russia becomes the 1st country to approve 3 homegrown coronavirus vaccine off the coast gets the green light. for you. as companies looked to bring in controversial no jab no drug contracts with the pandemic. we think given this so many people who aren't even if the. people should be. to mines. and president biden declares a major disaster in texas as the state struggles to recover from crippling winter storms. live from moscow thanks so much for joining us tonight here at r.t.

international and daniel hawkins welcome to the program. or russia now has a hat trick of vaccines to tackle the coronavirus is the newest to be approved for jobs developers say it would also offer protection against new covert variants. don't cause or talked through the news earlier today. well called me back is the 3rd vaccine to be registered for distribution here in russia making the country the 1st to reach that benchmark it was developed by moscow to mock of center for immuno biological research and it can be stored between 2 to 8 degrees celsius that makes the vaccine easier to store than others like the pfizer variant for example that needs to be stored at a colder temperature to prevent spoilage now coming back is also currently at the end of phase 2 testing and russia's prime minister is understandably looking to roll it out to the public soon. it's i want to start with some very good news a 3rd vaccine has been budgeted today was developed by the trauma called research center the 1st 120000 doses will already be available to the public by the middle

of march today russia is the only country that already has 3 vaccines for the corona virus. actually it was developed in the field the new shot uses dead corona virus which was originally taken from a patient at the common market hospital in moscow region one of the 1st hospitals that actually treated kovan patients here in russia the shock of such as general director said his team looked at around $400.00 different samples of the virus a common arca until they found the one suitable for cultivation for a vaccine as for the clinical trials stage 3 is set to begin in march while those that have already been conducted or quite successful we haven't had any reports of any serious reactions to the new vaccine but it would have moved up to the preliminary results are very encouraging after the 2nd phase will see how the vaccine affects the immune system we found that 8587 percent of people develop onset bodies by day 28. and it's also important to note just how much experience the true mark of center has in vaccine production in the past it's created

a whole line of vaccines for polio yellow fever tick borne diseases and rabies to name just a few and even exports tens of millions of doses of these vaccines to over $100.00 countries around the world that's in exchange for funding that goes into more research projects like involving vaccinations russia's vaccination campaign has been going on for awhile now how's it going over 2000000 people have already gotten the shot so far i mean that's not too many considering russia's population of nearly 150000000 people but the tempo is definitely picking up russia's prime minister says that 4000 new vaccination points have opened around the country and over 10000000 new doses are currently in production and the good thing is that almost half of those numbers of vaccinated people are actually people over 60 years old we're talking about one of the high risk demographics back is russia's 3rd vaccine sputnik v an epi vaca rhona are already available in russia so now the goal is just mainly to get the public on board with the idea of getting this shot in the

1st place meanwhile even more european nations are in talks to receive sputnik the surprise the tiny and business leaders told us the process schools from prove most relations. i believe sputnik we can improve the russia e.u. relationship in terms of the battery rollout the supply of alternative taps is limited and it's fallen short of meeting both european and global demand it's no secret that italy germany and france have already turned to the russian government but they have to buy the russian pack said i'm sure vaccines should not be held hostage to jail politics. to be rude give to russia gave to the world or she could have used it as political leverage but it did not in fact we see that russia has great opportunities for inoculation for foreigners living in russia as well i personally go to and feel grateful we see that russia is open to the distribution of its vaccine abroad not only is open to its export just like pfizer and astra zeneca but it also provides

the opportunity to manufacture sputnik via broad it's not new concept of cooperation with other nations in terms of economy and health care i think you can subsequently lead to the improvement of relations between russia and the e.u. and it was that i mean even as i get any u.k. companies are considering a much criticized mode no job policy that would make vaccination a mandatory for employees in response trade unions are threatening legal action and i've asked the government to intervene. we think the primary house to keep people safe and i say trade unions you know we encourage him. to get that he what priority frontline work is to get that city but at same time we don't think given this so many people who even if. people should be victimized for having had stations that we think you know we want to see. things in place we can't see that situation is just like care. not solve the problem of car we need

