Looking for another stronger voice putin has been the strongest voice of the last 20 years. The good sportsman must stop at the top of his form currently putin is not even able to leave because his popularity is declining. And he wants it to be written in russian textbooks that hes a great man similar to peter the great catherine the great good if you have got it. Also coming up possible snap elections in italy after a far right deputy Prime Minister imitator salvini questions the Ruling Coalition future so its really about to move even further to the right. I do my job with my heart with honor with pride if i can do it freely and until the end i mean if i realize that someone is trying to stop me then the decision to step back to the italian people with no ifs and buts. Hoping you decide not you and no one else is 30. 20 years ago today Vladimir Putin became russias a Prime Minister picked out by post soviet leader Boris Yeltsin the young putin was a relative unknown no one back a fan of course had any idea that he would change the countrys constitution to suit his own purpose and cement his grip on the country for the next 2 decades during his 1st presidency russias economy grew for 8 years in a row and putin won public support by cracking down on separatists in chechnya playing on this hard line image he went on to win a series of election victories his current term runs for another 5 years in 2040 he received International Condemnation when russia sees the ukrainian territory of crimea since then the russian economy has been squeezed by sanctions and Falling Oil Prices relations with the United States and donald trump are also tense both sides recently walked away from a key Nuclear Missile treaty raising fears of a new arms race despite russias International Pariah status Vladimir Putin enjoys solid support at home though there is growing opposition to his authoritarian repression of political opponents d. W. Has been out on the streets of moscow asking people what they think about the president. At the. Same time. Because he has the experience. Because there are no good changes were not moving forward. In which. It is too long. Young people should rule the country. All people have to be retired like me was to chip. With the kids to. The situation is tense in the country im afraid to talk about politics. You couldnt you theres never been a tradition in russia to give up the power voluntarily 1st several hundreds of years ours ruled until this year so the traditions are. New. We have jobs going to freeze on the rise the army. You know what else do we need. You. I quite like i think the stability is a good thing as of today i dont see a fit replacement for him. So what has vote of a putin done for russia and what will happen when the 66 year old current 6 year term in 5 years. Is here to discuss those questions and related issues hes an associate fellow of the German Council on Foreign Policy and an expert on russia and ukraine welcome to day w. Bushs outlook has changed over those 2 decades many will recall a russian leader who seemed to talk sincerely about partnership with the west in those early days. I would like to put it a little bit in in question what you said i think if you look more in detail to what he has done its a beginning of his. Presidency it comes out as more continuing i mean look for example how putin gained his popularity after he has been appointed to. Resident it was a chicken war that putin re presented as a strong leader and it was actually the czech war which made from a faceless technocrat to putin a real president in the eyes of the russians so also if you go further already in the frist years for example look at the baseline hostage crisis when putin said russia russias borders are already not protected and there have been nations brought who helped terrorists to bring food to bring russia on the knees that was the beginning there already changed his approach in Foreign Policy not to speak about orange revolution in ukraine is this is interesting is it when you put it like that its seems straight hours of the authoritarian leaders handbook 1st of all find an enemy to conquer church and then talk about how your your borders are being threatened by by foreign invaders and go after them if its seems classic it seems classic but of course it was not in the eyes of his partners in the west it seems not to be classic yes because putin not immediately. Turned to be aggressive for example towards the west yes at 1st it was in the problems with chechnya and i think the problem is that we underestimated in the west what happened in russia under the 1st years of his by devices of he presented effectively he presented 2 faces there was one for the west which was nice and i see a want for internal consumption which was about consolidating stand you know ok and and the changes that the old east germany saw they had a profound effect on the young flemmi putin what do you think they had they were impressed by him or what do you know i mean i think of the blood of the of putin who was affected by what happened in the at least joins in that is a very important point i mean we should be. Stance that the engagement in syrias engagement in ukraine actually was influenced by putin fear of every colored revolution put in to breed to do really for example the protests against assad and the protests against the libyan. As conspiracy supported also from the west and maybe that already had has begun in the time when he was a colony of k. G. B. Interests when he saw that. The soviet union comes under pressure and what you call a little bit later is the biggest catastrophe years of the 20th century so i think the fear was that this was the end of soviet influence in eastern germany was the start of the catastrophe that was in one important experience yes and and that has strengthened them in the curse of his reign when he faced the colored revolutions in georgia in serbia in ukraine and then in the near east because putin and the kremlins elite really feel that they can also face the same fate as assad and of a. Retiree and he. Will come to the 1st time im interested in what it was about putin that Boris Yeltsin saw because putin was was his 4th Prime Minister i think in less than 18 months so what was yeltsin looking for yes he was looking for a faceless technocrat bureaucrat who can protect him from a political demise and a political decline so what he needed in the time of crisis after the fine and crisis you should remember the financial crisis 998. Needed someone who is loyal who is young but who is faceless and who is seen by not to be a rival to him yes and what is a very important that putin. In these years and this time for putin was very important because putin