i was driving the reason its corporate me ah ah, simply put, i do not wish you. i'm not simply love isn't what you got. i don't hear your installation period run to the camera and not with us will make it right. secretary said anthony, blinking over his handling pole, i must get a crisis. he says it's inherited from former president donald trump club. this way we're going to introduce you to the parties involved in the right and also getting with deeper insight into rushes politics. why? beyond the question for the also this russia is getting ready for parliamentary

elections this week. can we take a look at the policies the candidates and what was the stake? plus we speak to me oh mcvey dave after his surprising victory in the us open final the russian tenant start playing this 1st grand slam. why defeat the world number one by joke of h, ending the drain of winning all 4 majors in a single c plus dropped the politics off the seating cobra with the vaccine, the tiny state to san marino. v to openings for this for the you see had the jeff ah, i good morning. welcome discount, 11 o'clock in moscow. you watching artie international now in his testimony before congress, the u. s. secretary state hands, me blink, and has been harshly grilled for the hasty pull out from afghanistan and all my kids didn't mince their words either with the country's top diplomat. i can

summarize this in one word, the trail, mr. blink, and assuming it's not classified, can you tell us where you are today? yes, i'm at the state farm and couldn't couldn't be bothered to come down here and see congress are right. that's great. this administration's bungle pull out from afghanistan. just maybe the worst foreign affairs disaster in american history, and that's a failure on you either to plan or you had a horrible plan. simply put, i do not wish you. i'm not simply what you said. i don't wish to hear you and it'll tell it when you serious front of the camera and you will get all your lives of the stuff or your lives all okay, when i get more than this now and go live to morrow garcia, he's in the afghan capital, the more it is clear isn't it that the administration, the u. s. administration is going to be feeling the heat over this the some time

while they've, they've been defending themselves as they can. again, with this argument that was mentioned before, that it was all timidly trump fault. the biden administration says, as well as their back is because it was trump who agreed to this pull out, and he didn't leave a plan in place for the biden administration to follow. and perhaps, perhaps republican see this is as a degree just defense because of the fact that the biden administration had half a year to prepare for this pull out. they, they knew that they would have to pull the troops out. and what's was, there was already the intelligence the period. but yes, it would be a tough thing, a close run thing. because the, the afghan government, as it did that, it could collapse. they knew that that opinion was there in the intelligence agencies. that opinion was there in the state department and nothing was done about

it. we were here, we saw what happened with just a few weeks to go until the deadline for american troops to withdraw. that is when the evacuation begun, rather than months and months in advance and the united knew that it would have to pull all these people out the particularly those the petite as vulnerable of the taliban rule. the people that taliban could collaborate as those who worked for, for western organizations, for western embassy, who helped western forces. so, so the defense that we didn't know that this was going to happen. well, the republicans weren't buying that. and you, you saw the, the hearing itself, it was largely a partisan spectacle. and the ultimately, ultimately what the biden ministration secretary blinking had to say was that, look, we made the best of a bad situation. which of those back as long ago or sound good. lauren was

killed in 2011 a decade ago. ok, this capabilities were degraded significantly. we completed one of the biggest air lists and history. much of the equipment that was left behind, including in the hands of the afghan forces that then fell to the taliban. much of it, based on what i understand from my colleagues, b, o. d. is an operable or soon will become an operable because it has to be maintained? it's not of any great strategic value in terms of threatening us. a look the. the truth is been stretched by, by both sides of god, while having been degraded here in a garden style. these it has grown. it is much more widespread now with many more fighters and followers that it was before. as for the weapons that the united states left behind saying that they will become inoperable the vehicle. the weapons viagra off very quickly is simply untrue because of the sheer amount

of weapons that have be left 520000 humvees, 40000 pickup trucks, thousands upon thousands of armored personnel, carriers, trucks and other vehicles. look just just if you, even if you even contemplate the idea that the taliban will carry out any maintenance while they can catalyze parts from old vehicles and keep this, this fleet of vehicles and weapons, arsenal of weapons that have been left by the united states operable for years if, if not decades, so that certainly, you know, ease, ease, very arguable. the other point is the situation that they have left of got started and that is an incredibly bad situation. there is a crisis support across support crisis here in every aspect of life, political, social, financial, the economy is very close to imploding. there is the real race that the afghan

