russia slams america's decision to pull out of the open skies. treaty accusing washington of previously having only feigned commitment to the deal. and western allies have also criticized the move. also this hour, a texan, that with a rare muscle disease comes to russia for treatment. after being told back home, he would never walk again. spencer shares his story exclusively with our team. you see is this all the time it was necessary? or no, we don't know. plus, as u.s. states roll out, new pandemic laws amid soaring infection rates. politicians are caught out flouting their own rules and hit squads of nerve agents and exposing the

regime a new york times job ad for their moscow correspondent. sounds like something straight out of a spy thriller and reveals the outlets predetermine narrative on russia. this is r.t. international coming to you straight from the russian capital where it's just turned 2 pm. welcome to the program, an act of hypocrisy,, and just for show that's how russia describes the u.s., his decision to pull out of the open skies treaty, which permits mutual aerial surveillance flights. also warns that the move will harm international security. earlier neil harvey discussed the development with are trying to moscow is disappointed to say the least about the decision by the us administration to kick the legs from under the treaty for which as the russian side

is putting it. the us has no legitimate reasons whatsoever. moscow maintains that claims of violations on the part of russia, of the treaty that has been in force for 18 years, have all been made up, plus no one seen any proof of that. moscow has blamed washington for violations to the other side, has denied it, but the question is whether that is a good enough reason to get rid of the agreement. the answer from moscow is no. and we know the answer from the other side. among other things, the russian officials believe that the u.s. government was lying when it said that it was considering the option to stay a part of the deal under certain circumstances. the assumption here in the russian capital is that the u.s. is destroying the greyman deliberately, and that was all part of an earlier plan. in recent months,

washington has hypocritically stated that in the keys of a change in the russian position, it could reconsider its decision. in fact, no one there had planned to reconsider anything that was again for the public designed to mislead foreign governments and the public of european states that were urging washington to come to its senses. when we talk about how the americans could benefit from leaving the treaty, it's very important to point out that moscow believes the u.s. government wants to seek some kind of ban by european countries of russian flights over u.s. military sites in europe. but at the same time, moscow believes that the u.s. wants to continue receiving the information from european countries from its flights in the russian air space. so what's left for russia to do moscow says that it will continue putting pressure on the other signatories to the open skies treaty to make sure that they remain committed to the terms and abide by it. but in

a case, the message from moscow is that this decision by the americans heavily damages international security and transparency. you mentioned, european countries involved there. and there will be european countries among the, the many dozens of other signatories to the treaty. how do they feel about the u.s. pulling it well apart from russia and the u.s.? although the u.s. is no longer part of the deal, there are $33.00 more signatories to would that include some very important, european players, like the u.k., germany, france, etc. and they've been critical of the decision by the us administration as well. we deeply regret the united states has decided to take this step and is now implementing its our own position on the treaty remains unchanged. we consider it to be an important part of the arms control architecture that contributes to building mutual trust in the us to greater security in the northern hemisphere from the tivo stuck to vancouver. but it's not only that we're hearing regrets from russia and the u.s.

allies in europe because we have heard voices of concern across the atlantic as well. the administration's decision to withdraw from the open skies treaty is reckless. i strongly believe that president trumps decision to withdraw from the treaty is a violation of domestic law. president trump brazenly ignored the law and is unilaterally imposing a politically charged withdrawal even after losing a presidential election. now here's an ironic aspect of this whole situation. the open skies treaty was initially proposed by washington that happened back in 1955. though then the room, it only came into force in 2002, but still it was out there. and because of donald trump, because of his strategy that we've actually gotten used to, we remember that he left many important international treaties in different fields in the field of security. for example,

most notably that was the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty, but you can name agreements in other fields such as, for example, the paris climate accord. that's a very important one. but donald trump may be the lame duck president, but again, perhaps this is a step from him that we could have expected and has been doing what has been up to pretty much in the past 4 years. a texas man suffering from a rare muscle disease has come all the way to russia for treatment. and spencer was told back at home that he'd never walk again. but since arriving in the russian city of perm in october, he's been up and about. he shared a story with us and an exclusive interview. i had to use this everywhere. i went when i was going, when there was a new partner, she couldn't what without it, i had to go walk with alan spencer could have been dead by now or in a wheelchair or bed bound. that's what doctors back home in america told him 5

