fresh protests in europe over covert restrictions as mixed messages from governments leave people confused and angry. we go over we want to come together we can see our loved ones anymore and we think this is absolutely against our fundamental human rights us state of vermont to defend prioritising nonwhite residents of for the covert shot a move that some have condemned as a racist. amid a surge in asian hate crimes in the us in martial arts center in california the state by far the worst affected open self-defense classes for the most vulnerable.

and another scandal hits u.k. sports as questions are raised over a probe into 2 british olympians and how they were tested for steroids. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international on john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. right now fury is growing in europe and apparently contradictory curfews in lockdowns during a 3rd wave of the pandemic reports on rising resistance to measures that some think violate basic rights. businesses shuttered parties banned national holidays canceled social life is in a log down chokehold all across europe as governments struggle to smother the pandemic and while some grit their teeth and the bite others rebel.

it's prohibition all over again but with a twist saloons hidden behind false walls are now in vogue as well as guerrilla picnics as police combed through the undergrowth for party partisans europe is just one big speakeasy youths are fed up in my opinion a moon in favor of holding us accountable individual or rather than banning us from doing anything. in the lockdown does not correspond to what it should be because people can leave italy freely while we cannot leave our region we can leave the house to visit friends during the day but if i call launch of the host 10 times to

visit 10 friends i can do it through the 1st day because majority of disregarding the obligations for example they're not wearing masks they're not keeping the minimum distance the 1st wave of covert then a 2nd and now a 3rd wave a traditional way of life has been washed away by what very much looks like a tsunami now the pandemic and there's no sign of the tell you turning anytime soon in germany for instance authorities openly admitted to creating a void of faith between them and the people now to really give to sneak in there is no silver bullets when the pandemic but we need clarity. and resolve we need transparent and pragmatic rules so that people know where they stand mistakes have been made when it comes to testing to vaccinations to digital solutions the pandemic as they hold up a mirror to our country reflecting our compulsion to lay down rules for everything our fear of taking risks the shunting back and forth of responsibility so during

pretty much everything trust board and politicians to stop the spread of the virus is dissipating with every make signal they send like this one says day the 1st of april as well as the surge of april should be defined as calm days with extensive contact restrictions and a ban on gatherings from the 1st to the 5th of april. the idea was a mistake this mistake is my mistake alone a mistake must be called a mistake and above all it must be corrected at the same time of course i know that this whole matter trygaeus more uncertainty i regret that deeply and apologize to all citizens. vaccines turned out to be no silver bullet against the corona virus prompting even more contradictions was a reason we won't give this mr seneca vaccine to people over 65. it has been greenlighted for people over 55 with

a medical condition. astra zeneca has a nature stiction from 18 to 64. the standing committee for vaccination recommends the use of the esters any $1000.00 vaccine and those over 60 and surely cover dissidents are only adding fuel to the fire of the pandemic but the more helter skelter the official response to the crisis is the more a narcotic the public mood will get as more people will be pushed and pushed into the ruinous and very very deadly arena of covert denial. we don't want to be the rules that have been imposed on us they impose on us how to think how to behave they impose measures that are devastating for our people we don't want to tell the readers any longer we can't go where we want we can't go on together we can see our loved ones anymore and we think this is absolutely against our fundamental human rights it's not just some measure of their private lives of our

rights and we're reclaiming our rights. the biggest goal we have is to end this corona dictatorship because i suspect what is still to come. and amid european criticism over government mishandling of the pandemic some are taking matters into their own hands. and italian businessmen are returned to moscow just to get a 2nd dose of the sputnik vaccine over an occupation delays back home we have been covering here's a vaccination journey in russia since day one and we'll bring you more on how it all went later in the program. in the u.s. state of vermont all nonwhite residents over the age of 16 have been offered covert shots something only available there to white people over the age of 50 some have branded the move blatantly racist though the governor defended the decision. this coordinated vaccination therefore it is an important step in to working with and

