intervention and vladimir putin clearly is going to have this conversation if it happens with lucas shankar but is the president elect missing a trick a she's in exile how come she hasn't publicly at least reached out to the russians and and asked for some sort of negotiations. i don't think this is as a direct line of communication with mr putin the kremlin doesn't act like this for the kremlin and for size and that it recognizes the exam to look who's been its loyal ally 026 year i think there are 3 areas where. russian ability and talks with the whole 1st political area. even now russia has been supporting with the with information support diplomatic support i think that the military enforced crunchers cause a lot of advice from russia right now operating in bellows jim politico area which is very important i think here for a look at is under pressure he could consider reconsider his position on ukraine and georgia that will be a very powerful boost to move to of the kremlin ego and thirdly a lot of economic issues that this is where look at franco would definitely try to make the best y

but when we're talking about assumptions that mr lucas shankar was heading to saw to ask for some kind of support this is a dramatic twist because if you look back just a little bit and see and listen to what mr lucas ankle was saying before the election we do remember that he didn't mince his words at all while talking about his partnership with moscow he was very tough at one point he said referring to the russians that we used to be brothers now we're just partners old later when the crisis began the tone changed completely in august he even called vladimir putin his elder brother and of the 2 the leaders have been on the phone very often now they're meeting face to face. but on the other hand i do have to say that perhaps mr lucas shango doesn't want to find himself in a position when everyone's talking about this as some kind of trip to get all the support that's why previously he said that he is on the way to russia to talk about the agreements that were discussed previously between moscow and mintz however it spun never is published i suppose it does look like he's coming to mos

was he going to succeed and no what it has now done it is shrink friends russia's position over lucas shankar because how did not change really interesting because then the unions say it's all for gosh i. wish rules which was formulated between yatsenyuk location cairo in the late 1996 would have come into being by now but look a shame color has so we get a sense chris in case of a helmet russia because look at shaker wants to be a presence of the union sites now that looks shanker has remarkably. president turns a person for assistance in france and that now hears it shows in every leverage so the kremlin to exercise oval office and so i actually believe that in this presently the west has actually placed an appearance hullo while i believe the materialization sooner than later of the union states well george but that's not why and the only game in here i mean and it's one of the things that i get very frustrated with looking at the west your narrative is because it's not about lucas it's about the place that we know is. you know russia and its relationship with russia and as marcus quite co

russia's position lucas shankar because i did not change litter same car then the unions say it's all for gosh i. wish rules which was formulated between yatsenyuk location tires in the late ninety's were some comments are being made by now but look a shame co has so we get a sense chris in case of a helmet russia because look if she wants to be a presence of the union sites now that looks shanghai or has a moderately. present. for assistance in france and that now gears it shows in every leisure it's so the kremlin to exercise other look at shanghai so i actually believe piece that innocent person plays the west has actually placed an appearance hullo while i believe the materialization soon are off and lace of the union states well george but that's the why and the only in here i mean and it's one of the things that i get very frustrated with looking at the west your narrative because it's not about lucas it's about the place that we know is be able to spell russia and its relationship with russia and as mark was quite regularly and in great detail i discuss this is a this is a sing

he going to succeed and no what it has now done it is shredded for and russia's position over lucas shankar because how did not change really interesting because then the unions say it's all for gosh i. wish rules which was formulated between yatsenyuk look a stranger in the late 1990 s. would have come into being by now but look as schenker has so we get a sense christian came to the helm and russia to this location who wants to be a presence of the union sites now that looks shanker has remarkably and our president turned to the person for assistance in france and i approve that now he is it shows. mary leverage so the kremlin to exercise unfair question or so i actually believe piece that innocent person place the west has actually placed an appearance will know what i believe the material i say shouldn't sooner go off and lay some of the union sites well george but that's the fly in the ointment here i mean and it's one of the things that i get very frustrated with looking at the west your narrative because it's not about lucas it's about the place that we know is be a ruse be all russi

