Duma and also the approval of the russian government. And in other news this hour after washingtons assassination of irans top general americas top diplomat says its all part of a new terror and strategy with warnings for russia which. Lie from moscow to the world this is 247 r. T. International my names you know neal hello and welcome to the program. Top story this hour the russian president has nominated the head of the federal tax service for the post all of Prime Minister it is the latest move in a day of major in russian politics earlier russias are going Prime MinisterDmitri Medvedev announced that his government had. Resigned it came after president putin suggested amendments to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers well im delighted to say that picking up the muscle to explain all that for me this hour is maria it really has been all go today how to 1st of all this nominee who do who is what do we know about them to be honest not a lot of them saying i mean he was born in 1900 to 6 here in moscow hes married had 3 sons and hes a good hockey player right we know that he has been the head of the Russian Federal tax service as you mentioned for actually many years since 2010 but even before that he has been almost like since 9098. 00 within the tax system you know real estate related things so we could be a sign of stability you know i mean he is coming from that area i mean hes so much into economics and numbers so it is it may sound surprising to some people that someone who i mean we as russians do not know not hear about i mean. Prime minister nominee right now but you have to remember when iran 20 years ago when putin was appointed as Prime Minister and then president no one actually knew that man and it worked so i mean maybe its going to work this time as well that came that i know its been just hours after the entire government resigned what does that actually mean. Where does it lead yes thats a very good question a very big news indeed and everybody i believe. Themselves what does that mean for more than russia and i think there is a very important thing to understand in this situation that whatever of this resignation means for russia the country will not find itself in a vulnerable situation known as. Political vacuum power vacuum. Because 1st of all we can see how. Problem minister nominees there already and we hear from state duma that is right now in charge of approving him that they are going to have a special meeting on thursday so no power of back and even before like the cabinet is for and the government that just now step down will be in full charge of everything theyre continuing oh yes yes so that the news came in couple of hours ago and nothing dramatic happened so far and you can see the speed of change is quite impressive resume actually timed to war in which you have announced about this resignation earlier on wednesday at the meeting between Weidman Putin the ministers here how it was. It was removed when she was only killing 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 discussions 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 present 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. Ordering me 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 i will be meeting every one of you personally please continue carrying out your functions until the new government is formed. Well you know i want to draw your end of years attention to how these gentlemen look in this media because as you understand i mean some people may indeed take these resignation used as an alarm in a while but i mean you can see that at the major medvedev whiling and he is not nervous he is not like my point is very life as well i think the right place 2 reasons for that i think i mean although we only learned about this resignation earlier wednesday it was discussed i mean for some time behind the sea. And maybe was even agreed between the president and Prime Minister maybe with some ministers involved it wasnt big news for them i suppose of course it would be very fide and there is another reason my feeling is that both Vladimir Putin and they want to send this message to the russian public to russian people that there is no reason to panic nothing to worry about the government that just step down will be in full charge until a new cabinet is forums actually did not worry everything is under control just what i felt just. Do we know what happened here of course 1st of all you have to understand admission of it is quite a prominent politician here in russia and he has quite an impressive political career he served as the countrys Prime Minister for 18 years since 2012 putin was present but before that for 4 years he was the leader of russia he was the president of the Russian Federation wild lot more potent was Prime Minister so i mean these 2 used to Work Together for quite some time before that Dmitri Medvedev served as 1st deputy Prime Minister for 3 years and before that he was kremlin chief of staff and now hes going to have a new position hes moving to the countrys Security Council and put into the countrys legislation the head of the Security Council is the president meaning putting and now mr medvedev will become his deputy in what is important to stress this position didnt exist before today it was created specifically for Dmitry Medvedev so he will become again like putins right hand he will work with this gentleman side by side just in the timing just because it has been a few go under to be another big story why. You have to understand 1st of all it wasnt again its been 10 his decision as far as i can understand it was discussed for some time behind the scenes but all in all i mean if you look. Putins public appearances you can notice him in the last say 3 months you can notice that he was talking a lot a lot a lot about