issued a statement saying that so far they have not found any criminal wrongdoing in the case of aleksey let's have a listen to the details of that statement despite a preliminary investigation that was initiated is only is august 20th no evidence of an intentional criminal act against the valley has been established and no evidence that would allow us to classify this incident and a criminal law has been found so far according to the officers that showed it's a clinic in berlin aleksei in the valley was poisoned however they exactly substance remains unknown now doctors who are treating the early before he was evacuated to germany are saying that they don't have any evidence to support the claim of their german colleagues however they are assured that they will provide any data and information when it becomes necessary. initially there were calls from europe to begin a probe into only saying that while these poisoning however russia called for restraint until all of the facts are in now russian judiciary officials have asked for legal assistance from their german counterparts and reques

how come asa must go to fully and in a very transparent manner investigate on the suspect poisoning aleksei and yvonne the because of his status as a political dissident also germany's vice chancellor scholtz say that as a democrat he couldn't accept that the lives of position members i put in then show so very strong statements from the government in light of what appears to be to poisoning of dissidents aleksei have on me tell us more about what the doctor has a say. well in the statement we learned that probably was intoxicated by a substance on the nest to raise it inhibits a group but the exact set sounds been identified just these substances usually found in drug selling pesticides but you know age and so the brains never transmitters the tests have been run several times and they've been run in separate laboratories and the hospitals say docking of on these has for the moment. in these condition was serious but currently there was no acute denture to he's alive he's being treated as an antidote it's called pain for now and there is no visibility on any possible after maz and a possib

criminal law has been found so far according to the officers that showed it's a clinic in berlin aleksei and that by the way was spores and however they exactly substance remains unknown now doctors who were treating a lot of the before he was evacuated germany are saying that they don't have any evidence to support the claim of their german colleagues however they are assured that they will provide any data and information when it becomes necessary initially there were calls from europe to begin a probe into and they say that while these poisoning however russia called for restraint until all of the facts are in now russian judiciary officials have asked for legal assistance from their german counterparts and requested information from the clinic in berlin on the diagnosis of aleksey in the viney now a russian prosecutor general's office have also announced that germany is ready to cooperate with russia on the situation without saying a lot of the german foreign minister heikal moss says that most calls or all will hopefully help clarify this case. i think russia has its own interests i

kremlin just wants the toxins to be eliminated from boarding aleksey so that they would not be them the detect that in germany and i was listening to you when you were basically concerned about drawing patterns between the case of intelligence officer alexander litvinenko and the case on of the vanni behind you however when you look at the cases surrogates kirpal and put it. stems for blood cut almost victoria chink oh we're talking about a pattern of days of basing many concern among. among the russians themselves i mean sending your opponents to jail is something poisoning them this is really raising massive concern not only in russia but internationally. well if we think that iraq was 8 years behind all of this list of course the 1st question would be why are not the us now and effective if they are determined to kill people why they have not succeeded. planned a large number of cases we also should. say that this is the 2nd time when not only on the say that there is a poisoning of yeah. yeah that kind of but the moral that kind of claims made that people sit by you will well. will

their german counterparts and requested information from the clinic in berlin on the diagnosis of aleksey in the via me russian prosecutor general's office have also announced that germany is ready to cooperate with russia on the situation without saying a lot any german foreign minister heikal moss says that most calls a role will hopefully help clarify this case. i think russia has its own interests in sorting out this situation we expect most good to contribute to clarification of the months other was the conjecture and speculation that remain with me for the damage the situation between germany and russia but also between the e.u. and russia german and other western media were 1st to accuse the kremlin all thought poisoning off. before any of the facts even came out headlines accusing the kremlin and sometimes even of light emitted putin personally dominated and continued to dominate mainstream media in the west and that's without any facts or even a hint of proof meanwhile at least in the valley is currently in a medically induced coma in the hospital in germany however his condition

germany's place the aleksei the valley under guard in hospital after concluding that the longtime critic of russia's president vladimir putin had probably. being poisoned while campaigning in siberia 1st of all he collapsed on a plane on thursday after drinking tea that he believes was laced with poison he was flown to germany for treatment on saturday. this is where she wanted him to be treated from the start here leon the wife of the stricken kremlin critic aleksei novel knee visited her husband in hospital in berlin on sunday the russian opposition leader arrived at berlin sari tate hospital on saturday where he remains in critical condition with round the clock police protection. spokesman defended the security measure on monday if it does this the suspicion is not that mr navarro knew poisoned himself but that someone poisoned mr nunn vaal knee and there are unfortunately one or 2 examples of such poisonings in recent russian history it was clear that after his arrival security measures had to be put in place because we're dealing with a patient who was potentially the target of a p

