basically means that people leave in its new craning and self proclaimed republics of deniece and lugansk will now have their right to get a russian passport in an easier way meaning less papers less time the law says it's not going to take less more than three months which is twice as last as for ordinary people and at the end of the day it will also promise less nightmare for these people of course the law says that it's done quotation on humanitarian grounds with the aim of protecting people's rights and freedoms because we don't have any intention to create problems for the new ukrainian authorities but we cannot tolerate a situation where people living on the terror. these. regions are completely deprived of civil rights. leaders in terms of human rights they cannot become an exercise the basic rights this is a purely humanitarian question and of course you've been covering the situation in the region since the start of the crisis back in two thousand and fourteen right yes you know i remember that day today almost exactly five years ago in april two thousand and fourteen people four

new russian initiative that will make it easier for people in the war torn regions of donetsk and lugansk to obtain russian citizenship in the bullpen has the details now the fifteen member body that leads the united nations held a meeting to discuss the situations of the peoples of ukraine now there is widespread condemnation by the united states britain france and other countries of russia's recent decision to decree that people living in ukraine's eastern region have the right to apply for russian citizenship by president of ukraine signing of the decree is yet another interference or deduction for the internal if over an independent state brutal way alicia. told you integrity and the unity of ukraine moving into local and when you. we're not interfering in ukraine's internal affairs and we're not engaged in creeping on exaggeration which is giving people the opportunity to solve critical problems with ortiz in kiev have refused to address alternately even before the decree hundreds of thousands of ukrainians had applied for russian citizenship we're not forcing them to become russian

president of russia signed in to create under which these citizens and the self-proclaimed donetsk and lugansk peoples republics have the opportunity over obtaining the citizens citizenship of russia in a simplified manner. for in order to do that if they are not required to please hear me are not required to give up on their ukrainian citizenship above all think given a. developing and passing this decree is something that was done transparently at some and was begun some time ago there is no reason to state that the president over russia that did his degree was the time i needed to hole inside deal with an event or is to send a signal to anyone well done according to the information of the ministry of the interior of russia from the first or for april twenty fourth chain to the second of april twenty ninth street and. the territory of the russian federation to keep in mind hundred twenty five thousand five hundred forty eight citizens from south eastern or blessed of ukraine overall known on the territory of russia we have two point three million ukrainians most of the issue of up caning rus

especially if we talk about people living in the dawn and support or lugansk regions their situation is a march more difficult than with the polish garion and there are many and people living in your brain because they've lost a lot they lost their human rights they have the basic human rights take education for example it's even hard for them to move around you know but i see there's a little need to win in new york crane and even going to russia is difficult for them they can buy a ticket there's a plane ticket or a train ticket this is totally unacceptable but you also asked about provoking someone when you have no intention of provoking anybody this is a purely humanitarian issue. and as regards out. growing and incoming politicians in ukraine i can tell you that both the outgoing and the even coming to new presidents would but they have no intention of them with you. signing. they have no intention of recognizing this special status of done and it's going to the ganske and these are key provisions of the minsk accords and this means there have no intention of implementing the ma

citizenship for the people often done and it's going lugansk. experts one during calm much or russia will have to spend on this some say it's going to cost one hundred. billion rubles. does russia's you know budget have this much money. is it going to cause some financial difficulties he is it possible that people living in those territories will receive the. pensions from russia and from ukraine which simultaneously well we discuss sions on this subject. which. people just like to use this is a boogie men talk the talk about. the whole lives. it's going to burn in the russian budget i think it's just the political forces that you don't want to rush it to support people living in the dawn deaths that do that that's number one number two. we're not only talking about the people living in the lugansk or it's done it's republics is that this expedited procedure and we'll we're actually thinking about offering this. procedure to people of ukraine in general people. the entire ukraine now. regarding our social commitments to our people in russia that

