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

in again until it is candidate putin saying the right things when it comes to certain political risk do you think i think that he's he's saying many things to many different people he's well he's a politician politically i mean you know we've recently had that he's going to be increasing the defense spent expenditure where increasing pensions he's a political capital is being spent all over the place i will say well look he's not the first politician to be populist never know but this is an interesting thing i mean when he first came to power there are fundamental thing was getting the country working again this is now this is now happened and there's been an evolution and the political political parties of it have evolved i think this is thirty positive ok if i can go to you i would take issue with that i don't think the political parties involved nearly enough and i think that's one of the issues when it comes to change is a candidate putin making the right sounds when he is the election nears. well the truth is that no person as a candidate for president is creating two faces one

in again until it is candidate putin saying the right things when it comes to certain political risk giving i think that he's saying many things to many different people he's well he's a politician politically i mean you know we've recently had that he's going to be increasing defense spent expenditure where increasing pensions he's a political capital is being spread all over the place i will say that he's not the first politician to be populist never know but this is an interesting thing i mean when he first came to power the fundamental thing was getting the country working again this is now this is now happened and there's been an evolution and the political political parties of it have evolved i think this is a thirty positive ok if i can go to you i would take issue with that i don't think the political parties involved nearly enough and i think that's one of the issues when it comes to change is a candidate putin making the right sounds when the election nears. well the truth is that no person as a candidate for president is creating two faces one is a pro reform face that is

all polling stations across russia are to get their own digital observers as prime minister putin orders the installation of webcams to counter a potential fraud by the march presidential elections the move comes after tens of thousands protested in moscow and st petersburg following december parliamentary elections alleging widespread vote rigging. and next we put the russian prime minister's economic ideas under the microscope with journalist. politician. go on our interview show spotlight go away. well with the. technology innovation all the list of elements around russia we've got the future covered. hello again and welcome to spotlight play into the show on our t.v. i'm older now and today we're talking about economic challenge despite the recent global turbulence and crisis russia has managed to keep it stuck on a me and a lot but even the most efficient models become obsolete one day a new way to be found to meet new challenges prime minister and presidential candidate lattimer potent has published his version over how the russian economy as to be changed in the nearest future the

time now we're not and today we're talking about of lattimer putin's view on democracy during the last twenty years russia has been going through a democratic transition success has been made by the way wasn't easy and there were ranters through as the presidential election gets closer many speculate on how this process will continue if either of the candidates is elected this week the favorite in the race prime minister putin expressed his opinion in an article seen as part of his electoral manifesto so is he planning to make russia more democratic and how discuss it with the head of the general posner sounds department at the high school of economics mr coffee and mr simon schuster head of the time moscow bureau. over the last two months russia has seen the biggest really since the time of yeltsin an active electorate and they did political debate is what makes the current presidential race different from the previous two it all started with protests over the stay do my election results last december when the ruling united russia party won which triggered ballot riggin accusations ev

the fish in management most of whom are putin's personal friends and so on yeah putin takes a lot of flak about about the so-called. corruption that's. it's. he's he's at the top so he has to stop here he has to answer for what's happening in the country but. i guess that and this may be unpopular but he's probably trying i imagine he's trying to do something maybe he's not doing enough. i don't mean to apologize with no no i'm not on the putin payroll that's for sure but i mean i wish i was but. i don't but i don't think i think a course you have to fight hard you know it's a tough problem and it has a history and he inherited it it started before his his time and never could figure out of your putin's promises that i quote the government will support large infrastructure projects firstly this means transportation their words andrew liable communication with siberia and russia's far east and quote well the question to you as a free successful businessman you were so so are so the cost of road construction it's too high in russia it's raising corruption suspicion so so what's putin w

