democracy in russia or very close russia is very pragmatic in their foreign policy. having that's why is that actions were never bothered by all the massacres that happened in syria. and they were facilitated by the russians made when when decided in 2015 when he said the russians were never told that are you talking about the russian the russian policymakers the russian the love the leaders i mean because of the russian going to happen about him that i mean that russia is no one who is a true bite i am if you look back and the 2nd foreign judge now it was the same script apply to syria which was a player purchase now in the 2nd for the you will destroy the moderates and then you destroy the extremist and then you establish is the beauty of it nor regret in no no cost and that the people involved by the way because it was putin's war at least with regard to the 2nd message is not no it's not a new script it's quite by all for us or us i have no limitations and all very nervous but just clearly russia is here to stay reflecting what you were saying about the just the

and russia. do you understand why we we have those two extremes in a place like russia? we're obsessed with putin. all we want to know is what he's thinking, what he wants, what he said, what it means, and the theer row martyrs -- and, you know, the hero, martyrs, and why we are not interested but i hope they become interested by buying your book because you have made it more interesting. do you know why that is? >> it is not just russia. that's our analytical proclivities anywhere; right? the idea of hero and anti-hero and cleanly defined rules is more digestible and understandable, so i'm not sure how particular it is to russia, though putin makes it o so easy. he's such a perfect comic book super villain that it's hard to resist the urge to make every story about him because stories frame around him are so good, so juicy, they sell well. they are fun to write. i mean, he just makes it too easy. i'm beginning to expect by design, he's very happy with that arrangement in his kind of positioning in global geopolitics through that prism, but yeah, i'm not sure how particu

for him is that russia did fulfill all its plans in that regard but he did say that russia's international partners should in no way be worried about these developments because the only reason russia was doing it is to maintain global stability in response to some of the threats that are coming from the likes of the us and the decisions that had been made by the donald trump and ministration for instance the withdrawal of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty so here's what exactly mr putin said on that even the 5 major nuclear powers are responsible for the preservation and development of mankind russia is open to strengthening cooperation with all interested partners we do not threaten anyone and do not seek to impose our will for the 1st time in the history of the existence of nuclear missile weapons we are not pursuing anyone but on the country of the states have to create weapons that russia already possesses. what do we were a member most after a speech what the speaker ended with and what the speaker began with and the russian leader did begin by talking a lot about the demog

did it excuse me before what russia did is what russia did as you say is it true media promotion in promulgated all of this russia a bad image it's still it's it's everywhere so i i say here we go again another russian hack story. so it's filed with the 4th of july turkey for the fangs giving and now russia because for the election season because naturally all dogs aren't good with new tricks. in india hundreds of small scale traders are protesting against amazon founder jeff bezos he plans to visit the country next week and is expected to meet prime minister narendra modi. protests are part of a nationwide movement led by members of the confederation of all india traders small business owners accuse e-commerce giant amazon of predatory pricing. you know it's a steep business and you can work sustain your business and be afraid you are going to cease then there are going to be real because you know that you have no place in india and you're going to run on even not i not been for god i'd read everything. jeff bezos has not responded to the allegations earlier he said his company wou

whatever russia tries to do is. subject to the actions of others now if you look at the various conflicts in the middle east i think russia has been a criticism from from all the parties. i think the only exception is probably on the arab israeli or sitting israeli conflict because there are clear security council resolutions and general assembly resolution so russia's position there although it has excellent relations with the arabs and with the israelis probably russia's relations with israel are the best right now but it operates within a certain frameworks up by the security council in general assembly resolutions when it comes to syria it supports the government but it has relations with the opposition has a very good relationship with the kurds. in yemen it has relations with the antagonists and tries to talk to them and even within the context of the. problems that you're having today between the between saudi arabia and. egypt and qatar. russia has taken a position that is balanced and tries to help both sid

russia. and he provides incentives in syria his troops are fighting to defend the bashir al assad regime in return russia gets to military bases on syrian territory and nato southeastern tip. countries in the region are buying russian weapons systems even nato member turkey. russian nuclear plants are also in demand russia provides them fully operational to egypt for example and promises investments along the suez canal. offers diplomatic services as well mediating for instance between arch enemies iran and saudi arabia and between syria and turkey and between libya and german chancellor angela merkel. is russia ousting the united states as a power broker in the middle east. just in the moment we were talking about the methods being employed by the russian leadership by vladimir putin tell us a little bit more about what the strategic goal where does he want to take all this . well 1st of all as mentioned there establishment russia is a major original power not the world's power but the major

