calling for a boycott of the olympic surely is the way forward is it. well i'm just personally not against the book called that of the olympic games just because a one reason because it's absolutely technically not possible to realize this court because it's not possible to transfer it somewhere else because the only people who will suffer because of this because it is the sportsman who are participating in these in these competitions that's why i'm against but i am also it gives all the homophobia and the huge pockets of the russian state and that's what i'm doing we are fighting forty years since two thousand and five and we think that the most the best solution in this in this case is to go and protest during the olympic games to go to do the gay pride during the olympic games in sochi so that all the sportsman going to wear their rainbow pins rainbow attributes whatever they can talk against during the press conferences that the journalists and the media reports about what's going on in russia during the olympic games i think it will have a much big

and western again communities demanded russia based trip to override super bowl the next winter olympics in protest against the new nor against homosexuality propaganda to mind as some even going as far as comparing him to hitler. hello and welcome you know watching that we do you know now see with me here. talk of cold war punishment and a fractured relationship have made this week perhaps the one for u.s. russia ties in years but with washington and moscow have different takes on the situation where obama is talking about reassessing relations the russian side believes it is all being blown out of proportion check out half a story this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have hit a new low on friday the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the russian defense minister arrived in washington as planned to meet their u.s. counterparts and we've heard two different messages coming from president obama and foreign minister lavrov that both held a news conference on the same day at the same time in diffe

western gay communities demand russia be stripped of the right to hold the next winter olympics in protest against the new law against homosexuality propaganda to minors some even going as far as comparing putin to hitler. you are just in time for the weekly on our team with me rule research thanks for joining us today as we come to you live from moscow. talk of cold war punishment and a fractured relationship or perhaps made this week the worst in years for u.s. russia relations but both washington and moscow have rather different takes on the situation where obama is talking about reassessing relations the russian side believes it's all being blown out of proportion the story to watch these guys nature can. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have a new low on friday the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the russian defense minister arrived in washington as planned to meet their u.s. counterparts and we heard two different messages coming from president obama and foreign minister lavrov both

the olympic sign here. represents what the entire occasion is for it. brings out the best in people and sporting events and politics aside as the whole world focuses its attention on on the surrounding area the final preparations we put into place and what promises to be or the greatest sporting events. and often my trip here i can confidently say that the winter olympics twenty fourteen will be one to remember. more international news in brief for you this hour israel has given the green light for another twelve hundred settlements to be built on palestinian land palestinian chief negotiator lashed out at the move saying it will hamper a two state solution from being reached during peace talks set to resume in jerusalem on wednesday despite settlements being considered illegal under international law israel refuses to hold instruction for a decision comes after the german foreign minister claimed her visit during her visit to the jewish state but the international community should not create new obstacles for the negotiations. the train carrying consum

in 1936 the berlin olympics happened. three years before that hitler came to power and began this gradual campaign of horror against the jewish people, and he got legitimacy throughout the word, he got more power, he got that status and that's precisely what we're giving putin with the olympics being held there. >> in the past there's been talk of boycotting for different reasons. we tried that once. >> it won't work. >> and greg lew gain this who was a victim of that boycott, gay athlete, doesn't want to see a boycott. this is a different idea. this is -- >> right. >> look, vancouver has the facility. they've used it already. >> right. >> for exactly this. just a couple of years ago. just dust it up, it's ready to go. you say in here in your piece today something that's directed at nbc, the sponsors, everybody involved. trust me, if you are a corporate brand, you do not want to be associated with the sochi olympics. >> it's going to be a horrific olympics. it's almost predictable now and all these corporations including

aspect to this discussion about the winter olympic games the olympic games are games of freedom and they are to be held without any form of discrimination that's what the international olympic movement is about whether eighty percent of the russians are in favor of or not that's not the point the point is people should not be discriminated cause it's not the point eucom to this country and i don't understand why why can't there is athletes calm to russia compete on an equal basis have you know private live off their hours say in places where minors are not present nobody thought of them from actually i should quote now a un secretary general ban ki moon who has said on many occasions that human rights are not restricted to day time or night or for certain groups of people no do you are universal there are there for everybody all time so day and night you can and say you have human rights but not after six o'clock. sort of means to freedom of expression the freedom to express yourself in words but also in behavior is there all the time and we cannot say simply because you know we are in r

