to protect its own existence. president putin says fighting has stopped in the disputed region where russian peacekeepers are now enforcing a cease fire between the we hear from the refugees who fled the conflict. i didn't want to leave my home, but my daughter said, mom, my children could soon be ready for release rich countries scrambling to get poorer nations at the

back of the queue. and russia accuses germany of playing for time and repeated requests for information. we want to know the truth. please help us if you have information that please share it with us. but no one broadcasting live direct. this is r.t. international. have you with us? now vladimir putin says fighting has come to a complete halt in the disputed region. since a peace deal was reached between azerbaijan and armenia, the russian president updated his cabinet on the situation where almost 2000,

have been deployed. armenia's prime minister has defended his decision to sign the russia brokered cease fire, claiming it prevented huge loss of life. but he is facing strong public resistance throughout friday, crowds gathered yet again outside parliament, calling for nicole pasha young's resignation. many armenians are furious about the terms of the truce, which allow her by john to hold on to the land. it captured in the past 7 weeks, plus armenia is obliged to hand over 3 other districts by the end of the month. here is a look back at the past few days of unrest in yerevan was the only driving god was right. thank god, was during

friday's cabinet meeting. russia's president also highlighted the dire humanitarian situation in car box following the conflict. just more than 4000 people have died in the fighting, including civilians and more than 8000, injured. according to various sources, the number of for effigies is in the 10s of thousands. many ethnic armenians left immediately after the ceasefire was signed when it became clear that their homes and villages would be handed over to azerbaijan. makeshift centers with volunteers and aid workers have been created in armenia to help accommodate them. but some of those fleeing have found shelter in the homes of total strangers. we built our dreams. we wanted our dreams to come true, but after 30 years it's war again. again, everything is destroyed. there are many places in the world where peace spells torment,

but nagorno-karabakh is one of them. the truce between armenia and azerbaijan hasn't brought any relief for those who fled the war, but nona didn't want to run, not at the beginning, at least, but did for the sake of her children. yet as with the 1st bombing, i walked the children and we went to our neighbors basement. we're in an area where there are no bomb shelters. i didn't want to leave my home, but another siren. my daughter said mom, they're coming for the sake of my children, i left step and i kept to care of the kids. well, while she's holding back tears a little dude who runs around as if war has never been a feature of her young life. finding home in armenia has never been a challenge. people weren't just welcoming. they were actively searching for refugees to give them shelter from the bomb what i thought something needs to be done. and i started looking for family to help. and they found me, they found me and i found them. and they have been living with me since october 1st,

as none are, was following the war from afar. at 1st, everything seemed bright, just as if victory was around the corner. but then troubling news from her husband on the front line was the 1st sign that all was not well in her homeland. it has been said that the is their version. he's were waiting outside the city to attack and at night a drone attack, the car in which he and other military personnel were and he reached and his relatives took him to the hospital. but he wanted to go back and fight. and now he's in stepanek at the peace deal, which for many looks too much like surrender hate karabakh. refugees like a hammer blow, says the as a by journey's will never go of the much chance at co-existing. my adults. my relatives lived in had route. it was very scary. they were in the basement until mid october, but they were lucky enough to leave there and escape. my other friend lived in sushi. she lost her home and her husband,

and she has no idea how to continue living. as well aware of what happened and how much of new going to karabakh they have to give up and she finds it impossible to accept, but it looks like she and tens of thousands of other refugees will have no choice but to get used to it. and my girls done of reporting from armenia for r.t. . israel has become the latest country to sign up for the new covert vaccine being developed by u.s. drugs giant pfizer. it is buying 8000000 doses, but concerns are rising that the much vaunted jab is only affordable to rich countries while well, think nations can stockpile drugs. poor ones often lack of the specialist storage equipment needed or to show dubinsky picks up the story for us. within hours of pharmaceutical giant pfizer and by own tech announcing there could be $1000.00 vaccine was 90 percent effective in use, whooped in and signed on the dotted line. and europe wasn't alone. massive deals,,

have also been struck with the u.s. the u.k., egypt, pan, canada, and new zealand, leading some n.g.o.s to question whether this is just a vaccine for rich nations. it's worrying that phase a bio when tech has already struck deals with rich countries for more than a 1000000000 doses of its vaccine, leaving less than a quarter of its projected supply for the rest of the world. big pharma profits must not be prioritized over the health of billions. now, the european commission has been clear and member states can decide what to do with their vaccine doses. and that includes the option of to meeting them to lower and middle income countries. the u. is unlikely to help a lot because it is in deep trouble itself. and many poor countries are not going to be able to be all the support it spends if coaching, infrastructure,

and storage on time to deliver the missing. this vaccine needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees celsius, requiring a special freezer of the type that isn't widely available even in europe and america. meaning countries will have to build deep freeze storage and transportation networks from scratch to keep the vaccine from becoming useless. its production is costly, its component is unstable. it also requires call chain transportation and has a short shelf life. the requirement for extremely cold temperatures is likely to cause spoilage, a lot of vaccine. the price tag in building these and the difficulties in administrating the required 2 shots within a month, may be too much of a burden for my nations, leaving them essentially frozen out. some engineers have called on following on tech, to clarify how the vaccine will be made accessible outside high income countries.

