this is our senior vote counting is almost over and russia's parliamentary election united russia party is in the lead winning the majority of seats in the lower house but still losing a big share of the previous top of the support the communists are second in the race for the nickel democrats also making it to parliament. as global players need to decide the future of afghanistan pakistan his role of keys instability in the region boycott the event it's the latest sign of the summer about relations in washington taking a turn for the worse following nato as we said deadly air raid on the pakistani border pads. and most downgrades diplomatic ties the kids are off to the brush ambassadors of the countries assaulted by the security there a claim to be entered and could be linked to moscow's position on syria. now heated debate over the outcome of russia's parliamentary elections coming up in crosstalk . technology innovation all the latest developments around russia we've got the future covered. hello and welcome to crossfire computable about continuity and change united russia's long dom

russia so these parties are not united enough to to to be united opposition to united russia ok now about the international observers these. complained about i quote the lack of a level playing field the lack of independence of the election administration the partially the partiality of most media and interference of state authorities at different levels how fair is that assessment how well would you read first i would say it's a standard assessment more or less the same for any russian election except one actually in one thousand nine hundred six than boris yeltsin defeated you know he's a goner who was really not the most welcome candidate from the point of view of everyone including the western observers and of course the election which was not fair. actually. it's i wouldn't dare to say that the whole electoral process in russia is to real at the same time i wouldn't say it is absolutely corrupt and that it does not reflect the structure of electoral preferences actually the result the actual result of the election their actual voting for the united russia was. a little bit smal

united russia dmitry medvedev or vladimir putin i think the. presidential election not to rush ahead of time here will be much different in the sense of protests because people aren't going to risk that because what would that mean if you know this is a long but there's are not a key became president this is going to be a much more serious election in the sense of nobody really knew what the outcome would be in terms of how the parliament was going to work but they know what the president's job it and nobody is going to risk that it's very interesting if in your back you john i mean this is it's so much like other countries political systems that i mean if it's like the united states where it's a parliamentary democracy i mean you punish people you know it's not necessarily out of conviction you're saying you know and i think we've all agreed here a young pointed out here you know you talk about corruption told you more about corruption you know the roads you spend a lot of money on roads but you need to spend a lot more money on roads and pens

russia so these parties are not united enough to to to be united opposition to united russia ok now about the international observers the. complained about i quote the lack of a level playing field the lack of independence of the election administration the partially the partiality of most media and interference of state authorities at different levels how fair is that assessment how well would you read first i would say it's a standard assessment more or less the same for any russian election except one actually in one thousand nine hundred six then boris yeltsin defeated you know he's a goner who was really not the most welcome candidate from the point of view of everyone including the western observers and of course the election which was not fair. actually. it's i wouldn't dare to say that the whole electoral process in russia is to real at the same time i wouldn't say it is absolutely corrupt and that it does not reflect the structure of electoral preferences actually the result the actual result of the election there for the united russia was. a little bit smaller than predict

united russia dmitry medvedev or vladimir putin i think the. presidential election not to rush ahead of time here will be much different in the sense of protest because people aren't going to risk that because what would that mean if you know this is a long but there's are not a key became president this is it's going to be a much more serious election in the sense of nobody really knew what the outcome would be in terms of how the parliament was going to work but they know what the president's job it and nobody is going to risk that it's very interesting if in your back you john i mean this is it's so much like other countries political systems that i mean if it's like the united states where it's a parliamentary democracy i mean you punish people you know it's not necessarily out of conviction you're saying you know and i think we've all agreed here a young pointed out here you know you talk about corruption told you more about corruption you know the roads you spend a lot of money on roads but you need to spend a lot more money on roads and

united russia dmitri medvedev or vladimir putin i think the. presidential election not to rush ahead of time here will be much different in the sense of protest because people aren't going to risk that because what would that mean if you know this is a long but there's are not a key became president this is going to be a much more serious election in the sense of nobody really knew what the outcome would be in terms of how the parliament was going to work but they know what the president's job is the nobody's going to risk that it's very interesting if in your back you john i mean this is it's so much like other country's political systems that i mean if it's like the united states where it's a parliamentary democracy i mean you punish people you know it's not necessarily out of conviction you're saying you know and i think we've all agreed here a young pointed out here you know you talk about corruption told you more about corruption you know the roads you spend a lot of money on roads but you need to spend a lot more money on roads and pensio

