ah, the the russia high level economic form and st. petersburg hits the top gear with president putin announcing the country is pushing ahead with infrastructure for a vaccine tourism industry. when you do it, we don't just covering our own needs. we can also provide foreign citizens with the child to come to russia and get vaccinated here. i would like to of the government to analyze all aspects of this issue. by the end of the month. there is consensus at the event that widespread vaccination is the only way to get the world economy back on its feet with austria as chancellor showing his support for splitting v as part of the global rollout up in canada. it doesn't matter where back same comes from, from russia, from the us, from china. every bit of success in the fight against corona virus is a shed success of the entire world for the good of all people. and no economy

without energy, nor stream to gas pipeline returns to the headlines. as russia announces a key section is now complete. and the project should be finished outright by the end of the year ah, or broadcast, love to read from our studios and moscow. this is art international, and i'm showing thomas certainly glad to have you with us. russia is high profile economic form in st. petersburg revved in the gear on day to a full to the rafters schedule was seen on friday, including an extensive speech by vladimir putin. there were a lot of topics for the russian president to get through. ortiz, per tango has the main talking points for us here and rushes northern capital during the st. petersburg international economic form. the biggest offline business

gathering since the peak of the pandemic. for the 1st time we heard the russian president vladimir, talk about what he expects of his upcoming summit with the u. s. president joe biden. the 1st one since joe biden came to power process still using the machine. we planned to discuss the bullet relations and we need to find ways to regulate them because they are very low point. at the moment we will be talking about strategic stability, regulating conflicts in the world, hotspots disarmament, the pandemic and the environment. this is our preliminary agenda. it will soon be a year since russia's 1st vaccine sputnik v was registered for use in this country, and the experience in the use of russian jab has allowed watermark to talk about russia's great success in this aspect. according to mister poop, not a single loss of life has been recorded as a result of the use of the vaccine. specifically, in russia, as you know,

makes his own contribution to the fight against corona viruses. we have, for vaccines develop domestically and the accomplishments of our scientists have gotten wide recognition across the world. and nick v has already been registered in 66 countries. it's more than 3000000000 to 200000000 people. and i would like to highlight that we haven't used all unique technologies. we're not just creating the tape abilities for manufacturing vaccines in russia rule. so helping other countries develop their own production capacities. if you're not a citizen of russia, and for some reason you don't have access to the jobs in your country, soon, you will be able to come to this country, pay money, and get the job. this is something that's been announced by a lot of our approved as well, who pretty much gave the green line to vac seen tourism. so to say, when you told us we are just covering our own needs, we can also provide foreign citizens with the child to come to russia and get

vaccinated here. you know, that's given the efficiency of vaccines that high demand for that. so you, moreover, there's a widespread practice of people from other countries coming specifically to russia to get the job against corona virus. in this regard, i would like to off the government to analyze all aspects of this issue by the end of the month in compliance. of course, with those safety measures unsanitary requirements to organize the conditions for phone citizens to get a chance to have the vaccine on a commercial basis. and another leader who was taking part in the discussion was the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurtz, during the part of recession. he thanked the russian president for russia's efforts in fighting the coven pandemic, and also for the proposals for the exports of the russian vaccine and production abroad. besides this, mister curd said that he regretted the fact that the european medical agencies being too slow in approving the use of sporting to be the best orders came in order

to speed. it doesn't matter where of axiom comes from, from russia, from the us, or from china. every bit of success in the fight against corona, barbara is a shared success of the entire world for the good of all people. and therefore, your politics should not stand in the ways of those developments. i'm very happy that sputnik be has been registered by more than 60 countries around the world i'm supplying the which means that this faxing will be available for all of us very soon. the nord stream to pipeline project intended for direct natural gas delivery from russia to germany and other european partners has a lot of enemies the us in particular. but as we heard from sebastian kurtz, austria is one. and actually, the austrian government is highly in favor of the project. one of the big headlines that came out of this form was latimer announcement that the 1st string of the pipeline was actually fully completed. only several hours ago. new ford was

