a good idea of using kind of on friday when about developing a final reactor with russia is figure skating federations they'd have no doubt camilla valley. yeah. but it isn't of any wrong doing, despite her testing positive about the organization says it's investigating the circumstances around in the incident. plus russia olympic committee is raising concerns over the timing of the test results as a sample was taken back in december. but we were billed in the last few days, also ahead and the best way to find any deescalate tensions if ukraine is to stop pumping up the country with western weapons. whilst the message russia defense minister expressed is given british counterparts during an urgent talk with clear political influence on the police to physically

exert political will on peaceful protesters. i was just following orders is no longer an excuse a canadian police officer and the government over its cracked down on the freedom con, avoid protest, movement. where is the authority stuff up there? if it's 2 ends, the persistent rally against coded vaccine mandate with a very warm welcome from our team here in moscow. this is alta international with the latest world news update. great to have you. with the top story, the international testing agency has confirmed for the ban substance was found the sample taken from russian figure skater camilla valley. ever back in december, the agency says it was forced to address swirling media speculation following at the lay of the metal ceremony or the olympic figure skating team competition in

which camilla one gold. however, the test result is only serving to raise more questions than answers as the lexia epsky reports from beijing. now far more questions now than the answers after 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, the 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 that meant 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, while eva on december 25th in st. petersburg, russia during the russian ice figure skating championship, which of course, of oliva one comfortably. and that

a by that ensured her participation in the olympic games. the most bizarre part of the story is that the positive results came back on february 8. 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 a 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 russian and become just in his locker was nichol stressed in his address 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. this broke happened before bay gene, an even before the european skating championship, where glen eva also participated,

all other doping tests, both in europe and here in beijing. all of them were negative. that was something and some 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. the 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 respect that . and that's why we've not been able to communicate virtually a tune up until now. but, and that's why also because of the speculation, the media about the name and the whole story, the actually the chase will fit to put our clarification statement. we talk in here, 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 without, without last weekend. it was a historical performance asked 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 heartbreaking to think what is running through. i had, in any case, there could be, it could not be as bad as we all think it is, while eva is a minor, she is just 15 years of age. so underwater protocol, she's 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 reasons for that than a punishment in her case, may be lightened. 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 over. americas antique. i think chief is already floating. the idea of suing russian athletes saying he's ready to use an anti

doping law that allows you esl authorities 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 and 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. here it's not really about the doping case as such because these will be done later on and we do not even know if there is a positive b. s. i see there is not yet because the information was given on the very

late, i must say. and that means it has the right to request to be so. so if there is a confused hold you to test is not yet even decided. that means the court reform duration post 4 can only assess what we'd be, perhaps the likelihood in their mind. what will happen with this case, which day will not be able to decide themselves the only thing they can decide ease suspension for the next iran, which will be the 15th december rent or not. and i think given, given the heart tension and the big effects that we have, such as suspension, there should be very careful in determining this they detected substance that try it met his idea is usually used to treat heart disease and angina,

but it may also help athletes recover from strenuous training. investigative journalist rick sterling believes that the circumstances of how the medicine got into the russian skate his body could become clear when a quantity is made public. why would an athlete take a medication that is of no value and that they know is on the prohibited live? the answer made to that may come when we learn, presumably, hopefully learn the quantity of gmc, it's all know that also known as that was found was it wasn't a trace amount or was it was a substantial amount. if it was a trace amount, it's been shown to be the case that some migraine headache, medical pedant pills, and also some vitamin supplements have been found to have contained traces of primitives of the and social media uses have been expressing widespread support for

camilla valley. as her fate hangs in the balance, there's now a hash tag saying that with camilla in this trying time as the blog is say, for the 15 year old doesn't deserve to go through this ordeal. and russians currently in beijing share their confusion over the situation and hope for the best for me, oh my yeah. my athletes are often subjected to very strict drug tests and it would have been particularly stupid to have not been clean when coming here. i'm certain they are clean, tamila has been a favorite epis game. everyone's been talking about her. she's been under enormous pressure from the entire world, especially the media. but we believe in her and wish that she goes on to victory. said this, this whole situation, not just whether they'll take away the metal is so disappointing. it would be for anyone who loves their country, especially as it concerns that you know, the situation is so confusing. no one really knows what's going on and why, or whether someone has something to gain from this drug. it's very sad. we're in