economy will simply collapse because of all the accounts of the funds that have been frozen abroad frozen in the west. the humanitarian situation here is, is catastrophic. the us itself has said the food softball will run out in a matter of weeks until something is done. unless something is done, we're having us personnel returned to the country to gauge how, how awful the situ she leaves it. what must be done in the short term. we're also talking about thousands and thousands of residents and people that should have been evacuated to the west. the particularly vulnerable those that i mentioned. those that believe that lives here are a threat because of their password for western government to western ministries. they have been left behind. admittedly, we had even during the hearing of congress that thousands of american green card oldest were left behind. that,

that there is no estimate of how many were will to the situation. and trouble is, is all to offer. i mean, you pick a, you take a walk down a major street said from street, you'll see thousands of people begging for food. and we're talking here about lawyers about the financial analysts about people who work in the medical industry, for example, even even doctors. and they are all begging for food, not because they don't want to do anything, but because they haven't been paid paid in many months, which is why perhaps they have the hearing drew ridicule when you had, when you had congressmen asking secretary blanket, not about them all these people that have been left behind to the vulnerable, those starving, those with that medical assistance, but about the l g b t, q, community. as you know, mister secretary, the l g b t q i community an afghan sans extremely vulnerable to punitive actions from the taliban. what thank you for rightly putting the spotlight on concerns about the l g

b q i, pos, community. and i can expand that particular threat that they, they find themselves under. this is something that we are focused on. i'm glad that cleared up. i'll be sleeping. so much better tonight. thank god, luckily we have no issues in our country that are more important than the l g b t q. crisis in afghanistan. what, a complete, absolute bleeping idiot we have for a secretary of state. the any reason he's not the dumbest man in d. c, is his boss already has that title? ultimately, the situation here enough got his son. this is incredibly bad at what was it. he's deteriorating. it is the theory rating on on many fronts. it is unclear whether the taliban will be able to uphold their promise to keep terrorists from using of got to start as a base of as a base of operations of what of those reasons is there are real questions where the taliban will be able to maintain control over the country. if the humanitarian

situation grows worse, if we see hunger, that sort of how good that is expected that has been predicted by the us. if nothing is done about it, look at the numbers yourself. 10000000 afghans more even a 3rd of the population can't tell whether they'll have a meal tomorrow. that is straight from the u. n's map. and if the taliban loses control here, the situation for the world from a security perspective could deteriorate very rapidly. yes, certainly a very, very dre situation. ok, thanks maria. we'll leave it. that was art is millard gas? the reporting from couple we spoke more about the situation with a retired us air force left handing kernel, who used to work for the essay and also the pentagon. she says that biden miscalculated or blank, and of course he is called the bull in many ways, but the department of defense is the, is

a big player here for the tone of the questioning today is really political theater . and you can, you can kind of watch it on both sides. it's more entertaining than it is revealing . we blame trump for everything. we don't see signs that i assessed the situation 8 months ago. let's say in january, let's say at the end of january, when he took power, it didn't seem like he was really assessing what he had been left by the previous administration. and that's the duty of all presidents as they tread for power. so you can blame trump, i don't think it's, it's really valid in this case. from 10 past 11 in the morning. i hear moscow you're watching arty international. okay, well let me turn i to our special coverage of rushes parliamentary elections, which are about to take place this weekend the

welcome back to the heart of moscow fees. a special studio will set up here throughout the week to bring you the very best coverage and recall thing on the election for the state to do about russians. low a house for voting itself takes place over 3 days from friday to the end of sunday . throughout this week, we're going to introduce you to the parties involved in the rice. also give you a deeper insight into russian politics, why it matters to be on the left and for the 1st i'll tease konstantin roche cover explains why the elections are so special. this time around more duties, more responsibility, more power. the upcoming election marks a new chapter in the history of the state duma. russia's lower house of parliament . the 2020 constitution referendum gave russian legislators new authority hands. whoever grabs these seats now will have greater political weight than their predecessors. the duma is now responsible for approving the countries prime

