please please ah, the ah, the us on vales, the possibility of another round of sanctions against russia just 4 days after the shooting by summit in geneva. and in spite of the optimistic messages from both sides. also in the story that shape the weak moscow was sent a grim record of a daily number of covert 19 cases source of all time high cities mer. unless the raft of new measured and devastating floods leave one person dead to missing and dozens more injured in southern rushes, premier province as authorities declare a state of emergency and part corresponding reports from the region. so this is

what some of the street here and y'all to look like right now. i mean, you can hardly call it even a street. you could probably take on the store until on a canoe or something. the news with the top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment developments to welcome to the weekend r t. i mean, and only the u. s. government has said it's drawing up yet another round of anti rushes. sanctions. it's happening despite large the beat messages having emerged from the biden summit which took place just 4 days ago. russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman has condemned the move saying moscow will be forced to retaliate. we have always given a consistent response to legal actions of the united states. it is strange that

some people in washington enjoy this obstacle course so much. american idealogues have revealed themselves. they need all of the fuss around the supposed poisoning as a tool for solving the problems of their own non competitiveness. it is a surprise and you know, given this latest twist that we're seeing right now, it seems that you know, the relationship between russia and the us. they are not going to improve anytime soon. in fact, they can get even worse, because jack salad the u. s. national security advisor has just said on seeing that they did that biden's administration is preparing new sanctions against moscow. we are preparing another package of sanctions to apply and these case as well. we've shown all along the way that we're not going to pull our punches, whether it's on solar, wayne's or elections interfering, or nevada only when it comes to responding to rushes harmful activities. it will come as soon as we have developed the packages to ensure that we are getting the right targets. and when we do that, we will impose further sanctions with respect to chemical weapons. this comes on

the heels of the geneva, somewhere between vladimir putin and joe biden, where they had their 1st face to face meeting since the american president took office and both sides hailed as talks as constructive and overall positive. and even though there were, there wasn't any major break through, at least it seemed to leaders. we're committed to try to improve the poor state of the bilateral relationship between russia and the u. s. and you know, just days after the summit, the senior american official announcing that they will prepare new that they going to prepare new sanctions and not just with regard to lexi and the valid. he also reaffirm that they will continue to impose several sanctions against companies that are related to the north stream to gas pipeline. so on, you know, that's a stark contrast to how the russian side acted after the summit in geneva, reputed, for instance,

he obey defended joe biden image allegations he's facing at home that the u. s. president might not be in his best, physical or mental shape. you know, he's often seen not being able to read properly, probably teleprompter or you know, losing sense of direction but that my food and after the summer he basically talked joe biden, up that image that was being drawn by the media kind of low you into a full sense of security, but there's no reason for that whatsoever, because it is a professional and you've got to be very careful with him in order not to miss anything. he doesn't miss anything, i can assure you. so i can tell russian officials, policy maker, they can feel a bit confused after this about face jack sullivan, the u. s. the, the national security advisor, he talks about new anti russian, russian sanctions like, you know, the summit never happened. and you know, it is especially bizarre if,

especially if you recall what the americans talk before the sun that they were talking about predictable and stable relationship between the us and russia. that's something they are seeking and what they're doing right now after the summit. it doesn't necessarily falls under the category of predictability precedents to biden's book for a 3 and a half hours in geneva. on wednesday, none our team was there in switzerland falling. all the developments, here's a quick recap of how the day on for the the the, i

i have no illusion following the meeting either old or new. that can't be any illusions at all by and said he didn't bay russia. by the way, that was a jo. well, let's go through the main takeaways from the day the leaders agreed to hold consultations on strategic stability and nuclear arms control. they also discuss the possible prisoner exchange and agreed to return their respective ambassadors to their posts, which in fact happened today. there was no breakthrough on cybersecurity, though they agreed to start regular consultations on the issue for stumbling blocks and biden race concerns about human rights in each other's country. we also failed to come up with any concrete action plan for the nation. all of you crane. as mentioned, our team was in geneva with the sunny skies. peter inside ski fronting our covers. let's take a look back. a long couple weeks i'll hold on high. i'll go around. of course