as the calendar enters its final stage the ruling united russia party has lost its sizeable majority but still comes out well on ultimate mixed opinions among international observers over how the election process cool when i. show withdrawals this ambassador from. that times five border officials who tried to seize diplomatic mail from head. iran claims that shot down a u.s. spy drone along with east of border the use of unmanned american aircraft over the country's being seen as the latest evidence of washington's efforts to destabilize regimes beyond this influence. russia or expresses concerns over u.s. plans to maintain military bases in afghanistan even after the planned twenty fourteen withdrawal but this as a conference a little today where the international community is set to decide the country's future. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow with me alice had that. start with a moment of truth for russia's ruling party with almost all the very now counted in the parliamentary election united russia is to lose the large majority it held in the previous steamer b

seven united russia and. leader of law. were considered to be the force that actually led russia from. the ninety years and actually pushing effectively for the course of the collapse of the soviet union and economic problems russia experienced in ninety nine inches but now the new generation of people are common to the those who grown up in the thousands and they have never seen problems they think their. current life and rush oh she's pretty safe almost all street crime supermarkets are full of food and goods that are out of affluent individuals who travel abroad they consider it to be absolutely normal and they have different demands and that's why political spectrum is wide if you look at the other parties there how can they ever compete against united russia given the amount of funding that united russia i think that administrative resource and financial resources is overestimated the value of these resources because our position in russia is highly mobilized it's very important to understand the communi

suggestions of liberals are fulfilled by united russia look at the people who advise united russia on economy all of them are diehard. economists. who are helping you to keep your finger on the pulse of developments is counting continues in the russian parliamentary elections later in the day we expect the announcement of official preliminary results and comment from international observers in you can also try these latest figures yourself on our web site that's dot com. other news now and russia's foreign ministry has downgraded relations with qatar following an incident in which the russian ambassador to the country was assaulted by border security guards then boys to leave the country seeing sean thomas has the details. down upgraded relations with qatar this comes after an incident in the doha airport on the twenty ninth of november when the ambassador with two of his colleagues were trying to pass through security with a parcel of diplomatic mail now that parcel is expected to go through without any problems but they tried to x. rated which is against diplomatic normalcy the secu

vote counting is almost over in russia's parliamentary election the united russia party is in the lead winning the majority of seats in the lower house but still losing a big share of its previous popular support. as global players meet to decide the future of afghanistan pakistan his role is key to stability in the region boy because the event even eighty's recent deadly air raid on one of its border posts. gyptian is a back at polling stations for the second round of the country's parliament reelection after an opening stage which saw an overwhelming win by the islamists. and online with international news twenty four hours a day this is our city. now russians have had their say in who they want to see in parliament with almost all ballots counted after sunday's election four parties have made it into the country's no house the state duma the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group but has been dealt a significant setback with a sharp fall in support. of his intent from moscow for us with the latest piece is a with a vote counting almost complete hour what does th

to see vote counting is almost over in russia's parliamentary election the united russia party is in the lead winning the majority of seats in the lower house but still there isn't a big share of its previous popular support we've got the latest for you. moscow downgrades diplomatic ties with qatar after the russian ambassador to the country is assaulted by airport security with claims the incident could be linked to moscow's position on syria. and his global players need to decide the future of afghanistan pakistan whose role is key to stability in the region boycotts the events of the nato recent deadly air raid on one of its border posts. welcome this is r t it's nine pm monday night here in moscow is kevin zero in with you this hour and our top story russians have had their say in who they want to see in parliament. with almost all ballots counted after sunday's parliamentary election four parties have made it into the country's lower house the state duma the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group but it's been dealt a significant setback with a sharp fall in

polls are now closed across russia exit poll slowly coming out right now we have united russia at forty eight percent the communist coming in second at nineteen percent let's cross live to martin mccauley he joins us a specialist on russia at the university of london thank you for being with us but late last polling station is close like i said we can now speculate the media blackout is over let's talk about the outcome as you see it the main question are will the united russia get over that fifty percent do you think they will do that. i think they will do that because if you look at a ruling party in any country it loses votes over time they can't expect no to achieve what they did four years ago or or eight years ago so therefore the ruling party is always going to lose votes because people want to change. the system. ever the future they continue to lose votes as you've been saying what do you think they who do you think i should say yes they might be able to form an alliance with if they had to to keep their support. well the obvious part is the liberal democrats because if you loo

