the occupied west bank. one of libya's national carriers has resumed flights between the country's east and the west and another big step in the peace process libya airlines flights with officials on board flew from tripoli to benghazi on wednesday commercial flights between the 2 cities will resume next week conflict between rival governments in the east and west has disrupted transport between the regions for many years earlier this month rival sides agreed to a unity government. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera democrats have ended their 1st day of augmentin the 2nd impeachment trial of donald trump and laying out their case against the former president they described him as an insight in chief riled up his supporters to the capital by falsely claiming the election was stolen but a piece went on judge joaquin castro said trump did nothing even when the rioters

went looking for his vice president mike pence over an hour and a half into the attack and this is what he tweeted and he still even at this point did not acknowledge the attack on the capitol let alone condemn it instead he further incites the mob against his own vice president whose life was being threatened some of these insurgents were heard saying quote that they hope to find vice president mike pence and execute him by hanging him from a capitol hill tree as a traitor for united states imposing new sanctions on those responsible for the military coup in me and more arrests have been made in the country including a close aide to detain leader aung san suu kyi protesters return to the streets for a 5th consecutive day despite a crackdown including curfews and banning gatherings. yes president joe biden's had

his 1st conversation with chinese leader in ping's since taking office biden raised concerns about what the white house called china's unfair economic practices the us president also spoke to she about the pandemic situation in hong kong and allegations of a rights abuses in china's shinji young province she stressed the need for the 2 nations to avoid a confrontation. the families of at least $34.00 workers thought to be trapped in a tunnel in the indian state of the car and say they're losing hope the tunnel and much of the surrounding valley was flooded and part of a glacier collapsed into a river on sunday rescuers have searched the tunnel through the night but there have been no signs of life at least 32 people died in the disaster so those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the strain station that's watching by foot. what should americans be thinking and doing right

now it'll be a bad idea they don't care about their work is all they care about is making money behind it not going to be left out of the calling for the bloated defense budget because the bottom line on us politics and policy is a matter of fact in the world there are. i have many ok today i'm listing enough focus on russia the best known opposition opposition voice to president putin outside of russia is and like seen a valid need now he's a recent arrest and charged judging and sentencing inside of russia for people outside onto the streets and overseas a lot of criticism today we also consist on the impact of nirvana's case domestically and international i know you have opinions we'd love to hear from you

as you need to weigh in you know what to do with you on you tube right now here's a comment section at for to see in your comments. russia is currently through an unprecedented wave of political regressions. who was poisoned nearly to death came back on the sentence of junior class russia and he was in here to rest and. after a lot of fused profile supporters including 2 members of must live here and loose if they were arrested dozens of people are spending on twenty's thirty's they say. the dissenters because they participated in protest actions in support by extended by me put in is currently in panic because he spearing to lose his power and his is. really really strong political opponent and everything he can do to sell him that is one take on how novelli

situation is being handled in russia you're about to hear it 3 more guests really nice to see you paul roman and also the nexxus poor welcome to the string tell everybody who you are what you do yeah hi my name is up florence and i'm a professor at the university of ottawa. new offer of numerous books on russian soviet history and contemporary russian a 1st. good to have a reverend welcome back to the stream nice to see you again remind our audience who you are what you did. my name isn't on the 100 list is the inside out which is russian investigative media outlets so we're doing these and are in different topics but our latest in the cities in wars or on who is in and alex in the money who was who isn't. it it's so chemical agent agent very dangerous and we found concrete to do autism that is not

a source so offices of russia security service who did this assassination. thank you love to hear more about that in just a moment alexis good to have you back on the street remind our audience who you are and what you do i'm a lexus learner glad to be here and i am a scholar of authoritarianism and protest specifically in russia i'm working at the university of western ontario nice to have you and when there is not room a moment because you are in moscow you're in russia right now when and next easing in the valley went back to russia he was arrested he was challenged he was sentenced what did you make of that snobbery. well i think it was very predictable it's he would be arrested and so many people many of his friends colleagues ask him not to or it's on back to russia right after