years ago. i used to use this all the time. it was absolutely necessary. i'm going to go now into scary people walking in an incredibly allen has escaped all those outcomes. when i started to notice a little something with my hands, they were going to go on like this. so that not some sound, right, but i didn't have any problem with strength, so i didn't think i heard anything wrong. 2012 came, i had a fall and i was like, whoa, that was unusual. 2014 i came again and i had a really bad fall. it was like, ok, there's something wrong, something wrong happened to be a rare inflammatory muscle disorder known as inclusion body myositis. between $5.70 people per 1000000. haven't they said there's nothing we can do for it's completely untrue dribble. what did you feel when you were in that will i wasn't as disappointed as you would think. my father had died of

a form of a.o.'s and so i thought, well that's as a doctor said, good news and bad news. the good news is you're not going to die. the bad news is you're going to be trouble to spare for the vice president of time warner cable for west texas as successful man allen had to quit his job in 2017. he simply wasn't able to work anymore. that his ease was eaten away at his muscles, stealing his abilities and his life. but then he heard from a friend about a clinic in perm russia that could potentially treat him at 1st. he didn't take it seriously. my friend andy had said in, in february there's going to be a wedding are about this clinic that i think by be able to help you are you interested? you know, it's kind of like, well not really. i didn't tell him that the way to be perfectly honest with you, you know, i don't, i think is an american you're, you probably have a stereotype of what the russian hospital looks like if mayo says that nothing can be done. probably nothing can be done. the sentiment email gave my e-mail interest

. the next day i got a, an email back from the director. the c.e.o. actually of the clinic. they govern, touches me all winter and said if you come, we think we can help you. we are not sure to what degree, but we do believe that we can actually help you a glimmer of hope was born. but coming to russia in the middle of the college, 19th and jamming with borders shot and planes grounded. it seemed like mission impossible. back in may one of the gals from marty called dandy and said, hey, how's your medical tourism, but building business doing, he said not so well that started the process. it took 17 months to finally come to russia and it was worth every single day of trying. he says, so they started me on this treatment of injections and infusions. and the neurologist put this magnetic field on my here, pulsing through. and what it does is it wakes up the neurons in the head,

so they started to move in the wake of the muscles, my eye could actually swallow better, and i could talk a little easier if i would, you know, world, this is starting to actually work what turned out was we were getting this world class held help in this clinic in perm russia. if we can get travel to open up, i really intend to work with india and others to get people here from america. it's a wonderful thing. i mean it's, it shouldn't be a secret. here you go. wow, good job. you asked is breaking ever grimmer pen democrats with the daily infection rate now at $150000.00. some states are stepping up their coping response. texas is sending people text messages, urging them to cancel holiday gatherings, and in pennsylvania. masks are now obligatory even at home. on the overnight curfew has just been imposed by california governor,

though he's already been caught breaching his own restrictions as artist kill mom reports. he's not the only politician to violate coronavirus measures. the centers for disease control are urging americans to visit their relatives for the holidays . they say it's better to stay home this thanksgiving, yet another warning aims to protect public health. we're talking about intensifying the simple public health measures that we all talk about squaring, stating distance, avoiding congregate settings, doing things to the extent that we can outdo his verses in those states across the country are imposing special regulations. but some of the politicians and officials who've been imposing stricter regulations are not exactly following their own rules . take, for example, the governor of california who has called for drastic action the notion of a curfew. you know, before you jump in terms of your mindset, of whether it's

a good idea or bad idea, we are assessing that as well. that very same politician was caught partying at an upscale restaurant with top lobbyist. see them tried to present it as an outside party? well, these photos obtained by a local t.v. channel show that that is just not true. also at the party were executives from the california medical association who insist the party was strictly adhering to procedures. yet none of them seem to be wearing masks. u.s. senator diane feinstein has been out on the front lines urging americans to cover their faces. but take a look at this issue with the only one not wearing a mask. then there's the mayor of chicago. she has been urging people to stay home and be safe. you must cancel the normal things, giving plans, but she has had no problem going out herself. on her own train. then there is the d.c. mayor and her staff that attended biden's victory bash in delaware. even though the

