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The state dumas consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet. And all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian governments chairman. A lot more to come on and now the news were covering today after washingtons assassination of irans top general americas top diplomat says its all part of a new to terrorists strategy with warnings for russia and china to. Either live for the r. T. World view Center Wednesday the 15th of january just turned 6 pm well welcome to the program this update with me kevin i mean you can see on the screens are breaking news as just mentioned russias Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced that the government has resigned that comes after president Vladimir Putin earlier suggested changes to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers for point a Prime Minister so its all wills emotional ready very quickly more if not in the studio here it was a surprise announcement for mere mortals like us i suppose but. As we discussed before no doubt long been talked about in the past and the and there is a hand over here if you like the key. Take a government will continue until the new one comes in but it takes true for any of us is joining us the 6 oclock whats happened to the well of course cavities with no doubt a very big news and a question i believe many know is what does that mean for more than russia and i think the most important thing is that whatever this resignation means russia will not find at all itself in air what we know power vacuum because the current government the government that we just now heard step down well remain in full charge until a new cabinet is foreign so no panic mentor made a bit of announced about that at the meeting between like a report in the ministers lets take a look and listen how was. It was a little unusual when we continue mr putin colleagues you have all heard the address of the russian president Vladimir Putin as president he outlined the major priorities of our work for the upcoming year but he also outlined a number of fundamental changes to the constitution of the Russian Federation these changes when they take place and this will be done after discussions and as we said they will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power the executive the judicial and the legislative powers in this context it is obvious that as the government of the Russian Federation we need to give the president of our country the opportunity to take all the necessary steps and decisions and in this context i believe it would be the right thing to do in accordance with article 117 of the constitution of the Russian Federation for the government to resign i am grateful to everyone ive worked with in the government for the steps and decisions will be taken by the president. Were going to be to. You mr medvedev colleagues i would like to thank you for everything that you have done i would also like to express my satisfaction with the results we have achieved yes we havent done everything but it is impossible to do everything you want i hope that very soon we will see each other again. Ill be meeting every one of you personally please continue carrying out your functions and so a new government is formed. Well kevin i dont know if you notice me but it didnt look nervous or anxious a worried at all while blood were put in looks also very relaxed im pretty sure thats because although we cannot verify that but im pretty sure we only learned learned about this resignation earlier on wednesday but im pretty sure it was discussed before put an address to federal a soundly and maybe was of an agreed upon between him and Prime Minister and maybe with the ministers involved as well so we cannot say for sure but it wasnt as from 10 his decision suggested also i think this is because thats my feeling and bit of want to send this message to our Russian Society that there is no reason to panic not worry the government will be in charge and till a new one is there and of course is still a job for 8 years already. And hes already also got a new job lined up yes. First of all i have to say that much of it has quite an impressive political career he indeed served as Prime Minister for 18 year is since 2012 may with widely reported being the president before that for 4 years and if you remember he was the leader of russia while Ludmer Porton was Prime Minister so yes they have been these 2 gentlemen why the team for so many years ago is close could be the change a bit of double team if you look for is going to be different after this is no im not sure because now Dmitry Medvedev will have a new position which is the head of the countrys Security Council which is in charge of president ial security related decisions and i think they are going to Work Together for some time more. But more behind the scenes all the what is important to understand right now is that the current government just now. Will be in charge no one can say whos going to be the next prime minute minister and its its not clear whos going to appoint the new Prime Minister and how much time is going to take to form a new cabinet but what is important is that all these changes are directly related to what earlier on wednesday said in his speech in his address to federal a sampling that they will be several changes to russias constitution and as far as i understand the stand the new government will be for him according to these new changes thats widely reported suggested should be accepted by society so we can expect a referendum kind of like public vote for the madmans is there any surprise that this is so quickly today with president putin speaking were seeing the 1st wheels in motion to change going on and go. Again yes again im pretty sure thats because it was discussed some time ago it