this sinister because it was very clear that it was going to put in is coming after him that he believes that now is very dangerous but still no one is and that's not the position i actually believe that this is very important storm the inside the country she didn't want to become an example of the sense that as many other exultantly since who are not governance that prominent as it is in a line so or yeah it is not and it is dangerous not only because he's now in prison but also because it is still possible for the kremlin will repeated it a sin is an attempt for i think this is not there are likely but still this was. an exit the reason that not only were his charge when he went back to russia was because he failed to turn up for his parole meetings but as he famously said during the trial i was in a coma so what do you make of that the whole sentencing situation was was that that

it is that it. is it valid this is something that has been satirized widely on the internet. from antics to action to contact you in all of these different social media platforms because people specifically believe in not to be valid the state can do a number of different things and one of them is to to put never on the jail i guess this is an alternative to making some kind of deal or it's killing him altogether but this is the choice that they've made. and it will have certain ramifications yet pull in a very such a fascinating figure because inside russia there's one taken him outside of russia there's another take on him he was he had his headline with you for instance from politico russia mass arrests in russia of protesters demanding navarro nice release people people did go on the streets in russia they did protests those protesting also criticism also outside of the country was that. well i

think that in the worse it was a fairly clear conclusion has been drawn russian state was responsible for his poisoning so that has caused a century of indignation. among western leaders. they haven't they must be done very much about it so far beyond beyond talk so thick you know russia russia the international image has suffered at least certainly in those parts of world which are already inclined to look negatively upon it i would doubt it's the same impact in parts of the world which did not have such a bad relations with russia so countries like china india brazil places like that probably are. the impact is not insane. and we spoke to some people who were protesting when a family was charged when he was arrested and our shop is one of them and he talks about the protests being more than about an avanti have a listen to him and he acts as i love it come of the back of his thoughts. it was

carried through the park and before. that the truth out there was closed down there was the police force the peaceful purposes there and upwards if your eyes the terrible condition of the national center for even torturing but it was very important because it was not just by no i mean with. this. you are i say here it's almost you know how the. laws and your finger is feeling that we had to many and that you can't change the equation. shirt there's a long history of this sort of protest happening in the contemporary russia this is nothing new these pro-democracy anti-corruption kind of crowds coming together to express their just intent a few things are different this time i don't necessarily think that the that there

is so much more violence happening both perhaps on different days of the protests there's more violence and other days but there are different folks coming out to the protest so we have people coming out for the 1st time we have people who are like younger coming out and the famous sort of yeah it's video that if you've seen it on line people are coming out despite negative 45 decree temperatures so there is a lot happening that hasn't necessarily happened in 201112 or 1718 really now do you count to this latest round of protests only a piece of the protesters still protesting to women. well as a singer and us and have stopped resisting it seems that it's only starting actually and not one single run in and there were also protests in spring and summer and seeing that there will need during the crowds and speaking about new

trends 1st of all i agree that a lot of young people like students age in this protest and there are more and more people of war on the stage because these people don't wish to use or they don't go on to the propaganda. is that we saw during the numbers of people in the russian regions. especially if you if you do it to get like there's a there's a serious percentage so styles of people's stances of people in the in the room a small far away seat it is so i think that people in the regions are even more active than in moscow right now which is. you know and usal it's not only because these people are also against this economic crisis and institutional changes its roots of i'm going to go to egypt next alexa's you were laughing so going to put this one to you leo in tampa what social media to

people using the protests what is the amount to censorship going on thanks go ahead shark there is. there is a ever ever occurring isolation happening any amount of censorship going on and sometimes there are certain media t.v. rain for example in. previous years different kinds of social media platform from live journal to tick tack to the conduct here which is sort of the russian version as a spark and so this is happening sometimes there is a lot. oath of free speech allowed to happen and sometimes there's a lot less and there's a certainly a period when there's a lot less happening right i'm going to put this one to roman rome an unaffiliated what happened to the russian doctor who treated nirvana in russia. yes that is