official management most of whom are putin's personal friends and so on yeah putin takes a lot of flak about about the so-called. corruption that's. it's. he's he's at the top so he has to stop here he has to answer for what's happening in the country but. i guess that and this may be unpopular but he's probably trying i imagine he's trying to do something maybe he's not doing enough. i don't mean to apologize with no not a not on the putin payroll that's for sure but i mean i wish i was but you know i don't but i don't think i think a course you have to fight hard you know it's a tough problem and it has a history and he inherited it it started before his time and never could figure out of your putin's promises that i quote the government will support large infrastructure projects firstly this means transportation networks andrew libel communication with siberia and russia's far east and quote well the question to you as a free successful businessman you were so so are so the cost of road construction it's too high in russia it's raising corruption suspicion so so what's putin what is

putin must go. >> reporter: there is no end in sight to the protests against putin. the prime minister has made some attempts to quell the outpouring of public anger. it remains to be seen how far the protests will go in the run up to election day. >> joining us now from moscow is our reporter. she's been covering the developments in russia. it's clear that opposition to putin remains strong ahead of next month's presidential election. >> reporter: yes. an estimated 100,000 people took part in the rally, more than expected. there has been speculation that the crowd would be very small. that's because putin has started to listen to protesters' complaints and recently announced measures aimed at reducing tensions. what was striking was protesters not only called for a fair election, but also had banners expressing their discontent with putin. a position activist has been urging people to vote for another candidate. a putin win appears likely, but what activists hope to do is prevent him from winning a majority of march votes. >> if he fails to clinch a majority, there

into spotlight the interview show on r t the now we're not and today we're talking about of lattimer putin's view on democracy during the last twenty years russia has been going through a democratic transition success has been made by the way wasn't easy and there were ranters true as the presidential election gets closer many speculate on how this process will continue if either of the candidates is elected this week the favorite in the race prime minister putin expressed his opinion in an article seen as part of his electoral manifesto so is he planning to make russia more democratic and how discuss it with the head of the general political science department at the high school of economics mr flynn you pull it off and mr schuster simon schuster head of the times moscow bureau. over the last two months russia has seen the biggest relish since the time of yeltsin an active electorate and they did political debate is what makes the current presidential race different from the previous two it all started with protests over the stay do my election results last december when the ruling united r

in again and still is candidate putin saying the right things when it comes to certain political risk. i think that he's saying many things to many different people he's well he's a politician pretty easily i mean you know we've recently had that he's going to be increasing defense spent expenditure where increasing pensions he's a political capital is being spread all over the place i will say that he's not the first politician to be populist ever no but this is an interesting thing i mean when he first came to power there are fundamental thing was getting the country working again this is now how this is now happened and there's been an evolution and the political political parties of it have evolved i think this is a thirty positive ok if i'm going to you know i would take issue with that i don't think the political parties involved nearly enough and i think that's one of the issues when it comes to change is a candidate putin making the right sounds with the election nears. well the truth is that no person as a candidate for president is creating two faces one is a pro reform face

likeant a strong anman putin." vladimir,is like puti puit." >> the more people that criticizes the power, the better it is for society in general because it makes the power realize that they are vulnerable. they're not invincible. >> there is still one girl band backing putin for president. these are wrapping russians have become an internet sensation with songs about how clever, and athletic, mr. putin is. they are against electing anyone else. vladimir putin will hope that, come election day, they will be singing the same tune. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. >> that brings today's show to a close. you can get constant updates on our website. to find out what we're working on at any time, visit our facebook page. for all of us here at "world news america," bank for watching and to in tomorrow. -- thank you for watching and tune in tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own found

spotlight today into the show and our team the now we're not and today we're talking about of lattimer putin's view on democracy during the last twenty years russia has been going through a democratic transition success has been made by the way wasn't easy and there were ranters through as the presidential election gets closer many speculate on how this process will continue if either of the candidates is elected this week the favorite in the race prime minister putin expressed his opinion in an article seen as part of his electoral manifesto so is he planning to make russia more democratic and how discuss it with the head of the general political stance department at the high school of economics mr coffee and mr simon schuster head of the time moscow bureau. over the last two months russia has seen the biggest really since the time of yeltsin an active electorate and they did political debate is what makes the current presidential race different from the previous two it all started with protests over the stay do my election results last december when the ruling united russia party won which t

