in a tit for tat move, russia draws up sanctions against a france and germany over the alleged nerve agent poisoning. alexina, russia's foreign minister suggests the kremlin critic may have been given a toxin outside of the country. we have every reason to believe that what happened to him in terms of chemical warfare agents getting into his body could have happened in germany where on the plane and when she was flown to the charity hospital. democrat media outlets tried to play down any doubt about the presidential election, branding reports about probes into voter fraud, misinformation and youth group restricts access to an art

documentary on u.s. armed groups, flagging it as potentially offensive. we heard from the film's producer we have 2 fold notification system in place for this particular documentary, and that is where this is something i've heard of. i think anger in our media has demanded the prime minister, quits over a peace deal with azerbaijan, that they see as a betrayal by broadcasting live director of studios in moscow. this is r.t. international. i'm sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. the prominent kremlin critic could have been targeted with a nerve agent after leaving russia. that's the claim of russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov. speaking at an international conference, the diplomat emphasized that in a volley had tested negative for any toxins. while in the country,

national reports, it seems russia has had enough. after months of what more, sco saw as groundless accusations. foreign minister sergei lavrov says vali could have been poisoned after he left hospital in russia last year. but we have every reason to believe that what happened to him in terms of chemical warfare agents getting into his body could have happened in germany or on the plane. and when she was flown to the charity hospitals. exactly how else can the sudden appearance of toxic materials in the bali samples be explained? he stressed the results were clear when he was in arms. that's according to russian doctors. we need surely treated him and several russian laboratories. it's only after volley was taken to berlin that we heard about traces of navi chalk from germany 1st, then france and sweden, despite there being no solid evidence proven it. russia was very quickly accused of using a band nerve agent and punished with these sanctions. if she picked

them up, there was very clearly an assault and an assassination attempt that was made on russian soil against a russian opponent, with a chemical agent on the business related in russia. and therefore, it is on russia to give indispensable clarification that we will have to draw from the information that russia provides, the consequences all its refusal to provide clarification. i call on russia to do more to investigate this case. case such as this must have consequences. the therefore reserves the right to impose sanctions on russia's accusing. now its western partners have been unreliable and is now ready to respond with mirror sanctions. it is difficult for me to understand the motives of our german partners. i already told this to her must, and i can repeat, this is not a secret that we see how germany took the role of a leader in the new escalation of relations with the russian federation. there will

of course be a risk once the sanctions and since germany was the driving force behind these e.u. sanctions over than of on the case. and since these sanctions directly affects high ranking staffers of the russian president's administration, we will respond in kind of all russian requests for proof or any lead date or were politely denied. so i would like to reiterate that we do not expect the bearer of bad news, namely us to be criticized. it would be better to deal with the news itself. we, have informed the c.w., an organization that the russian side can approach to ask further questions., ironically, one, addressing the o.p.c. w., russia was told to go back and ask germany, which made moscow doubt their organizations motives. i will be blunt, the o.p.c. w.'s technical secretary, it is increasingly turning into a tool in the west. ham's, which is being used to exert informational and political pressure on countries that

fail to toe the line. this conclusion is backed up by the watch dogs involvement in anti russian campaigns earlier with the screen case and now with the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy. and now russia. 8 says it may consider leaving the o.p.c. w. . so the ball is in europe's court. now, some background to the story likely not only is a prominent activist and a critic of the russian government, he fell so very early on an internal flight in russia. back in august, the aircraft made an emergency landing in the city of mr. vali, was taken to a local hospital and placed into an induced coma. his samples were sent to several russian labs, and none of them found traces of any toxins in the valley was then airlifted to germany, where he was treated at a specialist clinic in berlin. in early september, german authorities concluded in a volley had been poisoned with nerve agent. we discussed the case with a german army the who play and the whole plot on the volley

is shaming. germany is doing a lot of accusations against russia, but is not delivering evidence. and so i'm very critical to what the handling of that case by did to him and political class by the government. and i'm, i'm fully with the russian authorities who demand stronger evidence. but for me, my, my greatest concern, or my most serious concern is to german russian relationship. especially concerning does got gas project and all 3 into we are in the, in a spiral of sanctions. and i didn't thi, where this might lead to on the one hand we have to end her russian sanctions, which are seen widely as ridiculous and unfair even in the german public, not in the political class. but among the majority of the people, there is no support for do sanctions. and now russian is doubling. doing take

fortec. i understand that russia is sick of this accusation. switch almost ridiculous. but if that would lead to new countermeasures against russia, it would be to your void we want. so it's a dangerous game. democrats are accusing republicans of wasting the country's time and hampering the fight against cove it by refusing to concede defeat in the us presidential election sen, norty leader, chuck schumer urged team trump to abandon its claims of voter fraud, branding them nothing more than conspiracy theories. instead of working to pull the country back together so that we can fight our common enemy covert 19 republicans in congress are spreading. conspiracy theories. the republicans should stop their shenanigans about an election that president trump has already lost.

