but amir putin has tackled be global economy sanctions and relations with the us of a top forum in russia. how is she sent to military police to kill us like animals we're not animals for them to kill us like that the death toll in bolivia's anti-cult protests rises to 27 as the country self-proclaimed leader gives the security forces impunity when it comes to dealing with unrest. and french police are accused of using weapons of war by a journalist like the severe facial injuries who claims he was hit by a tear gas grenades while over 40.

you're watching r t international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. a lot of reporting has spoken at the economic forum a russia is calling the global and national economy sanctions and international relations where the focus across life now to r.t. is more if not for all of the details what has been said there. well hijacked plane yes for almost 2 hours widely reported has been answering questions from participants of 11th annual russia call an investment forum they see or at the event gathered guests from 80 countries it was a very interesting conversation about what talking to call on me can hardly avoid discussing see the economic sanctions the u.s. keeps imposing on russia and its effect on global economy is there any hope it can be lifted any time soon was a question from an american businessman. is that. if we talk about sanctions in the

perspectives of lifting them this is not our juicy he but it was the u.s. administration about this and it was the u.s. congress which imposed them not us 1st of all it forced us to implement the substitution of imported goods in those sectors which are closely tied to our national interests and security but there's a very wide range of sectors culture medicine pharmaceuticals armaments and we've reached a very good and positive results so i would like to thank all the people my colleagues those on you know the people that work at their places i see it as a boomerang effect many u.s. companies invested a lot of money in this or that project but then had to cancel them at the so they lost punish themselves during the trial mr president say our trade turnover with the us has reached $25000000000.00 it's a number we have with not so much you see this but at the same time we have many common interests with the u.s. was not good and i was saying is that why reporting is point of view is shared by many including global business and international financial media just recently

forbes published an article called in russia bullet proof and claiming its market is doing much better than chinese or american despite all the restrictions surprisingly but of course world's economies too connected to global politics accusations of russian meddling to basically everybody's affair is the topic that has already become quite common we're also brought up though. thank god nobody accuses us of meddling in the u.s. election anymore you know they accuse ukraine well ok it's their business. live reporting has also talked about what is known as russian threat. which. is the until now the us has been saying that it is an umbrella giving protection to europe from the soviet menace you have to pay for their sleep however nowadays it doesn't work despite all the problems in ukraine speculations run by mir and everyone clearly understands that russia is not going to invade anyone because of

the police nothing but nonsense it is a myth made up by those that are trying to gain benefits from their roles as vanguards fighting against russia or whatever but it was but despite some unpleasant issues widely reported had to face as participants of this forum agreed all in all it was an almost productive professional conversation how to act together to 1st of all make global market balanced and at the same time make national economies rise and also about russia's readiness to be a significant part of international economic team back to you we have a national bringing us the latest from the forum thank you. we're now crossed life 2 economists guns are for live comment on this now do you agree with forbes that the russian economy has now become somewhat bulletproof. depends on the. numbers we are checking but in general terms yes absolutely yes to give some

reference to the $1000.00 russia god that there are over on the g.d.p. that it was more or less 90 percent of the g.d.p. of russia today they are all mostly in the 30 or so and of that on the t.v. which means that basically the government off russia decrease dramatically that that level of that they got it and secondly. what russia did for the last year it was also increased their reserves they brought in gold and gold we have to remember that gold is basically the main circle value. in the crisis cycle so basically what i believe they are doing the right now with them i think for the last 1015 years is. getting ready for any kind of new global financial crisis what about the claim that russia is essentially debt free does that stand up to scrutiny which is not actually debt free but if we consider that there are other options europe or united states on both of them are close to 100

percent. of that on the g.d.p. yes then russia is one of those countries very clean numbers in terms of. a lot of our putin has said that sanctions are actually backfiring on the west do you agree with that statement and do you think that they're likely to be lifted any time soon . what i believe with the terms of. what they have done for the last year it was actually stimulate the russian economy economies and do all these under sanctions to find other ways to liberal base and they basically after the sanctions the union on this they were going on russia russia increase dramatically old small business going to china which means like now china is the 1st 'd book. of of exportation of russia mainly in the 1st game they've got these china right now. ok and when you look at the russian economy where do you see potential for growth well

