>> alexey navalny: yes.huge cover up operation. there is no criminal investigation so far. if-- if putin is not responsible, why there is no investigation? and look what they're doing right now. like, putin with a conversation with the french president macron, he said, "well, navalny poisoned himself." seriously? >> stahl: mr. putin told the president of france that you poisoned yourself? >> alexey navalny: yes. it was just to, you know, annoy him. >> stahl: putin is contending with rounds of protests in the far eastern part of the country, with people taking to the streets for the past three months. navalny thinks the attempt on his life is connected. >> alexey navalny: despite his controlling police, judges, courts, media, and everything, still he's like, he understand that he is surrounded by protest. and it's increasing. so that's why his-- they decided to, you know, exfod-- extreme measures. >> stahl: this is what he looked like just a month ago, soon after his doctors brought him out of an induced coma

alexei navalny was surprised that president trump himself had not condemned the poisoning of alexei navalnyr the leadership of russia for the poisoning of alexei navalny. he says he believes it's important for the most powerful person in the world, the president of the united states to take a stand not necessarily just against the poisoning itself but especially the use of a chemical nerve agent that was developed for warfare. let's listen to more of what alexei navalny said. >> i think it's extremely important that everyone of course including and maybe president of the united states be against using chemical weapon in the 21 century. >> and it's quite interesting because if we go back and we look at the reasons why germany and france initiated the european union sanctioning, some russian officials and also russian organization as well, it was because of the fact that novichok was used in this poisoning. the germans and the french especially saying they believe it would have had to have been some sort of state organization behind that. and the fact that novichok was used, a chemical nerve

that had to do with alexei not volley that russia's cooperation was needed particularly when it came to situations like the ongoing crisis in the got a cut about russia as one of the co-chairs soledad means group to deal with is the fight in order to kind of wash we're not going to stop doing that to do political about these tensions alexina valley is still recovering here in berlin he took a lot of flight from siberia to moscow back on the 20th of august and continues to recover but as he's getting better it would seem that there's still plenty of ramifications from whatever happened to him to come with relations to how that relationship between moscow and brussels is going to go from here on out john to have a thoroughly a member of germany's left party think it's up to russia to deliver a verdict on the case russia's repressed. optical nine-a charge or do you have to be responded to by the german authorities and those repressed for error kaixian not responded to it by germany then the russian federation is fully within its rights to actually. build o.p.c. w. x. general laboratorie

taught not the chalk nerve agent were found in the biological samples of the russian opposition leader alexey novelli. the results of the analysis by the o.p.c. w. designated laboratories of biomedical samples collected by the o.p.c. w. team and shared with the federal republic of germany confirmed the biomarkers of the inhibitor found it mysen of blood and urine samples have similar structural characteristics as the toxic chemicals. ok let's bring in our peter older then who's been following this story pay to what's been the reaction to these revelations after they. both committed a press corp the kremlin spokes person put out a. very short statement saying that russia had hours of will just a little while ago not seen this document that's being passed from the o.p.c. w.t. organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons for chemical weapons in the hague to lynn he said the stats information simply hadn't reached moscow yet. to come when you know we do possess their findings of the moment it needs time for such information to be delivered through our diplomatic channels. well it certainl

is proposing against russia for the alleged poisoning of alexei novelli now on monday e.u. foreign ministers agreed to go forward with these sanctions the exact details of them haven't been revealed yet but what has leaked out over the the subsequent days is that they're likely to target 6 individuals and one organization they will take the form of travel bans and asset freezes those are the type of sanctions the e.u. council can can push through without any further approval russian foreign minister sergei lavrov far from happy about this news following monday's announcement from foreign ministers of the european union that they would approve the sanctions he said that russia could cut off diplomatic ties with the european union he's also said that this could have an impact on doing business with europe going forward. last but there was no the question is not just whether business as usual is possible but whether any business with the european union is possible at all the e.u. behaves arrogantly towards us and looks condescendingly down at russia demanding answers from us f