clearly united russia has lost popularity and the ironic thing is you have people who referred to the vote to demonstrate how much they popularity but then also refer to the same exact vote saying that it was falsified so how can you refer to a vote that you don't think was real to demonstrate this kind of popularity think this was an interesting to thing to me as a journalist covering the elections. so we have a lot of western publications and networks referring to this popularity fall for united russia which certainly you can feel it happened a lot of people i think went out to vote against united russia it's not a secret that the opposition in russia for twenty years hasn't really been able to get it together you have these figures like journal. who are very well known and and they are part of that whole stagnation because they've been around for years but you don't have any real opposition and i think that's what this young generation these so-called hipsters that that are part of social networking and are on twitter and facebook and trying to be part of politics that's what they

russia holds its breath for the final parliamentary election results for the ruling united russia party and losing its overall majority but still coming out on top of the latest figures and in-depth analysis coming right up. iran claims of shot down a u.s. spy dragging along its eastern border use of unmanned american aircraft over the country's being seen as a greatest evidence of washington's efforts to destabilize regimes beyond its influence. russia is concerned the u.s. plans to build military bases in afghanistan despite the planned twenty four thousand withdraw that's just before conference where the international community is set to decide the country's future. broadcasting live twenty four hours a day this is r.t. . going to start at the moment of truth for russia's ruling party with almost all of votes counted in the parliamentary election united russia is set to lose the majority held in the previous duma but will still stay the biggest party by far for more let's cross live now to r.t. sara first who's in central moscow with more on this sara the counting is a continuing but

the first ten that this congress and united russia wasn't going to be as simple as just the platform for the duma lections being announced was lazy or putin and to meet the demands of entering the hall on time exactly when it was supposed to start together and that's when the atmosphere inside the hall kind of changed everyone thousands of people at the same time you could feel their energy going something's going to happen today. first to come up on stage was putin and he made the big announcement which no one expected but he believes that top of the list for the duma lections in december. after that everyone thought ok that's it this is the big news we felt something in the air that something was going to happen and now it's been announced to me three minutes of age of will be part of united russia he will be the list that was in it . and then of course you have to do saying that he believes that. should run for president in twenty twelve and there was just this uproar explosion of applause at least certainly in united russia people there i think were genuinely surprised like i sai

as the count enters its final stage the ruling united russia party has lost its. still com well on top hats amid applause from international monitors they were how the election process was all guys. iran claims out shot down a u.s. spy drone along its eastern border the use of unmanned american aircraft over the country is being seen as the latest evidence of washington's efforts to destabilize regimes beyond simply. russia expresses a concerns over u.s. plans to maintain military bases in afghanistan even after the planned twenty fourth drop outs as the conference opens today where the international community is said to decide the country's future. a very warm welcome to you this is our live from moscow with me alice habits. we start with a moment of truth now russia's ruling party with always all the various counted in the parliamentary election united russia is to lose the launch majority it held in the previous duma but will still stay the biggest party by holocaust life that asks her for more news in central moscow. votes are still being counted how's the ove

different right now a fair russia having jumped just above the united russia party the liberal democrats the lib dems currently just under twelve percent of the voters what they've got now twelve percent is an increase on two thousand and seven and two thousand and seven they picked up eight percent turning them forty seats in the duma they look set to increase that number of do miss seats but it may be at the expense of being russia's party they appear to be slightly edged out at the moment by a fair russia now the leader of the liberal democrats vladimir zhirinovsky was here just a few hours ago he said he expected the liberal democrats to take between twenty and thirty percent seems a little bit optimistic right now it certainly seems they will take around the ten percent that they usually field in these elections probably picking up a few more percentage points as i said just under twelve percent right now and picking up a few more duma seats as well but they campaigned very strongly on social issues such as alcoholism and drug abuse they also come pain strongly on immigration the li

the voting in russia's parliamentary election is over the main question is can the united russia take over fifty percent of the vote currently there just falling short we're bringing you special coverage from central moscow here on r.t. . also iran's military forces say they have shot down an unmanned u.s. drone in the east of the country according to a state news agency. and a round up of the week's top headlines the u.n. human rights commission of calls for international intervention in syria but russia and china voted against the resolution saying foreign meddling will only cause more bloodshed. it's nine pm i should say ten pm here in moscow you're watching r t live from the russian capital with me. so straight to our extensive coverage of russia's parliamentary election here on our team my colleague and he said now is in a special studio in central moscow and the. yes though we have the latest exit polls for you they show that united russia is in fact leading the vote but have less than fifty percent so far let's cross our teeth you've got to be underground show where she's at th

