sure. in dramatic scenes the french president is rushed down to paris theater under a hail of boos as furious protesters chanting mccollum resign trying to confront him. a russian computer programmer arrested in greece and washington's request pleas for help claiming he's been tortured and tonight his basic rights. and that russia marks a 77 years since the end of the siege of leningrad one of world war 2 so most appalling humanitarian disasters.

you're watching r.t. international i'm rosana loquitur thank you for joining us. in paris hundreds gathered on saturday for the knowledge is to protest against the government's pension reform plans of late in some parts of the french capital flash clashes erupted between police and demonstrators. i. the strike by public transport workers has brought payoffs to the french capital for almost 2 months now and that's despite the government's promise to compromise agreeing to drop some of the most controversial aspects of its reforms the french parliament is due to debate the pension bill next month. presidency manuel mccrone is under huge pressure over the controversial reform on friday night he was booed as he left a paris there to with people chanting mccrone resign and some demonstrators against macross pension reforms got passed police into the hole to deliver their angry.

such. was was 2 a protest as a followed micron's motorcade as it tried to speed away the president was reportedly with his wife retreat in a friend no car at school should by the police my bikes journalist and political activists notice from across in the theater and film tim saying the of the evening might be eventful after that he was arrested for being part of a group formed for the purpose of committing acts of violence and his arrest sparked outrage meanwhile more than $100.00 protesters in the french capital blocked the entrance to the iconic louve museum people have joined union calls to demand the complete withdrawal of macross proposals but they're all mixed public feelings about the protests. and the filmmaker to whom i'm happy that they're

defending culture i left at 7 in the morning from dish on where i'm from to see the an artist of each exhibit but it's not a big deal because if they do not strike there won't really be a loser as we know it so i don't mind the strike i'm actually happy i supported them. if someone would learn man to i'm ready to break through the picket line because this situation is unacceptable i don't care about their pension issues . they are uniting and supporting each other reinforcing each other so that's why i'm here really is also called we are against it they should not be here. should be directed at the government who wants to force its pension reform project through we're not the ones that are standing in the way we're not blocking the public cultural service on the contrary we're fighting for a strong public cultural service when you look at the support of the population of

the strikers we're very surprised to see the government maintaining its position is of extremism that is unacceptable for democrats like me who voted for manual macro in the 2nd round of the presidential election against marines. in other news this hour a russian programmer arrested on washington's request warns of thora teaser resorting to torture in an effort to break him alexander vinick is being held in greece on u.s. cyber crime a money laundering charges and he's now written a plea for help. they're trying to use torture and psychological pressure to break me they do not allow me to breathe fresh air the last time they let me out for a walk for a few minutes was on new year's eve i'm a man without rights illegally imprisoned in greece for 30 months without charges they want to destroy me for my knowledge they want my head on a block just because of what i know and my technological abilities the case of alexander vinick is

a case of blatant violations of human rights it's an international disgrace this man is been imprisoned for 13 months without a charge in greece he's not being prosecuted in greece without a sanction without a penalty without a trial alexander is not a criminal alexander is someone who has extremely high skills technological skills in blocked chain technology has not targeted for any kind of criminal behavior because it's very clear that what he has done is not criminal however what he has done is very very annoying to those who wish to control the economic. exchanges of the people what is worse is that during the last days the conditions of detention of alexander didn't make

amount to cruel and inhuman treatment which is a form of torture as we all know alexander is being denied the right to go outside his. hospital room he's been hospitalized during the last 12 months more than 12 months actually and today his mother who came to visit him from russia was the night the right to see her son. well vinick was arrested in 2017 the u.s. accuses him of laundering billions of dollars through a digital. currency exchange he's also wanted by france which claims to be nick carried out cyber fraud from his prison cell and russia wants to question him as well athens has already approved his extradition to all 3 countries however the russians acting foreign minister has criticised procedures warning that greece has completely failed to examine the evidence presented by moscow and another lawyer for vinnick to a famous it off told us why he should be extradited to russia. we are supposed to