i don't mean to apologize and not on the putin payroll that's for sure but i mean i wish i was but. i don't but i don't think i think of course you have to fight hard you know it's a tough problem and it has a history and he inherited it it started before his time and other quote from that interview put in promises that i quote the government would support large infrastructure projects firstly this means transportation their words and reliable communication with siberia and russia's far east end quote well the question to you as a free successful businessman you were so so are so the cost of road construction it's too high in russia it's raising corruption suspicion so so what's putin what is he proposing to control it and why could couldn't they start construction rosewood ten twelve years ago. it's a difficult question but i'll try to make the answer first of all in the whole world there are few programs international programs which can be very useful and convenience to many countries. instructions and build the buildings yes it's a very good because it's a lot of people who will

putin did this. people took to the streets in their protest to an open and public humiliation which was impossible to endure. to vladimir putin to have falsify it had elections so publicly it was impossible to ignore. >> warner: is there an irony here that the 12 years of putin and the economic growth that occurred has helped create the very class that wants to get rid of him? >> putin claims credit for economic growth and arguing after the collapse of the '90s, now we have seen the so-called putin stability. however comparing russia with neighboring countries we see other former soviet union countries grew stronger so putin's time is a time of lost opportunities. russia has enormous gas, oil and energy resources and prices are very high. yes, part of this money remains in the country and led to the creation of the middle-class which now tries to get rid of putin because they understand that most of the money was simply stolen by him and his friends. >> warner: so what have you achieved with this so

we showed our team the now we're not and today we're talking about of lattimer putin's view on democracy during the last twenty years russia has been going through a democratic transition success has been made by the way wasn't easy and there were ranters true as the presidential election gets closer many speculate on how this process will continue if either of the candidates is elected this week the favorite in the race prime minister putin expressed his opinion in an article seen as part of his electoral manifesto so is he planning to make russia more democratic and how discuss it with the head of the general political stance department at the high school of economics mr coffee and mr schuster simon schuster head of the time moscow bureau. over the last two months russia has seen the biggest really since the time of yeltsin an active electorate and they needed political debate is what makes the current presidential race different from the creepiest to it all started with protests over the stay do my election results last december when the ruling united russia party won which triggered

also no war against iran and resisting foreign pressure over syria russia's prime minister vladimir putin outlines key policy issues as he prepares to run for the country's top job next week. with modern warfare has changing consider considerably over the recent decades russia's army has much work ahead to adapt to the new challenges we discuss it and spotlight coming up with russia's deputy defense minister stay with us. hello again the welcome to spotlight the interview show are to high level we love and today we're talking about national security matters the concept album modern warfare has changed a lot during the last few decades there's no more evident super powers faceoff and the biggest threats part terrorism and extremism rather than hostile neighbors and the russian army has a big job ahead to adapt to new circumstances to prime minister and a presidential hopeful when a poet who expressed his opinion about how this job has to be done in another article seen by many as his election at a fest will discuss what his proposals with total and of in chief of russia and global affairs

what does putin imply which one of those rival countries is. and what is it with well it obviously isn't just actually read through been talking about enemies of rival gravels around. or does he really believe that somebody wants to take or to take over russia. well i mean. is he talking about china for instance or india. mr putin about it really means we couldn't have this surprise you know we will we just talked of earlier before we came into the studio and we talked about the a bit the anti-american rhetoric of the russians and the russian government's number but we said that it's only inside it's only in the in the russia when russia washes go outside they're not anti-american at all i mean i mean the. world well what putin does isn't bad at all for the united states is it it doesn't do anything bad for the states no the other countries in the world i mean right i mean in fact . obviously we since mr obama has kind of dealt with the nato issue so that nato no then the west is no longer pushing pushing the former soviet union poor of russia

