that's what i'm to most fishing for paints, we follow russian forces that entered and go and i cut it back to uphold a cease fire between armenia and there's a big this is something of a surreal experience. because russian peacekeepers, diving together with about drive the troops very close together and just behind them. these are neutral territories. also to come, a number of nations turned to russia and how you could see curing of 19 vaccine is in talks to take up to scrutiny. the job we asked russia's top brawner just how long it will be before the virus is beaten. i'm seeing february, when 70 percent of the population will have gotten this infection, but this virus will never disappear from our population. it is another virus which

we need to live with. the u.s. senate passes and i could see huge fines or jail time for those involved in sports . but the world anti-doping agency boards, it explains american sport, international prosecutions. go ahead. good evening 5 o'clock here in moscow, you're watching r.t. international. now it is a site that was unimaginable just a few days ago. and is there the troops cooperating in the disputed new corner? i caught a back region and it comes as russian peacekeepers arrive in the area to uphold a cease fire between the 2 sides. but against the sent this report where it's a russian peacekeepers. observation, post the monitoring station just outside of the now is it about johnny held. 'd

city, this is something of a surreal experience because we see behind us, russian peacekeepers standing together with john the troops, very close together and just behind the armenian troops, these are neutral territories. these are areas to which is there by johnny food as well as troops come to resolve their misunderstandings or disputes outstanding problems that may come up. so normally everything is on the control. if any questions emerge, commanders from both sides and from our side as well, settle all issues. we have full mutual understanding. there is no problem working together. today has also witnessed the opening of the corridor, the only route for the foreseeable future that link armenia to the pro armenian what's left of the breakaway region of the gold. in the we've seen a convoy head out from armenia and the escort of russian peacekeepers towards step

are they kept the capital in the speech security of the area is maintained by the observation posts longer lashon corydoras and by military police as well from other missions. simple, we must ensure the safe transportation of civilians and money to the cease fires with the end of hostilities. the most outstanding problem now is the issue out of the area concerns the issue of the return of tens of thousands of refugees who've been forced to flee their homes. that out of their villages because of the conflict because of the sheer brutality of this conflict and the now is getting them back. and this is something that the latrines because will help with that. it's a safe route for all these refugees to return to their homes. there's a lot of humanitarian organization presence here. the red cross, for example,

which is overseeing demining operations, the exchange of prisoners, the exchange of the remains of fallen troops. and as we're coordinating the return and help for all the 10s of thousands of refugees that are on the cooperation with both sides has been successful established. we have a productive partnership. everybody understands that we must bring peace to this long suffering land to do so with the recent events here, people react differently somehow, be someone neutral and civilians of course, gave us a warm welcome. thank god that the war here is over again, sighed. then imagine unimaginable, just a few weeks ago, it was in a budget, a new military vehicle, making its way into territory, held by, by pro armenian forces to negotiate, to resolve disputes with the armenian side,

through russian peacekeeper mediation, went against have reported. now, with the head of the red cross, international committee has already expressed gratitude to the peacekeepers. and we also got reaction today on the street, the armenian capital. yet over course, his goodness, peace building, roads, providing security. this is excellent and welcome the fact of peacemakers saying it is better and then losing it all together. the only the help comes the better even better if it had come before we suffered its losses. and armenians and russians are brotherly people. the role of the russian peacekeepers here is especially important. well, to remind you then the peace deal under the peace deal, both sides will hold on to their current military positions and that gives armenia control of the disputed regions. capital sapan ikard as a bridge on meanwhile, gets the 2nd largest city there, shushi, which it took just before the fighting ended. armenia will also have to hand over 3