most of the media is toeing the same line while branding, any reports of alleged voter fraud as misinformation. we spoke more on this, we spoke with caleb maupin. questioning the u.s. election results is tantamount to sacrilege. the media is outraged that anyone would talk about ballot fraud, especially this new york times columnist. facebook is absolutely teeming with right wing misinformation right now. these are all among the 10 most engaged on the platform of the post 24 right wing information. so what is this misinformation that he feels is so dangerous and unacceptable

and that well, perhaps the reason that this information is deemed to be so dangerous is because those headlines are actually true. and what about this guy? 2nd, pennsylvania u.s.p.s. whistleblower claims postmaster ordered late ballots picked up and separated. while the washington post came forward and said, this is all a big hoax that the postal worker has recanted his story. well, that's a great journalistic exposé, except the postal worker says he has not recanted there to say that i did not prepare my statements. head of the republican national committee says they have 234 pages containing the 500 signed affidavits alleging 11000 incidents of potential voter fraud. now you have a media that's rigging it again by saying we're not going to listen to these stories. we're not even to validate. the 11000 incident reports that we have,

the 500 affidavits we have across the state. 11000 witnesses is not a small number. now in georgia, senate runoff elections are coming up and another new york times columnist has this idea. i bet everybody moves to georgia, you know, in the next month or 2 registers to vote and vote for these 2 democratic senators. well, in georgia, that is actually a felony. it is illegal to move to georgia simply for the purpose of registering to vote. only people in georgia with the stablished residency are able to vote. republicans have a lot of questions about the election results that showed joe biden. as the clear winner. now at this point we've got mainstream media saying those questions are simply off limits. however, that seems to be making the trump base even more of a bold r.t. new york. a change of the u.s. president could mean a change of fate for julian assange. the wiki leaks founder is currently in a u.k.

prison waiting for a court to decide whether to extradite him stateside. now songe has been charged on 18 counts under the u.s. espionage act. he is accused of unlawfully obtaining and publishing state secrets if extradited and convicted. he faces up to 175 years in prison, although pursued by the trump administration. over the last years, democrats including biden, have not exactly been on assumptions side. mitch mcconnell, so it's a high tech terrorist, others say this is akin to the pentagon papers where you can, i would argue that it is closer to being the high tech terrorist. and then the pentagon papers disguise a traitor, a treasonous, and he has broken every law the united states, the guy ought to be. and i'm not for the death penalty. so if i'm not for the death and want to do it illegally shoot the son of a cancer or when it's done as they are now. in fact, the obama administration actually prosecuted more whistleblowers than any other.

the list includes chelsea manning who leaked documents to julian assange and edward snowden, who lifted the lid on the and essays massive surveillance program. however, the obama administration decided not to charge a songe himself. earlier, my colleague neil harvey spoke to a songes, former legal representative julian burnside. he still believes the future looks brighter for the wiki leaks founder under a biden presidency. i know that he's revelations about hillary clinton affected the democrats rather than the republicans, but in my opinion, joe biden is a much more rational being and donald trump ever was. how would you assess joe biden's approach towards whistleblowers? i know that when he was vice president in a presidential year or a bomber had made a big thing about, you know, trying to create opportunities for whistleblowers to encourage them. but actually,

the reality was quite different. and i, they prosecuted more whistleblowers, i think, than any other ministration prior to them. i still think that biden will adopt a rational approach. mind you, he will not be president of the 4th of january. so i suspect, or on 4th of january. if biden is ultimately accepted as the president, i think that's going to be a better outcome for than it would otherwise be on the trump. part of the reason why songes in the predicament he is, is because of the leaking of information private information relating to the democratic party. by an obviously, democrats think will be forgiven and forgotten to well to the next stent. or will there still bay some kind of goods from the party itself? it's worth remembering that chelsea manning received a pardon or commutation from a bomber. and i think the same thinking that lead to that result

is likely to influence biden, if he becomes president. and if assad ends up in america, there's talk of the likelihood he be sent to this supermax prison, which a warden previous warden of not prison said in the face were worse than death being sent. it's a pretty horrible prospect. and the what a chelsea manning was treated in relation to the same matters or related matters gives no confidence about the west sounds will be treated. it's a reason why the australian government should come in and help him, but they've done nothing. absolutely nothing to help him. i think we should be concerned about about if he's mistreated, i don't see any leader of the mainstream press. who is sought to be punished as a result of the publication of the things that the assad government

still to come this hour. the armenian prime minister is under pressure, intense pressure. in fact, over a peace deal with john that many of his people see as a betrayal. that's very much more out there for a break. this is our 2 international join

me every 1st week on the alex salmond show. and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics. i'm sure. i'll see that back here watching our 2 documentaries. well, they come with risks, at least according to you tube warnings, one of our latest reports on the arm. the activists gaining influence in the u.s.