and they want the firms to make that vaccine technology available via a w h o scheme. so billions of doses can be produced as quickly. and this cheaply as possible. now that's unlikely because when the scheme was launched, pfizer made its feelings clear. i think it's nonsense and at this point of time, it's also dangerous. there's a giant effort right now happening to find solutions. the risks we're taking represent billions of dollars and the chances of developing something is still not very good. and adding insult to injury the day. the vaccine was announced, the c.e.o. of fine, so many $5600000.00 worth of company stock. now pfizer says that this was a scheduled transaction once the stock hit a certain value, but for many this was a cold shower. of a reminder, the big pharma is also big money. so a vaccine for coke at 19 may be closer, which of course is good news. well,

for those who can at least afford it, i say centralized profit seeking the period of calm with markets in some because the last country to be called that really determines when the pandemic it's going to be one who pay for it getting worse. i mean, we can't complain much, but the point is really, if it is eventually optimal for them to leave all these poor countries untreated because they could eventually travel back to the bric countries. at the same time. profit incentive shouldn't be in the mind, the world's greatest invention and treatment by a lot by products. the biggest global changes have brought about by the pandemic, is a massed shift to working from home. millions of people worldwide are staying away from offices. and now researchers at germany's biggest bank are saying those people

should be taxed for the privilege of working from home will be part of the new normal. well off to the pandemic has passed. we argue that remote workers should pay a tax for the privilege our calculations suggest the amounts raised could fund material income subsidies for low income earners who are unable to work remotely, and thus assume or old economy and health risks. a deutsche bank team is suggesting an additional 5 percent levy for remote staff. they argue it's around what people save on transport and food and save the money, could be redistributed to those who cannot work online. the researchers estimate such a scheme would raise billions in tax revenue. and most surveys this year have shown positive attitudes to home based work. a poll in the us found the majority of so-called knowledge. workers want a combination of remote and office judi's,

while only 12 percent would prefer to work. soley from the office, journalist, charlie boyle, and political analyst rayner, rothfuss gave their views on the idea of a new work from home. major cost for people is really nice and i was getting to work on that nice try to get some sort of year and a lot of cases that automatically remove the you know, significant costs associated with we get into i think this needs to be proven 1st the people who are working from home at the long run will save money. you need a fully equipped, equipped office. you need hardware, you need more space, which you need to rent or to buy. if people stay at home, work from home, the turnover is reduced for many other businesses and this hurts the overall

economy. and this is not going to result in the next couple months because the super slow downs over iraq is getting stretched going back to what you don't give a man's have really increased their debts quite considerably. so if this tax, if this extra tax for people who can work for from home is supposed to be something like a compensation for these losses and for these deaths, i think it's a totally misconceived strategy. it's no time to even implement there's even if they don't recall well, and i say yes, ok. and secure the 1st 3 months of next year once it actually gets rolled out and we'll have the conversation for free and clear. but what we need is to foster economic growth and activity, and this can never be done through attacks in new medical study has found that catching the corona virus can result in mental disorders. and we will bring you the

details of that after a short break. this is r.t. international areas that all these big guns are really taking a position against us dollars. they got stand, stand up and give god also the dollar is great value. he's heavy into gold. thinks dollars is going to me very bad situation going forward. he has not yet jumped into the big point both, but i predict you will very soon you've got warren buffett. he doesn't like big point, but he is putting a lot of money work in japan to get out of the dollar. and you've got baltar jones is having to go having a big point. so all of the titanic, you know, movers and shakers of the global financial world are joining me every 1st day on the alex simon. chill. and i'll be speaking to us from the

world of politics, sports business, i'm show business. i'll see you then. welcome back. this is our team international. now russia has accused germany of stalling the investigation into the alexina volley case. the 2 countries have been locked in a stalemate for months with moscow demanding lab data. to back up, the berlin's claim kremlin critic was poisoned with a nerve agent. now, russia's foreign ministry saying it's that getting around, getting nothing but excuses from germany. they didn't really doesn't want to hand