a decile one of the doctors in almost where not only for us. if you cured or i don't know at least it was there i was in the death of one of the doctor is is relevant because we spoke with that. because of people and northern soul team during well no one was there supposedly this is us that can sit in. a desk that's how fits in i think you appreciate that one more at this point is to me this isn't a mom now than he has no parent he just does what he receives from overseas that is interesting that is suggesting that he's getting direction from international play something that we hear from inside russia from russian authorities often paul. well certainly vis a vis as the line of the kremlin and russian media are taking which is to portray. the century being in the pay of foreign states and the video was released

a few days ago showing $1.00 of his associates meeting with russian diplomats and apparently asking the diplomat for it which could be spread about senior russian officials and billionaires such as. an affront abramovich who are famous for owning a british or some hookups so this is certainly the line which is which is big taken i i personally doubt it's a direct however. i think novelli and steve said possibly making. some the use of tactical mistake in appealing very much to. western states to put sanctions on russia and so on which is very much allowing the russian media to portray them in this light. and survey i think we need to be cautious about it in 2 if only laptops have been that here it got from the moscow times this

headline russia expelled european diplomats of the novelli protests from the foreign ministry so there was a meeting there were conversations it did not go well he's angela merkel from frankly the fish. but didn't his us dollars are cheering our meeting we were and swarmed over the expulsion of german swedish and polish diplomats from moscow in connection with demonstrations on the volley we considered this expulsion to be unjustified and we believe this is a very very step away from the rule of law noticeable in russia right now think here that's a hood on brewing as the situation around it only has it escalate he said now it's international crisis what does it feel like from inside russia.

but it's very important to that was the community is now. stand against this a sin is sin or imprisonment. i think for that it wouldn't it is much more important what's. had the thinking satirists how many people will join discordance how many celebrity has an opinion leaders will also support no one and this is the most important because i don't think that sinks since something like this can chill is food is a regime by mrs brown as if millions of people come to see it is that would be a real challenge and it is what likely to happen this is why we seen you in you such a presence i think the president because we see not only. to his but also his own lists who are known to him some of them. how. can you know list of uses opening is them on the brief absolutely wait for events so yeah

this is unbelievable and a solution is already happening so i don't know how it ends but we will see a very dramatic political change. let me just bring in a circular level for russia's foreign minister paul you go 1st and i'll make the foreign minister wait for you go have. already and i would say disagree with that i think it's very unlikely that we would see millions of people on the streets in russia. i think people are hoping that will be the case. of probably mistaken and it was interesting to see one of the liberal party leaders in russia gregorio of his key making a sort of comment recently saying that. street protests had sometimes kept artifact in a creasing government impression and so on and i think that's actually more likely than that we're going to see a massive wave of more protests comes from the summer when.

our lewinsky is one or 2 members of the audience team so they're not even completely control some of them live in rules of the liberal opposition nurse but always see what we want to hear and of course who wants to hear that there will be no protests the want to suck entrepreneur active so that's why he's saying that and on the sort of millions of people will come to syria and absolutely sure that this will be the biggest crowds in recent history sold. any financial gain ever yeah can i can i put inside a level 1st alexis is that i came to thoughtfully and i want to share it here if you just give me a moment no no worries so you have a thesis rapparee as the thief responding to what appeared to be international pressure around the valley and requests for his release have a listen have

a look. and we'll be revisiting the emotional we're used to the european union more and more often drawing lines one something descriptions that have no legal basis we are building our money from the basis that you use an unreliable phone that you had leased for the time being and it is images ask you this question from you tube this is from alexandersson gunks our next a question what kind of pressure can international community apply to putin's regime not counting the sanctions on specific individuals a specific parts of russian economy ringback not sure at so of course you're right one major kind of sanctions is to sanction individuals and we saw this a few years ago saying shooting for example people's private their sat not letting their kids go to school in europe and so on travel bans and also to economic or trade sanctions like 2000 i believe 6 when russian except wind from georgia are in