cheer greece has not only decided to extradite alexander simultaneously to 3 countries but has also specified the order by which alexander should go to these countries the point is that the extradition of alexander to the united states cannot be fair as he has never been there and hasn't committed the crimes that the usa attributes to him work with new technologies cannot be a crime especially if at the time of the activity the legislation regulating these actions simply did not exist. concerning france they used only american evidence and investigators have never concealed it but today we know that france is not going to conduct any prosecution against him on its territory so the decision about the extradition of alexander vinick to france and then to the united states is purely technical the so-called greek trick is this just sent him to france where he's going to be rejected and then sent him to the usa. the best ending for both

alexander vinick and for every other party to this case will be of course his extradition to russia because russia is the place of the alleged crimes and because russia has all the information it is capable of creating a joint inquiry commissions for conducting an investigation in any field. 77 years ago today the red army broke the nazi siege of leningrad with the blockade ending a year later the vast majority of victims in the city died not from bombing but from hunger and hypothermia well ending rather may have changed its name to st petersburg the horrific memories still run deep. half. got us where it was me and my friend went to school with food stamps there was

a huge field and suddenly we saw a plane it dropped a bomb we were told that if we see a bomb throwing towards us you have to run in the direction of the bomb because that way it will pass over you but who ran away but got away and kept walking suddenly i realized i had left her behind she walked towards a fence i came up to check up on her and realize she was hanging on the fence already dead my friend how could i say i was barely alive myself some people helped me carry her home he seen her warranty far away from her eye. socket i knew. when my father died of hunger and we were going to bury him the weather was extremely cold it was about minus 36 or 38 decrease without sayings to our neighbor who constructed the casket from him and helped us to carry my father

to the cemetery and the century there was a chapel next to the chapel there was a pile of dead bodies higher than the chapel itself and every time i come to that place i still can't see this part of dead bodies in my head i still have this picture in my had. already after i buried my father i signed up as a nurse in the military field hospital once in january i came home from the hospital and my mother was lying on the back half life she said to me zoya i think i'm a bad to pass away i bought me patti said the market i sing they're made out of the human don't leave the girls alone don't marry too young and don't cut issue. after an hour she died are you.

sure they're going to be real we sat with the russians who when our pilot course was shocked and i remember they carried him and she said he was all around you and we prepared a warm bath for her with mattson they lowered him into it and he exclaimed weakly save me i have to keep flying i have to keep fighting our fight is winter patriotic why did they attack us what did we do to them. during the war many lives in the city were saved by the simple ticks of a metronome. a metronome followed by sirens were broadcast on 1500 speakers throughout the grat a slow beat meant to retreat one a fast one warned german bombers were on their way it became

a symbol of resistance to the nazi air raids and 2 attempts to stone people to death maria for the optional reports from the northern capital. leningrad known today as st petersburg was among mainstream to dick targets for nazi germany and the fates they prepared for this beautiful city was still laid to waste by bohrman it and also starred in its almost 3000000 population to death the horror of the siege was hollow just became routine when you walk down the street when you remembered or rather try to forget you come across dead but is carried on sledders all the time or dead bodies lying on the streets and at some point there's a lawyer the. simply stop paying any attention to these horrific saw its appearance really the way i remember the 1st time i saw a corpse on the street wrapped in some rags at 1st it was scary but then people got

used to it and just walked by i can see the bodies were just randomly dumped in the streets eventually they took them away. from kids their childhood was stolen by merciless war bombs and hunger there was already too much for them there was something maybe even more terrifying as lack of food became too dramatic children as well as many adults often became a target enough to germany for hungry people so the worst thing was the hunger it was unimaginable at the factory they gave us just 200 grams of bread it was made from strange ingredients some a drop in the cabbage others burnt sugar i don't know how i survived and i think god saved my life more. people saw gold but even less so couldn't bear it anymore the water supply system froze and collaged people hungry people freezing people

