and i think that the problem russia has is i think russia would. there's a signal the russian population and i think this might include of many people in common who would like to join europe but on russian terms and i'm not sure that europe is prepared to accept russian values and i think that's the clash of my point with the use of europe have changed you might disagree but it's also true in the west that become somehow militant also in the wars a lot of i work with many russians in the people a sense here in the west would just say yes but what's all king about. germany is can hardly be described as a functional as new liberal society we can we can talk of germany's probably the best model for liberal democracy in the world as i'm saying this as a german but in the the same time we see that we are having certain problems and problems inside europe well that's not the subject of all talk right now i'm only stalking about the russians who i work with young people in the in the u.s. parliaments and in russia mapes and surveyed they are there saying

russia's consistency . we have always been dedicated to the strong peaceful and international relations. in the stability and the security. [inaudible]. and i am sure that like russia, every state is interested in mutual stability argued in the military - we do not support the idea of the violence and stability. and with the military, especially of the ability of the honesty party to. [inaudible]. over the years, we have repeatedly reached out to the united states with the proposals to engage in an effort and with the strategic stability partied however they never taken the form . and mutually acceptable. [inaudible]. every member of the international community. in effect, they can restore only on the basis of security. and to potential agreements. but i believe that is what we share. [inaudible]. is perhaps the key for future house control. nobody is ever said that the treaty, we managed to but there are improvements that required to our discussion party to. [inaudible]. the agreement in the treaty was a m

held at a moscow police station while the mystery of ali was detained immediately on returning to russia yesterday while he's been in germany receiving treatment for a poison attack germany has joined many other countries in condemning the midst of all these arrests a spokesman for german chance on the americal called it. all right let's take you now straight to moscow for the latest our correspondent emily sherwin is standing by what more have you learned. well we know the knee is now supposed to take stay in detention for 30 days but there may also be another trial a trial that was scheduled to take place next week where he could get further jail time after all the prison service here arrested him over a former embezzlement charge they're asking for his suspended sentence to be turned into real jail time so we could see him kind of end up behind bars for longer what we've heard today from that court that impromptu court was rather strange or at least unusual instead of taking i need to court the court was kind of brought to him he was tried directly in the detention center and the hims

you know to georgia your question here will we ever have any closure on spygate russia. and will anyone ever be held accountable for think segway georgia. the onside here is no. i think that given that. the incoming byte ministration will want to sweep everything under the rug given that biden himself is very much involved in russia gate he was involved in the team meetings that plotted the entrapment of trump people we know that he was there he was the person who apparently suggested using the logan act against michael's lead he was personally involved in unmasking plan so biden will have every interest in sweeping everything under the rug and that's why i think that. was failure to at the very least publish a report before the election is a grievous because that me is that we really will never learn what happened in russia gate how this sphere not operation on the truck and they took place how they set up to keep people how essentially a coup was plotted by the obama team and whenever the find out about it and and i think that that really is. the last thing at that out

and i think that the problem russia has is i think russia would. there's a segment the russian population and i think this might include of many people in common who would like to join europe but on russian terms and i'm not sure that europe is prepared to accept russian values and i think that's the clash of my point with the ideas of europe have changed you might disagree but it's also true in the west that become somehow militant also in the wars a lot of i work with many russians in the peter sense you know there is a western. yes but what's old king about. germany is can hardly be described as a function as a liberal society we can we can talk of germany's probity view. best model for a liberal democracy in the world as i'm saying this as a german but in the same time we see that we are having certain problems and problems inside europe well that's not the subject of all talk right now i'm only stalking about the russians who i work with young people in the in the u.s parliaments in russia mapes serve if they are there saying yes we want to be