beijing and we're cheering for the russians, hoping very much that everything will go smoothly. are figure skaters are the absolute best. with the media attacked valley ever from the get go, even as the international olympic committee repeatedly off the news outlets to stop speculating about the case. despite that sound, the lack of any official ruling american, these broadcast fee, and then didn't hesitate to dish out judgment. cnn has confirmed that the only minor on that team is the 15 year old camila vi eva fina has learned that a russian figure skater has failed a drug test. and that person is a minor russian olympic athlete, supposedly tested positive as am i supposed to be surprised? fan uncovered the story, sharing 15 year old value of name and photo along with the accusations. even though the i o. c said she should be protected of 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 line or says the way see, 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, sheet a minor. and the last i check one of the reasons for the alleged secrecy to protect a 15 year old. and we know everything we know this traumatized 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. oh. 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 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 or say the, this olympic event. it would really behoove you to say as much as you can to insinuate to imply to basically impugn 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 if the west stop sending weaponry to ukraine, that would be the best step towards the d escalation of the tensions that's the view expressed by russia's defense minister. he was meeting with his british counterpart in moscow today, who had joined in a studio by a correspondent on course as his hell is mo, done. what do we know about these talks? well, the press conference has come to an end. the meeting has come to an end and one of

the major points that the russians defense minister had made answer at this meeting was that russia's not to blame for this increasingly tense situation on the european continent. after all, it's really western powers that are arming this hostile power kiev right on russia doorstep. we'd like to propose a step towards reducing tensions and then the pumping up of ukraine with weapons from abroad. that's being done publicly and significantly. and it's not entirely clear why i'd also like to understand why britain has deploy special forces to ukraine and for how long they will be there. now, in relation to the u. k, of course, sure go had in mind there be anti tank missile systems that london has been equipping the ukrainian military with. we saw a shipment arrived last month in ukraine and as early as wednesday of this week, another one did arrive as well. and on top of that should go also drew attention to the fact that relations between the u. k and russia have been at their low,

are at their lowest point than they, as they have been for many, many years already. the u. k. foreign office says it's putting together a fail to extend the reach of possible sanctions. that it, that london could put against russia. the u. k. put 1000 troops on, on high alert for a potential russian invasion that moscow was time. and time again denied that it's planning to do. and just yesterday, course johnson met with nato to discuss the possible the possibility of doubling the amount of british troops that are in europe near russia's borders. so of course, those are reflections of the current state of relations between the 2 countries. but while it's actually at the, at the press conference seems to try and play down a lot of all the, a lot. a lot of this stuff actually. he said that, you know, britain doesn't have that many military advisors in ukraine and that there are trainings are going to be done soon and that he would continue. he also reassured the public that he's going to be continuing working towards diplomacy and that and that he was reassured when sho, shaw,

who told him that russia is not going to invade. but this is actually a real 180 from what he was saying in the run up to this meeting actually, because just moments before this meeting, we heard him talking about saying its purpose was to stop russia from intimidating and destabilizing the region to tell moscow to stop its troop, build up on its own territory and to avoid avoid an invasion of ukraine. like i said, moscow has been saying it has no plans to invade ukraine. this is something that it's not on this agenda and not once with diplomacy mentioned in this run up to the meeting. and on top of that, even before that, he went on the media to say that he has no problems with deploying troops. hawes far, you prepared to go and reserve in terms of sending troops upon his deposit troops and reserve. would you hesitate and sending them if needed? we wouldn't hesitate once we, once we know that they are ready and that professional and often we know they all,

they say press conference coming to house on the hills. if there several governments selling their citizens to leave ukraine, why is that? right? well, it all started with washington. actually, when it declared that, you know, several hours before this meeting took place, that all americans should get out of ukraine as quickly as possible because the u. s military is not going to help them. of course this contributed to the ongoing hysteria that, that has been going on for months now around a legit plans of a russian invasion. let's take a listen to what biden said. her consistence should leave should leave. now, we're dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. it's a very different situation and things could go crazy quickly. now as you said before, it wasn't just one country that did this actually is not a number of countries followed suit. almost just moments after washington made this, this declaration, they declared a maximum level of danger for their citizens being in ukraine and also asked them to basically leave as quickly as possible. we have japan, south korea,

the netherlands, and most recently, just moments ago actually montenegro made the same declaration to have their citizens leave the country because it's for some reason i'm not safe for them. now this, i mean comes at the same time that antony blinking was saying that a russian invasion could happen at any time. and there is a u. s. state department briefing set to take place soon. but you know, this is obviously a moment of extreme hysteria. and actually earlier my colleague, danny armstrong went into dug deeper basically into the hysteria surrounding this in the, in specifically the media sphere. still saying goes, see, no evil hear no evil speak, no evil. but as definitely not the case with west and mainstream media who strain the eyes and is to detect malice and militancy in everything that russia says or does almost without exception. and that goes doubly. so for when one flat m a person is consent, who can forget the president's quote, some beauty in touch with