d.c. advisory lists delaware as a high risk state, nobody is happy about the restrictions, but people are even less happy about them when it seems that they don't apply to certain people, the very people who are imposing them. r.t. new york. and while the pandemic is raging, china is calling for a so-called global firewall to combat the spread of covert 19 and allow cross border travel to resume. as part of its plan, president xi jinping has suggested a global system of q.r. codes. china has proposed a global mechanism for the me true recognition of health says if it gets based on nucleic acid test results in the form of internationally accepted q.r. codes. we hope more countries will join this mechanism. china has been using q.r. codes to prove health status since february. this is some has been question in the west on data privacy grounds, although europe has proposed similar schemes,

including the idea of immunity passports in the u.k. artist ask a teller, discussed the issue with a panel of guests. these tests can be a lot of false negatives. a lot of false positives and you're no better track and trace me weren't going in terms of this town or that this incredibly dangerous. it is not only for my safety and you're seeing in the united states as well as across the globe. the people are starting to rise up saying enough stop, protecting me. i wouldn't live my life the way i'd choose. we not only i was reading today at heathrow airport, used to be one of the busiest. it's seen 82 percent fall and passengers. what's the way that to get wheels out into, if not a set, a similar system to this reason that travels collapse is not the pandemic because the lock downs. i mean, since march 12th, europe has not been able to fly to the u.s. and europe retaliated and we can't fly there. and now we're living under the situation where yeah, we once believed in the right to travel, but that's been denied to us. so many people being locked in their nation states

right now. the answer is to, is, liberalism is to liberate, travel, liberate and recognize human rights. again, do you think that we do need a cohesive global policy in order to try and move on somehow to try make 2021 better than 2020? there have been studies that show that the virus respond differently in different regions. that there are different conditions and different places on climate and so forth. so you know, we don't want a lot of your standards because global standards means global mark down a fact. this is just unbelievable. i really don't care about cases. i care about the death rate and the death rate is very slow. and again, we have to be very cautious with technology because once we turn the saw, it's very hard to turn off. they will never relinquish. i mean, passports are doing robot and we're supposed to be temporary and remember still stuck with them still had, if you've ever dreamt of robbing

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this list. i'm showbusiness, i'll see you then with nothing really settled, some of trump's enemies want, the president and his supporters to be a price for the cost for years and against in rumors of war. as trump tries to bring troops home, some say instead to start a war well, you got to keep that. i don't know if you come up with

a good night about the man with the gum and the minimum time because i'm not bad loser. but i give them their identity as it is about welcome back to new york times job ad for moscow correspondent has been accused of being received. phobic successful candidates are expected to deal with hit squads, cyber agents, and shadowy military figures. the description of russia has struck some as more

like the plot of a spine movie, but as it goes on of explains fact and fiction are frequently confused by the outlet. what you're about to hear sounds like it's being ripped straight from the blog buster screenwriter's playbook. vladimir putin's russia remains one of the biggest stories in the world. it sends out hit squads on with nerve agents against its enemies. most recently, the opposition leader alex in nevada, only it has its cyber agents, so chaos and disharmony in the west to tarnish its democratic systems while promoting its phone version of democracy. it is deployed private military contractors around the globe to secretly spread its influence at home. its hospitals are filling up fast with coated patients as its present hides out in his villa. i mean, add some dramatic music. do a call video, add it pepper the whole thing with a few explosions here and there, and you've cooked up a trailer for the next hit limited series on netflix. but no,

it's not that not by a long shot. it's actually the opening of a job advert for a russian reporter with the new york times. page searches for unbiased to impartial or balance. come a blank, no results found in the text. not that it's much of a secret though, that the new york times isn't that interested in covering a happy russia. but some readers weren't that impressed with the sudden spasm of honesty from the paper did the see any right. new york times new russia crisp on in job at these job

for a new york times correspondent in moscow is telling and not in a good way screenwriters wanted for a new james bond film. imagine yourself working undercover in moscow. the capital of love to meet putin's evil empire. if you think you have the creative writing skills to turn the monday into juicy narratives of horror and suspense, contact the new york times, we've been in touch with the new york times for comment. you know, both sides of the story and all that, but we've yet to hear anything back from them. cynically speaking, it makes perfect sense. positive stories from russia don't tickle the fancy of pulitzer prize. judges allegations lacking evidence or though do just believe in the bogeyman. both our prize winning journalist and former new york times foreign correspondent chris hedges says the ad exposes the real russia angle of the paper. i initially thought it was satire, i didn't think it was real. and then i went on the new york times website and read

