news live from berlin russia piles on the prosecutions against from when craig elects a no ball name this time he is charged with slandering and for battering the ball he has already been sentenced to 2 years in prison for violating parole to russia's 4 lanes which are bursting fast. over his face. also coming up these violent scenes could happen again that is the final word from crawl.

this is the deed of news the live from berlin russia expels diplomats from germany sweden and poland as tensions rise over the jailing of kremlin critic alexina valving visiting moscow as mr millet no volleys put on trial again the european union's foreign affairs chief says relations with russia are at a low point also coming up a court in turkey again refuses an appeal to release prominent philanthropists. or get the latest from our correspondent in istanbul. i'm told me a lot of both thank you for joining us germany has summoned the russian ambassador over the kremlin's expulsion of swedish polish and german diplomats russia chooses them of participating in illegal protests against the jailing of opposition figure alexina volley the kremlin made the announcement while the european union's top diplomat just of coral was in moscow he described the blocks ties with russia as being under severe strain. it was supposed to be a day to mend strained ties between the european union and russia but when 3 diplomats from sweden poland and germany were expelled from russia friday evening the

this is ditto 1000000000 years alive from berlin russia expels diplomats from germany sweden and poland as tensions rise over the jailing of kremlin critic alexina vonnie visiting moscow as mr millet no volleys put on trial again the european union's foreign affairs chief says relations with russia are at a low point also coming up a court in turkey again refuses an appeal to release prominent philanthropist. will get the latest from our correspondent in istanbul. i'm told me a lot of thank you for joining us germany has summoned the russian ambassador over the kremlin's expulsion of swedish polish and german diplomats russia accuses them of participating in illegal protests against the jailing of opposition figure alexina vonnie the kremlin made the announcement while the european union's top diplomat just up but i'll was in moscow he described the blocks ties with russia as being under severe strain. it was supposed to be a day to mend strained ties between the european union and russia but when 3 diplomats from sweden poland and germany were expelled from russia. right evening the me

this is the dublin news live from berlin russia expels diplomats from germany sweden and poland as tensions rise over the jailing of kremlin critic i like seeing the bonnie visit in moscow as mr vote no volley is put on trial again the european union's foreign affairs chief says relations with russia are at a low point also coming up of course in turkey again refuses to appeal the fuses and appeal to release a prominent philanthropist man cavalia will get the latest from our correspondent in istanbul. i'm told me a lot of well thank you for joining us germany has summoned the russian ambassador over the kremlin's expulsion of swedish polish and german diplomats russia accuses them of participating in illegal. protests against the jailing of opposition figure alexina vonnie the kremlin made the announcement a while the european union's top diplomat. was in moscow he described the blocks ties with russia as being under severe strain. it was supposed to be a day to mend strained ties between the european union and russia but when 3 diplomats from sweden poland and germany were expelled from ru

this is the only news live from berlin russia expels diplomats from germany sweden and poland as tensions rise over the jailing of kremlin critic alex you know visiting moscow as mr not all need is put on trial again the european union's foreign affairs chief says relations with russia are at a low point also coming up a court in turkey again refuses an appeal to release prominent philanthropists qabala will get the latest from our correspondent in istanbul. and before they head to slightly what qatar by munich signed off with a narrow win extending their legal lead bring you reaction. i'm told me a lot of both thank you for joining us germany has summoned the russian ambassador over the kremlin's expulsion of swedish polish and german diplomats russia accuses them of participating in illegal protests against the jailing of opposition figure alexina vonnie the kremlin made the announcement while the european union's top diplomat joseph burrell was in moscow he described the block's ties with russia as being under severe strain. it was supposed to be a day to mend strained ties between the

this is news live from berlin russia ties understrength on a visit to moscow the european union's top diplomat calls the jailing of kremlin critic alexei navalny a low point involving is now on trial again this time for defamation. meanwhile they protested in moscow and now they are paying the price will speak to friends and relatives of those arrested in protests supporting opposition leader a lesson on it also coming up merkel is back.

business date of any news live from berlin russia piles on the prosecutions against crime and critic elex a novelli this time he is charged with slandering a war veteran malaise already been sentenced to 2 years in prison for violating parole russia's relations with the e.u. are worsening fast over his fate also coming up donald trump's lawyers begin setting out their defense in the 2nd impeachment trial of the former u.s. president prosecutors say trump and signs had the riot at the capitol building and that's why.