managed in a very short time to bring back his colleagues from the f. A. A. From the k. G. B. Into the higher ranks of president ial president ial administrations we talked briefly about whats next the 66 years old he can go on for ever is there any sign of a successor being groomed. I think there is still no direct sign of a new successor i think there is one person who is very influential that is the minister of defense mr scheuer who. Also can play a strong leader i think he has also the trust of putin he was very successful in in strengthening the defense upper ottawas the Defense System in russia but i think the main the main question will be how put in by himself can protect his influence behind the scenes i think it would be not i cannot exclude that the kremlin will find some way to make putin maybe or fish really a representative of some Security Council but bismo more informal power then he is just a vice or so at some stage he will go but not completely yes good talking to thank you so much for joining. Us from the German Council on Foreign Policy thank you very much. And to italy where the far right league party has announced it will call for a vote of no confidence in its own Government Party leader material salvini who is also one of the countrys deputy Prime Minister has announced that political differences with populist Coalition Partners the 5 Star Movement could not be amended it was Prime Minister who is a member of Neither Party has accused mr salving of fabricating a potentially destabilizing crisis. This is not an election rally but it looks like mathias salvini is already gearing up for a vote your part. I do my job with my heart with with pride if i can do it freely and until the end i mean if i realize that someone is trying to stop me then the decision must go back to the italian people with no ifs and buts. You decide you and no one else is not a paper. Boy with. Me is leader of the far right league party currently in coalition with the n. T. Establishment 5 Star Movement but after the 2 parties failed to agree on the financing of a multibillion euro train line something called for fresh elections although he has no power to do so. Italian Prime Ministers reset picante is not a member of either party but he did criticize salvini. Consultants to matters salvini to convene parliament its not up to him to set the timeframe for a political crisis where now other institutional figures will have to step in. To the authorities on the country it will be after him as a senator and leader of the league. Explained to the nation and the justify a front of the voters who had believed in the promise of change. The reasons why he has decided to disrupt the work of government ahead of time. But the main giving the lets go. But conti has agreed to convene panamint for a vote of confidence in the government with as herself in its Coalition Partners fellow deputy Prime Minister luigi maya from the 5 Star Movement says they want to do the job of government then go to the electorate. Make them or not all are going to end our time in government with some good work which can be done by senators and deputies voting to cut their numbers and saving italians 500000000 euros then everyone can go to the polls. The coalition has only been in existence for 14 months in that time south ynys league party has doubled in popularity close watch as italian politics will be wondering if that has more to do with the timing of his demands than any internal bickering straight to rome than where we join john this time with unwelcome philip so is this about political differences or is it material salvini thinking he can now when i mean action without 5 star. I think its the latter there have been political differences really from the very beginning everybody knew about that there was a political contract the 2 parties agree on which was yeah. And on the programme for the government so it wasnt a surprise that he disagreed for example on how its being rail tunnel between italy and france you know all along the vote in parliament the other day each ones started its guns so nothing new there again what is new is that the league is stripping you well in the polls and in very well. The european elections they overtaken 5 star we meant by far and they want to cash in on their popularity certainly choosing the summit of the. Big dog i what does metairie want to achieve as Prime Minister that he cant in a coalition with 5 star. Well he complains that 5 stars are simply being saying no to many of these ideas and i think effectively and done so well taken them in europe in elections and he feels that. The Government Program should be entirely elite program and. Firestar policies can be on the back burner and it is time we might get round to that and so in a sense its a logical thing to do who youre wanting to to dominate. The Government Program and call the shots you might as well be in power you must be Prime Minister i think he sees that this is not unity and he said grabbing it with both hands he already had a program of beach signed rallies planned for the summer and those going to work very well for his Political Campaign and so if if this does go to an election what will matter to a salvia meet be pointing to for the italian electorate and said we did this. Well i think big vote win at his speed is out of line on immigration and illegal immigration and thats something that italians have been very worried about and has been at a feeling that a feeling really of intense impotence on the part of the italian state and he says hes stepped up to the plate and said hi i can handle this ill take care of it how orders will be protected we wont let people in and e. C. Still. Lived on the promise and i think thats the thing that a lot of italians will be the reason a lot of towns will be voting for him the big challenge of course will how he can manage share on the economy and that will not be so easy to talk into as a flipper for the women in rome thank you. After a 5 day summit in switzerland around 450 student activists from the fridays for future movement have unanimously adopted what theyre calling the climate declaration of. An us when times hundreds of thousands of young people from around the world skipped class to join fridays feed the protests taking place in more than 120. 