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just after 9 at night here in moscow this tuesday march the 2nd the warm welcome to news hour in r.t. . slovakia country number 13 to give the green light to russia's main covert vaccine. second nation to approve sputnik 3. blocks of vaccine shortages continue to mount charlotte has more now on europe's laundering and occupation company. well there is dissent in the e.u. ranks who are now saying enough is enough with this slow rollout of the vaccine process that is being watched over by the e.u. let's take slovakia that's become the latest e.u. country to decide it needs to buy doses of the sputnik reback seen from russia it's made an order of around $2000000.00 doses it is the 2nd nation to do that how green
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is already in new york relating its citizens with the sputnik the vaccine and the czech republic is also said that it's interested in possibly buying it now the sumac in the pm said it was necessary to buy this vaccine to boost the inoculation program. buying this russian vaccine was the right thing to do it's trustworthy anyone who wants the job will get one in the next 2 months we will get 1000000 vaccines and then in may in june another 1000000 i believe that by meeting the deadlines and promised supplies russia will prove that it's a stable partner that we can rely on in these hard times since the coded $1000.00 pandemic does not pay attention to geopolitical issues and the protection of human life prevails above all else we've seen fit to buy a russian vaccine so that slovak's who wish to can get vaccinated well that vaccine is due to be used in the next 2 weeks it hasn't of course that regulatory approval by the european union's e m a this is the european medicines agency but in an emergency such as a pandemic if
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a country in the block decides that it gives approval of vaccine that hasn't been approved on that wide spectrum that can be used now the e.u. is wos according to it though or not something that's a problem within the block but something that's actually to do with russia the natives it seems that this will cause action diplomacy. actions recently with some actors in particular once again christian. it's trying to discredit. that sector is why. all using racial these 2 shouldn't. race to gain geopolitical. however it's clear that it's the e.u. zone countries that have been questioning the efficacy of vaccines that they may has approved let's take the astra zeneca vaccine for example now both france and
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germany raised questions about this vaccine president of france describing it as being quasi affective for the over 60 five's germany didn't recommend that it was given to the over 60 five's both have since made a u. turn and a singing a different turn poland on its part is apparently in discussions with china to potentially have the vaccine from that also another vaccine that has not been given approval by a while to move to the problems that the e.u. is facing austria and denmark and now in discussions with israel about potentially money fracturing vaccines in that country in a chance to boost the production to get moved back seems to its citizens chancellor 1 of austria suggesting could say in his words it was needed because it was exactly like waiting for ketchup. my danish colleague has made
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a good comparison i think she spoke of the ketchup effect you probably all remember what ketchup bottle so used to be like where it often took a long time before anything came out and then all of a sudden the whole torrent came out and it will be similar with vaccinations the e.u. is desperately trying to save face it's now launched a continent one project to try and boost the manufacturing of vaccines but for many in europe this is already too little too late and they feel that they really have to at this point go it alone. russian of has a 3rd vaccine in its arsenal against the pandemic. is expected to enter the market later this month we spoke with the center director. when you pulled out of the can you explain what makes the kovi vaca vaccine different he uses a deactivated virus but what does that actually me who was wounded in the can we
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used a process called in activation which basically means killing the virus vaccines usually use a live virus or an already dead one we're dealing with an inactivated whole cell vaccine approach that we've been developing for many years all of the vaccines at the chu mock of center are based on this method a significant number of our vaccines form part of the russian national vaccination calender. causing a lot of the book at what how long did it take to develop the vaccine how did you test it with you know where i'm of the it took almost a year and that's a very short time no western company has ever managed to produce a vaccine like this in such a short timeframe where there are other technologies involved a key step was extracting the virus we went to various clinics and took blood samples from sick patients and tested for the presence of the virus one patient turned out to have a strain that was particularly amenable to our ends we were able to multi-line it and to cultivate it this was followed by the technological stages which
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manufactured the virus then purified it and then killed it the so-called in activation process as a result we get an industrial strain of the virus fit for mass production you know which from the give you go across the sky doesn't ease the foreign manufacturers said it was impossible to create an effective vaccine in such a short period of time then the lancet magazine published these efficacy data and many more people want to buy our faxing how will you convince the west that your vaccine is as effective. as not to because it would but if you do not have to prove the prestige of our institution in the products it makes the institute is 60 years old and it's connected to the victory over polio and yellow fever and we deliver drugs for these diseases abroad so we don't need any promotion the pandemic has created something akin to a state of war so all our resources have been redirected towards launching the vaccine into civilian circulation it's not about convincing anyone everything we do
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meets the requirements of the world health organization with which we have close cooperation the state has the task of solving the civil circulation issue and of doing the promotion the 1st challenge is to obtain the product and then to get it out there. well it was all march 1st whilst here at the inn or girl case of the virus was the tech to in a russian national let's have a brief look the following. of months of unfolded here.