news live from berlin russia piles on the prosecutions against kremlin critic alexina vaulting this time he is charged with slandering and grows more to better and he has already been sentenced to 8 years in prison for violating parole in the fall he has been held in russian custody since returning from germany where does life a safe after being poisoned just disappearing up these violent scenes could happen again that's the final word from prosecutors impeaching donald trump for at least voting to convict him they are urging a speedy conviction but now it is the turn of trump's lawyers to make their case for acquittal clocks ahead of tokyo's olympic organizing committee and resigns his sexist remarks calls an uproar and cast attention on japan's sluggish progress toward center of quality. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program kremlin critic alexina vali is back in court this time on charges of defaming a world war 2 veteran who appeared in a government to video these are the latest pictures from the volley inside of a courtroom in moscow he was recently sentenced to say. well years in

nerve agent novacek was identified as a poisoning agent in violet it almost cost him his life in berlin russia is saying that this whole case of not buying me is about to be being used and abused in order to buy some countries destroy the e.u. relations and they are pointing the finger to e.u. they're saying there this was completely uncalled for and now they're responding to this in such men there by basically accusing a certain diplomats of participating in an authorized release alexander thank you very much alexandra good for their reporting from moscow. there have been protests across me in ma and neighboring countries to demonstrations continue to push back against the military coup that's after one of deposed leader and sons to cheese close aides was arrested when tim is a senior at n.l. the party figure for many a political prisoner who spent decades campaigning against military rule the n.l. sees as it supports the disobedience campaign teachers and university students are among the latest groups to express their opposition to military rule al-jazeera sculped has more. more and more pe

president joe biden took office but the strained ties with russia overshadowed the talks berlin and paris have taken different approaches to dealing with moscow after a lesson of only was jailed both however condemned russia's actions. and our chief international editor richard walker was at that press conference he joins us for more hi richard we are now seeing that there berlin has some of the russian ambassador after moscow expelled those 3 european diplomats what do you make of this. yeah i mean that's really almost the least that you would expect to happen after a move like that which the german side and the e.u. broadly has definitely dismissed as unjustified angela merkel herself saying that there was actually no reason for these expulsions to take place and we've been in contact with the foreign ministry here in berlin trying to find out if any further measures are going to follow soon so obviously we'll report on those if and when we hear back on that but i mean it really is striking just how the relationship between the e.u. broadly and germany and france in particular and russi

this is news live from berlin e.u. russia ties understrength on a visit to moscow the european union's top diplomat calls the jailing of kremlin critic alexei navalny a low point involving is now on trial again this time for defamation. meanwhile they protested in moscow and now they are paying the price will speak to friends and relatives of those arrested in protests supporting opposition leader a lesson on it also coming up and merkel is back america is back diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy. president joe biden announces a reversal of trunks on their 1st agenda. and fleeing the war only to find even more suffering bitter cold and the pandemic make like even harder for syria's refugees sheltering in the province would meet a family whose efforts to keep warm ended in tragedy. i'm susan was going to it's good to have you with us in moscow the european union's top diplomat has said that the e.u.'s ties with russia are under severe strain after the imprisonment of kremlin critic alexis of all me made the c

this is news live from berlin. russia ties understrength on a visit to moscow the european union's top diplomat calls the jailing of kremlin critic alexis a low point of the mommy is now on trial again this time for defamation. meanwhile they protested in moscow and now they're paying the price we speak to friends and relatives of those arrested in protest supporting opposition leader alexina. also coming out. mercury is back.

well rebecca suggestions that russia might be preparing for war have certainly perplexed the government here in berlin the foreign ministry spokesman said that these comments from circle of rolf were strange and hard to understand and other german politicians have been pointing out. that you know russia would perhaps act in its against its own interests if it isolated itself from the e.u. and suggesting this is just saber rattling the german foreign minister heiko marse has condemned russia's treatment of alexina valley and opposition protesters but has also said that germany continues to be interested in cooperation with russia they don't want to drive russia or into the arms of china as he put it but of course these type of comments from the russian foreign minister don't make the dialogue and cooperation any easier what about their german government approach to sanctions especially when it comes to their position on that controversial gas pipeline between the 2 countries. well bert lynn has not ruled out more e.u. sanctions being imposed on russia and of course some other e.u. countries are quite k

this is d w news live from berlin e.u. russia ties under strain on a visit to moscow the european union's foreign affairs chief says the jailing of prime one critical lesson of all need is a low point to all name is now on trial again this time for defamation. meanwhile german chancellor angela merkel condemns the kremlin.