compensate interested community partner networks to reach some of the most historically marginalized people in vermont this is not even close to legal the 14th amendment for sure is violated here not to mention just the downright immorality behind such a ridiculous mindset the only way to stem the tide of discriminatory racism is more discriminatory racism vermont's a move came after a letter from racial justice activists demanding that officials prioritize nonwhites we put the issue up for debate. you know what we have here is a combination of definitely racial justice but also being strategic as we are trying to fight this pandemic and let's be honest we're developing nations the united states is simply not cutting it for how far along we should be when we compare the rates of infection going down in places like australia taiwan and even china the bottom line is that the best way to really get through this pandemic is to treat the people who have been disproportionately impacted and affected by it

and that happens to be black brown and indigenous people each group has equal access to the vaccine there's no real disparity as far as access if you want you can get it if it's available it doesn't matter what color you are just go ahead and get it so this whole thing is not necessary at all this is not at the expense of white people in vermont it is simply saying that the people who have been impacted the most are the people that we should prioritize this is most certainly discrimination based on race and you cannot do that at all especially from the state level this is a violation of many different fronts it's completely illegal and i would be surprised if he was get away with this without at least a lawsuit and at worse possibly more severe penalties you have the constitution that's involved the 14th amendment prevents this type of thing from happening so i don't think this can actually happen in america or at least it shouldn't be able to

according to what the law says this is not a violation of the equal protection clause or the civil rights act of what it is the institution of good logical sense and good logical strategy to get over a pin damage that has been inflict in this country for far too long and as well as the people who have been inflicted by myriad other forms of social injustice is about science and try to stick to a science as our glorious science is over here say i think the best thing to do would be to approach a problem from my scientific point. if you from a health point of view rather than a racist point of view. hostilities have flared in eastern ukraine with reports coming in almost daily of firefights and shelling on the frontline while rebels in the restive done yet region claim a ukrainian drone strike killed a 4 year old boy in kiev though insists the rebels version of events does not add up and that the accusations are crude propaganda designed to stir hatred so far it

has not been possible to corroborate the claims but a team from our ripley video agency attended the boy's funeral and spoke to his grandmother. i do understand his grief you have to go through it it's really hard to just parents and beside themselves with grief especially his mother i don't care that the house was damaged but why did this child have to suffer does he shoot someone dad of something or does he say a bad thing to someone he was just a child only who used to hold you and then tional in god's eyes. as tensions are ratchet up in eastern ukraine top officials and military staff in kiev have been laying the blame for the escalation at russia's door here is our correspondent i've got you. the seas far or what there was of it is crashing and burning under a sustained barras from both sides the only see has the numbers more than

a 1000 violations most of them artillery exchanges were detected on april 3rd ukraine's propaganda machine is also churning it is now officially calling thousands of its own citizens russian militias who are to blame the party line says for everything corrina ukraine and its partners are taking note of russia's systemic escalation of the security situation and the nats regions and in the republic of crimea this is happening against the background of the russian federation and willingness to reaffirm its commitment to the ceasefire or the current escalation by the russian federation the systemic and the largest in recent years a common goal is victory in the war against the aggressors and to ensure a stable peace to restore the territorial integrity of ukraine we will need to consolidate efforts of all the ukrainian people all ukrainian people apart from the ones they now call russian militias in

a bid to discredit them their beliefs and their grievances probably not the best idea if you want stable peace but there are 2 major takeaways from their recent statements 1st after years of stalling delaying and torpedoing negotiations here have seems to be entertaining the idea of a military solution to this civil war victory by brute force the other takeaway is that ukraine has virtually because war and russia officially naming it the russian ukrainian conflict russia isn't even a party in this civil war if its military was involved it would be over very very quickly that much is obvious if scouting imputing the russian army is moving within lot. territory in the directions it deems necessary in the shape and form it sees fit to ensure the security of our country this shouldn't concern anyone in the slightest russia poses no threat to any country in the world and that of course

includes ukraine russia always pays very close attention to its own security cordons ukrainian president probably not helped by dismal ratings his seemingly bet on calm for a day ship is military has issued a statement warning moscow that the us promised it won't leave ukraine alone and it won't let russia's aggressive plans materialize the state department has confirmed this ukraine's own aggressive plans it seems get a pass the americans should not be concerned by what russia is doing but rather look at kiev's unacceptable behavior which not only fails to implement them and set of measures but even denies degree mous in a manner that has become an ever more provocative if i were us colleagues were to focus and it would really facilitates to belittle a lot all hope is yet lost there is still a chance that cooler heads will speak out that they'll stop this escalation and will cause countless lives and achieve nothing but that's going to take an

