a, can you simply need someone to look over the ah, putin demands nato give assurances to not move bass is closer to russia. is the answer questions on global politics during his annual media briefing. more than half of adults in britain to scan to express their real opinions openly for fear of falling victim to cancel culture by living in a culture now and bullying, we used to have

a good healthy democracy. good. how we didn't come through or you could say that, and then you have to all your case. people are frightened, always say what they fail in cases and libya and hope for a new future. a dash this election or a scrap, the world's mobilized demolition is 30 years since this is our formally came to an end. we look at how things have changed since and hear from people who live work directly impacted by the collapse with that very good morning. thanks for joining is this sunday here, or the weekly on how to international nato expansion, reco gas prices, a wide range of other issues and concerns to they were the topics addressed by president vladimir putin on thursday during his marathon end of year q and

a with the media, there were more than $500.00 journalists packed in moscow for the event, including representatives of foreign habits. ah, no, she distributed directions, you'll not depend on negotiations. they will depend on unconditional compliance with russia, security today and in the future. we've medi clear native further movement to the east is unacceptable, was not clear about it. are we the ones who deploy missiles next? the united states know that the united states who brought their missiles next to our home, already on our doorstep, is it an excessive demand? no more a tax systems near our home. is there something unusual about this yet? no, we're doing. we're not an inch towards the east we were told in 1990 than what they fooled us. they are outrageously deceived us 5 ways of nato expansion. and now they say, we'll have ukraine is whoa,

whoa. usually if i take the traditional approach, that is a woman, is a woman, a man is a man, a mother is a mother, a father is a father. she is not all the peoples of the russian federation have a certain internal moral protection against such obscurity. them let them in the west do whatever they want, but also fit. and while this must be for not my direct instructions and shouts, but by the support of the traditional values of them salute, it is necessary 1st of all, to rely on the theatre of the investigation. 17 criminal cases have been initiated under, under investigation. over a 1000 people dismissed and there are criminal cases opened against the law. i assure you there's not a single investigator interested in any case. this is why we have a divided the investigative committee and the prosecutors office there. problem. yes, there is a problem. we need to work with it and rely on a conscientious, fully fledged investigation of those crimes. and these are clearly the crimes that have been committed. we need to bring it to an end so that everyone understands the

punishment for these offences is inevitable. ah, yeah, i have no way. all long time ago i spoke with one the form you as president guess with whom he told me the boy cause the olympics in los angeles in moscow with big mistakes, including on the side of the united states and united states keeps on making them again. why the diplomatic and political boycotts of china, they tried to hold back the elements of china. there were no other motives ah, movies very easily. we need to be realistic. the forces that appear at the helm of afghanistan are trying to have different ethnic groups in the countries leadership . and this alone can create conditions for hope for stabilization in afghanistan. bullshit do now to help the people of afghanistan. and 1st of all, it should be done by the countries that created such severe damage to the afghan economy and people both were there for 20 years. destroying the economy should be the 1st to help on our side will do everything depending on us. europe saw rec,

old gas prices this week, and they have dipped a little now they are still very high. the west is largely pointing the finger of blame at moscow saying is withhold and gas. the president putin says that they simply hadn't been the orders and gave his own explanation for the crisis. the will to him it with both them with they are lying to us there confusing every one does promise, shipping the entire volume requested by its counter agents. in accordance with the existing contract, we were saying we must not destroy long term contracts, but know that the european commission, we must use market terms. the market will regulate it. well, here's how it's regulated and we have $2000.00. 1000 cubic meters. you're welcome, the issue of gas. it's pretty clear that you know, russia has nothing to do with it. he said that gas brown one is one of the few companies in the world that has increased its supplies to europe. whereas, for example, the american suppliers have diverted gas from the liquefied natural gas from the

european market toys, the markets where they can make more money. russia hasn't done that. it increased its supplies to germany, for example, by 10 percent. but that's not enough. i'm in and the russia is always whenever there is any issue, any contentious issue or even a domestic problem. it seems that in europe and the west in general, i, in the habit of sort of resurrecting russia as the scarecrow to, you know, hang all the possible problems online that, you know, you can be irritated by that. but after a certain amount of time, he's still thinking attention and i think this is with isn't the moment. it's just simply boring. you know, like to narrow down every problem in the world onto the rushes. plotting are evil doing more than half of all people in the u. k. too scared to say what they really think can you po, found they're worried about being canceled by friends, colleagues, even members of their own family. monte shadi as was dashti,