official management most of whom are putin's personal friends and so on yeah putin takes a lot of flak about about the so-called. corruption that's. it's. he's he's at the top so he has to stop here he has to answer for what's happening in the country but. i guess that and this may be unpopular but he's probably trying i imagine he's trying to do something maybe he's not doing enough. i don't mean to apologize anon the putin payroll that's for sure but i mean i wish i was but you know i don't but i don't think i think a course you have to fight hard you know it's a tough problem and it has a history and he inherited it it started before his his time and never could figure out of your putin's promises that i quote the government will support large infrastructure projects firstly this means transportation their words andrew libel communication with siberia and russia's far east and quote well the question to you as a free successful businessman you were so so are so the cost of road construction it's too high in russia it's raising corruption suspicion so so what's putin what is he propo

putin will soon be chased from power. but why? this singer who goes by a code name says she believes mr. putin cheated in last year's parliamentary election. that's why she wants him out. when they arrive, they select high-profile venues like this roof. opposite a jail where anti-government protesters have been locked up. earlier this month they conquered red square and sang "putin's wet himself." the concert only lasted a couple of minutes before the police showed up. punk protest songs right on the kremlin's doorstep. it shows how the music and protest scene has changed. after all it wasn't long ago when putin was at the top. >> there was a time when girl bands sung songs about putin. >> and these sang "my love is called vladimir, pu ty, puty, puty. >> the more criticism, it makes power realize they are vulnerable, and they are not invincible. >> there's still one girl band which is backing putin for president. these rapping russians have become an internet sensation with a song about how clever and athletic putin is and warn ag

putin's oppositions. they wear the worker's glove. >> this is protesting against those protesting against the government. showing away from the capital, russia's working capital still has faith in vladimir putin. >> but the crowd here was smaller than organizers promised, and some of what we saw seemed staged panged. this photographer was trying to get as many people as possible to pose with the same vote for putin sign. >> one worker i spoke to said they only traveled to the rally because they were offered extra days off work and free train tickets. so just how popular really is vladimir putin? in rush a's industrial heart sfland he will win votes here, but more perhaps out of a fear of change than any real belief that a president putin can make life better. >> we'll see. well, you're watching "bbc world news." i'm david eades. plenty under still to bring you not at the least more prices for petrol. it's making fortunes for some people in the gulf state. we'll have more on that. >> six people have died.

the now we're not and today we're talking about of lattimer putin's view on democracy during the last twenty years russia has been going through a democratic transition success has been made by the way wasn't easy and there were ranters true as the presidential election gets closer many speculate on how this process will continue if either of the candidates is elected this week the favorite in the race prime minister putin expressed his opinion in an article seen as part of his electoral benefit so is he planning to make russia more democratic and how discuss it with the head of the general political science department at the high school of economics mr coffee and mr schuster simon schuster head of the time moscow bureau. over the last two months russia has seen the biggest relish since the time of yeltsin an active electorate and they did political debate is what makes the current presidential race different from the previous two it all started with protests over the stay do my election results last december when the ruling united russia party won which triggered ballot rigging accus

putin is. they warn against electing anyone else. vladimir putin hopes that other russians will soon be singing the same tune. bbc news, moscow. >> and that brings today's show to a close. remember you can get constant updates on our website. for all of us here, thank you for watching and please tune in tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles.