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family friends and neighbors no woman should be off the snooping radar when it comes to covert rubric years of least according to new zealand's prime minister but has informing become yet another symptom of the pandemic nichiren takes on the story amidst the many lockdowns thousands of face masks and gallons of hand sanitizer kind of it has also encourage families and friends to reconnect check in more often to family quizzes but also question who we can really trust in new zealand kiwis have been encouraged to turn detective and report to any rule breakers they come across whether they be your friendly local greengrocer or he'll day old grandma even with a full understanding of human fallibility it is not appropriate and it is not r.k.
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the members of the team of 5000000 to meet the rest of us down and it seems it's a proven practice remember last year when the shit number of do that is snitching on their neighbors was some of the well make it crashed a police website we've had 4200 reports of people believing others were compliant again it shows how. determined. to ensure that everyone complies with us convinced the idea of turning us into a world of informers is the key to compliance leaders across the globe competed for the most creative ways to encourages all to tell allays matt opted for a cash incentive you know the old expression about snitches well in this case snitches get rewards we want to thank you for turning folks in and making sure we are all safe in washington police transformed a local up for a residence into an express line to rat on your neighbor with government stay home
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stay healthy order in effect the bellevue police have developed an easy way for residents to report violations reports logged into the my bill view would generate a heat map showing where there are potentially illegal gatherings or business activity in italy such was the strength of the ole seeing army they decided to make it official and created $60000.00 jobs for those who felt the need to daub in others and no souls was spat in germany as even politicians felt the wrath of the school you'd think the public might have been appalled by those measures but the enthusiasm was so overwhelming that some police stations of the u.k. were receiving so many calls that they had to create a separate special hotline for the holders of curtain twitching do gooders now there's nothing wrong with asking people to remain vigilant and helpful we all have to do our bit but what happens when coburn itself coughs it's lost in the pandemic finally blows over the curtain twitchers will just be left nervously twitching
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hoping to once again be friends and not enemies. washington and brussels of slops oceans yet again a number of senior russian officials and to these over the jailing of kremlin critic alexina valmy moscow slammed it as side interference and has vowed to respond in kind or senior correspondent rutger's deal of talk through events in the studio earlier. these latest sanctions were announced by the european union and the united states almost simulate anus so the american sanctions there they're wider in scope they target for example 7 officials but also for team and due process that the united states believes are engaged in manufacturing components for chemical and biological weapons the european sanctions they target russian officials or for officials the attorney general the head of the investigative committee the chief of
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the national guard the head of the 3 federal penitentiary service so these officials have been slapped with restrictive measures travel bans visa restrictions for their role in the arrest of election of on their leg arrest and sentencing to an r.v. years he's now serving behind bars for violating the terms of his parole he had been given a suspended sentence years ago now for embezzling defrauding the company in russia we've learned from russian prosecutors that he had violated the terms of his suspended sentence dozens and dozens of times now germany and other countries they they believe that russia was behind his alleged poisoning russia's response to that has been look show it's a shred of proof because all we've heard so far is claims and what they've received from the german side from the european union is silence they've been stonewalled completely and utterly and russia here now says that it will respond to these
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sanctions as it always does we will definitely respond one of the basic rules of diplomacy was to prosody still holds to be frank there's not much i can say about this we have made up position clear multiple occasions regarding the illegitimate one sided sanctions which our american colleagues results with or without good reason most of the time without as well as e.u. officials who take their cue from. the americans when they have nothing to back up their claims with about the poisoning of novell knee when all those who cheated him a carefully hiding the facts that could shed light on what actually happened to him and when at the same time instead of cooperating with russia they start punishing as well i think it does a disservice to those making such decisions as a response it's will come ashore what is interesting also is the way the united states formulated. its argument for these sanctions and that is that the intelligence community in the united states believes and we've heard this many
