and now with the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy. and now russia says it may consider leaving the o.p.c. w. . so the ball is in europe's court. all right, some background information on the story. now alexina vonnie is a prominent activist and critic of the russian government. he fell severely ill on an internal flight in russia. back in august, the aircraft made an emergency landing in the city of skin, and a mystery of ali was taken to a local hospital and placed into an induced coma. his samples were sent to several russian labs, and none of them found traces of any toxins. excuse me, in a volley was airlifted to germany, where he was treated at a specialist clinic in berlin. in early september, german authorities concluded involved he had been poisoned with another choke, a nerve agent. we discussed the case with a german m.p. the who play and the whole plot on the volley is shaming. germany is doing a lot of accusations against russia, but is not delivering evidence. and so i'm very critical to what the handling of that case by

on the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy becomes a spokesperson for russia's top judge kind that the german side failed to give any meaningful response the political activists was allegedly poisoned back in august in siberia. is more. on the one hand if we look back at how the most senior e.u. officials treated the alexina volley case perhaps we should have expected much from berlin's response to the official request from russia but then on the other hand if you think about what if surprise surprise that reply ended up containing details in abundance on all the tests that were undertaken with a like saying the volley well now the russian officials are saying that they do have that message from germany which literally contains 0 answers to all the questions that were put forward by the russian side which according to moscow is an indication that germany's still unwilling to cooperate on the matter that it's up to work to be german authorities wrote a response cohen on russia to provide additional information on the investigation over the hospitalization of alexina maumee however not a

and also, they're saying that, according to alexina volleys wife had to ration, and his health could have been due to some of the diets that he was undertaken. in any case, the russian officials are me sick, missing some of the key elements of the puzzle. and they are saying that they cannot continue their work without the details that they are really willing to get from the german side. and this was something that was echoed also by the statement from the russian foreign ministry. because indeed, what they keep on doing is they keep asking berlin to provide them with details and all the research that has been done. in the case of alexian of ali. actually there's the video. it is clear that berlin and other european capitals forget international law. when it comes to russia and megaphone diplomacy is preferred to mutually respectful dialogue, said any objective analysis even without knowledge of applied chemistry and chemical nonproliferation issues, quite naturally gives the conclusion of a station amateur performance of his main aim is yet another show of sanctions. which stands fi

and now with the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy. and now russia says it may consider leaving the o.p.c. w. . so the ball is in europe's court. well, some background to the story. alexina valmy is a prominent activist and critic of the russian government. he felt sick on august 20th, on board, a plane flying from the siberian city of thompson. to moscow, the aircraft made an emergency landing in the city of skin. mr. not only was taken to a local hospital, he was put into an induced coma and remained in office for 2 days. and some pills were sent to several russian labs where tests were run. none of them found traces of any talks in in his system. the belize family insisted his life would be in danger if he stayed in russia and arranged for his transportation to a top clinic in burn. and then in early september, german authorities concluded that in the valley had been poisoned with a nerve agent from the novacek group. we discuss the case with a german member of the european parliament the who play and the whole plot on of army is sh

general's office says germany has failed to answer any of its questions on the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy it's a probe into what happened to the opposition leader. welcome to us internationally this friday afternoon on our coverage of the u.s. election we're counting in key states continue. what it has been 3 days since the election and the tension is now on states continue to be counted we're still waiting for crucial results in nevada georgia pennsylvania alaska and also north carolina and as it stands this things look joe biden has 264 lex's if you include arizona although some do say it is too early to call but if it does go. he will need just 6 more votes to reach the 70 required victory on the front meanwhile currently stands on 214 but that said it remains a very tight race because both candidates place gaps in different battleground states over night in pennsylvania from slade over biden has shrunk to barely $18000.00 bags there while in nevada the former vice president is leading by less than one percent and then in georgia biden has taken the lead by just a 1000 votes with

alexina volney was poisoned with a nerve agent. speaking of an international conference before leaving russia for germany in august, the opposition figure had tested negative for toxins, meaning he could have been targeted after his departure. across the story, it seems russia has had enough, after months of what most go, so as groundless accusations. foreign minister sergei lavrov says vali could have been poisoned after he left hospital in russia. lucy is just the one you have every reason to believe that what happened to him in terms of chemical warfare agents getting into his body could have happened in germany were on the plane and was she was flown to the charity hospital? exactly. how else can the sudden appearance of toxic materials in the vollies samples be explained? he stressed the results were clear when he was in arms. that's according to russian doctors. we need surely treated him and several russian laboratories. it's only often a volley was taken to believe that we heard about traces of navi chalk from germany 1st,

