twitter that we 1st heard of amnesty international's decision to revoke russian opposition activist aleksei of all the status as a prisoner of conscience and r.t. has asked for confirmation from amnesty international with regards to this move but before we go any further let's take a look at what exactly that e-mail said amnesty international is no longer able to consider the lexan of only a prisoner of conscience given the fact that he advocated violence and discrimination and he has not retracted such statements but only was arrested last month a mediately upon his return to moscow from germany where he was receiving medical treatment to russia says that he violated a probationary sentence that was given to him back in 2014 and now he's facing 2 and a half years in a penal colony because of it now it's interesting that amnesty international decided to label the opposition activist a prisoner of conscience in the 1st place back in january because he doesn't exactly have a clean track record when it comes to conscientious acts i mean just last week a moscow court gave the man a nearly $1200

compared people from the caucuses to cockroaches in the video and that video actually is still up on the aleksey of all these official you tube channels so for those who know that information they can make their own judgment as to whether or not amnesty international's decision was correct or not. and i can imagine the row over semantics is in full flight already ok for now thanks for that. kind of around the world now crowds have rallied in the caucasus country of georgia after the arrest of opposition m.p. . his detention comes i was offered a part of the name the new prime minister his predecessor opposed to maybe his arrest over fears of a political crisis in pe who's the leader of the united national movement accused of inciting violence dating back to protests in 2019 back then he was released on bail but how to have a tracking bracelet put it he refused to wear the device in the bail was increased by 12000 dollars which he refused to pay. the killing of a 16 year old protest as the rallies in the me and my. city of yangon demonstrators worked over posters a photograph of a sniper who alle

and that video actually is still up on the aleksey in of all these official you tube channels so for those who know that information they can make their own judgment as to whether or not amnesty international's decision was correct or not. hundreds of top academics have signed an open letter demanding that a french minister quit after she called for an investigation into so-called islamic left in education now the tamas becoming an increasingly popular way to describe an alliance between progressives and muslims that some believe we can society. i think that this lama left his muse eating a widow society as a whole and universities are not immune and a part of our society well she also highlighted that the investigation ng to determine the difference between academic research and militant activism or opinion and universities the minister's remarks come on the back of legislation that critics say is anti islamic including a new law against radicalism that allows greater oversight of wasps and religious schools in october another french minister claimed islamic leftism was wreaking hav

prisoner of conscience but the organization still clings to the idea that anti corruption fighter aleksei know volumnia sitting in prison because he simply criticized the big bad lot of beer putin not because of the fact that he violated a probationary sentence leveled against him in 2014 for embezzling money from a french company called eve rache amnesty statement doesn't say anything about the fact that in a volley had violated his probation over 50 times before the without receiving any consequences so when it comes to the facts surrounding who alex st of all the really is it seems the human rights organization is not taking everything into account. one quarter reporting that so that brings you up to date with the news that i hear not international them together plenty of stories on our website and you can find that at r.t. don't go. we're more politicized than ever we're more polarized than ever the 21st century wind speed is measured in megabytes per 2nd. and of course he's in him electronic mail electronic money electronic media infinite possibilities for exchanging information i me

this is news live from berlin guilty twice kremlin critic aleksei novelli will stay behind bars. a court upholds the russian opposition leader sentence for violating his parole. guilty of defamation in a 2nd trial also coming up. police in shoot at least 2 people dead officers far live rounds to disperse demonstrators and to lay calling for an end to military rule many more are reported injured we'll hear from a protester in the mandalay also coming up. in the in this league a defeat for league leaders in munich they go down 2 to one against on top frank 1st as the bonus league title race concept. i'm nick spicer welcome to the program a court in moscow has found russian opposition leader alex in a valley guilty of defamation earlier today another court rejected in the valleys appeal against a jail sentence in a separate case but it did reduce his sentence slightly taking into account time already served under house arrest. me now must spend around 2 and a half years behind bars for violating parole the kremlin critic was unable to meet his per. all officers because it was in a g