it. and it's really kind of an obituary journalist. the role of a foreign correspondent is to be bicultural. it is to get into that culture and explain how they view reality. and here you have this narrative, pre written, narrative, demonization, really of russia and vladimir putin. and i have to say that there's nothing in that description that the united states doesn't do in spades and far worse. and so why even open a barrel in moscow? why have somebody spend hundreds of hours studying russian and reading russian history and literature and, and culture? why not? why not have algorithms do it? it was absolutely appalling, but it's part of the siloing of the american press to serve a particular demographic. in the case of the new york times, it is a democratic party based readership. it's

a way to make sure that whoever they send to russia feeds back to them what, what they want with countries around the world grappling with the 2nd wave of the pen demick, the prospect of an imminent vaccine has raised hopes that they're also affairs, that poor countries will be priced out, that's the skies by the director of the international vaccine institute in the latest and addition of going underground. the gates foundation, their research suggests that global covert debts will double if high income countries buy up in the 1st 2000000 doses of any successful vaccine. do you agree with? that's a great study and we've been using it to advocate for something called codex kodak's intends to purchase $2000000000.00 doses, and those doses will be provided to everyone and what cannot escape or the gates foundation paper you quoted says, is that if the 1st 2000000 doses are taken without any consideration of equity, then there will be a doubling of go global covert deaths. and the reason why go back snead to be

successful, needs to be fully funded, needs to be funded beyond the 1st year into the 2nd year. i think the one thing that covert teaches us is that this virus, like all viruses, will find those weak points in our defense. and we really need and should be working together in this global pandemic to help each other. whether it's, you know, keep masks and gloves, whether it's a vaccine solution, whether it's, you know, reaching out to countries to help them understand what the burden of code is. and once we have the vaccine, it's taking that vaccine from where it's manufactured, to where it can be wherever it's needed, in a way that will reduce the global burden of code. that is the most important thing . at our wrap up of the day's top headlines stories for now. but if you're looking from our head on over to our website article dot com,

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november of it. if i say i love them, they're down a little more than about nanami them, but i'll be all beams, has it and is about hello and welcome across town where all things are considered on peter lavelle with nothing really settled. some of trump's enemies want the president and his supporters to pay a price for the past 4 years. and hence in rumors of war as trump tries to bring troops home, some say he instead wants to start a war to

discuss these topics and more, i'm joined by my guest, george samueli in budapest. he's an author and you to work at the gaggle. and here in moscow, we're joined by robert french. he is a archie, writer, and political analyst. right gentlemen, crossed up rules in effect, that means you can jump in anytime you want. and i was appreciated. oh, he was going to georgia in budapest, you're, i suppose we're entering the baby political phase of revenge or not to revenge here . there are circles around biden that say that if he were, if and when he is inaugurated and doesn't want to pursue trump, but a considerable part of the base does his base. and of course the media does because, well, trump is the gift that keeps on giving. i mean, their ratings, they should thank this president has the f.p. and when is leaving george, what is this? i mean, you know, they, they, they were criticizing the lack of transition. what was they won't bomb

a administrations transition to just probably the most new legal in american history. ok. and they, but no, they want to punish people, the president and people around him. the last 4 years, kind of hypocritical, yes, there are just a right and what's really going on here is a practice that the united states has it engaged in for a number of years. it is not enough to defeat somebody. you merely a bad person, you have to punish that was done in order to teach others a lesson. and a lesson that has to be learned is that never, never, never go down this populist again. so that's why there's all this dog now. i mean, we've had articles in the new york times, new york at their books, the nation that we have to punish donald trump. i haven't quite figured out what it is. they're going to put him on trial for what crime did because of committed. but

they know that he's a criminal, that kind of figure out later on what, what are the crimes, once they subpoena or his documents or his account, or his bank statements going back out into how many decades they're hoping that they're going to find something that they can put him on trial, or alternatively, just fine won't be for forever and bankrupt them. so what's, what's really going on here is just this. i'm attempting to use the legal process to intimidate anyone so that any future possible trump the end will get the message. don't go down this path unless you want to end up bankrupt or imprisoned. you know, robert, if they want to go after trump in this, this rampage of raging river bend, that means we're going after 73000000 people that voted for.