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this is to give you news live from berlin russia allows aleksei no need to be taken to germany for treatment the opposition leader has been fighting for his life in a siberian hospital after suspected poisoning german medics will now take him to berlin after russian doctors insisted earlier that he was too ill to fly also coming up. joe biden except state democratic party's nomination for the president vowing to end what he calls a season of darkness in america. shores are great.

germans doctors whether they will be able to find out what saps was used to try to attempt to kill aleksey and. we will wait for that diagnosis here in europe more than once we've seen how dangerous dangerous it is to to speak out in russia is this going to discourage the opposition movements that. it's different to predict and we are not all witness in our those massive trotters in the mail or rules and i think it was one of the reasons why now why lee might be poisoned because after the presidential elections we saw massive fraud us and despised states pour served very cruel brutal repression and now we descend on sunday every big march against. whom i personally regard as former president of the rules because he lost the elections so and i think that of those people in the kremlin included like him or putin they're all frightened by these days from belo rule and they might think that this same can happen in russia in the aftermath of any elections and you know with and they're having upcoming elections on their 13th of september and alex in a highly is very active and he introduced his

very strong statements from the government in light of what appears to be to poisoning of dissidents aleksei and of on me to tell us more about what the doctors say. well in the statement we learned that's alex aim of and he probably was intoxicated by a substance on the nest to raise it inhibits a group but the exact stepsons hasn't been identified just yet these substances use usually found in drugs that were in pesticides but also in you know age and so it acts on the brains never transmitters the tests that have been run several times and they have been run in separate laboratories and the hospitals say donavon these hoes for the moment not enough on these condition was serious but currently there was no acute denture to he's alive he's being treated as an antidote it's cold pain for now and there is no visibility on any possible aftermath and a possible after a face he could suffer from at the moment meanwhile secure see the hospital is tight german allstars is expecting another attempt on missed in the valleys life. well you know brennan is very much aware that the german capital isn't

going to take place tomorrow for the 1st time the council members including by the way say atlanta aleksey of each of the below sea and writer and to that we know from nobel prize in literature and now the yesterday the clear aim of the work to hold to new presidential elections and a range put peaceful transfer of power they said that they don't aim to seize power which is to want to look i think like you used to them all for one thing to do and that peaceful program seems really well conceived because the obviously nobody in belarus wants more violence and this of course has caught the attention of international actors as well talk with us a little bit more about the e.u. which is visiting today to discuss fellow roost 2 leaders there have any leverage of the situation. i think that you has a lot of influence here has always seen itself as a european country it is in the middle of europe are surrounded not only by russia but also by the human poland and lithuania is the european union may not have that close economic ties with belarus is that russia has but it does definitely have politi

spent alexei's metabolism has time to disappear that's why they won't let him leave the hospital aleksei its health situation is probably very bad so we don't believe the doctors in this hospital and we demand that they have my husband over the whole world know it. so was the old wasn't he poisoned what's known as that felt suddenly ill on a flight from siberia to moscow to various passages caps at the incident on their mobile phones some show a screaming and pain the plane made an emergency landing and medics rushed him to the hospital he is now not allowed to leave. alexei navalny as one of president putin staunchest critics has claimed he has been poisoned before his wife has written to protein asking him to let her husband go. his supporters also believe that the kremlin and not the doctors may have made the decision to keep me at the hospital. germany's foreign minister. earlier reaffirmed his country's offer to airlift of all need to berlin for treatment at a news conference with his slovakian counterpart moss also said it was almost impossible to judge from a distance whether novo

news live from virgin doctors here in germany's capital battle to save the life of russian descent aleksei now found 8 specialists trying to. why the opposition leader collapsed and fell into a car after drinking tea the supporters saying he was poisoned the valley was airlifted to birthing on saturday from siberia also coming out the embattled leader of the army on the lurch we've warders to protect him authoritarian president alexander lukashenko accused of massing troops near the border.

