the headlines this sunday from moscow armenia's prime minister raises the stakes sending an order not to dismiss the country's top general back to the president of the he rejected it setting the stage for a constitutional showdown as crowds in the capital continue to demand the pm put. some of the other top stories of the week astra zeneca jobs like the used in europe as people refuse vaccination over advocacy concerns at the same time as the world health organization points to drastic shortages in coronation plus. u.k. doctors come out against plans to make coronavirus vaccinations obligatory for front

line workers. hello this is r t the weekend i'm kevin 0 in here with a recap of some of our biggest stories of the last 7 days and what's making the news right now and that's what we're starting with our media there the political crisis has escalated this weekend further after the president rejected sacking the country's top general on the prime minister's request setting the stage for a constitutional showdown meantime crowds in the capital continue to demand the pm quits thousands of opposition protesters took to the streets of europe for a 3rd day calling for the resignation of nicole. they're angry at his handling of last year's war with azerbaijan which many saw as ending in humiliating defeat for the in our media the fresh protests which have continued on and off since the war ended in november. erupted big time thursday when defied

a call by the military to resign and accuse the army instead of an attempted coup here's a quick recap of how the situations deteriorated over the past few days especially . ringback the prime minister and the government of army and no longer able to make adequate decisions in this fateful and critical situation for the people given the current situation the own forces of armenia demand the resignation of the prime minister and the government. you. might want to also officers generals do your job guard borders and the territorial integrity of armenia this is my order and no one can disobey today whether holding this rally and will finish all actions will sit down at the negotiating table with the opposition for consultations on elections both car were are.

are ready for consistency and they're both of them. i'm a show and just and ask people in the square to go on the stand being the only the scientific community top politicians parties everyone is against nickel passion you know we've made significant progress it has to quit he has betrayed the nation has to leave we've never had such a vile leader who treated us so badly we came to the square answering the call from our prime minister we stand with him to the end he must put an end to all this of course failing that this form of governmental transition is definitely not acceptable to me we came to see our prime minister of the republic square so the whole world knows that the people support him. her the.

right in the streets of the office these days the chance to make. because. this is where the forests and also preparing for the. fire woods for kids. the country's been on edge know since november over a peace deal with the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh the government had victory in the war but armenian saw the agreement to end it as a humiliating defeat protesters reacted to the truce initially by storming the government building in europe now r.t.c. goes down of our correspondent spent time there at the height of it last year outlined for us the troubled path that led to what we're witnessing now. this whole

process that has been brewing for months because it all stems from mean years and well nagorno-karabakh defeat in last year's war with the armenian government the promise their people that they would come out victorious out of this clash with their by john over the issue of this disputed region of nagorno-karabakh i spent a month there well as the war was breaking out all around me and basically from the very start and all throughout the war everything that we've heard everything that journalists have heard everything that the population the people that heard from the i mean inside it it was we're going to come out victorious yes we are falling back a little bit but that's a tactical retreat and we will regain our positions and don't worry we have it under control so when i was there by john and i mean i signed a peace deal which russia effectively brokered it came for i mean eons for ordinary people as an absolute shock because according to that deal they had. you can see 2

thirds of the goal in a car back to azerbaijan and that when it spark that was the ignition that's when the protests started that's when people started to come to the streets passion and he tried to just push the blame on something else and at a certain point it was almost like he was trying to blame the military you blame the sawyers for not doing enough he obviously he retracted that he later he said that he did mean that but that's when the bad blood between him and the military started because i've been there and they did all they could they just they were overpowered militarily they were overpowered they had no response they had no answer to the drone problem because the drones they were just obliterating their positions which were absolutely not ready for you know their defense systems were not ready for that so that's when it started basically people heartbroken absolutely devastated because you're going to care about it's not just some piece of mountain which it is for you or for me we don't have that you know feeling it's

