President ial address to russian lawmakers earlier had suggested this man should shifting the power to appoint the Prime Minister and the whole government to the lower house of parliament. 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. And all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian governments chairman. The other piece of news after washingtons assassination of irans top general americas top diplomat now says its all part of a new did terrorism strategy with warnings from russia and china to. Live from the Arts International world. You sent this wednesday 15th of january welcome to the update with me kevin i am theres one big bit of breaking news you see on the screen russias Prime MinisterDmitri Medvedev has announced that the government has resigned this up a few hours ago it comes after president Vladimir Putin suggested changes before but to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers to appoint a Prime Minister roof an option is in the shooter shes been across all this force as it sounds quote this is a huge headline but much more in control d than one would. Think when you 1st hear that dramatic headline take a so its been a busy day rewinding for viewers just joining us whats happened here yes kevin indeed it was no doubt it is a big news and a question i believe many now ask is what does that actually mean for more than russia and i think the important thing to understand for any aggression and for anywhere there watching r. T. Right now is that russia will not at all find itself in a vulnerable situation known as the power of fact as the government that just now step down will still remain in charge of everything until a new cabinet is formed actually the news came a couple of hours ago and nothing dramatic happened so far so i believe we all call me a bit of announced about that at the meeting between wife and the minister is here is how it was. It was a little bit with. You 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 the discussions and as was 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 in decisions and in this context. 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 to remain between. 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 very soon we will see each other again ill be meeting every one of you personally please continue carrying out your functions until the new government is formed. Or kevin i want to do or you were at the viewers attention to the fact that Dmitri Medvedev didnt look anxious and worried and nervous in this video while your very relaxed as well admitting that it was even a smiling so i think the right place 2 reasons for that i suggest 1st of all although we just learned about this resignation early on wednesday im pretty sure again it can all be very far but i suggest that it was discussed for some time behind the scenes and maybe this decision was it was agreed upon between the president the Prime Minister and maybe even with some ministers involved and another reason is that my feeling is that both sides report made to me that if want to send this message to the russian public at this moment that some may take as an alarming point in russias history you know the government is resigned that everything is under control no reason to panic all call well established of course has a problem promised to for 8 years. And hes also got another job lined up because its a new job so what do we know yes well you are absolutely right to say that measurement is quite a prominent politician here in russia he has quite an impressive political career he served as a Prime Minister for 8 years right. Since 2012 with wagner putin being the president but before that he was the leader of the country he was the president of russia for 4 years with widely reported being Prime Minister and now yes he will move to another position he will be within the Security Council according to russias legislation they had of Security Council this body that is responsible for all president ial security related decision here is the president himself and now Dmitri Medvedev will move there as we work of course yes it was some time we going to see these gentlemen working side by side although it is a new position but again its very important to stress that he was simply created for me to relate so i guess its kind of like great or i suppose if you look at all from this. d d mr putin talking to Federation Council state of the Union Address the smaller were going to do. The speed of this. Its been quite impressive within 2. To give mr putin the scope of what he wants to do well lets get on with it was no time at the present yes i believe that was discussed for some time before we learned about this news and i did not believe that it is a spontaneous decision but. What i want to say is that if you fall of leiden report in public appearances like lets say in the last 34 months there were many big massive speeches press conferences and it is that he was talking a lot in these speeches in these addresses about this need for change that is very strong right now in Russian Society as a part of this society i can say that mr president is right many changes are needed and im pretty sure it has been in there for some time and i guess now the time has come. All these changes and president putin is sad that they will be he suggested several amendments to the russian constitution i guess you need a new team to like to make it happen you know i guess this is how it is later so take us back to the beginning of the day were all this started if you like. Take us through the address the putin gave to the federation. Had an address to russias federal assembly and he suggested several very important amendments to the russian constitution and i think he meant that the reason need for a new team to implement all these changes it is not quite clear who is going to appoint a new Prime Minister