international effort rather than egging ukraine on with promises of support and righteousness as has been washington's policy so far former u.n. weapons inspector and u.s. marines intelligence officer scott ritter thinks the flare up in fighting is being driven by economic concerns. the critique is also understand that they could very well be being put in a very difficult economic situation in the months and years ahead if north stream too is completed and russia decides to stop transmitting gas through ukraine depriving ukraine of billions of dollars in revenue there will be an economic crisis so i think ukraine is anticipating this and seeking to promote a deal or at least advertise the kinds of to a military solution in hopes that nato in europe will intervene politically and diplomatically on their side to get a resolution to this issue or to stop north stream to unless is in support of the

ukrainian objectives of ukraine is being led to believe that there will be support and there will be but the support will be military the support will be diplomatic or political but the united states is not going to deploy military forces to fight on the soil of ukraine against the russian army it just isn't going to happen. still to come the program another scandal hits the u.k. sports has questions are raised over a probe into 2 british olympians and how they were tested for steroids more details have shown frank this is our team international. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the

day or thinks. we dare to ask. you crane is back in the news and not in a good way escalating rhetoric which could lead to more conflict within ukraine who is driving this impending conflict in law or is this all about isolating russia. you know a lot of people speculate what they're not god exists or not. one thing that i can guarantee does not exist financial regulators.

welcome back this is our team international now protesters have rallied in central new york over a spike in violence against the asian community as the city has seen an increase in anti asian attacks of the past few weeks please be warned what we're about to show you it's a video of some of these attacks and you might find some of it upsetting. right from march 2020 to february of this year almost $4000.00 racially motivated attacks

on americans have been reported nationwide those of chinese ethnicity were by far the worst affected now report found 2 out of every 3 incidents took place in california a martial arts center in the state has it now opened special self-defense classes for the most vulnerable in the community. it would be so good for our seniors and the one that you are vulnerable to be equipped with something that they could use to go into and it is a variable right now and we're not. going to learn to be that i don't know you would encourage that our family you know maybe a bit tell me something about not really if you know a little bit and show it with my friends so they know how to use our behavior to protect themselves. class organizers say while it is unlikely an elderly person could take on a serious attacker there are a few secrets that could prevent more brutal incidents we've taught them techniques

like you know find the weak points point you can't counter attack you only need one effective counter attack that what you call a wait a minute this person can maybe i don't want to push you then you run them over the next 2 we can we are going to be. giving them more techniques that they can and then inspiring them to also won say our home to practice. it has been revealed to the u.k. anti-doping agency let elite olympians investigate themselves after testing positive for steroids and subsequently cleared the athletes hawkins got more details earlier from our correspondent jacqueline vogel. well right now we have front and center to british 2012 a limp ians that would be hurdler rhys williams and the runner gareth warburton now back in 2014 they both tested positive for steroids but they blamed supplements

that they had taken saying that they had been contaminated so of course at the time tests were carried out and it was found that those supplements had been contaminated and the 2 were let off with a 4 and 6 month suspension respectively and you can decision at the time said that the athletes were victims but they had brought the matter on themselves thus the suspension so case closed right well it was until right now the mail on sunday has come out with a report that has turned all of that upside down and 1st of all they say that the pair themselves arrange the testing of those supplements and a lot of that had been recommended to them but had no you can hope for over vision of it whatsoever there was no oversight of those testing facilities at all and as i said that analysis at the time came back saying that the supplements had been contaminated but here's the kicker the manufacturer of the supplements at this point has come out saying at the time we did testing as well and found no contamination of ourselves at least while the supplements were still on our premises so then why is there that discrepancy now you can't spokesperson has told

the mail on sunday that they weren't aware of that part of the story that the manufacturer had done their own testing but of course under water code you can't should be the one carrying out these investigations themselves not allowing possibly guilty parties to be doing that we contacted wada who said that they have been made aware of these latest developments largest independent intelligence and investigations department has indicated to us that it will include a few elements in the investigation it launched 2 weeks ago into historically geisha in the u.k. because it was built the 1st other gratian sort of come out over the last couple of weeks regarding the doping allegations what investigation is water talking about and making the statement well it's. it is having a really rough time of it as of late it would seem what they're referring to there is the fact that even before this latest up people with this hurdler and the runner was being looked at already over a very very similar case the only difference is the sport itself it turns out that