well russia is a very very significant player in all of that russia obviously has been expanding its influence in that region significantly especially through the war in syria where it has become the major player supporting the government of bashar assad and has has helped us out in fact when that war has to say with the exception of one region in northwestern syria that is still not under government control and russia is very eager to extend that influence in the rest of the mediterranean region and has been a supporting. general for many years russia ditched try to in some sense preempt this conference of this summit today by bringing together those 2 players in moscow together with turkey one has to say last week or earlier this week and without much success the influence that russia has on general health seems to be not as significant as russia itself things but it is a very significant player in that whole and that whole context obviously we have so many international players here so many foreign entities all vying for their own particular interest but if libya falls and that's

economy is not intact us as a bomb set and the times and russia actually daily grab the russians now you know the former british ambassador to russia 20 brandon wrote that russian economy collapsed that means that he doesn't understand anything you know the real collapse so we've gone we've had in the soviet union between 1008 in 1900 out nothing like that is happening now and the collapse of the soviet union was basically produced by financial crisis it was the inability to control that financial situation in the country so financial stability is there but we need to develop and we need to vote that's that's the next stage or alexander let me go back to you in london i mean the interesting thing is that. critiques of the political system in russia for the last 20 years is power vertical it seems to me that that is coming to an end when you are having your devolving power is down in spreading it out because russia has reached that level of political development where that can happen your thoughts aren't on the agree if i may say actually i mean the thing that comes across to me for m

says that defense system is not intended to counter russia's missile arsenal. to talk about this military boasting i'm joined tonight by bradley bowman he's with the foundation for defense of democracies in washington he's also a former national security advisor to the u.s. senate fairlie's good to see you again. what should we believe should we believe by the mere putin when he makes claims that he's number one in the world now. i think we should sprinkle oil healthy dose of skepticism to everything that putin says there is a track or record their exaggerating their capabilities both is defective these hypersonic missiles is hypersonic light vehicle specific in the open guard system that it now says operational late december there is no doubt that is a formidable weapons capability that would appear to be more advanced than what the u.s. currently has fielded so that system is designed let's be clear to attack the united states here at home is designed to fly in extraordinary speeds and to in any interception this is a system designed to kill americans at home

to create the weapons that russia already has. [applause] the defense capability of the country has been provided for decades in the future but we cannot become lazy we are not analyzing what's going on in the world with the systems that is what we are doing now. security is creating the basis and to do more to focus on the regions and then to be separated with the quality of life. it is the basis of our future. [applause] and moving forward it's only possible if the society is participating. the hard work of all the branches and levels of government and the potential must be further developed to talk about government and domestic policy the main law of the russian federation by constitution i'm getting questions at the last press conference of course i cannot disagree that that was more than 25 years ago and the conditions and things changed drastically. it's a good thing we don't have any questions in the capital city or the caucuses despite the urgent matter we have discussed today with the economy with a number of those that t

behalf also russia's chief policeman he's staying he's keeping his ministerial job as well as does russia's war chief surrogate sure who now as for those who lost their positions they were mostly there were mostly people designated with fixing russia's internal policies and largely the former government was viewed as rather while it was rather unpopular and the changes showed that it is it has grown unpopular with the president too for instance it was heavily criticized for failing to deliver on the lattimer putin's internal policies now this whole thing was set in motion last wednesday when the russian president made an address to the federal assembly and outlined not only to changes to the russian constitution as he proposed changes but also he outlined the new course you need with a big focus on the internal. policies here in russia so it will certainly be interesting to see whether this fresh blood that has feel the veins of the russian political system whether these new people will live up to the expectations of. the un security council has debated the investigation by the global chemi

to discuss that i'm now joined by nikolai petrov a senior research fellow on the russia and eurasia at chatham house disappear trust me it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time my pleasure and i'm sure you would agree with me that the russian and western media are rarely in saying but it is really striking to me how differently they cover their recent proposed changes to russia's governing system because. it seems that for the well as the only thing that matters is really whether they're put in stays or goes nothing else is of significance for the russians it's the exact opposite they discuss everything but putin's future role don't you think that both tramp's missing something important. do think they have perfectly right and one of major reasons is connected with a faggot they had. known what they did explain in detail the plan and that's why everybody can make he so her own constructions how exactly it will go on and what exactly goals of the transformation of the political system are. right when saying that. they have 2 camps generally speaking and those who. r