to make sure it's part of a range of thoughts on that denny's you know we look in each workplace about how best we can invent things. or some british firms have already warned they won't hire staff who refuse to have the job and other companies want to existing employees to have vaccine passports the government dubbed such moves discriminatory but senior ministers have previously said the final decision is up to businesses but let's take a quick look now what how the vaccination process is currently playing out in the u.k. and more than 60000000 doses have now been delivered nationwide there has been a low uptake among people from ethnic minority groups including those in the workforce from deprived areas in dalton again told us why some still have questions . i don't think most trade you not today it's a very skeptical and i think this is what fuels people skepticism about you know

whether they should get about 0 or not so we think it's possible to convince people of all the safety measures that need to be take but that can't be. the best way to convince people about the vaccine being saved if you isn't in the hands of the multinational group who made it seem public ownership only democratic control of audrey trade not to be working class people that you know that would reassure people rather than being in the house down. to the government. deadly winter storms in the southern u.s. are killed at least 47 people in texas millions are struggling to access clean water while thousands of households have been left without power president biden has that heard a major disaster in the area are looking phones for those hardest hit during the extreme freeze energy usage has soared on power bills for many texans have skyrocketed some locals are rocks of electricity costs of more than $10000.00 r.t.

is kind of more been reports on how the disaster has again laid bare the problems of the country's crumbling infrastructure. in texas snowstorm and extreme weather conditions are leading to an avalanche of problems in addition to the power going out the water pipes froze and then cracked open leaving millions without access to running water. not out here don't. hold those who still have water now being told it is not safe to drink or shower with this is starting to sound like 3rd world conditions it can't be happening in the usa right well actually it can u.s. infrastructure has been in decay for quite some time we've got some older houses some older. hartman complexes that were built using p.v.c. 2030 years ago that is kind of a cold slap in the face if you want to call it that this is happening normally

l.s.d. would go out to a place like this that had busted 5 line and they would get the water out of the building run the fans you know to try and dry the place out but again in this case because they have so many calls they're not able to do that this did not start in texas in 2014 you had the flint water crisis when the city in michigan switched from the detroit water system to getting its water supply from the flint river but lead in the aging pipes suna leaked into the water supply causing serious problems for locals it took 5 years for the complaints to be listened to and the locals problem has to be addressed inexplicable. and inexcusable families were notified that things weren't shut down. that should happen anywhere president obama took a sip of flints filtered tap water assuring the people there that he cares i've got your back several months ago on the campaign trail we heard joe biden promise that

nothing like the flint water crisis would ever happen again we're going to create local jobs to rebuild roads to modernize river structure sure he could turn on the force and clean water comes out and when that happened in flint will never happen again anywhere in america now biden's only been in office for a few weeks however plenty of presidents in recent u.s. history have been promising to fix up the country's infrastructure only to preside over it getting worse i want to be 1st when it comes to infrastructure around the world because businesses are going to come where there is good infrastructure to move businesses to people move services highways bridges tunnels airports schools hospitals we're going to rebuild our infrastructure texas is suffering today flint suffered back in 2014 and many can recall how in 2012 manhattan's power station exploded during hurricane sandy causing all kinds of blackouts officials are scrambling to manage the situation in texas biden has declared

a state of emergency but the underlying question is when will the promises be kept you know we have the richest country in the world we just sent. you know another space ship up to mars. we could tackle any problem that the government had the will to tackle. the problem is they don't have the will to fix civilian infrastructure they don't care about the 99 percent of people who depend on that infrastructure all the money's being siphoned off to the one percent who don't need roads pseudo you know they don't need our roads they fly in their helicopters their private planes soon there they will have their flying cars. others in london have been missing going down the local during the lockdown may be in luck one form a bomb on a just give it a whole new meaning to a phrase a quick point. basically started with maybe your birthday and i got to live it all

