natalee or cognac i was born in belarus but she's lived in lithuania for 20 years now enjoying success as a real estate agent since the summer of 2020 she's taken on the town of helping her compound treats to cross the border and escape the dictator's regime and better roes. the people who come to us have to get out really fast like running from a fire and they don't have anything to eat and no roof over their heads because they're on the run so far we've taken in 210 people that's quite a lot i never would have thought we could do it. suddenly a cold from bella rose from an activist in need the name is. she asks natalia for news of her children natalia lets her know that lithuanian immigration has approved that entry visas it's a huge relief for a loner when she thanks natalia for the support natalia has to hurry to pick up the activists children at the border a friend will be driving them as far as lithuania while their mother has to go underground simply because she aided the victims of police violence she faces criminal charges and loss of the custody of her children it is barely 3

you alluded to what was going on out in ali riske. -- in elevators. -- balaru-- belarus.th a host of the 2014 championship there were complaints. the situation has changed since then. we had the august disputed presidential election, which lukashenko one but the opposition -- won but the opposition opposed. it would have been a black market -- a black mark on the organization and maybe the entire sport of hockey if they would've allowed it to go ahead. brent: in belarus it did not happen overnight, why did it take so long for this decision to be reached? >> they were chosen to host this world championship back in 2017, over finland. presumably, over that time contracts have been made, the ihhf, said they needed to do their duty diligence before making a move -- due diligence before making a move like this. i cannot think of another occasion where they have removed the right to cohost a tournament before it has done so with belarus. they were reluctant to do so because it will cost money, and it is a pain, to be honest. but in the end they saw no twice, no other choice. br

natalee was born in belarus but she's lived in lithuania for 20 years now enjoying success as a real estate agent since the summer of 2020 she's taken on the town of helping her compound treats to cross the border and escape the dictator's regime and balor rose and the people who come to us have to get out really fast like running from a fire and they don't have anything to eat and no roof over their heads because they're on the run so far we've taken in 210 people that's quite a lot i never would have thought we could do it. suddenly a cold from belle arose from an activist in need her name is lona and she asks natalia for news of her children natalia lets her know that lithuanian immigration has approved that entry visas it's a huge relief for a loner but she thanks natalia for of support natalia has to hurry to pick up the activists children at the border a friend will be driving them as far as lithuania while their mother has to go underground simply because she aided the victims of police violence she faces criminal charges and loss of the custody of her children it is barely 30

natalee was born in belarus but she's lived in lithuania for 20 years now enjoying success as a real estate agent since the summer of 2020 she's taken on the town of helping her compound treats to cross the border and escape the dictator's regime and balor owes . the people who come to us have to get out really fast like running from a fire and they don't have anything to eat and no roof over their heads because they're on the run so far we've taken in 210 people that's quite a lot i never would have thought we could do it. suddenly a core from bella rose from an activist in need a name is. she asks natalia for news of her children natalia lets her know that lithuanian immigration has approved that entry visas it's a huge relief for you alone or what she thanks natalia for of support but yet natalia has to hurry to pick up the activists job done at the border a friend will be driving them as far as lithuania while their mother has to go underground simply because she aided the victims of police violence she faces criminal charges and loss of the custody of her children it is barely 3

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i had no choice but to cross the belarus and border illegally on foot. i was terribly afraid they'd start shooting at me. but i must take it but now that i am safe what i wish for most of all in my life is to hug my children here. i know it would be easier for us here in the 3 mia. train i won't be harassed here and nobody will make fun of my children and bully them because their mother has different views. of vigils or does it seems a police brutality is held in front of the bellary seen embassy in vilnius here natalia meets up with many of the bill received she helped escape and which freedom from oppression and threats prison here profumo which are put up by somebody can't do it any differently i can't go on vacation and close the door on this helping these people here has become my life you understand that everything you've accomplished before your business and all your skills are only there so you can fulfill this task. and italia who continue helping courageous activists as long as they need her support until the regime comes to an end. france has

