the breaking news, russia, the biggest casing federations, they have no doubt committed valia, but if the innocence of any wrongdoing, despite her tested positive for substance, the organization say that investigating the circumstances surrounding the close to russia, the limpid committee is raising concerns over the claiming off the test results at the sample was taken back in december, but only revealed in the last few days. also ahead to clear political influence on the police to physically exert political will on peaceful protesters. i was just following orders is no longer an excuse. canadian police officers, the government was cracked down on the freedom convoy, protest movement, whereas the authorities step up their foot 2 ends. but this has been rally against

lack, seen monday, worked and turns up the heat on russia renewing its threat to impose the harshest ever functions against moscow over the ukraine crisis. as the mainstream media follows in lock step pushing the government's usual, anthony question rhetoric. the very well welcomes my team here in mosca. this is the international with the latest world news update is great to have you with or 1st breaking news from beijing. the international testing agencies confirmed that the ban substance tri met his idea was found in a sample taken from russian figure skater, camilla valley value. in december. it comes off to the metal ceremony for the olympic figure, skating team competition in which camilla one gold was delayed due to what we've been cited as an ongoing legal issue. the test results certainly serving to raise

more questions than answers as alexi. ourselves. reports from baking. how far more questions now than the answers up to the statement? we do have at least some confirmation of what is going on behind the scenes here because it's never been the case in the history of the olympic games. when a metal ceremony has been delayed for more than 5 days already, it happened a last weekend and the muddy or athletes who won their metals, haven't still received it. now the official side of the story was that a certain legal issue was being considered and prevented the outage from getting their metals. now the idea statement that is in the morning shed some light on what exactly was going on. now 1st and foremost, the doping sample which was tested positive was obtained from camila oliva on december 25th in st. petersburg, russia during the russian ice figure skating championship, which of course of leave a one comfortably and that a by that ensured her participation in the olympic games that most bizarre part of

the story is that the positive results came back on february 8th. and i have to explain here that since rossa is rendered as noncom blind by the world anti doping agency, rasa had to send the sample to an accredited laboratory. that laboratory happens to be laboratory in stockholm, sweden. so the biggest question here is as to why it took more than a month and a half to produce a result from that probe which was taken on december 25th. something which even the head of the rational and become interesting is loss. please nichol stressed in his press address a just early on saying that usually according to the what a protocol a result from a doping probe should be conducted within 20 days. do the math. that means that should have been conducted by january 15th, the latest. why on earth that happened a month later? well, maybe that is a good reason for speculation and for a more conspiracy theories, but at something definitely not right. he,

according to the head of the russian olympic committee. the other which we need to understand, which is highly important is that this probe happened before bay gene. and even before the european skating championship were about eva also, but dissipated all other doping tests, both in europe and here in beijing. all of them were negative. that was something confirmed by both the olympic committee and by the russian skating union. by the way, russian skating union produced this statement from us, which we can now listen to the russian figure. skating federation doesn't doubt the honesty and integrity of its athlete. we will make every effort to clarify the circumstances of what happened and will provide the athlete with the necessary comprehensive assistance and support. another hugely important point to understand here is that when the positive result came back again on february, 8th, rou sada, was following the international protocol and immediately suspended, believe from further participation in olympic games. but the athlete filed an

appeal and asked for an expedited process and on february 9th, through sada, allowed volleyball to continue her participation in the olympic games. that has to be a reason for that, that definitely it just cannot come out of nowhere. we are waiting for some sort of explanation from the side. of course, we understand they have their hands full now, because we understand that now both the international skating union and the international olympic committee have filed an appeal against ro, side as decision to allow volley. we're to participate in the games, and this is something that needs to be resolved by february 15th, the latest. that is what an female i skate is, will take to the rank in beijing to compete for the metals here. you'll understand that isn't it. it's not because she's a protected, personal minor on those that's very important. and i hope that people will respect that. and that's why we've not been able to communicate virtually a tune up until now. and that's why we'll so, because of the speculation, the media, about the name and,