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times before with high confidence that it was the russian state behind the poisoning of alexei navalny russia's said repeatedly there's been no investigation there's been no court no trial there's been no evidence presented how are you going to come out and say that it was the russian state behind this and they you know there's been anything but a united front i mean just several weeks ago we heard european any pieces coming out and say why are we supporting alexina vonnie you know if the if he had been arrested in any other country but russia we wouldn't even 3 be saying his name and this is judy his nationalist past being called you know saying very anti-semitic things anti muslim things homophobic things and this is you know presumably why amnesty international for example recently decided to deprive him of the label of prisoner of conscious they they still say that you know he's
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a political prisoner they believe he's a political prisoner in the day should be released but he's not a prisoner prisoner of conscious because of the views that he holds amnesty international is no longer able to consider the lexan of only a prisoner of conscience given the fact that he advocated violence and discrimination and he has not retracted such statements this is obviously the opening salvo of the united states concurrently as it was announcing these as. that there would be more to come for other reasons for going for whatever out. now we've just got to wait for russia's response and i'm sure that europe will come out and say that this is unwarranted. well it's a pleasure to welcome live on to the program now of love amir cheezy of who is russia's permanent representative to the european union to view on europe's been
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happy to decide sanctions that we know but not to respond to moscow's repeated requests for information over the novell the case why is that do you think. well that's a good question. you're meeting the european union and also member states they can really stay with this and. demanding that russia will lose their role opens the criminal gates to the alleged well it's an ngo and i was up providing any evidence. and also you know playing. games like russia for the dress we. see w in the hague in the hague they say no you should go to the german government and vice versa and the european union. i believe
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for. i would say as a result of misuse of we. say most european solidarity principle but they cannot all unsubstantiated claims. brussels function speak coincided with those from washington what's your take on not particular timing is one side influencing the other do you believe. well the european union. in local sense particularly since we change over in with the new administration saying that we do use intention is to coordinate with united states matters of foreign policy including. presumably this one asked by the way i make one point when we talk about
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sanctions these are not sanctions sanctions according to international law if you do which is slowly in the hands of the u.n. security council everything else. regarded as unilateral measures illegitimate by definition. if you're someone at the coalface of diplomacy with the european union how can moscow and the e.u. know i find a way of moving forward from the current frosty relations well you know there is a russian saying. when you have a feeling that your relations with the bottom somebody starts knocking from below. as so i believe we have no water or both russia and the european union 'd. to try.
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to bring those relations back to normality do you believe that e.u. officials think the same way. i believe that. those who have a clear view of what rush he listens are all about. understand. we lose there really any other option. i can through he was by chancellor merkel of germany. who some time ago said the. the e.u. and russia share the same landmass as one of the 3 tier for every normal relations but likely much more than just let my system of only get over this. also our common history. well different history of
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course. which included both good times and bad times and those. common wealth european gulzar and of course millions upon millions of. people to people contact. us so we and of course to adding to that to be. new to conquer the village around families which is effect of this is not even looking guys are absolutely. on the point perhaps it is everyone in the e.u. on an official level on board with the sun to russian sun sions you're on the sidelines you speak to many people how do you talk to them are they convinced it's the only way to go other dissenting views on not. well there are different eras
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and actually many of the decisions taken by the european union like. these so disparity of views on this i would say why the rangers on our approaches because all decisions in the european union at least in this sphere afaik and by consensus and consensus of the $27.00 now all. we need may be a little stronger than consensus of the 8 until recently but anyway. it's too late we. least common denominator among the positions of members because whatever one thinks of those. european superstate actors in brussels the european commission we have a council and the various things that isn't the important decisions in the e.u.