other districts in the region. 5 percent of the deputy minister, the s.b. johnny committee for refugees told us though it will take a lot to rebuild the area. but he said, despite the war his people can live alongside armenians. everything, territories which are under occupation, has been destroyed. literally speaking, raced to the ground and 1st, seen to do will be to assess the damage, which was caused as a major, an economy and civilian ation. after peace deal brokered by consideration how armenia is our leading edge at this audience as they're destroying everything. as a right janice, have no problem in living side by side was or mean as you know, this takes place in russian federation in georgia, in ukraine and as a part of the world, if are me inside at will abate, will comply also commitments which have been adopted was, is

a friend of traveler to take agreement, will ensure safety and security of our 1000000 community eves able to leave is this far as citizens of us are by john, complying with national legislation of the republic of ok, let's get the thoughts now. mark almond, he's director of the crisis research institute in oxford, in the u.k. . very welcome. thanks for coming on. mark. looking at there, the early reports that the piece still has got off to a good start. what are the long term chances of this working? well, so long as for all russian peacekeepers to hold the line and who seem to enjoy reasonable trust from book sides, then the ceasefire. hold the form of instability in armenia, so speak ill of the shouldn't associate surrender may be trying to come to

me come election so that we might find. but it's not so much now going to this mountain of autonomy, but actually in some impossible way from site or drawn, it was already feel that they haven't gotten a settlement. but at the moment to support the chief situation. but if you say to a political hot potato in armenia right now, you envisage, perhaps a new government could come in and then just tear up this pace. they are. well, that i think is a problem. it could be a lot of resentment. a lot of armenians feel betrayed by the government promised oppression that they were in a strong position and under their own a very weak search, and then suddenly everything. and if we think back, say, 1990 when there was an attempt to with their prime minister or were murdered in a dramatic nationalist. well, that might not happen this time,

but there is the likelihood that we fresh elections. and it's possible that in the special election, more nationalist, people will come to power. what they would then do, of course, is very difficult to see that they really need russia's help russia to oversee, want this ceasefire. settle. this is the least possible option a long way. and so it's more, i think the danger that we could see instability, even some kind of violence inside armenia, stop, which might force that makes some people as about john's that we try to grab a bit more. but each other serves just talking about the situation in nagorno-karabakh because even though the shooting has stopped, we've seen a lot of tension. a lot of pain, particularly from armenians, are having to leave the area and burning down their homes as they see fit. just not to hand it back to people they see as the enemy still, i mean, can russian peacekeepers really manage that sort of tension that's there?

well that's, that's the danger that will arise when, perhaps as a researcher where they lived 30 years ago. and the very most were armenian still on the portals with each other or wanting to take revenge on people who were neighbors. perhaps a generation ago. the next generation comes along and the still schools to be. however, i think, along with the rush of saturn, after several years to come, the must like the worse it is going to happen. there's a partial. whereas if you took away the peacekeepers in the risk that all these animosity between 2 people who have got a lot of pain about the other side, beechfield to something each side has a lot of it in the last that it's completely so i think in so far as there was a piece, you can see what we can preserve the situation. you see in the book, it goes way nose and far between on one. ok mark. thanks your insights on this

story that is mark almond director of the crisis research institute there coming to us live from oxford in the u.k. . thank you. thank you. i think is the 12th brick summit held virtually hemang, the leaders of the emerging economic powers has been focusing on how to confront the challenges posed by the corona, virus pandemic. here's what russian president vladimir putin had to say it need. i would like to emphasize that russia, along with india and brazil have secured a green zone, the sputniks, the vaccines clinical trials. and also russia is agreed with india and china to open production centers for the vaccine on their respective territories. not only to meet the demand of our countries, but also other states. and i think it's very important that is we have russian vaccines in place. they work their respective, unsecure. the question is how to provide mass production. i would not say it's a problem, but it's an issue we have to sort of, you know, in that respect,

