you go anywhere why not me. when i come here. behind this door is one of the world's 2 largest collections some of them so deadly they make over 19 look like an allergy in some of the stories that shaped this week's news exclusive access to the security siberian tree where russia has. developed a 100 percent effective at producing antibodies against the strains of coburg 90. the world health organization criticizes the roll out of vaccines in europe for being unacceptably slow agencies executive director for europe explains the problem in numbers. with both a long. long because we're rapidly approaching 1000000 deaths in

the european region which would also prostrates us because we don't see the spark seems reaching arms for us to. play. an asian man is brutally assaulted in the new york subway and an elderly filipino woman beaten in the city's streets in the latest string of crimes in the united states. and the u.k. a mob warns his community cannot be held responsible for the actions of some individuals if muslims are treated with more respect for teacher showed his class called the prophet muhammad. debate the issues of race. people trying to shut down discussion and using threats of violence people to feel good to. meet you keep interest across europe and the rest of the world with you.

from moscow thanks for joining us on the weekly on r.t. international and daniel hawkins great to have you with us this morning. now in the war on the pandemic russia has an array of weapons among them is the epic corona vaccine this week it's become available in all russian regions for the mass vaccination campaign the job developer of safe safe 100 percent effective at producing antibodies and can even fight off mutant strains r.t. was invited to visit the high security robot tree in the heart of so barrier where it's produced. this sign is probably worth a 1000 words because we are in one of the few places in the world where it has been plastered against the door not for cool looks not for show but as an actual warning behind this door is one of the world's 2 largest virus collections some of them so deadly they make covert 19 look like an allergy we are at the vector research institute met here with armed guards barbed wire and the no fly zone above us

inviting journalists is worlds apart from common practice here but they're eager to show and talk about how with their jab corona is made so this machine is where the work on the vaccine begins basically an inactivated virus from the red zone from the dirty zone is brought here and this machine it separates the r.n.a. from the rest of the virus it isolates it and from here at the r.n.a. is being passed on for further study and work this is the preferred vinyl stage of producing a vaccine basically here they are preparing a foundation for it it's protein based so the substance in this is literally called soup or wild broth it contains all the nutrients that will make this protein grow and as soon as it is ready it will be taken to a different lab also here where active components of the vaccine will be attached

to this protein in the foundation by active i mean those that will be recognized by our immune system as well including this and therefore we will develop antibodies for covert 19 what we do but i want to emphasize 3 major advantages of the vaccine it's because it's made from synthetic peptides 2nd it's not sensitive to virus mutations it's resistant to all known covert strains including british south african brazilian and others and 3rd you can get by. unlimited times one with the yearly flu vaccinations both in the vaccine develops a 3 line defense like to enter a room you need to open a door the vaccine forms on 2 bodies that prevent that if the fos line of defense is broken then another pool of antibodies goes into battle that stops the virus from connecting to the cell and getting inside but if this line is crossed as well then you response destroys the infected cell several high profile russian officials

have already chosen app iraq as their covert jab and there were rumors of russia's former president dmitry medvedev did so as well but the difficulty head of the vector institute says vaccination shouldn't be a free for all fights between different produces people get through jobs they don't ask how those vaccines are made or how they walk but all of them meet certain requirements it should be the same with corona virus vaccine a person just gets a job and that's it the message from russian vaccine developers which ever jab you choose you are getting the best shot at immunity done of reporting from the heart of siberia r.t. . well meanwhile germany is vaccination program a suffer the other blow with again suspending use of the astra zeneca jab this time for the sixty's that's left many in that age group who have already had their 1st shot in a state of limbo is this all of it is undoubtedly

a setback that one of the vaccines available to us for this pandemic appears to pose an increased risk for a certain age group 31 cases of cerebral vento strombo this had been reported after vaccination with the astra zeneca jab 9 of which were unfortunately fatal. well people under 60 can still get the shot but only on prescription and after an individual risk assessment as comes in the number of people in that age group suffered blood clots after vaccination so unburdened say they're wary of the government's flip flops on the vaccine. i completely understand being cautious but the problem of stopping the vaccination all the time is that we are already so far behind compared to the rest of the world and that is very disappointing because there are many restrictions and vaccines are the only thing we're trusting so we need to receive clear messages for citizens not to get confused. i feel that they're really rushing ahead too fast if you look at the side effects they're very