aleksey mccannen. also with us, two pulitzer price recipients, eugene robinson and phil rutger. senior washington correspondent, best seller very stable genius. available in paper back with new reporting. those two hard on work at the president's last years in office. phil, as i pointed out, 1/6 is one of those rare events, especially in the electronic age, that for a lot of us seems to take on more impact, more weight as the days go on since 1/6. is there a danger as you watch today's hearings and the testimony that it's getting cheapened by the posers and the apologists and the deniers and the whitewashers who would have us remember a different event? >> certainly, brian. that's been the danger building for stop time. especially as republican leaders try to downplay the connection between that event and president trump or the significant of that riot to their political movement. i mean, look, this is a sign that domestic terrorism is alive and well in this country, and the hearing today exposed how little our government and intelligence agencies know about the threat that exis

meddling in its entirety as as the bloke imposes sanctions over the jailing of opposition figure aleksei deval ne who subbing time for fraud. infiltrating the russian language media leaked documents suggest the british government sought to boost negative coverage and we couldn't russia. while in england prime minister bars johnson hopes it's time lucky steps down to lifting the latest knock down starting with schools next month despite posts distantly high daily new code infection. and there were announced italian opera singer gets the sputnik v. job while i'm told and must go.

this is deja vu news live from berlin guilty twice kremlin critic aleksei novelli will stay behind bars. a court upholds the russian opposition leaders sentence for violating his parole and finds him guilty of defamation in a 2nd trial also coming up. u.s. president joe biden declares a major disaster in texas.

the state of the news line from berlet aleksei not build remained behind bars a court sentences the russianopposition leader to war and then 3 years in a penal colony the judge found guilty of violating the terms of his probation while he was in germany recovering from a near fatal poisoning attack me supporter calling someone.

in daylight in a berlin park and then of course we have germany's involvement in the poisoning of aleksei nevaeh only as you know he was flown to germany for treatment in a berlin hospital immediately upon his return from germany to russia he was thrown into prison on charges of having violated a prior parole agreement by not showing up for parole meetings in russia while he was in the hospital in germany european union officials have just announced they are now going to be imposing additional sanctions on 4 russian officials in connection with the no volley affair but of course germany deeply embroiled there as well so so a very rough time for germany russian relations indeed and what kind of political consequences could we talking about about these spying allegations. well we already have german sanctions on russia imposed after $24.00 to in connection with the russian takeover of crimea we also have additional sanctions that were imposed last fall in connection with the and again now this week the european union has announced new sanctions as i said so the question is how much further

11000 people were arrested authorities insisted protests in support of jailed opposition politician alekseynow by me were not authorized now now by nice team faces the tough task of keeping momentum from them going in the run up to parliamentary elections in september they want their supporters to vote strategic. to kick as many members of the ruling united russia party as possible out of the duma. the opposition needs to understand that this isn't a sprint it's a marathon which will last at least 6 months until the upcoming duma elections yes now finally created a strong wave among protesters but there's still half a year left. the kremlin meanwhile has been presenting the protesters and the opposition as troublemakers controlled by the west they hope the protestors anger away with the snow. more than the odd day doubloons covered 19 specialties next top of the day. the fight against the coronavirus 10 damage. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update. on t w. 2 go. for years. as we take on the world. we're a

we're going to go to i don't want my children to grow up in the same conditions i did aleksei is trying to do something at least you know vali has just been wrongly convicted the country will never be free if this ortiz and the courts behave like this it looks like they will soon start beating us with a baton again but we came out so that our children won't be beaten with batons in the future. soon enough the police proved him right. there but tons directed indiscriminately at. one in the crowd. in the volley supporters are taking risks in the hope the next generation won't have to. israel has vaccinated a greater proportion of its population against corona virus than any other country but the number of new infections is still high and the cabinet is now deciding whether to open up the country on friday or extend the current lockdown again authorities say they're determined to contain the spread of the disease while immunizing as many people as possible as d.w. 10 year criminal report senior citizens are suffering amongst those suffering most . it's been a long well the only year food p

