obviously having a dad who was vice president has really provided hunter biden with quite a few opportunities. if your last name wasn't biden, do you think you would have been asked to be on the board of the reason? probably not. if my last name was james, the brother of joe biden is also known to make use of his family's connections. back in 2011, a u.s. real estate company got a 1500000000 dollars contract for rocky reconstruction. at a time when joe biden was overseeing the reconstruction of iraq and that $1500000000.00 deal with signed just a few months after james biden was named head of the company. republicans look at all of this and they say it's just plain obvious nepotism. the people who benefited are his family members, not the american people. and who can blame them to get ahead in the world, gotta take care of the family, share the well spread it around. other people at the top of this company with my

own 2 hands. it's just me computer now it's often been said that one should never put their job ahead of their family . but if you give all the key jobs to your family, everything works out a ok. i think it's i mean look at the trumpet ministration with his son in law and his daughter playing advisory roles, right in the white house and on payroll. so they're both, they're both paid employees of the white house. so it's, it's been, you know, it's just been a continuous thing like that. part of it is corruption. and part of it is that americans kind of like it, you know, look at the kennedy administer, you know, the kennedy family, you know, people sort of will know the name, and so they'll vote for it. it's kind of sad that there's not any concern about

what they really stand for. it's just sort of i liked john kennedy, i guess i'll vote for whatever. well, to wrap up of the news for another, don't go too far, though, part one of our tease exclusive interview with kremlin spokesperson dmitri begins in moments in germany, babies cry. in my saying, in french babies, it's a man. so those that they're actually follow the rhythmic pattern, you know, resist. so you know, show where did they get that?

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there is a breach of pressure by the 1st, it was inappropriate and throughout it mr. prescott. good evening with thank you very much for sitting down with r.t. . let's go straight to the questions minister lavrov announced today that russia will introduce counter sanctions against germany and france. following the allegedly of all new poisoning. lavrov said that we have all the grounds to believe that the poisoning to place either on the plane that took him from germany or that it happened when he was already in germany. what does the kremlin have to say about it? and let's just not call him a patient, but nevertheless, he is a burly, impatient. the berlin patient is a different person. 1st of all, it is not reasonable to think that lavrov and the kremlin would have different opinions. because after all of is the minister of foreign affairs and russia's foreign policy is determined by the president. that is why we work in sync like a person's head and hands. ask for the counter sanctions against france and germany because it was inevitable. and there is a strong case for the principle of reciprocity in this instance. and of course,

it was highly unlikely that russia would leave it on, answered all the more. so, because a, the reason for the sanctions was more than doubtful against russia. yes. for the, initial sanctions and b., the sanctions were unprecedented or relatively unprecedented. took members of the president's executive office was put on the list, went down full grounds. so our response is a no brainer that it would, well what kind of response would there be? for example, germany puts a gator younker on the list. what are we going to do? then some assistant and your merkel from traveling to the region siberia was here she very years ago. there in the 1st place. well, it is hardly possible to find korean co's equal and true. but in any case, technically, it is easy to find an official of the same rank. and when you think much of it, what do we really think about this poisoning? and was there a poisoning at all? we have already talked a lot about it. frankly speaking,

i would not like to continue this discussion at all, but nevertheless, these are just questions. i'm not challenging anyone's views. ok, let us proceed from hard facts. a person lost consciousness on an airplane. the person was treated in an arm's cost little in the intensive care unit, since there was an emergency situation during the flight, which caused an emergency landing and so on. then, of course, all the necessary investigative activities were performed by default. all the tests that were taken in the hospital, in that intensive care unit, all the tests that were done as part of these investigative activities showed no signs of poisoning whatsoever. at the request of the patient's family, the authorities under took special measures to a system in traveling abroad why special measures? because he was not allowed to go anywhere under law. he was under a travel ban, of course, under law. he could not go anywhere. but on the other hand, this is his usual situation. and in fact,

after the doctors drop their reservations, decisive reservations against a transportation an order was sent to remove these restrictions and let them go. who sent the order. well, the president explained it, the president talked about it himself. it would have been difficult to do so without that order because he was subject to the travel ban. after all, that is wouldn't personally resolve the issue. he did not resolve it. he ordered to provide all possible assistance. it was the doctors who made the decision. it was their call. here is what happened next. next, the berlin hospital reported that tests were carried out by a special bar, a tree of the bundeswehr, and some substances were found indicating that the patient was poisoned by novacek . then russia sent to request no answer. we sent a 2nd request, again, no answer. what request about the substance? we took the tests, the entire 20. so russia has not received any official answers. no. then we found