was all prepare it. Like measure it but i think it was in the air you know because if you fall or putins public appearances in the last lets say at least 3 months you can feel that he was talking a lot a lot a lot about this need for change that he believes is very strong right now in russias more than society and as a part of this Russian Society i can sell it this is a truth needs i mean the reason needs to change in russia i think its just i mean we see this happening now because the time has come finally let me say even the way as well as whats going to happen in 2024 after 2024 hours well yeah oh yeah yeah so many changes and again it is related to what why report earlier on wednesday in his address to federal assembly my colleague. Has been there and he has been following. We were expecting to hear 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 president needs only the state dumas consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian governments chairman and the chairman suggestion all the deputy Prime Ministers and federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president with 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 to 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 their washing constitution so all of this is indeed groundbreaking and very important. Especially in the context of lattimer putins expected 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 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. Ok lets get a handle on how this is being viewed from abroad surely across to Professor William ammons and former british diplomat north hello thanks for being on a short notice so this government some people operate who for less than a year and a half is this maybe being seen as from the outside as a lack of poor performance on behalf of the government under preventive or is it as we go into a new decade a new way of doing things a new broom sweeps clean fresh way of looking at things doing now in 2024 what do you think really going on here that. From my perspective i see that in a sense its business as usual i see that this has been very well planned i think that they wish to improve administrative efficiency and security and theyre doing it in a very thoughtful session i think above all they wish to prevent institutional coagulation and sclerosis and thats what theyve done i think are very effectively its also going to improve the or rather disprove the ability of foreign insurances which are against russia i think the move to make medvedev a Vice President of the Security Council is very very interesting i think its very good that hes accepted i would not be getting understeer tell us a bit more about that given trying to get a bit more detail on what its going to mean for him or and how important the job is where all the Security Council is one of the most powerful organizations for for russia and for its security therefore its a very interesting position because i would not be 100 percent surprised if one day let me put in were not to be the head of it thats only a speculation. I think its also regular hes actually agreed quite happily obviously to fill that position we dont know for how long hell fill that position thats another question. Thats another thing i should say also he by increasing the powers of parliament hes made the whole system hes adjusted it slightly in savor of what we can broadly call democratic democratic balance between executive legislative and judicial i think its also intelligent that hes made it more difficult for lets save people who are too foreign insurance to hold secure positions i mean i myself could never become a diplomat if my i had been born in britain and my dad wasnt in the war in fighting for the brits for example this is perfectly logical i also. See very interesting reference to to to increasing family allowances to create more babies now this actually smacks a little bit of another president who saved his country to go all who did the same thing and also amended the constitution to to make sure the president was elected by everybody so it is undoubtedly has been very well thought out its obviously some recycling of the pack is necessary and it too much here is an overstatement to say power in russia is moving to the legislative branch is that an overstatement or is it a fair assumption of whats going on here no i think that basically theyre. Improving the balance so that the legislators. Will have a little more risk more responsibility than they have a president how will be viewed abroad than. Well it depends whether youre talking about the neo con fanatics or the natives here this is a dictatorial thing but the normal balanced person will simply say that its a continuation of this has been that that. President putin brought in. Here is relative i know youre not in russia but you think its going to be viewed positively in russia by the general public. I think generally it should it should be and i think it will be because the they will realize that you still have those of the current government looking after matters the press im sure will handle the issue responsibly theyll be some criticism some people will depending on where they stand will Say Parliament has too much power some will say it has a little car this is what normally happens but what i call a good tough to democracy like russell. Advent of said the president putin needs the space to to do this now but how long is this is not a vacuum because things are really continuing as they are and how long his caretaker government likely to be carrying on doing this caretaker thing and the ideas now youre really asking me to speculate yeah i would i would think that by easter things should be well sorted out. Not a betting man who put money on any names coming forward there are so no names. Called me minister sergey sugar of course