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are still taken by members. so. when we speak to representatives of member states by letter we often hear that. they think that 'd we've got a policy of the e.u. leads our relations into the south. but they are they are. bound by this principle of european summit that you're being very very very good with your time collect just touching one other issue the north stream to pipeline that project do you believe it's at risk from these new sanctions do you think germany will stick to its current position despite washington's pressure. well you will have to ask the german government or but.
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the north. is well within the interest so. you have been and that is security let me remind you that most in all were seated but not in one which was built in years ago and we. are by the european on the. list. so of those. in the log in the subsequent visits from the north who is 0000 men while not they do not. they both serve the same goal or well being in the peace corps. of the european union and we very much appreciate your
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time and your thoughts this hour we've been speaking to vladimir cheesed off his russia's permanent representative to the european union thank you if. political tensions continue to simmer in armenia a day after huge crowds rallied in the capital while thousands in one part of your refund demanded that the prime minister stand in another part of the city be impossible pm address supporters vowing to take the country back to the polls actually if the parliament agrees to the terms of an election we will accept their own actions because we are sure that our people are able to freely express themselves and choose a legitimate government in armenia the call passion you know and also promised a referendum on a new constitution in an effort to win over his detractors but it seems not many were convinced. but the good people we're strongly against the elections will hold the elections only when he leaves office will stand to the end to force the
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government out in a year there will be elections and people will choose who they want. to debate the issue of what kind of elections should there be the country split in 2 i was in ukraine during the orange revolution they had a similar scenario the country was also divided they say we're staying for the people but who are the people the people are those living in the country and they don't need this division. well let's just recap what led armenia to the current political millstream last week the prime minister faced calls by the military to step down following months of unrest it all stems from last year's conflict with neighboring elser by shan which resulted in a peace deal many are many and viewed as a humiliating defeat in turn accuse the military of attempted coup and fired the country's top general spark maslova it's from both supporters and opponents of the pm i spoke to global 'd relations analyst marco by pushing his political future.
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but it works going on here is that after the defeat in the government kind of. lenient lation is looking for a strong leader and russia can only look strong if he stays in power otherwise he. appears a lame duck who is weak on able to control the situation so that in power until the elections is key to his chance of actually winning them i think there is the population is probably a little bit divided between the kind of pragmatists who feel that he could have done much better against the bijani forces and those who feel that he's generally cost that territory to armenia because of perhaps he is pro washington or insulation because only he's watched essentially turkey drones out to destroy the medium's defenses in the going to cut a back but i was saying turkish drones would be shot down extremely successfully in syria i would live by the same kind of russian technology that he tried to blame
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earlier so the question is why didn't he usual why didn't he procul the correct technology that would have. depended on media mediums rather that in the going to come out against those drones that would depend against in syria. right to a story that's starting to generate quite a lot of interest a white employee 10 alit liberal arts college in the u.s. has quit over what she called up less fear of racial discrimination there jody shaw outlined the incident for us. i was required to attend training a professional developer retreat and at the training i was asked to talk about my race in the context of my childhood i had asked i told my director beforehand that i'm uncomfortable talking about race in the workplace we're not expected to talk about why it's not legal to ask about race in a job interview so i'm not clear on why we're expected to talk about it as a part of our job so i just said i'm
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a coder woods talking about race and she said that's fine just don't talk about is say you're uncomfortable so that is exactly what i did at the workshop the facilitators later told our group that any white person who is resistant to discussing their skin color when requested is not actually uncomfortable what they are doing it is a power play it's called way fragility and it is power play. well the president of a college this miss the claims of a racially hostile environment baseless but in her resignation letter jodi said the climate of the college shifted dramatically following an incident in 20 of the. earth.
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you don't get hurt. i was eating lunch i'm working the summer program so realizing how many calories. done is not like this happens way too often where people just like. of the 20th teen investigation judy believes the probe simply still racial tensions out the school. college is very invested in talking about race in a way that i find is racially hostile and so i believe you for going to talk about race let's talk about it in a meaningful authentic.
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