alexina volley fell severely ill on an internal flight in russia. back in august, the plane made an emergency landing in the city of where he was taken to the hospital and put into an induced coma. the opposition activist was then airlifted to germany for specialist treatment in a volley case, and much more was discussed in an interview with the kremlin spokesperson. dmitri peskov exclusive sit down will be airing in full throughout the day. here's a taste machine to use for when we are interested in the investigation of all the circumstances of what happened. if we want to know the truth. so we said, please help us if you have information that we do not have, please share it with us. but no one wanted to cooperate. sometimes it seems that the patient does not want that truth to be out himself. but sometimes it seems the patient is not that sick. when there are a lot of questions about his illness too. and if he is ill, we need to know how bad and whether his disease can fade and come back. well, you have to agree that there are more questions than

now russia has accused germany of stalling the investigation into the alexina volley case. the 2 countries have been locked in a stalemate for months with moscow demanding lab data. to back up, the berlin's claim kremlin critic was poisoned with a nerve agent. now, russia's foreign ministry saying it's that getting around, getting nothing but excuses from germany. they didn't really doesn't want to hand over materials on the only case to russia and i was clinging on to any excuses. i would like to reiterate that we do not expect the bearer of bad news, namely us to be criticized. it would be better to deal with the news itself. we, have informed the c.w., snowden has ation that the russian side can approach to ask for the question. as a recap of what happened, alexina vali fell severely ill on an internal flight in russia. back in august, the plane made an emergency landing in the city of arms, where he was taken to the hospital and put into an induced coma. the opposition activist was then airlifted to germany for special treatment than a volley case, and much more was dis

and now with the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy. earlier we spoke with alexander sugar and russia's permanent representative to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. it was an interesting chat. now he explained the months long effort to get answers from the organization and also from germany. russia has contacted the director general of the o.p.c. w.'s technical secretary offering to arrange for an expert mission to russia, so they can find out along with their russian colleagues what happens in the valley . we've asked the technical secretary about the cooperation between it and germany, and we were told to direct our questions to berlin, citing confidentiality policies under which the c.w. is not allowed to disclose anything without germany's consent. so heeding the technical secretary, it's advice. we approached berlin and sent a request there, but we still haven't received a reply. our german colleagues are trying to wriggle out of their obligations under the chemical weapons convention, which requires them t

the future there were some outside of germany who thought that the poisoning of opposition leader alexina valley may force the chancellor angela merkel to change her thinking on this what is her account collation here do you think. there really was debates that started. in the summer here in germany whether or not in response to the poisoning of alec saying that our new best should be a phrase a poor perhaps even a council ational to pipeline project there seemed to be quite some momentum there were many senior policymakers including from chancellor merkel's party who demand that this would be the appropriate response and even the chancellor at some stage herself seemed to indicate that this is not only a commercial project as she has maintained for many years but also one that has a strong pull its for that which is now unfortunately this special has not gone and gone any further the momentum seems to have seemed to fade in the meantime and there's no indication at this stage that. the chancellor and her government. would take measures against those projects what i can really only do is

pledges tit for tat sanctions against france and germany over the alleged nerve agent poisoning of alexina, as russia's foreign minister suggests the kremlin critic but has been given the talks outside the camp really have every reason to believe that would happen to him . terms of chemical warfare agents getting into his body because it's going to happen in germany, in the summer, on the plane, on which he was flown to a charity hospital is the use of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine. could soon be ready for release is giving hope, but mainly to rich countries has looked like being priced down on the brink of censorship. you to flagstone r.t. documentary on u.s. armed groups as potentially offensive. we hear from the film's producer we have to fall notification system in place for this particular documentary, and that is where this is something i heard, i think on the campus of armenia is rocked by more arrest. this fury over a peace deal with no sign of abating as refugees flood from the war zone. spoke with one woman about her ordeal. i didn't want to leave my home, but another siren my dau

alexina vali is a prominent activist and critic of the russian government. he fell sick on the 20th of august on board, a plane flying from the same city of tomsk to moscow. the aircraft made an emergency landing in the city. although mr. novelli was taken to a local hospital, he was put into juice. coma remained for 2 days. his samples were sent to several russian labs where tests were run. none of them found traces of any toxin in his system in the valleys family insisted his life would be in danger if he stayed in russia and arranged for his transportation to a top clinic in berlin. and in early september, german authorities concluded that novelli had been poisoned with a nerve agent from the novacek group. we discuss the case with a german member of the european parliament. maximillian craw the who play and the whole plot on of army is shaming. germany is doing a lot of accusations against russia, but is not delivering evidence. and so i'm very critical to what the handling of that case by did to him and political class by the government. and i'm, i'm fu