it's crucial to joint efforts in securing massively in circulation. by the way, the 2nd and the coronavirus vaccine called epic back corona has now been registered in russia. the 3rd is also on the way. we're ready to engage with the brics countries and their production and implementation will. prime minister has already held talks with the enemy in buying russia's 1st registered vaccine train. our correspondent, poorest has more on the israeli prime minister. benjamin netanyahu has spoken via telephone with the russian president vladimir putin, about purchasing an option on the vaccine. he said that the 2 leaders will speak about this in greater detail in the coming days. sputnik, these clinical trials are about halfway through phase 3, and there have been no major side effects or problems reported about the whole formula. about 40000 volunteers are involved in the research about half of them have received the injection. and again,

no major ill health reported we are hearing from producers that the vaccine has a 92 percent. if i can see, they are about 30 countries around the world that have already ordered the russian vaccine, one of them as role be leaving hospital here. address a medical clinic has ordered one and a half 1000000 doses. meanwhile, in russia itself, there have been almost 2000000 coronavirus cases since the spring and moscow has the highest number of victims. the republic of here in eastern russia meanwhile, has become the 1st from poe's another lockdown, closing restaurants, shopping centers, and places of mass gatherings for 2 weeks. we spoke with some of the country's top on the development of a vaccine. and when it could have an impact on the pandemic, stock markets and media, there are now 100 vaccines in the world yourself. the institute was the 1st which to quit. it had developed one, but this is very important. the vaccine was still unfinished. it was in the 3rd

phase of testing, yet the president said that we have the vaccine. how come it's not the political it that we need? it is politics, not science. i can just comment about the scientific part. we had the opportunity for quicker development at that point that you take the virus out of a cell culture and clean it. and when you inject a person with it, the virus won't multiply. and you say that long term immunity is formed. how long and how strong the immunity is, is still the subject of study? it is still a question. yes, it is still in question. but antibodies develop the cell immunity develops, and we can be sure that a person after vaccination will be safe for some time. at least for half a year, got up to go. it's in the primitive world. when will such a large scale global epidemic? and give me the because all through what i'm saying february,

when 70 percent of the population will have gotten this infection. but this virus will never disappear from our population. it is another virus which we need to live with. we are dealing with a virus that adapts to humans due to its evolutionary orientation. to how long will it take it to adjust by orientation. i mean, the fact that it always in fact, the upper respiratory tract but doesn't necessarily infect the lungs and other organs. do we know that for sure? you know, you can consider it a hypothesis over time, it will more affect the upper respiratory tract and go less inside of your body. that's why the virus will lose its lethality, it will spread and in fact, well, but stop killing. how many the years will it take before it stops killing people over 65, the overweight people with diabetes, and people with cardiovascular diseases, about 2 or 3 years?

will it adapt to us in 2 or 3 years? but i don't agree here. i do think that it will change over time, but there will be more people with immunity plus vaccinations they will work to. of course the incidence will decrease, but i don't think the severe morbidity will, and the issue is not with the virus, but with the human body itself, we need to understand the corona virus does not kill you. it finishes you still to come this hour, the so-called chain called act in the us is causing friction with the world. anti-doping agency will look into that just after the break. join me every 1st week on the alex salmond's show and i'll be speaking to guest of

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welcome back. how the world anti-doping agency has raised a red flag for a u.s. bill that could see those involved in sports doping hit with massive fines or even jail time. water though, has described it as a worrying power grab by american sport which could allow the united states to create liability outside of its jurisdiction. well, earlier i discussed those concerns over the so-called chunk of anti doping act with r.t. sport correspondent alexy our ships. well, the biggest concern is that this new act which is called the russian named after a russian whistleblower, basically applies to international culprits, but not the domestic ones in the u.s. . now they're watching entails up to a 1000000 dollar fine or even 10 years in prison for not the athletes themselves,

but the entourage of an athlete, or even the government which is accused or suspected of adopting scheme. but the original draft of that bill included us professional sports and us college sports, but by the time it reached the senate, miraculously this part of the bill disappeared somewhere. so now basically it excludes all the majority of us professional sport. now this is one of the things that they world anti-doping agency expressed their concerns about, among other things, including, you know, how come the u.s. is trying to make itself into the world. anti-doping police. let's have a listen in order along with a number of governments and sports arenas, issues, there's legitimate concerns about the roche and of act. in particular, it may lead to overlapping laws in different jurisdictions that will compromise having a single set of rules for all athletes around the world wide, which is also to understand why this legislation excludes vast areas of u.s. sport. in particular, the professional leagues and all college sports. if it's not good enough for american sports, why is it fine for the rest of the world?