very well known here in russia and. A longstanding high ranking politician again its very difficult to put a handle on who might be the next Prime Minister but if you were to guess any names come up. Possibly possibly sure go but then they need to find a very good replacement for him wouldnt be. The only. Defense minister etc cetera. To to what extent is this all being done with 2024 in my class the big date is that thats the thats the year that putins expected to leave power is already said he said about 2 terms back to back for 4 years that shouldnt be extended that basically the constitution shouldnt be fiddled with theres nothing major that needs changing here and as you mentioned just now tough criteria its a pretty a new president here in russia youve got have lived here for 25 years. Quite right quite right because if you havent then you wont be sufficiently part of what what one would call the russian soul. To put it bluntly for however like the. Professor William Mallinson well leave it there former british diplomat and author thanks for coming on the live an Art International of a good. All right well after the president s earlier address to lawmakers we spoke to some very senior russian parliamentary figures to to get their impressions on the proposed constitutional changes now bear in mind this all happened an hour or 2 before the break you should see your screens now in red. 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 the enough being the president he still says hes 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 wife 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 poll im entering public with such a role of the parliament and a 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 proposed also still to keep. Important. To the president so i see this as a make sure. We we may call it you know as we want to swim a 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 the 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 the russian. Political system for the coming 23 years. The initiative put forward by the president to amend the constitution is 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 that 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. Here a secretary of state has again been attempting to justify washingtons assassination of that operation in general in the drone strike at the beginning of the year i did a failure a friendly veld warning to russia china to now said his country plans to pursue a much more aggressive deterrence policy in future caleb maupin 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 Center Wednesday<\/a> the 15th of january just turned 6 pm well welcome to the program this update with me kevin i mean you can see on the screens are breaking news as just mentioned russias Prime Minister<\/a> Dmitry Medvedev<\/a> has announced that the government has resigned that comes after president Vladimir Putin<\/a> earlier suggested changes to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers for point a Prime Minister<\/a> so its all wills emotional ready very quickly more if not in the studio here it was a surprise announcement for mere mortals like us i suppose but. As we discussed before no doubt long been talked about in the past and the and there is a hand over here if you like the key. Take a government will continue until the new one comes in but it takes true for any of us is joining us the 6 oclock whats happened to the well of course cavities with no doubt a very big news and a question i believe many know is what does that mean for more than russia and i think the most important thing is that whatever this resignation means russia will not find at all itself in air what we know power vacuum because the current government the government that we just now heard step down well remain in full charge until a new cabinet is foreign so no panic mentor made a bit of announced about that at the meeting between like a report in the ministers lets take a look and listen how was. It was a little unusual when we continue mr putin colleagues you have all heard the address of the russian president Vladimir Putin<\/a> as president he outlined the major priorities of our work for the upcoming year but he also outlined a number of fundamental changes to the constitution of the Russian Federation<\/a> these changes when they take place and this will be done after discussions and as we said they will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power the executive the judicial and the legislative powers in this context it is obvious that as the government of the Russian Federation<\/a> we need to give the president of our country the opportunity to take all the necessary steps and decisions and in this context i believe it would be the right thing to do in accordance with article 117 of the constitution of the Russian Federation<\/a> for the government to resign i am grateful to everyone ive worked with in the government for the steps and decisions will be taken by the president. Were going to be to. You mr medvedev colleagues i would like to thank you for everything that you have done i would also like to express my satisfaction with the results we have achieved yes we havent done everything but it is impossible to do everything you want i hope that very soon we will see each other again. Ill be meeting every one of you personally please continue carrying out your functions and so a new government is formed. Well kevin i dont know if you notice me but it didnt look nervous or anxious a worried at all while blood were put in looks also very relaxed im pretty sure thats because although we cannot verify that but im pretty sure we only learned learned about this resignation earlier on wednesday but im pretty sure it was discussed before put an address to federal a soundly and maybe was of an agreed upon between