we heard from dmitry peskov, vladimir putin's spokesman, and before the sanctions were imposed, he saidt is addicted to imposing restrictions, but he said the west needs to take a look at his approach and ask itself the question, does it make a difference. he said it absolutely doesn't. that is a pretty strong message from the kremlin. obviously behind the scenes, it could be a whole lot worse. when it comes to the united states, perhaps the actions concerning what happened to alex navalny may be over, this may be the limit, and that is something that the kremlin can essentially ride out. what is critical to the relationship with russia is what happens over the other things that russia is accused of in the united states -- election meddling, the solar wind attack. those could be more significant for the relationship with russia. katty: those we are waiting for. sarah rainsford joining us from moscow, thank you very much. earlier this week, iran rejected an offer from the european union to hold direct talks with the u.s. over the future of the 2015 iran nuclear deal. tehran wants sanctio

now as for the kremlin�*s response, well, dmitry peskov — vladimir putin's spokesman, has dismissed thed to applying restrictions. he said, "they should ask themselves one question though. "does it work?" and according to the kremlin spokesman, itjust doesn't. stay with us on bbc news, still to come — sex workers in the netherlands lobby parliament to be treated like other professionals and — like hairdressers and driving instructors — be allowed to return to work this week. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier. and so my heart went bang, bang, bang. the constitutional rights of these marchers are l their rights as citizens of the united states, i and they should be protected| even in the right to test them out, so they don't - get th

now as for the kremlin's response, well, dmitry peskov — vladimir putin's spokesman, has dismissed theing restrictions. he said, "they should ask themselves one question though. "does it work?" and according to the kremlin spokesman, itjust doesn't. sarah rainsford. stay with us on bbc news, still to come — as the un warns that cutting humanitarian aid to yemen would be a "death sentence", we report on what the lack of funding means for people in the country. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables, then suddenly the tables, the chairs and the people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier. and so my heart went bang, bang, bang. the constitutional rights of these . mergers are there rights as citizens of the united states, _ and they should be protected even in the right to test them out, - so they don't get their heads bro

happen anytime soon or where it could happen remember there were conversations here in russia dmitry peskov the kremlin spokesperson was asked about it and he said that this needs to happen at the right time when there isn't much discord this kind of meeting should be well prepared and now there you have it joe biden agreeing that a lot of our putin is a killer and also saying like you're hurt that he's going to pay the price which is very serious very serious and is it clear it. you know to understand. was he paying the price for i mean i haven't really gone into details have they about the accusations the reports of meddling in the reports that he's a killer but in terms of substantiate he was true as a journalist this would probably be the 1st thing that i asked joe biden why exactly is latimer putin a killer and what is he going to pay the price for so apparently this is also something that has to do with the latest u.s. intelligence report where it's said that vladimir putin was overseeing another meddling scheme and we're not talking about the 26th election we're talking about the lat

attache office to persuade brazil to reject the russian covert 19 vaccine while kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov would not comment on the specifics of the report he did tell bloomberg quote this doesn't contribute a joint effort to combat the coronavirus globally adding we believe that there should be as many doses of vaccines as possible so that all countries including the poorest have the opportunity to stop the pandemic how it should be noted that last week brazil had signed a deal to import 10000000 doses of the vaccine starting in april. so for more on all of this let's bring in our t. correspondent science haven't josiah. you know brand all throughout the been pandemic we heard wealthy nations promising 2 things right that there would be a vaccine race were countries are competing against each other and that people will be put 1st before profits but at the moment neither holds true 1st of the $381000000.00 vaccine doses administrate so far more than 50 percent of those vaccinations have gone to just 10 countries then there is a cost of the vaccine with the pharmaceutical companies have neg

leader alexina lonely with a nerve agent last year the kremlin has denied any role in the poisoning dmitri peskov a spokesman for russian president vladimir putin weighed in on the latest sanctions tuesday evening. such restrictions absolutely unacceptable they prove the. united states and the european union which are already into. this is nothing but interference in elections. and for more on this let's bring in professor richard wolfe host of economic update and author of the sickness is the system when capitalism fails to save us from pandemics or itself which is now available in e-book format and boom bust co-host and investigative journalist ben swan thank you both for being here to discuss this important topic now bet i want to start with you can we break down what exactly these sanctions do and who is being sanctioned. so as with and has been the case as of late it's not essential necessarily against a country that sanctions that are being issued against specific people so in this case what we know is it is apparently a total of 7 senior russian officials and 14 entity's they are apparentl