new russian initiative that will make it easier for people in the war torn regions of donetsk and lugansk to obtain russian citizenship came a credible plan looks into the story now the fifteen member body that leads the united nations held a meeting to discuss the situations of the peoples of ukraine now there is widespread condemnation by the united states britain france and other countries of russia's recent decision to do create that people living in ukraine's eastern region have the right to apply for russian citizenship as president of ukraine signing or did you could he use yet you know the interference or deduction for the internal if over an independent state a brutal way allision absorber into the border integrity and the unity of ukraine. and when you really should see we're not interfering in ukraine's internal affairs and we're not engaged in creeping on excision which is giving people the opportunity to solve critical problems the authorities in kiev have refused to address alternately even before the decree hundreds of thousands of ukrainians are deployed to russian citizen

we're not only talking about the people living in the lugansk or it's done it's republics. this expedited procedure and we'll learn more we're actually thinking about offering this. procedure to people of ukraine in general people. ukraine now. regarding our social commitments to our people in russia that there is no doubt it all the social commitments all our obligations then since benefits. pension indexation we will deliver on the whole that there is no doubt about this this will not be a serious burden for the russian budget. so. there will be no problem with the russian social security system but this decision was not made off the cuff. before i signed this decree we considered everything many people may want our passports how many dancin errors but this is about one third of the total number of the people we believe will ask for russian passports because there's quite a lot and quite a large number of elderly people living in those territories so next year in a few years after that. this may go up to one hundred billion rubles but this will not be in one year this wil

station was opened in russia and also there are the far eastern parts of ukraine the some areas in the lugansk regions which are still ward or no polling station is there either and this also does definitely cast a shadow on the election you people not being able to citizens of ukraine basically you're saying not able to vote in russia even though they are in other european countries and it's one of the big issues coming out of today plenty more it's been an emotional few weeks there in ukraine i'm sure the voters are weary but we'll know more in two hours time go. thank you very much. the flood of cush swiftly pledged by french billionaires to save nothing a dime cathedral left a yellow vest protesters seeing red for suffering these protests will take you through france's a mostly charged week as well there after the week. trump said many times that you know we got to be. advantages you know with moving the embassy to jerusalem there with the mission of jerusalem as our capital. he said that there will be some painful things that israel will not like either so this is why i think that other s

station was opened and russia and also there are the far eastern parts of ukraine the some areas in the lugansk regions which are still ward for no polling station is there either and this also does definitely cast a shadow on the election and speaking to me earlier a flood of cash swiftly pledged by french billionaires to see if not the dumb cathedral that the yellow vests protesters seeing red for saturday's protest will take you through front is emotionally charged a week after the break. international memorial awards twenty nine see the now open for entries. media professionals are eligible whether you are a freelance journalist what cruel terms of media or part of a global news conference to participate send us your published works and video and . go toward. an end to now. what politicians do to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to go to the press this is like a tree in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the water in the house. this should. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'l

those ukrainian citizens who live in russia or on the territory of the lugansk republics cannot vote their. yellow vest demonstrators in part as something left infuriated by the huge amounts of money pledged to rip her if you will but satisfy their own. reaction on more than the devastating blaze after this. you know world's big partners. and conspiracy it's. a way to dig deeper to hit the stories that make history refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting. past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. a world treasure up in flames fronts on the rest of the world this week have been coming to terms with monday's devastating fire that ravaged nothing in part as investigators believe the blaze may have been the result of ongoing restoration work or maybe aleck trickle fault it's not just the physical damage to the building the fire seems to have affected the lives of many prisons to some of the evening's easter vigil norma

track applications for russian passports made by residents of the people's republic of donetsk and lugansk now these territories of the ukraine declared independence from the western backed government established fact during the my don uprising of twenty fourteen he later said that perhaps the same would extend to all ukrainian citizens in general now the newly elected ukrainian president. said that the crown that the kremlin should not try to seduce ukrainian citizens with russian passports and in a tit for tat response he also determined that russians would be able to easier get ukrainian passports in the future and today putin responded to this statement saying that russians and ukrainians are actually one nation they are two peoples that pointing out that they're one nation and that they share many historical and cultural similarities. but you can move into ukraine and russians they are brothers moreover i believe that this is one nation with the coach to linguistics and historical feet shoes but it is in fact one nation if we have joint citizenship both russians and ukrainians will be