germany green policy is in favor of taking american liquefied gas. but if they're really green, they should know that 70 percent of us gas is produced by hydraulic fracturing. and what is that for the environment and the conclusions are as follows. you, st. musson gas is more environmentally friendly, cleaner, cheaper, more reliable partners have made a choice to the north chain to project you watch. the president also gave a lot of attention to the issues of climate. mr. proven said that the claims that russia is not interested in addressing global climate problems is an absolute myth, and also invite its international business and investors to take part in the green projects that are being or will be launched in this country pandemic. and how it is altered the business environment was the early focus of many at the

form. a consensus is emerging that the health of the global economy depends on a switch return to normality through inoculation programs. meanwhile, the review of russia is putting the vaccine by the world health organization and the european medicines agency is still in limbo, despite scores of countries worldwide. already having authorized the job, the head of the russian direct investment fund, who is behind production of the shot, says the ball is now in the emmys court. but just had a very professional review by m a technical team and they are very professionals and they have not really raised any be critical issues. and i think they're doing their work in a very professional, you know, positive manner. i think there are some bureaucrats in you who was saying, we don't need support nuclear vaccine. we don't need trash and like seen, and we believe it's fundamentally wrong to make, since political or the head of the italian russian trade chamber says, regrettably, there is outside noise affecting the use covered response. it's a shame,

the politics is limited, the distribution of stuff. and it's not even a shame for russian business on the phone behind the java. it's a shame for us because we lost pace and leaving the demick behind. the major thing is that you will have to lay in accepting the russian vaccine has affected people's lives. some dine because they didn't receive a job in time. i see that some states like hungry, for example, if you're able to make their own decisions in this regard. bypassing you policy. outside of waco, the host of r t. that worlds apart also spoke to brazil's former president lou silva. he shed some light on washington's pressure on brazilian not to approve russian jobs. the full interview will be shown later on archie. they will tell you what it is. i'm greatly interested in vaccines from the whole world, from any country, including sputnik v, many brazilian officials are fighting to get the vaccine and i've placed orders for

it. but there seems to be a problem with production and distribution and also with its acceptance. hey, in brazil, but many people are suspicious that there was criticism from former president trump, and there is documented evidence of this that he recommended president both and not to purchase the russian vaccine in the same way that they heavily criticize the chinese vaccine. if the brazilian president was really committed to the people of his country, he would have talked to president putin. he would have set up a bilateral committee with the russian, that brazilian experts. and we would have sold the inoculation problem a long time ago. however, the president does not take any measures and the truth is that they are under pressure. i cannot prove it, but it's largely visible, but there is a political impediment to purchase russian vaccines in brazil, this ignorant attitude has to be eliminated. so we can have all. ready of the things in brazil, including sputnik which from what we have been hearing from experts, is a high quality coven vaccine. brazilian people certainly want the russian vaccine.

the national congress has already announced that if the russian vaccine is approved by other countries, it can be approved in brazil. the agency that supervisors health in brazil and visa is placing many demands and requirements on the russian vaccine defense that all russian friends submit all the necessary documentation. because people in brazil need vaccines. and we cannot give reason to those who oppose the russian vaccine. it seems to me that this is all about economic interest. it's an ideological war. obviously, the u. s. defends american companies and the u. k. defense british companies. but brazil does not need to worry about defending the us. it needs to worry about the health of its 230000000 citizens, brazil, if possible should buy the american vaccine, the russian vaccine, as one of the chinese cuba or any vaccines with scientifically proven quality. brazil simply has to also news about the north stream to gas pipeline

project. on the sidelines of the forum at rushes, energy minister said it was just 100 kilometers from the finish line and expressed hope. it would be completed by the end of this year, that is, despite repeated us sanctions aimed at discovering the project, which were only lifted a fortnight ago by president biden. the pipeline goes under the baltic sea and will deliver gas from russia directly to the e. u. through germany, we spoke with the chair of the german economic and the energy committee. he says, a purely business enterprise has been dragged into geo politics. for analysis, i believe, nor stream to as a necessity. because in europe, we're in dire need of gas for the foreseeable future. we know that the existing gas pipeline no stream one certainly doesn't have the same capacity as no stream too. and therefore, i am very pleased with this new pipeline is ready. i hope will soon be in operation