russian prosecutors have backed a request to imprison opposition figure aleksei know bonnie for 3 and a half years an embezzlement charges this comes a day after a 5000 people were arrested in protests across russia calling for an of on these release. and portugal as covert 19 and section rates continue to skyrocket and germany and austria are planning to help relieve the overburdened health care system there for chicago is currently the world's worst coronavirus hotspot in the past week it's at the highest number of cases per capita and the highest death rate a state of emergency there has been extended until mr safir this is the 2nd field hospital being built on this university campus and respond within a few days this time the basketball court is being converted into a temporary clinic for 150 covert patients jawad ok it's usually runs the university sports facilities but in recent weeks he has also been working as an emergency. sports facilities they are very flexible and it's very easy to adopt this 4th sol to a field hospital more difficulty is to putin site the human resources

in its entirety in the files as the bloke imposes sanctions over the jailing of opposition figure aleksei deval ne who suffering time for fraud. infiltrating the russian language media leaked documents suggest the british government sought to boost negative coverage and we couldn't russia. while in england prime minister bars johnson hopes it's time lucky steps around to lifting the latest lockdown starting with schools next month that's despite posts distantly high daily new code infection. and we're now down to italian opera singer gets the sputnik v one tool and mosco as a russian covert vaccine is registered in the country. probably not a surprise this is our national always good to have you with us. well 1st up this hour moscow sees newly imposed sanctions as an attempt to interfere in russia's entire as the block is demanding the release of kremlin critic alex a to follow me who is in jail time for breaching the tabs of a suspended sentence for fraud. to events around the situation of to not only. we reach a political ribbon to impose grist to give measures against those responsible

russian prosecutors have backed a request to imprison opposition figure aleksei no valise for 3 and a half years on embezzlement charges this comes a day after 5000 people were arrested in protests across russia calling for a number on these released. unfortunately all as covert 19 infection rates continue to skyrocket in germany and austria are planning to help relieve the overburdened health care system for trickle is currently the world's worst coronavirus hotspot in the past week it's had the highest number of new cases per capita and the highest death rate a state of emergency there has been extended until mid february this is the 2nd few toast due to being built on this university come to study this book with a few dates this time the basketball court is being converted into a temporary clinic for 150 covert patients. jawad ok usually runs the university's sports facilities but in recent weeks he has also been working as an emergency. sports facilities very flexible and it's very easy to adapt this sport soul to a field hospital motif he called is too cool to incite the human re

forced the kremlin and putin had to take to television to basically deny accusations leveled at him by aleksei now viney in you tube investigation that he apparently owens allegedly owns a palace on the black sea he came out and denied that state t.v. has been saying that the protests weren't that big the kremlin spokesperson has been calling the protesters who came out over the weekend hooligans but the fact is that we have for the last 2 weeks seen mass protests with thousands of people taking to the streets across the country which is unusual usually protests are just focused in moscow and st petersburg and i think that really is a threat to putin especially because people say this is not just about any this is about corruption and this is very much about the man in the kremlin himself and we thank you very much correspondent emily sure when there and as emily was speaking we saw what appeared to be several people being detained outside the courthouse in moscow what were election of bonnie is currently in a sheering he could face several years in jail and we'll keep you updated on the tails

afraid of a small group of people, billy clubs shouldn't scare us because the truth is on our side is aleksei navalny says, and that's right. we shouldn't be afraid. in russia, second largest city, st petersburg police made hundreds of arrests. the kremlin has called these demonstrations illegal, vowing to continue cracking down despite international opposition. the usda department has called for the release of navalny and told the russian government to respect the rights of those protesting the volney, who returned to russia earlier this month after being poisoned last summer remains in jail. a court in moscow rejected an appeal by navalny's attorneys on thursday to release him. he does have another hearing this week that could see him order to jail for more than 3.5 years in jerusalem. trey angst, fox news. california is just one of many states where most public schools are in distance learning, fox news, christina coleman tells us where the fight to get kids back into the classroom around the country is now intensifying. nearly a year into the pandemic school districts across the country a