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there have also haven't given up belarus politically essentially remains the same country that it was it hasn't changed which and they have a charismatic we're going to hold off i would say for many younger people from russia and from belarus there has been a lot of writing about to head off going to russia she's interesting for us she's understandable she is more mainstream and. i have to ask the question the question that begs is it is there something more general happening here we're not just talking about absolutely something happening here the west was an anchor for russia and then in the in the end of the eighty's when gorbachev start of the the evolution if you destroy people looking towards the west as the best alternative to the soviet regime now the west is less and less for the majority of people and alternative it is set for the west in the years to hear it but it's true because the west to sit still problems the same demonstrations this is russia saying. to liberal the west is badly organized the west is violent this is the primitive no he's saying they have the same prob

and here there have also haven't given up belarus politically essentially remains the same country that it was it hasn't changed which and they have a charismatic leader donna to hold off i would say for many younger people from russia and from belarus there has been a lot of writing about to go on to head off going to russia she's interesting for us she's understandable she is more mainstream. so i have to ask the question the question that begs is it is there something more general happening here ruutu we're not just talking about absolutely something gentles happening here the west was an anchor for russia and then in the in the end of the eighty's when gorbachev start of the the evolution of people looking towards the west as the best alternative to the soviet regime now the west is less and less for the majority of people and alternative it is set for the west and used to hear it but it's true because the west to sit still problems and the same demonstrations this is roughly the same group. is too liberal the west is badly organized the west is violent this is the primitive no he i

the point of the comparison with belarus is surely that the police, the security services, the entirebelarus right now appears to be staying loyal to the president, and as far as we can tell, in russia, the security apparatus to president vladimir putin. is it true that on the next demonstration, your encouraging people in moscow to demonstrate outside of the headquarters of the intelligence services? yes, indeed. 0ur assembly on the first is sfb headquarters because they are people responsible for killings, tortures, poisoning alexei navalny and i think it's the best place to protest. but isn't that simply point to ensure that operatives inside the fsb in the security apparatus view you as the enemy? they already do, and that is within strategy. as lukasheckno did, he'll agonise the security forces again against the peaceful protesters, civil society and that is what we have, that is the reality that we face and you are right, it is very severe and dangerous. 300,000 people turned out for this protest on january 23 but 30 million watched broadcasts life, 30 million people followed. a

i had no choice but to cross the belarus and border illegally on foot 2. i was terribly afraid they'd start shooting at me. but almost 50 but now that i am safe what i wish for most of all in my life is to hug my children here. i know it would be easier for us here in the thawing mia. training i won't be harassed here and nobody will make fun of my children and bully them because their mother has different views. here. a vigil does it seems a police brutality is held in front of the bellison embassy in vilnius here natalia meets up with many of the bill received she helped escape and which freedom from oppression and threats prison here probably have little by somebody can't do it any differently i can't go on vacation and close the door on this helping these people here has become my life you understand that everything you've accomplished before your business and all your skills are only there so you can fulfil this task. and i tell you who continue helping courageous activists as long as they need her support until the regime comes to an end. france has

security structure in belarus right now appears to be staying loyal to president lukashenko., in russia, the security apparatus is absolutely loyal to president putin. is it true that on the next demonstration, you're encouraging people in moscow to demonstrate outside the headquarters of the intelligence services, the fsb? yes, indeed. 0ur assembly point onjanuary 31st is the fsb headquarters, because fsb are the people responsible for killings, for tortures, for poisoning of alexei navalny. so i think it's the best place to protest. but isn't that simply going to ensure that all of those operatives inside the fsb and the security apparatus view you as the enemy? they already do. that's putin's strategy. as lukashenko did — he antagonises security forces against peaceful protesters, against the civil society. that's already the case in russia — he can't do it worse. that's what we have. that's the reality that we face. and you're right, it's very severe, it's very dangerous. for instance, 300,000 people turned out for the protest onjanuary 23rd, but 30 million watched broadc

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opening words to what is going on in belarus right now and you know it was even controversial when belarus was allowed to host the 2014 world championship there were complaints from a human rights organizations then about that situation has completely changed since then of course the we have the august just putin presidential election which like the should go one of the opposition oppose that and now we've got this big crackdown so i think it would have been a black mark on the i.h.s. and maybe the entire sport of hockey if they were to have let this go ahead and valorous you know you know the situation about the rooms it's not new or didn't just happen overnight why did it take so long for this decision to be reached well you know whenever you think of it they were chosen to host this world championship back in 2017 over finland i believe it was and presumably over that time the you know contracts have been made and. you know they have said it needs to do it's due diligence before making a move like this which i must say is unprecedented i can't think of any other case in which the jeff h

