i. i i. more than 1000000 questions in a q. and a lasting over 4 hours president vladimir putin the russian public. the. international challenges facing russia people. also coming up on the program. used to accuse russia. in the run up to the 26th presidential election. final report by a private security firm which based. on the u.k. government. after the court of appeals ruled the previous.

case represents a significant victory for peace activists. or international news this is r.t. revery you're tuning in from home hello welcome our top story the russian president has finished his q. and a with the general public after a 4 hours from utilities on salaries to conflict. took questions on just about every subject no matter. small some of the biggest takeaways though a stronger response to sanctions on a call for mutual understanding with the u.s. space the president did not stop there. as he then met with foreign on russian

journalists during the briefing he give a warning against military action in iran and call for russia to be more involved in the final conclusions of the da and to m.h. 17 passengers back in 2014 r.t.c. course a dollar falls out the address. most like answering questions for hours here in this hole behind me was not enough for him but well one of the 1st things he was asked as he will showed up for a media conference was the 17 and the question was whether or not russia is ready to accept responsibility to bear the brunt of blame for the tragedy that happened in 2014 well the question on this response came a day after the joint investigation team of the international dutch led investigation presented their new report naming the 4 suspects for the 1st on giving names and photographs of people they believe responsible for giving the order to down the malaysian boeing here's what vladimir putin had to say about that

everything we've seen presented as evidence that russia is responsible for everything doesn't suit us we think it's insufficient evidence it doesn't say anything we've presented our version of the events but unfortunately no one wants to hear it until there is proper dialogue here we won't find any answers to the questions about the plane crash and the deaths of the people on board which remain open and really people from all sides of the societal spectrum of view of the broad of the of russia have had a chance to ask their questions we've heard questions from ordinary people from journalists from celebrities from bloggers from influences and while the focus was mostly on the internal affairs of russia which is quite expected something like russia's relation with the united states people couldn't help but mention it here's how vladimir putin commented on the current state of relations between moscow and washington and if the american side shows interest we are always ready for dialogue but we see what is happening in u.s. domestic. the president will always look back on the race is in right now because

some in the american establishment are speculating about our country's relationship trying to find problems with telling winds so saying russia is open for dialogue also vladimir putin has called the anti russian sanctions american sanctions aimed at russia's economy he called them a mistake and staying with the subject of the united states he also vladimir putin also touched something that something when it comes to relations between washington and tehran so he commented on as to what he thinks about the escalation between the 2 countries his colleague i'd like to say straight away that a military conflict between the u.s. and iran would be a disaster at least for the region it would be an outburst of violence with terrible consequences it's very hard to predict what would happen in the case of military force being used but well when it comes to other instances other subjects it wasn't all heavy hearted there were light notes still where there were some

jokes a bit of humor for instance there was a question as to whether or not vladimir putin was an alien to which he said no and that was one of the one of the final questions in that q. and a now this was one of the major one of the 3 major presidential level events. with vladimir putin's address to the federal assembly and the annual also q. and a with journalists that happens late in the so i mean we're still early in this race and we're still there are still plenty of time and there will be plenty of opportunity to ask more questions to vladimir putin. all right moving the program on the u.s. government documents have raised questions about the f.b.i.'s conclusion that russia was behind on alleged hunk of the democratic party servers in 2016 the agency never received the final report from private cyber security company crowd.

strike which was hired by the party to investigate the uk the report was the core evidence for the russian hocking investigation route because the it tells a little further. faith is a remarkable thing it can move mountains if you believe something hard enough heart and soul it doesn't actually matter if it's real it ought faith in god in family or in russian hackers is russia also who now after having hacked into the d n c russia hacked into the pillar of our democracy how russia is hacking and hammering gas currently and we did not mention exactly that did occur nobody is debating that that did or did not happen it did happen faith no need for evidence proof friends x. or facts but as with every religion there are the tracks is doubtless one of them is roger stone a former advisor to the tribe paid now indicted for alleged witness tampering and

making false statements all related to wiki leaks as part of his defense he has requested evidence that russia was behind the d.n.c. hacks of 2016 so the government gave them all they had a redacted draft report from a cyber security company it is clear that the government has relied on the assumptions made by a source outside of the us intelligence community that the russian state was involved in the hacking and that the data taken from the various servers were given to wiki leaks the government does not have the evidence and it knew it did not have the evidence when it applied for these search warrants crowd strike the d.n.c. cyber security contractors what is amazing is that the draft report was redacted by crowd strike itself they gave the f.b.i. a rough document with parts. blacked out the government does not possess the

information the defendant seeks and that's all they gave them neither the f.b.i. nor the government gordon unredacted version why for the security of the d.n.c. of course cond have the f.b.i. knowing everything at the time of the voluntary production counsel for the democratic national committee told the government that the redacted material concerns steps taken to remediate the attack and to harden the d.n.c. and democratic congressional campaign committee systems against future attacks so here's how it is a private security company that was hired by the d.n.c. writes a draft report never getting around to finishing the final one course is out and we're that's a bunch of stuff because they're worried that letting the f.b.i. know things might for some unexplainable reason hurt their security and this is the chief evidence of russia's role and the hack of course dallas has might ask why on