for that for them it's a matter of a matter of national pride so that defeat having to concede 2 thirds of the territories which are overwhelmingly populated by the ethnically armenian people that was absolutely devastating and through the course of all these months it seems and while it is obvious now passion and hasn't the prime minister hasn't done enough to to do so back together the divisions in the armenian society just so back together to heal this woman this massive wall and clearly it does have a fair amount of support doesn't it i mean he called for supporters to come on to the streets and they did and how much support does he have exactly and why is that support there given what you've just said judging from what i see right now it very much reminds me as to what was happening there back in october in november when it was still hard when the moon was still bleeding from the loss and the war based. i

did see thousands of people turn out against nicol passion on a given back then but again every single taxi driver that i would talk to back then he would tell me something along the lines well i don't know i don't know why people are so angry like a lot of people do support the prime minister after all remember he came into power as the man of the streets so to speak he was like he came with a with a crowd he came as part of a revolution himself so really the streets and the public support is all that he has to legitimize him as as as the country's leader that's why the his knee jerk reaction to this statement by the military was to call in his supporters to gather in the in the city center because this is what legitimizes him call passion and he's saying that it's an attempted military coup but again we haven't seen any military in the streets the general chief of staff he signed a letter along with some 40 other top officers generals they have called on him to resign but again they called on everybody to refrain from violence so to me it

looks like the last world really the last warning literally the last warning to passion and it came as a complete surprise to passion and so he's trying to find this balance as to he doesn't want to be more hard core than he needs to be and he's trying to and it is clear that he did not have a plan for this is just he just reacting on the girl like something happens he reacts it's not it's not like he had a he had a contingency plan for that at least it doesn't look like he had one to me our correspondent was from earlier on this year and that we discussed the latest with the vice president of the country's national assembly and in our media live to the general a veteran of previous wars in the gordon. the regime knew that for 30 years the military has been poorly managed in terms of equipment and maintenance this led to the army becoming wheat and flushing and came to power without a team experience the prime minister was an absolute 0 in military affairs as well

as in economics and politics and this management disorganization noncompliance with the mobilization plan the destruction of command and control systems and the dismissal of military officers all this led to the fact that the general staff lost all patience and demanded the supreme commander his resignation as he was destroying the army to communion. its post-war turbulence when the military makes political statements that can only be called a military coup in the military must carry out its immediate task of protecting the borders of the republic politics is not a military matter our colleagues from other countries are emphasizing that this is unacceptable the prime minister has problems with a few military officials following the war and i must say the authorities and the prime minister are in control of the situation put in the blame on one person is wrong it's not fair and there are millions understand that we all have our share of

the blame it's been covidien. at the center of media attention for allegedly refusing to take the astra zeneca covert job itself the german leader explained it was a rage that was the reason for it and 66 years old and i do not belong to the group recommended for astra zeneca the vaccine so far approved in the country for those under 65 but the chance of the statements added to the broader controversy where many in the e.u. are refusing western shots over reports of poor ethical living significant numbers of the use jabs that at the same time as the head of the world world health organization is warning rich countries against restricting supplies to developing nations europe correspondent reported on it in the week. germany is facing a touch of cognitive dissonance when it comes to covert 19 vaccinations on the one hand politicians on the population are outraged at how slow the process of giving a vaccine to everyone in germany has been on the other hand vaccination centers

like this one here in berlin at the old airport which only gives out the astra zeneca job well they've been struggling to get people to take up the offer that some sorts a line in the news because not enough people enrolling or just not turning up for their appointment this is an absurd and unbearable situation as of last friday only 10 percent of the vaccines available had been administered the astra zeneca job is only approved for use in under 60 five's in germany due to a lack of data on its effectiveness and older people it's being made available to health care staff but tales of reactions to the vaccine have seen some german states suspend its use. astra zeneca has been criticized because on the one hand it seems to be less effective than the messenger r.n.a. vaccines from beyond. and on the other hand there have been reports of vaccine

reactions both must continue to be well monitored is something quieter share there how can we give that to vaccine and then find out a couple weeks months later that it's maybe not as efficient it was as it was promised i think this shows that the way the european union has been managing this whole vaccine campaign it was not only by the professionals that were supposed to be making decisions in the 1st place i think this is something which is and now it's backfiring of course we see a very small percentage of western europeans getting the vaccine it's angle of merkel spokesperson even had to put out a post on social media encouraging people to take the astra zeneca vaccine because there's a worry that the doses germany has could end up going to. a waste. astra zeneca succeed and. it prevents many infections and protects against serious illnesses vaccination can see. france has found itself in