has the story council culture is silencing academics, a gagging public figures and wiping celebrities off the face of the planet. wait, can i really say that? who knows? but i'm not the only one biting my tongue as according to you got paul. majority of brits are living in fear of will being canceled. a majority of britons 57 percent, say they have at least sometimes found themselves stopping themselves from expressing their political or social views for fear of judgment or negative responses from others. the idea or apartment can be cancelled, or in other words, blocked from having a platform is happening to hundreds with a very similar cycle. you say something offensive receive a public backlash, and suddenly you're gone done a finish cancelled by by. but it's only happening to big names and faces, but people like you and me work online on dates and even at home. i think we're living in a coach now of bullying,

bullying in workplaces the government actually. so i think people are frightened to always say what they feel in cases come back home. and so the main street made you seem to have one sort of point of view of everything. and so if you say in different, you get what you get caught, or has to think there's a lot of things for the climate, change, covey or whatever. there's no discussion that is the narrative. and you of the group, or which closure down has a lot of issues where you fear fred, very careful about what you say, and that's not right now for good debate. and we used to have a good healthy democracy. good. how we debate and country where you could say things, and then you'd have to all your case and some people just don't want to argue, don't want to hear the ever argument. they just want to shut you down. say no, you can't tell you that you don't allowed to say that i thought device. traditional apartments of apology, atonement forgiveness is no longer enough to warrant if they weren't accountability

. social justice point caught and the more controversial the view on any topic like race, immigration breck, that the more you should keep your thoughts yourself and your mouth shop most with less progressive views on device of social topics, feel more reluctant to voice their opinion. some say rather than being politically correct, the whole thing has been spelled out of control into a social media merciless mob rule, but having some from taking the risk of being cancelled. like for instance, j. k. rowling and her anti trust public position. worse bees. freedom of slavery, ignorance is trans. the biggest thing to vigil. hurrah! too is a woman? well, that wasn't her only comment. there's been plenty more. and as a result, she's been wiped off the face of the up even by the world. she created the pot to community and the movie production team deleted her from scripts. meanwhile, h b o. the 20th anniversary, she was bought. not only that,

a number of quidditch leaks tasks they really do exist announced that they're rebranding to distance themselves away from j. k. rowling that tough, that's a trans exclusionary radical feminist, but there are others in her potty school of thought. jackie raleigh wrote all the harry potter books by herself, and they canceled her because she said gender was a fact. and then the trans community got mad and they started calling her turf trans, exclusionary radical feminist onto turf, gender as a fact. well, trans employees and allies at netflix stage to walk out forcing the c e o to publicly apologize when you ah meanwhile team tough relished in the drama. if this is what being cancels is like i

love it. the song. 4 continues as monty python star, terry gilliam got cancelled for endorsing chapels. netflix special shortly after the old vic right here in london, announcer pulling his shirt into the woods for miss november schedule. it is very said that a great cultural institution like the old, vague, allowed itself to be intimidated into cancelling our production of into the woods by small group of closed minded humor, averse i. d. o. x on their stuff. my unspeakable crime was recommending my facebook followers to watch netflix special by brilliant and provocative american committed . they did, and civilization didn't collapse. ok, so that's on the most extreme end of the scale. but at the end of the day, how hard is it not to say something that's obviously donning turns out really hard indeed. cancel culture. this cancelling this punishment. it's everywhere.

punishment and i for and i, you said that therefore you must never work again. sooner or later the counselors will win. oh, british actress of primetime tele, more in let been thinks, even comedy is now on the verge of being canceled. it's a bit like laughter in church. something has to be forbidden to make you really laugh, to make you belly laugh. it's when you shouldn't be laughing. and so therefore all the things that are being cancelled out, or i'm afraid the things that i've always made people laugh. so is it time to cancel, cancel culture, because pretending somebody doesn't exist because they've touched a nerve, is a simply slope as let's face it. we've all upset someone somewhere. haven't we? the hopes of millions of libyans to choose a new direction for their country had been scuppered after elections on friday was scrunch. the decision, came after warlords started to parade around the capital. tripoli, wrapped,

shooting up phase of a fresh civil war, does not exist on reports, delaying the vote could serve certain outside interests. this year promised to bring a tonic change for libya, a chance to revitalize its political life and hold in the election. the 1st one since the whole decade of lawlessness and in fighting, but local militia has had their opinion on this whole democracy. not on our watch said a bunch of warlords, as the internationally recognized governments fled into hiding. the u. s. is predictably disappointed, almost as if this om takeover was and led by the personal mob of sala body. a militant one, celebrated armed and funded by the west. when both sides pursued a common goal, we will deny the regime arms cut off and supplies of cash, assist the opposition and work with other nations to hasten the day when gadhafi

