and later this hour sophie shevardnadze sits down with the vice president of the swiss people's party to discuss this move. foreign minister has said that this vote will harm switzerland president of the european commission warned swiss citizens could lose their right to live and work in the u. was it worth it was it was the risk free immigration with an outside countries that these strange and i'm confident the european union will understand that we have to renegotiate we have to rediscuss this problem this issue immigration i don't have any regrets at all twenty years ago ten years ago switzerland was in the process of joining the european union now that's what sort of has changed its direction and we do not want to become a member anymore it seems to be normal that you rearrange immigration. and we have more stories for you on line including knots in my back yard and of my claim fracking a safe but their bosses clearly don't want the technology anywhere near their homes but more on the controversial statement from exxon c.e.o. to artsy dot com. also that internet giant google claim

welcome to sophie and co on sophie shevardnadze and they are just fortune turned mercenary boss erik prince down at blackwater at the world's biggest private military company scoring billions in government contracts in iraq and afghanistan but the public backlash that followed from years of atrocities can. force him out of the business are mercenaries bonds to cross lines can they be controlled and is civil and suffering inevitable when people are given a license to kill well we'll ask the man himself in our program today. blackwater the world's most powerful drug me a dollar the u.s. government they made a killing plugging holes in america's war on terror as soon as it is until roaches died washington is accused of hanging its paid fighters out to dry. to hide guns really go out of control in the war zone were they just thrown under the bus by the white house or did they get what was coming to them. of the biggest u.s. private military contractor blackwater welcome to the program it's great to have you with us so i'm just going to start from the very beginning q created blackwater t

hello and welcome to sophie and komi sophie shevardnadze today will welcome you for all they say share of the silk tropical central so she was the twenty second winter olympics are in full swing the world's finest of winter affleck's are competing here on ice and snow giving it their all for the ultimate prize where does the drive come from and how can anyone possibly handle the pressure of millions watching someone who has been there twice probably knows the best so without an olympic champion will have already answers. a member of the legendary russian five with julian big gold medals under his belt and three stanley cups to use name even larry one knows a thing or two about winning what does it take to stand tall and leave the podium how do you mold it doesn't superstars one super team.

me sophie shevardnadze anti-government and rest invented suellen his sprawling out of control with every side blaming the other for they care how the government cope with this serious political crisis when i ask somebody who has a view from the inside i'm just is that as a member of president address cabinet is our guest today. street fighting is raging on the streets of the venezuelan capital with commandante shot is gone his rivals are taking a shot at his successor and the white house has already voiced its support for regime change how will caracas stop the violence is washington times and it's for the country's economic woes to play does venezuela's socialist dream a future. and under is our eyes our guest today a member of president cabinet thanks very much for being with us he's joining us from caracas so as a result mr durham have sat where saying in kiev is now being repeated in caracas what does it mean exactly what is happening this is not a widespread violence as we are seeing right now in kiev it's very limited to certain focuses. of course the u.s. would like to create a si

hello welcome to sophie and kill me sophie shevardnadze the sochi olympics are finally underway exceptional in many ways the games are talented by the international olympic committee as having the toughest anti-doping policy is ever at the same time there's a possibility political controversy may take attention away from the actual competition what is done with those who cheat for medals are the olympics a legitimate place for a political fight well we ask sir craig the vice president of the i.o.c. and head of the world anti-doping agency here and so. he refused to. treat the pressure isn't. that it is. what is the dark side. sir gregory he had of the world anti-doping agency welcome to our show always great to have you with us now the new doping coach takes effect in two thousand and fifteen on the sochi games aren't affected by it so what special procedures are in place for these particular games. while the about operate under the existing code which was agreed to five years ago by the. and you'll the conference tomorrow conference on doping in sport people are perfectly clear on the regu