this is the the view news live from berlin e.u. russia times on the severe strain on a visit to moscow the european union's top diplomat calls the jailing of kremlin critic i was in a valley a low point van is now on trial again this time for defamation also coming up. the u.s. is back on the world step president joe biden announces a reversal america 1st agenda also wants to end support for the war in yemen and stop the withdrawal of troops from. only 2 percent of germans have received a vaccination so far and most germans think the roll out is still far too slow that's putting pressure on chancellor not up the temple as elections in september. as welcome to the program in moscow the european union's top diplomats just apparel has said that the e.u. ties with russia the pressure following the imprisonment of kremlin critic alexei navalny were all made comments during a meeting with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is the 1st visit by a senior diplomat since $2817.00. meetings agenda also included the iran nuclear deal the situation

let's bring in leon a fix here she's a russia expert at the curb a foundation here in berlin then at western relations with russia are very strained after the conviction of election avani what options are there for addressing these tensions diplomatically. that's a very good question and that's the idea of the book to the well of the who are presented if that we've just heard about to attempt to use a diplomatic path instead of the sanctions the u.s. ambassador have already announced that they will because you like distillation after the conviction of alexei navalny the e.u. has so said we will wait when the money was arrested and i think the visit of the well might also be one of the test cases to see what kind of with dollars will he be able to bring home will it be in the end of the good of bad timing and bad blokes and might that be for the youth an occasion to think about sanctions when diplomatic means especially when it comes to washington method policy usually that those successful. europe and germany in particular walk a fine line trying to maintain business relations with ru

this is the the view news live from berlin e.u. russia times are the severe strain on a visit to moscow the european union's top diplomat calls the jailing of kremlin critic i was in a valley a low point than he is now on trial again this time for defamation also coming up. the u.s. is back on the world stage president joe biden announces a reversal america 1st agenda also wants to end support for the war in yemen and stop the withdrawal of troops from.

news live from berlin e.u. russia ta is under severe strain on a visit to moscow the european union's top diplomat calls the jailing of critics. a low point on it is now on trial again this time for defamation also coming up fleeing war only to find even more suffering bitter cold and the pandemic make life even harder for syria's refugees sheltering in the middle of probably the province we meet a family whose efforts to keep them warm ended in tragedy. and the u.s. is back on the world stage president joe biden announces a reversal of trump's america 1st agenda he also wants to end support for the war in yemen and stop the use drawl of troops from the. first welcome to the program in moscow the european union's top diplomat just sapporo said that the use ties with russia the pressure following the imprisonment of kremlin critic alexei navalny barrel made the comments during a meeting with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is the 1st reason visit by a senior e.u. diplomat since 2070. the meetings agenda also inc

president joe biden took office but the strain ties with russia overshadowed the talks berlin and paris paris have taken different approaches to dealing with moscow after alexian of all he was jailed both however condemned russia's actions. and do you ever use chief international editor richard walker was listening in to that press conference for us and he joins us for more hi richard are we going to see any type of retaliation here from germany or for press. yeah i mean there's such a litany of disagreements between the e.u. and russia right now that it's almost hard to know where to begin of course the news of these expulsions of these 3 diplomats including one german one accused by russia of having taken part in protests over what's happened with alexei navalny just the latest news to happen something that both leaders did condemn as we just heard but there was no talk of additional consequences relating to that although we did hear from heiko massa's the german foreign minister earlier in the day that that if it stays with this expulsion then that cannot go unanswered was what he sa

saying that the case is politically motivated election of ali was detained upon his arrival to russia from berlin a couple of weeks ago there he was treated for what he calls a poisoning so basically when he was detained upon arrival he called he and his supporters called on people to gather in the streets to protest and so they did we've seen 2 consecutive weekends of protests and basically people tens of thousands of people showed up. we've seen violence from both of the police and the protesters. thousands of people have been detained basically the authorities are saying that none of these none of these protests were sanctioned or thrice by the government like we've heard from officials saying well people have have a right to voice their anger but they should do it in accordance with the law and according to the russian law the organizers of the meeting should get the approval basically they have to agree on a location with the authorities the authorities do not have a right to just turn down this road to turn this down so the basically they just have to if the if the authorities do not agree

this is the news live from berlin new european sanctions over russia's opposition crackdown foreign ministers all of a new countries back a punitive measures directed at those responsible for the jailing of kremlin critic alex saying the valley will have analysis from brussels also coming up more any use sanctions this time on myanmar as military it comes after hundreds of thousands of demonstrators called a general strike and flock to the streets in protest of the coup that. and the chance.