tens of thousands of belarusians gathered in minsk for a 7th weekend to call for alexander lucas shankar to step down the demonstrations have been taking place since the disputed presidential election in august and look at those opponents and much of the international community say was rigged election code to not electoral fraud in was inaugurated on wednesday in an unannounced ceremony. still no end to the stalemate but these massive protests just won't stop either the demonstrators are determined to oust alexander lukashenko who last week swore himself in for a 6th term in office on sunday they mocked the man they believe is clinging to this throne. me feel like god. and they're here. for years and that's why he made his secret race a thief not right again was propositioned leaders had planted to kind of scalia dubbed sunday's protest the people's inauguration protestors came bearing her portrait they believe she not look as sankoh one disputed presidential election. and today we celebrated and. i don't know always will be sick in your lives but you know gratian of our presidents step

the whole discussion of bella reese has demonstrated that there is an effect to the fact that lucas shankar had to hold elections gave an element of hope to the opposition the fact that he continued to beat them undermine his legitimacy and now we see it very clearly that the majority of people in belarus do not want him as a leader so the openings that were fostered by the international community in that country have allowed the domestic grossest it's a place much more quickly than it might international community absolutely has nothing to do that we have to give the credit to the belorussian people and speaking out which for now it looks interim ancient parallel with russian hout but i think it's pretty clear to everybody that there is a signal level of tech city about can. that. he hasn't been able to insure his cell agendum is he asking wanted for these elections speaking not in moral terms and but in political terms. do you think what do you thing it everything like this can do you know blank for it. can it return to the old ways. one bath possible strategies it can employ to ensure it

is widely considered to been rigged she cannot sky fled to lithuania after the election which lucas shankar declared that he'd won by a wide margin. patients taking part in the clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine in russia of all developed antibodies according to a report in the lancet medical journal us the lancet says the trial is too small to prove the vaccine safety and effectiveness $40000.00 volunteers have used for the trials the kremlin has denounced international criticism of vaccines rapid development saying that it's an attempt to undermine russian research let's bring in derek gatherer who is just at lancaster university in the u.k. because you have a with that have you with us again derek is the kremlin right to be rather miffed at the fact that everybody seems to be pouring cold water on russia's development quick development of this vaccine. i think know they've released some data i think people will probably be a bit better disposed towards this particular saga in the beginning nothing's been raised it was all very secretive but no we have data in the lancet today from t

was an out of the country that people want to see what about lucas shankar himself i mean he's still hanging on to power we heard him say that there could be early elections in the country at the presser from within the country as well as from the international community doesn't seem to be swaying him would you agree. yes he made of the station but he's not acquired to go so he will dry out legal what that was possible for him to state remember he has nowhere to go if he resigns he will have to leave the country where would he go now that he doesn't really have many allies. who will be very happy to host him so he well he's instant if these are something which can be managed and that's he still has quite a lot of support in the country security operation is largely remained loyal so he just has to live through this trouble and period but the country will be more difficult to gotham and there will be less sense of magick less comply less acquaintance which he used there a litle but so that ricci will have to rely on that oppression much more than they used to do before and that is awa

otherwise the process that can be continued this is one sonata and another thing is that the moon lucas shankar is also a little a survivor but also. it is it is obvious already is holden to follow and the main question is that one will know why and the how how how how how long he will be holding to follow i think that the many observers here in russia think that. of course before the end of his presidential term he probably issue will step down but nobody could serve the issue of how much time it will take and. also i think that the protests with. and with that time will be fading away because nothing nothing nothing is happening actually and that is that he's no protests sunday they are as they are actually being broken into not only the city's process but also some some yachts process and other so they they they they are not they are not gaining momentum i think that they they they have gained the. sure there will go that's interesting that's your take about our correspondent on the ground and people we're speaking to on the ground seem to feel that it is gaining momentum and in fact that th

minsk calling on president alexander lucas to resign batteries as been gripped by anti-government protests since last month's disputed presidential election because shankar denies opposition accusations that he read the polls in order to stay in office he accuses western governments of conspiring against him. a gas pipeline has exploded in bangladesh at least 16 people have been killed it happened there are mosque outside the capital dhaka worshippers were attending prayers dozens of them suffered burns the course of the blast has yet to be determined. a search continues for a possible survivor but he through rubble of a collapsed building in beirut sensitive scanning equipment detected signs of breathing earlier this week rescuers have dug 3 tunnels into the building but so far nothing has been found in a honda is at the scene. day 3 of the search operation a body has not been found neither has a survivor there was hope but what we understand from engineers is that. the possibility of finding someone alive is really unlikely it's been 32 days and it's not just that this is the machines that the teams from chile used to detect signs of life they detected