. >>> aleksey novalny, the president's most outspoken critic, drank tea before siberia to moscow. in mid-air he was suddenly very ill, moaning in agony the plane made an emergency landing, novalny wheeled to an ambulance and taken to a hospital, his spokeswoman said she suspected the tea was poisoned by an unknown toxin. it's unclear if this image shows the poisoning. a doctor confirmed he was stable in a coma on a ventilator. novalny according to his lawyer was already e had a in police green dye thrownd it's nearly blinded him. novalny has been arrested time and time again and many of putin's critics have mysteriously become ill or died. politician boris nemsov was shot and killed near the kremlin, another activist was poisoned twice and survived investigative journalist anna politkoskaya was shot dead in her apartment building another had a radioactive poison slipped in his tea in london he died. russia denied the poisoning, wished him well, and promised an investigation if it was poisoning. -- their russian-backed president stole the recent election. these demonstrators plan t

german foreign minister haiku master is as clear as a diplomat can be the alleged poisoning of aleksei now via me is a serious matter for services for us it is vital that everything will be done to solve the case and to hold those responsible to account for admission suresh after . the head of the bundestag human rights committee called for european legislation similar to the u.s. magnitsky act which anxious to punish human rights offend us we need to apply a magnitsky law on the european double that enables us as european union to individually sanction those responsible for human rights violations such as travel bans such as asset freezes germany's green party is free new call for the german government to scrap the crown traversal nord stream to gas pipeline project linking germany and russia i think the thing that it's worth to tell you why europe because of why that's wrong and the project also. is one of our founders of regime which has this kind of systematic us nation that. we should be there for germany russia has always been a complicated partner but really have relations been

came to all my earlier on friday said that air transportation could be specifically dangerous for aleksey because this is what caused his condition in the 1st place just to remind you of the scene of violent felt very ill while on the plane on his way back to a mosque he felt ill no one could understand the reason it was very very sudden. and almost immediately after that the video emerged in the internet where we could hear alec saying of violently crying and shouting and in distress and in pain. but. earlier we also heard from the russian doctor is that tough to testing alexander violins blog and urine samples absolute no traces of any talk 6 substance have been found this is the conclusion they came to you with the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered immense about disruption with the reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off. well alex cena vilely is known as a prominent opposition figure here in russia and of course his situation with his health attracted a lot of international at

came to all my earlier on friday said that air transportation could be specifically dangerous for aleksei because this is what caused his condition in the 1st place just to remind you of the scene involving felt very ill while on the plane on his way back to a mosque he felt ill no one could understand the reason it was very very sudden. and almost immediately after that the video emerged in the internet where we could hear alexander violently crying and shouting and in distress and in pain. but. earlier we also heard from the russian doctor is that tough to testing alexander violins blog and urine samples absolute no traces of any talk 6 substance have been found this is the conclusion they came to you with the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered immense about disruption with a reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off . well alex cena vilely is known as a prominent opposition figure here in russia and of course. the situation with his health attracted a lot of international attentio

german foreign minister is as clear as a diplomat can be the alleged poisoning off aleksei now vonnie is a serious matter. the services for fast it is vital that everything will be done to solve the case and hold those responsible to account for the mission suresh after. that for germany the relationship with russia is not always black and white. russia is needed a lot of areas internationally for example the preservation of iranian nuclear deal so for germany it's much more about a strategy of selective engagement than of red lines the head of the bonus tax human rights committee calls for european legislation similar to the u.s. magnitsky act which aims to punish human rights offend this we need to apply a magnitsky law on the european double that enables us as european union to individually sanction those responsible for human rights violations such as travel bans such as asset freezes germany's green party is renewing its calls for the german government to scrap the controversial north stream to gas pipeline project linking germany and russia i think the thing that it's worth to t