2014 went in except she is a can tear he for france among other things you can say you can do these kinds of sanctions and again diplomatic sanctions like we just saw where we're expelling consular officials from russia from the u.s. from europe we saw all of this happening and none of this really has i believe a heavy likelihood to change putin's behavior because we have seen in the past that it has not affected a lot of policymaking however there is another kind of sanction which is a military sanction and any kind of nato posture inquiry military. action that might happen in response certainly would have a strong reaction it's possible also the the sanctions against the pipeline happening between germany and russia would also result in some kind of policy changes. i want to bring in another thought into our conversation and this is where does this leave us we have a very high profile opposition figure in alexina valley he's now in crewe isn't

he's now doing time what does that mean for opposition voices in russia have a listen have a look and of a man i'd love to hear your response there's no sign of pretensions approach of our arch repression of political opposition well the weakened in the near future and the only team i don't see them having a realistic strategy of being able to peel away members of the crittenden elite and get support from powerful business groups or regional officials i just don't see it happening unfortunately some afraid not only role. as a martyr to the cause of democracy in russia. there's a long line of people before him who are also on suffer and pay a price in the short run and the medium run has not gable to get russia back on

a democratic track. where i would agree that there is no clear path to. g.'s or even to revolution but you know all our releases are always unpredictable and for example in. religion to read 2014 no one in ukraine would believe the remove. this in armenia georgia going to stand then other us and neighbors so it's all is unpredictable that is why i'm all i also don't want to make some concrete predictions on concrete. i see that. in a. ron i'm sorry that we were losing the audio connection we see you but we don't he going to push on just a little bit because short c 100 he's a new jeep is isn't avani even popular enough to challenge president putin let me

share with you shortly great question thank you let me share with you this on my laptop what do you russians think about the valley this is a recent poll and the blue people who are proven avani the orange the disapprove look how big this is in russia right 56 percent and then a good 25 percent don't care but no and then looking at people thinking in russia you think that nobody should have come back to russia because of course he when he came back he was arrested 22 percent as a tiny percentage think that that was a good idea 51 percent a neutral let's just make that a shrug and 25 percent disapprove this is a very different the next in the valley pool inside russia than they appear to be outside of russia go ahead. yeah he's not a particular tickly popular person and that's true even among liberal

oppositionists a number of him i think regarding river a certain amount of suspicion. for a number of reasons the 1st 2 were of his. extremist nationalist background where he has made a number of extreme the inflammatory statements about immigrants and jews and sexual and various others in the past. but also because he's i think seen as himself least as this is so what people fair have the sort of fear of but he is slightly authoritarian himself now whether that's true or not i cannot say i don't i don't know man but certainly this is this is the impression. one gets that people have of him in russia so he's not desperately popular what we've seen is over time like 5 years ago very few people knew of him. as more people have known him the number of people who approve of him has gone up some as more people now say they fit positively often than did say 510 years ago simply because of more people know

of him but at the same time the number of people who disapprove of him has gone up even faster so it seems to me he's he's not probably the best figure to provide leadership in unity to the opposition movement the russian d.s. perhaps also weighed in on this conversation that never really is really focused people's opinions and thoughts and attention to what is going on inside russia as an academic's of got together and then you have made an appeal to have a listen. westley. a group of it condemn excess over 800 people of fresh in origin working across the globe issued an open letter asking and calling for distillation we are outraged by the use of chemical weapons which is in violation of international law would call to still persecuting alexina lung and his supporters and investigate and his poisoning we call to still beating

and suppressing peaceful demonstrators this path leads russia to catastrophic and we call to switch to cooperation to combat and democrats and address the major problems and this is the way to build the better world. i have to say that you have inspired a huge conversation in at you tube comments section i were you have horlicks you know me has which is really mission accomplished got people to locate paul thank you for joining us today we're man approaching. and alexis thank you very much as well we really appreciate it if you want to follow the russia story many many stories for as particular what's happening to alexey have a look here you can always go to out a 0 dot called slash news and you will find related stories some of this recent

stories you can just click for thea keep up to date get some background who is happy to get you up to speed here on out is there are so much many more takes and stories about alexina bound thank you so much everybody for being part of the day 7 femi oke kate signing off my time with us in studio the next time and so on.

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