Unity classified papers revealed the Reuters News Agency received generous funds from British Intelligence to the cold war to help spread the soviet propaganda. I get out of the afternoon this wednesday 15th of january here in moscow man and kevin i would stick around for this 25 minute update then 1st. Proposed a major legislation shift that would see russias Prime Minister cabinet minister is no longer appointed by the president but by the state duma that suggestion came up president putin was delivering his annual state of the nation address to lawmakers. Is here the highlights next. We were heads back here where this country is supposed to head and 2020 but i can tell you that the russian future it seems way beyond that point was being shaped out here in the monitor exhibit hall just outside the kremlin as mr putin was speaking because we heard some really groundbreaking proposals including proposed changes to the washington maine law the russian constitution in fact one of the proposals suggested that the constitution should limit to mr putins own powers that have to do with appointing key government ministers and in fact the Prime Minister as well so heres proof of that. According to the constitution of the Russian Federation the president needs only the state dumas consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all of the minister is i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian governments chairman. And the chairman suggestion that deputy Prime Ministers and federal ministers would have to be appointed by the president s without the right to reject any candidates. Another proposal that came from the president was taken out the phrase in a row from the sentence from the constitution that one person could only serve 2 president ial terms in a row which if the amendments are approved would mean that the situation when for instance mr putin himself were turned to the president ial office after a 4 year break wont repeat itself in russia in the future the russian leader among other things proposed thats also something very important putting the russian main law thats the constitution once again above International Law in the sense that russia wouldnt be. A part of any International Treaty if it contradicts the russian constitution so all of this is indeed Ground Breaking and very important especially in the context of a lot of my putins expected the departure after the end of his term from the president ial office in 2024 so it looks like russia and its system of governance is up for a massive revamp but mr putin today made it clear that none of this will happen without the approval of the nation so perhaps we should expect some kind of vote on that moving on to Something Else i can tell you that 2 years ago and last year the russian president sent out a very strong signal to the outside world because during the same address he was talking about this countrys most advanced next generation arms and weapons capabilities in particular he did mention the new hypersonic missiles that russia was developing well this time a lot of our putin only said that the bottom line for. For him is that russia did fulfill all its plans in that regard but he did say that russias International Partners should in no way be worried about these developments because the only reason russia was doing it is to maintain global stability in response to some of the threats that are coming from the likes of the us and the decisions that had been made by the donald trump and ministration for instance the withdrawal of the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty so heres what exactly mr putin said on that even the 5 Major Nuclear powers are responsible for the preservation and development of mankind russia is open to strengthening cooperation with all interested partners we do not threaten anyone and do not seek to impose our will for the 1st time in the history of the existence of Nuclear Missile weapons we are not pursuing anyone but on the country of the states have to create weapons that russia already possesses. What do we were a member most after a speech what the speaker ended with and what the speaker began with and the russian leader did begin by talking a lot about the demographics in this country about the social issues about young families in the poorest layers of the Russian Society so this is how he sets the priorities for the government in moscow at this point mr putin didnt name specific some specific payments and subsidies that these groups that i mentioned should expect annually or monthly so this is perhaps the strongest domestic message that came out from the russian president during his speech here to try to wrap it up after the address who also spoke to senior russian parliamentary figures to get their impressions on the proposed constitutional changes. Well i think that putin sinks about the optimal way of russian development. Also after he leaves. In 2024 and what i think he. Has come to is that russia needs some democrats ization of the president ial authority for. Being the president he still says he thinks about the bigger role for the postman and also bigger role for the government because. Among his suggestion is that the chairman of the government will appoint key ministers not the president and the chairman of the government will be appointed my by by the palmer. This is a very very important change if the Constitutional Assembly that will consider those proposals agrees to them then we will be moving to some form of i would say president ial palm entering public with such a role of the parliament and the government that will be appointed not by the