summarising to use force. in the stories is shaped the way karen r.t. moscow finally holds its delayed world war 2 victory parade marking the 75th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany we had correspondents in the very heart of the action when it comes to weaponry this machine is. for instance that carries guided antitank most you can see them over there. and he raises the resolution by the u.n. human rights council sparks anger from washington for hypocrisy and from n.g.o.s for effectively failing to mention any u.s. role in the problem and russia begins voting on constitutional reforms of the regions making people cast their ballots online only due to the coronavirus concerns meanwhile the coronavirus that many small businesses to the brink of

bankruptcy with increasing numbers not reopening their doors even though they are now allowed to. this was our only job for 3 months we've been continuing with the money we can't project and i cannot continue because we did risk. their lives. for that good morning the latest developments in a look back at what's been happening over the last 7 days to you watching a weekly here on r.t. international now after being delayed by the global pandemic moscow finally held its huge military parade on wednesday marking the 75th anniversary of the soviet victory over nazi germany red square to the sound of thousands of marching feet from those tasked with protecting the motherland and hawks on their heels quite literally was a procession of minute. vehicles and equipment before the whole thing was topped

off with a spectacular fly past. where our correspondent dan off was lucky enough to get an unusual lift to the main event

that morning. we are in the russian capital about 20 or so kilometers away from the red square it's about 5 o'clock in the morning and this is where it all begins this is where all the military hardware will all military machines are parked station before they rule towards the very heart of moscow and this beast is the one that we are actually going to be riding in. this tank support unit actually has a catchy name and that's terminator 3 and these machines including this one were tested the hard way in 2017 that was sent to syria to take part in the war and that was how they and their permanent place in the russian armed forces.

well when it comes to weaponry this machine is very versatile for instance it carries full guided antitank missiles you can see them over there for instance painted red apart from that it has 33 millimeter machine guns and you can see them from over. here and over they has. all of this makes the terminator world live up to its name and its reputation because. sorts of things from infancy to tanks armored vehicles and even helicopters and other local talk it .

well one of the downsides of this particular machine is that it is very very expensive even by the military standards for instance somebody would suggest that to produce a tank might be actually cheaper to produce this tank support unit but well right now it is in the best shape it can be because that's what it takes to roll through the red square on a parade. you go there arriving in style well this year we launched the victory mail project offering you the chance to deliver your messages of thanks to world war 2 veterans letters arrive from all over the world to say thanks to those who contributed to the victory of the nazi germany and once they arrived at our offices we then sent them on to the war heroes for a mind them that their acts of bravery had not been forgotten and this i see nothing more touching and seeing some of these letters being i. would have. or i think they're all there clean made out working with sherry.

to be put in the seed. place you were. right. you would still over them you know i saw through. the summer when you're putting. words in there that way you got good yes sue me in the world. with that near good me read me last week he'd do it again but a very. big way it will that he'd meet one. was.

real runner for lines were read with her reading. the book that were many have but you will be here for. by this time does march on from these well changing events it seems that history is not always being remembered the same way in may for example the white has paid tribute to the u.s. and u.k. for delivering victory in the 2nd world war completely ignoring the soviet effort and is not the only example of airbrushing the past either don hawkins reports from fixie park in moscow. on this then 145 american great britain had victory over the nazis the us president came under fire for ignoring the part played by

other allied nations in defeating fascism not least the soviet union which suffered over 25000000 casualties but recent events go beyond just one tweet. on the 23rd of august $939.00 the soviet union and nazi germany signed a treaty of nonaggression known as the molotov ribbentrop pact and its secret protocols dividing europe and the territories of independent states between the 2 totalitarian regimes and grouping them into spheres of interest which paved the way for the outbreak of the 2nd world war history is a set of lies agreed upon according to napoleon but when former liberators are officially relabeled this occupants victims as aggressors just with a few strokes of a pen then both truth and agreement become allusive rewriting history revisionism altering the past to fit with present political paradigms multiple states at the center of those tragic events have been mired in controversy but when