now the main mastermind of this new bill is traver steiger, the head of the u.s. anti-doping agency, and it's not the 1st time that tiger was, has been involved in some sort of rift between the usada and the world anti-doping agency. there have been cases where the u.s. hinted through tiger that they would even pull funding from water if it refused to play along. so basically, the only thing remaining for this bill to become law is trump signature, and no one doubts. this will happen. so brace ourselves for more drama in this again, just to remind us to alexey why it is called the act. now obviously this relates to go to church and of who exploded the world of sports in 2016, when he made explosive allegations against russia, against the russian government that it was allegedly involved in some sort of doping scheme for himself is hiding in the united states. there are rumors that he even changed his appearance that he had a plastic surgery or something like that. but the funny thing is there is a job going about now that the 1st person prosecute persecuted under this new watch and of himself. since he claims that he was part of the state conspiracy and you

know, going back, this is basically a criminal offense. now if this bill becomes law, but obviously this is named after him. sure. i mean, the irony there is the sports rely on whistleblowers don't know, but my exactly, it will discourage them from coming forward in case they get a committee prosecuted. and how is russia then reacted to this bill? there has been a reaction from russia through the kremlin spokesperson, the middle school of who called this kind of move,, unacceptable. i believe we can listen to that. critics q., which we are extremely critical of any attempt by the united states to extend its jurisdiction to other countries. such cross border practice isn't acceptable. we disagree with that, and of course this can cause nothing but concern. it's not only just on paper looks like a unilateral decision to govern the anti-doping processes in the world, which is why that certainly unhappy but you mention it right. the fact that whistleblowers will now be afraid of being persecuted. this basically hampers the whole process of whistle blowing. if this bill becomes law. ok,

let's get the thoughts now of ennis cashmore. he's an expert in sports psychology and say here ology. very welcome. thanks for coming on. clearly, not happy about this. what are your thoughts? would actually help the global fight against you know, android, very, very rarely find myself in agreement with the world anti-doping agency that is water. but on this occasion, 4 square with them, this is an outrage, as it has. alexa said it is a unilateral does to pass powerful legislation group kone and legislation from the united states that they think is going to affect the rest of the world. now my feeling is that the rest of the world is going to react very angrily against this and say, what jurisdiction do you have? what will thora to do? you have to impose sanctions on athletes that are not thing whatsoever to do with the united states. may never have been on that land mass in north america. so i think that's going to be a very angry reaction from everybody. and, you know,

looking into a crystal ball, i don't think that this is going to fly at all this, this piece of law. i mean it's a strange one because when you look at it, it says it's there to tackle the ping. it doesn't express, lee go after athletes. he could tell you to start following and try to start. thought is the mastermind behind this? and this is a person who seems to want to rule the world when it comes to don't being, i mean, a lot of it's outrageous ideas. sort of risen and then foreman, but somehow he's got this piece of legislation through the house of representatives and, and he's going to decide after you need to trump signature and that it becomes law . now whether the rest of the world will react to this. we don't know, but as alexei and both you and alexei pointed out earlier, the irony of this, the absolute paradox at the center of it is that it's designed to try to control doping in the world. it will do nothing of the sort. in fact, it will probably have the opposite effect, because anybody who does decide to they want to, to grass up in other words,