alexina, russia's foreign minister suggests the kremlin critic may have been given a toxin outside of the country. we have every reason to believe that what happened to him in terms of chemical warfare agents getting into his body could have happened in germany where on the plane and when she was flown to the charity hospital. democrat media outlets tried to play down any doubt about the presidential election, branding reports about probes into voter fraud, misinformation and youth group restricts access to an art documentary on u.s. armed groups, flagging it as potentially offensive. we heard from the film's producer we have 2 fold notification system in place for this particular documentary, and that is where this is something i've heard of. i think anger in our media has demanded the prime minister, quits over a peace deal with azerbaijan, that they see as a betrayal by broadcasting live director of studios in moscow. this is r.t. international. i'm sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. the prominent kremlin critic could have been targeted with a nerve agent after leavin

russia has accused germany of stalling the investigation into the alexina case, the 2 countries have been locked in a stalemate for months with moscow demanding lab data. to back up berlin's claim about the opposition activists was poisoned within europe, and russia's foreign ministry says it's only getting excuses from germany. the new really doesn't want to hand over materials on the winemaking, least to russia and was clinging on to any excuses for no harm. i would like to reiterate that we do not expect the bearer of bad news to be criticized. it would, be better to deal with the news itself. we have informed the c.w., no organization that the russian side can approach to ask for the questions. germany claims a military law following traces of a novel chalk type of nerve agent in the valley system. and after he was transferred to the country for treatment, a conclusion that was later by the global chemical weapons watchdog, the o.p.c. w. . however, moscow insists that novelli was tested for multiple talks, including nerve agents. while he was still in russia. all of the results c

get anything unless it is willing to clear up the issue in the meantime anti-crime all activists alexina vali has laughed off the statement by the russian authorities he pretty much said hey guys what else are you going to find in my body up until august 20th was absolutely healthy. so just to remind you of the timeline of this very complicated story with a like scene of ali the opposition activist was traveling from siberia to moscow on a plane when he fell severely ill the pilots went for an emergency landing to save his life then the doctors and were fighting for a like scene of all these live he was then moved upon the request of his family to berlin for treatment and then we heard from european officials that alexei the volley was poisoned by a nerve agent of the novacek group russia once proof of that but as the officials in moscow are saying they're not getting any up until this point. pentagon les mots mccourty says washington festa gets a walking blind into the nevada case unless a challenge has its findings the key question of course is that there you know muscular like a straw

russia suggests that opposition leader alexina found the could have been poisoned in germany, or on the way their spokesperson also gave an exclusive interview to r.t. commenting on berlin's refusal to cooperate. in the case have information that we do not have, please share it with us. but no one wants to cooperate. and trial data suggests that russia's corona virus vaccine is 92 percent effective with hungary becoming the 1st european country to sign up for the jab. his foreign minister told us that politics should stay out of efforts to beat the pandemic. and international cooperation based on mutual respect and political correctness, judging each other to be left behind fellow, they get even the latest news on the back of events over the last 7 days to you, watching the weekly here on r.t. international. now the shooting stopped in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh this week, armenia, and there's a bashar unsigned in the story. peace deal brokered by russia ending almost 2 months of bloodshed as part of the truce. moscow has deployed military personnel to the front line to mon

this is our a prominent kremlin critic, alexina valmy, could have been targeted with a nerve agent after leaving russia. that's the claim coming from russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov speaking at a video conference with journalists, the dipper about stress in the valley. a tested negative for talks is while in the country, where if an option reports, it seems russia has had enough after months of what most go. so as groundless accusations, foreign minister sergei lavrov says vali could have been poisoned after he left hospital in russia. lucy is just the one you have every reason to believe that what happened to him in terms of chemical warfare agents getting into his body or is it's going to happen in germany were on the plane. and when she was flown to the charity hospitals do exactly how else can the sudden appearance of toxic materials in the vollies samples be explained? he stressed the results were clear when he was in arms. that's according to russian doctors who we need surely treated. he meant several russian laboratories. it's only often a volley was taken to a lean that