it comes to russia controversy turned to something and forgivable all but equating the soviet union's role in world war 2 with that of nazi germany do you president putin hitler and stalin colluded to start world war 2 that is a fact part of was a victim of this horrible conflict from the munich pact and partition of czechoslovakia to western business interests in nazi germany many countries at the center of the wars outbreak have skeletons in the closet the key aim is to learn lessons what can be done today to maintain violet of peace the russian president has his own thoughts the historical revisionism where witnessing in the west particularly with regard to the subject of the 2nd world war and its outcome is dangerous because it grossly cynically distorts the understanding of the principles of peaceful development laid down in 1945 by the conferences in yalta and san

francisco. the main historic achievement a few and other decisions of the time was the agreement to establish a mechanism that would allow the major powers to stay within a diplomatic framework when resolving their differences the response to russia's position such as passing its own historical laws is telling rather than a debate accusations of deliberate false if occasion and deceit to divide and conquer in pursuit of nefarious motives historians and politicians may argue for years about blame and responsibility but as the memory of conflict fades so does the fear of such tragedy repeating itself they say history is the sum of all things that could have been avoided a vast early warning system and the response to the president's peace may have missed the main point. the way we understand history shapes the way we understand the present and shapes how we're going to act in the future if we have a distorted

a corrupt titian of history then we're not going to be able to 1st of all know that a different future is possible but we see history being deployed for nationalistic propaganda stick for mythological for militaristic purposes all over the world and i mean russia is certainly guilty of that too to some extent i'm not saying that russia is outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to have a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the united states russia britain the french resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvention a world in which we can begin to work together again. u.s. secretary of state as a key to the u.n. human rights council of hypocrisy after released a resolution drawn up in the wake of the killing of georgia. floyd last month. also

pointed his finger at cuba china and iran where he thinks that racial disparities are truly systemic however the un document itself is also being criticised by activists in being too mild with more is more against you. when the entire world gets these agri this few reus something must be done rights groups and civil society have mobilized armies of activists to lawyers to make sure that it does it's now or never hears that chance to get rid of xenophobia and make this world a better place. the undersigned family members of victims of police killings and civil society organizations from around the world call in member states of the un human rights council to urgently convene a special session on the situation of human rights in the united states in order to respond to the unfolding growth human rights crisis born out of the repression of

nationwide protests the a.c.l.u. when $600.00 organizations have written to the un human rights council to take action to do something new that the united states gets mentioned specifically for obvious reasons you watch my brother down there could have been me i hear. you i met your man in a sense are your brother the 1st escape on air america and you have the power to help work get this from. the u.n. human rights council hears that it gets to work and draft statements it says what the people wanted to say strongly condemns racism against african-americans and the structural racism built into the american government it says it will investigate abuses against african-americans in the united states this is fiery stuff powerful and righteous we believe the situation in the united states warrants country

specific intervention and then a thematic global investigation is also an idea what happened was a too harsh maybe an unacceptably strong stance against racism they call racism bad names because those righteous words didn't make it into the final report they were moved here is the watered down blub blub version that they agreed on the draft resolution now before the council requests the high commissioner for human rights with the assistance of resident relevant special mandate holders to prepare a report on systematic racism violations of international human rights law against africans and and. people of african descent by law enforcement agencies especially as those incidents that resulted in the death of george floyd and of africans and of people of african descent here some of the parts that washington convinced them to remove no longer does america have a problem with a race is just the system now it's a common problem see no longer will the u.s.

government be shamed and called out for the murder of george fraud now it's a global murder we all black and white and asian and arab we're all potentially responsible for american police murdering a black man the a.c.l.u. said it best what a circus it is absurd that the final resolution passed by the united nations strips mention of the united states where police kill people particularly black people and alarmingly higher rates compared to other developed countries the united nations needs to do its job not get bullied out of doing it and hold the united states accountable the country must face independent global scrutiny for its oppression of black people witness the power of american diplomacy the ability to bully the african group predominantly made up of blacks into watering down