him and Prime Minister<\/a> and maybe with the ministers involved as well so we cannot say for sure but it wasnt as from 10 his decision suggested also i think this is because thats my feeling and bit of want to send this message to our Russian Society<\/a> that there is no reason to panic not worry the government will be in charge and till a new one is there and of course is still a job for 8 years already. And hes already also got a new job lined up yes. First of all i have to say that much of it has quite an impressive political career he indeed served as Prime Minister<\/a> for 18 year is since 2012 may with widely reported being the president before that for 4 years and if you remember he was the leader of russia while Ludmer Porton<\/a> was Prime Minister<\/a> so yes they have been these 2 gentlemen why the team for so many years ago is close could be the change a bit of double team if you look for is going to be different after this is no im not sure because now Dmitry Medvedev<\/a> will have a new position which is the head of the countrys Security Council<\/a> which is in charge of president ial security related decisions and i think they are going to Work Together<\/a> for some time more. But more behind the scenes all the what is important to understand right now is that the current government just now. Will be in charge no one can say whos going to be the next prime minute minister and its its not clear whos going to appoint the new Prime Minister<\/a> and how much time is going to take to form a new cabinet but what is important is that all these changes are directly related to what earlier on wednesday said in his speech in his address to federal a sampling that they will be several changes to russias constitution and as far as i understand the stand the new government will be for him according to these new changes thats widely reported suggested should be accepted by society so we can expect a referendum kind of like public vote for the madmans is there any surprise that this is so quickly today with president putin speaking were seeing the 1st wheels in motion to change going on and go. Again yes again im pretty sure thats because it was discussed some time ago it was all prepare it. Like measure it but i think it was in the air you know because if you fall or putins public appearances in the last lets say at least 3 months you can feel that he was talking a lot a lot a lot about this need for change that he believes is very strong right now in russias more than society and as a part of this Russian Society<\/a> i can sell it this is a truth needs i mean the reason needs to change in russia i think its just i mean we see this happening now because the time has come finally let me say even the way as well as whats going to happen in 2024 after 2024 hours well yeah oh yeah yeah so many changes and again it is related to what why report earlier on wednesday in his address to federal assembly my colleague. Has been there and he has been following. We were expecting to hear 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<\/a> as well so heres proof of that. According to the constitution of the Russian Federation<\/a> president needs only the state dumas consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian governments chairman and the chairman suggestion all the deputy Prime Minister<\/a>s and federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president with 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 to 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<\/a> in the sense that russia wouldnt be. A part of any International Treaty<\/a> if it contradicts their washing constitution so all of this is indeed groundbreaking and very important. Especially in the context of lattimer putins expected 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 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. Ok lets get a handle on how this is being viewed from abroad surely across to Professor William<\/a> ammons and former british diplomat north hello thanks for being on a short notice so this government some people operate who for less than a year and a half is this maybe being seen as from the outside as a lack of poor performance on behalf of the government under preventive or is it as we go into a new decade a new way of doing things a new broom sweeps clean fresh way of looking at things doing now in 2024 what do you think really going on here that. From my perspective i see that in a sense its business as usual i see that this has been very well planned i think that they wish to improve administrative efficiency and security and theyre doing it in a very thoughtful session i think above all they wish to prevent institutional coagulation and sclerosis and thats what theyve done i think are very effectively its also going to improve the or rather disprove the ability of foreign insurances which are against russia i think the move to make medvedev a Vice President<\/a> of the Security Council<\/a> is very very interesting i think its very good that hes accepted i would not be getting understeer tell us a bit more about that given trying to get a bit more detail on what its going to mean for him or and how important the job is where all the Security Council<\/a> is one of the most powerful organizations for for russia and for its security therefore its a very interesting position because i would not be 100 percent surprised if one day let me put in were not to be the head of it thats only a speculation. I think its also regular hes actually agreed quite happily obviously to fill that position we dont know for how long hell fill that position thats another question. Thats another thing i should say also he by increasing the powers of parliament hes made the whole system hes adjusted it slightly in savor of what we can broadly call democratic democratic