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essentially, showing his strong arm tactics to repress dissent in belarus are necessary because scenes playing out in washington will soon be coming to your neighborhood in belarus, if you do not allow me to continue to consolidate power. this means that president-elect biden has a lot of work ahead of him. we can talk about the ways he will have to upscale our democracy presence abroad. but, yes, we have got to get healthier to mystically. that -- healthier domestically. that really starts with republicans making a commitment to stop spreading these lies about the election being rigged and stolen. i mean, it is so rich to me to listen to my republican colleagues tell democrats we should be focused on unity. when the majority of their members in the house of representatives still support the premise that the election was right. they have got to stop that, and recognize joe biden's president. let's get down to work early in 2021 on ways to make our democracy healthier. the story is really complicated. a lot of folks that were part of that march have given up on democracy. they were will

of the coronavirus pandemic the love of my beautiful mouth hello i have to pick up refugees from belarus my antenna. danny was 6 years old his sister ksenia is 13. there's water if you want something to drink and juice in the back down there. you know it's up to the telia to direct the loan until a through a nia again speller. luna's going to try to slip across in her room she wants to tell you is a map if she doesn't make it she says she'll follow the route natalia shoot her. ilona your children will give you strength and you'll make it just pick up the trail like a tigris to tell you to get over his phone temporary lodging for some of the better the recent excels in a hotel in the old town until 2 days before this mickey took me as a was imprisoned in minsk serving 20 days for taking part in the student strike and since he was released his parents can tighten italia and followed her advice to bring him into lithuania just in time now the borders are mostly closed. and there's the mind of either the up to the bush 6 people we're not allowed out of the roofs that's how it goes but if you

do you think we could see happening across russia what happened in belarus with those weekly protestso? i weekly protests against president lukashenko?— lukashenko? i think there are several things _ lukashenko? i think there are several things to _ lukashenko? i think there are several things to say - lukashenko? i think there are several things to say about. lukashenko? i think there are i several things to say about that. one thing is we may. it is also very cold in russia. as steve rosenberg was saying, it's particularly cold right across russia. it is quite difficult to keep up protests on the sale they were today —— on the scale. the other thing, i suppose, is that when you look at what's happened in belarus, even though those protests were very, very well patronised, huge numbers of people turned out. nonetheless, all these months later, lukashenko is still in power and he is not made many concessions. it would be very, very interesting to see from now on i will the kremlin plays this —— how the kremlin play this. his popularity at a national level was much lower, and he'd been

i would say for many younger people from russia and from belarus there has been a lot of writing about russia she's interesting for us she's understandable she is more mainstream. i have to ask the question the question that begs is it is there something more general. just talking about absolutely something happening here the west was an anchor for russia and the. start of the. historical people looking towards the west as if it was a soviet regime now the west is for the majority of people that it is set for the west and used to hear it but it's true because the west. and it has seemed. to liberal the west the west is violent this is too primitive no he's saying they have the same problems they have the same police brutal police which would be up to . and straight doesn't that it sits in germany and holland and so on so don't teach us and the problem is that the russian society is becoming anti western in many sense not the younger people but the older people and the traditionalists in russia saying we want to live in europe but in a different system of values and i think the conflict

to see what happens on sunday i mean are you going to see the sort of evolution that you saw in belarus where people are prepared to go into the streets on a more regular basis i don't think at this point we can gauge how powerful the vollies poll is but he's also going up against a very organized authoritarian system a very established police state that you know is going to push back. and that's going to be the clash i i personally i think putin made a tactical error i think arrestee involved in evolving his return actually is put putin in a box because you know he now has to do something you know back down or perhaps send him on the jail for a number of years and that's going to get attention in a ball me that nevaeh might not have attracted had he simply come back and been allowed to return and then go on with whatever is going to do what evidence would you if this were a sort of a council of wise men and women which it indeed did it is in many ways they've the german government was a couple long unsay was advised to you have for us didn't approach in this crisis in russia with the w

well opposition is growing to belarus hosting this year's ice hockey world championships starting in late may well racine president alexander lukashenko security forces have brutally crackdown on opposition protests local schenkel warmly embraced international ice hockey federation chief rene foss on monday in minsk the president promised fossil a state and secure tournament fossils as he hopes the championship well unify by that and divide well the co-host latvia say that should not be rewarded with the tournament now european politicians have joined the criticism calling for the country to be stripped of hosting rights. alexander lukashenko is a big ice hockey fan he's often seen showing off his skills on the rink but look at the cues to abusing the sport to critics a world championship in better routes would be used his image it's a process what we did today is asian focused. on the stand for example delegations from other countries will call on countries from canada where you say money from your countries will come to means it's means it's a. hit. the question. is the government'