make suggestions of liberals are fulfilled by united russia look at the people who advise united russia on economy all of them are die hard. economists. you know here russia says that its new position in the parliament will still allow it to continue on its current political path some european analysts believe that the party will help ensure stability is something that russia's foreign partners are looking for in their relations with the country earthing said be positively. sure that the said about them has been pressed over the rush militias that are going in the direction of people who believe that there is everything will stay in russia that this the ability will be there and we can local t.v. for the next five and a half the positional edge and see if he has to deal with russia which we know we can to support of course not on the two or on the kind of energy of dialogue with russia or of the european union without getting more of the pendant on the experts imports of gas from outside but service of the recent developments of the interesting china or for the year or is that or that s

the first hint that this congress of united russia wasn't going to be as simple as just the platform for the being announced was glazier putin and. entering the hall on time exactly when it was supposed to start together and that's when the atmosphere inside the hall kind of changed everyone thousands of people at the same time you could feel the energy going something's going to happen today. first to come up on stage was lead singer putin and he made the big announcement which no one expected that he believes that . top of the list for the duma lections in december. after that everyone thought ok that's it this is the big news we felt something in the air that something was going to happen and now it's been announced to me three major major will be part of united russia he will be the list that was in it. and then of course you have saying that he believes that. should run for president in twenty twelve and there was just this uproar explosion of applause at least certainly in united russia people there i think were genuinely surprised like i said no one expected this to come today

will be part of united russia if you believe the list that was in it. and then of course you. are saying that he believes that. should run for president in twenty twelve and there was just this uproar explosion of applause at least certainly in united russia people there i think were genuinely surprised like i said no one expected this to come today they thought they were coming to hear what their plans for the dumas elections were . the elections this year. were a big deal first of all because. clearly united russia has lost popularity and the ironic thing is you have people who referred to the vote to demonstrate how much they popularity but then also refer to the same exact vote saying that it was falsified so how can you refer to a vote that you don't think was real to demonstrate this kind of popularity think this was an interesting to thing to me as a journalist covering the elections. so we have a lot of western publications and networks referring to this popularity fall for united russia which certainly you can feel it happened a lot of people i think went out to vote

very powerful factions of united russia. russia and we need to trill ations with our partner second so in this parliament that i knew that in the end of the day we want only the more best for our country. that's why a while ago. as the president of russian federation i raised this issue multiple times when i always talked with my colleagues from other parties and the factions. in any case were taken into consideration and more difficult to configure a. you know the president well we won't have to. make that alliances some of these democracy because this is what parliament is about in order to address the issues we need to address and the leaders of the parties and factions said that they are ready to do that and i'm very glad they are because this means that our democracy is getting stronger and your friends up with the idea that it is early to draw the conclusions but i would like to say. well again i say thank you very much thank you very much to every one of you knows them and journalists and reporters who helped in cover

russia party worn in two thousand and seven well the united russia party is followed by. of course by the communist party with stable result around twenty percent and it's followed by fair russia and. the liberal democrats will. thirteen and twelve percent correspondent well these two these four parties sorry dede passed the seven percent barrier needed to get into the new duma. the three others did not pass this barrier that means that their votes will eventually be divided between those who deeded between those four leading part is that means that eventually these four parties will anyway get some extra votes and what exactly right now even if the united russia doesn't get the majority of the votes it will the venture only most experts say that the majority of the saints in the parliament and the party obligates free to mention that just did pass the three percent barrier which means it now turns. direct financial support from the federal budget of russia back to euro this national also know there have been hundreds of observers also feedback. a lot of observers and we

the first ten that this congress and united russia wasn't going to be as simple as just the platform for the actions being announced was lazy or putin and. entering the hall on time exactly when it was supposed to start together and that's when the atmosphere inside the hall kind of changed everyone thousands of people at the same time you could feel their energy going something's going to happen today. first to come up on stage was putin and he made the big announcement which no one expected but he believes that. top of the list for the dumas elections in december. after that everyone thought ok that's it this is the big news we felt something in the air that something was going to happen and now it's been announced to me three months of age of will be part of united russia if you believe the list that was in it. and then of course you have to me saying that he believes that. should run for president in twenty twelve and there was just this uproar explosion of applause at least certainly in united russia people there i think were genuinely surprised like i said no one expected this