prisoner of conscience but the organization still clings to the idea that anti corruption fighter aleksei know volumnia sitting in prison because he simply criticized the big bad lot of beer putin not because of the fact that he violated a probationary sentence leveled against him in 2014 for embezzling money from a french company called eve rache amnesty statement doesn't say anything about the fact that in a volley had violated his probation over 50 times before the without receiving any consequences so when it comes to the facts surrounding who alex st of all the really is it seems the human rights organization is not taking everything into account. one quarter of course and i just came up to say a mosque i could have a company but back again with more stories in just over half. of. the british and american governments have often been accused of destroying lives in their own interests or you see in this these techniques is the state devising methods to end to essentially destroy the personality of an individual. by scientific means this is how one doctor's theories were allegedly used

the state that we newsline from berlin aleksei novotny the will remain behind bars of court sentences the russian opposition leader to more than 3 years in a penal colony the judge found not guilty of violating the terms of his probation while he was in germany recovering from a near fatal poison attack obama supporters are calling for more protests in the russian capital is also coming up. good news in the fines against the pandemic scientists say russia but make the vaccine is safe and effective against coke at 19 a promising trial results were published in the british medical journal the lancet . and the u.k. mourns its oldest coronavirus hero after brazing millions of pounds for frontline workers centenarian of world war 2 veteran captain tom moore loses his phone against kobe's 98. i'm going to have you with us we begin in moscow where opposition leader alex has been sentenced to 3 and a half years and prison of all he was detained last month for violating the terms of his probation he allegedly failed to check in with authorities while he was in germany recovering from a near fa

spicer welcome to the program a court in moscow has found russian opposition leader aleksei novelli guilty of defamation earlier today another court rejected no valley's appeal against a jail sentence in a separate case but it did reduce his sentence slightly taking into account time already served under house arrest around the now must spend around 2 and a half years behind bars for violating parole the kremlin critic was unable to meet his parole officers because he was in a german hospital receiving lifesaving treatment after being poisoned with military grade nerve agents. and correspondent emily sherwood has followed the court cases and joins us today from moscow emily you watched proceedings what were the highlights. well alex enough money in today in today's double bill of court cases with a good dose of humor and cynicism i think he was joking all day he was smiling he even joked with the journalists watching the case and waiting for the verdict that he had actually picked cooled cucumber is in his prison cell in a plastic bag he also very much to use today's court cases where the

suggesting of course these are connected to the recent imprisonment of russian opposition activist aleksei of all me who claims he was poisoned by the russian government now moscow russia denies any sort of involvement in this but many european officials are behind in of all knees narrative things also didn't go so well after europe's foreign minister foreign representative josep borel visited russia his return to the e.u. was met by a split european council there were those who are against russia calling for his resignation and there are others calling for a more reconciliatory stance towards russia so it seems like you're opinion officials really don't have a unified idea on how to move forward with relations with russia at this point. ok thanks se on call to that reporting from the center of moscow. that has been 10 years since the arab spring forward in libya where anti-government protests creep into a full blown civil war which led to a massive nato led military intervention. you have examined. decades in the country. 10 years ago the arab spring made its impact in libya back then lib

this is deja vu news live from berlin guilty twice kremlin critic aleksei novelli will stay behind bars. a court upholds the russian opposition leader's sentence for violating his parole and finds him guilty of defamation in a 2nd trial also coming up. u.s. president joe biden declares a major disaster in texas where people have been forced to line up for drinking water after a winter snowstorm wreaked havoc across the state we'll get an update from houston . and police are shooting at least 2 people to officers fire live rounds to disperse demonstrators in mandalay calling for an end to military rule many more are reported. spicer welcome to the program a court in moscow has found russian opposition leader alex said the valley guilty of defamation earlier today another court rejected no appeal against a jail sentence in a separate case neither decision was unexpected but the judge in the appeal case did reduce the sentence by a month and a half. need to put judge's decision calmly. he's frequently used humor touring the troll to draw attention to the charges against him which he says a