get anything unless it is willing to clear up the issue in the meantime anti-crime all activists alexina vali has laughed off the statement by the russian authorities he pretty much said hey guys what else are you going to find in my body up until august 20th was absolutely healthy. so just to remind you of the timeline of this very complicated story with a like scene of ali the opposition activist was traveling from siberia to moscow on a plane when he fell severely ill the pilots went for an emergency landing to save his life then the doctors and were fighting for a like scene of all these live he was then moved up on the request of his family to berlin for treatment and then we heard from european officials that alexei the volley was poisoned by a nerve agent of the novacek group russia once proof of that but as the officials in moscow are saying they're not getting any up until this point political analyst martin mccauley says russian investigators are walking blind into the evolving case unless germany shares its findings. the key question of course is. there you know most of you wo

get anything unless it is willing to clear up the issue in the meantime anti-crime all activists alexina vali has laughed off the statement by the russian authorities he pretty much said hey guys what else are you going to find in my body up until august 20th was absolutely healthy. so just to remind you of the timeline of this very complicated story with a like scene of ali the opposition activist was traveling from siberia to moscow on a plane when he fell severely ill the pilots went for an emergency landing to save his life then the doctors and were fighting for a like scene of all these live he was then moved up on the request of his family to berlin for treatment and then we heard from european officials that alexei the volley was poisoned by a nerve agent of the novacek group russia once proof of that but as the officials in moscow are saying they're not getting any up until this point political analyst martin mccauley says russian investigators are walking blind into the novell new case unless germany shares its findings. the key question of course is. you know most of you would

steinmeier the relationship with russia is at its lowest point most recently due to the poisoning of alexina valmy a you concerned. it's been bizarre been bizarre if i give them the bone i'm concerned about not only being poisoned but my concern actually dates back a long time and of course one should mention the illegal acts ation of crimea where i fear that moscow has not properly understood the shock that it caused in europe and not just in eastern europe. what followed didn't change things for the better the members of the opposition in russia can increasingly under pressure. some have to fear for their lives some have lost them right up to the tear gas. situation where the distance has grown without a doubt. the vaccine is. i believe we shouldn't just let this process of alienation continue to. listen to our phones and. our history in europe but also that your graphical location with russia as a neighbor makes it necessary to look for opportunities again and again to counter that but as i say you cannot change this unilaterally there's also requires the will and understanding of the rus

steinmeier the relationship with russia is at its lowest point most recently due to the poisoning of alexina valmy a you concerned. it's been bizarre been bizarre if i give them the bind i'm concerned about no colony being poisoned but my concern actually dates back a long time and of course one should mention the illegal annexation of crimea where i fear that moscow has not properly understood the shock that it caused in europe and not just in eastern europe. didn't change things for the better the members of the opposition in russia can increasingly under pressure. some have to fear for their lives some have lost them right up to the. ones in the says put us in a situation where the distance has grown without a thought. of oxen as. their mind and i believe we shouldn't just let this process of alienation continue . to listen to our phones and. our history in europe but also that your graphical location with russia as a neighbor makes it necessary to look for opportunities again and again to come to that but as i say you cannot change this unilaterally there's also requires the will and und

government says the changes are needed to boost incomes and positivity russian opposition leader alexina volley has urged lawmakers to slap sanctions on president vladimir putin's inner circle. on the appeal came during a virtual conference of the european parliament's foreign affairs committee. activists were invited to brief lawmakers on the situation in russia and head of parliamentary elections next year. human rights activists are trying to use the courts here in germany to prosecute the perpetrators of 2 chemical weapons attacks against civilians in syria. in 20302017, the activists want to members of the syrian president bashar al assad's regime to be called to account for the atrocities. assad denies involvement, but opponents say there is enough evidence to bring an indictment. they also say they have evidence that the syrian regime has carried out more than.

russia suggests that opposition leader alexina boundary could have been poisoned in germany, or on the way their spokesperson also gave an exclusive interview to r.t. commenting on berlin's refusal to cooperate. in the case.

the spot over alexina. bonnie's alleged poisoning spokes, person gave us his reaction. in an exclusive interview with r.t., you have information that we do not have insurance, but no one wants.

, german officials in a tit for tat move after those countries paid for the legit poisoning about alexina, folly. russia's foreign minister suggest the activists may have ingested the talks . and while already outside the country, we have every reason to believe that what happened to him in terms of chemical warfare agents getting into his body could have happened in germany or on the plane on which he was flown to the charity hospital. pro-democrat media tried to eliminate all trying.