00 countries a movement inspired by the action a 16 year old environmental campaigner. In sweden. For his future quickly gathered international the manton heres how d. W. A foreign correspondents are experiencing this youth driven queen revolution around the world. Pressure from fridays for future has helped prompt Angela Merkels government to form a socalled climate cabinet to increase the focus on climate protection thats needed because while germany used to be seen as a leader on this issue with Angela Merkel once dubbed the climate chancellor in recent years green momentum has flagged germans will tell pollsters that Climate Change is the Biggest Issue facing their nation the young peoples weekly protests have raised awareness and created a sense of urgency that now is the time to act. China is the biggest Greenhouse Gas producer in the world with its deserts in the north and the frequent typhoons in the south the country is also going to be heavily affected by Climate Change still we have not seen a fridays for a future movement here in china and that is of course because the government does not tolerate public protest still Chinese People are worried about the environment especially when something is build in the vicinity a waste incinerator or a factory polluting the local rivers people go out on the street defying the governments ban. Here in russia the friday for future protests havent really caught on but people are taking to the streets because of environmental pollution here theyre protesting about garbage in the region around moscow and in the north of the country many are angry because the government wants to dump all the garbage from the capital there theyre afraid that landfill stude polluted the air and the ground water and to the are willing to fight to protect the health of their families growing landfills are a problem all around russia and there is no solution for the problem so far. Its a widely held belief here in africa that Climate Change is a problem for the rich its no surprise then that the fridays for future protests barely gained any traction on the continent just over 10 countries participated in the events there tended to be fairly small the irony of course is that its poor and ordinary africans who are most affected by the impact of Climate Change here in kenya had us who are running away from a persistent drought and having to bring their livestock all the way uphill just to keep them alive and in nigeria more and more people are being forced into the cities as desertification puts pressure on their land the african governments however say that they are trying and you can see that they are wind and solar farms such as this one sprouting all over the continent but the african governments say that they cant do it alone and they need the rest of the world to hold up their end of the bargain. You need to come on here and sing about reports one of the effects of Climate Change is rising sea levels and some coastal regions are in danger of becoming inundated on the western side of britain the small wells village of fairborn is preparing for just such a possibility. Mike throssell has the sea right on his doorstep hes a dedicated angler whos lived on the coast of wales for over 40 years. Right now the irish sea is bright and shiny but the people here have seen their share of storm surges. My house stands right behind this dike its held firm against wind and tide so far. Its hard to realize that. With rising sea levels all this could be gone. They say in as little as 50 years its hard to believe. Fairborn is a Seaside Village of about a 1000 people and say the experts doomed by Climate Change several 1000000 pounds have gone into building downs and dikes to protect the houses from the sea. But now the welsh authorities are throwing in the towel and calling on the villages to find new homes. When measuring the sea levels in the area across the north wales coast im way off finding evidence that sea levels are rising is the reality and so before i make such strophe happens before anything big happens we really really need to be making sure that people are aware of those risks and that were talking to them and involving them in the solutions. But what solutions can there possibly be mike and his partner see their lives their home and lots of money at stake quite a malaysian now the situation is. But its not a symbol for them as pensioners to buy a new house elsewhere they feel that the state has left them on their own yes 25 years in the future the fact is that they have no answers for us they cant tell us where to go to move us they cant tell us when theyre going to move us there is no Financial Support no compensation or tool and the sting in the title to the us is if the insists that everybody moves out. They would expect mike to lie to pay for the demolishment arts his house. Council chairman stuart eaves who runs a camping ground in fairborn says is all scaremongering like many in the community he doesnt trust the data. Lots all the public about you know that theres other villages beside us that are in the same mess boots we are the one the experiment is being told so were the 1st one to see how well help people react and everything. Its true that theyre born wont be the only town to face imminent danger in coming years. Over 30 communities in wales a dealing with erosion and flooding from rising seas. And infrastructure such as rail and power lines and roads are also at risk climate experts say its a massive financial time bomb for britains coasts. I cant leave it to local authorities because weve had 10 years of austerity austerity local authorities are crippled already in delivering services that budgets have been slashed what this is a huge huge issue thats affecting our whole country and it cannot be left to the individual authorities that are already struggling to deliver the solution they need to be biggest lucians and that. The residents of fairborn complain that everyone simply passing the buck mike and angela say the prospect of a forced evacuation is all. Is hanging over their heads theyre just hoping to stay in their current house as long as they possibly can to move trigger profile. Meanwhile the historic steam train keeps carrying tourists through the village the tracks run right behind the dike which in future will no longer be reinforced or expanded the fund that effectively seals baboons fight. The fight. Well the day is nearly done but come station continues online you can find us on twitter at the w news or you can follow me out phil go there to get to use a hash tag the day. Thats it for today. At the top of the hour otherwise a nice to have. A minibus instead of a compact train. Pulls up here on like. The 4th generation be a college floors dearth. Pop open the champagne citroen celebrates its 100th anniversary on the test track and fans of classic cars are divided. Drydocks 60 minutes d w. Sometimes books are more exciting than a real lives. To free. Form. What if there is no escape. Church or a list 100 children must create. What keeps us in shape what makes us sick and how do we stay healthy. 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