a statement against racism the united states which itself pulled out of the human rights council asked its friends apparently to do a little arm twisting it looks like a back room arm twisting is going down the us which quit the human rights council has successfully enlisted the un missions of the u.k. france and australia to work together and undermine this important text the efforts of the us to board consular tension only highlights why such security is needed and how far there is still to go to dismantle the pernicious structures of institutionalized racism just one thing if george floyd's murder had happened in. syria or in iraq it would have been a war cry that police officer knelt on a defenseless hammock of the man's neck as he slowly suffocated begging for his mother and all those american diplomats they would have been in the front ranks pretending to care screaming and frothing for justice only to deny that very

same justice to anyone else. so many italian businesses are facing the heartbreaking decision of whether to cut their losses and close their doors for good the 3 month coronavirus lockdown has cast a devastating blow to small and medium enterprises in the country and in particular the hospitality sector italy has been one of the hardest hit by cope with 19 in this year's financial losses could amount to 170000000000 euros many thousands of companies are risk and considering closure it is estimated this claw leaves about a 1000000 people out of work. but on the zone 2 days of closure guilders goes us more than one kind of them $50000.00 euro damage and to do due to go with 19 we will find those only 2 of the 3 stores who are. the current situation

is this restaurant began in 1910 things to my father i have been managing it for 58 years and i can tell you that i have never really seen such a desperate moment. it is unthinkable that human beings can experience all this i believe that it is basically a punishment from heaven perhaps we have always thought of being masters of the earth but instead we are nothing but grains of sand we look down the current of our assam the consequent lockdown has created many problems for us we've lost 3 months of revenue and if we remain closed around the summer we would lose even more money unfortunately the choice is inevitable i spoke to my brother and after 59 years we've decided to close the family restaurant in response the italian government did offer lifelines to businesses although there are complaints that these measures have has little effect while many do say to they've received no financial help whatsoever companies continue to suffer losses as they are still expected to uphold

their social obligations to employees and pay taxes all while being forced to remain closed. well it certainly something more could be done the state made us close and did not understand that we needed immediate help of the companies that have requested money from the state have received absolutely nothing. many reservations have been canceled i'm thinking of closing everything because i have many employees in if i don't i risk getting into a lot of debt if things go wrong for 2 months you risk failing so it's a very bad situation as as an audio out there as an ideological move the bills came in anyway they didn't stop them by employees who apply for subsidies but i don't know if they've received them yet we have not received anything for 3 months this was our only job for 3 months we've been continuing with the money we had but i cannot continue because we would risk going into more debt still to come on the way

u.s. companies to make a big show of public support for the black lives matter campaign they are keeping quiet about their continued use of cheap labor in 3rd world countries will have a look at details just off the press. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. spear in dramatic development the only move i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by.

here's thing. we did here to ask. again you're watching the weekly now a vote on reform in the russian constitution kicked off on thursday and polls are open nationwide until the 1st of july the votes had been originally planned for april the 22nd but was delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic well to

alleviate concerns about crowds polling stations are open for a whole week instead of a single day there are around $200.00 amendments proposed to the constitution and the changes would allow that in a putin to run for president potentially for another 2 terms in public he supported the amendments in a speech at the state duma back in early march. it was january when president putin stunned russia by proposing changes to the country's foundational law the constitution within hours the entire government had resigned the current constitution dates back to $993.00 to western backed president boris yeltsin built from the debut of the communist soviet era since constitution created what would be criticized as a hyper presidential system the president called all the shots and it was forged in bloodshed as a hostile communist control parliament trying to impeach him he was ordered to the military to keep in power. 187 people were killed but all to.

one of the most important proposals today is to end that. type of presidential system while keeping the fundamentals of the constitution intact so what powers does the president currently have only he alone can nominate the prime minister and other cabinet members parliament just gives a formal green light to the candidate. the proposal would flip that giving parliament the final say on who serves in government and the president would not be able to reject the m.p.'s choices. powers would be redistributed between the various branches of government intended to lock in more checks and balances into russia's government system another big change would limit the president's tenure to only 2 terms in total as opposed to no more than 2 terms in a row as it is now. that means future leaders won't be able to serve for as long as putin has. but it's not a member which is going to western media excited perceive trick to stay in power forever the existing rules say putin must stand aside in 4 years time after his 2nd