the program the european union is moving closer to imposing sanctions on russian officials over the alexei navalny case now the meeting in luxembourg on monday e.u. foreign ministers back their proposal for travel bans and asset freezes over the alleged poisoning of the opposition figure or your correspondent peter all over as more. the sanctions measures were put forward jointly by france and germany the legal necessities will need to be drawn up before they can come into full force and we're expecting them to be announced in e.u. council meeting that's a meeting of the heads of government in state of the e.u. member states on thursday and friday of this week what we can expect from the sanctions though is that they will take the form of asset freezes and travel bans it's being reported that 9 members of russia's security services may be the targets of the sanctions the german foreign minister announcing them had this to say that we have initiated sanctions against individuals whom we believe to be partly responsible for this violation of international law it is important that the e.u. sh

the russian opposition activist, alexei navalny, has said he believes he was poisoned by the russianarliamentary elections. he was speaking in his first video interview since leaving hospital in germany last month. 0ur correspondent, steve rosenberg, is in moscow. this interview was a fascinating but also terrifying insight into what it's like to be poisoned by novichok if you remember, alexei lobel they have been flying siberia to moscow in august when he fell ill on the aeroplane —— alexei navalny. he talked about coming out in a cold sweat. said it was consumed by an overwhelming belief that he would die as if his body was telling him this was the end. he said that was more terrifying than pain and this is how he described the experience. translation: it's difficult to explain because it's something that you don't experience in everyday life. there are some things that you haven't experienced, thank god. a heart attack, you've never had your leg chopped off with a chainsaw, but in general, you can imagine what it would be like to have your leg cut off with a chainsaw. here, you ar

alexei's home was searched on the same day. opposition politician things authorities wanted to silence irina slavina. >> i think she definitely meant her death to be a political act -- a final political act. it was a final attempt to get through to people. she seems to have felt the classical tools she had -- or media outlet, her facebook page -- that was not enough. she did not get the reaction she wanted. emily: the governor of the region has expressed his condolences for slavina's death and promised a full investigation into its circumstances. meanwhile, the bench where she lit herself on fire outside a police building has become an improvised memorial to the independent journalist. phil: the winners of the prestigious nobel prize in chemistry have been announced in stockholm. this year, it goes jointly to jennifer doudna from the u.s. and emmanuelle charpentier for their work on gene editing. dw visited professor charpenentr a couple of years ago in her lap to find out about her work. reporter: it was a groundbreaking disco

to provide moscow with the evidence that shows that alexei navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent 4 times but that request has fallen on deaf ears in fact the russian foreign minister not happy at all with the way that moscow is being treated in this situation there were protests of the euro we are asking the o.p.c. doubly to explain their find these were the results of this probe they tell us the request was from germany so it's the german case and you should ask germany so we ask german when we get the same old story the last of requests from a prosecutor general sanchez would have been sent in a. conventional meeting this is the supreme was massive in your them under this convention request this must receive an answer should instead we hear excuses are absurd statements the russians should investigate these crimes on exam we cannot investigate the case when we have no facts so where does this leave russia's relationship with the european union well not particularly great modern day we heard from alec foreign minister saying that there could be no return to business as usual howev

forward these berlin and paris say that russia has not given adequate answers as to what happened to alexei novelli well from moscow's point of view that they've asked germany to provide moscow with the evidence that shows that alexei navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent 4 times but that request has fallen on deaf ears in fact the russian foreign minister not happy at all with the way that moscow is being treated in this situation there were protests in rooms of the euro we are asking the o.p.c. doubly to explain their findings were the results of this probe they tell us the request was from germany so it's a german case and you should ask germany so we ask germany and we get the same old story for requests from our prosecutor general's office have been sent in accordance with the european convention on me to assistance in criminal matters under this convention all requests must receive an answer instead we hear excuses or absurd statements the russians should investigate these crimes on its own we cannot investigate the case. when we have no facts so where does this leave russia's relat