over materials on the only case to russia and i was clinging on to any excuses. 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., snowden has ation that the russian side can approach to ask for the question. as a recap of what happened, alexina vali fell severely ill on an internal flight in russia. back in august, the plane made an emergency landing in the city of arms, where he was taken to the hospital and put into an induced coma. the opposition activist was then airlifted to germany for special treatment than a volley case, and much more was discussed in an interview with the kremlin spokesperson. dmitri peskov, the exclusive sit down, will be airing in full throughout the day. here is just a quick test here,

we are interested in the investigation of all the circumstances of what happened because 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 wants to cooperate. sometimes it seems that the patient does not want that truth to be out himself. but 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. germany claims a military lab found traces of a noble type of nerve agent in the system after he was transferred to the country for treatment. a conclusion that was later backed up by the global chemical weapons watchdog video p c. w. no. however, moscow insists that the volley was tested for multiple toxins, including nerve agents. while he was still in russia,

all of the results came back negative. russia has repeatedly asked the o.p.c. w. to pass on whatever evidence it has. those requests have been denied leading russia's un envoy to question the organization's neutrality. i will be blunt, the o.p.c. w.'s technical secretary. it is increasingly turning into a tool in the west's hands, 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, russia's permanent representative to the o.p.c. w., alexander short explained the month long effort to get answers from the organization. and also from germany. russia has contacted the director general of the o.p.c. w.'s technical secretariat, offering to arrange for an expert mission to russia,

so they can find out along with their russian colleagues what happens in the valley . we've asked the technical secretaries about the cooperation between it and germany, and we were told to direct our questions to berlin, citing confidentiality policies under which the c.w. is not allowed to disclose anything without germany's consent. so heeding the technical secretary, it's advice we approached by lynn and sent to request there. but we still haven't received a reply. our german colleagues are trying to wriggle out of their obligations under the chemical weapons convention, which requires them to consult us and give us legal assistance as a member state when any questions arise regarding the convention. to be honest, we've got an unseemly situation on our hands. our german partners is saying that this whole story is no longer a bilateral issue, but rather an international one which should be considered by the c.w. . but at the same time, the technical secretariat directs us back to the german side for any questions. so we find ourselves trapped in

a vicious circle. a new study has pointed to an unexpected consequence of covert 19. it found that infection can trigger mental disorders. now the research was conducted by team at the u.k.'s oxford university. they found one in 5 covered patients go on to receive a psychiatric diagnosis. within the 1st 3 months of testing, positive tens of thousands of people were assessed. the most common conditions related to feelings of worry or fear and in some cases cause severe depression. specifically, the team found a heightened risk of post-traumatic stress disorder, panic attacks and insomnia. we talked to a co-author of the study. the short answer is that we don't know yet, and we have to do more research to find out, you know, we can start to speculate about what might be the reasons and i think there might be 2 main reasons. one is psychological. the other one is biological. the

psychological one is quite intuitive. it is, you know, people suffer with the 19 which is quite scary in itself. and the fear of having a potentially life limiting in this might cause things like anxiety and depression . and there's also a possible biological explanation, which is that it is possible that sounds good to say the very virus that causes 19 my get into the brain. we know that some british do we don't know yet as far as i know where the sask of 2 does, but it's possible that it does. and in that way, it might, it might be affecting the brain and damaging the brain if you will, within the biological explanation is also an inflammatory explanation. so we know that too, as a virus, causes an information throughout the body that can be, can expand well beyond the lungs. and it may be that inflammatory response also involves the brain. and if that's the case, that in my view that the inflammation to the emu response of the body mount against

infection might be the cause of the psychotic events. given that there's going to be more people suffering with mental illness as a result of team. we need to make sure that there is service is provided for those people in therapy provided for the people. we know the things that he depression, for instance, for example, is all treatable, diseases. most people that we receive treatment for anxiety, depression do get better. and so it's very important that those treatments are available to all that need them during the pandemic, which is a, for me, those are all back to the full and fresh look to news at the top next hour.

and german babies cry in a pattern like saying and french babies would say run just so there was a rhythmic pattern you know, resist. so you know, so where did they get that there turns out she looked into it 1st, what was happening was that the babies could actually hear their mother's speech in the will know what you're coming back to russia possibly being the only country except the us that can protect someone besides itself, let's talk about the conflicts between us there, but john, in armenia, as well as russia's role in it, you're going to cut about has seen absolutely dramatic shifts. armenia had to abandon some sizeable areas of life, which i thought to be in its full possession for decades. for decades. it's thought