for pie and i thought i really want to make what i have to tell you to follow the people's doors i don't want to receive a flat warm clingfilm pipe so i pull out how can i get a fresh bite to them so i came up with the idea pop to do basically a wife on appears and you're like what is this an open the box and you get your real tub and type ask deal with beautiful bear on top george and his business partner thin obtain the necessary licenses and refitted that pub on wheels now delivers pints of beer glasses a percent and cocktails to those in lockdown oh through social media remaining instagram and just my friends 160 missing the pattern we thought we needed to write this commentary. strictly a delivery scheme and not take away the business requires customers to prepay for alcohol and the minimum order is 20 pounds the scheme is a growing success here in south east london but are you willing to pay 6 pounds for

a pint at home. i substitute you find me if you think about the amount of money that we've saved through not commuting and through not being at work about money though i would've spent daily just buying lunch from tesco on the takeaway do to be able to say that often spend it on something i really enjoy like having a nice point with my mates makes a difference the industry has been hard hits during the pandemic of the 40000 pubs are currently closed across the u.k. while 60 percent say they won't be able to reopen if the government seeks to outdoor service only later in the year and for many this might be the closest to a pub they might get for a while it's a bit like the pub why would you go buy a steak for $24.00 when you get one for 3 lb from aldi the idea is is that we bring a culture to you we create this sense of war we bring everyone down from their bedrooms into the kitchen to have a pint together so like a family going out to the pub the pipe is well it just tastes so delicious but it's on top as well with the prime minister announcing his roadmap to reopening on monday there might be clarity on when pubs themselves will be back in business but

to put some worried that the whole culture and community might be gone for good this venture seems to prove that the public spirit ends still hits the spots she has wanted andrews it's u.k. london still to come. these days without a mosque and that may have been done years of progress against plastic waste story coming up after the break. world is driven by a dream shaped by phone person. who

dares thinks. we dare to ask. the global seller markets approximately just under 2 trillion so certainly within a few months because it will be vaulting over silver it's on its way and my believe in 2021 to get half way or so against the market capitalization of gold that it would be 4 trillion on its way to 10 trillion and then you know once it gets past all there's only the dollars left. in the 1920 s. and thirty's several 100 african-americans moved to the soviet union and many of their descendants still live in russia. going at the risk of you know not wash for us though up of stuff yes it. will see things your way. back home

but i can merican suffered from racism and a complete lack of prospects. is that not this month that will not be a losing show one by elsa store on her by doing. so they decided to leave everything behind and start a new life in a country about which they knew almost nothing at all and some of the. crews were too through during the night. around the crowd. to move a few you're going to call. you and now almost a 100 years later the history is repeating it's. well my great grandfather george time went to russia. probably the worst time to go anywhere why not me. when i come here.

welcome back to the program the court has rejected an appeal by a russian opposition figure an ex in a volley against his sentence for parole violations earlier this month the kremlin critic was sentenced to a little under 3 years in jail. reports from outside the court. while the the judge did reject their legs he devised these appeal to have the have the sentenced dismissed it did shorten the length of the sentence from 2 years and 8 months to 2 years and 6 months but elective on these defense made 2 major arguments one of them was that. after his alleged poisoning alexina volley. was recovering he was

at a hospital he couldn't possibly have contacted these parole offices. made his whereabouts noon and the the judge neither the judge nor the prosecutors brought this argument they pointed out that over the past several years he has more than 50 parole violations any one of which was enough to land him with a very real jail tub just to recap lex involved in his brother were given 3 sentences for their role and embezzling a company in russia out of millions of rubles hundreds and thousands of dollars. his brother was given. a jail sentence 3 and a half years alexina van that was given a suspended sentence followed by years of parole 6 years and all of parole and as we found out he had violated the terms of his parole more than 50 times and in this case. the judge and the prosecutor said look after you had been released from