president. Necessarily the parliament will become a focal point for the formation of the government but he put in proposal so still to keep. Important. To the president so i see this as a make sure. We we may call it in all as we want to discuss about how we should be called what i would call it is a certain democratization of the president ial authority in russia so that the president is not a manipulator so he depends more on the legislative power and that of the the Prime Minister also in the cabinet also depends more on the problem and elected by the population so thats the the Big Development i think that has been announced by putting today its a practical for ns and the proposals will should be formulated by the Constitutional Assembly that will consider possible changes and i think that will do. Saw in the debates about so the evolution of russian. Political system the coming just 3 years since. The initiative put forward by the president to amend the constitution is a very timely its long been discussed a number of colossal changes have happened which requires to clarify the constitution to make it more up to date it wont be a new constitution the president said we do not need another across to to sion and these changes will not affect the pillars of the constitution at the same time the president made multiple points 1st the multiparty system that has been well established we have the federal somebody in place electoral reforms have been passed after all this the president believes it is timely and possible to give parliament a number of functions which the president has its not just a cosmetic change it is fundamental. There is today the u. S. Secretary stakes again been attempting to justify washingtons assassination of the top iranian general in the drone strike beginning of the year and then a finley veiled warning to russia and china to wipe home perry said his country plans to pursue a much more aggressive did terrence policy in future kalib open picks up the story. In u. S. Foreign policy buzz words are everything administrations love to have a single term they can use in order to explain their International Actions so lets review some of the greatest hits to be ready for preemptive action a reset in relations between the United States and russia might bomb peo seems to be rolling out a new one when defending the actions of the white house in dealing with international adversaries of the United States mike pompei ohs new favorite word seems to be deterrence reestablishing deterrence real deterrence military deterrence deterrence is hard to establish an easy to loose so according to the white house and its surrogates the killing of top iranian general qassam solomonic was necessary as part of this deterrence strategy but want to lay this out in context of what weve been trying to do theres a bigger strategy a strategy to this we have reestablished deterrence but we know its not everlasting that risk remains we are determined not to lose that deterrence but the iraqi Prime Minister has a different version of events according to the iraqi Prime Minister soleimani was on a Diplomatic Mission he was trying to make peace when he was ruthlessly cut down furthermore reports seem to indicate that somani was not the only official to be targeted reports now show that a different iranian general was also in their sights but the strike was unsuccessful so who else could now be on the list as the United States claims it has the right to assassinate top iranian general extrajudicial lee and explain later well mike pompei o has thrown not only iran but also russia and china into the mix we saw not just in iran but in other places too where american deterrence was weak we watched russias 2014 occupation of the crimea chinas island building too in the South China Sea and its brazen attempts to coerce American Allies undermine to deterrence so if the United States. Dislikes you it can pressure you economically diplomatically isolate you or brutally assassinate your own this is geopolitics in the age of deterrence mask scum and ask this idea of supremacy that we we have you know this is you can call it american supremacy that we can do whatever we want and its up to us to decide who is a threat or not this is really really disturbing and very dangerous i think and its not normal to hear this come in our to somebody who is running the state department this is extremely disturbing and im very disappointed that medical Political Class is not speaking out against this. Crazy idea that we can go ahead and just kill anyone we dont like it doesnt mean people are not guilty of things but if we take this principle and this. Approach to every nationality to every country we are going to have a really really mess and i want to. Spin or feel that a Reuters News Agency received the equivalent of millions of pounds back in the 1960 s. And seventys from British Intelligence services to spread anti soviet propaganda so also comes alike to the Britains National broadcaster party was complicit in the subterfuge the show the edwards dusty lives a little bit more detail with simple funding for avoid to services in the middle east and latin america in exchange for well political influence this critics were sure that the british based news agency could and would provide exactly what had not his government required the nearly declassified documents have just been revealed painting the picture right here at the u. K. s National Archives. Governments interest should be well served by the new arrangement this influence would flow at the top level from reuters willingness to consult and to listen to views expressed on the results of its work but how do you fund such a mission if you dont want to do in the open nor in the public eye well via the independent public broadcaster the b. B. C. Of course and it was easy the b. B. C. Paid by and had subscriptions and then later on 7 the British Government would repay the b. B. C. Via compensation however it didnt come cheap in fact it cost 350000. 