the big russia us summit was building. now it's over and done, the president biden, president putin, they sat down, they talked really the bottom line is, looks like ties between the 2 countries. up better today and really looks like the best you can. hopefully, we're never going to move mountains in terms of the problems that exist. but what we have seen is them say that they'll read ignite diplomatic relations. maybe not tomorrow, maybe not to say that, but at some point it's going to happen. we'll see a russian, i'm but the best in washington us, some of that back in moscow. the very basics of diplomacy when it comes to just how they viewed one another. we heard from joe biden saying that it wasn't ever going to be friendly really, but it was, it was part of the job wasn't to get one or someone out. it was sent to become in just been communication and able to have an open frank dialogue to dissolve to in

the future. and to do that without any hostility. and that's what we heard from your billing group. mister, there was no hospitality from the country meeting was very constructive. our views differ on many issues, but i believe both sides have shown a willingness to understand each other and to bring up differing positions close together. there wasn't any, any strident action taken where we disagreed. i disagree, stated where it was where he disagreed, he stated, but it was not done. in a hyperbolic you atmosphere, bite and insult gave an unclean that there were some things that he was not willing to negotiate. through to moist also, you know what, we have different views on this. we don't have to look i to i but we still have to protect our own people and protect global security. now course, the best place to tell us everything about especially president putin's press conference, was where i got who, who self was literally in the hall. i believe he's got

a chance to off president putin. a question himself, one of the things both leaders agreed on is to bow buttons was they need to be rules of the world. so that as a rule to how booth countries should behave in case they come into this agreement over something that the dispute outside conflict, ab resolve them as a civilized partners. i would say fred's thoughts, but they need a framework of how to behave. and so that to happen, those countries need to be held equally accountable. it wouldn't do a fun country gets away with doing something and the other doesn't feel bad and said phrase that caused quite disturb live. and he said, how would the united states feel if it was received by the rest of the world as meddling in for an election? which much of the world sees the united states as do it. but in this rate, that was us. russia is accused of being predictable, by the way. how is russia planning to j. vladimir putin odds the smog

that when you shoot 3rd story, he's given us near by. you said the with believe that russian foreign policy is unpredictable. will let me send the park back to you the u. s. leaving the abm treaty in 2002 with absolutely unpredictable. what are they doing? it for that's undermine the basis of international stability in the area of strategic security. then withdrew from the i n f treaty in 20. 19. there's nothing stable about that. the open sky treaty withdrawal has nothing stable about it and almost nothing left. thank god, in the field. a strategic stability. mr. biden has taken a completely adequate decision to prolong the new start treaty for 5 years. and, you know, if you take the situation with ukraine with crimea, that's where this all sounds right. what stable about endorsing the qu, they talk when the ex president yanna cove agree, all the demands of the opposition. he was basically ready to abandon power

undeclared, new elections. in about 3 months, no blood hills crew was needed that led to known consequences. southeast of the country, then crimea, and you think it out to? predictably, no, i don't think so. what do we do alternately? it is a trust exercise is about laying a foundation on which russia the united states can rebuild relations. i wouldn't say build on relations because there aren't much left to speak off there, there in taxes. whether it works, your bottom says we'll find out within the year whether it looks he results from, from all the top from all the agreements for the criticism the both sides had for each other. but the message is that preliminary, it was successful. the russian region of crimea has declared a state of emergency amid severe flooding. this left at least one person dead and 43 injured. almost 2000 people have been evacuated from their homes,

are eager to sit down with reports from crimea. i with me. so this is what some of the street here and you also look like right now. i mean, you can hardly call it even a street. you could probably take on the store until on a canoe or something. i mean, just walking around here is already a challenge, it's a challenge to keep your balance alone. in fact, on top of that, i can feel large boulders every once in a while, hitting my feet and legs. now, speaking of the st, well, the ground floor of the residential buildings here are gone. there are no more. and this is obviously hugely distressing to the locals. so this is where the army and