that way because that's how russia played its role as army as allies. and now russia hasn't been supporting armenian that conflict in any significant way, at least from an outside perspective. actually when i scroll down my facebook feed, i see half of my armenian friends complaining about russia's betrayal. what does the kremlin think about that? but parker uses, just muting the it's no secret that back you, backed by turkey, announced that it considered a military solution as a way to solve the problem in the goanna karabakh. it is because of this stance that as a by john launched a military operation. this military intervention happened after the o.s.c. minsk group. russia in particular, has been proposing various formulas that could end the conflict for many years. they have been several formulas and all the parties to the negotiations are well aware of them, because fortunately for some reason, none of them worked out. why is that? but there were reasons that in both sides are at fault. unfortunately,

there were reasons why those formulas haven't been put into action. if they had been, we say even 2 years ago, when even this war and all the bloodshed could have been avoided, well, thousands of young armenians and azerbaijanis wouldn't have died. what were those formulas? i don't think i can elaborate on any of them, especially now. i don't think it's necessary. critical. so the topic is off and yes, here's what i can tell you. none of the minsk group chairman shared back use stones . the trio had been insisting in a well argued manner that the only possible solution to that conflict is diplomacy . that's what we all had been saying to persuade us. it was most likely only if a live. yes. he remembers that soon after hostilities arrested its 3 leaders, hooten, trump and makram made a rather unprecedented. and they very important statement. france had been working

on that problem and washington to all within the same framework. i think that contributed a lot to the consensus that enabled putin and passion yemen. here to end with a conflict with most of the people who criticize russia in your facebook feed, have absolutely no grounds to do that. president putin said unequivocally that russia never forgot about its obligations as member of the c.s.t. . oh. and if in allies territory was under attack, if i mean is territory was on the any threat that russia would surely do everything within its power to protect its ally? that's what our president said. the criticism you've heard is absolutely unfounded and unfairness with him. in the news, please, when i read about and perhaps armenians expected russia to deploy troops, we need it. we have the right to do that. yet my put no, we did get the right to deploy a peacekeeping mission, but only after the warring parties agree to answer. the peacekeepers were ordered

to stand at the separation line. as for sending its military forces especially to karabakh, russia does not have any such rights by international law. russia continues to abide by all relevant resolutions of the un security council, of course, of the above. i don't think we can call this a peace agreement because we don't know yet how it's going to play out. let's say it's a quasi peace in agreement between 2 warring parties that has been brokered mainly by russian president putin. but this agreement triggered quite a response from the you expect that as a budget would resolutely claim that it won. and the loss of armenians would take the streets to protest. you name me a broken came. i'm in no position to comment on either the azerbaijanis response. all the armenians reaction. yes, it would be foolish of me to do that. i can only say that i appreciate the wise choice. the politicians made. it was the political modernist,

which politicians president and i lived in until prime minister passion am. thanks to vladimir putin's efforts, they signed a joint statement and ended the hostilities stop the bloodshed. could you please elaborate on president putin's role in this agreement? how did he facilitate the trouble or just sit in or he played a critical role on the go all the signing of that agreement was preceded by many days of tireless work. sometimes almost around the clock. it was president putin who did that. he was on the phone playing with times, making numerous schools and passion. am again, he's been doing that for days. what was turkey's role? i think that's a good question for you, since you're an expert on turkey. you know, turkey has been consistently supporting the military operations in the area and a forceful resolution to the nagorno-karabakh conflict. we had a very different position on that is usually continues to be like that. however,

that didn't preclude us from closely cooperating on all levels with them, including the level of president's. i think you are aware that putin and heard again, maintain continuous dialogue, even they, russia and turkey have that differences. this relationship between the 2 leaders meet allows us to combine our efforts when necessary to facilitate the resolution of various regional problems. and you know, it's really not that clear to an ordinary person. for example, right now we're talking about imposing sanctions on say, one of angle merkel's deputies as a response. well, our people believe that our relations with germany are great in years with turkey, we've seen an endless string of confrontations. so let's take that time. our ambassador was killed or the middle. and now this war in the caucasus south caucasus, all of this happened with turkey instigators, or directly taking part in it, of course, and president everyone is personally responsible. so what is it about our relations that's so warm and friendly, where the base in many respects our interests are

aligned, it's vital for both russia and turkey. that the situation in our region is stable, predictable, and peace must go on both to be moved. because well, that's not very clear. russia and turkey have a lot of mutual interests in terms of trade and economic cooperation. as well as investment cooperation. it serves both moscow's and ankara's interests to work together in 2 years from moscow. and what was still you just said it yourself. that turkey was in favor of a military scenario in the south caucasus. 3 years ago. yes, and the turkish president said that they have now you say they want peace, world peace. how could they be an advocate of world peace that in this case, turkey believes mistakenly, an arab us, that peace can be established through the use of force. in this respect.