from both the extreme left and right has been flagged as potentially offensive. here's a preview. the biggest political events of the last 4 years is happening amid the coronavirus precedence that the level of civil unrest sparked by the death, george floyd. and the lies of the radical groups on both sides of the political spectrum. here was all, you know, what's about if you want a war, let it begin with us. we're going to meet these groups and their leaders to find out how far they're ready to go, to fight for what they believe the state for this country. are there are different versions of you tube warnings for that documentary? depending on language settings, russian speakers are told, the material could frighten or shock for english speaking viewers. it is branded offensive or inappropriate. and to watch it, you have to sign in to prove your legal age. earlier,

my colleague jacqueline talked to the program's producer of course it's not exactly the kids' content. it is about american radical groups. and people who are have really involved in the protest movements that is on the rise, especially in this days and months before the election. but i think in that, in this documentary, there is nothing that is overkill or over the top. and for me, it is really weird and strange why it was flagged and especially the way it was flagged. so we have to fold notification system in place for this particular documentary. and that is word. this is something unheard of. i think when, as we were mentioning there, you actually have to log in. so for me personally, you know, i tried to just open up you tube, google it, and open it up and look at it. and it said you have to sign in. i don't have a youtube account, which means that certain people are not going to be able to access this movie.

whereas i looked at what i just searched in youtube for one of the groups that you said was in the film, the boogaloo boys. there's plenty of documentaries of news stories about this group where they're talking about their doctrine where they're standing there with guns. 5 and you think it would be about the same thing? is that the sort of content that's in the movie, it's these men talking about their beliefs? pretty much so. so yeah, we spoke to the members of boogaloo movement. these are heavily armed guys who are not afraid to come out to protest, although none of them are criminals of flaws in, in that any possible way. so it's not that we were talking with, you know, bad people or criminals know they are just regular citizens, but they are having involved in protests, but it's not against the law. right. in the u.s. . would you say that anything they spoke about would have been considered radical? i wouldn't say so. some of the things that they were are quite disturbing if you

think about it, because they were talking about the looming civil conflict in the us about the deep division and polarization that is taking place in the country about the probable outcome, the revolution, whatever that means but it's not that they were, you know, getting into any kind of specifics and we have, we have a special waiver before the film saying, just watch out guys 3, disturbing content. so we told radio now instead to your audience or we've contacted you tube to explain why it flagged the program. any response, as it comes in independent journalist luke rivera gave us his view on the way videos are being censored on the major crime platforms. this is crazy. this come last too far before as you say, i mean if you put a blur or a nudity, almost facebook or a traitor at the office, it was stopped immediately. find no problem, not

a venture into political world. there are other things that you can say and those, that you can't, especially if it comes from our t.v., it comes from russia. everybody knows every american as an assault rifle and a submachine gun and a cut too many weapons in america. and when you have thought of the left or on the right, you know, in the streets, ready to fight each other. it's really dangerous for the moxy. and this must be shown so that the people who rely on medicare is going to jump the gun. so it was certainly very young who are doing the job of selecting what is good or bad. i don't know really about all this relatively new to politics, to the old time politics or maybe they don't really know what they do. it is just the beginning of censorship own being put in place in america,

especially for russian news. outraged, armenians have branded their country's new peace deal with azerbaijan, a betrayal for the past 2 days. the capital you have that has been gripped by an rest with protesters, calling for the prime minister to resign. the crowds amassed outside the parliament throughout the day on thursday. they were met with heavy police presence. multiple arrests were made. we spoke to locally based reporter joe, your system sort of back in freedom square today and you have on the city center of the opera house scene of yesterday's protest where there was a clash between right police and protesters around 2000 protesters were here yesterday: 3000, similar probably a bit smaller crowd today,, but there's also reports of protests across the city outside the s.s., the national, sorry, security office is not flawed parliament itself. just some commotion behind me is