putin live on tv. this man offered to come to moscow with his friends to take on the anti government protesters. today, they are taking the train to the regional capital. there, they join thousands of other workers from across the region at a pro-putin rally. the symbol here is the workers glove. this is a direct response to the young and middle-class in moscow who have been protesting against the government. away from the capital, the working class have faced in vladimir putin. -- have faith in vladimir putin. the crowd here was smaller than was promised. some of this seems stage manage. they are trying to get as many people as possible to pose with the same sign. one worker i spoke to said that his workmates only traveled to the rally because they were offered extra days off from work and free train tickets. just how popular really is letter putin in russia's industrial heartland. -- just how popular really is a vladimir putin? there is desire for change rather than a real belief that vladimir putin

one of the suggestions that we can find in this recent putin's article is to increase the rule of the employees in running the enterprises what is it possible is it is it working in any developed economy in the world i mean the work is really running there that their factory and are they the unions enough to take care of the interest of the workers well in theory. in theory point perhaps and you do have employee owned companies around the world united airlines for a while the united states was an employee owned company and you do have different kinds of tripartite arrangements that allow workers to have more of a say you'd still have to have an agile professional management running the company if you wanted to compete both domestically and internationally and so if you get it it's a question of balance it's a very popular statement particularly in in in contrast to some of his opponents like a lot of people who are much more. prominent and pro capital kind of wants people to work longer hours to get more money and shut up. as a company of those intense sadness or actually is a very ve

putin being a favorite in the race county county afford to do without these problems well i think that he's promised us our award more modest than the promises so while the candidates i compared for example the promises on the housing issue and i don't quite agree with them in their particle you can see if you alliance were actually acknowledges that housing became less accessible now than in the times of the soviet union he gives figures difficult he gives us because for one thousand eight hundred nine and for to date and this is one of the huge issues for russia russia is now a very average capitalist state if you want and in russia like in many states we have house us in the apartment buildings which have already been built and they stayed empty sometimes for decades just because people cannot sell these apartments and i think i think that is true and i think the housing issue is very interesting what he did say that he would like to see he didn't have if you'd like to see he promised that housing prices will come down twenty to forty percent of the lending on the region you know th

up next spotlight takes a look at presidential hopeful vladimir putin's assessment on defense facing up to the concept of modern warfare stay with us. hello again the welcome to spotlight the interview show are to high level we love and today we're talking about national security matters the concept album modern warfare has changed a lot just the last few decades there's no more evident superpowers face-off out of the biggest threats part terrorism and extremism rather than hostile neighbors and the russian army has a big job ahead to adapt to new circumstances to prime minister and a presidential hopeful whether put who expressed his opinion of how this job has to be done in another article seen by many as his election that if asked will discuss what his proposals would go to look at that of the chief of russia in global affairs and james brooks the moscow world based correspondent for the voice of america eligible to vote. putin has been outlining his vision of russia's future in a series of articles written for the country's major dailies in the run up to next month's presidential

putin has been outlining his vision of russia's future in a series of articles written for the country's major dailies in the run up to next month's presidential election the latest one in total being strong national security guarantees for russia focuses on the prime minister's ideas for developing russia's defenses putin promises seven hundred sixty eight billion u.s. dollars will be invested in the modernization of russia's armed forces over the next ten years stressing he does not intend to militarize russia's budget only to make up for the years when the army and the navy were regularly underfunded put indwells in detail upon ways to make a military career in russia more attractive seeing wages in the fields will grow as for the us need a missile defense shield being built in eastern europe prime minister of the. the country will respond to it actively and symmetrically. so when this when this article appeared on monday many people compared it to the munich speech. put in a couple of years ago so how would you characterize the author of this recent article is he a hawk and dove or i

so putin has has. admitted that the government needs to catch up with the civil society right here as an out some political concessions but do you have the feeling that putin is ready to to go further in liberalizing really the society the political life force on for unfortunate for children or so you're a pessimist person is that because you know on below to square and saw her i mean you know be a doctor for a very simple demands to the authorities so as demand is to free political prisoners we have now about forty people including khodorkovsky and i believe in prisons absolutely fabricated fabricated. number is now number two we don't agree with the results. of parliamentary elections we don't see real investigation on thousands investigating investigate alleged fraud number three it's a wide demand of deep complex political reforms registration of opposition parties . free elections a new formation of electoral in this is this something years being done that will talk or will will talk a little late