the emergency workers have focused their efforts right now. in 2016, this man's house was destroyed by fire. so we families started from scratch. the final touches had been made just days before the flood hit. it all happened all too fast. oh yes, a bucket. i have a dog and it's not to dr. strangely at 4 30 in the morning, so i took it outside. my dog saved us. the rain was so strong by 6 o'clock, the water had reached its banks. i will call my son and we started to stop the water from entering our home. but nothing could stop it. we could only go about documents and not fit. we lost everything. you could shoot a disaster like this has never happened before. i hope no one will ever have to go through what we did. it's a tragedy. when i was taking our authorities to help us to help the people, the emergency ministry and the army have had to join their efforts to deal with the aftermath of the flood. we're clearing the drainage system,

removing debris from the flood. so the water drains away more quickly, their efforts are aided by volunteers. in this school, even the little ones have come out to help to the best of their ability. stephanie special debate and that was completely loaded. rescue work is pumped out the water and we scooped up the salt and mont. now we have taken out the furniture to see what we can to use. our children came to help asking us to give them a job. they carry out toys. we gave them simple jobs. so this is what a beach here normally looks like this time a year. but this is what it actually looks like right now. it was supposed to be the beginning of a high to receive and, but obviously that will have to wait. now. i'm a good done of reporting from crimea. c. moscow has sent a grim record in new cove. it infections registering more than $9000.00 cases in

a 24 hour period. new restrictions are now being brought in, including the limiting of non emergency medical care for on vaccinated patients. ortiz ilia patricia can tell us about it. less than 2 weeks ago. the numbers in moscow were plus $2900.00 cases. and there you have it this friday, and new sad record of more than plus $9000.00 in a whole country like mexico for example. this figure is 2 times smaller. so what is going on? it looks like the new delta varian which originated in india, is taking its toll on the russian capital. according to the mayor of moscow, almost 90 percent of the new infections in the city are the new delta variant. and because also we're going to see them. the delta strain spreads foster, and the worst thing about it is that the person needs strong immunity twice as many

anti bodies to resistance compared to the original we'll hand virus. so essentially we're going through the same thing again, but with more severe consequences, the government has come to the understanding that the pace of the vaccination has been very slow and now they're rushing to change that. now, here's one of the groundbreaking decisions introduced by the medical authorities and the washing capital. in moscow, free non essential care in the hospitals will only be provided for those who have been vaccinated. everyone will still get the emergency treatment if it's required. if you are a patient with cancer or with blood diseases, you will still get all the necessary treatment. but in other cases for non essential care, like i said, a jab will be required. patients have a weekend immune system for them could be 900, is especially dangerous. it is impossible to avoid all contact with them or to

isolate them. all those who can have the jet for special reasons will still be admitted to hospital and emergency medical care will be provided with exception to everybody regardless of vaccination status. i campaign in the city to promote booster jabs will also begin in the near future at the moscow's mayor office announced mandatory vaccination for 60 percent of the staff in the service sector. so it looks like the rushing capital is bracing itself for nothing less but a real vaccination boom. when the bladder approved his press secretary dmitri passcode was asked about what the kremlin makes of the new spikes and the measures . here's what the spokesperson replied. don't get even worse and he tuition is due to 3 things, the absolute nihilism. that is people failure to comply with restrictions, the low vaccination rate and the slight nature of the virus. in the meantime, the existing anti covert measures in the russian capital have been extended till