to spill the beans, to inform. in other words on doping that they says, expect is going on. well, immediately be held complicit in the action because they have a say, how did you know about this? did you ever do anything to contribute towards the doping offense? and if you did, maybe will now be you as well. so it will actually intimidate potential. whistleblowers certainly not encourage them because there's no witness protection program here. what message does it send if they exclude american sports from this? well, that is, you know, absolutely laughable. of course, i haven't seen and i'm going to compare the fine wording of this. but if the drafts that i've read are to be believed, it's beyond beyond comprehension. because they are, as you say, suggesting enough, can't believe this is going to happen. but they're saying that it's an amateur

athletes from the united states, a sub somehow excluded or if not excluded, protected by this. and so really, it appears to be the united states positioning itself as the world's antidoping close men. and as i say, i don't often agree with water, but i think that they will have something very strong to say about this because really straining on their toes. let's face it. yeah. what more could they do that? because i mean america saying look, if you don't agree with us, will withdraw funding from what are well, good luck for a start. they could say go ahead with joy of finding. and then the next step will be don't we isolate american support from all international and from now on? it's happened before with yeah, although all the money seems to be in america would be counter-argue are actually becomes. then it's a tightrope. walk, walk,

are orders be of be cursing and risk. losing that funding. my guess is that your water has accrued enough credibility. ok, it's made its blunders. we know that, but it's a group of credibility to be able to say that we are in a position of handling dope in allies in the where so, you know, this is our job. this new piece of legislation kind of, as i said earlier, treads on its toes and says, we want to slice of that action. so we're going to take over a portion of that you before felt toward another why that will see you like this. fascinating, whatever happens alice good to talk to you as usual as ellis cashmore there. and i say here he expert. thank you for that. echoing of the outgoing u.s. secretary of state has received a lukewarm welcome. as he kicked off

a multi-nation top, the french president met my pompei laughter, leaving calls for more strained relations. and the e.u. has a hole is finding it tough to move on from the tensions with the trumpet, ministration. as more for years, all of the trunk ministration have frayed relations with e.u. that pushed such as the french president to advance the idea of europeans to turn on me. but even the prospect of joe biden heading into the white house is having little effect on emanuel my corns idea of european independence. the united states will only respect us as allies if we are serious with ourselves. and if we are sovereign with our own defense, we need to continue to build our autonomy for ourselves. not cool, i was reacting to an op ed written by the german defense minister in it. she stated europe remain dependent on us. both americans,,

europe need to fully accept the realities of continued u.s., nuclear deterrence on the european continent, illusions of european strategical told me, must come to an end. europeans will not be able to replace. america's crucial rule is a security provider not call addressed this point. specifically, i profoundly disagree with the opinion piece by the german defense minister in politico. i think it is a historical misinterpretation of what this illustrates is just how i will not on the same page in you members all when it comes to the future of transatlantic relations. even more so it seems that for once in germany or in totally different camps, when german chancellor angela merkel welcome biden's victory. she talked about how, you know, from the united states of america, in germany as part of the european union, must stand together to meet the great challenges of our time side by side. knew our

front spoke about a change in that relationship. europe has changed in the last 4 years and has shaken off in terms of trade and has built a common defense mechanism. so this is and you ear and we need to remodel the transom plan, take relationship. so they bite an administration. but let's not forget all the internal who are in the e.u. missing one major point. what does the us won't all given the us is own internal divisions. what could it, even if this is not going to be plain sailing, but it will resume classic strategy of the us to jimmy days, a world and to dominate europe. could be many more lives. europe was and is, is not a good new thought. we had many owners of presidents praised many feelings

about biden against rahm, but i feel really it's not a good new. and with the e.u. having just slapped for teller, tree taxes on u.s. products in unlearning running trade. just mean there are choppy waters still ahead to navigate. joe biden is offering e.u. leaders, his cooperation, saying he wants to reinvigorate bilateral and transatlantic ties to nato and the e.u. . yet it's clear out all the goodwill in the world won't change the fact that there remains of lost between them challenging auti paris. just come hop ossify from the evening here must come up again at the top of the guys it's vital, vital.