a manual micron mosquito who it is key of says they will comply with uminski agreements. then they say that this will destroy the country and the current president recently said, but 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 leader stuff guy talk is sometimes explained away as a sort of folks in us that is a performance for domestic audience. but put his choice of verb sir bit in his remarks on monday to take it or to endure shows and normally underlying sentiment about the role of women plots from russian folk law. hooton's where's what pulled apart and repackaged as miss such any and ugly machismo? talk about these, he being in the eye of the beholder. as for the setting where some saw a white great table, m. s m. so a blog post the 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 is confusingly massive white table. then there was a west blind faith in a russian invasion of ukraine. you remember the imminent one that never actually turned up. russia could launch an attack on ukraine any day. now. russian evasion 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 well, she's easy done to we have tax on the streets. no. or when you read media, you get the image that we have troops in the city. people fling, that's not the case. my, if i find the president of ukraine, and i am faced here, and i think i know the details better here. this outright refusal to listen resulted in mainstream use broadcast,

turning into weather forecasts. rasputin 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 effect any plans for an offensive. 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 mod. maybe it explains why liz chose britain's foreign set crit tree. use the world on a murky map which places both 6 states on the black sea. we're all 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. 30, 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 am disappointed that we seem to have dialogue between a mute than a deaf person. they seem to be listening, but don't hare lord o. a state of emergency has been declared in canada central ontario province as mass protest against covey. maxine mondays are impacting major cities, the demonstrations which i've already lost 2 weeks. they're currently paralyzing the capital also. and authorities are cracking down. the government is freezing and come from a crowd funding source that's already weighs more than $8000000.00 for the freedom convoy protest movements and on the streets of canada. dozens of arrests have been made and more than a 1000 fines issued with police sometimes resorting to force to detain protesters.

one canadian officer cases, the government of ignoring the fundamental rights of citizens. thank you. can follow those orders any more on video. what is happening in order to 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 are impacting trade. they're hurting jobs, they're threatening our economy and they're obstructing our community. i am

focusing on ending accusations of insurrection and even trees and fly in that direction. the truck is a keen to highlight the glossary support. they say that protest is guessing for many people in ottawa from right on honey, ever or like a dance party than better 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 protestors here the truckers determined if one thing is true, it's that the supporters of 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. we know that police have made some arrest, but overall it's been a very like over the weekend, there were balancing dazzles here and there are families coming here. i 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 auto fighting against mandatory vaccinations for the trucking industry. and

it's really more into a much greater protest over canada's 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 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 somebody 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've talked to many including trackers say i 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 had to say. carney referred to it as sedition today. i think that's exactly what it is. this is present really an insurrection. it's a, it's an attack on our democracy. it's an attack on our federal government. we shame . 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 president 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 blocking the busiest trade route between the us and canada,

the ambassador bridge near detroit, which carries more than a quarter of old trade between the countries. the blockade has caused disruption to the supply chains of many companies, including car making giants, ford and toyota. once a puerto of the convoy, protest told his people will stay and rally until their freedoms aristo. it would have been a per practical convoy if it 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. this is 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's and 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. was all correspondent highlighted earlier. the situation in canada has inspired similar movements abroad, including in france, why convoys and moving from different parts of the country towards the capital. thus, despite the authorities banning any such demonstration in paris in the coming days, due to the risk that this gathering could disrupt a public order, the police department has decided to prohibit such demonstrations from friday, february 11th, 2022 through monday, february 14th, 2022 the police have already started positioning on that vehicles on constructing

barricades to prevent any provocations and of threatens that any won't. court protesting could be fined or even arrested on face up to 2 years in prison. yet many convoy participants remained determined to go to powers and then press on ahead to brussels the heart of the european union. meanwhile, belgium authorities that though the extra thorough in checking vehicles entering the country, the protest as have gained support among opposition politicians on the public money say that determined to fight for their freedoms and are glad to demonstrations of taking place in that country. plato for your personal sub, most should it's when i had to do my duty during the lock downs, i went to work and i caught covered there. i was one of the heroes back then. but now i'm not even treated like a citizen, and i don't understand how we went from that side to this one. and it was in our lot to thank you so vaccine it. every one who's been vaccinated has had health problems. what we want is for the journalists, the media to finally tell the truth of denito,

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 those who are speaking out in support. of our freedoms to you. oh, well thanks for joining us. aeronautics international that so from me, but down here, kings will be here with the latest in 30 minutes. apparently rushes invasion of ukraine is not so eminent. after all. none the less washington in london continued to be the drums of war. many europeans think otherwise, they are the ones with the most to lose in any conflict. they are also the ones pushing diploma moved when i was shooting wrong.