our own rules and the rule is this if you don't believe you are guilty it was back in august that alexei in the family took ill on a flight from siberia to moscow he was brought here to berlin where he spent 2 weeks in an induced coma receiving treatment of a shot at a hospital he was discharged last week as he continues to recover here in the germ . in capital more and more questions are being raised about what exactly happened to him and who was behind what happened to him everybody is a little bit surprised that we so to any of the results only prove you decided to sanction and this decision in fact is deciding of weakness of the european what it. is just to how the steps. sanction between russia and europe and we so that in europe institution there is some countries or there is some members of european parliament who want to have a difficult relation you want to make damn sure and between europe and russia. a new coronavirus milestone was passed in the u.k. on wednesday now for the country clocked up its highest daily number of infections so far more than 100000 it comes as parliamen

one on one with alexei like a c.e.o. of russia's atomic energy corporation rosa tom on this edition of paula take a. look at the politicking on larry king a few days ago i had a chance to talk to alexei look at shelf director general of the atomic energy corporation russell an office he has sold in 2016 missed the linkage of joining me for an interview during which we talked about cooperation between the united states and russia in the nuclear industry and why that cooperation has lessened in recent years bilateral security and the impact of the emerging green energy field on nuclear energy among other things here's the 1st part of that interview watch. l.m.c. thanks for being with us this year marks the 75th anniversary of the russian nuclear industry and we're going to talk about that anniversary in a few moments but does the term does the term nuclear industry scare a lot of people in russia. no just go to medical environment so you have a thought well frankly speaking i haven't heard anyone saying it scares them sinc

the global chemical weapons watchdog confirms germany's findings that the prominent kremlin critic alexei develop he was poisoned by the nerve agent. because the battle rages between armenia and azerbaijan russia's intel chief claims mercenaries from terror groups are traveling to the nagorno-karabakh conflict zone. united states form a coronavirus hotspot seems infections surge again new restrictions are rolled out in new york starting with the shutdown of the city's schools. following huge riots electoral commission a no holds the weekend's disputed parliamentary vote the chaos in the central asian state has left one dead and hundreds injured. by the 10 pm on tuesday here in moscow my name's colleen break with the world news and reaction that we're tracking for you here at r.t. international this hour 1st the global chemical weapons washed the o.p.c. w. has confirmed the traces of the nerd nerve agents were found in the biological samples taken from the russian opposition leader and next. the results of the analysis by the o.p.c. w. designated laboratories of biomedical samples collecte

alexei navalny used this interview to the german news magazine. the german people and in particular angle america for the helping to receive german chancellor visits at mr secretly while he was in the shot at a hospital. in berlin in the interview mist in the valley pulls no punches about who he thinks is behind his alleged poisoning he points that finger of blame firmly at russia and directly at president vladimir putin the kremlin has responded to this kremlin spokes person dmitri peskov saying the claims made against me of britain against russia were unacceptable and also accused foreign intelligence services of working with mr novell me i claim that putin is behind the crime and i have no alternative versions of what happened i don't say that to flatter myself but on the basis of fact the most important fact is normally chuck the order to use a manufacture it can only have come from 2 men the head of the f.s.b. or of the foreign intelligence service the s.v.r. government and western intelligence services are working with him in particular the

one on one with alexei like a tough c.e.o. of russia's atomic energy corporation rosa tom on this edition of the ticket. for the politicking on larry king a few days ago i had a chance to talk to alexei like a child of director general of the atomic energy corporation russ and tom and obviously as sold in 2016 mr leggett shove join me for an interview during which we talked about cooperation between the united states and russia in the nuclear industry and why that cooperation has lessened in recent years bilateral security and the impact of the emerging green energy field on nuclear energy among other things here's the 1st part of that interview watch. alexi thanks for being with us this year marks the 75th anniversary of the russian nuclear industry and we're going to talk about that anniversary in a few moments but does the term does the term nuclear industry scare a lot of people in russia. or just going to meet the queen for a month so you have a thought well frankly speaking i haven't heard anyone saying it scares them si