hospital in germany. traveling across the country giving interviews taking part in sports and duty once in months did you contact the authorities your parole officer to make your whereabouts note the other argument that election of ali's defense used was that the european court of human rights had called his sentence this is jailed. has called phased immediate release how. russian law the russian constitution says that russian law domestic law and obligations trump international obligations just as they do in the united states or in china for example so the court does. circumstances and new circumstances obligated to release the election of on that this was. the 1st of 2 court appearances by him today

before he is said to serve out his jail sentence the 2nd appearance 2nd called session being that a libel case brought against the lakes in the valley over his insults and allegations accusations against the world war 2 veteran veteran a sellout for example that caused a lot of resident amongst russians but even there alexina violently was defiant refusing to apologize. for in a scene its 5th consecutive night of mass protests over the jailing of a cattle on rapper cells arrested after posting a tweet supporting a separatist group on criticizing the want to keep justice of rallies across the country opposing his attention branding it's a violation of his right to free speech around 80 people have been arrested and more than $100.00 injured since the demonstrations began the unrest turned violent the prime minister denounced it as an attack on democracy. police have used water

cannon and tear gas to disperse anti-government protests in the chilean capital and his traders are demanding economic reforms as well as the resignation of the president and the release of those detained in the rallies the country's been rocked by protests for more than a year. the german city of her has paid tribute to the victims of an attack by a far right extremist one of your own he opened fire near she should pass killing 9 people to. because of those who lost their lives were held aloft during a procession through the streets. the mass use of disposable face mask is being blamed for significantly worsening billet a problem this made environmentalist fear the pandemic may have reversed all the gains made in recent years and little fight against plastic waste the scale of that waste is staggering in the u.k. for instance more than $100000000.00 mosques are discarded every week that's enough

to cover a football pitch hundreds of times over and it forms a significant part of the u.k.'s plastic litter $1500.00 tons every month while the breakdown of such plastic takes centuries the global consumption of masks is just as alarming a recent study estimates $6000000000.00 are being produced daily to satisfy a current demand environmentalist out of some of the newtons says that overreliance on masks poses many risks. he being general is very much a concern for us but masks in particular because of the elasticated. and also because the threat to public health that they represent as well as the fact that they are single use plastic items so they're not going to do anything in the natural world other them present a hazard take over 400 years to break down into micro plastics so masks are a particular concern for us and they're everywhere yet someone spittles are still complaining that the supply of masks is not meeting demand at the spot global

production of face coverings increasing dramatically over the last year and as a nod to newton again believes the short term benefit of masks will lead to long term problems. i do think that we were making some real inroads into getting everyone to think about their consumption of single use plastic i think most people were trying to make an effort to reduce that consumption and then the pandemic came in gave us all something bigger to worry about and people really are are just desperately trying to protect themselves their families and their communities which we completely understand but unfortunately the short term solution of plastic p.-p. has really caused a much longer term problem we need a new strategy because this is going to be part of our lives for quite some time we need to think again and we need to re visit our concerns about plastic and look at reusable masks and make sure whatever happens we don't litter our p.p.

. see what's being labelled a modern day believe it and goliath battle a small village in northern france is resisting tech billionaire mosques plans to install antenna of air for his high speed satellite internet project. she's a little making me to feel like shit there were not a lot of questions for example which are already very offensive is. our main preoccupation is health the health of our children i've always wanted to live in nature in the countryside so that b.s. far away from networks and everything as possible.

because you don't want to fuse this project because there was a lack of information about its impact on human health but also animal health says we're in a very rural area with many farmers around ass. some news just in that's coming out of the us city of new orleans at least 3 people have been killed in a shooting in a gun store near the city's airport that's according to local police now reports say a suspect opened fire within the shop killing 2 people a gunfight then erupted involving others at least 2 people were injured and are receiving treatment in hospital the reason for the incident is still unclear will be keeping across the story and i'll bring you any updates as they come in up next r.t. documentary follows the lives of the indigenous structure people in russia's far northeast that's when i'll back off on our latest had lives to join us again that.

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