simon sure and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sport i'm sure i'll see you there. in the main stories of the week here in 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 at the very heart of the action when it comes to weaponry this machine is really close it for instance it carries for guided antitank missiles you can see them over there. and i see racism resolution by the un human rights council sparks anger from washington to a pulp crissy and from n.g.o.s to you for effectively failing to mention any u.s. role in the problem and russia begins voting on call to show reforms with. their ballots online only due to coronavirus concern.

hello there the latest developments in a look back at the last 7 days to you watching weekend here on r.t. international back 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 echo to the sound of thousands of marching feet from those with protecting the motherland and hold on their heels quite literally was a procession of military vehicles and equipment before the whole thing was topped off with a spectacular flight. well

our correspondent he calls you don i did have the chance to travel to the red square and some of the troops taking part. 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 well all military machines are parked station before they roll 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 tough for instance to carry. the tank missile 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 there like both here and over they have steel which a massacre in a village is all of this makes the terminator world live up to its name and its reputation because you can hear the sorts of things from infancy to tanks armored vehicles and even helicopters and other low flying talk it's. 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 think 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. now this year we did launch to the victory mail project offering you the chance to deliver your messages of thanks to world war 2 veterans letters arrived from all over the world to say thanks to those who contributed to the victory or even us hegemony once they arrived here at our offices we then sent them on to the war heroes to remind them that their acts of bravery had not been forgotten and there's nothing more touching to me than seeing some of these letters you know. who put this season.

that. you. should. know it's. nice to know when you're putting. words in there that way you get good yes. but there are a good neighbor every where should he do to put a very. big way it will be a warning to all who are. moved. by the way things really are going for. the boys that

were many have but you must be. a worthwhile project than i was at times as much on from these world changing events it does seem that history is not always being remembered the same way because in may the white house pay tribute to the u.s. and the u.k. for delivering victory in the 2nd world war completely ignoring the soviet effort and it's not the only example either of airbrushing the past but hawkins reports now from victory park in moscow on this day 945 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 1939 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 the podium but when for 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 dear president putin has her 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 to 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 rules is telling rather than

a debate accusations of deliberate fools for cation 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 to 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 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. now the u.s. islam the un 3rd turing up a resolution critical of racism in america following the death of george floyd. however activists creep's to claim too that the document didn't actually go far enough but it counts as more. when the entire world gets these agri this review reus something must be done rights groups and civil society have mobilized

armies of activists and lawyers to make sure that it does it's now or never he is 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. for. 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 urgent 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 on. people of african descent by law enforcement agencies especially as those incidents that resulted in the death of george floyd and other 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 a 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 crowd that police officer knelt on a defenseless handcuffed 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. since come this hour we thought thing is currently underway in russia on amendments to the country's constitution will have a look at what is involved to stop.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development the only really 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 shaped by. military thinks. we dare to ask.

fellow again our vote on reforming the russian constitution kicked off form. open nationwide until the 1st of july the votes had been originally planned april 22nd but was delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic and to alleviate concerns about crowd polling stations are open now for a whole week instead of a single day there are about $200.00 proposed amendments to the constitution one of the proposed changes people are potentially vladimir putin to run for president for another 2 terms critics have argued about the all or nothing approach to the vote where people have to say yes or no to the whole package and can't just pick and

choose which amendments they want prudence. porter the change is in a speech in the state dinner 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 yeltsin's 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 tried to impeach yeltsin he resorted to the military to keep in power. 187 people were killed that autumn. one of the most important proposals today is to end that hyper 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 candidates 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 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 has got western media excited putin's perceived 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 the new constitution

that 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 and why putin said he wanted to change the constitution he says it's to develop a welfare state. the reason for these amendments is to ensure the further development of russia as a state governed by the rule of law is to increase the efficiency of institutions in our country with that in mind the room more 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 giving away any russian territory and a priority to domestic law over international there are some controversial

proposals to marriage would be classified solely as a union between a man and a woman and god gets mentioned all 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 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 online voting is being held for the 1st time in russia 2 regions are holding their votes electronically and it's another measure to help quell. faith is the online platform being used as promised to encrypt data and offers privacy guarantees and registration form line voting to close last week well now some of the proposed reforms are proving controversial analysts have argued that overall change is needed for russian society but i think it's very important to note that the present constitution came

out of violence came out of the time of deep uncertainty a time of very small just events after the collapse of the soviet system here we are 2027 years later and this document is a centralized power dramatically feels it needs to be changed opinion polls suggest a majority russians feel it should be changed as well while the western media is focusing on the putin term limits thing which by the way does mean he has to go initially one day anyway putin says he will respect me technically by the way he didn't have to have this national vote at all i mean it was passed by every russian region all 85 federal something passed in the state parliament the duma passed a national parliament he didn't have to have this vote he's chosen to do it because he obviously wants a public democratic legitimacy in fairness i think if there had been that many ballot papers were going to hell of lot more confusion than a single ballot paper saying yes or no. with the growing voice of the black lives

matter campaign in the u.s. major corporations have been keen to show that they are doing bad bits but the spotlight firmly fixed on inequality at home some firms will be hoping it doesn't swing to further afield jackie big explains. 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 it's comforting to think that maybe this is just the beginning even the idea of reparations for slavery is finally gaining traction now as. we go and that's what. 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 what to 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 that lawsuit and those

2 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 h. and m. is splashing the cash levi's the say today h. and m. group will donate half a 1000000 dollars 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 are giving a $100000.00 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 then heard and join them so it becomes a lasting chorus that leads to progress and yet just a year ago people making clothing for them and other top labels were struggling in ethiopia to live on just $26.00

a month and yes we get it you can't just say it's all the companies fault would be great if they were that easy but competitive pricing and cheap foreign labor that's the way of the world and it's likely that those textile workers and ethiopia might be even worse off the. they didn't have those jobs paying them next to nothing just like there's no saying that those people yes even children risking their lives when the cobalt mines to be shut down what we're seeing is the structural consequences of colonialism and slavery throwing money at the problem is not going to cut it anymore taking out a few statues of races isn't going to do it either what's not needed is a cosmetic cleaned up real change has to go much much deeper. check if you can report in there so that's the weekly so far today here in r.t. we're back again there with more stories and the headlines in just over half an.

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