yes well the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then. breaking news this hour on r t international sports top court rejects an appeal by russia's anti doping agency to overturn a ban on russian athletes but reduces it to 2 years the court of arbitration for sports decision means the russian national flag won't be seen at international sporting events until the end of 2022. also to come russia's president vladimir putin wraps up his annual q. and a session with journalists and the public lasting just over 4 hours for the 1st time it was done remotely by video link to a covert 90. the russian was the 1st country in the world to come up with and stop

producing its own vaccine we see an expansion we see nato infrastructure coming closer to the city but shouldn't we respond to this i haven't decided yet whether i will be running for the 2024 election. and french president emmanuel macron tests positive for covert 19 but he will continue his role remotely during a self isolation period. you're watching r t international i'm donald quarter joining me here welcome to the program. now starting this hour with our breaking news sports top court has rejected an appeal by russia's anti-doping agency after the world governing body bandits athletes from competing at international events it's been a saga of accusations starting with claims of state sponsored doping to tampering

with databases artie's peter all over has the story. 2 year ban certainly a lot better than a 4 year ban however you look at it there is some on happiness from the russian side that they say a number of their points weren't listened to the world governing body had wanted a 4 year ban the court of arbitration for sport opting for 2 years instead what it means though is that clean athletes those that can prove that they've passed drugs tests over a set period of time will be able to compete under a neutral flag they will be able to have the name russia on their uniforms and their uniforms can also bear the the russian trickle off flag even though that flag can't be flown those tournament's and the russian national anthem also can't be at those tournament either hope that's all very clear russian officials in sport also won't be able to take part in tolerance over that period of time but can be invited guests of on at the russian sides well it's really the best they could have hoped

for as i said it's better than the original 4 year ban but they still say that there was a number of points they put forward that weren't listened to by the court as we understand not all our points were heard but we do welcome a responsible and reasonable approach towards clean russian athletes and a principle of collective responsibility imposed by water towards all russian sports the court acted fair when agreed with the logic of the russian agence e and other international sports organizations and rejected sanctions on innocent russian athletes the world anti-doping agency and happy they wanted this to be a 4 year ban to say and big message to to anybody considering doping in the future wilder is pleased to have won this landmark case we are however disappointed that the cas panel did not endorse each and every one of our recommended consequences for the 4 year period we requested this sends

a clear message that institutionalized cheating and concerted efforts to subvert the. global anti doping system will not be tolerated so what will these restrictions mean it'll mean they'll be no team russia the tokyo olympics that it be rescheduled for next year and the paralympic games will be taking place in 2021 also also no team russia the beijing winter olympics and paralympic games and 2022 and no team russia the fifo world cup and qatar 2022 where they can still take place because this is only this suspension this ban is only due for tall evidence that sign up to water the world anti-doping agency fee for the world governing body of football does you a for the european governing body of football they do not that means there can be a team russia taking place at next year's european championships st petersburg which is said to be

a host city at those championships will remain as the host city and st petersburg will also continue to host the 2021 year way for champions league final. more insight into the issue we go live to alan moore sports columnist and host of capital sports alan thank you very much for joining us now 1st question is do you think the court has been too lenient it seems both water and resolve are accepting you know or being very accepting of this decision. yes i think they were i think we all were in sports unity expecting a lot of worse we being so to her it was coming down the law and. and we. you know we used to do it how do you say to somebody that they couldn't keep kicking to term and rose i think more southern lawyer there you know they just lost patience because remember it was also the thought of going on for control of the team told me so they're trying to play this nice close will be very very soon usada

the usa you know if you go b.j. they have all 'd their referee lined up to extract while he noted that one change of violence as you know and not signed into power so you're hoping that this will save the monsters who are crying out for options and bonds everything and anything always. what do you think this is going to draw a line in this whole saga do you think rosado is going to be fully reinstated after the ban ends not no at least i don't believe it has been it's been an hour or so years for 4 years more than every tiny day put in a sanction it's like the college of the bar or he speed hard no matter what they do no matter what they give over. the reading we know nobody huge wanted to date was stolen from us criminally so dr drew a change of. the hands of usada so no matter what happens what always lie and you

reason to give your shit now let's be honest needs a kick especially when also a united goby day needs to improve even more what is a time this is not the end this isn't the new middle east you're just kind of one of those sensors of you know that which is falling down into. what we spoke a little bit about the you know organizational aspects of this but what do you think about the individuals the innocent athletes that are caught up in this how is this going to affect them do you think. donald i didn't talk to say because there are celebrities who are go in because they have to talk to compete that's an excuse and by the way i'm just saying that's just it's just a given. there are a lot of you accuse especially who are watching this are thinking what's the point we're talking about getting children. and doing stewards ok and she was going to aspire to do good in goodness for do you want to try meusel and do as well