kind of like need for change that is shown in Russian Society right now and as a part of the society i can say that is right changes are needed and i thought he was going to change just like Political Parties is that what youre for seeing here like a big wide spread or yeah i mean you you have to understand that what is the government is Prime Minister 10 deputy Prime Ministers and 22 ministers at least i mean so this is how it was in the previous government we can call this government or even 33 new people we are going to see in the government so i mean there will be changes i suppose bring us right up to date. Were going to have a listen to another correspondent or we will because he was there you know because you have to understand that i mean as i say it has been this need for change here for quite some time but todays decision is direct li connected to what putin earlier on wednesday said during his address to the federal assembly and he was talking a lot about amendments specific amendments to the russian constitution and then come a call it has been following and. We were heads back to 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 so if you just use the state you according to the constitution of the Russian Federation hes the 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 called a part of any International Treaty if it contradicts their washing cars. All of this is indeed groundbreaking and very important especially in the context of a lot of our 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 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. Here for more on todays big changes lets talk to Thomas Fassbender thomas is a journalist and former businessman whos been following this situation thomas good to see you so there we have a relatively unknown figure chosen as a nominee for Prime Minister initial thoughts why that would be. Well 1st of all let me say another great grand russia day as enigmatic as ever the political process is in this wonderful country and for observers from burleson but also from other European Capital capitals id say that. Both the resignation and the nomination of the new pm candidate. Have come as a complete surprise of course we know and i personally know that this man is the head of the russia tech service i do not know anything else about this man his name i didnt have didnt hear his name. Before i dont think there really any politicians in germany would have known him would or would it would have heard about him so we have to see what what i think here is is clear from reading the facts and as they succeed we are talking about a premeditated event or succession of events it is clear there was some speculation today in the german media as to whether mr made a video of put in his resignation in anger about mr putin speech this morning i do not believe in that because also the fact that immediately there was a new pose for him as the new deputy of the Security Council is the fact that in the evening we had a pm nominee do indicate that this was premeditated and also we must not forget the effect of the state of the union speech the fact that the state of union speech took place one month earlier than usual and in itself did not provide a reason for this change of schedule leave. The conclusion that this was planned. How does this changed. The Political Landscape as you see it here in russia because it is a surprising shake up as youve been going through it. Well the change has been. The change the demand for change has been about and even rising i can say from a lot of personal discussions with russians here in berlin some of them having moved out of their country during the last years because of the length of opportunity there so there was all this repeated need for change this feeling that things do not go nowhere and we also heard from mr putin i think this is all that his honesty was a very clever move this morning that he stated yes this is the fact we need change and then at the same date basically was we must say he got rid of a liability because in spite of all his achievements and his Long Term Service to the Russian Federation needed me to video of has become a liability he has he is told on 2 sides of the leg luster Economic Performance and at the same time the allegations the accusations of corruption corruption which have been around so probably we know that mr putin has the image of a man of a president who is very loyal to his coworkers to his staff and we also know that the relationship between the 2 men has been going for a long time and as we see it will continue in a more or less similar sit set up now. Just in the this is seen internationally you know there have been many swathes of the International Community that have been critical of the russian president over perceived reluctance for political change this is this is a big change there have been allegations that this is going to lead to him becoming Prime Minister and how do you 1st see. The wider world taking this. Positively with a with a grain of skepticism on the one side positively because yes people have been waiting for some sort of opening some sort of new move for some sort of a knowledge meant that also on a domestic level russia needs new politics also for. International companies in russia it is very important for them to improve Economic Investment conditions. Also then on the other side we must say that there is a certain distrust store the influence of anybody but. There is a tendency among International Politicians to even maybe overstate his real power his real influence but in a short way he is seen as the number one it only and so the skepticism will also accompany the new nominee the new Prime Minister and well have to see over the next months how his how we can develop in his position if hes appointed greater powers in