a similar position to germany when it comes to its citizens being unsure about the astra zeneca jab a general lack of vaccines across the european union added to growing fears about their safety i mean the 2 biggest eurozone economies germany and france vaccinated just 6 percent of their populations but the head of the world health organization wants rich countries to check before ordering more shots and made diet shortages in developing nations if there are no vaccines to buy moneys irrelevant currently some high income countries are into contracts with vaccine manufacturers that undermine the deals that call vioxx hours in police and reduce the number of causes come by. we've already millions and millions of shares and we don't even know if these vaccines are safe and now that we've got these vaccines people don't want them so what do we do with that and there's no better be over of course if

some kind of cheese if you see it with these vaccines in they want them in their family that you should and should should have them or sell them or or get into that to the countries who can't have vaccines staying in it in. some or as some call spots because there is refrigerated areas around the you know while e.u. nations that did the ring over whether or not to get one of the main vaccines that are on offer poorer nations are running the risk of having no doses of any vaccine at all peter all of r.t. early in the talk more about low uptake of astra zeneca shot with the director of health and care international federation of the red cross and red crescent he told me the consequences of not using all available doses a dire. and i actually called that we have hundreds of thousands of those of effective and safe vaccine lying unused in the european countries when we have many else workers in the developing countries that are not getting any vaccine

these are not only unethical is extremely sad because every vaccine that is not injected in the arm of a person is a potential death due to. 1000 so we really need to accelerate the distribution of vaccines and to do that at one of the critical point as being means information and mistrust and not only in europe we have a lot of vaccine as around the world and i think there is a lot of work to be done to make sure that people understand that getting a vaccine that has a 60 percent efficacy rate ease a great deal everybody should be going for that vaccine as long as the vaccine is safe i think has been demonstrated by tickler terry so there's no reason why those people should be at the clearing and not taking a vaccine they're putting themselves and their communities at risk besides creating problems for the rest of the world live from moscow it starts international the weekend with me kevin i would hope you can stick around after the break or

recovered the covert patient tells us about getting hundreds of death threats a big blamed for a lot of restrictions we meet again that and those more the news that made the headlines of the last 7 days right after this break. you.

join me every 1st week on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see their. health tourney's avoid again supporting it you reported u.k. plans to make covert jobs mandatory for some workers pointing out it may be illegal under current legislation inglis chief medical officer has already told health stuff that getting a no kill ated is the duty of the national health service and

h s is reportedly considering making it 3 for certain employees but n.h.s. doctor ball guild told us in the wake that some medical workers would see that as an attack on their autonomy. the idea of making a nation compulsory is very shortsighted you need to understand that damn if there has been done to the trust of the medical profession given the government already chaotic and much criticized handling of the endemic we've already lost a 1000 health and social. work force due to the pandemic people have been working exhaustingly long hours have witnessed tragic scenes and to attack they have professional judgement and autonomy by making this compulsory i think is another straw to break the camel's back u.k. medical chiefs say the number of coronavirus patients has dropped 10 pressure on

the n.h.s. is easing as a backdrop to this official suggested the country's covert alert level could be downgraded so with that in mind bob dylan again telling us mandatory knock elation could backfire. if you make vaccination part of your terms of employment then what does a doctor do if you risk losing their job losing their profession that they've studied and worked so hard for or they comply so it's quite a big stick to beat the profession with i don't think anybody could argue against the evidence for vaccination and what the government should try to do is understand if there is significant reluctance why that is support those be all provide the more information but not to coerce them it was a survey early on in the pandemic which showed the vast majority all doctors certainly felt that the government had completely missed and or the krone virus and demick and that confidence nothing has really happened to improve their confidence