earth a private security company was carrying out the investigation in the 1st place why it wasn't the f.b.i. our friends expose would always prefer to get access to the original device or server that's involved so it's the it's the best evidence were you given access to do the forensics on those servers we were not we were very highly respected private company eventually got access and shared with us what they saw their remarkable faith really can move mountains transform believes politics countries you don't need prophets and miracles all you need is a private cybersecurity company to blame russia the new democrat testament russia did it of course that is will be doubtless and beulah may be one of those heretics you need to 6. 165 year you officers appear to have stolen thousands of emails and

attachments which were later released by weaker weeks in july 26th. now paid to be accused of blasphemy but absolutely more investigating would be helpful alternatively russia did it so it is written blessid be the word of crowd strike. ok moving on an alleged scheme to blackmail wiki leaks founder julian assange has emerged with reported material no are partly incriminating a network of people involved in spain just 2 days after julian assange was arrested in london back in april footage was leaked to the media showing the whistleblower inside the ecuadorian embassy it was allegedly obtained by a spanish journalist who together with 2 computer programmers tried to sell it for over 3000000 euro 2 wiki leaks audio recordings between the group appeared to

reveal details of them trying to sell the c.c.t.v. footage from inside the embassy in fact well i'm happy to say that wiki leaks spokes person kristen her often said joins us live now on the program to the scuffs this thank you for taking the time can you tell us what you know about these latest allegations of block meal. well i can do it because of problems and what richardson would say are the. sting operations with the most we believe if we reported this to the police when we were basically blackmailed we were all for this what syria for $3000000.00 euros or else it would be to ship it to the media there was a clear view of those who were there who the elusive with investigating the experience not only and support but the most important thing was that we're well out of this is the relation. the. science was given under the constant

surveillance it was ordered. by the ambassador and there. i'm sure the president in so. it was sitting in the last few months in the ecuadorian will see it and say oh. spying on on the laws of this it or legal this it it entailed. copying what series of lawyers who are one of us so shows the link that there is one problem or 3 who go through. to get something off do we have a source for the fall or situationally was under. this year or last for us as far as we know the accused to and that what they were looking for was simply cash this is what this is what we know they were working with anybody else it was a direct attempt to extort money with this footage. while they were off to

the corners of your was and what he wants. to work for the money of. course is a working ready with someone who knows what here you know they were in with some of the. lawyers and it's lawyers and it is for the. when the case against the embassy and the foreign ministry in utah this is a very soon as thing you knew you had to somebody you know so. you grant him. to think for us so we couldn't satisfy you on 247 but it is totally understandable i appreciate that the case is ongoing of course but has wiki leaks established as you are seeing now how they got hold of the footage from inside the embassy was what the ecuadorian government involved. they were obviously involved in getting more to that as well except this that it's

a. recording is that we may when we the extortionists and want to get under surveillance and let's show that they knew that this was on the bow or going off the ambassador ready and all the months it was it was and or who the. material that i go with you can be from all the reports was and there were to the u.s. for it it's just it's a argument to. the on going pace with his call of prosecution all of persecution and something else how do you think the footage of the recordings of conversations as would be used against julian assange and wiki leaks. well you know it. is my idea that or into the case. we're doing our stance that nothing along. crime is being a journalist some of. this work surfaced in the or reduce and meant that it's not

just an indictment against you we must answer we could lose but an indictment of generalists all around the world were you know it was serious it takes it out and so to have an extra where were we all that will just finally how is julian doing. well in the house. well steve in all the years so 3. or so. years and years and. especially in the hospitals in the last few months and then being transferred and moved into maximum security prison. of course. and it's so cold it just all sort of the very damaging with or by the special reports of our ports throughout the united nation with these at least condemnation of for the role of the united states. or in basically

making a lot. of thank you very much for coming on the program and sharing the details of the latest incident with us wiki leaks spokesperson kristen her off and said. well with iran under pressure from the u.s. and threatening to pull out of the 2015 nuclear agreement europe is now setting its stall out to salvage the deal we take a look at that and more besides after this. democracies do not deport human rights defenders over there peaceful expression democracies do not rule over millions of people for another people you know for decades on there

is a larger context here in that context starts with the fact that israel has been occupying palestinians for 52 years and that occupation itself has deteriorated the most basic ideas of what a legitimate democratic government looks like inside of israel. some time as well like a honeypot. everyone believe that it was all on stable and on the reliability of russia but they thought that everyone was great over there russian businessmen wanted to do business in the west because they feared some could take everything away from them and russia which now is the opposite day of businesses outside of russia are snatched less is frozen the whole blog now the student whine about.