and i think that the problem russia has is i think russia would.there's a segment of the russian population and i think this might include of many people in common who would like to join europe but on russian terms and i'm not sure that europe is prepared to accept russian values and i think that's the clash of my point with the use of europe have changed you might disagree but it's also true in the west that become somehow militant also in the wars a lot of i work with many russians in the peter sense you know there is a western. yes but it's all king of. germany it's can hardly be described as a liberal society we can we can talk of germany's probably the best model for liberal democracy in the world as i'm saying this as a german but in the same time we see that we are having problems and problems inside europe well that's not the subject of all talk right now i'm only stalking about the russians who i work with young people in the in the u.s. parliaments in russia mapes in the survey if they're saying yes we want to be a part of your we want a

we need to continue to to cooperate with russia or talk to russia and the biden ministration has made it clear that clemency is very important but technology has changed and i think that's the type of confidence building measure would be nice to see it continue but. as you pointed out does this agreement really talk about drones i don't know that absolutely equal ability about that and some of these things you can just look at google earth and see these things happening on the ground for example even in changing the concentration camps there were identified and open source information with satellites so i think that it's part of a larger geopolitical picture right now in this type of agreement and how the u.s. and russia will work together and the key issue really is china and china does not want to be part of this as you mentioned it's $1554.00 heads china has about $300.00 and they have no desire to join an agreement like this at this point but i think over the longer term we really have to consider how to bring china into these global governance issues mathew i saw you nodding alon

and i think that the problem russia has is i think russia would. there's a segment the russian population and i think this might include of many people in common who would like to join europe but on russian terms and i'm not sure that europe is prepared to accept russian values and i think that's the clash of my point with the values of europe have changed you might disagree but it's also true that the west to become somehow militant also in the wars a lot of i work with many russians in the peter sense you know there is a western. yes but it's all king about it until america holds germany it's can hardly be described as a function as a liberal society we can we can talk of germany's probably the best model for liberal democracy in the world as i'm saying this as a german but in the same time we see that we are having certain problems and problems inside europe well that's not the subject of all talk right now i'm always talking about the russians who i work with young people in the in the us parliaments in russia made the survey if they're saying

russia relations with russia's ambassador to the u.s.e talked about terrorism, arms control and the incoming biden administration. is john allen. i'm the president of the brookings institution. it is a great pleasure to welcome you all this afternoon to the event entitled u.s. -russia relations, a conversation with the russian ambassador, anatoly antonov. throughout the 20th century, the united states and russia have had a long and storied relationships, which has had at various points balanced elements of cooperation, competition and even conflict. differences, from world war ii to the aftermath of 9/11, the united states and russia have indeed found common cause throughout some of the greatest challenges in our recent history. it is worth stating that america as a nation of immigrants has benefited from russian blood that runs thickly in the veins of our people. our country is better and our people are better for the emigration of russians to america. today, these, even u.s. and russia continue to share converging interests on issues l

the russia's foreign minister has scoffed at the reaction from the west and says a values detention is legal solution slowing of the case of pneumonia has gained foreign political resonance artificially and baselessly everything is happening to nirvana in connection with his returning detention falls within the competence of the law enforcement forces. novelli will now be hold for 30 days he says he's not afraid because truth is on his side in this important election year for putin truth might not be enough to set him free charlie anja al-jazeera. hello again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera brazil has begun its coverage 1000 vaccine distribution for people in malice the gateway to the amazon rain forest vaccinations can't happen soon enough the health system there is on the verge of collapse and oxygen supplies are critically low china is being at criticized by an independent panel sent to uncover what happened in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak it's interim report says officials could have applied measures more forcefully during the initial outbreak

you know all that other stuff we said about russia isn't true. and you know we're going to be friends with his guys because people are already keyed into thinking oh russia is the bad guys russia is the evil empire so but he's going to have to do a slow you know gradual change and i think the main thing to do is look at. what biden and prudent can accomplish you know behind the scenes talking and you know working towards more of a detente but it's. going to be a lot of rhetoric and dave as evan golf editor of the online news thought this can't be happening thank you for your time thanks for having me. iran has become the latest country to approve russia's but big very covert vaccine and hopes to play a part in manufacturing the medicine to elect exclusive interview with r.t. the iranian foreign minister explains why his nation has chosen the russian vaccine over the west and alternatives has some of the interview with chaz in full hair on thursday i think it was a public health problem with some political considerations about the intentions of th