now russia. is not going to be signing any international documents any intergovernmental agreements the way that it was run counter to the constitution and i think that is only natural that is a reasonable step i think the worst that can see to our constitution. is seen as one of the most democratic ones. one of the most humane and just unfair once. all that gives me the reason to believe that there will be no major. out of the. for on the part of the international community. the typical person was this was a suit that was doesn't mean that everyone might not letting the people that talk to me in europe before are talking about all these suggestions about something that has already happened because the way i understand it of course being must be indoors by the society and the president said about their understanding in the higher echelons of authority what is the next step in the well will be made so that everything that we are talking about was implemented. in this address a. key in the politics

envoys from russia and the u.s. clash at the un security council session on a long running dispute over an alleged chemical attack in syria last year. you can see there gauges he refuses to hand over to the global drugs watchdog samples from trucks superstar tonight kyra past an ongoing investigation into the disgraced night oregon project. and its 3 belgian doctors face criminal charges for approving the euthanasia of a woman with a psychiatric disorder is the 1st such trials and procedure was legalized almost 2 decades ago. i. know you're watching international i'm whereas on a local thank you for joining us. now russia's ambassador to the u.n. has questioned western powers willingness to accuse syria of chemical attacks without solid evidence security council members have just ended a session on a probe by the global chemical weapons watchdog into an incident in the syrian city of duma and there was a heated exchange between them boyce since. some of invented a new paradigm. the world of highly likely the world o

changing of the guard russia sees a new prime minister and constitutional reforms proposed by president putin if approved changes would hand parliament greater power to the west sees it as a putin power grab. burling confirmed stunnel trump threatened tariffs on car makers if he didn't distance himself from the iran nuclear deal germany the u.k. and france this week triggered a motion that could lead to the agreements collapse. good evening and welcome this is the weekly here are not. a libyan peace conference is underway the warning signs of sat down together at the indigo shooting table in berlin the hope of thrashing out a way to end years of war auntie's peter oliver reports from the german capital. this conference here in berlin is seen by some as a last chance for a diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis in the war ravaged country that is libya the heads of both sites in crisis here in berlin for talks they're also joined by high profile delegations from russia for turkey from the united states of course from here in germany as well and others we're also becomes a against the b

really striking to me how differently they cover their recent proposed changes to russia's governing system because. it seems that for the west the only thing that matters is really whether to put in stays or goes nothing else is of significance for the russians it's the exact opposite they discuss everything but putin's future role don't you think that both camps missing something important. i do think they have perfectly right and one of major reasons is connected with a faggot they had. known what they did explain in detail they plan and that's why everybody can make he so her own constructions how exactly it will go on and what exactly goals of the transformation of the political system are. your right when saying that. there are 2 camps generally speaking and those who are really good to see that the glass is here full pretty much positive and those who do think that glass is half empty. pretty much negative and the major reason is that now we do see only very general draft off what will happen. with no it's very important how exactly all those ideas switch expressed in the draf

keeping at multiplying the population of russia. well the demographic issue was of course a central one addressed by mr putin the russian economy as well of course its g.d.p. growth rate prediction has been cut this year there was a lot of focus on supporting domestic production domestic business that includes both corporations companies and small business as well ensuring an increase in nursery places in college places investing in health care as well you mentioned that the russian life expectancy has exceeded 73 years for the 1st time since russian independence you said that it's creased by 8 years since 2000 when he came to power but a priority of the government very much was ensuring that health care was adequate and was widespread especially in rural areas and. filling up places for doctors for emergency services of primary health care was a protein by 2024 and that grants help would be increased to ensure that could be the case a big focus on internet is one of those little technology stating that the government should push fo