russia party headquarters of course they are leading many wondering now daniel if united russia will take half of the vote fifty percent there sara appears to have fallen significantly what's the mood among party members where you are. just disappointed in this sense of disappointment here you know it's a gross head just because the vote is not just severely down. on four years ago it's also down almost expectations were for this vote this time around the vote does send the message loud and clear that voters the reforms that have been promised about both me to meet that if i'm glad to make putin and they want them as quickly as possible both leaders here have spoken off to the voting ended commitment that if claimed the economy he said the economy situation throughout the world is difficult and he said that was the key reason why their vote is down but he warns the russia does need a strong united grocers' does need a strong ruling party in government in order to be able to function effectively let's have a listen to exactly what he had to say selig's the made me question yes nationa

wash away the vatican a bit before with their grueling united russia party appearing to be clear winners in the country's parliamentary elections as counting continues but so far the winning shot of the overall majority up for a big drop it's about travel and got the latest results and analysis of the country decides. also news around military forces say they have shot down an unmanned u.s. drone in the east of the country according to a state news agency. a roundup of the week's top headlines the one of them and why it's commissioner calls for international intervention in syria but russia and china both against the resolution saying foreign meddling with only cause more bloodshed. it's six am in moscow you're watching us here live from the russian capital with me . special russian action coverage on the week's top stories coming your way. let's go straight to our extensive coverage of russia's parliamentary election here on r.g.p. and or votes all over russia being counted now and the central election committee is publishing all the latest figures live for us and he is there at the cen

forth now united russia failing to break through that psychological percentage barrier fifty percent and the stadium estates work on a proportional representation so in terms of the outcomes means the united russia looking to hold about two hundred and thirty eight seats now that's seventy seven seat less than they had in two thousand and seven when they won then it means that they don't have that two thirds majority ferk they could put changes in the team or that lead to talks about a coalition coalitions being formed as certainly the united russia are going to have to work closely with the opposition and be making compromises in the future and now we've heard over sponsors from the u.s. today hillary clinton saying that the elections in russia were not free fair elections now the foreign ministry in russia's responded to that and they said that comments like this are unacceptable and that the u.s. is applying cliches without really trying to understand exactly what's going on and that is for the russian people to determine the future of russia you know what we can say is that the v

russia's parliamentary election the united russia party is in the lead to winning the majority of seats in the lower house but still losing a big share of its previous popular support we bring you up to date with the latest . moscow downgrades diplomatic ties with qatar after the russian ambassador to the country's assaulted by airport security claims the incident could be linked to moscow's position on syria. and its global players made to decide the future of afghanistan and pakistan who throws key for stability in the region boycotts the event of a nato recent deadly raid on one of its border. welcome this is r t it's midnight here in moscow my name's kevin owen with you this top story russians have had their say and who they want to see in parliament. with almost all ballots counted after sunday's parliamentary election four parties have made it into the country's lower house the state duma the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group but it's a big deal a significant setback with a sharp fall in support peter all of us in central moscow. united russia taking the

clearly united russia has lost popularity and the ironic thing is you have people who referred to the vote to demonstrate how much they lose popularity but then also refer to the same exact vote saying that it was falsified so how can you refer to a vote that you don't think was real to demonstrate this kind of popularity think this was an interesting to thing to me as a journalist covering the elections. so we have a lot of western publications and networks referring to this popularity fall for united russia which certainly you can feel it happened a lot of people i think went out to vote against united russia it's not a secret that the opposition in russia for twenty years hasn't really been able to get it together you have these figures like journal. who are very well known and and they are part of that whole stagnation because they've been around for years but you don't have any real opposition and i think that's what this young generation these so-called hipsters that that are part of social networking and are on twitter and facebook and trying to be part of politics that's what

clearly united russia has lost popularity and the ironic thing is you have people who referred to the vote to demonstrate how much they lose popularity but then also referred to the same exact vote saying that it was falsified so how can you refer to a vote that you don't think was real to demonstrate this kind of popularity thing this was an interesting to thing to me as a journalist covering the elections. so we have a lot of western publications and networks referring to this popularity fall for united russia which certainly you can feel it happened a lot of people i think went out to vote against united russia it's not a secret that the opposition in russia for twenty years hasn't really been able to get it together you have these figures like journal. who are very well known and and they are part of that whole stagnation because they've been around for years but you don't have any real opposition and i think that's what this young generation these so-called hipsters that that are part of social networking and are on twitter and facebook and trying to be part of politics that's wh