dedication to to continue this process of resistance in russia and it has certainly i think sharpened the attention of people around him right about the state sort i think there was a lot along time when people felt that you know the kremlin was was going to tolerate him to a certain degree and we've seen the kremlin become increasingly nervous about its ability to manage politics through you know to nuance and to a nicety and it has again sharpened its own in its own it right the question is really whether that matters to very many russian people right so we did see i don't know the full numbers but hundreds perhaps thousands of people show up yesterday who airport they did divert the ball his plane apparently has as a result of that and so not only is is i think both giving. the government a chance to show its true stripes in the way that it is treating him and that the griot of anxiety with which they're treating this case but they're also giving he's giving the population and his supporters an opportunity to decide right does it matter to them what happens to to him and we're goin

been arrested or detained on his return to russia so why has he returned what's the calculation here well i think the calculation is that 1st of all you know i think your report said that he was returning to the country that poisoned him i think of all they were probably just that and say that it was the government that poisoned him and that he claims as much right to the country as as as as as putin does right so he you know is a political activist he has you know become the leader all of you know what remains the largest and most powerful independent political organization in russia and so the only way that that organization contests parliamentary elections that are coming up this year and continues to challenge the government is is if he is there this is on the cover what do you think the calculation is in detaining him do you think that the order came all the way from the kremlin. so you know i don't think so actually i looked partly agree with my esteemed colleague sam because 1st of all the case awful poisoning was never proved in that he germany. actually delivered. documentat

it or accept a role for russia in europe so rethink the post cold war security architecture. otherwise it will merely here to bring just hours together so any u.s. can end up isolating itself so there's is difficult to say how this will work out i think come along point bit by has been our leading russia gator so he has promised to team yes collating tensions with russia that leads me to my next question you know to georgia your question here will we ever have any closure on. russia. and will anyone ever be held accountable for think segway georgia. the onside here is. i think that given that. the incoming byte ministration will want to sweep everything under the rug given that biden himself is very much involved in russia gate he was involved in the team meetings that plotted the entrapment of trump people we know that he was there he was the person who apparently suggested using the logan act against michael's lead he was personally involved in unmasking plan so biden will have every interest in sweeping everything under the rug and that's why i think that. was phase 2 at t

and russia. do you understand why we had to size up those two extremes in a place like russia? where possess with putin. all we want to know is what he's thinking, what he wants, what he said, what it means, and then the hero martyrs, why we're not interested, i i hope more peoe are interested and the buyer but because you made interesting that you have an insight as to why we fetishize those extreme? >> it's not just in russia, that's our narrative proclivities anywhere, that going back to greek literature,, the idea to end at the here and clearly defined roles is more digestible and understandable. i'm not sure how particular it is to russia the putin makes it so easy, he such a perfect comic book super villain that it's hard to resist the urge to make every story about it because stories france around him that are so good, so juicy, they sell well and they're fun to write. he makes it too easy. i'm beginning to suspect by design he's happy with that arrangement in his kind of positioning in global geopolitics through that prism. but i'm not sure how particular it is to russi

president putin: russia is an important global power. -- >> russia is an important global power. at this moment in history the world has a unique and short window of opportunity to move from an age of confrontation to an age of confirmation. the ability to hear a new voice, the voice of the president russia federation is essential. even, and especially in times characterized by differences, disputes, constructive on honest dialogue to address our common challenges is better than isolation. yesterday your foreign exchange with president biden, and the agreement to send the new staff for the arms treaty, i think is a very promising sign. covid-19, which has shown our global interconnect ability. and like any country, russia will also be affected, and economic developments and prospects for international corporations is of interest to all of us. mr. president we are keen to hear from your perspective and from russia, how you see the situation development in the 21st century, and what should be done to ensure that people everywhere find peace and prosperity. mr. president, the world