while back in russia the next winter olympics will completion of home benyon support affect the host team's performance at sochi two thousand and fourteen of them being through three summer games himself now with claims to jam bands never care about where and when. mishmash the spots when. if an athlete is pulling their hair in top notch shaved it shouldn't make any difference where you compete on home soil or on another planet it's all up to you and your mentality pressure high get over it the job must be done the best possible way after four years of preparation and ahead of the olympics. you might think them of could be a great coach ness of russia though the thirty seven year old he's sure is this nation lies elsewhere. in the ocean floors and i'm what i'm looking at mission it's a very hard and difficult job for me it takes special skills and talent and being a good gymnast doesn't mean great coaching ability so for now but i'd rather do my best to help an assistant kids use oracle but not train them if. there are still a lot of new for arises for same them up before tunnel and

but we lost the olympics to shelbyville. yeah, but i should have no problem selling a thousand springs. to who? idiots. ooh, these are fun! toh, rhett. oh, rhett, where will i go? what'll i do? frankly, my dear, i love you. let's remarry. oh, what a lovely ending. that's sweet. they cut out the best word! didn't that movie used to have a war in it? come on. get up! you've been warned. picture yourself on a beautiful sailboat... ( tape playing ocean noises ) ah, can't you just feel the sea breeze in your hair? or scalps? say, i hear a foghorn. ( imitating foghorn ): boooor-ing. bart, we don't want to overstimulate these people. they just had pudding. ( doorbell ringing ) hello, little girl. is your mommy home? you'll need to ask her for five dollars to buy mr. bouncy best-friend! i know you. your little smart-mouthedy cost this town the olympics. man: who is it, mother? bart simpson's father. oh, i'll be right down. ( footsteps on stairs ) ow! unh! ow! unh! ow! unh! ow! unh! ow! unh! ow! unh! homer: boy, lenny you sure look

twenty fourteen the countdown is getting lower the olympic park with its brand new arenas is almost ready and in february next year many of the world's top athletes will compete against each other right here at the skating palace. it's the first time since nine hundred eighty that russia has hosted such an event and with an estimated three billion viewers russia will be in the spotlight once again when all the construction is finished such will boast some of the best and technologically advanced sporting facilities in the world although with many cynics tells of corruption local opposition and concerns with overspending is such an already well the proof as they say is putting. the finishing touches are being added now and the amount of work that has been done in the city is huge the whole area is being improved and made more comfortable. with new pedestrian the underground passage being constructed the city has got a completely new now with its newly built and very beautiful and there cannot be any doubt that everything will be on time. slowly and surely each piece of the jigsaw is

we don't need to boycott the olympics as a country. that doesn't affect much change diplomatically, but we can do a lot to condemn these laws. >> i know what we should do. first, johnny wiers is openly gay and he says i've never thought of the olympics as a political statement. a boycott is wrong as far as athletes are concerned. i think boycott's the wrong direction to go, but i think yeah, of course you can make a political statement at the olympics and they should makeup equal one. remember the olympics where the black athletes put up the. >> they wouldn't have been able to do that if they were boycotting, right? because they were there and they won and they stood on that podium they were able to make this statement. cenk: don't boycott, but when the gay athletes win add they invariably will in some contest, they should wear something, maybe a pink glove, seriously and put up the same thing. >> there has been one skater who thought he would wear a rainbow pin. i think it would be amazing to see athletes and they are allies go out th

bt sport is it right to boycott the olympics no it's not trying to completely calls for sochi olympics because lympics slates don't deserve such treatment in the modern history of the movement if we had to boycotts it must be nine hundred eighty and in the early one nine hundred eighty four slaves couldn't compete in a highly competitive atmosphere for twelve years i always bring up to two comments regarding this entire situation first of all i think the law is wrong the law is bad and it should be cherry and so i think the timing for the russian government with such coming up is terrible but it's one thing the second thing is why does nobody ever mention qatar the world cup coming up is that because two reasons i think that is a sports one of our friends in the government the in the u.k. he said that's because it's some suppressed over that it doesn't matter which i think is just ridiculous and the second comment was that because it's football homo sexual interest doesn't go along with our sport which i think is absolutely ridiculous all of the countries and i think this gets forgotte

take the olympics so where the olympic ideals and the olympic movement can thrive. >> there are two candidates running for president of the ioc, and this is an issue where they say this is the kind of thing that has never really arisen. >> well, it is a very important, special thing for all the athletes and citizens all over the world. it is unfortunate that we have had the olympics where, you know, we were in beijing. they don't have the greatest human rights history. you know? so -- and here, i mean, it is so blatantly staring us in the face as to what is happening to the lgbt kids in russia. >> gregory, are you still accepting congratulations on your olympic medals? i'm a little late. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >>> coming up, in the rewrite, the dark ages of science in america. this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pil

in terms coverage of the over gay rinds is being fueled by the upcoming winter olympics in russia and he's now in orissa shape discuss the franzi surrounding a lot with the power of experts. we are an international community bonded by the homophobia that affects all of us and what we have to do is take a stand against the fact that the government is actually preventing education rather than propaganda that is desperately needed feel people who are growing up lesbian and gay growing up with prejudice this cause this day it causes distress anti gay bullying is terrific but it also is deep in issues because of the huge fines it imposes an organization and individuals who even mention gay rights but i'm going i just you know i constantly as a journalist here in suicide put you know i constantly as a journalist here go on about gay rights in russia and i on this channel i've spoken various networks around the world about this i've not been penalized or find out or i'm just trying to give the people at home the reality of the situation here i posted on facebook on saturday probably about ob