00 pounds which in todays money is millions you see britain wanted to be big but not that big because if it was to be too profitable well then the propaganda stories would get lost amongst the others in going for Profitable Service will reuters not be tempted to put in popular items and leave out the political material which is what we want we all know about the icing on the cake argument but if only the icing is sold and the cake left purposes are not served the most the minds behind this were a shadowy section of the Foreign AffairsInformation Research department created in 1988 the covert goal was to create and spread anti soviet material during the cold war but has it damaged the News Agencies integrity and reputation well royces is adamant that theres no way it would engage in such activity today and says at the time it was simply the norm and it really wasnt as bad as it seems many news organizations receive some form of state subsidy after world war 2 but the arrangement in 1909 was not in keeping with our trust principles and we would not do this today so you see the truth always comes out and now the National Archives under the instruction of the Foreign Office is gradually releasing Historical Records that expose dirty deeds of the past but it seems like former deals have left a shadow of whats supposed to be those at the forefront of objectivity independence and freedom from bias shouted with daschle ought to london a codirector of the organization for propaganda studies spoke about it told us that a clear cold war parallels in todays news media to. Governments and states will always make that claim in context of major conflicts and cold war but what theyre trying to do is to get the truth to the public and trying to ensure that i would have to information you know that states are not reliable actors in terms of telling the truth which is one of the reasons why i you know what is owed to how strong the independent media to hold them to account one would be absolutely naive to think that there were very soon work processes that work today what we see a moment conflicts which is syria and iran receive an immense amount propaganda going on and when you have the kind of propaganda activities underway what suckers ultimately is public understanding and ready to help with democracy. Away after a break a poll suggest almost half of people in germanys bavaria region would oppose how they met who is muslim smuggler stories when we come back here on r. T. International. As the democrats gear up to officially start their 2020 president ial primary it is fitting to assess Donald Trumps performance in office a report card of sorts where is he kept his promises where has he come up short will any of this really matter. Just one magic bullet you could actually come up with some of the top of his baby talk about ways we get access to capital in capitalism cavils important so we could actually have programs that actually help folks who want to do that but when you give everybody a 1000. 00 im a poor person im going to consume that and if youre rich youre going to invest that equity the wealth the spirit is going to grow because youre not using your money to do it can so youre literally buy more crazy things and then my landlord knowing that i got a 1000. 00 and you just go raise my writ so then you get your inflation going on and there. Again you in the south and in deep divisions of emerged in the german chancellor Alliance Party in bavaria with local elections approaching a poll now it was revealed that almost hoff of all people in the region would be against a muslim and 50 percent of the statistics would be made of the Christian Social Union party vote is the scandal see the muslim candidate resign from the race because of his resistance from his own colleagues reports. Mehr all elections in the german state of bavaria raising questions about islamophobia in the regional wing of Angela MerkelsRuling Coalition then assad here had been a candidate for the Christian Social Union but the prospect of a muslim heir sore protest from some Party Members so he is decided to drop out of the running when some party member said they dont want to muslim as a man i was initially disappointed theyre not ready yet i have to accept that they should have clarified that in advance there is no tolerance im very sorry indeed to disappointed. This is hugely embarrassing for the c. S. U. And mr psion feeling he couldnt stand as a candidate based on his faith has drawn sharp criticism from party ground days i think it is fundamentally wrong to exclude a candidate because of his beliefs if he is committed to overall views especially at a time when dialogue between the worlds religions is so urgently needed something about must not happen the news that mr sign would be pulling out of the race prompted polling across the state of bavaria which showed that almost every other person would have an issue to some degree with the mayor of their city or community being of the islamic faith with over a quarter saying they would definitely have an issue when the polling data was broken down to voter preference on surprisingly supporters of the anti immigration a. F. D. Overwhelmingly were against the muslim air but just a touch and a half of c. S. U. Voters held