russia await the verdict of its people with their ruling united russia party appearing to be clear winners in the country's presidential elections as counting continues but so far it's all in short of an overall majority after a big drop in its virtue and we've got the latest results and analysis as the country decides. also this hour view runs military forces say they have shot down an unmanned u.s. drone in the east of the country according to a state news agency. and a roundup of the week's top stories the you are human rights commissioner calls for international intervention in syria but russia and china vote against the resolution saying foreign meddling will only cause more bloodshed. and you saw russia and around the world this is our see with me your leisure paula thanks for joining us. let's go straight now to tug sense of coverage of russia's parliamentary elections here or not see so it's all over russia being counted now and the central election commission is publishing all the latest figures line and all cs maria for north is there for us so maria what were some of the latest

russia actually have over fifty percent of the seats or we're hearing from united russia party leadership is that they are willing to form coalitions during this duma will all parties are making accusations of vote rigging intellectual fraud in this poll these range from people voting more than once to the use of invisible ink on some ballot papers we've seen protests and rallies on election day around the country though they were in cities like moscow and st petersburg we saw the biggest of these these rallies were. they were to kill a political party or another others not just against political parties but also against the election as a whole know during these rallies in st petersburg and moscow what we we saw well several several hundreds of arrests now the international observers who are looking at the election. some have suggested that they were violations when it comes to the fairness of the election other international observers have said that those accusations on particularly well founded the o.e.c.d. has a long record of highly politicized election observations and of making poli

the first ten that this congress that united russia wasn't going to be as simple as just the platform for the duma lections being announced was glazier putin and. entering the hall on time exactly when it was supposed to start together and that's when the atmosphere inside the hall kind of changed everyone thousands of people at the same time you could feel the energy going something's going to happen today. first to come up on stage was putin and he made the big announcement which no one expected that he believes that top of the list for the dumas elections in december. after that everyone thought ok that's it this is the big news we felt something in the air that something was going to happen and now it's been announced to me three major major of will be part of united russia if you will be the list that was in it. and then of course you have saying that he believes that. should run for president in twenty twelve and there was just this uproar explosion of applause at least certainly in united russia people there i think were genuinely surprised like i said no one expected this to c

it's clearly united russia has lost popularity and the ironic thing is you have people who referred to the vote to demonstrate how much they lose popularity but then also refer to the same exact vote saying that it was falsified so how can you refer to a vote that you don't think was real to demonstrate this kind of popularity think this was an interesting to thing to me as a journalist covering the elections. so we have a lot of western publications and networks referring to this popularity fall for united russia which certainly you can feel it happened a lot of people i think went out to vote against united russia it's not a secret that the opposition in russia for twenty years hasn't really been able to get it together you have these these these figures like journal of ski and who are very well known and and they're part of that whole stagnation because they've been around for years but you don't have any real opposition and i think that's what this young generation these so-called hipsters that that are part of social networking and are on twitter and facebook and trying to be part

vote counting is almost over and russia's parliamentary election the united russia party is in the lead winning the majority of seats in the lower house but still be using a big share of its previous popular support. as global players meet to decide the future of afghanistan falcon sun his role is just ability in the region the boycott the event over the eighty's recent deadly air raid on one of its border posts. downgrade diplomatic ties with qatar all to the back of this of the countries assaulted by airport security with plane the incident could be linked to moscow's position on syria. a very warm welcome to you this is our c.n.n. live from moscow with malice had that. russians have had their say and who they want to see in parliament with almost all ballots counted after sunday's election for policies have made it into the country's lower house the state duma the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group that has been dealt a significant setback for the shop for all in support. of a is in central moscow. united russia taking the majority of the vote the communists

but united russia's promises rang hollow with this person. he and his wife see their future in canada. at the computer programmer and psychologist plan to emigrate and study their. they think they will only be about to find a well-paid and secure job with a degree from a western university. they saved long and hard to make the move and will be packing up in the summer. they are not alone. more than one-fifth of the young people in russia are thinking about moving abroad. >> we want a more predictable and balanced life. i like to be able to plan the next five years, not just up to next spring. and the children i have and the future should be up to own their home and get a good education. >> they used to run a small business in this building. at his work force of 15 manufactured board games such as monopoly. that business was booming until putin's government increased employers' social insurance contributions by 20%. that was good news for employees, but it's spelled the end of his promising business. >> the financing issues were not the only p