and russia are set to extend new start for five years with no conditions attached. this was president biden's first major foreign-policy test and unfortunatelyan he played right into russia's hands. for starters it's no secret that new start was deeply flawed from the beginning and it's no secret that russian -- russia cheats which is why verification is so essential. the county mechanisms a new start don't effectively keep our countries on a level playing field which is the primary goal of the arms treaty because it promotes mutual deterrence. the treaty limits the number of -- it places no limit on the number of warheads each bomber can support. making matters worse the limits only a play to strategic not tactical nuclear weapons. russia has taken advantage of this loophole of new start amassing s some 2000 tactical nuclear c weapons compared to oy 500 for the united states. russia's nuclear doctrine signals its increasing willingness to use those tactical nuke their weapons in a conflict particularly in europe as it eyes nato. another five years under new start w

as from the sense with russia great. history of shooting and see if there's a number of such people did it small is it why we'll have support at least in the mind of a good actor if you've been aggressive but greatest smoke room by little point if you're from elected in those elections but if you're not i didn't know a chance at all but i see another name on beer as i said because if you just rip on the race or you know real animus or play beautiful young irish is because of all and tender sensitive community it was that you're not that states and great britain and in the us a country or us. says a real sort it was these people may. be in the ukraine they try to or restaurants well sort of president or bill or russia ex and now all they will try to run nights but it's called why owens. did it or was it coming by let me tell lection it will happen on september was this year this is preparation was courting this election not free and fair though until you heard sergei there talk about the upcoming elections of course in se

people who would be deep sit ins a complete victory in russia and so going to russia is joke around and dressers diminish it suited and you'd see it to be a sort of them are just so you might say that you know you're right as from the center with russia great. history will fall short in see if there's a number of such people did it small is it why we'll have support evolution of 100 active you've been aggressive but greatest smoke room by little point if you're from elected in those elections but if you're not i didn't vote no a chance at all but i see another name on the sides that because you just rip on the race or was there no real animus or played beautifully done. because of all enters instead of the community it was that you're not that states and great britain and in the country or us well it says a real sort it was these people may. be in ukraine they try to or is generally well sort of president or bill or russia x. and now all they will try to run nights but it's called why owens. did it or was it coming by let me tell lection it will happen on september was this year this is

as we work with russia to advance u.s. interests to work to hold russia to account for its reckless and adversarial actions and to this and the president is also issuing issuing a tasking to the intelligence community for its full assessment of the solar winds cyber breach russian interference in the 2020 alexion its use of chemical weapons against opposition leader alexina vonnie and the alleged bounties on u.s. soldiers in afghanistan trump and ministration allowed the clear skies treaty to expire and allow the i.n.f. short range nuclear treaty also to expire so a number of treaties that prevent you know an arms race from taking place between russia and united states those treaties have been allowed to expire now the current treaty of the new start treaty that does expire on february 5th the but the biden administration says it's seeking a 5 year extension on that treaty restricts nuclear warheads to $1550.00 and it also restricts the deployed strategic delivery systems to $700.00 and it is a treaty that that anthony bli

those of us who watch carefully the russia gate hoax. it will eventually become the foundation of the by the ministry is going to be what to do with transporters or american liberals for raising this. welcome back my facebook is facing new privacy concerns after revelations that it gave the f.b.i. private messages of those who discussed storming washington's capitol building the intelligence agency revealed the information as part of its probably been to the riots earlier this month or one such complaint has been filed against new york resident christopher kelly facebook provided the f.b.i. with his log in history revealing they kelly had been around the capitol on the day of the assault a warrant for his arrest has now been issued recent analysis reveals through the vast majority of criminal cases filed by the u.s. justice department use social media information and online data does form part of more than a 3rd of all convictions but house democrats are also demanding radical changes from facebook twitter a new chief to stop them being