there is a huge police presence in the whole neighborhood around the court where aleksey now by the is being tried today these police vans stand at the ready for new arrests. as the day progressed police detained hundreds of supporters who'd come to show their solidarity. age was no barrier to that here a small act of defiance of on me and it's a rest in these people's eyes is a small price to pay i'm not afraid to see it's. 3 or 4 hours in. in police. station i believe it's. closed or for my you and i think that's. a man's school was almost killed shouldn't they be in prison. for the reasons that he was to us only was they couldn't kill him. as evening found the heavy police presence remains. lawyer thought they'd be appealing the verdict to the european court of human rights there are lists to moscow our correspondent you're sure he's on the story for us tonight yuri so we've got a prison sentence here of 3 and a half years of ali will have to serve 2 and a half years in prison did you expect the prison sentence to be longer not for the brunt of this verdict comes as no surprise the

there is a huge police presence in the whole neighborhood around the court where aleksey now by the isbeing tried today these police vans stand at the ready for new arrests. as the day progressed police detained hundreds of supporters who come to show you their solidarity. a each was no barrier to that here a small act of defiance me and it's a rest in these people's eyes is a small price to pay i'm not afraid to see it's. 3 or 4 hours in. in police. station i believe it's. close for for my you and i think that. a man's school was almost killed shouldn't they be in prison. for the reasons that he was just only was they couldn't kill him. as evening fell a heavy police presence remains. eve on these lawyers said they'd be appealing the verdict to the european court of human rights. when well for more on this i want to bring in christopher grows up he is the chief russia researcher from the link and he's also a friend of alexey. christos good to have you on the program. let's talk about the volley the person your friend and then i'd like to talk about of all the the public force what wha

prisoner of conscience but the organization still clings to the idea that anti corruption fighter aleksei know volumnia sitting in prison because he simply criticized a big bad lot of beer putin not because of the fact that he violated a probationary sentence leveled against him in 2014 for embezzling money from a french company called eve rache amnesty statement doesn't say anything about the fact that in a volley had violated his probation over 50 times before the without receiving any consequences so when it comes to the facts surrounding who alex st of all the really is it seems the human rights organization is not taking everything into account. from course reporting there so that's how the news is looking so far today don't forget that you can always at stake cross the news by going to our social media pages and you. the world is driven by. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. article of faith russian liberals are not like lot of your up until now russian liberals have been chanted with the western so-called western values western ideological localism is changing its focus disparages

west is trying to dodge the issue of finding the real truth of what happened when and where it's aleksei novelli by focusing on protests in russia on numerous requests to provide us with the results of his tests remain unanswered by germany france sweden and even the pope at the o.p.c. w. they say you already know everything well this is impolite at the very least and such are against on behalf of enlightened europe is absolutely inappropriate and unacceptable some countries including the us have already suggested imposing sanctions on russia over than about the case but a number of political analysts we spoke to believe that they should focus on putting their own houses in order. it's just that the hypocrisy of the west as we know it and this is it at its finest how can the west give lessons that to russia when we see the way for example the young the best movement was treated in france 3000 political opponents during these demonstrations were condemned in france 1000 political opponents were imprisoned and the mineral management state saying is that the developers be released why did h

brussels is considering of course are connected to the recent imprisonment of opposition activist aleksei nevaeh me who was arrested for violating parole and accuses the russian government of poisoning him now moscow denies any involvement in this but many e.u. officials are behind in of all needs narrative things also didn't go so well after the european union's foreign representative joe also borel visited russia his return to the e.u. was greeted by a split european parliament with anti russian representatives calling for his resignation and others pushing for more reconciliation with russia so what we're seeing really is a situation in which officially can't come to a consensus about where to move forward from here. now it's been 10 years since the arab spring made landfall in libya where anti-government protests grew into a full blown civil war which led to a massive nato led military intervention. of examines now the to mulch was decade in the country. 10 years ago the arab spring made its impact in libya back then libya was a wealthy country ruled by a strong man yes but rich and o