w news coming to you live from berlin of 1000 people arrested in russia after the jailing of kremlin critic alexei no bonnie riot police turned out in force in moscow to prevent people from demonstrating against the court's ruling activists say they're targeting peaceful protesters dipali accuses president but amir putin of trying to intimidate his critics also coming up the fight against the pandemic gets a big.

nevaeh only as you know he was flown to germany for treatment in a berlin hospital immediately upon his return from germany to russia he was thrown into prison on charges of having violated a prior parole agreement by not showing up for parole meetings in russia while he was in the hospital in germany european union officials have just announced they are now going to be imposing additional sanctions on 4 russian officials in connection with the no volley affair but of course germany deeply embroiled there as well so so a very rough time for germany russian relations indeed and what kind of political consequences could we talking about about these spying allegations. well we already have german sanctions on russia imposed after $24.00 to in connection with the russian takeover of crimea we also have additional sanctions that were imposed last fall in connection with the and again now this week the european union has announced new sanctions as i said so the question is how much further is there to go on sanctions certainly the chancellor has said that relations with russia are troubled and germany's foreign minister w

berlin's interior ministry says advocates attacks on civilians and promotes the so-called islamic state that had been under surveillance for 2 years. a german national has been charged with spying for russia at the german parliament the bond stock the case is likely to worsen tensions between berlin and moscow on the man is believed to have passed data relating to the blindest togs laid out to employ eat at the russian embassy in 2017 the suspect was working for an electrical firm that carried out regular checks around the parliament german intelligence services have issued repeated warnings about russian spying attempts or cyber attacks. ok let's get you more on this story we are joined by our chief political correspondent melinda crane linda what more have you learned about this case. well from what we understand this man decided of his own accord to hand over the country dental floor plans of the buddhist tug building and then took it upon himself to contact an agent with the russian military intelligence agency the our view in order to pass on the plans we're not quite sure how the federal prosecutors found out about this whether it was through a tip off or surveillance for now they'r

news live from berlin and more than a 1000 people are arrested in russia after the jailing of kremlin critic alexina's baldpate riot police are now being forced into moscow to prevent people from demonstrating against the court ruling activists say that they are targeting peaceful protesters the vulgarly accuses president vladimir.

news live from berlin and more than a 1000 people are arrested in russia after the jailing of kremlin critic alexina valving riot police turn out in force in moscow to prevent people from demonstrating against the court ruling activists say that they are targeting peaceful protesters not only accuses president putin of trying to.

this is t w news coming to you live from berlin more than a 1000 people are arrested in russia after the jailing of kremlin critic alexei navalny bribed police turned out in force in moscow to prevent people from demonstrating against the court's ruling activists say they're targeting peaceful protesters of on the accuses president vladimir putin of trying to intimidate his critics also coming up the fight against the pandemic gets a boost after advanced trials show russia's sputnik vaccine is more than 90 percent effective against covert 19. and another life lost to the virus after raising millions of pounds for front line workers the 100 year old world war 2 veteran captain tom war loses his own battle against covert 19. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us security forces in russia have arrested more than 1400 people during rallies to protest against the jailing of anticorruption campaign or elects in a body witnesses say police used excessive force to detain peaceful protesters earlier he was sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating the terms of his prob

this is state of the news coming to you live from berlin more than a 1000 people are arrested in russia after the jailing of kremlin critic alexina riot police turned out in force in moscow to prevent people from demonstrating against the court's ruling activists say they're targeting peaceful demonstrators the bani accuses president vladimir putin of trying to intimidate his presence also coming up the fight against the pandemic gets a boost after a bench trial showed russia sputnik the vaccine is more than 90 percent effective against hope it's nike. and the 12 year old boy noah jones from england is causing a stir in the international park's world. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us security forces in russia have arrested more than 1400 people during rallies to protest against the jailing of anti corruption campaigner alexina body witnesses say police used excessive force to detain peaceful protesters earlier nevada he was sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating the terms of his parole western governments have condemned the ruling and called for his immed

we're not talking about just the period of time when he was receiving treatment in berlin and upon his return to russia up until his return to russia it goes way before that apparently he was violating his parole conditions for 4 years and the government the government they treated the kind of got away with a slap on the wrist while not this time and world the judge decided to side with the prosecution because you've done of their will following the verdict around supporters took to the streets of central moscow to protest the ruling the area was quickly cordoned off by riot police near red square many of the protesters were detained as the demonstration had not been approved by the authorities about his lawyers insist that the opposition figure had always met the terms of his parole and said that they would appeal against the ruling. now some countries including the u.s. have already suggested imposing sanctions on russia over the no boundary case earlier we got the views of political analysts. it's just that the hypocrisy of the west as we know it and this is it at its finest how can the west give le