joining me now are our guests in moscow we have alexander solove if member of the board of open russia an opposition movement in london we have sam green the director of the russia institute at king's college london and back in moscow that amir something called political scientists at the russian academy of sciences one welcome to your wall thank you for joining us here on inside story i'd like to start with you mr green if i can develop he knew that this would likely happen that he would likely be arrested or detained on his return to russia so why has he returned what's the calculation here well i think the go to lucian is that 1st of all you know i think your report said that he was returning to the country that poisoned general i think that only would probably just say that it was the government that poisoned him and he claims as much right to the country as. as pugin those votes so he you know is a political activist he has no. become the leader of we go what remains the largest and most powerful independent political organization in russia and so the only way that that organizati

jared watched the german government saying about the bodies arrested in russia. well german foreign minister hiker mosse has called for these immediate release he said that an avanti return to russia of his own free will and he described russia these postal and political harm and said it was incomprehensible that he had been arrested upon his arrival back in russia mosse also repeated the german government's position that alexei know he was the victim of a crime last september. described it as an attempted murder with a nerve agent there of course had been fears over finale safety upon his arrival in russia and last week a government spokesman was asked whether it had whether the government had tried to discourage alexina valmy from going back at all and what stiff inside that the government spokesman said was that the government was glad that alexei novelli had recovered enough to a point where he felt ready to return home and really in moscow jared here in berlin thank you very much to you both. now let's catch up on some other stories making headlines around t

those of us who watch carefully the russia gate hoax. it will eventually become the foundation for policy by the ministry is going to be if you want to do with france or borders or american liberals for raising this so you. welcome back an arctic talk has slapped a ban on its uses you haven't verified their age after a 10 year old girl died while trying to complete a day on the video sharing app the online game called the blackout challenge involves people choking themselves to temporary pass out however the youngster was found dead in her bathroom. the medics did everything they could to bring the child back to life but unfortunately although the heart immediately started beating again the brain had been starved of oxygen for too long due to the strangulation after a few hours of it reversible coma who concluded she was brain dead or takes hope doesn't sis that uses safety is a priority in bans any dangerous behavior but in the tally lawyer specializing in online cases says that social networks must do much more. get a. laugh clearly th

russia meanwhile dismissed the allegations as a political ploy by the west and has so far refused to investigate the attack asked about. his annual press conference that when you responded with mockery. relation to it that i become one who needs him if we had wanted to we would have finished him off with a gun to putin was responding to allegations that a so-called killer squad from the domestic intelligence agency the f.s.b. had poisoned him but instead of addressing these allegations moscow has now put behind bars. and we have team coverage on this story emily sure when is our correspondent in moscow and jailed readers at our parliamentary studios here in berlin and only in a volley barely survived the poisoning last august why did he decide to go back to russia where the same could happen again. well you know terry i think all opposition activists here in russia know that it's risky to be a kremlin critic and that's what they regularly tell me people regularly tell me that they would be even willing to die for their cause and i think that you can probably say the same about alex e

really condemned what's been happening today he has said that it makes a mockery of the rule of law in russia and he says that what we're seeing today and also what we saw yesterday where his flight was kind of redirected to another airport and so on that that all shows that the man in the kremlin as he says is afraid of him now as you know emily midst of all these arrests has attracted international condemnation is that going to make any difference well that's the question i think that here in moscow the kremlin has gotten used to words of condemnation since kind of the annexation of crimea a few years ago we've been hearing that here in russia fairly often sanctions almost are a bit of a routine so it would have to be a kind of really hard hitting measures to actually make a difference and really hit home here and russia for example if germany counseled the north stream to pipeline project which is a pipeline connecting russia to through the baltic sea to germany to bring oil and gas that could be a hard hitting measure but so far it seems unlikely from what we've been hearing from the krem