that assassination plot targeting russia's prime minister putin has been foiled by russian and ukrainian special forces. syria waits to discover whether democratic reforms will come into effect as people's votes on a new constitution are counted meanwhile the european council puts more pressure on the regime agreeing to new sanctions. again tie austerity drive grips the eurozone as spain's impoverished students flush out of more cuts saying they've been abandoned by their government. one week ahead of the presidential elections here in russia prime minister and presidential hopeful document putin outlines his idea of how to solve europe's economic problems the details and the market reaction in the business bulletin in about twenty minutes. to three pm in moscow i met good to have you with us here on r t our top story russian and ukrainian special forces have foiled an assassination plot targeting russia's prime minister vladimir putin suspects reportedly admitted planning to make their move in moscow right after sunday's presidential ballot is can offer ports. the suspects were detained

so putin has. admitted that the government needs to catch up with the civil society right he has an out some political concessions but do you have the feeling that putin is ready to to go further in liberalizing really the society the political life force on for unfortunate for children or so you're a pessimist i am pursuing this because you know on both no square and soccer i mean you know be adopted five very simple demands to the authorities so as demand is to free political prisoners we have now about forty people including khodorkovsky and i believe in prisons absolutely fabricated fabricated. number two we don't agree with the results. of parliamentary elections we don't see real investigation on thousands investigating investigate alleged fraud number three it's a wide demand of deep and complex political reforms registration of opposition parties. free elections a new formation of electoral in this new space something is being done that will talk or will will talk a little later about your

vladimir putin is making an appearance. it's a televised appearance with supporter and election workers. among the elite in the crowd, -- among the elite in the crowd. mr. putin doing his bit to rally support. let's have a look at the business news. jamie is with me now. we're getting excited about the amount of money the banks are going to lend. >> you have to put up collateral. if you're the italian government bonds -- if you're the italian government, bonds are put up. over quite a long period of time, it strengthens the balance sheets of the bank and to what the banks will hopefully do, lend to spain and portugal. not greece. [laughter] lend to these countries and that way the e.c.b. is actually pushing money into the bond market. >> greece's rating has dropped below junk. >> yes. >> but also discouraging is the rate from india. >> yes. they have an inflation problem, one of the reasons is they have had interest rates rising so high. and the high prices of gasoline and so on, the food, particularly. so put up interest r

an assassination plot targeting russia's prime minister vladimir putin has been foiled by russian ukrainian special forces according to russia's main state t.v. channel. syria waits to discover whether democratic reforms will come into effect as people vote on the new constitution counted for the opposition boycotted the ballot amid escalating violence. and the anti austerity drive grips the u.s. spain's impoverished students lash out at me cuts saying they've been abandoned by their government. and investors on monday are reacting to the g twenty summit results and it looks like they don't like the european markets are down the details in about twenty minutes in the business. world news twenty four hours a day you're watching our table straight to our top story now russian and ukrainian special forces have foiled an assassination plot targeting russia's prime minister vladimir putin the suspects reportedly admitted planning to make their move in moscow right after sunday's presidential ballot. joins us live now for more on this or you go what more do in their. well according to russia's ch

putin being a favorite in the race county county afford to do without these problems well i think that he's promised us our award more modest than the promises so while the candidates i compared for example the promises on the housing issue and i don't quite agree with them in their particle you can see if you alliance were actually acknowledges that policy and became less accessible now than in the times of the soviet union he gives figures difficult he gives us because for one thousand eight hundred nine and for to date and this is one of the huge issues for russia russia is now a very average capitalist state if you want and in russia like in many states we have house us in the apartment buildings which have already been built and they stayed empty sometimes for decades just because people cannot sell these apartments and i think i think that is true and i think the housing issue is very interesting what he did say that he would like to see if you'd like to see he promised that housing prices will come down twenty to forty percent amending on the region you know that if you had twen