this is our team and vote counting is almost over in russia's parliamentary election the united russia party is in the lead winning the majority of seats in the lower house but still losing a big share of its previous popular support. moscow downgrades diplomatic ties with qatar after the russian ambassador to the country is assaulted by airport security claims the incident could be linked to moscow's position on syria. and its global players make to decide the future of afghanistan pakistan to throw the key is to put it in the region boycott the event of a nato these recent deadly air raid on one of its border posts. ten pm monday night here in moscow kevin a very good to have you company in our top story the russians about this saying who they want to see in parliament. with almost all ballots counted after sunday's parliamentary election for parties have made it into the country's lower house the state duma the ruling united russia party remains by far the largest group but it's been dealt a significant setback with a sharp fall in support. of his in central moscow. united russia ta

knowledge based pricing this is what unites united russia has to address where's deep girl jackets for russia for the rest of the two thousand and ten because if voting is reelected as it comes back as president next year he'll be reelected in six so we're going to have a polluting presence presidency until at least two thousand and twenty four so what does he plan to do for the shooter of russian generation's i think this is the crucial question not what the state department thinks about all this i'm sure that so these thing about tonight along with the rest of the party but for now pepe escobar times correspondent thank you feel thoughts thank you. as well we've got some information from the interior minister the latest through mentioned earlier on two hundred fifty arrests have been made tonight on the rallies on both sides that seems that number's up to round about three hundred now the latest we got from the russian interior ministry coming up later on the. our artie's business policy exposed what effect the new move may have on russia's economy. since devotees are now coming in f

thanks bill votes all over russia are being counted the preliminary results so far show that united russia is leading the vote but is just one percent short of fifty percent now it appears to be a significant drop in the party's popularity it is however gaining as more ballots are being counted the central election committee is publishing all the latest figures live in r.t.c. catherine mcgrath is standing by for us at headquarters to get through now what are the latest numbers you have for us the latest numbers we have as of now with more than thirty eight percent of the votes counted is the ruling united russia easily as you've just said with forty eight point seven percent of the vote coming in second are the commonest with just slightly short of twenty percent at the rushes more than thirteen point one percent well before the elections it was in question whether the party will make it at all to the newly elected parliament and now we see that there are number three on the least and there it has all of the liberal democratic party which has won around twelve point seven percent according

the first ten that this congress had united russia wasn't going to be as simple as just the platform for the actions being announced was glazier putin. entering the hall on time exactly when it was supposed to start together and that's when the atmosphere inside the hall kind of changed everyone thousands of people at the same time you could feel the energy going something's going to happen today. first to come up on stage was putin and he made the big announcement which no one expected that he believes that. top of the list for the dumas elections in december. after that everyone thought ok that's it this is the big news we felt something in the air that something was going to happen and now it's been announced to me three major major of will be part of united russia if you believe the list that was in it. and then of course you have to me saying that he believes that. should run for president in twenty twelve and there was just this uproar explosion of applause at least certainly in united russia people there i think were genuinely surprised like i said no one expected this to come

the first ten that this congress and united russia wasn't going to be as simple as just the platform for the duma lections being announced was lazy or putin and to me to be mean to entering the hall on time exactly when it was supposed to start together and that's when the atmosphere inside the hall kind of changed everyone thousands of people at the same time you could feel their energy going something's going to happen today. first to. up on stage was. and he made the big announcement which no one expected but he believes that top of the list for the dumas elections in december. after that everyone thought ok that's it this is the big news we felt something in the air that something was going to happen and now it's been announced to me that means of egypt will be part of united russia he will be the list that was in it. and then of course you have to me saying that he believes that putin should run for president in twenty twelve and there was just a poor explosion of applause at least certainly in united russia people there i think were genuinely surprised like i said no one expect

the first ten that this congress of united russia wasn't going to be as simple as just the platform for the duma lections being announced was glazier putin and. entering the hall on time exactly when it was supposed to start together and that's when the atmosphere inside the hall kind of changed everyone thousands of people at the same time you could feel the energy going something's going to happen today. first to come up on stage was putin and he made the big announcement which no one expected but he believes that top of the list for the dumas elections in december. after that everyone thought ok that's it this is the big news we felt something in the air that something was going to happen and now it's been announced to me that means major will be part of united russia he will be the list that was in it. and then of course you have to me saying that he believes that. should run for president in twenty twelve and there was just this uproar explosion of applause at least certainly in united russia people there i think were genuinely surprised like i said no one expected this to come tod