say alexei novelli was poisoned using a novacek nerve agent they've passed that information here to lay in the german government is saying that there needs to be questions answered by moscow and is talking about serious consequences for the use of a chemical weapon. ok with that in mind no doubt more voices to add in the coming hours for now though peter all of in berlin thank you. max the head of russia's foreign intelligence service is warning that terrorists including from the notorious to about al nasra group of seeking to join the conflict in the the disputed caucasus territory that seeing fighting intensify between azerbaijan and armenia with an update here's a question of. so the russian foreign intelligence service has released a statement a memo and at 1st they just issue a general concern for the wellbeing of the citizens of the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh and they also released a call to both sides to stop the fight he mediately saying that a full blown war in the region is well unacceptable but when it gets interesting is when then they talk about hundreds and perhap

alexey navalny became gravely ill during a flight to moscow in august. it was later determined that he had come in contact with the toxic nerve agent novichok. he says russian president vladimir putin is responsible. for more, let's turn to cnn's fled ple fred pleitgen. what did navalny have to say about poisoning. >> he talked about what it was like to feel, when he realized he had been poisoned. he did not feel any pain but realized he was dying. let's listen in. >> i said to the flight attendant and i kind of shocked him with my statement of, well, i was poisoned and i'm going to die, and i immediately laid down under his feet, and every cell of your body just telling you that body, we are done. >> one of the other interesting things, rosemary was also that alexey navalny said he not only believed vladimir putin was behind his poisoning but that he was sure that vladimir putin was behind his poisoning, simply because he says no other entity except the russian state would have been able to get the chemical nerve agent novichok to conduct such a poisoni

string of officials and allies of the president in response to the poisoning of the putin c critic alexeyavalny. >> russia and the eu locked in a tit-for-tat game after m moscow responded to sanctions on six officials who the eu sabr involved in the poisoning of alexey navalny. moscow will enforce its typical penalties. >> [indiscernible] >> the eu plans to freeze the assets of that six individuals as well as of a separate entity. they will face a european travel ban. moscow's respondent said it might freeze its contacts with the 27 nation bloc. the sanctions came after the u.n. chemical weapons s watchdog confirmed germany, france, and sweden's findings that navalny was poisoned by a nervrve agent, an attack navalny says was made on putin's orders which moscow denies. >> [speaking non-english language] >> navalny is a critic of vladimir putin. he collapsed on a flight in august after coming in contact with the nerve agent. they are saying the case was used to a attack a former soviet spy and his daughter in 2018. >> let's head now to moscow and bring in our correspondent there. who is on

now let's talk about the leading russian opposition activists alexei navalny.eves president putin was risk possible -- was responsible for his poisoning. he was treated in berlin after falling ill on a flight to siberia and russia. germany says he was poisoned by novolchok. [indiscernible] >> when we were talking, he was pouring himself a glass of water . i asked him if i could help him, i talked to my physical therapist. so you can see -- a really difficult time. he also looks like he lost weight and visibly has changed, but my main impression was the man i know. >> the kremlin denies any involvement in this. [indiscernible] an assassination attempt -- it is difficult to produce novolchok, two or three people have>> a quick coronavirus updae for you. the french prime minister says that paris could face more restrictions for monday. thanks for watching. we will see you soon. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... language specialists teaching spanish, french and more. raymond james. the freeman foundation. by judy and peter bl

that she was a performance is laden with emotion. 33 year old alexei gassy may is one of the world's best percussionists by their own classical drummer sets the xylophone all marimba he's mastered his craft to perfection. her to her that i want to learn from this is my greatest passion i really like to get to the bottom of what's good or and when you work with an instrument whether you realize how much more it has to offer to a new song to the 50 or so there are colors and nuances. in front of them for you and i try to build something that makes a statement and i'll start out. i think sega has he may is always trying out some new improper instruments like this ship's propellor. he's not concerned with the visual effects so much as with its unique metallic sound. it's always about playing something that evokes a particular feeling that you can't put into words what you can't obtain any other way. because music started where wordstar why dalal fun where words simply fail me where i can describe something and that's what we're seeking in music doesn't we're seeking a very particular fee