from our data testing systems used in russia can identify the strains in vaccines registered in russia definitely provide protection against this strain. well in fact when it comes to russia and the people the number of people vaccinated moscow is leading the charge here in total in all of russia about a 1000000 more than a 1000000 people have been vaccinated if you compare it to any european country that is more how's the russian sputnik vaccine being welcomed round the rest of the world outside of russia the situation here is interesting because of course russia was the 1st country to announce that it has a vaccine ready and as anything new as anything 1st it came under scrutiny and well it was it came close to being ridiculed as people all around the world including journalists took it with a pinch of salt but with out of these 3 mass trial completed it sounds like the process hasn't run its course here skeptical clinical trials were short they were accelerated they're still trying to figure out safety and there they've approved it so it was presented as something ridiculous as some

capability and orientation toward russia changed?sense of what the new normal will be like between biden and putin? >> well, there are two really important aspects to your question, rachel. in terms of our capability of being the leader of the free world, president trump has done tremendous damage to that. four years of the way he's behaved particularly at home, as we all have seen most recently, makes it very difficult for us to now say, to reclaim the mantle of the leader of the democratic world. number two, president biden, president-elect biden, soon i'll be able to say president biden, he has a very different view with russia. i was in the last meeting he had with vladimir putin in 2011. 30 minutes after that meeting he met with democratic opposition leaders right after that meeting. people like navalny. so he's going to bring morality back, he's going to bring human rights back to his foreign policy. number two, we're not going to have these divides between the president and his administration as we did for four years with resp

gas pipeline from russia to germany has restarted after u.s. sanctions had forced its suspension the project should now be completed by the summer party you can shoot down off brings us up to speed. a special pipe laying vessel called for tuna has been spotted in the territorial waters of denmark now why this is important it is because this particular ship along with the company that owns it what got on the list on the latest on the newest list of u.s. sanctions that are aimed at de reeling this whole project now if russia is to succeed and to complete this pipeline it would allow it to double the amount of natural gas supplies to germany berlin has been saying that these sanctions are effectively foreign interference into something that is strictly a subject of relations of russia and germany have a listen. they consider these extraterritorial sanctions to be inappropriate. as we've reported several times these the sanctions direct to do german and european companies and we fundamentally opposed them. by putting this vessel and some other vess

all over russia.ght be but these protests do not only support alexei navalny, of course he was an important factor, that people especially young people see no future for themselves in russia. they want change so they are really wary of the current political leadership. they don't want to give birth to their children here. i asked some young people why they took to the streets today, and that was one of the responses that i got when i asked a young woman about that. so of course i can get a big challenge for putin. at the same time, it is a turning point, in political terms. and it all depends on whether they will follow the scenario we are now witnessing in belarus or they will reflect violence, and i want to say to you that navalny�*s ali has just announced new protests in russia next week. it’s announced new protests in russia next week-— announced new protests in russia next week. �*, . , , ., ., , next week. it's a pretty dangerous lace to next week. it's a pretty dangerous place to be — next week

to not let their guard down and also coming up back on the table america's nuclear arms deal with russia is up for renegotiation after the kremlin welcomes u.s. president biden's proposal to extend the treaty and a showdown between the australian government and search engine google is threatening to escalate we'll tell you why the battle is being closely watched around the world. and they are thank you very much for your company everyone well we begin sadly with some sobering news here in germany the number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic has now surpassed 50000 at a briefing a short time ago the head of germany's public health institute said the figure was distressing he's urging the government to maintain its tougher national lockdown until there's a massive drop in both deaths and new infections one of the biggest problems is the situation in nursing homes across the nation. the vaccine rollout is well underway in german nursing homes bought they remain a big coated 19 hot spot there are currently outbreaks in hundreds across the country he even as the overall infection writes

people who would be deep sit ins a complete victory in russia and so we're just russia is getting around and dressers diminish it suited in you'd see it to be a sort of them are just as you might say and they're not european as from the sense with russia great. history will fall short and see if there's a number of such people get it small is it why we'll have support already set up on a good act if you've been aggressive but reduced smoke room by little points if you're from elected of those electors but if you and i want to know what chance it's all but that i see another name on the president because he just rip on the race or you know real animus or play beautiful young irish is because of all and tender sensitive community it was that you're not that states and great britain and not as a country or us well it. says a real sort it was these people may. be in ukraine they try to or is generally well sort of president or bill or russia x. and now or they will try to run knights but it's called why owens. did it or was it coming by limits alexion will happen on september was this year t