they now * became thirst soupy people searching for war to everywhere including sewerage system. we went to get water and food with us ledges it was very cold there was a severe frost the river had frozen over with there was a hole and people were queuing to get water to drink people still wonder how we didn't die drinking this water the citizens during jury shelling this side of the street is the most dangerous says this sign one of many similar across the city these warnings became a symbol of things or is faced by residents of letting go during the siege and still today they stay as silent reminders of those terrible days. well the adamant putin has also been taking part in commemoration of vents laid flowers that the landmark stone monuments at the nearest to choke memorial site it was the scene of fierce fighting during world war 2 and it's believed the russian president's

father was also injured. questions like where are you really from could now land you in trouble at the u.k. university which is paying students to snitch on classmates deemed to commit racist micro questions will be back with that story after this short break. join me every thursday on the alex island show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see of that. wisdom is the application of the bold knowledge in a rope or your ways in novel cotton but if you learn

a particular scenario being a class could be a variance and you encounter that exact same scenario knowing what to do is just memory that's not wisdom the thought learning it's just memorizing some wisdom comes when you are facing a brand new context and you can draw a plot thwarted learned in other contexts systematically to know what to do. these are. good food descriptions sound up a tasing even for the owners so how to choose just bad food industry is telling us what to feed our pets is really more based on what they want to sell us than was necessarily good for the pet turns out that food may not be as healthy as people believe and we have animals that have you know diabetes in arthritis they have auto immune disorders if that allergies we are actually creating these problems it's

a huge epidemic of toms all of them i believe can be linked to very simple problem of diet and some dog owners so heartbreaking stories about their pets less treats the larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because they're already making it a $1000000000.00 on it and there's no reason to do that research. welcome back now let's take a look at news in brief from around the world. the

. big gas and rubber bullets flew towards angry protesters in beirut in lebanon on friday at least $165.00 people were injured as police broke up crowds demonstrators are in their 3rd month of protests demanding economic reforms and elections the prime minister has been expected to announce a new 18 member cabinet on friday but failed to do so. meanwhile hundreds of tractors have packed onto the streets of berlin farmers along with the activists are protesting against the agricultural policies of both germany and the e.u. the demonstrators accuse the german government of prioritizing large scale farming at the expense of climate friendly organic methods attractively descended on ballin from a number of regions throughout the country. the efforts are underway to rescue animal survivors of the bushfires that have ravaged south australia's kangaroo island the island is renowned for its relatively untouched nature and is home to many unique

and endangered species experts fear the bushfires which have so far but one 3rd of the island may have wiped out some of the animals entirely. stop making everything a race issue comments like that could now get you into hot water at a u.k. university that will pay students to snitch on people making what it calls racist micro aggressions sheffield university in northern england will hire 20 students as race equality champions and pay them more than $9.00 pounds an hour to investigate offenders other examples of on acceptable questions are why are you searching for things to be offended about and where you really from we asked people for their reactions to this move. sometimes like you do you don't realize that you're like maybe being mean with some women and you don't even realize and i think it's important to tell you about it people often ask. what if i am so if i say for

example they say i'm a grossly fossett mark on. a lot of people stopping you know your talent your or your terrorist bob a lot i do get asked like oh where you're from because i know that i have a little accent and there was a oh i'm so sorry and i know why are you apologizing because i don't take a i was like a bad thing i think it is an air of ignorance really. i just not really being aware that someone might be offended by subway. however there has been a significant online backlash to the university's initiative. the regime of the shuttled university have decided to police incidents of perceived rudeness with an army of made student my group gresham detractors thought police jobs at the university of sheffield how is this not illegal what the hell have i just read he also prevent terrorism in benign curiosity as my trade question and therefore as racist this is a recipe to create a climate of distrust and breakdown of social relations these people do not speak for me. while the university claims its main objectives are to facilitate healthy

open discussion and to give students the tools to think critically about race issues it says micro aggressions have a real impact on minority groups talk radio host and columnist john gone feels the program could actually end up doing more harm than good. we need to obviously condemn racism but recruiting students to do it like as if they're undercover are think it's horrible i think it's the sin end of a very very big wedge and also will be very concerned about who does so eats what is not allowed to be said is another attack on freedom of speech and universities should be cathedrals of free speech these kids eventually are going to go out into the real world if they work in a factory if they work in an office they're going to hear the news they don't like . it's about challenging that of course and i just think this is not going to prepare them for the real world and tackle racism tackle 6 isn't track ormus orgy