and the whole story that actually the chase will fit to put out a class cation statement. we so can hear, not just about any, any skates. are we talking about one of the most talented skaters on the planet who wowed the crowds? both sports related and ordinary, you know, common lovers of sport with our performance last weekend. it was a historical performance. the 1st woman ever in the history of olympic gains to do a double quad on the ice. and don't forget, she is 15 years of age and i have to tell you it's both hard breaking to think what is running through. i had i, in any case, there could be no, it could not be as bad as we all think. it is. first of all, because this a substance trimester dean, which was found in believe a sample from december 25th. it is also a medication which is used against angina or any kind of hard diseases. so if she has a medical exemption that is according to the water protocol, she may be able to use it and it will not be considered as doping. that is

something that we need clarification from or sada, because again, i don't think they are a suicide squads to allow a job. and i'm giving a quotation mark here athlete to participate in the gains that something they need to clarify for us. and secondly, let's not forget, while eva is a minor, she is just 15 years of age. so under water protocol, she is considered as a protected person. so if any punishment comes away, if she's found complicit or deliberately taking this medication and not informing the authorities of any medical reason for that than a punishment in her case may be lightened. and also one more thing to understand that is coming from statements by the olympic committee by the russian skating union. and pretty much everyone involved in this docile right now is that a deprivation of metals from the russian olympic team is not even considered at the moment. this is an individual case which could even be result after the beijing olympics is oba. as you can see, there's a lot in the story,

it's very terrible and there's a lot of twists and turns. i'm keeping my ear close to the ground, he and will keep you updated as soon as we get any more news. america zante doping sheaf is already floating. the idea of suing russian athletes thing he's ready to use nancy doping law that allows us all. thirty's to prosecute foreign athletes or officials outside the country. at the same time, the russian olympic committee chief is questioning the timing of the test results. coming out. i have serious questions about the timing that passed between december 25th. when the sample was given in st. petersburg in february 8th, when it was made public. in accordance with international standards of the world anti doping agency laboratory. the deadline for loading sample a is 20 days from the date of receipt of the sample in the laboratory. it looks very strange that the test took almost a month to get from st. petersburg to stockholm. this raises very serious questions for me. let's continue the conversation now and go live to mark both niche form

australia go keep i suppose pundit. very welcome to the program is great to see you . now mark your familiar with the pressure athletes have to deal with how much camilla value of a be feeling right now. but good afternoon to everyone. all around the wall in moscow, anywhere else around the world. right at this moment in time you have to feel very sorry for unfortunately for my own personal experience that towards, towards the end of my career, i had a similar situation. but and from that experience, what i realize it is always 2 sides to every story. and then i must agree with what i heard just from the report from somebody who's completely outside of the sports. even though i follow sports very, very closely that the timing of the announcement and the way that shed there's no, there's no need to say conspiracy. highly suspicious and we know about all the intricacies and we had to just explain there about what can happen in this that me

and this and that. but right this moment into my thoughts with the athlete so far as we're concerned here in the west that we grow up under a system where everybody's presumed innocent until proven otherwise. and as far as like i said, i'm concerned, she's innocent until proven otherwise. but that process that's going to take place now, she's going to make sure it doesn't affect she has to compete still, and hopefully that process will be sorted out sooner rather than later. what, what do you think the media has been so quick to come down hard on the russian figure skater? well, i think are fortunately, you know, that there's a suffering for what's going on over the last 4 or 5 years. so it's quite easy to, to put in into words and if you like into pictures, something based on what happened in the past. but what happens in the past doesn't necessarily mean that that's true for the future. so far as i'm concerned, where i'm looking at from right now in the media across the world,

obviously russia is, it has been in the media for political reasons. and right this moment in time, like i say that people especially start like i say from the west, from the west. i look in, in a different way. and like i said, i just caution everyone to make sure that you understand that there's always 2 sides to every story. and every story is different as well. sport should never mixed with politics, but unfortunately we've seen over the years, but it does as you know, being a professional athlete. take this tall on the body requires medicine and treatment from time to time. how you navigate the minefield of banned substances in that case . well, it's a very difficult situation. i can only go from my experience as a professional football that you have to check with your team doctor menu and you put your trust in the team doc this to make sure that whatever the substance may be, where it be for, for a block most for example, whatever it may be that the force and i fully within the rules that that's all you