out that with the families, consent more tests were done, and the tests were sent to the border trees in other capitals. anything which ones stockholm? well, somewhere in sweden, at least we don't know exactly where the lab is located and france why? i do not know why you have to ask either way the patient will be german officials. again, none of their requests came back with an answer. moreover, they started to give contradictory statements. it turned out it was not novacek, it was a certain substance which is not included in the list of banned substances of the a p c w, but may fall into the novacek group. in other words, it is a kind of poison and not a poison. at the same time, both a poison and not a poison and both banned and not banned. both detectable and none detectable. only for some reason, it is not detectable in russia, but is detectable in germany and sweden overall. there are more questions than

answers. and in response to our questions, our foreign counterparts, those who introduce those very sanctions make contradictory statements. so we are where we are. what is russia's stance? we are still interested in the investigation of all the circumstances of what happened. we want to know the truth. so we said, please help us if you have information that we do not have. please share it with us . but no one wanted to cooperate. sometimes it seems that the patient does not want that truth to be out himself. sometimes it seems the patient is not that sick. there are a lot of questions about his illness too. and if he is ill, we need to know how bad and whether his disease can fade and come back. well, you have to agree that there are more questions than answers. this is why we have what we have. we've heard quite tough statements about the russian federation from berlin. we do not agree with these statements. we are still interested in finding out the circumstances of what happened. but unfortunately our counterparts remain

deaf to our requests. aren't these harsh statements, just a part of the diplomatic protocol? correct me if i am wrong, but germany itself is the main victim because of sanctions imposed, for instance, against the north stream to project. well, north stream to is an international project. it is an international project which is actually a, in the interests of the joint venture itself. there are purely commercial interests, be in the interests of those who will pump gas through this pipeline. meaning in our interests, yes. and in the interests of those who will receive this gas, that is northern germany, northern europe. of course, everything is absolutely clear. the position is absolutely clear. the project is a international and be commercial and see no matter who says what, even despite the periodic appeal of the spot market, nothing other than pipeline gas can ensure europe's energy security. why is that? because the spot market is quite volatile because it is subject to

a variety of factors such as transport ation, safety, reliability of liquefaction equipment, etc. in many countries, it is also dominated by factors that have to do with the current political landscape in l. and g. export in countries. finally, there is the issue of climate change which will affect transportation routes, modes of transportation, etc. in other words, the spot market is much less stable than the pipeline gas market where russia happens to be far above the competition. not only is this market stable, it is overall cheaper and more reliable. it is designed for the long term which allows consumers of this particular energy resource to calculate development plans far into the future. does this mean that you, indirectly, or all of us collectively, as russians are accusing the us of trying to drive us out of the european market by any means available by means that are dishonest and unscrupulous? this is no question unfair competition on the part of the u.s.

. no question, none at all. let's be perfectly clear. u.s. ambassadors to europe's capitals. have no qualms about inviting we've in summoning heads of companies and leaders of governments to lecture them. like a teacher scolding his pupils about the russian pipeline project and why it should be aborted. and what does america after in return? perhaps we should have negotiated something with the americans and divided up the market. but look, this is economic competition, which is a game you play by the rules, no political interference, but it never really works that way does it? it does sometimes. but we still have international trade law, which includes trade in energy resources or oil and gas trade is subject to certain rules. oil is a commodity after all. as soon as someone relies on politics or uses state power in some domain, in order to put pressure on potential competitors. well that's too far. thank you. and we don't do that. no, we don't. i say we never do that. never sure we can make use of our competitive

advantages, like natural wealth technology, where was superior r.t. in terms of infrastructure. but that doesn't mean that we pressure someone, it's a giving up their commercially profitable projects. what does the election results to date? tell us about the state of american politics. there was no blue wave. instead, it was a red ripple instead of calls for reconciliation. there are those looking to punish transfer hoarders. one step forward 2 steps back. during the vietnam war, u.s. forces also bomb to neighboring laos. it was a secret war. and for years the american people did not know. we mounted our so my

skin is officially the most heavily bombed country per capita. human history, millions of unexploded bombs still in danger. lives in this small agricultural country. jordyn, we don't know how it's happening there. even today, kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago because the us making amends for the tragedy in laos, what help do the people need in that little land of mines? l look forward to talking to that technology should work for people. must obey the orders given by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the 1st show. your identification for should be very careful about artificial intelligence. and the point is to create