not everybody was excited about the idea of american relief to soviet russia, red russia. there was a good many people in the united states who argued against hoover's request for additional money for the ara to go to save starving people on the other side of the world. some of the criticism came from the political left, who insisted that hoover, a well-known anti-bolshevik, was not interested in aid but in coming up with a scheme for counterrevolution. they insisted the only way soviet russia could truly be helped was through official political recognition by the united states government. most of the criticism, however, came from the right. some insisted there was no real need to help russia. that what hoover was trying to do was get a stop to american farmers who had produced too much grain and were looking for the government to buy it off their hands. some insisted charity needed to begin at home. that we had enough poor, hungry people in the united states that we did not need to run off to russia. henry ford put out his own spin on why we should not help and insisted t

did it excuse me before what russia did is what russia did as you say is it true media. promotion improbable gay should all of this russia a bad. image it's still it's it's everywhere so i i say here we go again another russian. so it's fine for the 4th of july turkey for the thanksgiving and now russia harker's for the election season because naturally all dogs aren't good with new tricks. it's been revealed that the reuters news agency received the equivalent of millions of pounds in the sixty's and seventy's from british intelligence services that spurred the soviet propaganda to come to light that britain's national broadcaster was complicit in that subsidy audi's shot it was that steve lifts the lid on the story further. the deal with simple funding for avoid to services in the middle east and latin america in exchange for well political influence this groups were sure that the british based news agency could and would provide exactly what her majesty's government required the newly declassified documents have just been revealed painting the picture right here at th

did it excuse me before what russia did is what russia did as you say is a true media. promotion improbable gay should all of this russia a bad. image it's still it's it's everywhere so i i say here we go again another russian hack story. so it's filed with the 4th of july turkey for the fangs giving and now russia because for the election season because naturally all dogs good with new tricks. all the way here on all t l polls is just so most people in germany's book very reason would oppose having a man who's muslim it's almost always still to go to the break. that's geysers financial survival guide liquid those that you can convert music as quite easily. to keep in mind no assets immune to inflation. or. what politicians do so. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want to listen. to going to be pros this is what before 3 in the morning can't be good. i'm interested in the waters. as the democrats gear up to officially start their 2020 presidential primary it is fitting to assess donald trump's performan

did it excuse me before what russia did is what russia did as you say is it true media. promotion in promulgated all of this russia bad image it's still it's it's everywhere so i i say here we go again another russian hack story. so it's filed with the 4th of july turkey for the thanksgiving and now russia harker's for the election season because naturally all dogs aren't good with new tricks. or breaking news the russian government the prime minister have resigned earlier on in order to allow president putin to make amendments the constitution will be continuing as a caretaker government the time being in woman is time will be about with much more on the international. i'm going to fulfill your purposes ok politics to the people you know we've all pots. you. pretty. much. all. you want to. know. this is all to international big headlines today the russian government has resigned to give president putin the opportunity to implement constitutional changes it's off to vladimir putin indeed suggested few hours before but giving parliament greater powers to appoint a prime m

did it excuse me before what russia did is what russia did as you say is it true media. promotion then promulgated all of this russia a bad image it's still it's it's everywhere so i i say here we go again another russian hack story as well. so it's filed with the 4th of july turkey for the thanksgiving and now russia because for the election season because naturally all dogs aren't good with new tricks. he goes down off i can tell you it's 3 minutes to 6 o'clock in the evening here in moscow we're going to more updates and analysis on the surprise announcement of the resignation of the russian government we're back in a few minutes then. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport this list i'm showbusiness i'll see of that. on my youngins i'm mighty i'm not one. of a time about what it was it was a bit down that was in a sense as a bomb was more about the. one with the one in the side of the. scene that i'm going to fit in but i'm before put a cop out of him but i. see him out and now i'm by the imam obama.

he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be but i really do want to see the server but i have confidence in both parties. i really believe that this will probably go on for a while but i don't think it can go on without finding out what happened to the server. what happened to the servers of the pakistani's gentleman that worked on the dnc. why are their servers, they are missing. where are they? what happened to hillary clinton's e-mails. 33,000 e-mails gone, just gone. i think in russia they wouldn't be gone so easily. i think it's thousands of e-mails. >> i'm sure you remember this. think unforgettable for every american but i'm sure it was equally unforgettable for vladimir putin. i mean, there he is, the president of russia standing next to the pride o president oe united states and hearing his own kremlin pop prop began taught talk -- prop began taught talking points coming from the united states. if that's not a propaganda coup i don't know what it is. it's the most