consecutive term albeit his 4th mandate in total m.p.'s are pushing a proposal to 0 out his term count a reset button for an updated constitution i propose to add to that you can situation the current president like any other citizen would have the right to be elected to the post of head of the state that would mean putin could run again in 2024 and in 2030 if he wants to rewind back to january why putin said he wanted to change the constitution he says it's to develop a welfare state if the reason for these amendments is to ensure the further development of russia as a state governed by the rule of law to increase the efficiency of institutions in our country with that in mind the room or than $140.00 amendments one guarantees that the minimum wage will not be lower than the cost of living another secures an annual adjustment to improve the real value of pensions and allowances that would also be tougher requirements for civil servants such as banning key officials from

having foreign citizenship all foreign bank accounts would also be a ban on give. no way any russian territory and the priority to domestic law over international law some controversial proposals to marriage would be classified solely as a union between a man and a woman and god gets mentioned over the constitution will still say russia is officially a secular state it's an all or nothing vote russians won't be able to pick and choose which of the amendments they want to see it's simply a yes or a no to the whole package and the changes will only be enacted if the russian people give it an unequivocal mandate. if people do not vote for the amendments they will not be added to the constitution but online voting is also being held for the 1st time in russia regions are holding their electronically it's another measure to help quell theory is the online platform being used promises data encryption and privacy guarantees registration for online voting closed last week

now are some of the proposed reforms are proving to be controversial analysts have also argued that overall change is needed the russian society. russia is now in a situation is in difficult situation since the whole world situation is bad the economy good situation political situation and so on so in this circumstance it's useful for to really dig to my institutions before. the crisis is that will happen the world economy crisis that will happen to give some. to distil side to the russian society russians will say to you now is a very blue row you stick society it's not a monolithic society so it will serve him extend the idea to have so many amendments. is there now is. to create something like a national compromise. now with the growing voice of the black lives

matter campaign in the us major corporations have been keen to show they are doing their bit but in the spotlight firmly fixed on inequality at home some firms will be hoping to it doesn't swing further afield jacki explains why. a problem that's been ignored and shunted aside for far too long is finally being addressed in the us major corporations are shelling out massive donations revamping their racially insensitive brands and also tripping over themselves to apologize but it's comforting to think that maybe this is just the beginning even the idea of reparations for slavery is finally gaining traction now. so go and that's what i propose doing this or and our oath. to. be reparations the california assembly passed a proposal to establish a task force to study and prepare recommendations on giving reparations to

african-americans i know it has to be done now and you know it too let's not wait let's not do the study and decide whether we should be direct cash payments but it would need time you know what has to be done but perhaps we should be forced to ask the question how much of this is a saving politics and brand activism and how much of this is a real attempt to change a broken system and maybe even more importantly who's being left out at this point will this brand reparations being paid to caribbean countries as well for example it is not enough to say sorry we are not asking for anything is mendicant is handing out checks to people on street corners the issue of money is secondary but in this instance the moral discharge of one's jussi does require in a market economy that you contribute towards development and what about the exploitation taking place in africa right now don't worry apples on it things must change and apple's committed to being a force for that change today i'm proud to announce apple's racial equity and

justice initiative with a $100000000.00 commitment things for the equivalent of your spare change tedham but let's not forget that your company is one of a number accused of benefiting from child labor in the democratic republic of congo . defendants. apple alpha that dell microsoft and tazz law are knowingly benefiting from and aiding and abetting the cruel and brutal use of young children in the democratic republic of congo to mine cobalt a key component of every rechargeable lithium ion battery used in the elad tronic devices these companies manufacture.

microsoft google and several other firms were also named in the lawsuit and those still are pledging donations to fight racial inequality but perhaps the line share of that money is going to be spent at home and not on the sprawling the global and sometimes shadowy supply chains fashion is finding its conscience as well the clothing retailer is splashing the cash levi's the same today h. and m. group will donate half a $1000000.00 to the national association for the advancement of colored people color of change and the american civil liberties union we support these are going is ations in their efforts for justice economic rights and democratic empowerment let's change together we're giving a 100 $1000.00 grant to the american civil liberties union for its critical work in criminal justice reform and racial justice we must listen to the voices of their heard and join them so it becomes a lasting chorus that leads to progress and yet just a year ago.