conflict areas with artificial intelligence, where some of these must protect its own existences. exist though it's speaking of the u.s. a little move on to the presidential election. all right, with a bit of somebody's news, these elections seem to have gone almost unnoticed by the crime of, i mean, it feels as if the kremlin doesn't even care who wins trump, or biden, as a right now, it looks like joe biden meeting the democratic party is on track for victory. what does the kremlin think about all this and water? russia's prospects either way, but on porter, who want to keep perspective on us, which as president putin put it several years ago,

it's none of our business as the americans clearly don't think that way. first, we will respect to the choice of the american people, whatever it is. 2nd,, we are willing to work with any future u.s., president, whomever the americans choose, and 3rd, naturally we would be much happier with a president who be willing to put at least some effort into reanimating us russian relations. also, 4th, we have never interfered and will never interfere in america's internal affairs. but that goes both ways. we will never let america interfere in our domestic affairs. either. this is our unchanging principle, and this is what our president has expressed repeatedly speaking at international forums in bilateral conversations. it's cetera. but it's very well, let's talk 1st about interference and let's discuss whether the united states actually tried to meddle in our domestic affairs. whether this is so evident, and let's also talk about the u.s. accusing us of interfering in their internal affairs in the previous election

season. for example, for 4 years, the story has handicapped president, trump in many ways preventing him from performing his duties as president. and, finally, when it comes to u.s., russia relations, what can we expect from a democrat in the white house, from the democratic party in power? as opposed to over the past 10 years, our legislation has matured and evolved in terms of preventing foreign powers from interfering in our internal affairs. we have set up all kinds of watchdog systems in multiple areas, allowing us to minimize the threats of foreign interference. when you know it was more than that, if, for example, or move them of any of their weight, well, take the restrictions imposed on foreigners with respect to owning media companies in russia or the foreign agent regulations that we've introduced. in fact, these have all been subject to legislative change over recent years. sure. some of our own champions of american democracy. our own, you mean from among russians?

yes, here in russia, you know, very well that we have very vocal people who kept complaining about violations of human rights to saying that entire sectors of the economy would stop developing. nothing of that sort ever happened. but we were able to dramatically reduce the risk of foreign interference as the moment known as we're back here with do we have any proven cases of us interfering in our domestic affairs or lots of them. for example, one of them was, well, if you told me in advance, i'd probably be able to recall some of the stories of the past 10 years. well discounting the story about the spy rock art, the infamous spy rock. the method used only proves that scouting and spying is one of the world's oldest profession. no idea if that's true, however, spying used to be our president's profession. and in the case of the spire uk, those were actual spies. you probably remember that even before 2008,

the prosecutor general's office would compile entire databases of money transfers from the us to various public organizations, etc. i remember all of that being reported to the president. in fact, we made most of the information public. there are lots of examples of that sort. the money transfers were viewed as interfering with russian politics naturally. because those were n.g.o.s that engage in political activities rate. exactly, and don't forget the constant evaluating of our domestic political processes, incessant criticism, accusations of human rights violations, disapproval of our election practices. given recent developments, i don't think the americans have the right to criticize anyone else's elections, really. of course they can. but at the very least, we've been hearing all these things all the time in what is it, if not intervention into internal affairs? has russia ever intervened in united states internal affairs?

no, never under no circumstances, it hasn't. so we don't buy any ads on facebook as they have been accusing us, and neither did we i'm sure someone did place some commercial ads. facebook has a whole sales policy for commercial ads, and that surely were some people from russia who made use of it. that's nothing out of the ordinary. it's not however, you mean that there probably were some private buyers from russia who paid for such as for their own purposes. of course some people completely legit who just purchased some hands. but russia as a state more than that r.t. has been broadcasting in the united states for some time now and still does exactly what our american counterparts seem to consider. it a direct intervention in their internal affairs. so this way, when r.t. and broadcasts in the us intervention while when c.n.n. is broadcasting and they did so through russia's national media group by the way.