. the u. s. is in the lead those against the gas pipelines 50 years ago. they opposed gas supplies and the soviet union because they thought we will become dependent on moscow. but in fact, they only care about selling the liquefied gas. this arguments about dependence on russia is just nonsense, because this dependence is not one sided and it's 2 sided. russia also depends on revenues from the gas supplies and exactly the same way as we depend on their gas. and by the way, you know, pins combined gas from other suppliers, only. it is more expensive and more harmful for the environment like this very liquefied gases from the us. what the u. s. one is on the one hand to promote economic interests in an unfair way. and i think sanctions against other states absolutely unacceptable. on the other hand, i feel trying to keep europe in germany, in particular from forming a reasonable relationship with russia. and this is an argument that i do not accept . we recently discuss this and the fun,

the spikes economic committee and the majority spoke in favor of a partnership with russia. that's a cornerstone for a strong euro. so i am for creating conditions for cooperation with russia and continuing peaceful coexistence. and that will help build a solid foundation for this cooperation. after the upcoming general federal election compound may go to those who are more alienated towards russian interests than the interest of nations. and this is not the best ground for cooperation. in this regard, i hope that the election will lead to pearl and being able to improve relations with moscow and develop mutual understanding. returning the russian president speech, he also touched on at double standards in the west, over their assessment of the treatment of bella roost. protesters vladimir putin called nato statements on moscow's alleged involvement in forcing down a ryan air, playing by minsk dangerous. meanwhile, in a heightened move that has now band bella russian carriers from it's aerospace and

airports talking to r. t rushes representative to the block, questioned the decision bella via the, the official airline of villers, has nothing to do with that particular incident. so why should it should it be banned? there is no logic in that. and closing the airspace of villa rose, not before any conclusions have come from eco, the international civilization organization. but even before the investigation really started, that is also void of logic. it reflects, oh, i would say a very, what is that end of all it is, is ation of the whole situation and who will suffer. it will be, of course, citizens of bella rows whose faith so dear to the western governments.

and it will be ireland travellers from western europe who will have to fly on a different route. i long, longer root, and that will make the air think it's of course more expensive. so all in all, a very busy day at the forum on friday from letting me put in speech to calls for fair recognition of covert buffing drugs wherever the vaccines originate from. and there is still a full weekend of debates deals and discussions ahead up north. we will make sure you don't miss any of it. this is our to international. the france has announced the suspension of joint military operations with molly in the

wake of last week's military coup in the african nation. paris says it will maintain the measures until it receives guarantees of a return to civilian rule. while awaiting these guarantees, france has decided to suspend as a temporary measure, joined military operations with marley and forces as well as national advice, remissions for the benefit president micron has also threatened to withdraw. frances 5000 soldiers from the region placed there as part of an anti terror operation in 2013. but some experts now the fear of french withdrawal could boost the influence of radical islam. your story and job horn says the move could spelled wider problems for parents. that frances, in a quagmire, this temporary withdrawl, it seems to me, will be quite brief. because already the religious zealots control about 60 to 75 percent of the country. the french back regime only support the remainder.

sadly, and unfortunately, the french back regime and bama cope also is deeply and messed in religious fanaticism itself. president macro and has not helped matters with regard to his maneuvers and neighboring shad. recall that when the leader eaters debbie was killed in a conflict with rebels just a few weeks ago rather than follow the constitution. the military and shad decided to promote interest. debbie son to be head of state rather than objecting president and the chrome show up at the address debbie's funeral and sat next to this legitimate leader. so it seems to me that france is on the verge of losing control of its neo colonial empire. and what used to be call french west africa passengers returning to view k r describing chaos. surrounding the country's coven

