Secretary. Here in moscow. To this hours from now. Shake up in russian politics is set in motion there is to be a new Prime Minister as well as a new cabinet after the government resigned on wednesday its in response to Vladimir Putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively diminishing the president s powers while boosting those of parliament explains more about the landmark moves. In this empowers the office of president the media accuses about seizing more power control over russia but when putin gives up that power and hands it over to parliament added soon expense it is also because he seizing more control over russia. 1st to discover this syndrome i name it paranoid putin a friend here and theres a real epidemic russian government resigns is putting proposes reforms that could extend his grip on power putin engineers surprise russian political shake up that could keep him in power longer russian government resigns as putin plots post presidency power grab paranoid putin a friendly aside he is what he actually proposed together and seen that no president ever wields as much power as he did including putin himself hes got 4 more years in office. This is unprecedented in a quarter of a century every constitutional amendment was designed to empower the president for example increase the president ial term from 4 years to 6 years or give the president the power to appoint prosecutors and now he turns it all upside doubt it used to be that putin appointed the Prime Minister the Ministers Parliament rubber stamp that now palm and appoints heads of government and putin robot stamps it with no power object so if you want to use a 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 at 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 candidates so this is of course all subject to a popular vote if these passes russia will be a change country with a very different future russia is changing into a new face of democracy freedom and now this 1st. Time when the president limits his old power and this is something in the lake of control the country is not noted at all a president limits at all and wants to let the people decide on the new constitution. Well through the prism of major nation media rusher is considered a one not even a one party state a one man state complete utter a talk recy run by Vladimir Putin the matter what he had said no matter what some of the deputies might say in the coming days and to pave the way the government handed in its resignation its worth mentioning it wasnt all that popular that failed on a number of fronts and meacham event if the now caretaker Prime Minister said himself its time for something new 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 was said they will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power if theres one thing we know about putin its that we dont know him he loves the surprise and there was no warning not even rule is that the country was about to be turned on its head we now have a new Prime Minister incoming because ill michoud in an unknown quantity hes largely stayed out of the spotlight for the past decade ahead in the federal tax agency and i must say he did wonders teaching russians to pay their taxes fact some would argue hes done too good a job it is now clear putin hangs up the gloves and 2024 he will run for another term times change so does russia that is a revolutionary change from this distance i would say that it gives more power to the parliament but it downgrades the importance of the Prime Ministership of the stability of russias leadership and its quality which is not separate. Issue has been one of the most positive aspects of World Governance in the 21st century as mentioned their president nominated the head of the Russian Tax Service for the post of Prime Minister. Things credited with having revolutionize the countrys tax system over the past decade into a more efficient one thats become highly regarded abroad is led to a dramatic increase in revenue described as an effective tech savvy manager and in 2016 we want to speak to him about technology and the government its important that the young generation whose form of course future taxpayers to morrow use the friendly user interface which is suitable for the as we know the last resort is sure theres the young generation now not using p. C. Computers so the mobile phones mobile d applications and their own social networks so basically we should actually use 3 to. 2 com we should count to the search is social networks in make sure that its a friendly interface for them so basically this is the maybe mean reason why we collaborate with the commissioners to make sure that we saw recent codecs piers because between service and physical part of the administration servicing part this is now more and more coming parliament will consider the president the president s pick for Prime Minister later on thursday russian lawmakers i just laugh in a corner of who chairs the science and Education Committee explain to us why he thinks mr putin is putting his faith in a man described by some as a tax man of the future. Was thinking about efficiency. If you look at the different ministries in said russia the tax collection is one of the best it is all. In. A huge everything about every payment officially made it is said russian. Created the most. Useful and usable. Electronic government it has a ph d. In economics he writes books on economics he writes textbooks he teaches at the Financial University in moscow so he is an intellectual. Very more than the intellectual of more than a bureaucrat who can. Have a very systematic view on issues because he is actual specie elegy. Which he got at the university was systems and functioning of the systems so. I think its a good choice he has a i think a very quick war which you might know which i think its also important for a politician. Irans press t. V. U. K. Shuttles when blocked on you tube just hours after an initial bad was lifted. Press t v u k youtube account taken down for a 2nd time without explanation after a 1st appeal showed no violations committed so is it a violation of whiteys terms to be an anti war and see racism and anti imperialism outlet is far from the last of the 1st time press t. V. Has faced the just last month google blocked access to the outlets main title on you tube its the 5th time its happened on the video streaming platform since 2009 has left press t. V. Angered as it says no prior notification was given. I mean while the iranian Government School of legal action against instagram the social media group removed posts supporting the assassin i did top iranian general qassim solomonic instagrams Parent CompanyFacebook Says its actions are complying with u. S. Sanctions against the country. Who review content against our policies in our obligations to us sanctions laws and specifically those related to the us governments decision nation of the i or g c and its leadership as a terrorist organization in an undemocratic and unashamed action instagram has blocked an innocent nations voice protesting to the assassination of general salim money where the real terrorists have been given an open voice and we spoke to press t. V. Journalist Richard Sadar who thinks the use of buying as part of a Wider Campaign against freedom of speach. We suspect this is really sort of the malign ongoing and very specific count by against iran not just the war d in terms of the United States but also the propaganda and the controlling d of the information narrative that goes concurrently look concurrently alongside that we show the timing of this is quite o. P. s beyond the question of iran and press t. V. This is a wider question now about free speech about the ability to spread information fairly and suit disseminate a sack so we see this as a wide attack and a very dark day potentially dark chapter for journalism theres certainly it seems political reasons behind this decision but then that would mean that