leaves power. the un greenlight nato's bombing campaign and bombs hailed down on libya as per the un resolution sources were meant to protect civilians. as per you and statistics, some 60 people actually perished under nato bombs. and some activists actually believe real figures to be much higher. but they did the job, we can conduct the forces enough for local militants to finish him off on the ground without any trial. oh, the we came, we saw died. but the triumph of democracy did not come. instead, libya a once prosperous and promising oil rich nation turned into a lucrative pi up for carving to be split amid goons and warlords. the

ah. hillary clinton did not laugh any more, as she was watching an american consulate being rushed by a murderous mob, killing the ambassador, i asked myself, how could this happen? how could this happen in a country we helped liberate in a city? we helped save from destruction. those libyans who had nowhere to flee,

had to survive in this hot mess of the international community's creation for a whole decade. this selection, was there a dim light of hope at normality? miss berlin asked for the elections. i think it's in the interest of the libyan people and libyan state to emerge out of this crisis after years of darkness, and to avoid all problems and political disputes in the coming years. then of sarah, how, shaving, honestly, the libyan people were disappointed. there are $2800000.00 registered voters, and suddenly they manipulate their feelings and decide to cancel the elections. libyan people reject this principle. they want these elections to start building a country that embraces everyone in this venue that in to her, i believe that postpone in their actions isn't in the interest of the libyan people . the commission has dashed to hopes of billy been people because the delay means more corruption. instead, they got yet a another chance to confirm for themselves that right now, whoever has more guns in libya,

rules and any sort of west and back leadership will be serving only for as long as the warlords allow it to. obviously the main culprit is nato, which destroyed a sovereign nation, the most prosperous nation in africa before the nato bombing. it converted libya into a failed state. the us doesn't care about democracy either at home here. i don't think they care about it. and libby, i think what they care about is having a compliant country that will allow the us and other western countries to pillage its resources. i don't think they really care whether there are elections there or not in these. i certainly don't think they want elections that would result in a leader being elected that would protect libya's national sovereignty and resources. my biggest off of down the libyan opposition, politician told us the 2400000 voters had been insulted. a man leesha bad. so

what's happened with the elections as an insult? the 2 and a half 1000000 libyans who ready to elect a candidate e b. if we say that the people rule that power and the final word belongs to the people, well then we should not neglect the millions of people who are registered to vote. cornel bought up nearly 100 candidates were lined up to run in this election. and they came from an array of religious communities, tribes and social groups, having on about 5000 have been nominated to be elected to the house of representatives. olivia, unfortunately, the postponement of elections show that libyans do not have free will, are the libyans. he wants to have the final say today, tomorrow, and in the future, i should take to the street address. after all, you authorities have been manipulating you an insulting all day. it's been one thing after another for more than 10 years. in this never ending performance. he adds insulting, when bullying gets to this level in and, and still to come for you. a us swimming official, quit sceptre transgender swimmer. he used to compete as a man such new record is

a woman story after the brain. ah, what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on very dramatic development. only nationally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk to rob is driven by a dreamer shaped bank. concur sent those with

dares sinks, we dare to ask a ah, or come back. an american swimming official has resigned over a scandal involving a transgender swimmer. she says that she doesn't want to be part of sport that allows biological men to compete with women. but the u. s. swimming federation is sicily, thomas, the athletic question has every right to take part, leading magazine for the sport. the disagrees saying it's as if she'd been allowed to dope the n c w one,

your suppressant requirement is not nearly stringent enough to create a level playing field between thomas and the biological females against whom she is racing. for nearly 20 years, she built muscle and benefited from the testosterone naturally produced by her body . that strength has not disappeared. overnights, nor with a year's worth of suppressant. and this strength is beneficial to her stroke on turns and to her endurance doping has the same effect. leah thomas, who competed in the men still 3 years before transitioning in 2019 broke several college records this season. this recognizes the debate about whether transgender have an unfair advantage, parents sub written to the body governing college sport to express that concern. at stake here is the integrity of women, sports, the precedent being set, one in which women do not have a protective and equitable space to compete as a direct threat to female athletes in every sport. what all the boundaries, how is this in line with the n c, a commitment to providing

a fair environment for student athletes? while the transgender swimmer, herself, were both vancouver, jason sang, she submitted all the necessary medical papers. these were approved letting her join the female to she's currently taking a course of hormonal drugs at an idaho state representative that we spoke to says trans gender inclusive competitions are fall from for their side. keeps saying, well, it's about the humanity, the community, the inclusion. but it's not, those are talking words that do not apply to the inherent nature and value of sport . and the inherent nature values. ford is 1st about competition and right next to it, it's about winning. as we look at it from that standpoint, if we allow biological males likely to stay on the team smashing, annihilating our women smashing records. this is wrong. so how do you combat that we cannot overcome their inherit physiological advantages?

