countless others like them. ah ah, the stories not shaped though weak russia slum with his theory over wants being claimed, or its alleged plans to invade crate western official to urge their citizens to leave the country amid the elite media headlines. attacks imminent, also ahead on the program. what are you doing? what do you do like a police take action against the freedom convoy movement and canada with the countries prime minister leveling the protesters french experience? this is a story of a country that got through this pandemic, by being united and a few people shouting and weaving. swastikas does not define who canadian for the hearing into the doping case of russian figure skater,

camila valley or van gets underway, deciding on whether she'll be able to further compete in the winter. olympics brushes figures, getting federation saves it completely packs the 15 year olds with bringing you the top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment development as well. welcome to the weekly an rti, i'm you know, lever rushes slammed water. it bronze manufactured hysteria over ukraine, claiming that alarmists speculation over an eminent invasion as giving key ever pretext the scupper, the minsk agreements. now among the latest countries to take action, australia has temporarily shut on. it's embassy and keith relocating all operations to western ukraine. now, as you can see here on street, a number of nations of urged their citizens to leave the country outright,

the backdrop to that's being the endless media reports alleging russia will attack . in the coming days, moscow has continually denied any such allegations. southgate taylor picks up the story as a panic around your crane reaches fever, pitch the walls been laying bet so on how it will all play out. it's a very different situation and things can go crazy quickly. so crazy and quickly apparently the people are being told to run while they can. we encourage all american citizens who remain in ukraine to depart immediately. we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time, should vladimir putin decide to order it. and he might be only 15000 kilometers away from care of all the way over in australia. but even from that blink could could feel look crazy coming. an invasion could begin at any time during the olympics. any american citizens who remain in ukraine should leave. now. the media,

i've also been, came to cache in on the hysteria. hyper, every juicy detail about the russian asian that's been eminent for months after old . p escalation just doesn't bring in the pun, toes, but in all the chaos they just can't seem to agree. let's take but when, for example, now dash me go and politico might have money on the 16th bob, no bugs but a little x on the calendar. on the 15th of this thing, the end of the olympics, the 20th is more likely my team's hoping. it's on our day off, and then there's a whole group who say we might be in for a very long wait because it's pretty much the so not great for tanks. so maybe this eminent invasion will come next christmas when the ground has frozen over again. it's almost as if they all got together and decided to pick a date each, you know, to cover all the faces and just flood the news. we can talk about the collusion of the authorities of western countries and the media in order to escalate artificial

tension around ukraine by the massive and coordinated publication of false information and geopolitical interests in particular to distract attention from their own aggressive actions. then we get to the house. now this is why it gets really interesting. the media has given us so many options to choose problem. would it be a false flag operation? a few stout for says, both from the black sea troops from that training exercises embarrass and just how big will the credit go? it is likely to begin with aerial bombing and missile attacks that could obviously kill civilians without regard to their nationality. a subsequent ground invasion would involve the onslaught of a massive force. ah, now this leads us to our question, should we panic head the ukrainian president decided to pay it safe and baton? keep calm and carry on. what else it dont do. we have tanks on the streets. no. so when you read media, you get the image that we have troops in the city. people fling. that's not the

case, minute on the president of ukraine, and i'm based here and i think i know the details. bethany, but someone really should have told him to look out the window fust. ah, oh no wait. that's a ukrainian vehicle. just rumbling round burning fuel and waiting for that as that imminent threat so imminent. in fact, the ukrainians. all righty. warming up. ah . as wild wait with baited breath for the bull key to make the cool. the kremlin says it's all but waste of money because that will be no invasion but still the war hawks. wait. it's

a wonder the foreign ministers patience is wearing thin. those shouldn't teamster. i'm disappointed that we seem to have dialogues between the mutes than a dead person. they seem to be listening, but don't hes, almost detailed explanations have fallen on rough ground. they say that russia is waiting for the soil to freeze and become like a stone so that tanks can pass safely into ukrainian territory. but it seems that our british colleagues have the same sol today, from which numerous factors that we sides have bounced. and then again, it could have been has british counterpart severing to russian cities off from russia. the re pushed him over the edge. you do recognize russia, sovereignty of the roast of unfurnished regions, don't ye? the united kingdom will never recognize russian sovereignty over those regions. poor trusts a few short months ago. she was minister for women and qualities. and now she's foreign secretary and thrown into a crisis before she even had time to google a wild map and nice,

you've got how come to the appropriate outfit sorted out that the good news is if and when the kremlin makes good on its promise to stick to its lane and the rest of the better than gamble as a crying over their losses with nothing to show for all the effort they put in at least less trust will have a few nice photographs as a souvenir from the good old days. meanwhile, stateside the u. s. president met with german liter, olaf schultz this week, joe biden said the 2 would put up quote, a united front in relations with moscow and threatened to hold the nord stream to gas pipeline. if russia invade ukraine, there will be no longer a nor stream to we, we will bring it into. how will you, how will you do that? exactly. since the product and control of the product is within germany's control, we will,