came to all my earlier on friday said that air transportation could be specifically dangerous for aleksey because this is what caused his condition in the 1st place just to remind you of the scene of violent felt very ill while on the plane on his way back to. he felt ill no one could understand the reason it was very very sudden. and almost immediately after that the video emerged in the internet where we could hear alex cena violently crying and shouting and in distress and. paid. * earlier we also heard from the russian doctor is that tough to testing alexander violations blah the urine samples absolute no traces of any talk 6 substance have been found this is the conclusion they came to you with the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered and that's about disruption with a reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off while alex cena violet is known as a prominent opposition figure here in russia and of course. the situation with his health attracted a lot of international attention and o

came to all my earlier on friday said that air transportation could be specifically dangerous for aleksei because this is what caused his condition in the 1st place just to remind you of the violin felt very ill while on the plane on his way back to. he felt ill no one could understand the reason it was very very sudden. and almost immediately after that a video emerged in the internet where we could hear alec saying of violently crying and shouting and in distress and paid. earlier we also heard from the russian doctor is that tough to testing they say the violations blah the urine samples absolute no traces of any talk 6 substance have been found this is the conclusion they came to. the team of doctors concluded. since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered and it's about disruption with the reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off while alex cena violet is known as a prominent opposition figure here in russia and of course. the situation with his health attracted a lot of international attention in the if you demo about

russian opposition figure head aleksei and of all media has been urgently hospitalized of all he was flying to moscow and fell ill on the plane he was taken to hospital after an emergency landing in the city of he's currently in a coma and in critical condition of all the press secretary says he may have been poisoned his doctor though says it's too early to tell. we have already excluded a number of diagnoses i think we will be able to confirm his diagnosis later today it's too soon to say whether he was poisoned or not he states could have been caused by a variety of conditions the same symptoms which is. the military and mali say they will pave the way for new elections in the country and insists they will set up a civilian transitional government in the meantime that's up for soldiers stage a coup to present him but a car kiba has stepped down on tuesday while his former colonial power and key ally france has condemned the coup that has killed off the reports persons track record in the region and quelling violence is open to scrutiny. forced to step down the president of mali ha

russian opposition figurehead aleksei not only has been urgently hospitalized of all knew it was flying to moscow and fell ill of. on the plane he was taken to hospital after an emergency landing in the city of. press secretary says he may have been poisoned his doctor though says it's too early to say what's been happening. we have already excluded a number of diagnoses i think we will be able to confirm his diagnosis later today it is too soon to say whether he was poisoned or not he states could have been caused by a variety of conditions but the same symptoms. still ahead the only energy plant in the gaza strip shuts down after israel stops fuel supplies and response to cross border fire from hamas on that after this short break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by shaped by one person. who dares thinks. we dare to ask. welcome back a leading u.k. med

came to all my earlier on friday said that air transportation could be specifically dangerous for aleksey because this is what caused his condition in the 1st place just to remind you of the scene of violent felt very ill while on the plane on his way back to. he felt ill no one could understand the reason it was very very sudden. and almost immediately after that the video emerged in the internet where we could hear alex cena violently crying and shouting and in distress and in pain. * but. earlier we also heard from the russian doctor is that tough to testing alexander violations blah than urine samples absolute no traces of any talk 6 substance have been found this is the conclusion they came to the room with the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered immense about disruption with a reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off . well alex cena vilely is known as a prominent opposition figure here in russia and of course. the situation with his health attracted a lot of international atte

psychotic drug not medics and this moment they continued says they continue symptomatic treatments off alekseino one they but they have already ruled out several things such as brain hemorrhage head trauma epilepsy and this just to name a few now one of these personal doctors says that she was out of the hospital and she received some information from the doctors who are treating him. i don't know if he has regained consciousness the doctors gave me general medical information that he is in a serious condition let's hope that here again is consciousness to mourn. on the ball is a high profile personality what's been the international reaction so far. right well the western media they were very quick with their headlines and they labeled what happened as the poisoning of a kremlin critic now someone as far as speculating that a russian leadership is somehow responsible and gave their viewers a timeline all for the supposed poisonings of kremlin critics let's just take a look at some of what the western media had to say earlier on thursday the most outspoken critic of russian president vladimir