women should not have to compete against biological men. we're stepping back instead of moving the ball forward and providing more opportunities for girls and women. now we're starting to have ours take away even more. and we're supposed to kindly, politely, like good little girls stand on the sidelines and cheer for the boys. i refused to do that. now, yesterday mart 13 years since csr officially cease to exist, the union was replaced by 15 independent states among them. russia. well, this is where i guess the takes a look back to what has changed since the soviet flag over the kremlin was lowered . 30 years ago, humanity witness. the spectacle. the dramatically changed the course of history, the spectacular overnight collapse of the ussr. she loo luxury to as a result of a newly formed situation,

creation of the commonwealth of independent states. i seize my activities in the post of the ussr president. so uniqueness, ah, here enough, 300000000 people woke up with a new nationality. their homeland gone race that the stroke of the pen and it began with a perestroika, a radical rethinking of soviet mentality, identity and ideology. we must begin 1st by restructuring our thinking and psychology, organizationally and the style and ways working. i will say frankly though we do not restructure ourselves and i'm deeply convinced of this, that we will not rebuild economy or social life. but perestroika proved too much too sudden, too intense to unpredictable where the intent was evolution. the result was

revolution, nationalism worried up with frightful speed across the u. s. sr. a leads, and opportunities and various republic clamored for power and independence. the result was climactic, the usa, sorry season his existence as a subject of international law and a geopolitical reality. it was the dawn of a new age. that was pessimism, but there was also optimism what marvels could piece bring. a great empire nicholas superpower, was split into independent countries, which got the chance to cooperate with each other as closely as they wanted, without any bloodshed. and so began a flood of cultural exchange as western ideas rolled and roiled across the former ussr. ah

. ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback hundreds of millions of people have thrown off communism dictatorship or apartheid former adversaries. now cooperate with us in diplomacy and global problem solving. reality, however, turned out to be far uglier than the propaganda post as will mainstream media promised with the guiding hand of the communist party, god, old and buried hatreds, re ignited, and neighbors turned on each other. ah .

it wasn't just war and uncountable debts. that was misery, pure and simple economic social health care collapse. the rise of transnational mathee as an organized crime fraud and corruption sisted across the former soviet union. ah . ringback ringback ringback ah, a traumatized, the people undoubtedly the misery and the hopelessness of the 90s, they yearned for stability. not for communism, no, nor the ussr, but for a semblance of order. and whatever his the tractors might have to say about putin. he gave the russians stability back a bertha. unfortunately, our common fatherland,

the soviet union, dissolved. as you know, the core of this common states is historical russia, the russian federation, which is you know, lost almost half of its industrial potential hoffman its economy. the same share of its population and a substantial part of its territory. what can we do about this? now, i've already said that restoring the soviet union would be pointless and impossible for many reasons. and not even desirable because i'm the senior, which make sense few want the you as a saw communists back legends have made that very clear. but to build a new state, a new russia, one which provides for the people rather than uses them and at the same time evoked the sort of respect that the soviet union did. while that scares rushes, opponents, hooton's plan scares them. you know, i think the concern is that president putin's public lamentations and private

lamentations about the demise of the soviet union have gotten, ah, noisier and stronger over the years. so the concern is that he's actually as a legacy project seeking to reconstitute the soviet union. and then, you know, would his appetite be fulfilled with that eating or what he seek? the soviet union has been gone for 30 years, but had spirited lives on it lives on in the hearts of former citizens who now remember only the glory days, the good pots. they forget the empty shelves, the food lines, the k g, b at lives are on the minds of rushes, rivals who still think in terms of blocks and super bowers stuck as they are in the past. who believe that russia last did say forever when the ussr collapsed? regardless of the fact that 30 years have passed since i run it, isn't it?

even in death, the soviet union still shapes our futures will after the soviet union fell, people gained certain freedoms but lost out in other ways. that is that banker out of moved to latvia back in 1965, but has been unable to obtain citizenship ever since he told us that life seemed better to him in the ussr. i'm if to live here from the russian, the pet screeching in 1965 and have lived here ever since that time it was good fun and people live life to the full ever was good natured and cheerful. and it felt as if there were some kind of future when more comfortable than under soviet rule. then of course there was the referendum to leave the u. s. a. so on people voted for it. from then on, we were divided into citizens and non citizens. those who lived in not feel before 1940 wednesday grant assistantship, and those who came later went on citizens. if you're not granted citizenship, then you do not have the right to occupy some positions in government structures. they introduced the state examination commissioner language,

which checks who speaks latvian and who does not passing their exams enough in languages away.