i had visions of belarus and visions of romania circa 1989, which is hard to believe.ciate you circling back to 9/11, 2001, because i think in my mind, this is the closest i got to that feeling of emptiness inside. and as americans, i think we're just thirsty right now for leadership. and i think the kind of leadership and congress in society where you can put your party affiliations aside and speak for america. and i think right now our nation needs that. we're having a crisis of confidence. and i will say that i heard last week on the hill which i think is apropos that right now there's not one person or entity in america who could speak for america, which more than 50% of the american people will have. and i think that's the real crisis of confidence we have in our democracy. >> so eloquently put. bill, were you disheartened at all to hear that some law enforcement officers, your former colleagues, in a way, are also under investigation for possible involvement or inappropriate support to the insurrectionists? >> well, and, as you know, i spent 24 years in the fbi.

i think we - should be wary about comparisons with belarus for now.e stimulus was the elections, that was something that really a whole nation got behind. a lot of people coming out today, it interesting, they're saying that they don't necessarily support him as a politician, they don't necessarily want to see him as leader of this country, but they see what is happening to him, they worry about it, they say it's lawlessness, it's illegal, and they have to come out because if it can happen to him, you can happen to anybody in this country including them. so the protests are significant, they are important, and i think the important thing about them is not so much their scale, thing about them is not so much theirscale, it's thing about them is not so much their scale, it's to spread across their scale, it's to spread across the country. last week and in particular, we saw protests in almost 200 towns and cities across russia and in many places, even there, in —40, —50 degrees, people coming out onto the streets. so it is significant, given the very re

an organization that represents the interests of german athletes and is also in contact with the belarus opposition welcome to the program and thank you for joining us we know that mr lucas go told the head of the international ice hockey yesterday that politics would have nothing to do with may's world championship what do you think of that where you know i think 1st of all it's right that the finally looks for terms of options and different host countries. but i think this is caution we are how do we look if sports should influence politics that's not a discussion what it's all about is a human rights responsibility and if you're right you do it as a small organization so that our human rights violations taking place and blows which lie in the sphere of influence of sport because human rights athletes are like us well not only of the whole since society and therefore sporting organisations should take care of their human rights you gerges so what do you see then as the dangers perhaps you can just elaborate for us and walk us through it your viewpoint on this lucas shank oh you know if

india to world war ii—era europe for persian lessons, a gripping melodrama that was going to be belarus'shis year's best international feature oscar, but which was pulled at the last moment amid reports that it didn't meet the academy's strict eligibility requirements. nahuel perez biscayart, who made such an impact in 120 bpm, carries the weight of the film as a jewish prisoner who escapes execution by pretending to be persian and then finds himself having to teach farsi, a language he does not speak, to nazi camp commandant klaus, played by lars eidinger. what follows is a linguistic game of cat and mouse in which our antihero must not only invent but also remember hundreds, thousands of words, words dreamed up through association with the individual prisoners who pass through this hellish environment. although declared as being inspired by a true story, persian lessons feels like a theatrical conceit, a tense two—hander that happens to be playing out against the backdrop of the darkest chapter of human history. but for all its air of artifice, the film does pack an emotional punch, tha

for months the citizens of belarus have been taking to the streets calling for fresh elections and democracy they are accusing the autocratic president lukashenko of rigging last year's vote there is shimon is cracking down on its critics 30000 belarusians have already been arrested opposition leaders are either behind bars or in exile thousands have fled to neighboring with wayne ia and many more are still trying to escape oppression and persecution in their home country we met one woman who has made it her mission to help the protesters find safety in lithuania. the tell you was born in bella groups but she looked into any of her 20 years no she's taken on the task of helping her countrymen to cross the border and escape the regime of alexander lukashenko in bello groups the people coming to us have to get out really fast like they're running from a fire they don't have anything to eat and no roof over their heads because they're on the rani so far we've taken in 210 people that's quite a lot i never would have thought we could do it it's a call comes in from a political activist in bella

natalee was born in belarus but she's lived in lithuania for 20 years now enjoying success as a real estate agent since the summer of 2020 she's taken on the town of helping her compound treats to cross the border and escape the dictator's regime and bella rose . the people who come to us have to get out really fast like running from a fire.