riot police arrest dispersing protesters. i believe there was a couple of rest just as a protest finished and it seems to be carrying on behind me. the protest is that is largely organized by opposition parties, although only 2 of them are in power. the 17, it's who is called on the protests and called for the prime minister, nicole passion and to resign since his speech on tuesday was made on monday with the by john, which has been seen as trichuris by these protesters who have labor to make it up as oppression on its own with police trying to approach her and trying to restore things behind me. that is not with us tonight. that's for sure. and it's a good about tomorrow night's, but it looks like it's still kicking off tonight. meanwhile, russian military helicopters have landed in nagano, kind of bach. as part of a peacekeeping contingent,

moscow has sent almost 2000 troops to the area to monitor the cease fire, and they are now guarding the key routes linking to armenia. so, so far, 6 temporary observation posts have been set up under the new card treaty will hold on to its military gains, plus armenia is obliged to hand over 3 districts. by the end of the month, russian peacekeepers will patrol the line of contact between opposing forces while a prisoner exchange will also be implemented. for more on this, we can cross live to jerrold horn, who author and historian, someone who clearly has their finger on the pulse of these situations. jerrold, clearly, people in armenia are furious about this deal, branding their prime minister, a traitor. can the truce hold without public support? i think that there are many in massa's may overstate the strength of their country . recall that about 3 decades ago when this conflict in the corner pocket,

you rocked in the 1st instance, or minea acquitted itself quite well. and i think that expected a replay in 2020 after all, or many a has a very important and prosperous diaspora community in the state of california. there is a substantial armenian population. if former governor of california george deukmejian is or armenian descent, one of the richest families, the united states, the korean family which has immense interests in hollywood and las vegas is aware many in dissent. and so i think that they may of overstated their split, particularly when you consider that another or many in family speaking of the cardassian ins were reality. t.v. stars, not unlike the current occupant of the white house. mr. trump, they're very close to mr. trump, and i think that they might have expected that with this conflict with azerbaijan,

that this would be a replay of what happened 30 years ago. but what they did not count on was the intervention of turkey. the so-called, big brother of serbia, john both are predominantly muslim countries. the turks have been flexing their muscles all over the sub region. they've been coming into conflict with the french, with regard to the eastern mediterranean and in conflict with their old time and tackiness. speaking of greece, they have been flexing their muscles in libya, where they have helped to turn the situation around there. and there are many in charge that the turks imported religious zealots from the battlefields of syria. we hope to turn the tide against our many and forces. so it does not surprise me that there were many in masses or in the streets, but they may have to adjust themselves to this new reality that they're now facing . while prime minister has actually defended the truce saying armenia would have lost far more land if they had continued fighting,

and thousands of armenians would have actually died. is this a realistic assessment? oh, i think so, because the armenians do not have a big brother. that's willing to confront the azerbaijan's like the turks, confront that they are many and via these syrian fighters. and keep in mind that syria is also accomplishing another goal. the turkish lira is in freefall. this conflict in a service john, which is being billed as a victory, helps to distract the turkish population from this kind of catastrophe. it helps to reanimated ideas of your and old recall that for about 600 years from the 130-2918 when they were on the losing side during world war one, ottoman turkey was a major global power. they're on their way. it appears to being

a major global power once again, and certainly their ability speaking of the turks, to confront the french with regard to libya with regard to the eastern mediterranean. with regard to mr. irwin's insults to president mccrone in recent days, helps to revive this idea that turkey is once again climbing the ladder towards great power success. now almost a 2000 russian troops have been sent to the carb a conflict zone. will that be enough to prevent any further bloodshed? i think so, because keep in mind that turkey and russia have experience in being on the opposite side of the barricades with regard to syria. recall the accident were turkey, accidently killed some russian soldiers and was forced to apologize. so i don't think that turkey nor its comrades and of course, is also has or would like to maintain positive relations with moscow as well. so i

think that because of those factors, those peacekeepers may be enough. and in any event, why should seek to cross the peacekeepers, which in a real sense would contradict what they have accomplished. basically one this country very complex and interesting indeed author and historian, john the horne. it's always a pleasure to have you and your thoughts on our program or that does it for me this . i'll be back at top of next hour with another full and fresh look to news. this is our international tactics that can be used to get innocent people to confess,

to crimes. they didn't commit. i don't even think people in the us really get that the police are allowed to lie to the person who falsely confessed, actually came to believe the lie that they were told about their own behavior. once a false confession is taken, the case is closed and nobody really can tell the difference between a good confession and one that is what does the election results to date tell us about the state of american politics? there was no blue wave. instead, there was a red ripple instead of calls for reconciliation. there are those looking to punish trump supporters. one step forward 2 steps back.