i don't mean to apologize if i'm not on the putin payroll that's for sure but i mean i wish i was but. i don't but i don't think i think of course you have to fight hard you know it's a tough problem and it has a history and he inherited it it started before his time and other quote from your putin's promises that i quote the government will support large infrastructure projects firstly this means transportation their words andrew i book communication with siberia and russia's far east and quote well the question to you as a free successful businessman you were so so are so the cost of road construction it's too high in russia it's raising corruption suspicion so so what's putin what is he proposing to control it and why could couldn't they start trying to rosewood ten twelve years ago. it's a difficult question but i'll try to make the answer first of all in the whole world there are few programs international programs which can be very useful and convenience to many countries. instructions and build the buildings yes it's a very good because it's a lot of people who will be involved

on the putin payroll that's for sure but i mean i wish i was but. i don't but i don't think i think a course you have to fight hard you know it's a tough problem and it has a history and he inherited it it started before his his time and the quote from your putin's promises that i quote the government will support large infrastructure projects firstly this means transportation their words andrew liable communication with siberia and russia's far east and quote well the question to you as a free successful businessman you were so so are so the cost of road construction it's too high in russia it's raising corruption suspicion so so what's putin what is he proposing to control it and why could couldn't they start construction rosewood ten twelve years ago. it's a difficult question but i'll try to make the answer first of all in the whole world there are few programs international programs which can be very useful and convenience to many countries it's. instructions and build the buildings yes it's a very good because it's a lot of people who will be

sasa nation plot targeting russia's prime minister vladimir putin has been foiled by russian and ukrainian special forces according to russia's main state t.v. channel. syria waits to discover whether democratic reforms will come into effect as people votes on a new constitution are counted meanwhile the european council piles more pressure on the regime agreeing on new sanctions. staring to drive grips the eurozone as spain's impoverish students lash out at more cuts saying they've been abandoned by their government. two pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story russian and ukrainian special forces have allegedly foiled an assassination plot targeting russia's prime minister vladimir putin suspects reportedly admitted planning to make their move in moscow right after sunday's presidential ballot are going off reports. according to russia's channel one the two suspects were arrested in the ukrainian city of i.d.s. early in february both as the channel says russian citizens and one was on the international wanted list reportedly both admitted plotting an a

reiner putin -- to assess the prime minister vladimir putin. his opponents and ridiculed the rest as a political stunt. from moscow, bbc has this report. >> this is the aftermath of the partner explosion the start of the investigation. it took place in the ukrainian port of odessa. in the rubble, security forces found evidence of homemade explosions. one man died. another was detained at the scene. that led to the dramatic arrest in february of chechnya and who today appeared on a state-owned channel. confessing to his involvement in a plot to kill russia's most powerful politician. quickly ousted to moscow to carry out an attack on vladimir putin -- >> we were asked to go to moscow to carry out an attack on vladimir putin. >> the timing of the tv report was attacked by opposition leaders who said vladimir putin was trying to gain advantage six days before the polls. vladimir putin's press secretary tell me this was absolutely a plot to kill his boss. in phone calls, the security force did not want to confirm that on the record. it is an organi

officer poisoned in london six years ago says accusing vladimir putin of being behind the death was a mistake or to get the story first time. the u.n. considers a new draft of a resolution on syria which softens calls for president assad to step down following criticism from russia. and dejection from these parts of the group of protesters the people the security forces handling a riot at a football match on wednesday which left seventeen dead all top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is. in an unexpected change of heart the father of a former f.s.b. officer poisoned in london in two thousand and six has backtracked on accusations that then russian president vladimir putin was responsible for his son's death walter lippmann in co said his claims were driven by hatred saying he had no idea his son alexander worked for british intelligence. went to meet him. this is how we found mike that leads me and co bringing his tiny italian apartment no electricity no gas no water. what if the if it wasn't for the help of various people i would have died from