let's start with some big news for a lot of vacations a chord in britain rules on thursday about the u.k. government broke the law by authorizing weapons sales to saudi arabia the judgement comes in response to a legal challenge by peace campaigners who claim that the arms supplied to read news against civilians in yemen the british government has suspended new arms export licenses but ses it intends to appeal the decision charlotte dubinsky tells us more. well 8 a significant victory who at the coup to the field after u.k. all the sales to saudi arabia could be used in the war in yemen a move full that follows the quashing of a previous decision by the high court back in 2017 but those sales would move for the court of appeal specifically the one element where it said that if you take up with romney even in

a significant way on the judgment went on to say that that's because the u.k. government made that move concluded assessment of whether the saudis that coalition had committed violations of international humanitarian rule in yemen in the past and had made no attempts to do so this was the reaction following that judgment this goes to the very top of the conservative party we now need i did to show review in the whole licensing system parliament has been shown to be totally broken we had 4 years to sort this out and the committee failed to meet the 2 years we now need a public inquiry on this matter the government should not waste time in appealing this judgement the government should fix our system all the sales to saudi arabia by the u.k. government significant amounting to around 4700000000 pounds since 2015 in the u.k. is the 2nd biggest exporter of all to riyadh south to the united states it

exports. poems and missiles well we've been speaking to cat 2 brought this case against the government and also to its solicitor who's told us that they will review now not just the u.k. government steals but also on the seals to saudi arabia from other countries this has been a brutal call damnation of u.k. foreign policy business in a very strong judgment against it we were. and to see action from the government the court has done its job it's time for the government to do its job the decisions that took in relation to existing licenses and make the decisions they took to continue to grant licenses those decisions are unlawful and they have to go back and reconsider well in regards to the war in yemen it's estimated that the death toll direct deaths attributed to the war is now closing in on the 100000 people meanwhile half of the country's 22000000 strong population is said to be in

food insecurity let's have a look now at the conflict of the last few years and the impact it's having on the client. well in the coalmines following that who decision we heard from the secretary of state for international trade liam fox who has said that the government will now review its licenses to sell all of this to saudi arabia but the u.k. secretary of trade did also decide to spend government previous decisions to

ward those arms contracts not about whether the government has made the right or wrong decisions about granting export licenses but concerns the rationality of the process used to reach decisions as i said earlier we disagree with the judgment and the secret mission to appeal this judgement won't immediately stop and hold the export of sales to saudi arabia but it is a landmark case for tax it's a big. day and a big result and they say that they will continue the fight to stop the need for the arms sales to saudi arabia. that had been calls for this for quite some time but europe has not stepped on efforts to preserve the 2015 a reunion nuclear deal the u.k. fronts under me are seeking to unite in a diplomatic push to persuade iran not to pull out of the agreement while this new year brings us more. of a 2nd is an effort by these european countries to try and salvage what they can in

terms of the 2015 the kid deal that the united states withdrew from last year that also stepping up efforts to try and deep escalate the recent tensions that we've witnessed in the gulf region the japanese prime minister was in the waning capital recently for talks as was the german foreign minister and france has announced that it is staging a high level delegation even if they are committed to on the one hand trying to preserve the deal but on the other hand also trying to reach as the european leaders have said some kind of peaceful solution to prevent the situation in the gulf region from complete deescalating we want to unify all efforts so a process of discrimination starts there's still time and we hope all the actors will show more restraint there's still time but only little time before you'll be the most important mediator for the jews like. you are trying to do what we come to defuse tensions open channels of communication to make sure. this commission is

avoidance but the fact is that time is running out and one cannot discount the possibility of war breaking out and this is the spike the fact that the united states has said that it does not want to go to war with iran having said that though the recent shooting down of an american drone over the straight talk for boys was to put the americans on a vote but it is just the latest in a series of incidents that really have seen an increase into. angels in the region the americans saying that they have been previous ukrainian attains to shoot down its drones you'll remember that a little over a week ago there were 2 tankers in the straits of hormuz that belong to japan and norway that will also fit now the americans have pointed fingers at the radiance but they still there's no conclusive evidence that tehran's was behind that and in t.v. ratings have denied that they were this also comes as the americans are saying think roughly a 1000 troops to the region the u.s.

secretary of state had this to say president does not want war and we will continue to communicate that message while doing the things that are necessary to protect american interests in the region but we can't do that without making sure that we have the capability to respond if iran makes a bad decision now the america's assessment of f. a drone was shot down while it was over international waters however the radian say that it had already entered the rainy and air space be that as it may be a head of a radio revolutionary guards says that they were actually in terms of shooting down a strobe sings out a clear message that the radiance to do not want to engage in war with the united states but if forced to do so they won't back down. ok next we're heading to courtesy of the migration crisis probably the most talked about small island in the world in recent times greece's and there's boss our documentary no laughing matter starts in moments.

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