this guess is not for germany they're simply replacing the transit that went through ukraine and belarus through germany and supplying the european customers so this is a geo political decision by germany it's a clash with washington over 3 administrations now over what should be the policy of europe and the americans the transatlantic policy to stand up to russia but if you just policy of germany or the other one yes mr i don't know thank you found much by fighting this complex issue thank you ok well thanks. time now for a look at some of the other business stories making news a top french railway executive says eurostar is in a critical stage following an 85 percent drop in travel between britain and the european continent last year eurostar is currently operating just one service a day between paris and london before the pandemic it offer 2 trains per hour during peak times. germany's health ministry says deliveries of the vaccine developed by biotech and pfizer will be delayed in the coming weeks as pfizer modifies its plant in poorest belgium the company is changing its manufacturi

to see what happens on sunday i mean are you going to see the sort of evolution that you saw in belarus where people are prepared to go into the streets on a more regular basis i don't think at this point we can gauge how powerful the vollies pull that is but he's also going up against a very organized authoritarian system a very established police state that you know is going to push back. and that's going to be the clash i i personally i think putin made a tactical error i think arresting involving and evolving his return actually is put putin in a box because you know he now has to do something you know back down or perhaps send a volley of jail for a number of years and that's going to get attention in a volley that no volley might not have attracted had he simply come back and been allowed to return and then go on with whatever is going to do what evidence would you if this were to sort of a council of wise men and women which it indeed it is in many ways to save the german government was a couple and say was advice do you have for us didn't approach in this crisis in russia with t

we saw on the streets of belarus, _ from detention.belarus, the streets | from detention. we saw on the i streets of belarus, the streets can be —— protests can be very significant although in the short—term do not change too much. michael, what you think the thinking will be in the biden white house? in words, internationally. how will they want to respond miss they will want to encourage and welcome the flourishing of independent protest but know that the more they show support for it, foreigners have sent him back to our country to ferment dissent. , ., ., ., ,, dissent. first of all, it will take a while, because, _ dissent. first of all, it will take a while, because, as _ dissent. first of all, it will take a while, because, as we - dissent. first of all, it will take a while, because, as we will i dissent. first of all, it will take i a while, because, as we will talk about— a while, because, as we will talk about with — a while, because, as we will talk about with joe _ a while, because, as we will talk about with joe biden's _

thousands of square miles of territory in belarus and russia, an area populated by 5 million people was blanketed withfallout . microscopic pieces of fuel and graphite, hold on. microscopic pieces of fuel and graphite fell on the pine trees around the station itself, changing the color of the needles and creating what became known as the redforest . it was clearlyvisible in this photograph . pripyat became a ghost town and the reactor resembled a ghost town as tens of thousands of soviet troops were drafted into try to decontaminate the area . but the reactor itself remain open to the air. the ministry of machine building was charged with carrying out the wreckage with what the leader of the government described as a concrete and steel. the before they can do that the reactor had to be cleared from the complex. they attempted to use robots to do the job, some of which like this one were brilliantly developed towork on the surface of the moon . but even these nailed in the wreckage and intense radiation fields on the roof of the plant and eventually a government commission took the decis

the belarus protests have been going through the winter almost daily. in moscow. thank you. i want to bring in vladimir caramusa, president of the free russia foundation. similarly to navalny he was also mysteriously poisoned not once, but twice. good to see you. i want to pick up on a point that matthew made. the protests are in many cases around corruption in the putin regime. your argument is not that there's corruption in the putin regime, that much everybody knows it's that it is tacitly approved up and i don't know if you want to call it encouraged by the west. >> good morning, ali. it is always good to be on your program. yes, we've known for many years the biggest export from vladimir's putin to the west ms. not been oil, it's corruption. it's the system that putin has built up and that is a two-way street as you correctly pointed out and for someone to export corruption someone has to be willing to import it. in four years we've seen no shortage of western governments, western politicians and western banks and financial institutions and others

and you know, even seen how it works on the example of neighboring belarus, which has seen sustained,ow going on for six months, and the belarusian dictator, just keeps stomping around with his machine gun, literally, and cracking down and throwing people in jail and torturing them. and unfortunately, i think that's what we're beginning to see in russia. we're beginning to see an unprecedented crackdown. not that things were good before. but what we're seeing is people getting arrested, including the editor of a leading opposition newspaper, which has been covering the protests, including all of navalny's closest allies are being held in jail. and you know, i'm afraid that's how the regime is going to respond. >> masha, what is driving people to show up? what is driving people to revolt in russia right now? and what is driving someone like alexey navalny, who full well knows he may well not survive this time? he was lucky to survive the first time. >> i think navalny's bravery is part of what's driving these protests. navalny has been -- navalny's message and his allies' message at th