that was already discussed by putin in one of his pretty previous articles was corruption today he's addressing the social sphere and the kremlin equipment today admits that the highest rated. corruption in russia is reported it health care education and housing it is to ration so do you think that the putin's proposals in this latest article may somehow help reduce the volume of corruption well i think it's natural that people report corruption in those areas where they have the most contact with bureaucrats and people representing the state and that is state funded and that that's the education system or the health care system that's the utility sector and whatnot you have much more if you're average citizen contact with people and i mean the higher echelons of public office so clearly that's an irritant to people i didn't see anything that particularly so other than a knowledge of the problem of it particularly speaks to how you're going to get the red tape removed and how you're going to get that out of people's way and when i was a political analyst with me by be sure and sam gr

so putin has. admitted that the government needs to catch up with the civil society right here as an out some political concessions but do you have the feeling that putin is ready to to go further in liberalizing really the society the political life force on for unfortunate for children all so you're a pessimist i'm pursuing this because you know square and soccer are going you know be a dog. five very simple demands to the authorities demand to free political prisoners we have now about forty people including khodorkovsky and libya in prisons on absolutely fabricated fabricated. number two we don't agree with the results of parliamentary elections and we don't see real investigation on thousands investigating investigate alleged fraud number three it's a wide demand of deep and complex political reforms registration of opposition parties . free elections a new formation of electoral in this is this something is being done that will talk or will will talk a little later about your own party that t

you want to blame blood in your putin for the death of his son alexander litvinenko but now the former f.s.b. officers bother to change his mind at all for his own theory to explain what happened. the latest incident for america's anti-corporate protesters face a heavy handed police response we asked how the occupy movement will cope with a vision from a park they've occupied since early october. but first saturday was a day of demonstrations in russia more than two hundred thousand people across the country voiced their political views ahead of next month's presidential vote two of the largest rallies happened in moscow with supporters and opponents of the current leadership braving bitter cold to have their say it was the third and largest opposition gathering after the parliamentary vote two months ago which protesters claim was a break now their main demand is for a fair presidential vote in march for more on the russian rallies and joined by. researcher and author of the book full spectrum dominance totalitarian democracy in the new world order so back in november prime minister p

the very beginning of the article there's another quote putin says the society must be ready to use the democratic mechanisms and spend its time and effort to rule the state he's clearly appealing to the so-called. are increasing we may call them the the road to hoe nationally as maybe maybe not there are some of them are not radicals all of them are pretty relaxed i mean but. this article while the opposition whatever that it would take it as a response that's very important i mean this article that his suggestions what they want or what you want to change may be in the point of taking its opposition is united but as we know the opposition is fragmented fracture and the only point of concern is about putting foot in mass must resign this is the slogan of this opposition and there is partly to the question of why he he is abstaining from immediate personal participation in the debates he is potentially head of state he is experience being of head of state of twice and his counterpart since just aspirants it's just hopeful president so that the. practical knowledge of how to be president

putin has good chances of winning, despite a tide of anti- putin protests. there is speculation about the timing of the arrest announcement. >> they can now play the -- putin can now play the russian strongman. he can show he has the toughness to protect russia at home and abroad. >> the russian government has yet to respond officially to the news, but it is certain the report will have an influence on the campaign. >> still ahead in this show, the french are the big winners. at the oscars. on a big night in hollywood for europe. but first, some of the other stories making news this hour. at least nine people and killed in a suicide car bomb attack in eastern afghanistan. the airport is used by isaf troops. the taliban claimed responsibility. >> kaine's court -- spain's court has cleared the judge baltasar garzon of charges he exceeded his authority during the spanish civil war. he was found guilty of similar charges and a domestic corruption probe. >> germany's national carrier lufthansa canceled flights in frankfurt on monday and is likely to pull a simila