minister, deputy prime ministers and most of the cabinet. what remains intact, however, is the duma structure and there are $400.00 tpc for grabs, which will this time be contested him on the 14th political party, the president can still appoint minister, is responsible for national security and foreign policy without parliament's approval. but even with that law, the newly elected m. p 's will gain more influence and play a bigger role, same domestic economic affairs. and this is just the fraction of their new found authority. the 2020 amendments have also solidified the so called parliamentary control arrange of legal action. the duma can take the overhauled different aspects of the country and governance like finances, for instance. and peace can now summon russia. central bank chairman who now must report both to the president and the parliament with new powers come new responsibilities. there would be m. p 's, now face cow for a scrutiny to be allowed to run. no foreign citizenship and no money or acids in

banks outside of russia. the panoramic has pushed authorities to increase the online balloting 1st tested during the 2020 constitutional referendum. 7 russian regents will provide this option for those who can't or don't want to go to the polling station. in addition, the vote is going to be held for 3 straight days to avoid lines and unnecessary commotion at ballad boxes. the increased role of the countries main legislative body along with organizational challenges make this election, one of the rushes most significant out of the last decade. that's the technicality of it. all. the very expecting later this week, let's get cracking and talking about those 14 policies that constantly mentioned that one very particular party is called pension as adjusted boosting health care spending. and as the name suggests, lobbying for the interest of the me that a key policy. it presents itself to as the constructive proposition. now last time around at any got 2 percent of the vote in 2016, but it is tend to get close that high percent threshold this time and that would get the party into the state duma profile in the policy tags,

ts elian for trend. good central moscow. it's time to get to know the party a bit better. there were some party of pensioners for justice. the name could give you the impression that most or maybe all of its candidates are retired, but that's not really the case. the average age of the candidate is $53.00, which is in fact below the official requirement age in russia for both men and women. and by the way, after the recent pension reform in this country, this retirement age is set to be raised even more. and by the way, the party that i'm telling you about right now is very critical of that for you, but for all parliamentary parties, talk about the need to return to the question of the retirement age, but they don't think about at what age a person has the right to retire and we, the pensioners party, suggest people themselves should decide when to retire. at the same time, their pension should depend on time and employment. we've calculated that the most

optimal time and employment to receive a worthy pension is 30 years back in the soviet union. it was 40 years, however, to day life expectancy in russia is not that high. in comparison with european countries, therefore a person should live the rest of his or her life with dignity, not just surviving. so something else that the party of pensioners for justice wants to adopt is a so called social code which had, which would ensure social benefits and payments for all age groups. so be it a young family which should just have their 1st child or retired pensioners. now i can tell you that according to opinion polls. busy currently, this is the most popular party among those which are not represented in the federal duma at this point. so of course, they see the upcoming election as

a chance to get some seats to secure some safe. and here's what the leader told us about that in particular, it's time to renew parliament. the parties that have been there for 30 years, unfortunately, have adopted laws which an ordinary person considers to be directed against people because they get nothing from them. that perhaps the reason why this party has an army of observers more than 30000, to make sure that there are no irregularities, is because the party could be very close to that 5 percent margin. and we've heard from the leader and his allies, that if the turn out is good, if the elections are fair and transparent, they are very confident about their chances. all right, sol from reduction studio for this hour, but our coverage is really only just beginning plenty more for you in the coming days here on the international. because we explained the big issues facing russian

versus people trying to win that balance this weekend. the french government has been struggling to explain his handling of the cave cries, this is the country's former health minister has officially come under investigation for her pandemic policy and endangering the lives of french people. charlotte davinsky as the story, the manual mat corner look to seek a 2nd term. what the hell know from serious questions of being off about the way his administration felt with the covey 19 pandemic? first to be something for the full might help them in the stuff on your own. on january 24th 2020, as it was being confirmed that the forest had reached france. she had made this statement in the due history of the risk of invitation from hon. is moderate,

it is now practically 0 since the city, you know, is isolated the risks upside the facts around and imported case and very weak and the risks of spread and virus and the population a very low a few months later, often leaving the health ministry and launching a failed paid to become the mayor of parish moves on was telling a very different story. when i left the ministry, i was crying because i knew that not the way was in front of us from the start. i only thought of one thing. the corona virus, we should have stopped everything. it was a masquerade. she also related to told the parliamentary investigation that she diluted president macro and and then prime minister edward felipe about the potential dangers of the virus in january 2020. losing is now under investigation by a special court for endangering the lives of others. this is one of the very 1st cases worldwide we're leading public figure is being held accountable for how the