explosion at a coal mine in eastern ukraine it happened in the self-proclaimed people's republic of lugansk a major rescue operation is now underway in the russian emergency services are working in close cooperation with local authorities there it's believed the blast was caused by me thane gas leak growing cost that it has more. urgency signals from the sick but outside the gods keep their estate that's about seventy people were trapped in peter's below the. rescue efforts are on the way right now to help local services are also waiting for help their colleagues in russia. rushed urgent services are to help so the way to help get back you. are still up to their feet is yes i know ron paul for more to look. elsewhere a demonstration by students in the colombian city of bogota has turned violent fourteen people were said to have been injured including eight police and three journalists. for six days showing police using mortar cannon while some protesters threw smoke bombs at least thirty five arrests were made and the students have been demonstrating against the failure of the government to

unaccounted for and this is where the rescue mission is taking place right now berman cost of artsy lugansk region. and the national human rights groups have been scathing i was saudi arabia's execution this week of thirty seven men reportedly mostly from the shia minority on terror violence and unrest related charges the body of one person was even strung up in public following his execution human rights watch states that marks an alarming escalation in the use of the death penalty in the country the rights group described the punishment as grotesque broadcast if courts. few things so is much fear into the hearts of your own people is mass executions the men were executed for adopting terrorists and extremists thinking and performing terrorists else to corrupt and destabilize security allegedly among their crimes was this respect towards authority some of them can you believe that like the king protested against him so serious with their crimes that one of those executed was also crucified yes crucified in two thousand and nineteen his body strong up for all to see all the fia. today's mas

would fast track applications for russian passports made by residents of the people's republic of lugansk and then yet now these are ukrainian territories that declared independence from the western backed he of government back after the my don uprising of two thousand and fourteen and he later said that perhaps he would extend this possibility to all ukrainian citizens in general now selenski responded to putin's statements saying that the kremlin shouldn't try to seduce the ukrainian people and in a tight tit for tat response he said that the ukrainian government would actually extend a fast track for ukrainian passports to russian citizens. i would not recommend the russian authorities waste their time trying to seduce ukrainian citizens with russian passports we will provide ukrainian citizenship to people of all nations who suffer from authoritarian and corrupt regimes first and foremost to russians who are suffering to the more than most put today putin statements made it clear that the russian government and the kremlin see see this a different way they're putting a statement that

local time those ukrainian citizens who live here in russia or on the territory of the donetsk and lugansk republics are not able to vote. coming up here not internationally more the news of the week just go on that we reported to you yellow vest demonstrators in paris infuriated now by the huge amounts of money pledged to repair not to done cathedral do they have a point of not hugo reaction to the devastating blaze and what they think about it when we come. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. tease holiday international memorial awards twenty nine teams are now open for entries. media professionals are eligible whether you're a freelance journalist to work for alternative media or part of a global news talk to talk to sometimes sunday published works in video rich in flocks go to award dot altie dot com and enter now. one else seems wrong. roles just don't call. me lol yet to shape our disdain to come out ahead and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselve

local media in the self declared lugansk people's republic in eastern ukraine reporting two people have been confirmed dead following an explosion at a coal mine the fate of fifteen others is currently unknown among culture of reports. at the moment we don't know exactly how many there are as the result of a coal mine blast the incident happened earlier in the day at the moment the rescue services are working on the scene to try to determine whether there are any survivors or if there are any more people trapped in the mine according to local authorities they have requested the help of russian emergency services who are on the way to the sites of the right now. microsoft's fake news watchdog news gone dismissing heavy criticism in the u.k. it's labelled as trustworthy three controversial tabloid newspapers the sun the daily mirror and the daily star and it's not the only issue the new black listing program is raising these don't go to pics of the story. remember news guard that handy dandy microsoft program that tells you what is an isn't fake news while they're still hard at work putti