brussels is considering of course are connected to the recent imprisonment of opposition activist aleksei nevaeh me who was arrested for violating parole and accuses the russian government of poisoning him now moscow denies any involvement in this but many e.u. officials are behind in of all needs narrative things also didn't go so well after the european union's foreign representative joe also borel visited russia his return to the e.u. was greeted by a split european parliament with anti russian representatives calling for his resignation and others pushing for more reconciliation with russia so what we're seeing really is a situation in which officials can't come to a consensus about where to move forward from here. a lot from the acquittal of donald trump seen democrats point the finger of blame at a quote cowardly group of republicans that's some g.o.p. party members themselves are not seeking to impeach the new president joe biden so is the courtroom even more than before ground 0 for american politics negotiate them of being looking into the. donald trump is the most acquitted pres

a moscow court has given russian opposition figure aleksei avani a 3 and a half year jail sentence over alleged parole violations of on his lawyers have already said that they will appeal the decision well i'm joined now by our. i mean igor it's not exactly the most stranding situation here in russia but world wide a seems that saturn of honest cases hitting the headlines well it is it is absolutely one of the prison term for election of ali was announced reactions started to pour in international reactions i mean will be immediately and what i see immediately i mean it literally within minutes after the judge announced his decision when he effectively sided completely with the prosecution we've read the world we just started to i just started to read these you know statements released by the u.k. the united states germany france the council you are a breed you name it's really all of them sending essentially trying to convey the same message and putting a lexan of army on a pedestal have a listen. we reiterate our call for the russian government to immediately and unconditionally relea

and i would begin in russia where a court has jailed prominent putin critic aleksei novelli for violating parole while he was recovering in germany from being poisoned he's been given a 3 and a half year sentence but his lawyer says he'll serve 2 years and 8 months because of time spent under house arrest his supporters are spent the past few hours protesting on the streets of moscow and wanted to say 700 people senator and 50 people have been arrested so far charlie rangel reports. once again alexina valley is paying a high price for his criticism of the kremlin as a court sentenced him to $3.00 and a half years the judge found the valley guilty of breaking probation failing to report to russian police over an embezzlement charge the fact he was in hospital in berlin was not accepted the valley was there recovering from nerve agent poisoning he alleges was carried out by the russian state the kremlin critic drew a heart on the glass in court for his wife and asked supporters to protest over. the aim of this hearing is disco era a great number of people it works this way jail want to scar

prisoner of conscience but the organization still clings to the idea that anti corruption fighter aleksei know volumnia sitting in prison because he simply criticized the big bad lot of beer putin not because of the fact that he violated a probationary sentence leveled against him in 2014 for embezzling money from a french company called eve rache amnesty statement doesn't say anything about the fact that in a volley had violated his probation over 50 times before the without receiving any consequences. so when it comes to the facts surrounding who alex scene of all me really is it seems the human rights organization is not taking everything into account. the move you see right is of hold bottles that police and overturn giant dustbins to build barricades in the late night of rallies in spain protesters oppose the jailing of cattle and wrap up our self insulting the spanish royal family under the refence is branding it a violation of freedom of speech writing a jail has killed more than 70 inmates the violence has rival gangs competed for criminal leadership the prisoners tried to seize p

of peaceful protesters and i think this these protests over the past few weeks and the support of aleksei now viney are a threat to the kremlin now especially because many of the protesters that i have been speaking to over the last few weeks also been saying you know this is about much more than i would say not by me actually this is about the accusations of corruption that he's leveled at the ruling elite including at the mere putin himself and they've been telling me that they want to live in a different country a more democratic country a country without corruption and and so it seems that this is about much more than just the the trial going on behind me not only sure when in moscow thank you. the u.n. security council is preparing to meet in an emergency session to discuss the military coup in myanmar governments around the world have condemned yesterday seizure of power the u.s. is threatening to re-impose sanctions to try and force the generals to stand down myanmar's former leader aung sang suu kyi has been detained and hundreds of officials are confined inside government housing