balance between executive legislative and judicial i think its also intelligent that hes made it more difficult for lets save people who are too foreign insurance to hold secure positions i mean i myself could never become a diplomat if my i had been born in britain and my dad wasnt in the war in fighting for the brits for example this is perfectly logical i also. See very interesting reference to to to increasing family allowances to create more babies now this actually smacks a little bit of another president who saved his country to go all who did the same thing and also amended the constitution to to make sure the president was elected by everybody so it is undoubtedly has been very well thought out its obviously some recycling of the pack is necessary and it too much here is an overstatement to say power in russia is moving to the legislative branch is that an overstatement or is it a fair assumption of whats going on here no i think that basically theyre. Improving the balance so that the legislators. Will have a little more risk more responsibility than they have a president how will be viewed abroad than. Well it depends whether youre talking about the neo con fanatics or the natives here this is a dictatorial thing but the normal balanced person will simply say that its a continuation of this has been that that. President putin brought in. Here is relative i know youre not in russia but you think its going to be viewed positively in russia by the general public. I think generally it should it should be and i think it will be because the they will realize that you still have those of the current government looking after matters the press im sure will handle the issue responsibly theyll be some criticism some people will depending on where they stand will Say Parliament<\/a> has too much power some will say it has a little car this is what normally happens but what i call a good tough to democracy like russell. Advent of said the president putin needs the space to to do this now but how long is this is not a vacuum because things are really continuing as they are and how long his caretaker government likely to be carrying on doing this caretaker thing and the ideas now youre really asking me to speculate yeah i would i would think that by easter things should be well sorted out. Not a betting man who put money on any names coming forward there are so no names. Called me minister sergey sugar of course very well known here in russia and. A longstanding high ranking politician again its very difficult to put a handle on who might be the next Prime Minister<\/a> but if you were to guess any names come up. Possibly possibly sure go but then they need to find a very good replacement for him wouldnt be. The only. Defense minister etc cetera. To to what extent is this all being done with 2024 in my class the big date is that thats the thats the year that putins expected to leave power is already said he said about 2 terms back to back for 4 years that shouldnt be extended that basically the constitution shouldnt be fiddled with theres nothing major that needs changing here and as you mentioned just now tough criteria its a pretty a new president here in russia youve got have lived here for 25 years. Quite right quite right because if you havent then you wont be sufficiently part of what what one would call the russian soul. To put it bluntly for however like the. Professor William Mallinson<\/a> well leave it there former british diplomat and author thanks for coming on the live an Art International<\/a> of a good. All right well after the president s earlier address to lawmakers we spoke to some very senior russian parliamentary figures to to get their impressions on the proposed constitutional changes now bear in mind this all happened an hour or 2 before the break you should see your screens now in red. 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 the enough being the president he still says hes 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 wife by the palmer. This is a very very important change if the Constitutional Assembly<\/a> that will consider those proposals agrees to them then we will be moving to some form of i would say president ial poll im entering public with such a role of the parliament and a 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 proposed also still to keep. Important. To the president so i see this as a make sure. We we may call it you know as we want to swim a 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<\/a> also in the cabinet also depends more on the problem and elected by the population so thats the the Big Development<\/a> i think that has been announced by putting today its the practical for ns and the proposals will should be formulated by the Constitutional Assembly<\/a> that will consider possible changes and i think that will do. Saw in the debates about so the evolution of the russian. Political system for the coming 23 years. The initiative put forward by the president to amend the constitution is 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 that 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. Here a secretary of state has again been attempting to justify washingtons assassination of that operation in general in the drone strike at the beginning of the year i did a failure a friendly veld warning to russia china to now said his country plans to pursue a much more aggressive deterrence policy in future caleb maupin 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<\/a> so lets review some of the greatest hits to be ready for preemptive action a reset in relations between the United States<\/a> 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<\/a> 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<\/a> has a different version of events according to the iraqi Prime Minister<\/a> soleimani