didn't he say your place right now her mom calls her of artsy lugansk region and that brings you up to date on the news this morning here in r.t. we're back again as usual in just over half. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the pope the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sit in the home fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective i'm used to surprising people and i saw why not if you think. i'm going to talk about football narvi or else you can think i was going to go. by the way ways of that slide here. when lawmakers manufactured just sentenced him to public wealth. when the ruling classes project themselves. with the financial merry go round of lives only the one percent. of the time to ignore middle of the room signals. to lose the real news is real world. is this. realistic prospect. and you understand why it kind of creeps people. but i think there's there's what i call the creepy line and the policy about a lot of these things is to get right up to the

would fast tracked applications for russian passports made by residents of the people's republic of lugansk and yet now these ukrainian territories decided to declare independence from the western backed government after your oh my don in two thousand and fourteen he later said that this perhaps would extend to all ukrainians and selenski respondents of putin's statement actually he said that the kremlin shouldn't try to seduce ukrainians into russia and that his wrists and he gave a tit for tat response about that. we will provide ukrainian citizenship to people of all nations who suffer from a three tier e and corrupt regimes first and foremost to russians who are suffering to the old most more than most of those stats don't really back up to the. claim about russian suffering though since you're on my down over two point five million ukrainians have moved to russia in search of work asylum citizenship all those things and that's in comparison to the one hundred twenty six ukrainian passport person recipients last year who were of russian origin but today's putin statement clearly set mad

president of russia signed in to create under which these citizens and the self-proclaimed donetsk and lugansk peoples republics have the opportunity of obtaining the citizens citizenship of russia in a simplified manner.

get russian passports the move by the kremlin is aimed at residents in the regions of donetsk and luganskwhere pro russian separatist rebels have declared independence from kiev selenski accused moscow of trying to legitimize its military presence in ukraine. well north korean leader kim jong un and russian president vladimir putin are set to meet for the fast time kim arrived and that of all stuck by train ahead of a planned meeting with putin on thursday the visit comes after the collapse of talks with donald trump and vietnam the soviet union was once a major ally of north korea and for both sides this is seen as an opportunity to show a united front at a critical moment in negotiations over north korea's nuclear disarmament well mark fitzpatrick is the director of the nonproliferation program at the international institute for strategic studies he says there are limits to how much help moscow can offer to north korea. the russians are getting back into the game you know they used to be a major player in the korean peninsula they were part of six party talks those ended ten years ago.

get a russian passport kremlin's the crease is aimed at residents in the regions of the nets can luganskor pro russian separatists rebels have declared independence from kiev selenski accuse moscow trying to legitimize legitimize their military presence in occupied ukraine though russia denies that sending troops into the country. more from london a little later in the news hour now though let's go back to martin in doha barbara thank you very much now north korea's leaders arrived in neighboring russia for thursday's meeting with vladimir putin came in the port city of lady of all stock two months after the breakdown of the second summit with donald trump in vietnam told reporters he is keen to discuss the future of the korean peninsula with the russian president. i came to russia with a warm feeling of our people i hope this visit will be successful and rewarding and that during the talks with esteemed president putin i will be able to specifically discuss issues of resolving the situation on the korean peninsula and development of our bilateral relationship and i've been speaking to m

for those living in separatist controlled areas of eastern ukraine the regions include donetsk and lugansk which were seized by russian backed separatists in twenty fourteen after russia annexed crimea from ukraine putin also said he wants to discuss the conflict with ukraine's president elect zelinsky. warders in spain are going to head to the polls on sunday for their third election in less than five years no single party is predicted to win an outright majority after a campaign dominated by the rise of the far right and the issue of catalonia is independence so we're going to go reports from madrid. a final call to mobilize the policy faithful spain socialist prime minister pedro sanchez surrounded by a sea of supporters urges them to go to the ballot box the country deserves to turn the page in the last seven years and look to the future with hope and excitement which is precisely what we are offering our citizens to the young what we are asking is that you vote for your future and therefore vote for the socialist party . voters have a wide choice decades of dominance by two political