to say now about some of the other stories making headlines this hour, russian opposition leader alexina valmy has urged you lawmakers to slap sanctions on president vladimir putin's inner circle. e.p.o. came during a virtual conference of the european parliament's foreign affairs committee. activists were invited to brief lawmakers on the situation in russia and out of parliamentary elections next year. france is trimmed pose a new tax on big tech firms from december 2020. the digital services tax targets companies that earn over $25000000.00 euros annually in france. like u.s. tech giants, google, apple, and facebook. the move is to go ahead despite u.s. threats of increased taxes on french imports. argentinian that football legend, diego maradona, has been buried on the outskirts of point assayas. his casket had been due to lie in state in the presidential palace for 3 days, but authorities cut the wait short after scuffles broke out. among crowds of emotional mourners jostling to get inside. human rights activists are trying to use the courts here in germany to prosecute the perpetra

leader alexina valmy could have been poisoned, didn't germany, or on the way that become, a spokesperson has given an exclusive interview. to r.t., refused to have information that we do not have. he's sharing with us, but no one wants to cooperate. trial data suggests russia vaccine is 92 percent effective, become the 1st european country to sign up. its foreign minister told us politics should stay out of efforts to beat the pandemic. and international cooperation based on mutual respect, is not the only people should be left behind. great, happy with. this is the weekly the guns fell silent in the disputed. i'm going to region this week, armenia and azerbaijan signed an historic peace deal brokered by russia, which ended almost 2 months of bloody battle. as part of the chase, moscow has deployed military personnel to the front line to monitor the cease fire state. a place where you should care about, you know, what is happening because that is a truly great tragedy to you. i want to note with great satisfaction, the outlines of compromise and the agreements reached on ending the blood

involvement in the russian campaigns earlier with the screen case and now with the alleged, poisoning of alexina valmy. imagine we were to leave the o.p.c. w., the reaction would probably be something like q.e. d. . but if the organization ends up losing all its authority and becomes just a body rubber stamping decisions against regimes that fail to toe the line, then we may have to consider this option. but we're not making any rash moves in this direction yet. as you can see, the story in very serious now with russia saying it is considering the option of, leaving the o.p.c. w. and russia preparing sanctions against germany and france. but again, as mr. lavrov said today russia is just responding to all these circus the, this is how he described this whole situation around the valleys alleged poisoning . so that's very sad to see what sort of response there is to that. then r.t. is a very of a national. thank you for breaking down this rather complicated story for us. yeah . now for more analysis, we're going to cross to political analyst, chris bambery. so we have this announcement, this stat

energy which washington believes is a security threat even the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexina valley which many thought may be a reason for berlin to give up on the project has been brushed aside some of germany's own neighbors have imposed their own sanctions poland find russia's state controlled gas giant gazprom 6500000000 euros for going ahead with the construction of the nord stream to pipeline without securing its approval. we're joining me now via skype from berlin is europe for a break europe is a senior fellow and director for central and eastern europe at the german marshall fund of the united states really good to talk to you so the u.s. keeps imposing sanctions poland has issued its own penalties i mean is there anything that would make change its mind when it comes to russia being such a great energy. i think we have to step back a little bit on this question because if you see the situation from germany. from the perspective of the german government and also german business then russia and previously soviet union have always been very reliable and the department'

in other news, this week, russia's foreign minister has responded to allegations that alexina valmy was poisoned with a nerve agent. so i can average of stress that before leaving russia, the opposition figure had tested negative for toxins and said say that the valley could have been targeted after his departure for treatment in germany. we have every reason to believe that what happened to him in terms of chemical warfare agents getting into his body could have happened in germany or on the plane . and when she was flown to the charity hospitals, we saw only often of bali was moved to berlin that we heard about traces of nabi talk from germany. 1st, france, sweden, his tests results were clear when he was in arms. that's according to russian doctors who we need treated him and several rushnell of arteries despite there being no solid evidence proving ed ruscha was very quickly accused of using a band nerve agent and punished with these sanctions. if she picked them up, there was very clearly an assault and i'm assassination attempts that was made on russian soil against a russian oppo

and now with the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy, we've asked the technical secretary about the cooperation between it and germany. and we were told to direct our questions to berlin, so heeding the technical secretary, it's advice you approached and sent a request there, but we still haven't received a reply. to be honest, we've got an unseemly situation on our hands. our german partners is saying that this whole story is no longer a bilateral issue, rather an international one, which should be considered by the but at the same time, the technical secretariat directs us back to the german side for any question. let's say we find ourselves trapped in a vicious circle. and now russia says it may consider leaving the o.p.c. w. . so the ball is in europe's court. well, the in the valley case, so much what was discussed in an r.t. interview with the kremlin spokesperson today to be scoffed. you can watch the exclusive target of live for. now, here's a preview. we are interested in the investigation of all the circumstances of what happened because we want to know the truth. so we said, please h