rare if you read the information leaflet of aspirin or ibuprofen or any other those have much more serious side effects and we swallow those daily more or less. i think it is very very good that the vaccines were as a valid so fast and they would talk about the side effects because silence of that information would be so much worse but i also think that due to everyone having an opinion on it now it kind of make the whole vaccination process falling to pieces in. the netherlands this week also followed suit kind of suspended the use of the for those under 55 of the country's national advisory committee decided it wasn't worth the risk of vaccines image has been tarnished over fears of rare but potentially fatal blood clots that prompted an investigation by the european regulator that found no direct link and so the benefits of the job the risks. i mean while the european medicines agency has recently approved a new name for the astra zeneca job. there's been speculation that the company

behind the vaccine has decided to rebrand in response to public safety concerns infectious disease expert bob there's no easy fix to the reputational damage. in this case and a 1000000 people you know you would expect very few cases of these terrible blood clots you know the ones in the in the scientists is in the brain the venous system the brain and the disseminated coagulation route the body just terrifying and you see that you know in in younger women so with this. it's very hard to convince the public now because now you know they see faulty baxi data you know used the wrong dose corrected the dose the may have the wrong the efficacy rate had a change that so a lot of suspicion about this in the e.u. vaccine roll out in general has been beset with problems with several states now looking to break away from the joint purchase scheme the show has also expressed its concerns calling the use efforts on acceptably slow according to the

organization only 4 percent of europeans have taken 2 doses of the vaccine so far we discussed this and the astra zeneca troubles with the executive director of the regional office for europe. we're both alarms and frustrated at that moment we're alarmed because we're rapidly approaching 1000000 deaths in the european region which are 44000000 cases of code it 19 on the other hand we're frustrated because we are well frustrated for the reasons that many of us have been living in lockdown for on things fancy 140 days in some cases but also across states it's because we don't see these vaccines reaching arms fast enough but this really is a court of governments to improve their backs nation plans ramp up speed up that vaccination process we need people to accept and have confidence in the vaccines they're receiving and when they're offered a vaccine to agree to take it the longer we wait the higher the likelihood

that they that the virus mutates and that will see variants escape the vaccine you mentioned a really important point there i think particularly pertinent right now because the w.h.o. talking about the after seneca banks in a sad condition came easy and of course there's that there's a great the need for it and a great demand for it but there are several countries in more than a dozen countries appear full of using it what is the stands now on astra zeneca vaccine just in confidence to such a fragile thing i mean it takes you in some cases years to build in just a few minutes to erode and diminish so it will undoubtedly and has undoubtedly impact its confidence of the communities that are relying on that vaccine. the astra zeneca back said this is very important that we get this vaccine back online where it's been temporarily suspended but at this point there's no course the association until we have more data we won't know just getting back to the

vaccinations there's a range of them out there now russia has a fear of its own thing the 1st one out there are those put on the market with sputnik v some countries and the west the big. slow to approve use of it is that legitimate is it just because the medical checks haven't been done yet or is it could there be a political element to it i don't think pot politics is something that we should necessarily just just in terms of the vaccines and where different vaccines used split the vaccine from what we've seen from the russian federation's the dates of its own of all peers to be an effective and safe vaccine is used in many member states and in and some of the states to do not have access to the vaccines that are listed for it's really the russian box in that has come to their aid and support so sputnik they being used to many member states it does not counts european medicines association approval hence it doesn't have e.u.

member states using it at this point but we are confident that in the very near future not vaccine will be of use to everybody across the globe. and he asian attacks in america show no sign of letting up to shockingly brutal assaults happened this week in new york one of the victims was an elderly filipino woman who was brutally beaten while a black male assailant yelled rochelle slurs a warning to view as you might find the following video upsetting. you are. and what seems to bother people the most is that there are several eyewitnesses in

the video who didn't intervene did not step up to stop the attacker and that is very similar to something that took place on the new york city subway another anti asian hate crime which video has also been made available of take a look. now the new york city police department says there is a sharp increase in anti asian hate crimes they say there have been $27.00 similar

