magnitsky sanctions on the putin government.sider the nord stream 2 gas pipeline that would connect russia to energy markets in germany and the eu. but again, many russians, if you support greater punitive sanctions on russia from the eu and america, many russians will see you as being advocates of the western anti—russian forces. that, again, putin's narrative will play well with the russian public. yeah, that's true. that's absolutely true. that's why we don't support punitive sanctions and have never supported them. that's why. .. no, we don't. we... so i told it many times in many international audiences that every time the west imposes a new round of sanctions on russia, it leads to the fact that they open a box of champagne in kremlin because they're very happy. they can explain to their television audience that, you know, all the evil comes from the west, and we have to unite around mr putin to strengthen him, because he is the only one who is able to protect us from the west, who is threatening us with sanctions. that's

magnitsky sanctions on the putin government.d connect russia to energy markets in germany and the eu. but again, many russians, if you support greater punitive sanctions on russia from the eu and america, many russians will see you as being advocates of the western anti—russian forces. that, again, putin‘s narrative will play well with the russian public. yeah, that‘s true. that‘s absolutely true. that‘s why we don‘t support punitive sanctions and have never supported them. that‘s why. .. no, we don‘t. we... so, i told it many times in many international audiences that every time the west imposes a new round of sanctions on russia, it leads to the fact that they open a box of champagne in kremlin because they‘re very happy. they can explain to their television audience that, you know, all the evil comes from the west, and we have to unite around mr putin to strengthen him, because he is the only one who is able to protect us from the west, who is threatening us with sanctions. that‘s true. every time there is a round of sanction

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people who participated in the brutal crackdown sanctions against them can be adopted under european magnitsky act. stefansson has more now from minsk it's been quite a delicate balancing act until now in the past 6 weeks since this political crisis started between the government here and also the opposition on the other hand and europe because the more pressure was coming from europe and the opposition on the government here there was a lot of fear that the bellows and the local shanker would be more pushed towards russia so for a long time there was this hope that russia and putin could have been engaged in some kind of dialogue looking for a successor for a look at franco replacement someone who was better accepted by the people here and valorous but since the meeting between the 2 leaders last week between look at ankara and put him in which a person has reiterated his support for look i shan't go this whole persona of vanished but then also promised to put more money into his regime one and a half 1000000 a 1000000000 u.s. dollars so since then the mood has changed and now i think we can

this house has called many times for european magnitsky act and i can announce that we will now come forward with a proposal we need to complete our toolbox. one of the members butin hong kong moscow minsk europe must take a clear and swift position and i want to say it loud and clear the european union is on the side of the people of belarus. we have all been moved by the immense courage of those peacefully gathering in the independence square or taking part in the field as women's march the elections that brought them into the streets were neither free nor fear and the brutal response by the government ever since has been shameful. the people of belarus must be free to decide their own future for themselves they are not pieces on someone else's chess watch. and to those that advocate closer ties with russia i say that the poisoning of alexei navalny with an advanced chemical agent is not a one off we have seen the pattern in georgia and in ukraine in syria and south very and then election meddling around the world and this pattern is not changing and no pipeline will change that. t

saturday magnitsky but he's an imp so did he have satisfactory results from the investigation of their assassinations are that is the stance from the european union from moscow tonight silence a stark contrast to the alarm sounding at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the o.p.c. w band earlier this year today the agency said the ploy of a joke in any form to harm someone cannot be treated lightly in a statement issued today the agency said under the chemical weapons convention any poisoning of an individual through the use of a nerve agent is considered a use of chemical weapons such an allegation is a matter of grave concern. mark michael bloom is a toxicologist in 2018 he led the o.p.c. w.'s mission to the u.k. following the movie choke attack on the former russian spy sergei scribal and scruples daughter he joins me tonight from homburg it's good to have you on the day we're not just talking about poison here or we're talking about a banned chemical weapon but what difference does that me in the investigation of alexina of all these poisoning i think that is n

use top diplomat you separate who has called for a nevada only sanctions regime similar to the magnitsky act by the us would such an approach at the moment when strong backing in europe do you think well i don't think so because by now all politicians should know that also didn't hurt russia or asia or germany and the powers in between so the big winners of all the sanctions are the russians and the americans because the russians are forced to build their own industry and the americans have one competitor are by trying to do business with russia so i think many people allow the sanctions though were our best science and only harm themselves and i'm not sure whether they get the necessary message or a plea for any further sanctions and by the way is really i mean we have everybody knows now that russia is the future market everybody has to be good darling with russia because there is the market of the future the americans already try the french already try to and all the us will go once dry i'll just do this speaking to us from hand over this hour i get home or a german economist and poli