i guess is going to be still mr president but then the countrys parliament will have greater power comparing to what we had before and of course it is related to. Put means address all these changes and my colleague. Has been stolen lets take a look he has more. We were expecting to hear where this country is supposed to have 2020 but i can tell you that the russian future it seems way beyond that point was being shaped out here and the manager exhibit hall just outside the kremlin as mr putin was speaking because we heard some really groundbreaking proposals including the post changes to the russian maine law the russian constitution in fact one of the proposals suggested that the constitution should limit 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 meets with the state dumas consent to make official commitments the president appoints the cabinet. Cuties 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 a lot of my putins expected departure after the end of his term from the president ial office and 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 so whats next is the question well not a lot of answers there russias outgoing Prime Minister what we do know Dimitri Medvedev the Ministry Heads will stay on in caretaker positions until a new government is formed time to be confirmed according to the constitution the president now has 2 weeks to nominate a new premier candidate will then have to be confirmed by the duma the lower house of parliament. After the president s earlier address to lawmakers we spoke to some very senior russian parliamentary figures to get their impressions on the proposed constitutional changes he laid out this morning bearing in mind this will happen before the news that the governments resigned. 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 sort of the paradox of early enough 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 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 of 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 the prerogative to the president so i see this is a mixture. We we may call it you know as we want to limit discuss about how we should be called but 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 Prime Minister also in the cabinet also depends more on the palm of 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 so the evolution of the russian. Political system the coming 2 or 3 years. 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. Never a dull moment in politics specially rusher it seems things could happen pretty quickly we continue our breaking coverage in Iraq International we said. Mr putin had 2 weeks to find success is due to me to be very serious already happened reflections across names come forward. Saying better than me and hes the guy in the tax service or believe yes he is the head of the Russian Federal tax service mr michaud said and he agrees to become the new Prime Minister so we know we have been talking about this i mean this fear of a power vacuum and now we have a new Prime Minister actually now as far as i understand he will be charge of appointing 22. 00 ministers and hand it was in the previous government like deputy minister right at this moment what do we know about him he sees it is a very high profile figure here in russia we need some time and to prepare his profile as a russian journalist i can tell you i mean hes not quite popular i mean there is no much information about. In my head related to finance and money yes money man which is i mean maybe some people will say that its a good thing that hes not coming from k. G. B. Or you know like any intelligence or security he is there all the guy is related to money can you picture and try to find a picture of. In. His very difficult we decide as an englishman intergenerational how long im going to go telling the all i can see a right. To 3 years old its not the reality of 66 great year he went to the most logical universe and there years a substantial looking chap a very. Business looking chap you want to ask him i think we are so yes so looks like a 53 year old that is going to be the we are you know its an experienced man you know and he is now the Prime Minister or is he to be appointed what you know just to clarify he just was appointed and he agrees to become the new Prime Minister so you better start i mean learning how to pronounce words into a regular on the head of the federal Taxation Service department the. Loveliest tell us more about it later thanks very much for that update so russia has got a new Prime Minister tonight in the head of a 53 year old nicole. Well i can let you know we continue our breaking news here not international the russian Prime Minister over the whole government has resigned there is now a new Prime Minister as mentioned in situ well have more on that in just about 90 seconds. You know world with a big part of the law and conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. 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Very good evening live from moscow this is international with me kevin and mikhail mish the new name for your country with the current was head of the federal tax it was of russia has got a different job as of the last few minutes hes agreed to his nomination to become russias newest Prime Minister its after the russian government resigned earlier on few hours ago following president putins annual state of the nation address to lawmakers earlier Dmitri Medvedev said that the move would allow the president to implement a set of constitutional reforms he called for in a speech a few hours before the small and has been a busy day the suggested changes would devolve greater power for parliament lets get a view on this from throw from the hill but dr a prolonged independent political analyst hi there thanks kevin online so a relatively unknown figure out you know anything about the guy who was