here's our senior foreign correspondent ian pannell. >> reporter: tonight, alexey navalny in a defiant warning to vladimir putin. speaking to "60 minutes," russia's leading activist was crystal clear. >> you think that mr. putin's responsible. >> i don't think. i'm sure that he is responsible. >> reporter: navalny boarding a plane from siberia to moscow in august and felt ill almost immediately. >> i said to the flight attendant, i was poisoned and i'm going to die. >> reporter: a fellow passenger recording the sound of moaning. navalny was rushed to the hospital. tests revealing he'd actual lly been given the deadly nerve agent noek chock. >> it's something terrifying, and putin is enjoying it. i think it's extremely important that everyone, of course, including and maybe in the first of all, president of united states, to be very against using chemical weapons in the 21 century. >> reporter: navalny, critical of putin, but also president trump, for not joining world leaders in condemning the attack. >> i think for putin, why he's using this chemical weapon to do both, kill me and, yo

there is no sign yet that alexei navalny is giving up.triot. according to exit polls, eight out of ten whiting nevin jellicoe is voted for donald trump. my jellicoe is voted for donald trump. my relationship withjesus christ rules my decisions. i would prefer that it continued to stay the god centred country that it was originally created to be. this year the race in north carolina estate but a different type of christian could swing the state. i am a christian so i know the church is diverse. there is an increasingly local christian left so i wanted to speak with people we don't usually hear from speak with people we don't usually hearfrom ina speak with people we don't usually hear from in a state that could vote either way. covid—19 and then jobs it hits have hit latino communities potentially very hard. this man offers drive through meals for the needy. during the pandemic, demand increased tenfold. the black christian vote is more energised. the selection cycle. because what we have seen is that lives really do depend on it. he wants

alexey navalny wants to know why president trump is staying silent on the chemical attack against him moscow this morning. fred, what else did he have to say? >> it was a wide ranging interview he gave to cbs 60 minutes. one of the things he spoke about is what it was like to be poisoned. he said that he did not feel any pain but at the same time, he did realize that he was dying as he put it, he said at some point he went to the flight attendant of the flight that he was on and told him i have been poisoned, i am dying and then fell to the man's feet. he of course later was rescued by the fact that the plane made an emergency landing and you're absolutely right. one of the things that alexey navalny realized or had heard that president trump had so far not called out to the kremlin for the poisoning of alex yey navalny. he believes president trump needs to do more and say more in this regard. let's listen in. >> i think it's extremely important that everyone, of course including and maybe in the first the president of the united states to be very against using chemical weapon in the

for the prohibition of chemical weapons has published its findings from samples they tested from alexei navalny the results won't come as too much of a surprise to many the o.p.c. w. found novacek was present those results in a detailed analysis were sent here to germany where berlin has been demanding answers from moscow but using o.p.c. w. finding the says the foundation for allegations it's unlikely to sit well in the russian counter so it is in fact even tacit cool story initiated at the behest of berlin by its your atlantic allies see gather with the leadership of the technical secretary and of dio p c w it has continued in accordance we did preplan conspiracist scenario with the e.u. council set to meet next week to decide what their reaction to the novell new report will be the german government demanding serious consequences for the use of a chemical weapon this o.p.c. w. reports could have far reaching ramifications peter all over r.t. . well talking of ramifications france and germany have issued a joint statement saying they will propose sanctions against key russian individu

alexey n leksnovony is blaming . we'll have the details on that. >>> it is 28 minutes past the hour. i am robyn curnow live from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta. reminder of our top story at this hour. the u.s. president donald trump is in cleanup mode after his presidential debate on tuesday. at a rally mr. trump tried to declare himself the winner of the debate even though some allies voiced concern about his performance. the contest was so messy they say they're considering making changes to the format. on cnn veteran journalist bob woodward weighed in on that situation. >> the debate commission is not in the constitution. we now have a constitutional problem. the executive branch is the president. he clearly cannot stabilize the electoral process. in fact, he's stoking let's make it unstable. the supreme court really has no power at this moment, but the congress does and it seems to me it's reached a boiling point. i mean, we are teetering here and the congress needs to step up. maybe mcconnell and schumer

