Minister in the whole government to the lower house of russias parliament. As the chairman suggested the deputy Prime Ministers and federal ministers have to be appointed by the president s speech without the right to reject any candidates. To 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. Classified papers revealed the Reuters News Agency received generous funds from British Intelligence during the cold war to help spread and to soldiers. Their lives we are to International World who sent this wednesday 15th of january they would make heaven out 1st. Proposing a major legislation a shift that would see russias Prime Minister cabinet and other ministers no longer appointed by the president by the state duma instead the suggestion came during president putins annual state of the nation address to lawmakers or watching across that going to reaction was. There near red square are there with this address took place big s. Chip speak to earlier on tell us about that a bit but 1st of all the big picture that came out from today the refuse prizes were there. Kevin hi again well we were expecting to hear where this country is supposed to go in 2020 but i can tell you that the countrys future way beyond that point it seems was being seeped out as mr putin was speaking here at the exhibit hall which is just outside the kremlin and i can tell you that some of the groundbreaking proposals that we heard from them included proposals for the changes to the russian constitution and some of that meant that. Was in fact limiting his powers or proposing to limit his own powers in the sense of appointing key government ministers and the Prime Minister and leader as well so heres proof of that. Just. According to the constitution of the Russian Federation the president needs only the state dumas consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all of the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government chairman. And the chairman suggestion all the deputy Prime Ministers and federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president without the right to reject any candidate. Another proposal that came from mr putin was taken out the phrase in a row. From the sentence in the constitution which said one person could only serve 2 president ial terms in a row so this if the amendments are indeed approved it would mean that the situation when for instance mr putin returned to the president s office after a 4 year break wont repeat itself in the future now the russian leader besides this proposed putting the russian number one law which is the constitution above International Law which is also very important in the sense that russia in the future it could be that it wont become part of any International Agreements if they contradict the russian constitution and all of this is indeed Ground Breaking and very important in the context of mr putins departure expected departure from the president ial office after 2024 so it seems that this country is in for a massive revamp of its Government Systems and what we heard today could be the 1st steps of it but mr putin did make it clear during the speech that all of this will have to be approved by the russian public so perhaps we are supposed to expect some kind of vote now what i can tell you that in the is that in the year 28 thing and also 29. 00 thing mr putin was talking a lot about the next generation russian arms and weaponry hypersonic missiles. Including but also this time around mr putin did talk about those plans being complete and fulfilled although he did say that the rest of the world shouldnt worry because russia doesnt pose a threat to anyone although he did talk about the responsibility of the 5 Nuclear Powers the permanent members of the u. N. Security council when a cop. To Global Security and stability take a listen. Yes even the 5 major Nuclear Powers are responsible for the preservation and development of mankind russia is open to strengthening cooperation with all interested partners we do not threaten anyone and do not seek to impose our will for the 1st time in the history of the existence of Nuclear Missile weapons we are not pursuing anyone but on the contrary all the states have to create weapons that russia already possesses. Well if we look at the parts of the speech that are usually the most important thats of course the very end and the very beginning and i can tell that i can tell you that lattimer put began by talking a lot about the demographic situation in russia and also about the most vulnerable layers of the Russian Society and mr putin came up with specific psalms that should be given to these vulnerable layers of the Russian Society he talked about whats called the maternal capital and also certain subset of these monthly and annual subsidies to the poorest families in russia and fact. The more you give birth so to say the more money you will get form the government and this is something that really also explains the priorities of this country and that really draws the line. Of what a lot of our putin is seeking to do and how hes seeking to help the people of russia at this point so again since he began with that this is also a very important priority for the russian government at this point of course the biggest earth a big place to fill any prank in central moscow on the part of it thank you very much well after the address is put to senior russian parliamentary figures variously to get their impressions of the proposed constitutional changes that news the big news that came out today. Well i think theyre put in 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 further 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 palm entering public with such a role of the parliament and the government that will be appointed not by the president. Necessarily the parliament will become a focal point for the formation of the government but he put in proposal so still to keep. Important. To the president so i see this as a make sure. We we may call it in all as we want to discuss about how we should be called what i would call it is a certain democratization of the president ial authority in russia so that the president is not a manipulator so he depends more on the legislative power and that of the the Prime Minister also in the cabinet also depends