this with someone to wash up a little issue with us as a future talks with nato and the us must deal with the blocks eastwards, move in an exclusive interview with on a rush. as far as explains why and how it's connected to the crisis of the crime. more than a half a battles in britain to scan to express their real opinions openly for fear of falling victim to cancel culture. a coach now am putting we used to have

a good healthy democracy. good. how are we to write and talk to you? or you could say that and then you'd have to all of your case people are frightened ways say what they fail in case there's a come also libby and hopes for future a dash that elections era scrapped after loads, mobilize the nation and it's 30 years. cynthia saw formally came to an end. we look at how things have changed since and different people whose lives were directly impacted by the plan with good morning, thanks for joining us for the weekly here on our team. rushes foreign ministry says upcoming talks with the u. s and nato, we'll have to focus on ending the alliance is expansion. it is exactly that an

expansion of nato, and the non emergence of weapon systems to threaten our security on the russian border that are the main issues in the upcoming negotiations with the united states . and nato, those have not yet grasped the essence of the russian position should understand this very clearly. early this, most nato accused moscow of planning to invade ukraine claim the kremlin has denied fantasy alliance continues his eastern expansion getting other closer to russia's board. us. nato has proven the last year starter. our open door policy is not on the something we are support in words, puddles in deeds, party by inviting to new countries, montenegro, north mustard or not to become members. so we have enlarged the line. so the last few years with 2 new members, despite protests from, from russia, and also we are supporting ukraine in france efforts to come

closer to a natal membership. in a recent security proposal, russia laid out its goal of solid guarantees that ukraine can never join nato viewing down as the best way to prevent any escalation of the conflict in the country. in an exclusive interview, given to our team rushes for a minute to explain why moscow needs written reassurances. notice that he will be out on a monday. they've lived to us on a regular basis from oral pledges to even political obligations enshrined in the russian nato. political act this time as president foods and said we won't have legally binding guarantees. at the same time, we understand that the width can violate such guarantees as well if it won't do she's going to. it was a very in depth interview on here in the very studio to play. so beats, and i thought the reduced form i missed a lot of cover to real her spectrum of salient international topics from the presence of foreign troops, us troops and syria, to the ongoing nuclear negotiations in iran. the main focal point, know,

as we said, was that escalation, the ongoing crisis on the russia, ukraine border, and that's been very much a focal point of much west media. those allegations of thousands of russian troops massing on the ukraine border allegations, levels of moscow. this is in preparation for some sort of intervention or conflict . miss leverage was very clear to say that this is not something that moscow fix or wants that russia moscow once these issues can be resolved through daughter run through the strengthening or when fashionable institution such as the when and other organizations. and he really more negates the danger all the return or ra, returning towards a might, is right balance of power. and while insisting that dialogue is key and not just dialogue, but also putting any sort of agreements that you sort of dialogue in writing in some sort of legal framework. and that was something that folk respond very much.

and when we touched upon the expansion of nato eastwood's, mr. novel of mentioned that russia moscow does see the presence of nato military nature, military expansion went to east woods as a threat to its security. and the west has to understand that that is the topic of concern for russia out of the compromise has to be reached if the escalation is to happen. but it was it the silly globe celeste cooper. the heads of states and governments have clearly states that no participants of the o s. c, e should insure the security by damaging security of others. so when yen stalsen berg made this high brow and arrogant statement that no one can reach the principal, the washington treaty in accordance with which doors open for any candidate wishing to accede to nato, we can say that we are not party to this organization. we have not signed this treaty, but we have signed a broader pan regional euro atlantic documents that includes the principle of indivisible security. and if you install somebody believe the nato members can ignore this principle that is enshrined in their documents without the highest

level. then perhaps it is indeed time for him to get a different job because he does not perform his functions very well. well than half the people in the united kingdom are too scared. it seems to say what they really think new paul found that they're worried about being canceled by friends, colleagues, maybe even family members. and he's chatty edwards, dashti, as the story counsel 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 not the only one biting my tongue is according to you got paul. majority of brits are living in fear of well being. canceled. the 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 a government that actually. so i think people are frightened to always say what they feel in cases come back on. so the main she made you seem to have one. so a 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 groove or wish cause you down a lot of issues where you fear fred, very careful about what you say and that's not right. let's have a good debate and we used to have a good healthy democracy. we have

a 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. i want to hear the argument. i just want to shut you down and say, no, you can't tell you that you don't allow to say that i thought device or traditional a prior to the apology. atonement forgiveness is no longer enough to warrant if they weren't accountability, social justice boycott. and the more controversial the view on any topic like race, immigration breck, that the more you should keep your, both your phone and your mouth shut 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 spun out of control into a social media merchant mob rule, but some from taking the risk of being cancelled. like for instance, j. k. rowling and her auntie trump public position. war is peace, freedom of slavery, ignorance is trans. the meanest individual horrid to is

a woman. oh, that wasn't her only comment. there's been plenty more. and as a result, she's been wiped off the face of the earth even by the world. she created the, bought the community and the movie production team deleted her from scripts. meanwhile. * r h b yos. 20th anniversary. she was bought. not only that, a number of couldn't leaks task they really do exist, announced their rebranding to distance themselves away from j. k. rowling, the tough. that's a trans exclusionary radical feminist. but there are others in her potty school of thought. jackie rally 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 continues as monty python star, terry gilliam. got canceled 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 vig 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 provoked if 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, what is actress of prime time telling more and let been thinks even comedy is now on the verge of being cancelled. 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 canceled out or i'm afraid the things that have always made people laugh. so is it time to cancel or cancel culture? because pretending somebody doesn't exist because they've touched or not, is this temporary slope as let's face it. we've all upset someone somewhere.

