give more now we're trying to buy andreas nick a member of the german bundestag and the governing conservatives he heads germany's delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us the german government has condemned the jail sentence for alexina is that enough. of the 1st episode we are very concerned but also very 'd impressed by the courageous way that russian civil society protests it gets this development it shows how much or pressure how much tension is there. in russia it is a domestic issue in the 1st place but it is an issue that has an important impact on all international obligations that russia has entered to whether it's the council of europe or the structures and that is why it is an important element of international obligations and contractual obligations and that's what we are pursuing the relief of which are missed in the valley was. detained again was already. rendered obsolete by the european court of human rights a couple of years ago and that is something that the council of europe all its. directi

are for more i want to pull in mr andreas nick he's a member of the german parliament from chancellor angela merkel's c.d.u. party he is also a member of parliament foreign affairs committee mr nick it's good to see you again you and i. we spoke what a few weeks ago about nord stream to you and the german government's position before only yes to the project no to us ancients at the time where do you stand tonight. i think there are separate dimension to this discussion i think as you mentioned one of them is question whether unilateral sanctions instrument that is appropriate in the relationship between close allies in this context i think in over 30 year old book secretary of state and lincoln has recently got a lot of attention in berlin and it shows he's convinced that unit actual sanctions against allies are not a good idea or that this should be taken back and we trust that the secretary of state will be able to deliver on that position and if that's the case in this context i think we can hopefully come closer to a unified position on how to deal with energy relationships with r

let's get more now we're trying to buy andreas nick and member of the german bund assad and the governing conservatives he heads germany's delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us the german government has condemned the jail sentence for alexina is that enough. first of us who we are very concerned but also very impressed by the courageous their way that russian civil society protests it gets this development it shows how much or pressure how much tension is there. in russia it is a domestic issue in the 1st place but it is an issue that has an important impact on all international obligations that russia has entered to whether it's the council of europe or the structures that and that is why it is an important element of international obligations and contractual obligations and that's what we are pursuing the wording which sure mr laval it was. detained again was already. rendered obsolete by the european court of human rights a couple of years ago that there is something that the council of europe in al

those protesting in the streets we thank you so much for joining us this morning to share that you andreas nick member of the german bundestag and the governing conservatives also head of germany's delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe we appreciate it. so you. new data show that russia's sputnik vaccine is more than 90 percent effective western governments had initially expressed doubts about the vaccine because russia started using it before completing the usual clinical trials now results published in a leading medical journal the lancet appeared to back up russian claims that the tap is safe and works and as we've reported hungry has already begun using the vaccine. truckloads of russia rolling into hungary the 1st 14000 of some 2000000 doses ordered the distribution of vaccines in the european union just not quick enough for hungary. the faster we vaccinate the weakest segments of home caring society the quicker we can lift restrictions on public life. those we've just got to chicago with a shot sputnik the was the 1st vaccine developed to fight cold at 19 russi

are for more i want to pull in mr andreas nick he's a member of the german parliament from chancellor angela merkel's c.d.u. party he is also a member of parliament foreign affairs committee mr nick it's good to see you again you and i. spoke what a few weeks ago about nord stream to you and the german government's position before only yes to the project no to u.s. sanctions at the time where do you stand tonight. i think there are separate dimension to this discussion i think as you mentioned one of them is question whether unilateral sanctions instrument that is appropriate in the relationship between close allies in this context i think in over 30 year old book secretary of state as we've linked in has recently got a lot of attention in berlin it shows he's convinced that unit actual sanctions against allies are not a good idea or that this should be taken back and we should we trust that the secretary of state will be able to deliver on that position and if that's the case in this context as think we can hopefully come closer to a unified position on how to deal with energy were a

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