believe came from mr

championship and of course they were all very sick of the russian federation's new president vladimir putin who might make a surprise appearance later on one would have been forgiven for thinking the country's new president would have too much on his plate having just been sworn in but in true putin fashion he found the time not only to show up but also help his band of amateur players beat the legends team he scored almost as soon as he entered the fray and after setting up a vital last minute equaliser went on to secure his team's victory with a well taken penalty. i would like to say thank you to all our veterans i know how they admire the development of ice hockey how they found the time to support our russian beginner's hockey league i'm constantly shocked at how many of our older generations follow and support ice hockey and i want to wish everyone good luck. and to cap off a successful night international eyes of the federation president bernie fazil found the time amidst the ongoing world championships to attend and say a few words all of whom know why mr president i congratulate yo

this morning, music played as a vladimir putin left the ceremony. he knows this could be a difficult six years. apart from the growing opposition, the russian economy needs serious remedial work, and he needs to find money for his much heralded modernization. bbc news, moscow. >> summer is approaching, so it is time to start planning your holiday. the demilitarized zone between north and south korea has a reputation of being the most heavily fortified frontier on earth. but plans are underway to make it a prime destination for eco- tourists. we have a look. >> as tourists' sites go, offer more than the usual souvenir t- shirts. remnants of the cold war, guarded by 1 million soldiers and another 1 million land mines along the cease-fire line. a divided country. >> i think the people who come here, they are here because this is as close in their heart that they can get. this is the closest you can get safely to an active militarized zone. they are curious. an adrenaline rush. >> but they want to re-brand syria as a piece of -- re-brand this area as pe

>> vladimir putin is now president of russia, sworn in in an elaborated ceremony in the ornate kremlin palace, ruling russia now for 12 years. he'll now rule it for six more years, which brings his total numbers in years in power by 2018 to, you guessed it, 18. the day before his inauguration, 20,000 protestors in moscow demonstrated against putin. the massive inaugural a assemblage was not peaceful. the next day moscow was in lockdown mode with riot police protecting his motorcade as it moved through the ets. question, over the past six months, the rhetoric has been distinctly anti-american. what is the background of that? >> it's been anti-merge for a long time, john. i think this is a power that is in decline, that pines for the days of the cold war when actually mattered more than it does now. and the obama administration came into offers with grand idea nicer to them fine, the reset is a disaster, and no iranian sanctions, no start three, no missile defense deal, no cooperation on syria, and that's what we're looking at. >> that was a -- determinedly bleak picture painted of russi

four hours a day seven days a week and lavish celebration has taken place at the kremlin where vladimir putin has become the first russian president to be sworn in for their term is now set to stay on for an unprecedented sixty years as putin took the oath he appealed for unity and reform to forge a stronger russia and what he called a new stage of national development thousands of guests later joined the president at a private banquet here are the details of the inauguration from our very own i think say at a chef skiffle is in the midst of events. the whole process the whole ceremony it's just less than an hour of first we saw live on the huge plaza screens everywhere in the in the in the george and george hall the very beautiful aerial shots of the motorcade traveling from the government building from the white house to the kremlin certainly something unprecedented and normal too for the way this integration has been televised in russia so far then put on arrived he went in walked past you send georgists old boss two thousand odd guests be guests who have it they're greeted with a lot of t

opposition protesters occupied central moscow with the sit in just the day before vladimir putin's inauguration day is among reports of scuffles with riot police joining me and he's now at live central moscow. where the latest pictures we're getting there are no other stories we're covering incumbent nicolas sarkozy and rival from the face off in france's presidential election the end of a bitter battle it could redefine the country's role on the world stage. a leading human rights activist from bahrain's arrested days before r.t. is to where is interview with julia sanji when she spoke of a violent crackdown on protesters in his home country. and in some of the top stories from the waking creased violence in egypt with more deaths in violent clashes of rallies less than a month before the presidential election. and more than a dozen dead in a double terrorist bomb attack in russia's republic of dagestan with over one hundred also injured in the blasts. there this is r.t. from moscow you're watching the weekly with me kevin i mean the day's top stories on the headlines of the past seven days an

russia has a new government with recently inaugurated president vladimir putin unveiling a new team of ministers where the stand there's been a significant shake up as compared to the previous cabinet this all comes against the backdrop of unprecedented antigovernment protests in russia of course over the past few months among the opposition's main demands was a call for russia two point zero and they significant of renewal of the country's a governing elite will be joined live by one of our correspondents for details later in the program to stay with us for that. watching on t.v. the relationship between south america and the united states comes under focus in the latest edition of juliana songes new show here on r.t. the president of ecuador rafael correa is this week's special guest where he explains why he kicked the u.s. out of the military base there and it looks like a they quickly established quite a friendly report. your government close the u.s. base at mount up. can you tell me why you decided to close this base because they said that here would you accept having your foreig