can do as an athlete. your focus is on performance and to make sure that you're performing, you're feeling right. and anything above that, that you don't know about you put your trust in that same doctor, or whoever the official may be that you put your trust in. the situation we have right now is the well down to doping agency intending to appeal to the cause of arbitration against the russian anti doping agencies decision to lift the value of a suspension. what do you make a vase? well, that's very interesting. i did do a bit of research research on that on, on the cast situation, what you were just talking about and from, from what came back to me was that, that basically test will, will just pretty much rule on the suspension wherever the suspension is, is fair. inadequate or wherever it should be lifted as according to what rossiter had said in terms of follow up investigations. and that will be a separate matter that can be put, put back as,

as long as i wish to. so that's exactly what's come back to me from people that i know that i'll be ruling purely on the suspension in which case, like i said, the ruling sooner rather than later would be best for everyone. i think one thing that is outstanding about this particular case is that value is to 15 years old. she's a minor. so that's fine. suit have offered her some protection against this media onslaught that we've seen. why wasn't protected? well that's the question that i love the media garza and they're going to get to the bottom of that because obviously i still have been reading about that. you know that that should offer her a protection because she's a minor that obviously hasn't been the case. so that's going to answer and it just adds the fuel to the story that the timing of this and everything that's going on. this is highly suspicious. so, you know, media, understandably so that that is their job to ask questions. but sometimes they're

going to realize that people may want to ask questions of them as well. and they've got to be prepared to answer just questions just as exactly the same as they are out of people questions as well. and it would be incredible if all of this isn't having some kind of effect or impact on her psychological welfare. what kind of impacts do you think this could have on her performance? if she is allowed to compete, once again? well, as a, as an exactly and somebody is still athlete at heart, i hope it has no effect on her whatsoever. it's probably a little presumptuous to say that be a very, very difficult and she's very, very young. but that will be up to the coaching staff around there and herself, mainly to make sure that she uses this as the determination to do even better. rather than to let her beat down. and like i said over here in the west, we always brought up the belief that people are innocent unless proven otherwise.

and if she's innocent, she would walk tall and stand proud and gum perform like she did. just recently. great speaking to you today, mark balls and h form, australia, goalkeeper, and suppose pundit, thanks for coming on. thank you very much. thank you. well, while the investigation was ongoing, the i o. c, repeatedly asked the media to stop speculating on the case despite that, and any official ruling american news broadcast, see, and then didn't hesitate to de shout judgments from the get go. cnn has confirmed that the only minor on that team is the 15 year old camilla via eva. fina has learned that a russian figure skater has failed a drug test. and that person is a minor russian olympic athlete. supposedly test the positive is, am i supposed to be surprised? cnn covered the story, sharing 15 year old valley of his name and photo along with the accusations. even though the i o. c said she should be protected as a minor. other mainstream media outlets were quick to follow. suit headlines made

sure to link the youngsters name with doping. despite nothing, having been confirmed at that time. legal media analysts like say the way sin and handle the coverage is despicable if you watch this and i don't suggest anybody does, but if you want to see absolutely the most biased a unconfirmed speculation. first of all she to minor and the last i check one of the reasons for the a legit secrecy to protect a 15 year old and we know everything we know this traumatized or the we know the drug. we know her name. oh, but, but by the way, she's a minor to imagine the pressure of anybody to be the olympics. imagine that be 15 years old. but imagine that you are right now in the, the, the cross hairs of this media microscope. and you theoretically haven't been

accused of anything, it's almost as though. and i'm merely speculating because after all, see it and love speculation. so i'm going to speculate, it's almost like saying, listen, if you enjoy your time here speaking on behalf of say, the, this olympic event. it will really behoove you to say as much as you can to insinuate to imply to basically in p own and, and indict russia based on nothing. let's face it, they have found russia guilty by virtue of some body of evidence. we have not been made privy to. it's despicable ah, well as protests, paralyzing calendars, capitol continue. officials are looking at ways to deter supporters. the government has been granted a request to feel free access to money on a fundraising platform where freedom convoy 2020, to appeal has already raised more than $8000000.00 us dollars. and on the streets