and tackle homophobia of course and make sure your institution is inclusive but this is not the way to do it this is a orator great step this you just some idiotic academic who's never lived in the real world themselves you need to get a life and get out of students' lives. german foreign office has apologized after inappropriately trying to tap into the viral hash tag so to some one in 4 words government institutions around the world are trying to hand it here in this latest twitter craze but for many is their efforts aren't exactly love 1st sight. x. x. . x.

x. . your he said got approved. when i had barely graduated from underground i was offered an internship at the un in bonn germany after an extensive visa application process delays and uncertainty i was informed 2 days prior to the beginning of my internship that my visa application was rejected dunker this is not funny playing on people's feelings is inappropriate there are thousands of people waiting for their visas that's simply the real face of you guys period. act and being funny is apparently not always our strong suit we deleted it we both know and apologized to all who were offended by this we know that the surprise is complex and these are decisions can deep effect people's life's color colleagues

take the decisions very seriously. you shouldn't apologize the joke is actually good good now i am offended that you deleted that wheat because apparently offended someone with no sense of humor obviously. well do you approve of the visa wisecrack when he let us know on a social media pages on facebook and twitter that sony's updates now will be back at the top of the out with a round of of the headlines see that. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to confront

a shouldn't let it be an arms race based on off and spearing dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. wisdom is the application of the bold moloch you know group or your ways in novel called but if you learn a particular scenario being a class could be brilliant and you encounter that exact same scenario knowing what to do is just memory that's not wisdom that's not learning it's just memorizing some wisdom comes when you are facing a brain new context and you can draw upon tools to learn in other contexts systematically to know what to do. with.

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a comedy show where americans in america covering american news are called foreign agents the i want caucuses are just over 2 weeks away february 3rd that's the day that in a grand shoal of democracy a small number of iowans get together to decide who will rule over all of us for the next 4 years. and the mainstream media has gone missing that bernie sanders could win the nomination. but they're acting surprised about it as if it's shocking that the guy with the most individual donors the largest number of volunteers the largest attendance at his event and who regularly polls 1st or 2nd place could pull it out one of the archives i think the reason the corporate media and the d.n.c. or shot. it's because behind closed doors they're going. i thought we rigged this thing i thought was rigged i did jury rig did i i told you rick did you forget.

what the empire does not give up that easy there are still myriad ways that this process is rigged in favor of a centrist like joe biden or people to judge and for those kids still in the beginning of course if someone says they're a centrist that means they're republican. and if they say they're republican that means that a 8 paint chips as a child. anyway let's focus for a moment in california california is one of the biggest prizes with 495 delegates up for grabs and it's even more important decision because their primaries are now on super tuesday march 3rd one of the biggest days in the entire election right now bernie sanders a.k.a. old man rational has jumped to the top of the california polls. so if you were the ruling elite of california and you wanted to rig your primary

against people like burning sanders what would you do well i guess one thing would be to make it really hard for people to vote if they aren't full on mainstream joe biden love and democrats you see candidates like bernie sanders attract a lot of voters who are outside the 2 corrupt wall street parties aka independents in fact 41 percent of america consider themselves independents now they are the only 28 percent democrats and 28 percent republicans so if your an independent in california when you register to vote you might have checked a box that said american independent party there's only one problem the american independent party is basically a neo nazi group it's the name of a party that opposes gay marriage hates him a. rants and apparently hates women because the last line of their manifesto actually states in consequence whereof we call upon all men who value

their god given liberty to join us in pursuit of these political convictions did they say in consequence whereof. you can just follow racist sexist with in consequence work. and think that makes it ok. the other day someone said to me in consequence whereof i consider you a bucket of. the nose like thank you my good man. henceforth and forsooth your mother. the los angeles times investigation has found that a majority of the american independent party members have registered with the party in error nearly 3 out of 4 people did not realize they had joined the party. so californians.