was on a Diplomatic Mission<\/a> 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<\/a> 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<\/a> and its brazen attempts to coerce American Allies<\/a> undermine to deterrence so if the United States<\/a>. Dislikes you it can pressure you economically diplomatically isolate you or brutally assassinate your own this is geopolitics in the age of deterrence the mask is come 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 it 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 the american Political Class<\/a> 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 would have. Just been revealed that the Reuters News Agency<\/a> received the equivalent of millions of pounds back of the 1960 s. And seventys from British Intelligence<\/a> services to spread anti solvent propaganda seems has also come to light to the Britains National<\/a> broadcaster was complicit in the subterfuge as he showed you Edward Daschle<\/a> reports that deal 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 80 classified documents have just been revealed painting a picture right here at the u. K. s National Archives<\/a>. Governments interests 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 it 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 the British Government<\/a> would have paid 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<\/a> will not be tempted to put in popular items and leave 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 shadow a section of the far enough information and Research Department<\/a> created in 1988. Goal was to create and spread anti soviet material during the cold war but has it damaged the News Agencies<\/a> integrity and reputation well reuters 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 1969 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<\/a> under the instruction of the Foreign Office<\/a> is gradually releasing Historical Records<\/a> 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. The organization for propaganda studies spoke to us and told us that a clear cold war parallels in todays news media to. Governments and states will always make that claim in context the major conflicts and cold war that what were trying to do is to get the truth to the public and trying to ensure that i would have truth from asian states are not reliable actors in terms of telling the truth which is one of the reasons why you know one is ost out a strong independent media. Out one would be absolutely naive to think that very soon work processes that work to do what we see it the moment conflicts syria and iran receive an immense amount of propaganda going on and when you have the kind of propaganda underway what suffers ultimately is public understanding and really did help with democracy. Its going to 27 minutes past 6 in the evening were continuing our breaking news rolling coverage here in Art International<\/a> with me kevin because the news that the russian Prime Minister<\/a> along with the whole government has resigned as long as it sounds well have more live analysis on that and what its going to mean in just but 90 seconds from now after the break. You know world big partisan life and conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that Mainstream Media<\/a> refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking<\/a> its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. In the United States<\/a> president ial candidates debate the future of the u. S. And the world. Mexicos. And Stacy Herbert<\/a> digging into the burning questions of this election cycle one topic every week will stacks student debt trade wars corporate money universal basic income and more catch up with whats front running this sunday exclusively on r. T. You are no offense but you no longer a young woman in fact you are one of the last living survivors of the nazi else asked im aware of it. And leverage it all you know. You can never forget were going now auschwitz was really like to be inhaled because you would never believe it want to go to as a hobby of course for 30 years of both and the birth of it it all seems a lot to offer by you decide to make it. When i get out on the farm saw you. Next the place in hope for the bless my heart hurts. I get the results International Live<\/a> from moscow with me its just a half past 6 no evening moscow time so the breaking news russias Prime Minister<\/a> Dmitri Medvedev<\/a> the last 90 minutes or so has announced that he and his governments resigned it comes of president Vladimir Putin<\/a> had earlier suggested changes to the constitution which would give parliament greater powers to appoint a Prime Minister<\/a> has told him or if not take us through this is extremely dramatic but this is kind of a bigger plan isnt it and it doesnt mean theres some power vacuum at the moment but for any of you is just shooting in that might be alarmed by that headline on the face of it take us through it it is indeed a big news calving and it could sound indeed alarming for some viewer is. The question many i believe now is what does that mean for more than russia and i think the most important thing here to understand and for me as a russian as well is that there will be no any power vacuum russia will not find itself in the very vulnerable position because the current government that weve just now heard step down will remain in full charge of everything until a new cabinet is formed so no panic actually it happened a couple of hours ago and Nothing Happened<\/a> so far so we all call and announce that at the meeting between the","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia902801.us.archive.org\/3\/items\/RT_20200115_150000_News\/RT_20200115_150000_News.thumbs\/RT_20200115_150000_News_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240716T12:35:10+00:00"}