dmitri medvedev will go to the g eight and the role of prime minister representing russia and vladimir putin and barack obama will meet at the g twenty in mexico next month though the white house issued a statement saying that they perfectly understood president putin's position if they welcomed prime minister medvedev to camp david no. but to me food is not always being the biggest fan of the g eight referring to it is somewhat outdated in preferring the g twenty summit. saying that the g twenty contained more of the mooching economies that were more important to the world nations like brazil china india countries that russia deals with quite extensively when it comes to trade know that to me a putin has said that he is committed to continuing the restart of relations between russia and the united states that was begun under the presidency of dimitri made to get it however while campaigning for the president mr putin was quite critical of u.s. foreign policy particularly concerning the way the u.s. acted towards iran also the u.s. is intentions towards syria and also concerning the proposed

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this is going to be continued by vladimir putin and his. russian president vladimir putin also saying that he will raise the education of russia's bureaucrats. to do the jobs that they're doing. have to declare all of their incomes and. corruption in the country also we're going to see a system developed that will allow online feedback to be given to the police and security services so that anybody who has a particular grievance with law enforcement can voice their opinions in. terms of the legal system in general what we are going to be seeing is more accessible both physically. we're going to be seeing web cams in court rooms that. the court proceedings from investigation has been launched into what happened during sunday's riots in moscow that saw many people several people injured the police officers wounded in the clashes with protesters on sunday still remain in the hospital the authorities say that they were under orders not to react to provocations and that they only moved in the right place only moved in once they realized that bys

perfect, perfect way for vladimir putin.uldn't have it any other way to celebrate his taking the presidency back. what else are you going to do except lace up the skates, get out there and play some hockey against a group of russian legends. rsvp to an inaugural ball, he's playing hockey. silvio berlusconi in the house. putin was on the amateur team. shocking he scored a goal. i'm surprised the goaltender let that one by. then scored another goal during a penalty shootout. here it is. putin skates in. get your pads down. scores on the back hander. goaltender, of course, fearing for his life let that one through the wickets. former italian prime minister, silvio berlusconi was in the building. as we leave here today, our very own mika brzezinski last night making her debut with david letterman. >> something i wanted to ask and if your father were here i would ask him, his first name, pronounce it. >> szbigniew. [ beep ]. >> that was good. she actually jumped. >> you see much more of mika's interview with letter man coming up

the march election produced its largely preordained result and vladimir putin was inaugurated on monday, march 7th. soap the putin regime will continue but the demonstrations will continue as well so, too, does the public sentiment that is seriously less accepting, less accommodating of authoritarian and oshtory governance and corruption. the newly heard voices of populism and some of the substantive issues russia faces today, we're pleased to welcome vladimir kara-murza. a journalist and author, he is also the washington bureau chief our rti television. earlier he was a correspondent and editor in chief of russian investment review. he's written in the financial times, the wall street journal and published a number of books as well. as someone who witnesses firsthand the events unfolding in moscow and his life is directly affected by them, his observation and comments are of particular value and importance in this discussion today. with us to moderate the discussion is donald jensen, who is currently here in washington at the center of transatlantic relations. he appears regularly on t

partnership is still possible, but a three-week coalition is looking more likely. >> to russia, or vladimir putineen sworn in as the country's president for the third time. the elaborate ceremony took place in the kremlin's st. andrew hall. >> after large anti-putin rallies on sunday, thousands of riot police were on the streets of moscow this monday to crack down on groups trying to protest against their new president. many protesters did however try to defy the ban, and at least 120 people were arrested. >> as putin starts his historic third term as president of that country, we take a look at what this means for russia and its relations with the u.s. and europe. >> vladimir putin's return to the kremlin was full of pomp and symbolism. whether as president or prime minister, he has steered russia's cause for the last 12 years. now he has begun a new six-year term. >> i hereby swear as president of the russian federation to uphold and protect the rights and freedoms of individuals and citizens. >> during his campaign, putin made a lot of promises. he has pledged more government spending and grow