is dawn and russia does not pose a threat to anyone russia doesn't pose a threat but there is a logic in. international competition among great powers 1st of all in the competition between russia and the united states is that when the united states were ahead of us say in the sixty's in a number of types of armaments we were trying to get up with them now the united states as they seemed to be behind us in in some consider is of. armaments and i think that was in just described this logic that. they have to catch up with us if they want to be even with us it does not mean that we will use this armaments against those countries but if they sink their defense will be guaranteed by having the same type of weapons that they have to catch up with us so i think he was just paying tribute to the i would say very banal logic of international competition in the field of defense on armaments you know if somebody on the planet has your type of weapons i country like the united states for instance or china will definitely try to work to have the same type of weapon is going to be. in a inferior p

our adversary, russia. he had everything to gain by deflecting the blame on their attack on the ukraine. let's look at what president trump was actually suggesting the ukraine investigate. the theory is this. the theory of listening and concluding that russia interfered in our 2016 election, the new theory says it was ukraine that interfered in the election to help hillary clinton and hurt donald trump. one aspect of this conspiracy theory was the american cyber security firm crowd which had helped the dnc respond to russia's cyber attack in 2016 moved the dnc server to prevent the fbi from examining it. here's what president trump said about the conspiracy theory before the july 25 call. they say crowd strike, i guess you have one of your wealthy people. the server, they say ukraine has it. once again. if this sounds far-fetched and crazy, it should. because it is. there is no factual basis to support this conspiracy theory. let's walk through the concrete reasons why. first as i mentioned, our entire u.s.

has failed to find common ground on a disputed probe into an alleged chemical attack in syria after russia raises its concerns at a un session. refuses to hand over to the global drugs. from track suit the style most. known going investigation into the disgraced oregon are checked. and 3 belgian doctors face criminal charges for approving the euthanasia of a woman with a psychiatric disorder is the 1st trial since the procedure was legalized almost 2 decades ago. the headlines and that's it for me jacqueline vega will be here with you next hour to take you through the latest news from around the world and stay with us for crosstalk thanks to the national or if you're watching in the u.k. island a renegade. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle russian president vladimir putin has proposed some important political reforms what are they what are their significance and importantly why now and what about the claim of clinging to power. across talking some real news i'm joined by my guest she's a political analyst and editor and you know smee internet

russia also condemned the us assassination of the reigning in general. this week as reckless and has repeatedly back to iran and its ongoing confrontation with the us . and consistently criticizes american policy in the middle east and has tried to present russia as a more reliable partner after u.s. president trump decided to pull out of the iran nuclear deal in 2018 the russian leader has repeatedly said his country would continue to support the agreement. well games really believe that the only sensible decision is for all the participants in the iran nuclear deal to honor the commitments and that is exactly what russia intends to do meet in the blueprint. this week which in called for a cease fire in libya as well fighting there has escalated in recent months and although russia has refused to officially side with one of the warring parties according to media reports russian mercenaries have been on the ground for months supporting general. against the un backed libyan government as u.s. influence in the middle east wanes russia is working hard to fi

he's little known even within russia now. formally the head of the country's tax service has become russia's prime minister the. lawmakers overwhelmingly backed russian president vladimir putin's candidate for the job to no one's surprise addressing the duma misused and promised change. the president has stressed several times people should already now be feeling real changes for the better so fabius is happening far from everywhere. it's a rapid rise for the career bureaucrat elevated to the country's number 2 position less than 24 hours after russia's government resigned that paves the way for putting his newly announced sweeping constitutional changes there are mixed reactions over whether the political shake up will make any difference because there's a card that says they have the political system was stagnant people want new decisions some kind of renewal so i think president putin made the right decision when he shook everything up. and you know you know what i don't know but i trust putin to make the right decisions g

they had been prisoners of war in russia. they were allowed to leave and go to france to help the cause on the western front. they will reach out to this army of some thousands of men. in their most fervent aspirations, they envisioned linking up with forces, moving ultimatelyd, and moving on moscow and undoing the russian revolution. the british were very gung ho as usual. by april, the brits had landed some thousands of men at andansk, which is of here, they were joined by 1400 french u.s. shipped the olympia, which woodrow wilson had agreed to send at the request of the allies. meanwhile, they tried to get -- meanwhile, the allies tried to get woodrow wilson to send troops of his own. he refused. he felt every resource should be used on the western front, so he refused for months. the allied supreme war council actually okayed the idea in early june of sending american troops there. finally in mid-july of 1918, woodrow wilson spent a long night agonizing over the question. he wrote this famous document du memoir,aid in whi