commodity she called on moscow to footie any now transparent manner investigate a suspected poisoning of aleksei and of on the because of his status as it of politico a dissident the easy used to come i think is safe as just i thought i also called on the russian all currencies to provide an investigation and then a transparent in investigation on the case so very strong statements tonight from the government and from the european union in light of what appears to be the poisoning of icing of yeah that's the political part of this what about the medical what else are the doctors saying. well i say enough on the it probably was intoxicated by a substance on the nest to raise inhibitor group but that the exact substance itself hasn't been identified yet this is a subset you usually find drugs in pesticides but also a nerve agent so you dots on the brains and you are transmitters and the tests have been done several times they've been done in separate laboratories so as to establish a diagnoses and a hospital indicated that even though they said of on these a health condition was pretty serious all

countries it's german foreign minister is as clear as a diplomat can be the alleged poisoning off aleksei now vonnie is a serious matter. the services for it were fast it is vital that everything will be done to solve the case and hold those responsible to account for admission to russian shaft. but for germany the relationship with russia is not always black and white. russia is needed a lot of areas internationally for example the preservation of iranian nuclear deal so good for germany it's much more about a strategy of selective engagement than a bright lines the head of the bonus tax human rights committee called for european legislation similar to the u.s. magnitsky act which aims to punish human rights offend us we need to apply a magnitsky law on the european double that enables us as european union to individually sanction those responsible for human rights violations such as travel bans such as asset freezes germany's green property is renewing its calls for the german government to scrap the controversial north stream to gas pipeline project linking germany and russia i think t

who came to all earlier on friday said that air transportation could be specifically dangerous for aleksey because this is what caused his condition in the 1st place just to remind you of the scene of violent felt very ill while on the plane on his way back to. he felt ill no one could understand the reason it was very very sudden. and almost immediately after that the video emerged in the internet where we could hear alec saying of violently crying and shouting and in distress and paid. them earlier we also heard from the russian doctor is that toxic testing they say the filings. blog you ran samples absolute no traces of any talk 6 substance have been found this is the conclusion they came to if you will the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered and that's about disruption with the reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off while alex cena vilely is known as a prominent opposition figure here in russia and of course. the situation with his health attracted a lot of international attenti

came to all my earlier on friday said that air transportation could be specifically dangerous for alekseyecause this is what caused his condition in the 1st place just to remind you of the scene of violent felt very ill while on the plane on his way back to. he felt ill no one could understand the reason it was very very sudden. and almost immediately after that a video emerged in the internet where we could hear alex cena violently crying and shouting and in distress and in pain. but. earlier we also heard from the russian doctor is that tough to testing alexander violations blah than urine samples absolute no traces of any talk 6 substance have been found this is the conclusion they came to the room with the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered immense about disruption with a reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off . well alex cena vile is known as a prominent opposition figure here in russia and of course. the situation with his health attracted a lot of international attention in

yes indeed the doctor is in charge of treating aleksei now vali and russia's siberian city of almost now agreed to allow his transportation to a clinic in germany this is something his family has been repeatedly calling for his wife julie or even appealing to president lied to me saying the medics say that nirvana is still very weak and he's. not stable they smallman he's not strong enough for travelling but they say they're ready to allow these transportation at the german doctors and the families risk. but we are not in favor of him being taken anywhere from this hospital considering the requests of his family we will hope organize the transportation. earlier the russian doctors after discussing the volleys house with their german colleagues who came to all earlier on friday said that transportation could be specifically dangerous for alexei because this is what caused his condition in the 1st place just to remind you i felt very ill while on the plane on his way back to. he felt ill no one could understand the reason it was very very sudden. and almost immediately after that emerg

factor regarding russia to throw into the equation is the current fate of the dissident politician aleksei now than he was lying stricken in a berlin hospital not far away from where i'm called casting from right now with a poison in his system which many european leaders have said that they wish to see the russian government independently investigate and prosecute those who were responsible for that poison being in his system so all those different factors are in play right now being discussed by the foreign ministers here in berlin ok dominic and do we are also expecting. a call to speak in a few hours time. yes well she's going to be giving a summer news conference as it were where the world's media and germany's media of course are allowed to be in the building behind me the book this press conference it's called in germany where she will it's a total force as it were where she is posed questions by all manner of different journalists on all manner of different topics and here domestically the coronavirus is of particular concern certainly that's. very clear in a meeting that she held