the end of june, namely, the closure of bars, restaurants and clubs during the night. and also a 3rd of staff members being required to work from home. in addition to that, the moscow mayor's office has also bad mass gatherings of over 1000 people. besides this dance floors and football fans, those will also have to be shut down for now. once again, i'd like to point out that so far, these are the measures that have been announced for the washing capital. this isn't on a federal level just yet, but we have received a warning from the authorities that all. busy of this could be extended to other regions of russia if that is required. so this is a possibility in the near future as well. to statues of george floyd, a black man who was killed during an arrest by a police officer last year been unveiled in the u. s. a bust of mister floyd was

put up in new york for june 18th, marking 155 years since the end of slavery in the u. s. this years anniversary on saturday was a federal holiday for the 1st time. in new jersey discuss your torch, boyd was presented to the public a couple of days earlier was being 13 months since the death of george floyd in minneapolis an event that spark months of civil unrest in the u. s. and indeed beyond a police officer was convicted of his murder in april and is due to be sentenced next week. the new statues have been widely criticized on line with some pointing floyd's own criminal record. tearing down statutes of our nation's founding fathers and putting up statues of criminals. there are many worthy black people to put up statues of but a violent criminal he was killed while being arrested. is definitely not one of them. some people really building fame,

political careers and pocketing money off the name of george floyd. why do i need to know who his brother endorse from new york city? and why is there a statue of him in brooklyn, and jersey? this is all nasty to me. for less, welcome live onto the program. now i political activist anthony rogers writes, and melanie colette, social commentator on host of money, talk with mother and a pleasure to have you both on the show, anthony, can we kick off with you? these statues have been unveiled to coincide with june 10th. is there another chance that this could overshadow a somber, unimportant occasion marking the abolishment of slavery? not at all. because as we like to say, we have been threeish for about 150 years, not fully 3. and the fascination in lynching, of george floyd is living proof of the fact that we are not fully free of black people in the senate of african slaves in this country. so i don't think that it

overshadowed the meaning of june. 18th, it's very possible to be conscious of what occurred with george lloyd, and far too many of the black men and women contemporaneously with understanding that we still have so far to go in this country and globally, as it pertains to the scourge of anti blackness. melanie, george floyd, started the movement. his name is known, the world over, regardless of how worthy or not his actual life was to deserve a statue. isn't his sheer impact than the fact. the deadly incident of so many people talking about their own experiences. a reason to have one? no, i don't think it is. i think it's a big mistake on the part of people who are really just virtual bird. she's going to make this man into a hero. there are many african americans who are much more deserving, who are doing positive things in the community that you could make into a hero and a role model. this man was basically a drug, addicted criminal who had

a long criminal record in this tragic as it was. this is not somebody's to build to make a statue out of does not somebody hold up as a role model. and what i do think it's tragic is that we're putting him up as a hero and basically trying to raise the fact of who the man was. but i think when we make a statue out of somebody and put them around, it's supposed to be as a reminder of what that person represented. and in this case, this person represented somebody who was a lifelong criminal. and it's a mistake, anthony, or are there not much more worthy people to put a stop you up to? well, i would hope that sister melanie is death is upset and more join me and calling for the removal of the 4 white men who would have been convicted of committing war crimes who are currently on the marsh mount rushmore mountain on stolen indigenous territory. i would also hope that sister melanie would be upset on the fact that

there were slave owners rates of african women and genocidal maniacs. who currently are represented on us currency. this, this, this idea of trying to assassinate a man's character once he's already been killed, is immoral. i'm actually george floyd isn't being lifted up as a hero. but a reminder of the fact that institutions in this country that are systemically races, including i'm a police force that was acted to assist with the factor of indigenous land. and the capture of black bodies who escaped bondage is why we are erecting the statues. the only thing that i would say that there are plenty of black women who are also been the victims of police violence transgender black women. that we should also be erecting melanie in terms of erecting a couple of statues. overall, where's the harm in it? isn't the monument and understated we have remembering an unearth checking period?