the state of the news line from berlin aleksei not valby to build remained behind bars the court sentences the russian opposition leader to war and then 3 years in a penal colony the judge found the ball me guilty of violating the terms of his probation while he was in germany recovering from a near fatal poisoning attack of all the supporters are calling for more protests in the russian capital also coming out good news and the fines it against the pandemic scientists say rush us but make the vaccine is safe and effective against tobit 19 the promising trials results were published in the british medical journal the lancet. article for good to have you with us we begin in moscow where opposition leader alex a no ball me has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison now vali was detained last month for violating the terms of his probation he allegedly failed to check in with authorities while he was a germany recovering from a near fatal poisoning which he blames on the kremlin today's ruling has sparked an international outcry. good for the future but hearts for his wife yulia the on

there is a huge police presence in the whole neighborhood around the court where aleksey not by me is being tried today these police vans stand at the ready for new arrests. as the day progressed police detained hundreds of supporters who'd come to show you that solidarity. age was no barrier to that here a small act of defiance me and it's arresting these people's eyes is a small price to pay i'm not afraid to see it's. 3 or 4 hours in. in police. station i believe it's. close for for my you know i think that. a man's school was almost killed shouldn't they be in prison. for the reasons that he was us only was what they couldn't kill him. as night fell police were out in force on the streets of moscow the supporters heeding his cool to go out and protest they too were detained. well what does today's sentencing mean for russian democracy to talk about that we want to bring in roman to broker talk he is editor of the russian investigative web site called the insider he's also one of the investigators in tune of all these poisoning moments good to have you on the program the you know t

in daylight in a berlin park and then of course we have germany's involvement in the poisoning of aleksei nevaeh only as you know he was flown to germany for treatment in a brylin hospital immediately upon his return from germany to russia he was thrown into prison on charges of having violated a prior parole agreement by not showing up for parole meetings in russia while he was in the hospital in germany european union officials have just announced they are now going to be imposing additional sanctions on 4 russian officials in connection with than a volley affair but of course germany deeply embroiled there as well so so a very rough time for germany russian relations in g. 8 and what kind of political consequences could we talking about about these allegations. well we already have german sanctions on russia imposed after $24.00 to in connection with the russian takeover of crimea we also have additional sanctions that were imposed last fall in connection with the and again now this week the european union has announced new sanctions as i said so the question is how much further is the

hello you are in tater not in the top stories on our syria the russian opposition leader aleksei irani has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison a vocal critic of president putin was jailed for breaching his parole terms by traveling to germany for treatment after he was poisoned by nerve agent the russian government is suspected of orchestrating the attack his term will be shortened due to time served under house arrest his lawyer says he will appeal the court's decision while supporters have vowed to protest in moscow xandra god why is outside the court in the russian capital. basically what he said in court is that is this is a political showcase meant to scare 1000000 people millions of people who are against putin and against the presence of. the present way that russia is run and he also said that this was a fabricated thing in order to remove him from political political life have been public displays of protest against the military coup in me and maher. people in the largest city young gone blue car horns and banged pots in anger against the overthrow of elected leader

okay you know, and quickly on the recall issue here, aleksey what? we also saw the last week to was the recall effort is getting a lot more national attention. we have the white house weighing in we had the republican national committee coming and with the donation to try to get this on the ballot. what did you notice there? why do you think this sort of caught the attention of folks on the national level? yeah, well, the republican party nationally, giving $250,000 on this effort carla made the point is that president trump is off of twitter. so we need some drama, you know, and this is a very high profile race. gavin newsom is somebody who's got national attention before. um and this is a big target for republicans that have had a really hard time that no longer have the presidency no longer have the senate no longer have the house and if they could do some damage in deep blue california, that would really be something s o. you know, there's not a lot of other big races happening around the country this year. this could be the biggest race in the e