i promise you will be able to do. officials in germany have repeatedly stress the importance of russian gas for the countries energy needs. they've called for an end to the political dispute over the pipeline, saying it has nothing to do with politics. however, with the latest stand off intensifying berlin is apparently making a you turn earth rasmussen all the eurasia center. a think tank told us who he believes has the most to lose by killing the project. fear of potentially would be hurt more by these for the banking russian and russia would probably do counter thanking. justifiably go to new also, nor tremendous for me would have been the initiative to do this. they would have a cancellation fee. it's all, i'm sure is liabilities related to that germany. so it will be a big block for the german economy and we don't have the l n g to actually provide

my understanding. there's not sufficient gas anywhere in the world to make up what's provided through through russia. and that's the f, the cost, the price would be extremely, even if you did replace the supplies from the pipeline, it be extremely costly. i don't think russia has any branson based, right? so it's mostly nato. the u. k in the u. s. that are the ones that are advocating in basin the can to another big story of the way. can we move to canada, where it's busiest commercial trade routes remains closed now, after freedom convoys, supporters protesting. mandatory cobit mandates blocked a border bridge with the u. s. on monday, the incident that was gained international attention not least because of the economic impact of the move. some car makers have even hard to for production due to supply shortages. my security forces are trying to clear the ambassador bridge,

where truckers are blocking the ontario side, the province of declared a state of emergency. we spoke to one of the protesters whose been taking part in the blockade. he said that the oxy mandates are causing far more economic harm than the bridge demo done at the bridge with statements. and i can't imagine that it was a drop in the bucket compared to what the government's done to the last 2 years. imposing their will upon the people have openly incited hatred and part of the population. justin pseudo a man who's been caught numerous times in black. she's been accused of groping reporters and, and he's, they're saying like, a projector just projecting what he is that all the people down there are massages to raise this and they are holding on. you know, the bad news that opinions urge you folks. i walked down there and it was a loving event. people were bringing their family. we just want a right to be respected and we want these mandate to end that they are killing

everything. they've put everything screeching halt. so what we've done here is nothing compared to the damage that be elected official and non elected officials have done to the people of the free world. they have the end and we are not ending right now. but all scores of arrests have been made since that protest 1st began in canada and more than a 1000 fines issued as well, where police sometimes resorting to force what are you doing? what do you do like this? this week, a 78 year old man was detained after honking his car horn in support of the freedom convoy protest in ot, so he reportedly suffered severe bruising during the rest. one canadian police officer has accused the government of ignoring the fundamental rights of citizens saying he can't follow, ordered any. 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. incidentally, calgary police say they've opened an investigation into that video. now the must protest 1st broke on it's after the canadian government introduce vaccine mandates for truck drivers. crossing the u. s. border. around 15 percent of canadian truckers or on bikes, ortiz, john honey reports about the atmosphere he experienced during the protest were callum and peaceful. for like a dance party then 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 arrests, but overall it's been very like over the weekend there were balancing castles 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 here january, 28th and auto fighting against mandatory vaccinations. for the trucking industry, it's really more into a much greater protest over canadas cove in 1000 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 trucker so it's a very, very difficult situation for police and luck. the majority of the protesters will talk to we 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 . she had to say. carney referred to it as sedition today. i think that's exactly what it is. this is treason, really an insurrection. it's a,

it's an attack on our democracy. it's an attack on our federal government. we seem 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 maybe 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. john, honey, well, health officials in canada have defended the cobit restrictions, citing the number of infections in the country. the prime minister has accused freedom convoy protesters of trying to de real the country's economy and democracy going so far as to label them a fringe group of extremists. this is a story of a country that got through this pandemic, by being united and

a few people shouting and waving. swastikas does not define who canadian her, but is his message resonate him with the public. not so much according to recent opinion, polls less than 30 percent. believe the politician acted like a leader was supposed to. and future elections may be tough viewing as well. for justin trudeau, a member of the regional parliament which governs auto essays, the federal government's accusations of violence are fabricated on the authorities actions on constitutional. no, it's absolutely awesome. it's a fabrication. it's a pretext for what's actually our government is doing. this is a very peaceful, friendly, energetic festival in winter carnival that is not a to purposely distort and fabricate, fabricate that dishes. in any means,

violet or dangerous is wholly reprehensible. but it does provide them the cover to what you're actually doing. and that is, in effect, the to, to talk against our cost attention and removing all the checks and balances on, on political and government afford. that's what is happening here in candidate at the moment. and for many canadians, very, very difficult for many kidneys to believe that our government would act in such a reprehensible and such a destructive manual. it has to keep with can't okay, another story r t is following closely a hearing house got underway into the doping case of russian figure skater, camila valley of the court of arbitration for sports. we'll decide whether she can carry on competing of the beijing winter olympics after she tested positive for a bon substance back in december. rushes figures. getting federation is adamant,