i don't know that there is harm in it, per se, and erecting statues like that. i just don't think that it is. i'd rather see a statue of conduct either, right, clarence thomas. i'm other other black people who have done positive thing in the black community. i don't, i don't see a statue of george. boy, somebody did not do positive things in the black community. i don't, i don't see it as something positive. anthony. go ahead. go ahead. clarence thomas, who was accused of all forms so many forms of sexual harassment against the black is not convicted of anything that all said, i don't know what positive things clarence thomas have done for the black community . he is not also, i don't know,

just be very much more a career drug, drug, addicted, career criminal. what does he just, what does he deserve? a battery for. i mean, that's what we want our, our young men to model themselves after, particularly or bother say, that's what we want our, our, our young black men to model the model their character. after what we're clear, thomas is also a steward and a vanguard of a system. of mass incarceration, that is keeping many black fathers from their families today. so i hope this are melanie that you will join me and pushing the supreme court, including the one black man who sits on it to really up up lift and, and to set free. many, many black fathers who are sitting in prisons for non violent crimes and low level drug offenses. so i think is looking for the man who are absolutely innocent who

have not committed any crime, not non violent crimes, because if it's a non violent crime, those often lead to violent crime in other crime. i don't, i don't believe in not locking people up when they committed crime. if people are sitting in men in their homes, reading their bible and a police are coming in an arrest him and that's one thing. but if they're al, committing crime, there are victim of those crimes whether it or non non violent or not, and they should be sitting in jail. ok, let me put a point to me. ok. anthony. one of the main features of last year's protest and we spoke about and in this program was pulling down statues that caused the vision. a lot of rage, a lot of hatred out there, wasn't there. why put up more than no, so soon after an event, even if they're on the other side of the, of the argument here? yeah, i think that there is a mass difference on the one hand, when we're talking about confederate statues, statues, better idolizing white men who were fighting for keeping

a system that held people in bondage against their will, violated black women against their will and who are essentially traitorous a treat cheese in its traitors against the united states of america. there is a big difference between that and statues of people who are victims of that guilt of white supremacy that those statues represent. i don't think that we can complete a statue of george floyd to a statue of, of say, robert e lee or andrew jackson, george floyd had nothing to do with the genocide of indigenous people. this apt up indigenous land and the enslavement of defendants of africans. melanie, i don't think that it actually does anything for black people to take the battery down. i think again, it's just, it just virtue, they're going and wiping out history. i don't think it's a, i don't think it's a great idea and i think it just, it, it stuff. symbolism. and it doesn't really do anything for black. people that take

those statues down and what's going to happen, and you know, 200 years when people don't realize what's happened in history. when those statues are on melanie, i says, melanie, i would, i would say, let's keep those museums, statues in a museum. but i don't think we should there reductive of the trauma that it causes indigenous and black people to see statues and street names named after the people who killed in slaves and kept them and harmed them that that is traumatic for, for a lot of indigenous and black people, you don't see that hitler or reason. ok. now in the last 10 seconds you are just running on time. are black people really that emotionally weak that it's it's per matic to see the bathroom. i've been to the black, the 3 museum and philadelphia that that period was not traumatic for me as you know, but it's certainly was not for me at it. thank you so much for a period discussion. always good on the program, political octave,

it sounds to me. roger's right. melanie colette, social commented, or host of money. talk with melanie. thank you. ok, reminder, fresh content lively debate is always just a click away and r t dot com and dallas here at the top. but more from the week that was good by me. ah, join me every thursday on the alex summon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport, business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. me the me,

the me a lot of welcome to all the current politics is still primarily the reality of alpha males, especially when it comes to interaction in russia and the united states with thousands of nuclear rockets pointed at one another. with this week's bilateral assignment in geneva, logic and joseph biden seems to have put the march of politics aside and even agreed that they bear the responsibility for managing the relationship between the countries. how long will this commitment lack? what the discount that i'm now joined by on the prison, the director general of the russian international affairs council. mr. car, nothing is great to see you again. thank you for talking. john. welcome. now you've been following the you are still in the us russian relationship since the very

beginning of your analytical.