and has so far refused to investigate the attack asked about me at his annual press conference amir putin responded with mockery. because you can one who needs him if we had wanted to we would have finished with. putin was responding to these allegations so-called killer squad from the domestic intelligence agency the f.s.b. had poisoned him but instead of addressing these allegations moscow has now put behind bars. ok you have to speed on some other news from around the globe clashes have broken out between protesters and police in cities all over to me as the country faces an economic crisis tunisian authorities say they have arrested more than 200 people after protests became increasingly violent timmy's as economic problems have worsened due to the coronavirus leaving the country on the verge of bankruptcy. virgin orbit says it has successfully launched. a number of small satellites into space the company's launcher one rocket deployed from a boeing 707 off the coast of california and reached orbit a short time later the company is aiming at a market for launching small satellites fro

a very serious intent from everybody involved in these talks now following the meeting the lead amir putin said that the sides have signed a joint statement on the future development of mcgauran a car bomb the leader off by john in hama i live said he called a meeting with putin and user meeting on the board question on very important for the future development of the entire region. from armenia said that there are still many issues on the table regarding the status of the gore knickerbocker now the disputed said territory of nagorno-karabakh has seen quite a lot of tension in the last few decades and. the latest major flare up took place in september with a huge war taking place was sounds of thousands of people killed on each side let's take a look. while an end to this violence was fought in the poets in november 1 armenia and azerbaijan signed a cease fire agreement which was an immediate hit by the kremlin now let me put it to said on monday that at this simon ready at least 48000 people have returned to their homes in an hour gordon a car bomb however he says there are still quite a

poisoning of all name has been pulling the strings from behind bars or will it be president flat amir putin who in a poetic twist has just had his reputation poisoned by of all me through an online documentary that paints the president as corrupt a man of lavish tastes there is a lot to this story it's complicated and what sets it apart from opposition movements in other authoritarian states is the story of alexina fall and his ability through videos posted online to tell a story the kind that russians don't typically get from their mainstream news media our starting point this week. when the russian authorities arrested opposition leader alexei navalny yet again they didn't see this coming in the days the form of . protests on the streets and not just moscow from st petersburg in the west to vladivostok in the east. thousands of demonstrators braving subzero temperatures protesters who had more than the volume on their. responses the queues the wise. cast of general acutely is its people got angry enough on wheat on his boy's union and on its investigation he just got angry because the nex

election of only are arrested while the demonstrations game momentum and pose a real challenge to what amir putin this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. people in russia have defied police warnings and freezing temperatures to hold some of the biggest protests yet against president vladimir putin tens of thousands rallied in nearly 70 cities to demand the release of alexei navalny the opposition leader was arrested as he returned from germany where he'd been treated for a poisoning he says was ordered by the president security forces detained more than 3000 demonstrators triggering condemnation from countries including the u.s. and u.k. they've only supporters are promising more protests so we're going to go reports. from the sole eastern city of louisville stuck. with only simpletons faced off with police in subzero temperatures. in the search he's had denied permission for the demonstration. that he didn't stick to crowd gathering to call for the release of the man russia's most prominent opposition movement. in the capitalist. tens of thousands could gather it was released usi

nuclear missile arsenals for the next 5 years and just after the dream was sealed last night that amir putin and joe biden then held their 1st phone call since the u.s. presence inauguration worn that now from our correspondent constantine brushed off . but the tense and rocky relationship between the 2 nations the fact that the 2 presidents have talked and read on a major arms control agreement in their 1st ever phone call well that's reassuring and the 5 year extension of the new start treaty is in the broad spot in other words pretty much failing talks on arms control and proliferation so the new strategic arms reduction treaty signed in 2010 now is the only thing that limits the 2 worlds a largest nuclear arsenals and is considered as a an insurance policy against a full blown arms race russia was the 1st to offer or the extension of the treaty without conditions in early 2 $1020.00 but the trumpet ministration while showed a lack of interest supposedly because they were seeking a new deal instead it will cover more weapons but anyway the current treaty was expiring on february 5th which

part of the nation does not feel that amir putin is their president. k about something else. the general secretary of the who, he has said this week that we are on the brink of a catastrophic, historic moral failure. what is he worried about? almost since the beginning of this pandemic, and we're marking the first anniversary of the first cases. _ first anniversary of the first cases, there has been a mantra, that no one _ cases, there has been a mantra, that no one will_ cases, there has been a mantra, that no one will be — cases, there has been a mantra, that no one will be safe until everyone is safe _ no one will be safe until everyone is safe in— no one will be safe until everyone is safe. in round one, we saw how the race _ is safe. in round one, we saw how the race to — is safe. in round one, we saw how the race to approaches of ppe and ventilators — the race to approaches of ppe and ventilators meant countries like afghanistan and yemen, even if they had the _ afghanistan and yemen, even if they had the money, there is nothing to buy. had the mo