the 15 year old is innocent. 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 before and after december 25 in 2021. the athlete repeatedly took doping tests including engaging during the figure skating turn. not all the results were negative. a 3 man panel off court of arbitration for sports has started its meeting in bay gina hotel behind closed doors to seal the fate and deliver a decision on camila. val eva a 15 year old russian ice figure skater, who found herself in the middle of another scandal here in beijing when it was reported that one of her doping samples taken on december 25th brought back positive result for try met. as a dean, ad drug,

which is considered an illegal substance by the world anti doping agency, now water, the i o. c and the international skating union old, filed an appeal against the russian anti anti doping agencies decision to allow camille of oliva to participate in the olympic games. she won the appeal very quickly on february, 8th of the result came back with a positive or with a positive probe and on february 9th or sada, decided to let camila oliva to participate. we still don't know the details as to why rosetta has taken that decision, but the 3 organizations, the i o. c, the world and i doping agency and of the international skating union union, all filed an appeal against a decision. this is something that the cas panel will have to review. now we do know that on this panel there are 3 people, one from the united states, one from italy, and one from slovenia. and it's important to note here that they will only review

camila, believe us further participation in the olympic games they, i expect it to deliver their decision by monday evening, bathing time. and on tuesday, the female figure skating individual performances will start amid gibbon beijing. and if camille of oliva is deemed innocent by the cas panel, she will continue participating. they're hoping to win another gold for the r o c team. we understand from multiple sources with inside knowledge of the situation that the a legit doping case will be reviewed. lights out even possibly after the olympics, which still cost a bit of a shadow uncertainty over the metal ceremony itself of the team figure skating event a just to remind that is unprecedented in the history of the olympic games that its been delayed for a week. pretty much every one on the russian side of the spectrum, these sports ministry, the russian skating union all have maintained camila. believe us in a sense, believe australia at $82.00 bitty, the also gave

a short interview on the situation. also saying that val eva was innocent, but in the latest news with her that the world anti doping agency will also investigate camila leave us answering her train us, and doctors as part of the states. but most likely this will of course drag on after the olympics is over. i'm closely monitoring this developing story and of course we'll update all of us with the latest information as soon as i get it. he and by ging on monday night, we are expecting a decision on camila, believe us for the fate. alexia shasky oxy reporting from beijing in china and justine with the story we spoke with sports law specialist lucien valona, he sais, the test results from a previous tournament. being made public in beijing just after a valley of a help, russia, when gold and the figures getting team event offers a possible forecast of what the come here. it's not really about the doping case as such because these will be dealt later on and we do not even know if there

is a positive b sample test. i think there is not yet because the information was given on a very, very late, i must say, and that means it has deal to route to request to be so. so if there is a confusion, positive test is not yet even decided. that means the court of arbitration for support can only assess what will 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 event, 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,

they should be very careful in determining this just another aspect of all this, to perhaps mention while the doping case investigation was still ongoing. the international olympic committee repeatedly asked the media not to speculate on it, but that certainly did not stop one channel in particular from panting on the allegations. cnn has confirmed that the only minor on that team is the 15 year old camila vi ever seen. it has learned that a russian figure skater has failed. a drug test in that person is a minor russian olympic athlete, supposedly tested positive as am i supposed to be surprised if you watch this and i don't suggest anybody does. but if you want to see absolutely the most biased an unconfirmed speculation. first of all, she's 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 then be 15 years old, but imagine that you are right now in the lead the crosshairs 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 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, yeah, we'll know a lot more in the next 24 hours on all that. how it's going to transpire. but next with russia, china ties up their strongest in decades worlds apart asks whether the goodwill can continue in what historically has been a fractured relationship. it all gets going in moment is that helps me ah, with money money directly. we sell advertise as content to us and decide who sees what content when, and how much of it. facebook claims that these algorithms are there to learn about what our specific preferences. actually, this is untrue. they are shaping preference. if tomorrow person finds

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center for re and international studies. mr. wong is great to see great to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. thank you. thank you. it's a pleasure to be all. now we are recording this conversation after a very short, very important visit to china. i think it was his 38th personal meeting, but she didn't thing, but it came in a context of very limited international channel that keeps you over the last 2 years. and i think as far as the common is concerned, the whole visit was intended to underscore the significance of relationship in beijing. i wonder how was it perceived on your side? how was it taken in china? president putin made a very swift trip to try out. we would call it a 9 hour out trip, but it was a very successful trip as we see it. not only the 2 countries issued

a statement on how they look at the whoa, they see the world is but also for both countries assigned 15 major contracts. that was a great achievement. it actually shows the solidarity between the 2 countries and also the neutral trust. the 2 leaders are one, i think all those positive outcomes are just primarily by the russians and the chinese themselves. but if we look at western media reports, one of the most common terms used is defiance. moscow and beijing standing shoulder to shoulder. and i defined all the way to what extent does this relationship depend on outside factors if it weren't for the efforts to reassert itself? do you think this.