of canada, dozens of arrests have been made and over a 1000 fines issued with police sometimes resorting. busy to force to detain, protest as one canadian officer accuses the government of ignoring the fundamental rights of citizens. thank. he can follow those orders. i what got it all on video. what is happening in ottawa, with a clear political influence on the police to physically exert political will on peaceful protesters is so very wrong on so many levels. i was just following orders is no longer an excuse. it is time to stand up and speak out by refusing to preach your fellow citizens fundamental charter rights. you signed up to help people stand with your fellow canadians and say enough is enough. heard a party of canada has spent the last 2 weeks endorsing and enabling these blockades across the country. the consequences of these actions are having dire impacts,

their impacting trade, they're hurting jobs, they're threatening our economy and they're obstructing our community. i am focusing on india. but as accusations of insurrection, even trees and fly in that direction, the protest is our team to highlight the ground strips that supports the guessing for many people in all to a, for my john honey, never for like a dance party that have been a protest, right? now i mean to be honest with you, which is really been the case over the last few days. look auto. a police say that the situation is volatile. the protesters here the truckers determined if one thing is true, it's that the supporters above this protest and those that are here are determined, they're determined for their voices and their demands to be heard as far as volatility. are we know that police have made some arrests, but overall it's been a very like over the weekend, there were balancing hassles here. and there are families coming here and he described it as almost like a winter carnival type festival. the pointed to protest is basically it started

with truckers converging upon the city here. january 28th, and iowa are fighting against mandatory vaccinations. for the trucking industry, it's really morph into a much greater protest over canadas, coven 19 restrictions. and now a pretty fiery and intense debate about candidates, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of protest, rules and policies. there's a very difficult situation and how do you get all these trucks? hundreds of big rigs with trailers. how do you move them out of the city if they have no plans on leaving local tow truck companies have said you're not using us. we have to work with these guys. we don't want to be seen doing this. and some of even told me we stand in support of these truckers, so it's a very, very difficult situation for police and walk. the majority of the protesters we've talked and we talked to many including trackers say have, have really maintain that this is a peaceful protest. supporters, men, women, children continue to come here from all over the country,

but none the less vac said protesters maintain. this is a peaceful organization, it's a peaceful demonstration. still, canadian officials, including the prime minister and other federal and local officials, have lambasted the ongoing movement, the ongoing protest, and the pastor protesters, including one ottawa city council member. here's what he, she had to say occurring, referred to it as sedition today. i think that's exactly what it is. this is theresa, really an insurrection? it's a, it's an attack on our democracy. it's an attack on our federal government. we've seen similar convoys in the united kingdom and france and australia, new zealand. we're also hearing about chatter and talk about something similar potentially happening in the united states. a convoy may be even stretching from california, going to washington dc, possibly disrupting the super bowl or even prisoner joe biden. state of the union speech on march 1st. that remains to be seen, but one thing is very clear. this protest continues here on the ground,

in ottawa and other parts of canada. when he, you can see trucks blow king the busiest trade route between the us and canada, the ambassador bridge near detroit, which carries more than a course of old trade between the countries such blockades. by the freedom convoy, protesters have caused disruptions to the supply chains of numerous companies, including ca, making giants for to until we outa one convoy support a told his people will stay and rally until their freedoms are restored. it would have been a, a per, practical convoy that wasn't disrupting things. i think that's the point of the convoy so that it encourages the powers that be to make rash and very quick decision decision and, and not sit there and avoid the, the issue. and yes, it is going to disrupt things in this put more pressure. everyone knows that if you have, you have the right to protest and you have a right to protest peacefully. this comes down to where we waited 2 years to have

a plan in place to have our voices heard by speaking with our elected officials. and it fell on deaf ears and because of that, it has take it. it has to take a lot for canadians to have to drive from coast to coast into ottawa to have their voices heard. and that's why they vow to stay there until they lift the mandates of these restrictions that are, are faced and restore the canadians rates and freedoms. we have a charter of rights and freedoms that should be protected. and unfortunately, our government has, has taken advantage of that pandemic, and that's why they're there to stay there until they are restored. as a correspondence highlighted earlier, the situation in canada has inspired similar movements abroad, including france, where police blocks a large convoy from entering the capital protest. those from the south had planned to converge on powers and brussels. the ah, now it's, you know,