british cycling was also apparently allowing to conduct their own investigations a few years back as well again after positive test had occurred so of course there are now investigations by water everyone's looking at this very closely to see what happens and now we know that the chain of custody is possibly even completely called into question in these cases and it's a question of in how many other cases as well and we can just sit back and wait and see how big the fallout is moscow based sports columnist alan moore says the whole process seems unwieldy and there are many other issues in u.k. sports that warrant examination. the findings in war were very very weak because everything here is in order all if you are are you going to face your judgment you need to upgrade your own lieutenants so it's relatively standard. however you deserve the you or us are going pick something with you it is green and green

equally again it's not going to or towards it we will go to cast for example the court of arbitration for sport is to just be an all over seniors always want to wait it looks a bit dodgy we're going to wait it is going to process not a great process or process as it is we look for spin and then in the system of what else is there to be found i think you know there are some shoes 1st yes not just the point that they don't these are the sorority they should be. all just their teams or you can sport. and italian man has made a 2nd trip to russia in 2 months to get his 2nd dose of these put make the covert vaccine he told artie's saskia taylor why. the 8 years of vaccine rollout has been a debacle hard to mess for months now it's been a regular in the headlines and with more production and delivery to laze on the cards it still looks like

a fun plant weren't it's now while some most evil citizens are waiting and hoping that the brussels somehow gets its act together others have taken things into that own hands route alessandra rather nearly a born and bred talian has decided that nuff said enough and he wants his job now but why in the world can you get a coke in fact seen at the drop of a hat while right in russia so back in march he got on a plane from rome to last go to get his fastow's and now he is back in the capital for around if they would have to wait to italia might the young. shift should be verse you need to be noted it is still a long time honestly europe is very developed at the county i mean community. is good. but. because some. of those adored is not good

and the screen is that we don't do our own production year of very soon. and we have big delete so this thursday we could be absolutely. wrangling a visa and flying a few hours all waiting until the autumn even longer until she is eligible for a vaccine in italy for sandro it was a tough choice especially what he thinks about his large family many of whom are in the at risk category getting the job was just as much about protecting them as himself talking to me he also waved away any misgivings about sputnik v a vaccine that has despite being registered in round 60 countries in the world and having positive reviews in top medical journals been met with suspicion and skepticism by many for alexandria though it's easily explained because even in a pandemic there's space for a little bit of politics. the. problem is that these media

reaction. i don't see any other problem i don't want to see any kind of course. i see the. model that is produced. immediately find me here in europe. there is no reason. to not approve a. community already speak very clearly that no one. no one will see you that is not water that is not if you should i just hope that you know. priority. for a politician will be to see you for life of people and not to i don't know to support. coming out of the clinic after his appointment alessandro looked like the poster boy for putting health over politics everybody was.

so funny vaccinated and with a certificate to prove it us andro can now fly home and safely hug his out of the parents of course getting a visa in cuba times isn't that easy alexandra combined his russian wife being allowed into the country but a small story like his could become something much bigger given the countries in fact seen. no production delays no wait lists and the fact that there are hundreds of vaccination points business owners have pitched the idea of easing travel restrictions and inviting foreigners for some kind of visa free vaccination vacation they say it's a win win we are just a possibility of allowing visit free travel to russia or foreigners who want to get vaccinated against kobe 19 but it could be as it was organized during the fifa world cup to really help foreigners in desperate need but it will russian

businesses across all spheres which continue to fight economic fallout from the pandemic i agree with 100 percent the. policy should be this one. to open old. or vaadia which can of us need people soon as they can take a not business idea for a test run alessandro straight off to his shop he and a few of his italian friends have also put that faith in sputniks we met up for a celebratory lunch and all of the sundry has been told to hold off on the alcohol for a few days that didn't stop his friends from staying to his good health his future antibodies and of course international cooperation. for that is a for me this hour i'll be back in about $31.00 and a half minutes with another full infrastructure news source internationally.

was a pandemic no certainly no borders i'm just delighted to nationalities. as a little bit we took a backseat. to the. judgment is coming very close is this listen. we can do better we should. everyone is contributing each of our own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges created the response has been much so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together.

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