russia holds its breath for the following results of the parliamentary election for the ruling united russia party losing its overall majority still emerging one on top with a to speak is an in-depth analysis coming right up. there ron says it shot down a u.s. spy dragged along its eastern border with the use of american on monday crossed over the country being seen as the latest evidence of washington's efforts to destabilize countries beyond its influence. and cross the atlantic tempers flare again as british m.p.'s you know over a one sided extradition policy has left its citizens at the mercy of a politically american justice system. this is the latest world news twenty four hours a day. yes a moment of truth for russia's ruling party with almost all the votes counted in the parliamentary election united russia is to lose that not a majority held in the previous doing that but will still stay the biggest party by far well for more let's cross now if now to a sarah ferguson central moscow with more on this sarah votes are still being counted but how's the overall balance looking so

voting in russia's parliamentary election is over the united russia party so far is falling short of fifty percent of the vote but president dmitri medvedev said the party is ready to form a coalition and other political forces have also expressed their willingness to do so we are bringing you special coverage. also iran's military forces say they have shot down an unmanned u.s. drone in the east of the country according to a state news agency. and in a round up the week's top headlines the u.n. human rights commission calls for international intervention in syria but russia and china voted against the resolution saying foreign meddling will only cause more bloodshed. it's midnight in moscow you're watching r t live from the russian capital with me built on. straight to our extensive coverage of russia's parliamentary election here on. a special studio in central moscow is from where we are following the developments closely and my colleague and he said now he's there and he said. thank you bill indeed rose from all over russia are being counted as we speak the preliminary results do

the first ten that this congress and united russia wasn't going to be as simple as just the platform for the actions being announced was lazy or putin and. entering the hall on time exactly when it was supposed to start together and that's when the atmosphere inside the hall kind of changed everyone thousands of people at the same time you could feel their energy going something's going to happen today. first to come up on stage was putin and he made the big announcement which no one expected that he believes that. top of the list for the dumas elections in december. after that everyone thought ok that's it this is the big news we felt something in the air that something was going to happen and now it's been announced to me three months of age of will be part of united russia he will be the list that was in it. and then of course you have to me saying that he believes that. should run for president in twenty twelve and there was just this uproar explosion of applause at least certainly in united russia people there i think were genuinely surprised like i said no one expected this to

clearly united russia has lost popularity and the ironic thing is you have people who referred to the vote to demonstrate how much they popularity but then also refer to the same exact vote saying that it was falsified so how can you refer to a vote that you don't think was real to demonstrate this kind of popularity thing this was an interesting to thing to me as a journalist covering the elections. so we have a lot of western publications and networks were furring to this popularity fall for united russia which certainly you can feel it happened a lot of people i think went out to vote against united russia it's not a secret that the opposition in russia for twenty years hasn't really been able to get it together you have these figures like journal. who are very well known and and they are part of that whole stagnation because they've been around for years but you don't have any real opposition and i think that's what this young generation these so-called hipsters that that are part of social networking and are on twitter and facebook and trying to be part of politics that's what th

. >> translator: the election results reflect russia's status quo. >> translator: united russia needs to cooperate with other parties on complicated issues. >> united russia held a two-thirds majority of the 450 seats in the lower house before the election. this allowed it to change the constitution unchallenged. the results are widely seen as a precursor to the presidential election scheduled for next march. voters took their dissatisfaction to the streets. russian security forces arrested at least 170 opposition protesters. police arrested demonstrators in st. petersburg and in moscow. police had warned protesters about holding unsanctioned rallies. police moved in just as opposition supporters were about to start demonstrating. the protesters held placards criticizing the election as a farce. they want prime minister putin out. some opposition forces claim the election results are being manipulated. they say the ruling party's actual share should be much lower. several russian media outlets say their websites were shut down by signer attacks as russians cast their ballots. these me

the first ten that this congress that united russia wasn't going to be as simple as just the platform for the do most actions being announced was glazier putin and to meet the demands made to entering the hall on time exactly when it was supposed to start together and that's when the atmosphere inside the hall kind of changed everyone thousands of people at the same time you could feel the energy going something's going to happen today. the first to come up on stage was lead singer putin and he made the big announcement which no one expected but he believes that top of the list for the do my elections in december. after that everyone thought ok that's it this is the big news we felt something in the air that something was going to happen and now it's been announced to me that means major will be part of united russia he will be the list that was in it. and then of course you have to meet through me today to saying that he believes that putin should run for president in twenty twelve and there was just a poor explosion of applause at least certainly in united russia people there i thin