more on the problem and elected by the population so thats the the Big Development i think that has been announced by putting today its a practical for ns and the proposals will should be formulated by the Constitutional Assembly that will consider possible changes and i think that will do. For in the debates so the evolution of russian. Political system for the coming 23 years old 1st and foremost the initiative put forward by the president the amend the constitution is a very timely initiative. This initiative has been loaned discussed our country has been developing very fast over these years weve had a number of colossal changes which require us to clarify the constitution within to make it more up today but this will not be a new constitution with the present we do not need another constitution and these changes they will not and fact the pillars of the constitution the foundation will remain because these changes. Well within the existing framework well within the framework of the dignity of the people you know at the same time the president send a number of signals 1st and the fact that this is multiparty system has. Been well established we have the federal assembly in place the electoral reforms have been passed and after all the president believes that its possible and timely to give the polymer a number of functions the president has its not just take us not take change this is fundamental work very serious power was. Cut some other countries have something of the same kind of when the parliament has the right to appoint their Prime Minister and his deputies so it will help us to reinforce the federal assembly. As the main eastwood of democracy it helps to reinforce the democratic pillars of our society of our country. Reaction to president putins address coming up in the coming hours here on r. T. E. And also on our site if youre out about. Other news today coming to tobin is passed through the afternoon here mosco the u. S. Secretary of states again been justifying washingtons assassination of the top iranian general in the drone strike at the start of the year but in a finley veiled warning also said russia and china could be next in whats been called to terence policy. 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 so mahdi 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 raw. To assassinate top iranian general extrajudicial and explain later well mike pompei i asked around 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 attempt to coerce American Allies undermine to deter us 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 and 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 on our head next controversy over 2020 Campaign Rally and president Donald Trumps been at it again this time he ping preys on protesters in iran claiming theyre now supporting he said the u. S. Have you seen whats happened in around the protests our our 1st. Track they put this big American Flag on the street and the arabians thousands and thousands of iranians were supposed to walk on and trampled step that beat the hell out of it every one of them went around. Trump referred to this footage you can see for yourself for the president said every protest avoided walking on the stars and stripes seems there were several who did the u. S. President simulate exaggerating the numbers a bit too since the accidental downing of that passenger plane in iran last week both pro and antigovernment demonstrators. In the capital tehran voicing their various thoughts on it those backing the administration have been seen burning u. S. Flags claiming the u. S. States should you know to stay should bear some responsibility for stirring up the tensions in the region the government itself is also accused washington of exploiting the airliner instant just left all 176. 00 on board dead. On the way to the unraveling a rainy a nucleus sealed off the break as germany france and britain now triggered the dispute mechanism over to rands failure to abide by the accord stories when we come back. Back geysers financial survival guide. Housing bubble. Oh you mean theres a downside to artificial mortgage through dr carried away thats cause report. Is youll be a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being led so. What is true. Is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the death. Or a mate in the shallows. I dont get afternoon its springerville that the Reuters News Agency received the equivalent of millions of pounds back in the 1960 s. And seventys from British Intelligence services to spread on to solve it propaganda its also come to light to the Britains National broadcaster was complicit in the subterfuge. Edwidge dusty lifts the lid a bit more than on the story the deal with simple funding for avoid a sabbath 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 nazis government required then you need declassified documents have just been revealed painting the picture right here at the u. K. s National Archives. Governments interest should be well served by the new arrangement this influence would flow at the top level from reuters willingness to consult and to listen to views expressed on the results of its work but how do you fund such a mission if you dont want to do in the open nor in the public eye well via the independent public broadcaster the b. B. C. Of course and it was easy the b. B. C. Paid by and had subscriptions and then later on the British Government would repay the b. B. C. Via compensation however it didnt come cheap in fact it cost 350000. 