incidents that took place over the course of the last year 12 of which were violent assaults now there has been a conversation among the us public about an asian racism we've heard statements from the biden and ministration as president biden said during his 1st primetime address and to violence in a full day is wrong it's un-american and must stop today president biden is announcing new actions to respond to the increase in acts of and. violence and to develop safety inclusion and belonged in for all asian american native hawaiian and pacific island to communities in asian american communities throughout the united states there have been community patrols that have been formed and they've been giving elderly asian americans a whistles so that if they are targeted by a racist attacker they can blow the whistle and maybe you know get the attention of people that are around them and that's one measure that has been taken there's been a number of statements by celebrities that have been made about the need to stand

against anti asian racism we've heard from the white house but at this point people are wondering will this be able to have an impact will this wave of anti asian violence be able to be stopped because right now on the streets so we continue to see footage of what is taking place it's very brutal very disturbing and it doesn't appear to be stopping and i just mentioned that volunteers are giving out whistles to elderly asian people throughout the u.s. in san francisco the project has been built off to some 700 whistles meant for distribution of stolen. in america street someone looking for other ways to counter racism publishers pulled a children's book over its the picture and all its instructor called last the one that some have deemed offensive in a form of passive racial stereotyping others have called it a pointless exercise in virtue signaling policy in the real problems facing people

daily and we spoke to store in the hole in the browser barnes role in the issue of . he needs to realize that by launching this new cold war against china he simultaneously helping to create conditions for the rise of anti asian violence it seems to me that for the foreseeable future we're bored to have difficulties because china's ascendancy is not going away any time soon and i'm afraid to say the political education in going to states is not very sophisticated not very high and ended up probably bleeds into anti asian american anti pacific islander america violence. still to come the poll finds most americans i think about losing their jobs i was something they've said online because of council culture to look into that it's all for the short break.

back to the week and a mom in the u.k. has warned the prime minister that trouble is brewing if more respect isn't shown to muslims insinuate in the country could go the way of france that's after a teacher in northern england left parts of the community outraged by showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to class all we ask for is a bit of respect if one teacher can do it another teach can do it 5 years down the line and we do not want this to be the case otherwise we are not responsible for the actions of some individuals or the teacher and his family are now in hiding after receiving death threats he's apologized but has been suspended though some local muslims are demanding the school fire him

a petition however call on the school to reinstate him as their god over 65000 signatures while you could apartment for education has also defended the teacher it is never acceptable to threaten or intimidate teachers we encourage dialogue between parents and schools when he she has emerged schools are free to include a full range of issues ideas and materials in their curriculum including where they are challenging a controversial subject or they obligations to ensure political balance or outrage over a similar case in france last october led to the brutal murder of some well party a history teacher near paris he was beheaded by terrorists after showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad his pupils to him differ from christian concern and no one saw a political and social commentator locked horns over the issues raised. this could be very easily turning into some kind of a powder keg and you do not throw that matches into such things we've

seen in france and in many european countries the rise of the far right we've seen some to tears civil rights system pushing against islam pushing against muslims marginalizing them and it's open season on muslims courage attack them on free speech places and people make themselves are to be free speech martyrs or somehow muslims become inflamed of their own 15 western values so what's most alarming here is that the teacher had to go into hiding with police protection because what he's done he's he's discussed a point of discussion about a cartoon and the why the subject of blasphemy he hasn't actually hurt anyone he hasn't actually even threatened any violence and yet there are obviously very real threats of violence against him so much so that the police are going to protect him and take his family his wife and his children into hiding i think that is very very concerning and i think we need to recover a sense of normality and a sense of people being able to openly discuss and educate people about these

things and i've been around the block a few times and had this discussion a few times every time we've had this discussion on free speech and debate we have put down do worst of the ideas racism hatred we know it's not ok to be racist against muslims to make the argument is your right to be racist or is this racist we need to learn about religion that we need to learn about what people believe and we need to openly discuss them and so people and super about it let's be very clear about this that discussing a cartoon it's got about how it has nothing to do with basis and it's not racism at all and what's happening here is people are trying to shut down discussion and using threats of violence when people judge. people who work with the english defense league you keep anti muslim interest across europe and the rest of the what i'll do you try and demonize muslims marginalize them would have you laugh you will not win the cultural debate. or is he ok to be poked fun at and be racist against muslims out of their loved ones read what else is and you don't get to be offensive towards us this is not the way