considering that russia let's say that we'll start with right now russia over the last. because russia mainly that russia has all of the force and the exportation from russia a pretty good week for it so for a lot of years russia got. a very high dependency on the dollar because they're selling oil and oil is 40 in the world war markets. what they did buying gold increasing the reserve overall basically set out dollars weeks basically means that the potential of russia right now is they have reviews that dependency on dollar and by that they are probably not actually one of the top countries you have a lot of industry all technology to to develop energy so basically i think that's that's the. sort of russia they cover themselves against any kind of. drop down on the value of the law and they all sing groups that are sort of on board. and you want to very systemic abuse and then next year's russian bonds have become

a must have despite sanctions that's according to that article what's your take on that. well again if we take in consideration the other options we've got in the case of europe or united states debt in the lead the russian balls are basically because if you go to europe and you try to invest your money in public that in europe you would see that they got near got the deal they got it basically means that you are paying to lend to lend the money so investors are going there up with the money on that in germany and italy and they have to pay every year certain amount of morning so this is something so we are not a money in economy and in the case of united states the body is better than in europe but it's still very far from russia russia spain at around 6.4 percent. of your investment on america spain less than 2 percent and we're going to see that

america brought also a very high level so that and also the selling they don't you know every year it's a wall 21 trillion so ali. of the united states today. basically gave one of the best option they said russia low that and high returns on on on and yes on economies cons are thank you for joining us and sharing your insights with us thank you. for the protests in bolivia are intensifying with demonstrators denouncing what they call a coup against the country's former leader evo morales he resigned 2 weeks ago on the advice of the country's military and was granted asylum in mexico meanwhile clashes with police centered around the capital have left 27 dead and hundreds more injured supporters of my alice say security forces are being heavy handed. but that we want justice from this president and how we she send to military police

to kill us like animals if we're human beings we're not animals for them to kill us like that. oh. yes we come in i would like publicly to denounce the killings that the military police are carrying out this self declared president and her killer cabinet ministers and criminals this is what the country's getting because. they stop we are unhappy with you need 9 years because she's issuing decrees authorizing the military and police to kill us without there being any justice conservative senator jean onions has proclaimed herself interim president of bolivia although she's not recognized by politicians loyal to morales on thursday she issued a controversial to create protecting the military from criminal prosecution when

maintaining public order libyan security forces have sent helicopters and armored vehicles to disrupt a weeklong blockade up by protesters at a major fuel plant it's led to fuel and food shortages during the operation one person has been killed and 8 injured human rights groups are urging bolivia to repeal its new lease immunity law. the current social political and human rights crisis and believe runs the risk of deteriorating is authorities continue to respond in a violent manner to criticism protests media scrutiny and violence by 3rd parties. meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state has commented on the rallies taking place across the globe but not on those in bolivia my pompei i did praise jean and yes for expelling hundreds of cuban officials and doctors from the country i'll quote a look that washington stance on world protests from latin america to the middle east. lebanon's countrywide protests erupted

over a month ago. i wanted to take a look. along. with the protesters are accusing government officials of widespread corruption and hold them to blame for failing to put the brakes on a deepening economic crisis washington's made it clear it thinks those are injustices worth fighting against not too different from its stance on hong kong. insurrection began in june against a law that would have allowed extradition of hong kong's criminals to the mainland i assure you this body must honor its promises. i want freedom and liberties that they have been promised in the senate british joint declaration over the past several months there have been thousands of injuries and arrests it's been a big challenge for beijing but for washington an opportunity the u.s.

state department says the protesters are fighting for freedom and democracy just like the ones in iran. iranians flooded on to the streets on friday after a massive price hike for petrol i want the public sees violence against its own people the world is watching the government denounce those rioting and the people in washington who contributed to the crisis with crippling sanctions it might seem like the u.s. just loves to support chaos wherever it may. maybe but sometimes the government accused of injustice is a friend take chile. monday marks one month since the beginning of nationwide protests against rampant economic inequality thousands of chileans rallied across the country to commemorate that day i