those of us who watch carefully the russia gate hoax. it will eventually become the foundation for policy the by the ministry has done maybe it's what you do with strong supporters or american liberals the phrasing is so you. i the headlines are right place back and protests across europe half to cope with restrictions at the time i think it comes after countries face a short fall in deliveries of the vaccines a supply of astra zeneca the latest on it can only provide 60 percent of what it promised prompting some e.u. states to look for alternatives. before so finding new sources in order to get fast livery a reliable vaccine we have concluded a treaty today under which russia will deliver a vaccine to hungry in 3 stages and construction of the north stream to gas pipeline regimes despite u.s. sanctions with taking a stand against foreign interference. is lead to take after a 10 year old girl dies filming a black cat challenge shared by the popular social net. working watching r.t. international where it's just gone 7 o'clock am on. the

russia confirms it's a 1st case of the new covert strain that originated in the u.k. but medical chiefs say russia's vaccine is up to the task the shot has now been approved by algeria and palestine. from dismissal to acceptance several mainstream journalists who were initially skeptical over are now lining up to take the russian job. faces a 2nd impeachment just days before leaving office as pro trumpet rioters are charged over the storming of the capital. and the festive season brings no respite for germany which has reported a surge in covert cases with the chancellor warning the most difficult phase is still to come. by broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r g international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us are now russia has confirmed its 1st case of a highly infectious covert mutation 1st to discovered in the u.k. but health chiefs have given their assurance that the russian maxine offers full protection against the new strain production of the drug is being ramped up millions of more doses are set to be released within a

confrontational attitude towards russia and china in the end. germany has formally demanded that the u.s. stops all exports of vaccines that it manufactures and in response britain has now accused the bulk of vaccine nationalism our europe correspondent peter all of us has more details on that. governments across europe are struggling to bring down the number of cases of covert 19 that's the spy putting in place lock downs and restrictions on people like those that we've seen in the netherlands that have resulted in on breasts there and a spot is a rope thing between the u.k. and the e u which is ended up with the u.k. vaccines minister accusing the european union of well vaccine diplomacy vaccine politics whatever you want to call it he's got a name for it vaccine nationalism is the wrong way to go we've got to make sure we protect our own people and then actually you know put our you know leaning as far as we can to protect the rest of the world to deal with the shortfalls in the number of vaccine doses available the european union has said th

future of russia.stion for putin and the future of russia.— that's a big question for putin and the future of russia. he wonder how much of these _ the future of russia. he wonder how much of these demonstrations - the future of russia. he wonder how much of these demonstrations are i much of these demonstrations are against at vladimir putin and in support of alexei navalny. he is actually quite a divisive figure. indeed, and i think the real point is that it's not about do you want alexei navalny to be president, it's about whether you want the right to choose the future of your country and who your political leader should be. if we had open political competition in russia with proper media scrutiny, proper courts, the ability to organise and campaign, then who knows who might come out on top in free elections? it might be people who support alexei navalny, it might be more conservative or liberal or left wing but it would be a choice. i think that is the thing that unites the demonstrators, the disl

from our data testing systems used in russia can identify the strains and vaccines registered in russia definitely provide protection against this strain. well in fact when it comes to russia and the people the number of people vaccinated moscow is leading the charge here in total in all of russia about a 1000000 more than a 1000000 people have been vaccinated if you compare it to any european country that is more in fact it is roughly the same amount of citizens who have been vaccinated if you have germany and spain combined and these are the countries that are leading the european rates of vaccination and of course it can't come soon enough for so many people around the rest the world as well how's the russian sputnik the vaccine being welcome to run the rest of the world outside of russia. well the situation here is interesting because of course russia was the 1st country to announce that it has a vaccine ready and as anything new as anything 1st it came under scrutiny and well it was it came close to being ridicule. old as people all around the world including journalists took it wi