as possible now that's not going to be the case they are going to go out there. not just a loser and you for lying to a girl who already applied to mark so for the athletes who have never taken anything it's time to prevent almost a sex scene i've never taken to test me every single day and you know it all and the most important thing is that if we take this stance and it's for years to take a stance or should look with complete we go over clean 100 percent and if we don't win medals that's when we know we. were mostly good stalkers there's an. old saying boy. this is going to agree a 1000000 parts for speedos kids in the here it's a little go i don't eat she heroes we have a lot of them but of course they're all tainted now. yeah definitely the kids do need to idols no doubt so let's focus on this this idea of innocence really do you

do how do you think you know there can it can be proven who's innocent who's not do you think every athlete should have to prove their and its innocence over the alleged wrongdoing doings of people in charge of a database for example. you know this is a this is a good job because we were joking did you know you on the show so nice to you for us or got was ford's saying that you know one thing would scare them about the so you know if there was a and actually you know that is in joke or so this is a joke but you know it's it is a kind of an issue although. no matter how well these are tested. but it people who provided the opening to coaches the people like your check out these experts only just there are always ahead of the game because they are creating the tests see how they don't be materials well he didn't know what to get away with so when all is so this is ringback kind of

a bio check you remember. he's on the run from he is we know what he's all year you need a skate before we go to jail and russia thinking. if it means or bush is going to 100 percent that's grace it never was it was not you know percent that's great what is very very very good russian has been you know terror and standards maybe look at arroyo when this is not one of those 3 we look at what's happening in our countries you say when grooms ran will we have no experience lady it's not sports not a very forcefully and especially at the level of being a professional major events alan moore sports columnist and co-host of capital sports thank you very much for your insight as pleasure having you on the program let me go. now russian president vladimir putin has finished his annual q. and a session with journalists and the public that was lasting over just over 4 hours

now for the 1st time it was remote by video link to take over 19 but still the russian leader in compassed all the crucial themes on the minds of the russian public and media are teasers donna has been there for us at the residence of the russian president. it wasn't just a media conference it was a full on marathon which duration fell literally a few only a few minutes short of 5 hours the range of topics discussed well it literally ranged from some very small and specific issues that affected maybe only a few 100 russians living in a remote village to some huge geo political aspects which could send ripples all over the world and the latter was what the question over the b.b.c. correspondent was about essentially he asked the russian president whether or not he felt at least a little bit at least partially responsible for the rather well poor state of

relations between russia and some western nations namely the united states and the united kingdom he also asked whether or not putin thought that russia was quote unquote all white and fluffy here is putin had to say to that. yes we are peaceful and carm nato promised it wouldn't expand to the us but didn't deliver on this we see an expansion we see nato infrastructure coming closer to our borders shouldn't we respond to this who quit the antiballistic missile treaty it wasn't ours so we have to invent brand new types of weapons to protect us from a possible threat then our american colleagues left the i.n.f. treaty again not ours no it's our partners then they withdrew from the open skies treaty so what should we do you leave everything as it is you're smart people so why do you think we are dumb. recently an investigation by belling caddick used

russia and vladimir putin personally of using a military grade talks in so-called novi chalk against a prominent opposition figure in russia elects in a valley so glad i'm a putin said that he believed that that particular investigation was part of a foreign game of essentially over a foreign intelligence operation against the russian government another big topic which absolutely dominated the whole media conference was world covert and everything about it was asked and whether or not he had a job he said no he hadn't because the vaccine for his age group who was not yet fully available and that he would vaccinate himself as soon as this group particular type of attack seen for the elderly is in abundance russia was the 1st country in the world to come up with and start producing its own vaccine is 95

percent effective not a single serious case of side effects far and colleagues are ready to work with us i'd be glad for a world renowned specialist to join forces with russian partners i'm sure the result will be good. again another in your face question for vladimir putin ass. king literally as to will donald trump will be offered a position in russia or a shelter in russia a diplomat diplomatic shield and political shelter the way the the one that for instance would snowden is enjoying right now so here's how the putin addressed that question. russian hackers have never helps any american president get elected and never interfered in the domestic affairs of the usa these allegations are all used to make relations between our 2 nations worse to undermine the legitimacy of the still incumbent president of the us and in this case now our bilateral relations

are hostage to american domestic issues all of these topics and we still just very very barely scratch the very surface of what has been discussed here in the past well almost 5 hours it's literally the very very tip of the iceberg and a lot of the issues discussed today were very russia specific but of course crucial and what the russian population really wanted to hear about and normally these media conferences they don't just and now it means that there will be a lot of work done there will be a lot of phone calls a lot of discussions this and a lot of governors and the well of people people in power in the regions they maybe aren't feeling too easy they because they know they will be getting a cool so we'll see what comes out out of this particular media conference. police tape reveals that julian assange tried to warn u.s. officials of and limit to widespread internet releases of u.s.