that do you foresee this being you know a difficult transition or something relatively straightforward here. It will be difficult because it runs of of course against this mentality of the vertical of power and there is demand for democratization especially among the young urban generation which is the generation. Part of which is definitely. Leaving the country effectively but on the other hand the question is to what extent can the the recall election of the socalled democratic conditions under mr yeltsin during the ninetys to what extent can these negative recollections been overcome and can russia can russia manage to open them up to a new say wave often. Zation of more transparency openness from a western european standpoint i think it is absolutely unconditional that she is she russia tries to go that way well have to see whether this one move is enough this one move will not be enough there will be more to follow but let me end it on one thing i think its very important because here in the in the german media the proposed constitutional changes are immediately being interpreted as only another way for mr putin to provide for his remaining in power after to 2024 of course this this probability is existant but there is also a certain likelihood i think that though with his proposals mr putin himself may want to create a situation in which a repetition of his personal 20 years in power with this massive power in his hands which makes this repetition impossible so for future president s to be more of a normal sort to make sure that he was the exemption right thomas thanks very much for your time and thoughts this hour Thomas Fassbender journalist and former businessman thank you were going to short break now join us in 90 seconds. Im max kaiser one more of my guide to financial survival this is. A device used by professional scallywags to earn money. Thats right. The stabilize the Global Economy you need to protect yourself and get informed. In a world of big. And conspiracy its time. To dig deeper to hit the stories that Mainstream Media refuses to tell more than we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. And shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now were watching closely watching the hawks. Ok lets put in some more world news now the u. S. Secretary of state again been attempting to justify washingtons assassination of a top iranian general in a drone strike at the beginning of the year in a thinly veiled warning to russia and china might pump aoe said his country plans to pursue a much more aggressive deterrence policy in future and 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 showing 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 you know this is geopolitics in the age of deterrence 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 an hour to somebody who is running the state department this is extremely disturbing and im very disappointed that damage it can 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 have. Another u. S. Election another russian hacking scandal a Cyber Security firm in the u. S. With ties to the n. S. A. Is claiming not to Ukrainian Gas Company at the center of Donald Trumps and preachment was hacked by russian intelligence agents exerted on a flux of what lies behind the allegations. Meeting old friends there are a few things that feel better not any old friends the ones you have barely heard from for years who then turn up at your front door with drinks food and great memories its a joy anyone whos followed americas 2016 election and is following this one can now be a part of the Ukrainian Company barisan russias hack of bridge made Russian Military hackers the russians could be searching for a little embarrassing material on the bidens the same kind of information that mr trump wanted from ukraine Russian Military hackers successful a targeted race not russia trump his fancy bare election meddling wind event a time machine when you have American Media a new report is suggesting that a bunch of hackers from russia with ties to the government of course got access to the computers of boris mom a Ukrainian Energy firm what they were after and whether the got anything at all such minor details are emitted in the report as is any evidence the president leaves everything out except for a smattering of graphs and conclusions but why would everyone care so much all of a sudden about some company half the world away well because joe bidens son hunter used to sit on the board of directors there as the company was facing a corruption investigation by ukraines prosecutor general who joe biden eventually had fired donald trump then asked the ukrainian president to look into this so will resume is at the center of the ongoing impeachment scandal in other words salad essential last thing to the current ethical question liddy urge the ukrainians to investigate joe biden is a journey of scandal involving the president President Trump for pete attempts to get ukraine and now trying to interfere in the 2020 election by investigating job hunter biden. 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So its fine for the 4th of july turkey for the fangs giving now russia because for the election season because naturally all dogs good with new tricks more news and views about todays big stories the announcement of a new proposed russian Prime Minister and the resignation of the entire government can be found on our t. V. Dot com keep right up to date there at the top of the hour. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to a guest of the world of politics. Im showbusiness ill see you then. 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 and capitalism couples 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. The wealth the spirit is going to grow because youre using your money to do