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who participated in their brutal crackdown sanctions against them can be adopted under european magnitsky act stuff has more now from minsk. it's been quite a delicate balancing act until now in the past 6 weeks since this political crisis started between the government here and also the opposition on the other hand and europe because the more pressure was coming from europe and the opposition on the government here there was a lot of fear that the bellows and the local shanghai would be more pushed towards russia so for a long time there was this hope that russia then quickly and could have been engaged in some kind of dialogue looking for a successful for a look at a replacement someone who was better accepted by the people here and belarus but since the meeting between the 2 leaders last week between look at shanghai and bulletin in which it has 3 if to rate of his support for this whole foundation but then also promised to put more money into his regime $1.00 and a half 1000000 a 1000000000 u.s. dollars so since then the mood has changed and i think we can safely say that the kind of

sanction team to prepare magnitsky sanctions for those responsible for the serious human rights violations. and we are cannot coordinate in with the united states and canada to prepare appropriateness things as a matter of urgency. the economic situation in argentina is so bad that some businesses say it's not worth staying open the economy contracted by a record 19 percent in the 2nd quarter and that's mainly because of the corona virus pandemic while reports from what i says. the shutters are down in these normally bustling streets customers with less money to spend being asked to stay home unemployment and 13 percent of the 15 year high. georgina reform a teacher with 5 children was homeless before the pandemic but says is a noticeable increase in those joining her was an afghan official opening we asked for money and people help us to have some more crops up we do it being on the street people don't give us much room because they're scared of disgusted but we survive the. monitoring corkey have kept their downtown restaurant open with lockdown restrictions no sit down customers just ta

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ukraine but sanctioning russians for enabling the murderous assad regime in syria and under the global magnitskyll in 2017. we completed a range of sanctions. but it's more than just sanctions. i think it's working together with our allies. remember the attempted murder of sergei skripal in england, in salisbury, england, in the spring of 2018. well, we've seen another incident very much like that with the attempted murder of putin's primary opponent, navalny. but after that, after that attempted poisoning in 2018, president trump closed the consulate in san francisco, which was a huge intelligence collection platform for them aimed mainly at silicon valley, and expelled 60 undeclared intelligence officers, kind of hitting putin where it hurts because he's a former kgb guy himself. so we have imposed costs on russia with a broad range of measures, but i know it's hard for people to understand. i don't understand it. but what i write about in the book is, hey, the relationship with russia while putin's in power, it's just not going to get better. let's just get over it and work with our allies an

who participated in their brutal crackdown sanctions against them can be adopted under european magnitsky act. state boston joins us now live from minsk stamp people there in gauge too with these if it's in brussels that are going on. well not really i have to say it's a bit of a way for them dealing with the local and daily problems they have here with the continuous repression so there hasn't been any response so far on the fact that the e.u. has actually not adopted any sanctions so cyprus has voted against imposing sanctions on the lookout shanker regime for human rights abuses all the 27 members have to agree on such an adoption of sanctions and that hasn't happened cyprus has connected these sanctions with also song sanctions on turkey and that also has not materialized so this is a bit of a setback for the opposition especially for to kind of scalia who made quite a strong plea to have these sanctions imposed you sat europe should stop paying for the regime because the money is not being used for the people but it's being used for inflicting violence injuries to the people of cours

i directed the s.c.d. a sanction to to prepare magnitsky sanctions for those responsible for the serious human rights violations. and we are coming coordinating with the united states and canada to prepare appropriateness things as a matter of urgency. still ahead and al jazeera is only closing comes back into force will be in london to hear a few restrictions will mean last orders for the hospitality industry. plus they've weathered the nearly 3000 years of history but not unprecedented rain is threatening some of sudan's most iconic structures. and sports return to her no for nandrolone so gets fitted for the new seat ahead of his formula one comeback. hello there a fairly calm picture across much of the middle east how much is know also assholes as they have been and in fact we have seen improvement with the weather conditions to the east end of the bed and on shore breeze so feeling much better get in jerusalem time which is in the high twenty's 28 on friday 29 in beirut not to the north of there they could see some showers into southern as a techie they could be quite heavy at times

what do these magnitsky sanctions du is it not politically adept to try to bring russia in from the coldtate, an incredibly wealthy dictator, vladimir putin is said to be the richest man in the world having sold hundreds of billions of dollars of the russian people. i believe we are beyond the point where tony britton, those days are behind us, he was the ambassador. i am gratefulfor the attempt he made in his day, they failed. british ambassador, of course. can i move british ambassador, of course. can i m ove o nto british ambassador, of course. can i move onto a new key piece of news that has been talked about at the moment? that is the potential appointment of the former australian minister tony abbott, appointment of the former australian ministertony abbott, being appointment of the former australian minister tony abbott, being lined up for a role in post brexit trade talks. the government is going to have some choices to make as to who they make appointments too. i would personally like to see envoys on the board of trade coming from across the united kingdom, senior businessmen f