sanctions on russia still there russia is very much. i think in the line of fire in the sense of that being threatened by the west and i think that this is in the one hand it's a. it's a signal going out that really that moscow is taking this seriously it's also about continuity of course president putin are up to 2024 what happens he has been a great force for stability in russia and and a great force internationally too so you can see it you can actually see it in a number of different contexts. that was going to be my point because dimitri medvedev has been named as you say deputy head of russia's security council still a very serious position but it is being debated as to whether this is a demotion or does it signal the continuation of medvedev putin's long time and it has been going on for a long time political alliance. i think it does and i said clearly this is no i don't think this is an emotion this is a very important position at this particular time because let's be honest there were people in russia who thought believed not

russia has. created the most. useful usable. tronic government it has a ph d. in economics its books on economics heroes textbooks to teachers their financial university in law school so here is an intellectual. very more than that intellectual and more than a bureaucrat who can. have a very systematic view on issues because here's actuals officiality. which he got at the university was systems and functional the systems so. i think it's a good choice he has of it i think a very quick. reply you know which i think it's also important for a politician. misused in developed an official tax service one of the most efficient departments in the country he's a strong leader tax service management is being done correctly both in terms of leadership i'm cutting edge technology. for the 1st time the prime minister has proven business capability he's showing that with his work in the tax service and if you polishes all our ministries in the same way it would boost national income and streamline expenditure is an engineer awesome you bring strong accurate in the sciences

russia can only remain russia as a sovereign state. the sovereignty of our people must be unconditional. we have done a lot to achieve this. we have restored the unity of the country, stopped the situation where some functions of the government were reserved by oligarchs, and russia has returned to the international arena as a country whose opinion must be taken into consideration. thatve created research helps the country to defend social rights of its population and protect the social economy from any kind of outside pressure. i think it is high time that we add certain changes to the amendments, to the constitution that would guaranteed a priority of the russian constitution in our legal state. [applause] what does it mean? it means that -- it means the following. the requirements of the international legislature, legislation, and the decisions of international bodies could be implemented in russia only if it does not restrict the rights and freedoms of a person, and do not contradict our constitution. [applause] secondly, i suggest

the about russia and about the threats that russia could represent ok many many you know that's an interesting point but i mean without you know the russian bogeyman then there's even more doubts about what nato is purposes because the in my mind nato is primary mission is to exist ok that's what they want they have 5000 bureaucrats working for nato in brussels. so existence is the mission ok but that's a dangerous mission because of what something that mark said earlier is that we have a large alliance like this with divergent views and interests and actually been going to happen in and then there's some people that want that to happen here go ahead of anyone in paris yes i think that's a very good question obviously it's like taxes once they all voted it's very rare that you come back on it so nato has its own existence it's a kind of artifact in itself it stays because it is and this is always a problem we have when we create a monster you where you have walking dead frankenstein and this is what we have today but i think president trump addressed this question 2 days ago and said well i th

did it excuse me before what russia did is what russia did as you say is it true media promotion improbable geisha all of this russia a bad image it's still it's it's everywhere so i i say here we go again another russian hack story. so it's fine for the 4th of july turkey for the thanksgiving and now russia because for the election season because naturally all dogs are good with new tricks . let's bring you to the indian capital new delhi know where hundreds of small scale traders are protesting against amazon's founder jeff b.s. alls he plans to visit the country next make and is expected to meet with prime minister narendra modi. the protests are part of a nationwide movement led by members of the confederation of india traders small business owners accuse e-commerce giant amazon of predatory pricing. you know it's a good business and you think your sustainable business is the upgrade you want to see then there are going to know that you have no place in india and you can not it was not there not been exactly what i needed. you know those are the comments in new delhi will geoff babies r

russia seeding has a new prime minister the day after lawmakers approved. candidacy and president putin then signed off the appointment to reports. well it only took this country what was it slightly more than 24 hours to come from the point when the president proposed to tweak some elements of russia's constitution which by the way didn't 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 and coming 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 here are some of them. used to produce them i can do up 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 intens