testing rules. with some people even paying hundreds of pounds for tests that arrived late or don't come at all. arthur, not tv dud can tell. such a tale, he paid almost 400 pounds for tests when he returned to the u. k. from america, according to the regulations the he needed to test on the 2nd and 8th day after arrival. however, while he was waiting for the results of the testing company was removed from the list of government approved providers and he was forced to repeat the whole process again. his wife has started a campaign to attract attention to the growing problem. the government haven't. yeah, actually you know, said anything about whether that dealing with this there's been nothing from grant shops on it. and i just think that something does need to be done to make sure that these private testing providers are held account to actually do what the people are paying them to do it. small companies that have been able to set up as,

as contractors, they don't have the capacity to deal with the amount of customers, the huge amount of influx that they had. they will, they don't have the capacity in terms of the laps getting the results back to the one time. obviously that is a big problem where people having massive issues with p c. r tests, as more people are now traveling since may, the 17th is just getting worse and worse. there's a lot of radio silence on, on this whole issue. and it really does need to be brought to the governments tension more because that they're not really answering to why things have gone so roman and this has been ongoing. now since while i've been dealing with this since the sort of may from the middle of may, the u. k. opened borders for foreign traveled, but imposed tough restrictions on people's return, including a test before you fly,

and then to more and possibly quarantine when you're back in the country, depending on where you're flying in from and to add it to the confusion. there are different rules in place for england, wales, northern ireland and scotland. the managing director of one testing clinic says the system is under enormous pressure. travel is starting to take off more and more people are having tests to fly. more and more cases of people not getting bad results back on time or not getting that becket delivered on time. people will sell swaby home using the postal services. there is a chance it will have major issues or cause major issues around again are capacity in logistics processing, if both from a power tree and the private providers don't work together to make sure that they're promising it deliverable. i think one of the challenges here is the providers are coming out of the woodwork to make money, which i guess not in business,

but i don't think that's necessarily the best thing for the consumer and tentative building a acceptable, efficient private sector testing infrastructure that can meet the needs of customers, particularly when it comes to travel. denmark has passed a law that would allow it to send migrants to countries outside the you while they're applications to stay are pending. the move is gotten big support among citizens at home, but has part condemnation within the block. we shut the concern expressed by the un high commissioner for refugees. external processing of the fine print rate from the member questions about both the assets and procedures and effective access to protection. it is not possible under existing e rules. the new danish immigration bill is aimed at reducing the number of migrants in the country. it is now externalizing the asylum procedure to discourage newcomers from attempting to gain entry in the 1st place. the law got overwhelming

backing in the parliamentary vote, a spokesperson for the social democratic party which heads the government says, despite the you criticizing copenhagen for the move, something had to be done. mike, once coming from different places in africa, middle eastern countries, they will probably stop seeking our buying asylum in the markets. they know that they will be sent out of europe again. the new legislation comes amid rising pressure on denmark after it's stripped. a handful of syrian refugees of their residency on the grounds that the syrian capital, damascus, and of the surrounding region are now considered safe. denmark is the 1st european country to take such a step. the decision immediately ignited outrage among refugee and human rights groups which lead to protest that hit the country last month. copenhagen defended the decision, saying the area in question have been say for almost a year. here's what an opponent of the new law had to say. this government came to

power and the minority that threw in the election, especially this call is very much against people from italy, especially the machine background. you know, so they don't want them to come to suspend the syrians came now they want to kick them out. also, they are trying to, to make laws where they can send people back to see the problem is that this government, social democratic government knows that it is impractical and not a feasibility of and they don't want to leave her away because if they did, they could just side by the far right parties as the by the ministration apparently acknowledges the so called lab leak theory on the chinese origins of the chronic virus. u. s. a chief medical advisor anthony founder is calling on basing to release the medical records of woo hon lab workers in may. president biden ordered a speedy investigation into the origins of cove at 19 in