. and so far 2 dozen people have been killed and thousands arrested washington's reaction a travel warning bolivia is a pretty similar situation. the country's been gripped by protests in support of its recently ousted socialist president abel morales. the state department hasn't had anything to say about that they instead back to the new regimes claim that cuba is somehow to blame for bolivia's problems live in a joint brazil in ecuador in recognizing the cuban threat to freedom bravo bolivia and one protests were taking place against morales washington had something else to say the united states applauds the bolivian people for demanding freedom around the

world protests continue to rage for the u.s. it's a great time to fuel the fire of popular anger if it's for the right reasons of course the united states can home go over to other parts of the world like the east of the show just live to the united states is very much supportive and he put on his things to go. out and turn to the stephen it's the kuko that is the they will do this to the bodies of course will be of the buttocks to be subordinate to. so. it went out in a moment too and there are people who get the ball or like a bolivia well you know and it stays totally switches. begins to support the government or the. old.

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shape out just being educated and in again trying to trail all. points on the find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground . temperance to impeach and remove donald trump from the presidency have clearly divided the country this should not surprise anyone trump is probably the most divisive public figure of our time however all this division over a single person is changing and even damaging institutions is in peach the normal. welcome back to journalism community and france has been left shocked after one of their members was left with severe facial injuries while covering the 1st anniversary of the yellow vests march he claims he was hit by

a tear gas grenades are going to counter with police warning you may find the following images upsetting. oh. he was. such. a critical. issue. really awful all told and if i was filming clashes between protesters and police officers when a grenade exploded next to me and then another one just 3 or so metres from me she had found lead was a. instant tear gas grenade i'm still trying to verify this information of course then apparently they hit me with the same kind of grenade right in the face of exploded it's my mosque smashed my plexiglas visor that's how i was injured in the nose and on the upper lip and i not been wearing a gas mask but it's plexiglas protection that i doubt i would have escaped this

unscathed because i saw in hospital how badly injured some of the other protesters were. the alabaster rallies are a protest movement taking aim at present emmanuel across policy as they began in response to now scrapped fuel price hikes and then broadened to include a number of other social and political grievances the protests are the most violent in recent french history with frequent clashes with police many have been caught in the crossfire. the journalist who was injured at the anniversary rally in paris believes there's

no justification for the police using quote weapons of war. i was angry because they should only defend themselves like this when the situation gets out of hand but to use such a powerful weapon that they can probably control after all they can injure journalists and peaceful citizens passing by can also seriously injured demonstrators and i'm not sure. it is necessary as you know that this kind of grenade is classed as a military weapon and i will go to court as i have already filed a complaint and there will also follow complaints with the inspector general of the national police which is us which i think that even with all the evidence the investigation will be still just like other ones of course. the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has signed an open letter urging the watchdog to give to us a war as a platform at its next conference was a florist claim the o.p.c. suppressed evidence and a probe into an alleged chemical attack on the syrian city of duma last year. has

more. 7th of april 2018 terrible images flood the internet the news people civilians suffocating with symptoms of nerve agent poisoning the alleged aftermath of a chemical attack in syria within a week cruise missiles flying at syria. generally when you launch missiles at someone you know they did something wrong what made these sea incidents so remarkable is that everything happened in reverse 1st they launch the missiles and then investigated who it was that they should have targeted it took a year for the u.p.c. w. to compile a report where they said that they found traces of chlorine with strong indications

that the gas containers were dropped from the air done and done today's o.p.c. w. final report on the 7th of april 2018 attack in duma confirms chemical weapons used demonstrating the vital importance of the o.p.c. w.'s work this confirms chlorine attack was only the latest example of the assad regime's chemical warfare attacks on its own population except it isn't done its own raveling to whistleblowers involved in the investigation and now come forward alleging irregularities and suppression cherry picking of actual findings the 1st contest that the u.p.c. ws acetate and that the gas canisters would dropped rather than placed at the scene observations at the scene of the 2 locations suggest that there is a higher probability that both cylinders were manually placed at those 2 locations rather than being delivered from aircraft the 1st whistle blower was allegedly an

al. side contracted the u.p.c. w. said it took into account all findings not just here is the problem is according to the 2nd whistleblower a member of the team which was on the ground the collecting samples is that the u.p.c. w. took into account some findings more than they did others most of the duty and focus he reports on the instant the interim report and the final report was scientifically impoverished procedurally irregular and possibly fraudulent the whistleblower who is identities being kept secret for his safety featured at a high profile conference in brussels and his testimony appears to be much more damning than the 1st whistle blowers professor richard fall cause there at the conference where the whistleblower spoke professor what pushed him to come forward what was the gist of it well essentially he presented