we're not talking about just the period of time when he was receiving treatment and berlin and upon his return to russia up until his return to russia it goes way before that apparently he was violating his parole conditions for 4 years and the government the government they treated him well they kind of got away with a slap on the wrist while not this time and while the judge decided to side with the prosecution. team from the world health organization have finally visited averil a-g. laboratory in the chinese city of homs which has been at the forefront of speculation about the origins of. cars carrying the team members were escorted by chinese security forces and made their way to the research center the w.h.o. mission to the city where the 1st cluster of the role of virus emerged is aiming to identify what led to the pandemic. let's bring you to istanbul where police have clashed with students scenes were sparked by a decision by president to appoint a new director or a top university a move students seize on democratic tear gas was reportedly used by police with numerous arrests. dramatic footage h

we're not talking about just the period of time when he was receiving treatment and berlin and upon his return to russia up until his return to russia it goes way before that apparently he was violating his parole conditions for 4 years and the government the government they treated it was the kind of you know you got away with a slap on the wrist while not this time and world the judge decided to side with the prosecution. project now to see what programs are coming up over the next few days all r.t. and then in moments we go straight to wall of the staging to find out what's showing in your part of the world. i'm action or chance you're welcome to another lockdown edition of going underground is the usa you in britain continue to arm israel in violation of countless un resolutions even as it mounts a reported land invasion of gaza complete with aerial warplane bombardment all amidst a global coronavirus pandemic after allegations of a breach of article for the geneva convention israel has now begun making $5000.00 covert vaccines available to palestinian medics some believe the move is to ingratiate i

we're not talking about just the period of time when he was receiving treatment and berlin and upon his return to russia up until his return to russia it goes way before that apparently he was violating his parole conditions for 4 years and the government the government they treated it well they kind of got away with a slap on the wrist while not this time and while the judge decided to side with the prosecution and reminder to have your say in any of those stories why not leave a comment or 2 on earth facebook page lively there of an evening you know neal this is r.t. international. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you there. how best to describe the events being played out in the financial markets david versus goliath the rise of populist finance or the corruption of the financial system being exposed again one thing is for sure there is a strong demand to democratize the financial world the little guy demands also participate in big finance and government. this is boom bust the one business show

germany is demanding russia immediately release the jailed opposition leader it's the 1st time berlin has spoken out on the matter of on the was detained when he returned from germany after receiving treatment for a poisoning you lawmakers are urging berlin to cancel a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline from russia because of these arrests hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist jimmy lai will remain in jail while judges consider his bail application the 73 year old is accused of conspiring with foreign forces under china's sweeping national security law in a hearing on monday government lawyers argued those charged under the law should be held in custody if you go holland was outside the court in hong kong she has more on the background of this case. this case in particular to sell great interest to beijing it's a very sensitive case and it's also the 1st national security law case to reach the final court of appeal now he was granted bail on december 23rd already but due to noises from beijing mostly in the form of state media commenting on how hong kong's courts were not w

we're not talking about just the period of time when he was receiving treatment in berlin and upon his return to russia up until his return to russia it goes way before that apparently he was violating his parole conditions for 4 years and the government the government they treated it with a kind of you know you got away with a slap on the wrist well not this time and world the judge decided to side with the prosecution for certain for a russian city had been tried in a russian court according to russian law everyone outside of russia seems to have a very strong opinion on that that was actually. well some countries including the u.s. have already suggested imposing sanctions on russia over the whole of our saga we spoke to our guests who shot that falls on the matter. it's just the hypocrisy of the west as we know it and this is it at its finest how can the west give lessons but to russia when we see the way for example the hill best movement was treated in france 3000 political opponents during these demonstrations were condemned in france 1000 political opponents were imprisoned in a mineral managem

we're not talking about just the period of time when he was receiving treatment and berlin and upon his return to russia up until his return to russia it. way before that apparently he was violating his will parole conditions for 4 years and the government the government they treated it well they kind of got away with a slap on the wrist while not this time and while the judge decided to side with the prosecution. following the fire technophiles porters took to the streets of seattle moscow to protest the ruling the area was quickly cordoned off by riot police deployed red square many of the protesters were detained us for demonstration had not been approved by the authorities but sometime trees including the u.s. have already suggested imposing sanctions on russia over the violence case specht want guess that thoughts on what. is just the hypocrisy of the west as we know it and this is its finest how can the west give lessons that to russia when we see the way for example the youngest movement was treated in france 3000 political opponents during these demonstrations were condemned in france 1000 polit