00 pounds which in todays money is millions you see britain wanted to be big but not that big because if it was to be too profitable well then the propaganda stories would get lost amongst the others in going for Profitable Service will not be tempted to put in popular items and leave out the political material which is what we want we all know about the icing on the cake argument but if only the icing is sold and the cake left purposes are not served the most the minds behind this were a shadow a section of the Foreign Office the Information Research department created in 1988. Goal was to create and spread anti soviet material during the cold war but has it damaged the News Agencies integrity and reputation well russia 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 1989 was not in keeping with our trust principles and we would not do this today so you see the truth always comes out and now the National Archives under the instruction of the Foreign Office is gradually releasing Historical Records that expose dirty deeds of the past but it seems like former deals have left a shadow whats supposed to be those at the forefront of objectivity independence and freedom from bias shouted with daschle ought to london. Well codirector of the organization for propaganda studies 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 the public have truth from asian who you know are not reliable actors in terms of telling the truth which is one of the reasons why you know one is posed to have strong independent media to hold them to account one would be absolutely naive to think that they would work very soon work processes that work to do what we see in the moment conflicts which is syria and iran receive an immense amount of propaganda going on and when you have the kind of propaganda relativities underway what sucked is alternately public understanding and really did help with democracy. This sounds familiar it has a u. S. Election another russian hacking scandal coming up though a Cyber Security firm known the u. S. With ties to the n. S. A. Is claiming that the Ukrainian Gas Company at the center of Donald Trumps impeachment was hacked by a Russian Intelligence Agency he goes down off looks at what lies behind these latest 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 potential 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 why invent 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 a Ukrainian Energy firm what they were after and whether the got anything at all such minor details 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 essentially confessing to the current ethical question meeting that he urged the ukrainians to investigate joe biden is a journey through the scandal involving the president President Trump repeated attempts to get ukraine and now trying to interfere in the 2020 election by investigating job 100 bided. The allegation that the russians had a bris mo comes from a firm called area one a firm with a mission. This is a message to all the houses out there in the world all the hackers up there and there is no place for you in fishing in a Civil Society area one is the only Silicon Valley companies excuse me therefore what russia did is what raj your did as you say is a true media promotion in promulgated all of this russia a bad image its still its its everywhere so i i say here we go again another russian hack story. So its filed with the 4th of july turkey for the thanksgiving and now russia because for the election season because naturally all dogs arent good with new tricks. He goes down off. Iran has dismissing moves by germany france and britain to trigger the socalled dispute mechanism button over irans failure to abide by the 2050 nuclear deal starts a 30 day period if pushed to resolve the problem after which the matter could be referred to the u. N. Security council to reinstate sanctions. We have therefore been left with no choice given irans actions but to register today our concerns that iran is not meeting its commitments we do this in good faith with the overarching 2 rejecting of preserving the j c p o a the measure by the 3 European Countries is a passive action taken from a position of weakness iran will respond to any infringement ill will and nonconstructive measures seriously decisively and in an appropriate manner we dont exclude that you conceived actions of the euro trio will lead to a new escalation around the. Though the statement expresses some hope an intention to save the nuclear deal not all leaders are overly concerned for instance the british Prime Minister now seems to think theres a viable plan b. Already if we get rid of it lets replace it lets replace it with the troop deal ok thats what we need. And i think that would be a great way for the nuclear deal called the joint a comprehensive plan of action was signed in 2015 by around of those major world powers the group was to say to limit its Nuclear Activities in exchange for the easing of sanctions but then of course washington pulled out in 2018 and swiftly imposed economic penalties around and then began scaling back its compliance more and more which accelerated after the us slaughtered to rands most powerful general political honesty or some really has reservations about the hard fought accord being replaced by this new trump deal whatever it is. From plan. Something that iran and any country would find unacceptable a coattail moment of its foreign policy. Abandonment on the part of the around to act as their Regional Power which it obviously is the meter power in the persian gulf. And to give up its myside in the Ballistic Missile program so in other words it wont be able to defend it from attack given that it has already been threatened by attack from the United States and by israel so none of these things that would demand of iran were to be accepted by any iranian government so its really just childish to Start Talking about a trump plan to replace the j. C. B. Oh wait its dead on arrival well thats a snapshot of what were talking about this jan or the 15th if you want more weve got so much more hour to go comrade of a social media check it out here in moscow this wednesday afternoon is kevin 0 in saying thanks for watching this up they stand by for our next programs which are watching the holds the teams here after the break of a great day. In the United States president ial candidates debate the future of the u. S. And the world. Max kaiser and Stacy Herbert dig into the burning questions of this election cycle one topic every week will tax student debt trade wars corporate money universal basic income and more catch up with whats front running this sunday exclusively on how to. On a space flight you literally leave all your problems behind you fly high and above everyone and everything and then you see any and all disappear you see the planet is not as were taught in schools with Different Countries marked in different colors separate from one another you see that just another Big International space station on a mission in the vastness of space just like the