health and human services secretary aleksei czar will soon lead a delegation to taiwan the announce one has angered china which considers taiwan a rogue province so what's behind the timing of this trip and once his impact on american chinese relations let's start there with joel rubin former deputy assistant secretary of state in the obama administration and a democratic strategist he joins us from maryland hi larry it's great to be with you ok joe what's behind this trip of human services secretary alex aids are going to taiwan. the delegation visit to taiwan is significant because it's part of a trend right now that we see from the trump administration of provoking china in many regards and we are watching the slow to move towards a cold war now with china which is very dangerous for our national security and deeply problematic but it's also very political in certainly heading into the 2020 election where president trump is trying to define himself as dance i can't i'm a candidate and joe biden is the pro china candidate and how do you see that playing out. i think that the american

both leaders expressed their extreme concern about the situation of the dissident russian politician aleksey now valley saying that they were deeply concerned by the reports of his ordeal and both leaders saying that they felt it very important that the exact circumstances of what has happened to him should be made clear should be investigated as soon as possible indeed both leaders then said that they would be prepared that they would allow their country to receive mr riley in a medieval taxes and are in other words if he was to be medically evacuated from their homes to either of their countries they would be prepared to facilitate that that's important because one german n.g.o.s one german agency non-governmental agency has said it is it is actively investigating flying mr nardelli from that situation that hospital in to berlin their hope being that he would be able to receive treatment in berlin in a way which might stem the effect of whatever has the fall on him certainly that's their aim and in so far as the 2 leaders are concerned well they have expressed their extreme concern about w

demanding for transparency from the kremlin -- full transparency from the kremlin over the case of alekseiavalny. a german medical team has determined he was poisoned -- likely poisoned last week. he is in serious condition and may suffer long-term damage. global news 24 hours a day, on-air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. let's get you some breaking lines coming through. the key line being the august german business confidence index at 92.6. 92.1.rket had pencil in let's get straight to some additional context here. some of the key voices leading some of the research. we had the german gdp on earlier. we are now joined from munich by the ifo institute president, clemens fuest. welcome back to the show. based on the indicator we got from the german gdp figures moments ago and now from your survey as well, is the recovery stalling? would say the recovery is more or less on track. with the gdp figures, they are slightly better than the ones we had a couple weeks ago and the revision. -- in the revisi

german foreign minister is as clear as a diplomat can be the alleged poisoning off aleksei now vanny is a serious matter. the services for it were fast it is vital that everything will be done to solve the case and hold those responsible to account for the mission so fresh after. that for germany the relationship with russia is not always black and white. russia is needed a lot of areas internationally for example the preservation of iranian nuclear deal so good for germany it's much more about a strategy of selective engagement than of red lines the head of the bonus tax human rights committee calls for european legislation similar to the u.s. magnitsky act which aims to punish human rights offend us we need to apply a magnitsky law on the european double that enables us as european union to individually sanction those responsible for human rights violations such as travel bans such as asset freezes germany's green party is renewing its calls for the german government to scrap the controversial north stream to gas pipeline project linking germany and russia i think the thing that it

oh back in 2015th deadline a aleksei of it won the nobel prize for literature for work as the jury remarked was a monument to suffering and courage in our time the writer is famous for chronicling her country's troubled history through carefully constructed 1st hand accounts well today she's one of the most outspoken voices of the coordination council that's a group that seeks new elections and talks with europe's last dictator. a nobel laureate in literature on her way to questioning the famous author took the opportunity to warn against a split in the nation pitting the lucan shanklin system against peaceful demonstrators. but. this year if we are set.

german foreign minister is as clear as a diplomat can be the alleged poisoning off aleksei now vonnieis a serious matter. the service is fraught with fast it is vital that everything will be done to solve the case and hold those responsible to account for the missions for russian shaft. but for germany the relationship with russia is not always black and white. russia is needed a lot of areas internationally for example the preservation of iranian nuclear and he also did for germany it's much more about a strategy of selective engagement than of red lines. the head of the bonus tax human rights committee calls for european legislation similar to the u.s. magnitsky act which aims to punish human rights offend us we need to apply a magnitsky law on the european double that enables us as european union to individually sanction those responsible for human rights violations such as travel bans such as asset freezes germany's green party is renewing its calls for the german government to scrap the controversial north stream to gas pipeline project linking germany and russia i think the thin