a you turn on his previous stamps, days before the decision. the wall street journal reported that 3 will have lab researchers were already sick in november of 2019 siding and unnamed us intelligence report. but it actually is, gosh, you have comments. there is a question hanging over the reports, credibility, you doubtlessly seen it. that story so incredible the journalists bending over backwards to make it credible sob. so on the wall street journal, for example, with a sensational tail from the who had virus lab, it could be significant members of the same team working with current viruses, went to hospital with similar symptoms. shortly before the pandemic was 1st identified. generally, any astonishing story has an astounding author behind it that mike gordon, who, who was that they sees just that see the person who is now telling us that the virus may have leaked out of all aboard. toy also told us that saddam was building

nukes in the last 14 months, iraq is sold by fountains of specially designed aluminum tubes, which american officials believe were intended as components of centrifuges to enrich uranium. yes, this is the say, michael gordon, one of the many who misled the matters into supporting the invasion of iraq, which kills more than a 1000000 people. years later, the new york times apologized to his article, saying they were essentially broadcasting. why the house talking boyd's but we have found a number of instances of coverage that was not as rigorous as it should have been on september, 8th, 2002. the lead article of the paper was headlines. u. s. s hussain intensified quest for a bon parts that report concerned the aluminum tubes that the administration advertised insistently as components for the manufacturer of nuclear weapons fuel. it should have been presented more cautiously. years later again, mike came up with another hit active duty russian troops identify the new crane.

now, photographs and description some eastern ukraine endorsed by the obama administration on sunday, suggest that many of the green men are indeed russian military and intelligence forces equipped in the same fashion as russian special operation. troops involved and arctic seeing the crimea region in february kept. of course, it wouldn't be mike gordon if the new york times didn't have to come out and apologize for his work. took just 4 days more recently, some of those grainy photographs have been discredited. it all feels rather familiar. the rush publication of something exciting often base and an executive branch leak. and then afterwards, with a kind of morning after feeling here comes in more sober, less prominently displayed, follow up story to deal with objections who are not clarifying much of anything. that's nice, having an inside man, a guy to

a lot and government and see i talking points and turn them into journalism that's easier for the public to digest. mike's job is difficult. he has to turn a conspiracy theory, the something that people will believe and i mean, you remember how brutally the media came down to a drug. but he dad mentioned the cobra lab league theory, but now the biden's done it much. the media do 180 a world health organization experts impossible to 10 how when the hugh hon corona virus will peak. i think it's going to spec. it's going to come across to a lot of americans as backing of xenophobia housing community that has believed and continues to believe and have in there weren't low confidence on the viruses. precise origin said a likely possibility. are you saying you think it's likely that this, that that's the way it happened that they've been covering it up? yes, it is sort of sad. seeing how many michael gordon's there are out there in the american

press last year. washington post labeled the whole cool good lab league theory debunked by scientists. you know what they've quietly done since they went back into that 2020 article and they changed it to disputed. and the year old article, there was no new information. it's still all old, so why did they do it? well, because by didn't said it, and ne, i loyal help by their very close relations between the, the, the intelligence agencies and the media very close. the intelligence agencies use the media all the time to leak information to, to spread rumors to make certain specials. they, they don't like, look bad. we saw this tremendously during the rush it gate episode under trumps when, when there were vast numbers of leaks, there were all. busy intended to make the trump or his various officials look bad

look like they were colluding with russia. and these leaks came out of the intelligence agencies that is quite clear and the press lasted up the press lumper they couldn't get enough. they. ready were very eager, they were eager for more and they never questioned why the intelligence agencies will leaking in this information or what kind of motive the agencies had in mind. and that doesn't for me, this hour, i will be back with your headlines and let's say 30 minutes and 30 seconds. this is our international. glad to have you with us. oh

oh, join me every 1st bit on the alex simon show. when i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport business, i'm show business. i'll see you then in the ah will come to still visionaries me sophie shepherd, not to our universe is full of unsolved and powerful mysteries. and one of the darkest think like holes, derision, advancement in science should at least some light on them. while to talk about this, i'm joined by 20 twain noble prize winner in physics, sir roger penrose.