welcome to sophie and co on sophie shevardnadze ukraine's age old split between east and west is flaring up again the french outpost revolution unity is on the balance what will it take for the people of ukraine to find a middle way and what does all this mean for russia ukraine's closest neighbor today which we have michaela the chief of foreign affairs committee of the upper house of russia's parliament. the fires in kenya's independence square has been extinguished but the barricades are still. following days of bloodshed the opposition is celebrating. but tell the people of ukraine they were hoping for is this the end of the struggle for power or just the beginning. become a carer for head of the four and a committee affairs committee in russian federation council it's really great to have in our program today thank you for having me so many things going on in ukraine right now talk all over the world now in your view what has taken place is it a cooler evolution. well you know as an arab just as an oriental list unfortunately i draw many parallels with what is happening in ukraine w

well welcome to go on sophie shevardnadze switzerland has just narrowly voted in a referendum to protect tightly on the flow of immigrants into the country however the proposed quotas for the new arrivals run contrary to the use ideals of freedom of movement while this was no to ruin the country's ties with the european union how will switzerland keep attracting world class talent and is there really anything wrong with immigration well we asked the vice president of the party which pushed the idea through he's our guest today. switzerland the heart of europe a lender for cultures and the historic haven for refugees is now cracking down on immigration. the country voted to shut the door to new or rivals immigrants really a minister the swiss will be e.u. punished for his drastic decision or should others follow switch or example. and here we are with vice president of the swiss people's party of us just some it's great to have you with us so we're going to go right had an ask you why was this referendum on whether to limit immigration even need it. oh i think for the swiss population is

hello welcome to sophie and co i'm sophie shevardnadze so they went to a limping games have finally come to sochi the city is flooded with guests and athletes and the enormous amount of work that went into holding this extraordinary event will now be put to test and as everyone gets ready for the medal race well wait caught up with possibly the busiest man in town and that's the mayor of sochi the home of. years of preparation for this day. the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics in sochi. there were voices saying the city isn't ready the stadiums and roads finished and there's simply not enough snow in the subdural the resort so one.

hello welcome to sophie and kill me sophie shevardnadze the sochi olympics are finally underway exceptional in many ways day games are talented by the international olympic committee.

accusations their employees killed armed civilians back in two thousand and seven actually sophie shevardnadze spoke to erik prince who founded the firm you've said that your men were guards not investigators stationed to kill and check the policy and that's from your book that's a direct quote what gave you the right to behave in that way. well look there is there are there performing a defensive mission so you know every day between iraq and afghanistan the company did more than one hundred thousand missions protective missions and no one under our care was ever killed or injured and each time there was a and event where our men had to use their weapons it was documented and of all those times it to use the weapons it still comes out to less than one half of one percent. of those of those incidents so the idea that they were trigger happy is just it's not accurate. and in a matter of days breathtaking sprains false starts have photo finish is all on ice it's time to get your skates on for another look at whether such a twenty fourteen winter olympics has got ya for us to bond with say. we've

hello welcome to sophie and kill me sophie shevardnadze the sochi olympics are finally underway exceptional in many ways the games are talented by the international olympic committee as having the toughest anti-doping policy is ever at the same time there's a possibility political controversy may take attention away from the actual competition what is done with those who cheat for medals are the olympics a legitimate place for a political fight well we ask sir craig vice president of the i.o.c. and head of the world anti-doping agency here and. faster stronger thirty eight sets of medals are at stake in sochi over fifty five hundred athletes a victory the pressure to win is intense. competitors to get to the top. of the sports. what is the dark side.

injury but he managed to play a starring role in the match with no signs of discomfort or the sophie shevardnadze asked russian hockey legend of about the training the players need to perform consistently at the top level when you play against against the best teams from cat other from the u.s. and in sweden from czech republic's like his insolence or most of the guys these days players play hockey in the best they can award and that's likely in the north america and in the in that the players are getting shorter and better because of the competition got to prove yourself every single night when you step on the ice and for many many years now despite this our back end of the hockey russia has seen some major breakthrough as it's now in third place in the medals table having bad gold in skeleton and both gold and silver in the short track speed skating and there's plenty more hockey drama on the way with russia due to meet slovakia administration chiefs are given off has been cheering on the home side and he told our teams and he's now way that the fans need to put the last behind them including .