information back in 2011 the tape has been revealed by conservative investigative outlet project veritas and on the recording a song allegedly speaks to cliff johnson an attorney at the state department. we have intelligence. data base i think. about it cables including. cable news. spread around. to the degree that. we believe we've. become public. some possibility. on the tape a song said that classified cables had been stolen by a former wiki leaks colleague and we're being quote spread around the internet that we call it the wiki leaks founder expressed concerns over possible danger to u.s.

government employees and he suggested that authorities can covertly remove to the films the files from the internet and offered to help track them down for the peers that officials failed to take action on the information that he had provided a leaked information went on to become known as cable gate more than 250000 classified u.s. state department cables were released into the public domain and that contained data on u.s. officials as well as information about washington's foreign policy and security operations abroad. despite his efforts songs feared extradition to the u.s. and in 2012 took refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy he was under investigation by washington for his role in quote publishing documents on possible u.s. war crimes now last year british police dragged his dragged him from the embassy to a prison cell and extradition hearings continue. now joining me now live

is kristinn hrafnsson wiki leaks chief editor thank you very much for joining us on the program so it's known that julian a songe attempted to warn hillary clinton now over a series of sensitive cables what weight do you think that that latest tape adds. well this should have a tremendous weight because it's it basically throws the argument that is in the narrative for the justice department in their indictment and which they are try to use now to get him accidentally u.k. you know talking about irresponsible behavior and putting lives at risk now this evidence that you heard and i can confirm that this is authentic is not new to the courts in the u.k. a transcript of for this conversation was presented to the court in september it shows that julian assange has to take take action to try to prevent the release of the unruh ducted cables this was 9 months into the project though if we can use was

very carefully administering the release of these diplomatic cables in conjunction and with the help of $400.00 plus media partners. this was not under the julians control or we can lose control this was betrayal by a former partner and a betrayal by a former media partner of the guardian now. this would show that there were scraped care taken and trying to avoid any harm and assistance. provided or offered to mitigate any possible harm but that offer was was ignored the state department never came back to julian for more information and seem to have not done anything based on these warnings and keep in mind that this is not the allegation is that julian and weeklies publish the underdark to get it will many cables 205-0000 of them in september of 2011. but. we killings and julian were

not the primary publisher of the this material at the time it has been established and it's undisputed that an american based website called krypton dot org was the primary publisher in secondary publisher who was. a pirate bay who put in the torrent. so only after that did we can use the. cache ok it was only after all news warnings to the state departments which was not the 1st one it was an offer albeit a year earlier to the state department to cooperate so it's totally goes against the narrative in the indictment and totally goes to show that we can lease and julian assaults with the anything like a very responsible publisher of the material. yeah like you said there have been you know there were a lot of unheeded warnings that the u.s. state department could've given some attention to but why do you think that they

were they were seemingly so in an interested in talking to us on about it. they can only do speculations but the the evidence is there it's a 75 minute long conversation with a lawyer at the state department who seemed grateful to get the call actually and for all the information that was presented to him where it was detailed explained why this came about who flew up to the betrayal of a former employee who was dismissed from his post a year earlier in combination with the guardian journalist mistake was actually published a password to look encrypted file containing loose documents in a book so. assistance was offered to to to stop this mitigate any any possible harm to lose it is i have lawyer dia why this was not to follow through and it took up the offer. to help julian was it was carefully and

considerately. who worried in offering to say to him i want to bring the discussion to the expected ruling on a scientist potential extradition to the united states it's due in january i do think that this tape could influence the result of that ruling. i don't know if it's going to influence the ruling on on january 4th it should it's one of the absolutely overwhelming evidence against the united states case in its entirety there are so many elements that are on in julian's favor that all this was presented mind you in the long court sessions in september into the beginning of photo so it should. help in in the ruling in julian's favor and against the extradition whether that's going to

happen or not we just remains to be seen. and what do you think the influence of biden sitting in the white house rather than trump sitting in the white house is going to have on the extradition and if he is extradited to the united states what kinds of concert consequences he would face. well it's not only known entity we don't know the composition in full of the incoming administration. it is very hard to to to see what kind of what direction the administration will take in terms of how they view julian assange and snowden for that matter of there have been attempts to get a clarity on that front in the biden camp but what they think about the the issue there has not. delivered anything so we don't know what the position will be. there are very strong elements. in the u.s.