haven't we? the, the hopes of millions of libyans to choose a new direction for the country have been scuppered after elections with scraps on friday. that decision came after wards had started to parade round the capital tripoli ratcheting of fears of a fresh civil war czar t z e. g, as dawn of reports, delay not 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 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 government 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, once 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 greenlit nato's bombing campaign and bombs hail down on libya . as per the un resolution, sorties 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 cadaver forces enough for local militants to finish him off on the ground without any trial. ah, when he came, we saw he died. but the triumph of democracy did not come.

instead, libya a once prosperous and promising oil rich nation turned into a lucrative pie up for carving to be split amid goons and warlords. ah ah, 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 as to the elections? i think it's in the interest of the libyan people and libyans 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 stop building a country that embraces everyone in this venue that in to her,

i believe that postpone in the elections isn't in the interest of the libyan people . the commission has dashed to hopes of the the been people because the delay means more corruption. what does it instead got yet 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 in libya. 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. libby is national sovereignty and resources. i met the good of l dom, a. libya, an opposition politician told us the 2400000 voters have been insulted. a man, leisure bad. so what's happened with the elections as an inside 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 millions of people who are registered to vote at all. but up nearly $100.00 candidates were lined up to run in this election. and they came from an array of religious communities, tribes and social groups, having about 5000 have been nominated to be elected to the house of representatives . we're living. unfortunately, the postponement of elections show that libyans do not have free will, are libyans. he wants to have the final say today, tomorrow and in the future,

i should take to the street, had his laughter. all the authorities have been manipulating you and 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 still to come for you this hour and american swimming official quits after transgender swimming. he used to compete as a man, sets new records as a woman, more on that story shortly. ah, oh, is your media a reflection of reality? in the world transformed? what will make you feel safer? isolation or community?

are you going the right way or are you being led to somewhere? direct? what is true? what is great? in the world corrupted, you need to descend, ah, could join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. for special gas today, the only in the legendary mid fire stein, other planet ponzi match. nice to see the holidays. ah, welcome back. an american swimming official has resigned. every scandal that involved a transgender swimmer. she says that she doesn't want to be passive sport. that

allows biological men to compete with women, but the are swearing, federation insist slates almost athlete in question. as every right to be taking part. a leading magazine for the sport though 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 does not disappear overnight, 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's team for 3 years before transitioning in 2019 broke several college records this season. and it's re ignited the debate over whether transgender athletes have an unfair advantage. parents have written to the body governing college sport to express their concern at stakeholders,

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 are 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, rebuts accusation, saying that she submitted all the necessary medical papers. these were approved letting her join the female team. she is currently taking a course of hormone or drugs at an idaho state representative. we spoke to says transgender, inclusive competitions are far from fair. 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 teen 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 refuse to do that. now to day mark said he is sincere, ceasar officially ceased to exist. the union was replaced by 15 independent states among them, russia, and he's not guilty of takes a look back. it was changed since the soviet flag over the kremlin was lowered. 30 years ago, humanity witnessed the spectacle. the dramatically changed the course of history.

the spectacular overnight collapse of the ussr cielo sla realty, too, 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 the perestroika, a radical rethinking of soviet mentality, identity and ideology. we must begin 1st by restructuring our thinking on psychology, organizationally in the style and ways working. i will say frankly, that 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 ussr a 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 peace 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 ringback hundreds of millions of people have thrown off communism dictatorship or apartheid former adversaries. now cooperate with us in diplomacy in global problem. solving. the ality, however, turned out to be far uglier than the propaganda post as will mainstream media promised 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. i'd was misery, pure and simple economic social health care collapse. the rise of transnational matthews and we'll get ice 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. agatha. 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, half of 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 in which make sense, you 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 evokes 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 without the demise of the soviet union have gotten noisier and stronger over the years. so the concern is that he's actually as a legacy project seeking to reconstitute to soviet union. and then you know what, his appetite, b, 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 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 on the minds of rush, has rivals who still think in terms of blocks and super bowers stuck as they are in

the past. who believe that russia lost it say forever when the usaa saw collapsed? regardless of the fact that 30 years have passed since i runic, isn't it? the women death? the soviet union still shapes off futures. well, the collapse happened not long after a failed to that was in august of 1991. the group of communist hardliners attempted to seize power to stop them. president mikhail gorbachev decentralization efforts. they isolated the leader in his residence and try mir and try to occupy moscow's white house. but the tanks was stopped by the public. the future russian president boris yeltsin, famously mounting wall and giving a speech to bid fizzled out in just 3 days. but still had huge consequences for the fate of the country. hans vill hans time felt a norwegian journalist and a veteran, foreign foreign correspondent in moscow covered those dramatic events at the time and he shared with us his members. for me,

this porch was very dramatic. i was inside the white house really dog, together with body hillson and the closest from the night of the 19th august 1991. i was sitting in the hospital, lots of the chairman of the supreme soviet office as the military detached man swore the legends, 2 bodies, hillson, 12 o'clock. but if the clouds were speaking from the balcony, there was 1000000 moscowitz living shield around the white house. we were only 2 journalists inside a lot of people pension f. poor people. they are missing the social security that they had and the former is geography and society.