tournament as a result said he hopes the championship will unify rather found divide co-host latvia say belarus should not be rewarded with a tournament now european politicians have joined the criticism calling for the country to be stripped of its hosting duties. alexander lukashenko is a big ice hockey fan he's often seen showing off the scale from the rink but look use accused of using the sport to critiques a world championship in better reduce would beast his image it's a process often it is a shameful question because. all understand when. delegations from other countries will call on countries from canada from you say money from your countries come to means it's means it's a. hit. the question. is the government or government and it's all the question from critics how can a country be allowed to host an international competition when peaceful protesters are being beaten up and thrown in jail members of the european parliament have now taken up the issue writing to the international ice hockey federation and calling for better reefs to be stripped of the tournament there is a federation

we look at visions of belarus and romania circa 1989 which is hard to believe and certainly takes you 9/11 in 2001 because my mind this is as close as i got to bed feeling of emptiness inside and as americans think we are just thirsty right now for leadership and i think the kind of leadership in congress in society where you could put your party -- aside and speak for americans. i think right now our nation needs that. i will say i heard last week on the hill that right now there's not one person or entity in america who would speak for america which 46% of the american people believe and that's the real crisis we have in our democracy. >> so eloquently put. were you disheartened at all to hear that some law enforcement officers and colleagues in a way are also under investigation for possible involvement or inappropriate support for the insurrectionist collects. >> 24 years in the fbi and i was on the s.w.a.t. team and i have a lot of empathy for the men and women who wear the uniform everyday and protect people. i will let the investigations play themselves out. i can tell you it w

the longest and most exhausting animal transport currently starts from germany going through poland belarusnd russia all the way to central asia. in february 29000 a team of animals angels activists followed one of their transports. the group filmed both trucks from their 1st supply stop in small and. the journey takes place in driving snow and icy temperatures. and that despite it being illegal to transport animals below 5 degrees celsius. just ends or you can see the cyclops on the truck or open field engineer the animals are covered in snow when the outside temperature 'd is below minus 7 so you have the added problem of the well to systems for using and the transplant didn't transport. the animals are suffering from exhaustion the animal welfare group says that because of the cold and the slow roads the trucks hardly stop even though they're on a 6000 kilometer trip that will last days. when they do stop it's only to throw in some pot or to the animals. during veterinarian checks if they left germany the drivers had given assurances that they would make proper stops that supply stations

the longest and most exhausting animal transport currently starts from germany going through poland belarus and russia all the way to central asia. in february 21000 a team of animals angels activists followed one of their transports. the group filmed both trucks from their 1st supply stop and small that's. the journey takes place in driving snow and icy temperatures. and that despite it being illegal to transport animals below 5 degree celsius. dustin's or you can see the cyclops on the truck or open field actually the animals are covered in snow when the outside temperature is below minus 7 so you have the added problem of the water systems for using and the transport but in transport. the animals are suffering from exhaustion the animal welfare group says that because of the cold and the slow roads the trucks hardly stop even though they're on a 6000 kilometer trip that will last days. when they do stop it's only to throw in some part or to the animals. during veterinarian checks as they left germany the drivers have given assurances that they would make proper stops that supply stations

vaccination campaign with russia sport and health workers a 1st in line the country follows russia and belarus than in approving the shot argentina's health ministry reports a common vaccine reaction in only one percent of those who had the job such as a light headache present alberta finance's dismissed fears of using sputnik the warning it's fallen victim he said to a politically driven international smear campaign. in from him there is a very vicious dispute going on a very cruel dispute and a shameful one where by some discredit how this and i think the 1st thing to bear in mind is that a trade war has been unleashed also since the whole world is eager for the vaccine there's a geo political dispute who will be the want to distribute the vaccine. our sister channel our 2 spanish reporter from outside one vaccination center in the capital one is aries. will be remembered in argentina as the start of the biggest vaccination ever carried out in the country has received 300000 doses of v. now the focus is on monitoring the vaccination of medical workers and hospital staff of caring for people