a free society should work he should definitely be defended it's all he's done is raise a discussion people should be free to discuss things in class if we're not free to discuss things we have a de facto blasphemy law in the country which is being enforced by more cruel that threatens violence against people. the matter of council culture so going to impact on people's psychological well being a majority of people polled in the us say they fear being fired or reprimanded for what they say online is a chilling finding that most people in the country now are afraid they would be fired if they expressed their real views on social media of the nearly 2000 people surveyed over 60 percent of you growing council culture is a threat to their freedom or more than half see it as endangering their job security we can with the put in on the issue among new yorkers. people are creative and have a different mindset some artists decide to do different things people you next door

neighbor the fact of the difference you that you might not agree on i don't feel that you should ruin their entire lives over what they think in their mind even though it is harsh and it could go like that market sometimes i think it does scare people and it makes people think and made. sure you know. inappropriate. the idea of canceling counseling is bad and is not a good way of. creating difficult conversations because difficult conversations are very important to making difficult topics less difficult. it can really change the way that a person interacts with the world or using. to also understand like being fed up with having to respond to people who are sorry if you're so low it's always more complicated than it's presented a political commentator chat a bit more shared his thoughts on council culture and where it's come from. in the

past we've always sort of focused on the government and progress on protecting the constitution but of course in this in this day and age the threats are coming not really from the government they're coming from is this is from private corporations and most importantly from each other so that makes it interesting and different i think from anything else that that we really experience in culture before it's you know and it's actually on it's has become a social media mob threats to docs to get people wired and it's not a threat on many levels and most importantly it has a chilling effect on public discourse and on people being able to speak their minds to openly. discuss an advocate for things that they think that they truly believe in and their criticism that maybe what's going on in culture and in government and even if you have to hold yourself to see just criticizing cantle coulter 'd can get

you cancel. some of the news in brief now heated exchange at least in switzerland as a group of protesters clashed with police at one point even throwing a lot of cocktails during the night on the rest of us responded with rubber bullets and tear gas the 2 young people injured 21 arrested for questioning but have since been released this comes a week off to someone clashes with police broke up an illegal policy in the city the reason behind the latest a look ation is on clay a local media attributed to frustration with coronavirus restrictions. several top ranking figures including members of the royal family have been a rest that enjoy one alleged cooper all it's against king abdullah the 2nd jordanian officials have denied the prince and hussein was among those that signed over the formal crown prince says he's been placed on the house arrest and one has accused the country's leaders of corruption incompetence of harassment.

at least 10 police officers have been injured and $26.00 people arrested at a kill the bill protesting london clashes broke out during a rally of thousands of protesters outside parliament the bill if passed into law would hand police the right to limit demonstrations or the activists view this as an encroachment on their civil rights similar rallies have been held in other major cities across the united kingdom. and a historic procession of egypt's rulers as passed through central cairo the mummies comprising of 18 kings and 4 queens were transported from the country's national museum to their new resting place at the museum of egyptian civilization the ceremony called the golden parade of the pharaohs began just after sunset some of the mummies being transported in climate control cases or more than 3000 years old . up next door to documentary catches up with the african-americans who fled racial

discrimination in the u.s. and moved to the u.s.s.r. . back in half an hour to join us again then. humanity has never seen such strange natural phenomena befall giant coming to this appearing in the open in. one off or another. but never doubting self again you feel you have to get your foot you know limb does lowboy those of you want. this one appeared in 2020. how often and where will new creases appear. how dangerous own thing for humans. is developed in 2021 russian scientists came quite close to working out what's going

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what started my interest i should say black americans in the soviet union in the thirty's was finding this portrait even though i had gone to grad school for the master's degree in russian literature i speak russian and i had lived over there in the late eighties finding this portrait was was

a stunning development for me how did i not know about this. i didn't know that this was a phenomenon that there were many. african-americans who went to russia and meet in the thirty's. in the 1920 s. and thirty's several 100 african-americans moved to pursue a view to union and many of the descendants still live in russia. and on the west but also up at. the restaurant they meet here the 1st pay your foreigner that i want to see question and then wait wait wait there masha that also. back home black american suffered from racism and a complete lack of prospects. is that the love the smug the deal.