all welcome to sophie and komi sophie shevardnadze anti-government and rest in venezuela his sproul andt of control with every side blaming the other for the house of the government cope with this serious political crisis when i ask somebody who has a view from the inside i'm just is that as a member of president majoris cabinet is our guest today. street fighting is raging on the streets of the venezuelan capital with comandante shah is gone his rivals are taking a shot at his successor and the white house has already voiced its support for regime change how will caracas stop the violence does washington times do it for the country's economic woes to play does venezuela's socialist dream of a future. and understands our eyes so our guests today a member of president maduro cabin that thanks very much for being with us he's joining us.

soil polevoy chaos see west sussex stay with us still to come martin sophie shevardnadze speaks with the author of that controversial child euthanasia law that was recently passed in belgium so if you go i mean. trends arrow to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. ten a group wants to erect a statue to the lord of darkness in oklahoma city which is the logical name capital of the whole of the cygnus want to build the monument of a goat headed devil in or despite a monument to the ten commandments that was put up in two thousand and twelve yet they maybe shouldn't have put into the ten commandments on public property but does that mean that same nazis the other wackos have the right to put up their own twisted monuments well that is it depends on how you look at things technically in western liberalism everyone's beliefs by law are equal even if ninety nine people are christian and they cannot impose on that one poor satanist which sounds nice but in reality that means that those ninety nine christians have to tolerate a monument to the infernal master and defiler of t

at next our own sophie shevardnadze probes switzerland's immigration dilemma an interview with one of the country's leading right wing politicians stay with us for so if you can. transit through to vnukovo report you'll best way to the heart of most. judy cox a utah mother out of spite but an entire line of t. shirts at a popular chain store at her local mall the reason that she bought them was because she feels that the images of nearly naked women on them violate her local towns decency code she wants to make it clear though that she feels the store has the right to sell this type of shirt just not displayed in an exterior window ultimately her plan is to return the shirts on day fifty nine of the store's sixty limit let's hope for her sake they don't have a no return policy i bring this up because this is a great example of a nonviolent form of protest that actually works cause the scandal and more importantly it will make the company lose a few dollars technically the girls on the shirts are even fully exposed believe me i checked thoroughly and i wouldn't even call them r. rated

hello welcome to sophie and co i'm syfy shevardnadze so they went around limping games have finally come to sochi the city is flooded with guests and athletes and the enormous amount of work that went into holding this extraordinary event will now be put to test and as everyone gets ready for the medal race well wait caught up with possibly the busiest man in town and that's the mayor of such as the home of. years of preparation for this day. the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics in sochi. there were voices saying the city isn't ready for the stadiums and roads finished and there's simply not enough snow in the subdural the resort so what's the mood in sochi itself is the city ready to welcome the crowds the media campaign break the olympic spirit the mayor so she has all the answers. and our guest today is not going to the home of mayor of sochi of the olympic capital live from sochi this i think i hope this is the home of winter sports fans from all over the world are tuning again he shouted well why they should just drop everything to hop on the next flight to sochi. because s

hello welcome to sophie and co i'm so shevardnadze a law that would allow he said for children is being considered in belgium is passed the bill would lift state restrictions and those were a quest for their lives to be terminated and we'll be speaking to one of those behind a controversial love. a matter of life and death these parents are forced to watch their children ways to way slowly and. surely assisted suicide be an option. these two for. euthanasia is posing questions no one would ever want to answer do miners have the right to die is a time to break the taboo. and our guest is belgian senator run to support her off the low allow him to finish a four miners feeling about phillip mouth thank you very much for being with us at this program so you know are you a doctor yourself a surgeon what have you seen that could possibly make you take up this issue in the first place. oh listen as a doctor i think we were confronted with the situations of great distress what's your thought on medications with incurable disease mostly cancers. and it also applies to minors children and teenage