in government. one of canada's covert victims of one of the stigma attached with the disease is stopping many from reporting they could be infected cortland kronk is his name he received hundreds of death threats after it was revealed that he'd caught the virus. people attacked me for no reason in new brunswick that's my hometown that's where i'm from there's a video that was on october 31st of me saying that i couldn't taste or smell anything and the background story i kind of the you tube video on this so that you know creates allergies where i can't taste her might and you know my nose gets blocked up and and that's what i was relating it to and that's why the 2nd day i booked a task like waited still there you know it could be covert i pulled out of the state so i'm just going to double check i'm pretty sure it's not because my spouse days prior tested negative for covert $1001.00 of the guys that i was on the trip with who came home early from calgary he tested also negative for quote 19 which he actually had symptoms so i was like ok there's probably

a very slim chance that i have over 1001 i was traveling from calgary back to new brunswick i was considered essential workers so we were required to isolate and i didn't have symptoms at that time my symptoms didn't come to 31st and i was coming back to new brunswick on the 24th of october of to be infected people on social media began blaming him for subsequent public restrictions and he told us the dangers of public shaming. a lot of people are so right about having kobe not because of it's going to harm them but it's because they're worried of what the the population around them will think when you shame somebody and when you have this big stigma on people for having called it a lot of people who are sick you know that might have a sniffle or a sore throat or something they don't bother going to get tested because they they feel like they're going to be shamed so or shunned and so a lot of people end up hiding their symptoms that's an issue because then you're

not getting a true number on cases and and you know you have people going around spreading the virus not knowingly the they have the virus because they're too worried about what people might think that they have the virus away from cove it everything from brand names to work relations even family ties are showing signs of break as u.s. political divides begin to affect practically every section of society and all core to that story. if you take joe biden's word at face value you might think political polarization in america is no big deal the nation is not divided it's not nearly as divided as we make it out to be but if you take a look at what's actually going on in the streets well a different picture begins to appear.

and according to the statistics your eyes are not deceiving you i think we're all aware of how political polarization has affected our elections and system of government but the impacts go far beyond the political arena it seems the facts contradict biden's feel good speeches about unity take the family the core structure of american society it's a real example of unity and something more important than political bickering with that in mind check out what one republican senators family had to say about his decision to support trump's impeachment we all thought really just gusted with you it is now most embarrassing to us that we're related to you you've been bearish the king's family name ok he's a politician his family cannot get around political talk at the dinner table but divorces parents disowning their children this is happening in ordinary american families it's tough my husband is a trump has caused such strife they feel like i want to divorce i'm

a registered republican who is now an independent who voted democrat my republican family however has dug in they think i'm the crazy one they were more shocked to find out i hate to d.t. than they were to hear i was also known as none of my family members talk to me i'm so sorry for anyone who's lost family over politics it has. you could see it in the workplace where playing politics can get you fired and the spotlight of national news like the former what a burger employee who wore a black lives matter mask to the job i would say but that's a key to the men in the front because it's a style of clothing that i think they don't think it's a good thing you probably shouldn't buy the wrong item either unless you want to incur the wrath of those who don't agree with you go a food for example is now being boycotted just because the boss praised donald trump so fora also under boycott because the company dropped its contract with a conservative beauty blogger who claims she was targeted for her political views

and the head of my pillow is taking flak since he publicly supports the idea that the last presidential election was fraudulent the keyboard warriors have drawn their swords and retailers have even cut ties with the companies because of it so next time you think about buying a pillow think twice unless of course you want your family to fall apart indeed cust host justin robert young woman's house talent is not just through insults but it's getting physical i honestly think that it has to do with the fact that we can interact with each other a lot more we were probably always at our core of this polarized the difference is that now the the barbarian at the gate to use a metaphor is a lot closer in real or than it was when we had cities that lived in liberal bubbles and red states that lived in their bubbles and everybody kind of believed based on the way that you would go about your life that there was a little bit more of a homogenously lifestyle now the person that is is very very conservative sees

the 3 of the liberal city life in the liberal city live sees the 3 of conservative ecosystem they are on top of each other in a digital way that simply didn't exist until this moment. day 27 moscow time that's the way our top stories of the last 7 days shaped up here at r.t. international the weekly brought to you by me kevin i'll wait on the rest of the team and we wish you a great rest of the week. since

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