you know political agendas from countries and organizations outweighs the rights of free speech for the public and the the media. Deleted data from a phone is coming back to haunt the new e. U. President s on the lands under scrutiny of a claims she wrongly want sensitive evidence from her official phone while she was German Defense secretary well now the claim is a widening as peter one of our reports from berlin. Its the scandal that wont leave the new e. U. Commission president alone did fall into line delete data from mobile devices that could have been crucial evidence in an investigation into whether phones were in appropriately spent on outside contractors while she was German Defense minister its now emerged that a 2nd phone used by the on the line at that time has had messages deleted from it reportedly according to some by the e. U. Commission president herself or position politicians here in germany to banding ounces clarification is urgently required the latest revelations are laying back in the center of the contract scandal and massively under pressure last month it was revealed that fonda lions mane phone during her time in charge of the German Defense ministry that had its data wiped out prompted a green party m. P. Here in germany to bring a criminal complaint against the now new e. U. Commission boss we have to assume that people in office destroyed evidence such actions could have criminal relevance found a line is set to give evidence to an investigating committee next month expect a lot of focus on her actions and the actions of her aides as we try to get to the bottom of who did what to those devices from the lion has obviously tided her phone properly or headed tided up the allegations against fonda lying relate to a federal audit Office Investigation which showed that under her charge the Defense Ministry was spending around 155000000. 00 euros a year on outside advice although the ministry couldnt sufficiently justify why that external advice was needed and in more than a 3rd of the cases looked at normal rules would not follow suit lead to a Parliamentary Committee looking into whether those deals were above board and just how. How much on the line was involved a spokesperson for the e. U. Commission president said nothing relevant to the investigation had been deleted but didnt give away much else there were and are no messages on the phone relevant to the parliamentary investigation with neither from the lion nor the spokespeople particularly forthcoming when they have to wait until she appears before the committee on the 13th of february before we get any answers one thing is for certain bow if she remains tight lipped until then well the press and opposition lawmakers are going to be ravenous 4 ounces in a scandal but her silence is only making all the more intriguing peter all of r. T. Still ahead on r. T. International the david and goliath battle pitching indias Small Traders against the worlds richest man amazon boss jeff bezos is in asia we hear how that is going down after the break. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond short and ill be speaking to. Politics. Im sure ill see you then. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race. Here in Dramatic Development only. Exist i dont see how. Very. Time you sit down and talk. 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 our planet earth is just another albeit bigger International Space station on a mission in the vastness of space just like the. Program phase one of whats being called a historic trade deal has been hammered out after met with the chinese vice premier the movement could put an end to a damaging 2 year long economic dispute between the major powers level purports from new york. Well at the ceremony where the deal was signed launching phase one of the agreement donald trump was rather boastful about this accomplishment this is what he had to say today we take a momentous step one that has never been taken before with china toward a future of fair and reciprocal trade as we saw in phase one of the historic trade deal between the United States and china. Together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of Economic Justice and security for American Workers farmers and families i want to thank president xi who is watching as we speak can be going over to china in the not too distant future. Now at the press Conference Donald Trump was very critical of china using language similar to the language hes been using for the past 2 years as the trade war escalated for decades American WorkersFarmers Ranchers manufacturers and innovators have been hurt by the unfair trade with China Forced Technology transfer and intellectual property theft have been huge problems since china joined the World Trade Organization 2 decades ago we have racked up nearly 5 trillion dollars i promised that i would use every lawful president ial power to protect americans from unfair trade and unfair trade practices unlike those who came before me i kept my promise as a result of todays agreements some of the planned tariffs that were going to be imposed on china have been dropped and others have been lowered however much of the tariffs that have been imposed on china over the past 2 years the cost that basically cover roughly 360 1000000000. 00 worth of goods most of that remains in effect now the hope is that when phase 2 goes forward of those tariffs will be dropped but that remains. Mains yet to be seen the main source of you know the main part of the us economy that has been impacted by these tariffs has been the Agricultural Sector theres been significant losses due to the tariffs theres been significant decreases and the u. S. And Global Markets have certainly been affected as well now when the deal was signed we heard from chinas vice premier and he seemed optimistic but his words werent exactly as glowing as the u. S. President says you dont over the past 2 years do science encountered some difficulties in the economic intreat fields at times there were set backs in our tree talks because in some issues we dont see eye to eye so at this point donald trump is saying this is a huge breakthrough this is the next step forward some are looking on with skepticism i guess well just have to see who gets more out of this deal in the long run host of radio show economic update the richard will join all of these boom bust to discuss the phase one deal he doesnt see any real benefit for america but says trump will revel in what hell see as a big victory. 95 percent theatrically partly for the trumpet ministration because they initiated all of this the United States used up to apply the role of the dominant benevolent global World Economic power mr trump whether you like him or not has lost that position for the United States and given it to china given spend months for a decision about continuing and maybe 2 years for the purchases by the chinese that are being talked about thats more than enough time for china to do and to play and to do many things that can undo the effect of tariffs if the chinese figure out ways to cheapen their goods well then they become competitive again even with a tower earth and theyve already been doing that in the last 12 months and that is a long term competitive advantage to them. A poll suggests a 3rd of Young Americans are more likely to consider other countries to be better than their own us of a at this point leaders spend years insisting there is no country more exceptional. I believe in american exceptionalism defending american exceptionalism should always be abab pollux my entire career has been a testimony to american expects optional is we dont claim to be perfect but we are exception all america must always lead own the world stage if we dont owe no one welts well the Pew Research Center studies suggest the skepticism grows the when the voted along party lines with almost hoff of democrats under 30 but leaving other countries better than their ow