and a surprise guest hours after his inauguration as president vladimir putin takes to the ice for a dollar event in moscow. let's kick off with football and cricket so it's off to have climbed out of the relegation play offs and in the russian premier league following a total win across nidal anton and even tight enough scored by the side of half time to bridge previous survival chances the similar side now unbeaten in i'm game zero one four out of their last five however there's one more much to go this season just two points above the relegation play off places. meanwhile over in the english premier league blackburn rovers have been relegated to the us after they lost one nil at home to wigan on monday and seven alcatraz scored the game's only goal with three minutes to play the win secures the latics top flight status for yet another season. meanwhile barcelona have been named as the team of the decade at the international federation of football history and statistics garlock held in the catalan city the organization researches and documents world football basso actually won it s

with me rule research and live in moscow reforms are on the way for russia with vladimir putin back at the helm for a third. mr putin already busy though setting out his strategy for the next six years while parliament is set to vote on former president medvedev scandal or c. as the new prime minister expect to explain what changes are in store for russia let's not talk to our. standing in life. to see you peter mr putin has already settled into his new job a familiar job but he has been busy outlining his policies hasn't. president putin the. series of strategic orders chiefly among these concerning foreign policy looking at the proposed u.s. anti-missile defense shield now he's ordered the foreign ministry to demand from washington written confirmation that any missile sites will be targeted russia vladimir putin also saying that the. start treaty must be adhered to closer to home among the series of orders there were signed concerned bills to tackle corruption in russia by making up bureaucrats to clear all of their income as well as trying to increase transparency through the use o

changes at the top and russia's vladimir putin outlined his new presidential policy . could soon be applying his modernization strategies as prime minister. just continue with some clashes an arrest made. standing up to germany's you were dominant and ending foreign wars started by his predecessor france's newly elected socialist leader is facing tough pressure to lead the sarkozy era behind. it's a vote for stability for manny in syria after people made their choice in the country's party elections in half a century but it was boycotted by the opposition which held protests and stabbed. so they had lines here in our back at the top of the hour with more updates in the meantime here's paul with a late sports news. hello welcome along to the world of sport here's what's coming up baseball battles really a sort of pick up a crucial to know when a class as they like to avoid relegation from the russian premier league. in the balance lamont peterson's world title rematch with i'm a card later this month is in doubt as the world champions come confirms he's failed a random

demand from washington written confirmation that any missile sites won't be targeted out of russia vladimir putin also saying that the start treaty must be and he had to close it a home among the series of of orders there was signed concerned bills to tackle corruption in russia by making bureaucrats to clear all of their income as well as trying to increase transparency through the the use of the internet using the internet for such a thing was actually a person idea of dimitri made get it so it seems that to me a putin's going to continue with not to be timid himself is expected to be named as the prime minister later on tuesday now we can find out a little bit more about the goings on with russia's political big guns and their plans and i am joined by political analyst igor. thank you very much and by senior. economist. liesl this is the right answer great thank you very much we saw globe are going to start with you and to me a putin as the president again it's not new territory for him but what new challenge. just really facing the notion of the putting is the interface there syria's a new ch

barely thirty six hours to president vladimir putin to return to the helm of the country but he's been a rather busy man what are some of his first moves he's been putting his attention to. yes certainly be no resting on these laurels from president putin he signed a series of strategic cold is almost immediately from taking office but these include a foreign policy is looking out the the proposed u.s. . missile defense shield in eastern europe president putin oldring the foreign ministry here in russia to demand from washington that they receive written confirmation that any missile sites put into eastern europe will not get russia president putin also you saying that the start treaty must be adhered to closer to home moving away from the international affairs he said that he wants to see corruption stumptown to in russia in russian politics one of the ways he wants to see this happen is that all bureaucrats all people involved in politics must. reveal how much they put their incomes must be made public also that they should be a increase in transparency in government moving along wit

supported by the overwhelming majority in the duma deets you and mentioned president's new president vladimir putin they're trying to you think the relationship between putin and made good will change or will it change it all now that they seems that they will see till the end of taking over as prime minister and president well you know mr putin has made some very ambitious plans yesterday he plans to raise the salaries by fifty percent by the thousand to eighteen new the end of his term he plans to create by that time twenty five million you'll drop since the country if you plan to still have ninety percent of all their important medicines to be produced in russia domestic so these are very ambitious plans and a lot of them will have to be implemented by mr medvedev so i don't expect them to be arguing ideologically up but i think there will be a very tough job ahead of them to feel what mr borden sees as his vision for his new dramas president ok to meet you bob which thank you very much for joining us of course we'll keep you up to date on exactly what's up. in the russian parliament right now a