so what are we to expect from democrats in the white house there with the democrats? of course, from whoever is in the white house, i'd say, i'm positive, we will see a biden harris administration. we don't have the official results yet, but most likely until the official results are announced. but i have no right to do that, especially since the president gave orders to wait for the official results and to congratulate the president elect only upon the announcement. is this how we are supporting trump in a way, or are we just following the diplomatic protocol that absolutely not, we're just waiting politely. we do not comment on the u.s. election or on the current situation in the united states. we're simply waiting till america is ready to announce the newly elected president, not to the american media, but the american nation has been a pain. not peculiar to me. well, what was it like to work with biden? he served as vice president during obama's presidency. so we know him well,

you know him well, and our president knows him well. he met biden looking woman was a master. yes he did. but he mostly had meetings with his boss, president obama, and cheney campaign measured. of course he met with his boss. yes. so it was mostly about building dialogue with president obama, and it wasn't easy, not at all. what do you mean? especially obama's last 6 months in office. why? there were a lot of disagreements that led to russian american relations eventually deteriorating during president trump a term i would like oprah's. what was it that happened between our countries during barack obama's presidency there after the russian american relations had been officially reset. it all went crumbling down as you said, of. so pre-war, what could be some of the gravel thing? well, your question calls for

a detailed analysis of russian american relations. but in essence, it's all very simple. if we look back at where our bilateral relations started in the 1st place, it looks like washington's plan was to keep russia's economy in development around the level. it sank to in the, in 1990 s. as a resource colony that was the russia. they were comfortable with, in other words, what kind of russia was that, if there is, you've got almost no, probably the kind of russia that's easy to control. the kind of russia that has no voice on the international scene, the kind of russia that has no economic, social, political, or federal potential to claim a voice, the kind of russia that wouldn't be able to say ok guys. we have conditions such as mutual respect and mutual interests. so as soon as russia began to change, starting with the early 2000, washington began to feel uneasy about it. as russia grew stronger and not saying it was getting a strong as it used to be. but as it was getting stronger,

it was making them more and more concerned. that's what historically predetermine the trajectory of our bilateral relations and what we have now. obviously russia wasn't ready to accept any kind of relations except those based on the principle of equal partnership. neither was it ready to make concessions and let any red lines be crossed in the area of national interests. indeed, as i recall it, cause it's the end of the 2nd term president obama was expressing the following views. why would we have a dialogue on equal terms with a country there as the economy, the size of spain's? i don't know whose feelings more by saying this, russia or spain's, but obviously the rhetoric of inequality was there as president obama was on his way out of the office. but all this irritation at the kremlin that russia was apparently causing, i think there should have been some reason for it. don't you think so? well, regardless of the size of the economy, russia is a country that has a special position in the world because of its enormousness enormousness. it's in

comprehensibility because of its geopolitical significance most probably because of all these things because it supports a multi-polar world because it's double headed as the imperial eagle on its coat of arms because of all of this. but no matter how you put it, it sounds like you're saying russia is bipolar no why? you said double headed. but each of the 2 heads works just fine. right? of course, in the sense president obama's wish was like that of the display of character who said, yes, the russian man is brought to broad. indeed. i have a narrower. he definitely wish to have russia narrower. we don't want to be made narrow or political analyst alexander bone of said once that the reason for the conflict between russia and the united states is that russia is the only other country in the world capable of protecting, not only itself but its l. eyes. and that is what's causing such protests and disagreement that we see in america's foreign policy towards russia. would you agree with that?

i don't think we should narrow it all down to russia. u.s. relations. we're witnessing how a uni polar world order is transforming into a multi-polar one. it's a very painful process that soul center of power that used to reign alone is now pushing back against the change, consciously or subconsciously. i don't know. it's fighting this process, but the formally dominant center finds it extremely hard to adapt to this new world order. that's why the whole system of international law is breaking down. international institutions are crumbling as well. there are those who are trying to challenge international institutions day and night. the mandates of some institutions get undermined, or others grow in importance. and some of them actually cease playing any role at, all. which ones, let's not go into that. the u.n. the u.n. has always been the only universal international institution that we can't do without. it's the u.n.

and the security council with the 5 nuclear weapons states that hold veto power. i think you know vladimir putin's position on that issue. the u.n. is the cornerstone of global security. he has not, which will give those goals you will wish for the posts of him. but the truth to wu ball was if you are sure of the movie, i can only look at those and question him alleged it. would have been murdered by you to get it on yours because all of this going to use the word because i was told in the game we was in the thick of it is with you. it seems, was, it was, it was, but it is the most severe, some of what is in your speech coming off the news. the of the 20th century was

thinking a revolution, the great depression and world wars. the 21st is the century of mental illness. those are my words, that's what surfaced. some psychologists tell us, the only question is should we accept it as a fact? join me every time. i'm sure i'm sure. i'll see if there are 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 fast 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 a headline stories. this president fighting has completely stopped in the disputed region where russian peacekeepers in forcing a ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan. teeth speaks with refugees who fled the conflict. i didn't want to leave my home, but my daughter said mom they are coming. for the sake of my children. i left the news, they could soon be ready for release giving but

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