evidence testimonials to the a thing. the report final group or it could not be justified in the form that it was submitted and that it had been tempered with such a way to create a set of conclusions that corresponded with what. the u.s. . britain france it would be the outcome of an investigation but the evidence didn't support better remember the rebel videos we talked about with victims showing symptoms of nerve agent poisoning it was most likely staged no nerve agent was found by the u.p.c. w. what they found traces of chlorine the symptoms of chlorine poisoning are different traces of chlorine if the finding of these chemicals at the alleged site is to be

used as an in. case of the chlorine gas was present in the atmosphere be sure least be shown to be present and level significantly higher than what is present in environments already they weren't all that the u.p.c. w. said that that it is chlorinated the organic chemicals which are everywhere all around us in our drinking water the difference is in the event of a chemical attack they would be in a much higher concentration and for whatever reason new p.c. w. didn't say what that concentration was not it was the public not even to their own inspectors but when the analysis of these key levels came back from the laboratories the results were cancer sammy barrick at unison who was the doom a fact finding missions leader against normal expectations they were not passed on to the inspector who was drafting the a.b.c. w.'s interim report on duma the inspectors tested the victims the whistleblower said their blood their hair and found nothing no nerve agent no chlorine in

levels that would indicate a chemical attack nothing which raises an important question professor then the whistleblower come across as political perhaps with a bias none that i could detect and he seemed very much like. international civil servant a technocrat i think this central underlying difficulty was that the evidence of the. gases that were alleged to be used didn't seem to be to occur with what the inspectors found and that there was a discrepancy between. the information that was contained in that report about these 2 projects that supposedly had evidence of

chlorine being used and the indication. were placed there for. the means that the report described apparently the management ignored not only the inspectors findings but also their concerns in fact whistleblower claims the inspectors were made to sit through speeches by unidentified american agents who insisted that asaad was guilty that the asaad should be blamed the inspectors left fred wethers office feeling that the invitation to the americans to address them was unacceptable pressure and a violation of the o.p.c. w.'s declared principles of independence and impartiality 2 days later the interim report was released a senior colleague told us 1st of all management says the for the credibility we have to have a smoking gun and look how that turned out u.p.c. w.

is coming apart at the seams but let's hold off jumping to conclusions unlike the united states and pals rather wait the onselen the truth before launching anything at the u.p.c. w. . that's a wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and facebook for up to the minute reports. after that you're going underground after a pre-election t.v. debate where the leaders of the u.k.'s 2 largest political parties fail to mention that their country host the world's most famous publisher wiki leaks is julian assange detained at britain's belmarsh prison in solitary confinement for exposing war crimes coming up on the show britain's police may have

a little funny about climate change protests in london but you did already as a. backing protests in lebanon urging change even as britain declares elected lebanese hezbollah politicians terrorists we ask lebanon's former minister of communications what's really behind this country's worst financial crisis since the civil war and drops all sex crime investigations into wiki leaks founder julian assange we hear of his un's alleged psychological torture by u.k. authorities from activist and i will provoke a turco found out a joke or a who along with his mother vivienne westwood is campaigning for his freedom both of all coming up in today's going underground but 1st while u.k. media headlined protests in former british colonial dictatorship on kong britain has also been urging change not just in china but lebanon after the u.k.'s failure to overthrow the government of neighboring syria could this be a face saving exercise to damage the hezbollah a political movement that helped prevent a coup in damascus and the love democratic elections in lebanon this happened on

the social result. in the political honors made significant gains. for just over half of all parliamentary seats so what did britain do after hezbollah's success at the ballot box in lebanon it proscribe the democratically elected political party of hezbollah as terrorist little wonder arguably as his bullet together with syria's allies have been fighting u.k. attempts to overthrow president assad an hour and a half away as drive from lebanese capital beirut in damascus this is what has been a leader shake nasrallah told julie in the sun john r t just one year into what would become the u.k. war in syria. and syria everybody knows the fed. says regime when the free has supported their own 3 resistance in lebanon supported the resistance. and as a. town and the face of its radiant american pressure. from its.