pushing for this case you could call it deep states who are or those who are seeking vengeance but. on the other hand at the same time know there is a bipartisan rather strong urging by individuals on doll trump to actually pardon him before he leaves the worth of while looking more generally now what do you think what kind of impact do you think this lengthy legal saga surrounded you know surrounding assad is going to have on you know the way the legal system and the way society looks at whistleblowers like them. i believe it might have a cooling effect and a chilling effect. and especially on the journalists who are seeing this unfolding in front of their eyes the serious implications will have for their work

especially if they are reporting on national security issues and you were in the world they would not be saved if st julians actually got it and the simple fact that they is now being. persecuted in the manner he is is undoubtedly sending a chilling effect we could have an effect on whistleblowers as well but on the other hand we've seen a great examples social whistle blows taking extreme courageous and jane a courageous decision in stepping forward and in serving the public when they see that the higher ideals are being abused while so i want to ask if you've been in contact with julian a songe as of late do you have any idea of anything have you heard anything from him recently i mean you know that is his condition there's not that much information about it. i haven't heard from him directly for a few weeks now but i'll put it in directly through his fiance a. few individuals that he is indeed more easy to contact with the lawyers and the

situation is bad the cool bit is now rampant inside belmarsh prison which means that he has to spend his days in isolation in the cell. no on top of that it's freezing now in the u.k. he has a stack of books in the in the window to keep the cold out. he hasn't been supplied with this winter clothes he got a couple of blankets a couple days ago would help a lot but this is a poor in situation and just imagine that we're getting into christmas and deal with a publisher and a journalist sitting in a bell most prison for simply doing the job job of journalism that is simply unacceptable and listen to my crecy or any country for that matter. seems like horrific conditions for a president and in the developed world you know i wanted to ask just one more

question about the legacy that you think a songe and his work will leave you know his work with wiki leaks what do you think the legacy is going to be. i mean i absolutely certain nothing will weaken for 10 years through all of it all is true 2 or more letters to english period there is no doubt in my mind that we are on the right side of history history will. come to the conclusion when the the smoke clears that. the contribution of julian assigns to journalism has been extraordinary it has been a transform a to reflect on on how we conduct journalism and expand the scope of it and then absolutely revolutionary and that will be accepted more thoroughly in the future and so i don't doubt that the future will be a good yacht's when it comes to juneau. president ravenous and wiki leaks chief

editor thank you very much for joining us on the program. now the french president has tested positive for covert 19 official say a man your macron will self isolate and continue to work remotely and charlotte to be in ski has the details present not contested positive for coke at 19 the latest world leader to do so that was because the palace said that he presented with some mild symptoms so apparently he had a dry cough and a fever he will now self isolate as is the rule here in france for the next 7 days but he will of course continue to carry out his functions as the head of state but he will do so remotely now the fact is tested positive for 19 has many ramifications particularly for ministers here in france and other individuals who have met him but also other european leaders we've heard in the last few hours that the belgian prime minister the portuguese prime minister and the spanish prime

minister all had contact with mr mack on in the last few days and they will all now be self isolating we also heard that the president of the european council shall michel although he doesn't consider himself to have been a contact case he was at that european summit earlier this week with president mack on and he is also self isolating now this comes of course as france is battling with the virus a few weeks ago president machen said he hoped by this point in december we would be seeing around 5000 positive new cases every day the figure is still above 10000 every day and because of that france has had to delay some of the lifting of the strictures it had hoped to do on december 15th including opening cultural places they won't now be opening until at least january next decision taken that are around the 7th but there is this hope that's being pinned on the fact that this

vaccine. could be approved for use in europe in the next few weeks. the prime minister who is also now in self isolation after meeting president machen was at the national assembly yesterday where he was outlining the timeline for hopefully administering that jap if you do click on this yourself in all conditions are met the 1st marks a nation could be from the last week of december formed by mass vaccination from january this 1st place will last 6 to 8 weeks well there's a bit of a problem with this because people have been urged to do their civic duty in the past by the prime minister to go and have the job but it does seem as if there is a large section of french society who are not keen to line up for that vaccination for 19 surveys have shown that there is sort of this disconnect with the french public and the latest one showing that around a half of the individual surveyed said that they would not be getting the job now they've cited concerns such as effectiveness of the serum unwanted side effects.