thirty's now say federal police will be responsible for checking trucks and cars crossing into the country. in recent weeks, messages have been circulating on social networks, rallying support for the freedom convoys, promising police in paris to block them. due to the risk that this gathering could disrupt the public order, the police department has decided to prohibit such demonstrations from friday, february 11th, 2022 through monday, february 14th, 2022. we heard from some of the french protest as you say, that determined to fight for their freedoms. plato, so your fault, i'm not sure it's when i had to do my duty during the locked down. i went to work and i caught covered there. i was one of the heroes backed in, but now i'm not even treated like a citizen. i don't understand how we went from that side to this one or 230 so vaccine. if everyone who has been vaccinated has had health problems, what we want is for the journalists, the media to finally tell the truth. we're supporting the freedom convoy. we're so

glad to see this happening in canada and now in europe in the world. we're here to support all of those who are speaking out in support of our freedoms. oh, brittany's preparing to expand and strengthen it. sanctions against russia, despite yesterday, so called push for diplomacy talks in moscow on the ukraine crisis. new legislation gives new k the power to target russian businesses and individuals. burton justifies the move as confronting russian aggression towards ukraine. but moscow say that the actions of the west and their military activities, the brought the situation to this point with nato members continuing the build up in the region. this is probably the most dangerous moment. i would say them in the course of the next few days in what is the biggest security crisis that europe has facebook for decades. and today i agree with the secretary general,

a package of support sending troops, planes, and ships to defend nato from north to south. and the main find the western media is jumping on the anti russia band wagon speculating on moscow's notice that every opportunity out is danny armstrong takes a look at the miscarriage examples. the old saying goes, see, no evil, hear no evil speak, no evil, but as definitely not the case with west in mainstream media who strain their eyes and ears to detect malice and militancy in everything that russia says or does almost without exception. and that goes doubly so for when one vladimir putin is consent, who can forget the president's quote, some beauty in talks with a manual micron, ask you to do it as key of says they will comply with the minsk agreements. then they say that this will destroy the country and the current president recently said that it doesn't like any of the clauses, whether you like it or you don't like it. bear with it. my beauty, you have to comply. the russian leaders, tough guy talk,

is sometimes explained away as a sort of falseness. that is a performance for a domestic audience. but put his choice of birth or bit in his remarks on monday to take it or to endure, shows an ugly underlying sentiment about the role of women clots from russian folk law. putin's words were pulled apart and repackaged as miss such any and ugly machismo. talk about beauty being in the eye of the beholder. as for the setting where some saw a white great table, and a sam saw a blockbuster villain on a throne of fear. for those at the top decor and furniture can be tools to impress, charm and intimidate the terrifying seat of power. in game of thrones is a towering iron chair forged from the melted swords of defeated enemies in the james bond series villains are known for decorating their headquarters with shark aquariums. in real life, however, there is vladimir putin and his confusingly massive white table. then there was the

west, blind faith in a rush, an invasion of ukraine. you remember the imminent one that never actually turned up? russia could launch an attack on ukraine any day now. russian invasion of ukraine would be a rhythmic that was this by ukraine's president himself. actually saying the exact opposite, but that as usual fell on deaf is while she's gone through. we have tax on the streets. no. when you read media, you get the image that we have troops in the city. people fling, that's not the case. on the president of ukraine, and i'm based here and i think i know the details better here. this outright refusal to listen resulted in mainstream use broadcast, tuning into weather forecasts, rash, bute, it's as the term for the mud of spring when travel in russia and ukraine by road becomes more difficult. usually its impact is most felt in march. as the snows begin to melt, military analysts are debating whether a continuation of the mild winter might affect any plans for inoffensive. so do

they actually think putin would invade on horseback? but that could also be the reason why diplomacy between the kremlin and the u. k. go stuck in the same mud. maybe it explains why liz chose britain's foreign set crit tree. use the world on a murky map which places baltic states on the black sea. we will say supplying and offering extra support into our baltic allies across the black sea. and randomly, annex is russian regions. you do recognize russia sovereignty over the rust of foreigners regions, don't you? the united kingdom will never recognize russian sovereignty over those regions. so as for seeing and hearing and speak, you know, evil when the will be seen through a western media tinted lens and geography isn't a strong point. on the backdrop brushes, top diplomat says it's hard to get through to west than counterparts. littles, jewel and tombstone. i'm disappointed that we seem to have dialogue between

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