show russia the evidence it requested said to prove mobile chalk was used to poison kremlin critic alexei navalny they perceive w also said it's ready to send a team to russia to work with local experts on the ground meanwhile the russian foreign minister has hit out of the position adopted by western counterparts over the case. is the words this is just a mockery of common sense in my opinion it is clear to everyone it is also clear to our western colleagues who are denying our request which is based on a binding international convention well here is mentioning a european convention which outlines the rules of international legal assistance in this particular case moscow is outraged by the fact that berlin has already nord 3 requests from moscow for a joint investigation on what happened to the opposition activists alexina volleying russia hasn't seen any evidence russian officials were trying to ask for some kind of probe test results they were trying to get access to alexina volley diplomats in particular but none of that how up and the volley is now out of the hospital but the europea

our own rules and the rule is this if you don't believe you are guilty it was back in august that alexei in the family took ill on a flight from siberia to moscow he was brought here to berlin where he spent 2 weeks in an induced coma receiving treatment of a shot at a hospital he was discharged last week and is currently undergoing physiotherapy in other parts of recovery as an outpatient remaining in germany so far we will find out more about the sanctions we hope on thursday leaders the phone the e.u. council the gathering in brussels around lunchtime as soon as we get any news coming out. that meeting we're bringing to you here on r.t. . this feed our love to journalist and author thomas fassbender welcome thomas let's start with what's a rather surreal scenario you've got the e.u. set to impose sanctions but holding russia responsible for this alleged poisoning of aleck's in the vanni on the counter side you've got russia accusing the breaking international law and yet there hasn't even been any kind of investigation or trial at this point in those circumstances is it acceptable for

carried out show traces of novacek were found now the same type of tests that were carried out on alexei no sign of any such poisoning alexina valise team sent acquired a bottle from a hotel room that he'd been staying in in the siberian city of tomsk this bottle was then sent with other things he had to germany where tests were carried out on it and that is where the novacek was found now there's a lot of questions about how that bottle got from a hotel room to you here in in germany and how those tests were carried out all of those remain unanswered it's an. oughtn't course because the whole idea that he was report that he was poisoned with an overcharge nerve agent hangs on the results of those tests now the russian prosecutors have sent 3 requests to berlin for the sharing of information relating to those tests and others that were carried out all missed in the valley so far all of that has fallen on deaf ears well but it is not abuse that we turn to the o p c w which unfortunately was playing for time and then told us we need to go back to berlin can you believe that when we were 1s

well alexei lavaliere took a lot of flight from siberia to moscow at the end of august he was brought in where we received treatment at the shallots a hospital he was in and then joost coma for 2 weeks at the end of last month he was discharged he continues to receive treatment here but as he continues to recover here in the german capital more and more questions are being raised about what exactly happened to him and who was behind what happened to him ok many thanks to all of a brings the very latest there from berlin and that wraps it up for this busy news are you watching our team to national lost more to come do stick around updates for you in half an hour. join me every thursday on the alex i'm i'm sure i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics small business i'm sure business i'll see you. because they give me my best made up with this tool is human and he said. just but. there's enough to know but i'm also the most amazing most i'm going to give us the seal. of when i meet will. come to see most people almost even though he goes from being a national teams you see his

weapons watch dog claimed traces similar to not a chocolate poison were stamped in samples belonging to alexei novelli on those days the o.p.c. w.'s handling of the opposition activists case is politicized with russia yet to receive any evidence. and the rotavirus cases rise rapidly in northern england with hospitals preparing for the worst the u.k. government's contradictory antivirus measures are slowing confusion still to. a very warm welcome to you you're watching the weekly here on r.t. and international bringing you all the latest headlines along the recap the stories that shape the week or 1st the latest news there is dominated a lot of our coverage the last few days and weeks as a by john and armine essay about abiding by a ceasefire agreement that came into force on saturday but reports of violations are coming from both parties and with moscow serving as a broker the 2 science managed to steal a truce including an exchange of prisoners and war dead in the contested region this day a deal paves the way for further talks to be mediated by the o.s.c. minsk group azerbaijan's president s