crisis was handled. however, you may not be alone in front of those who held high office during the pandemic. do you to be question to that includes? would phillipe and the current health minister olivia around the court of justice also has the site set on the director general of health and public health from the pressure is on. the court of justice is waiting through thousands and thousands of complaints against government ministers, all over allegations of them is handling the pandemic. even the president cohen has admitted that france was prepared and mistakes were made. let's be honest. the moment has revealed flaws, shortcomings, like all the countries of the world. we have lack gowns, gloves, hydro alcoholic gels. we were not able to distribute as many mosques as we would

have liked for our caregivers, for staff carrying for our seniors, for nurses and home helpers. however, the difference between mister mccolan, those that he a point is that he is president, enjoys immunity from prosecution. now since that was a missions from has run stuff, it's couldn't be rules, mosques remain mandatory in shops and on public transport, health passes showing you. do vaccinations are obligatory in many cultural and ledger spaces as well as in most restaurant fonts and cafes rule that triggered approach way with the, with those who end up in court over the state handling of koby will have the opportunity to

state that defense losing has already said that she won't let the action of the government being discredited, much was done to prepare for the global crisis. whether or not that was the case is now in the hands of the french judicial system. from the very beginning, there were apparently lies understatement. so many failures, not health policy. justice should come into play to understand what really happened to health management, which was a disaster. remember, it was agnes person who stated that the virus would not spread in front, but also hung posters at paris, therefore, designed to prevent so far as from entering. and she lied about the mask. it seems only now politicians finally discovered that serving the public interest comes with responsibility. now, after waiting his 1st ever grand slam, the new med that is has been speaking, who has here at r t rush, his top tennis play defeated? well, number one,

know that joke having to list the us open title and stop the search to from claiming awful majors in a single season. well, it is the 1st such title russian male has won since 2005 on the 5th grand, some victory by a russian male in history. now you can watch the interview in full with champion on youtube channel, but his taste of what he said, oh yeah, for sure. i didn't leave a lot less like 3 hours and definitely a lot of emotions going through my body and through my head. but force just really happy and a lot of relief because finally choose something i was dreaming for a long time. yeah, i think i think it helped me when i say this, i'm talking only from my side because i knew he's going to have this pressure at the same time. it's not like and when he has pressure, he becomes a better player normally. so i knew that from the start of the match, i need to turn this pressure on him and not let him be stronger because of this

pressure and feet from it. because that was just super important point of the match . and i'm really they had to manage to, to follow my plan. yeah, well, it was not easy, especially if with kinetic, we didn't have fancy for some time. the thing is that they supported me through all it all the week a lot and there was no love, hate relationship this year. and i think they just, it was not a guest me. they really wanted knowledge to when there was a lot of surveys phones in the stands. it definitely was not an easy moment, but that's what makes it even sweeter. you can see more with that interview and i. e. cheap channel. now, summary now is urging the year to open its borders to those inoculated with the sputnik. the job, as most of the country has received the russian vaccine, but the ease. madison's watchdog, his still hesitant about whether to prove it. marino's top diplomat though,

says there is no place for politics when it comes to vaccines. look, there should be no politicization about the use of a vaccine. scientists should speak about the research, and we were glad to see that we were right to use the v because it has indeed helped us reduce infections. i would say even reduce them to 0. we did not have any issues in the summer months and we do not have any today even though new virus trains have emerged. we can see that the situation is very calm and our republic largely thanks to the use of the russian vaccine. that was almost $20000.00 people that said 2 thirds of summary, nice population have been inoculated with sputnik fee. but their inability to move freely is especially problematic as the landlord nations entirely surrounded by italy and the member state and citizens who had the russian job. and i, unable to obtain a code with 19 passport summary, nice health chief says that j politics has a part to play in the issue. we have some problem to,

to. ready the moment in italy, during some jupiter legal issues, there is no doubt that to fight coby. it is necessary to dispose of as many vaccines and treatment as possible did 94 percent of people actually ages that would be has antibodies infection have to do tv, amber under control. we are talking about 58 positive people to date and we haven't had not death since april and our next 2 years are currently extremely meals. i believe it will be an opportunity that european union can not miss the opportunity because students me is due to an effective vaccine watching out international. that means you up today to

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