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bt sports is it right to boycott the olympics no it's not trying to completely calls for sochi olympics because lympics plates don't deserve treatment in the modern history of the movement we had to boycotts it must be nine hundred eighty and in the early one nine hundred ninety four. couldn't compete in a highly competitive atmosphere for twelve years i always bring up to two comments regarding this entire situation first of all i think the law is wrong the law is bad and it should be cherry and so i think the timing for the russian government with such coming up is terrible but it's one thing the second thing is why does nobody ever mention qatar the world cup coming up is that because two reasons i think that is i spoke to one of our friends in the government the in the u.k. he said that's because it's so suppressed over there it doesn't matter which i think is just ridiculous and the second comment was that because it's football homo sexual interest doesn't go along with our sport which i think is absolutely ridiculous all of the countries and i think this gets forgotten have signed

and western gay communities demanded russia be stripped of the right to hold the next winter olympics in protest against the new nor against homosexuality propaganda to mind is some even going as far as comparing periods him to hitler. hello and welcome you're watching the weekly here on aussie with me thanks for joining us. talk of cold war punishment and a fractious relationship have made this week perhaps the one asked for u.s. russia times and years but both washington and moscow have different takes on the situation where obama is talking about reassessing relations the russia side believes it is all being blown out of proportion. as a story for this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have paid a new low on friday the work for foreign minister sergey lavrov and the russian defense minister arrived in washington as planned to meet their u.s. counterparts and we heard two different messages coming from president obama and foreign minister lavrov that both held a news conference on the same day at th

they said that the olympics in vancouver could easily handle the next olympics. they are in a unique position to lead in the fight. there is virtually no other industry that can make a greater impact than ours in 2012, annual box office returns for the top 50 films in russia topped $900 million. nearly every one of those movies is a product of hollywood. our business matters to russia. our voices are heard in russia. and the combination of these avenues of influence can absolutely help end these dark days there. because the truth is the other thing that will soon be noted by putin and lgbt russians alike is our industry's silence and apathy. and lgbt russians living in fear and putting their lives on the line deserve better than our inaction and silence. joining me now for a last word exclusive, dustin lance black and stewart milk. nephew of harvey milk. lance, i think i know what the russians are planning here. their attitude is of course we won't bother the olympic athletes. they can do whatever they want, they can hold hands, because we're just going to let th

olympics, something the olympic committee said they would penalize and russian authorities say would under the law. they want to go further. >> that anchor later said he was talking about organ transplants. you can judge for yourself. phil black is in moscow and joins us now. we've seen images and heard the horror stories how gay people are treated in russia. is there outrage in russia itself? >>. >> reporter: no, little tolerance for open homosexual y homosexuality. there has always been violence against them. difficult to draw a link between the violence and the law but gay people believe it sends and reinforcing the message there is impunity when it comes to violence and humiliation between them. >> we see videos of one or two protesters that will put up a rainbow flag in support of gay and lesbian people and seen are beaten by crowds or police. phil, how likely it is gay athletes or athletes that show support for equal rights for gay and lesbians could be prosecuted? >> it is difficult to say because the law itself doesn't specifically define what gay propaganda is. in theory it

homosexuality to young people some activists even called for the boycott of next year's sochi winter olympics well one of russia's most famous athletes spoke out in support of the law this last week saying it's background is rooted in the country's history and culture a live picture isn't by her also said trying to boycott the games would be unfair to the competitors it's on the respect to our contrary at some respect to our citizen because we are russians maybe we are different than european people then other people from different lands we have our law which everyone have to respect and if some police and if some person who are not and not just try to make us such a problem as they does. by called the gears because of these because of our law so i think it's unfair front of their outlets. and it all sparked off from there is above his comments true widespread media fury with gay rights activists branding a homophobe however i spoke to ben harris quite nice britain's bowl group think tank agrees that the olympic should not be turned into an arena for political games billy her english was was

bt sport is it right to boycott the olympics no it's not trying to completely calls for book of sochi olympics because lympics slates don't deserve such a treatment in the modern history of the movement we had to boycotts it must be nine hundred eighty and in the early one nine hundred eighty four slaves couldn't compete in a highly competitive atmosphere for twelve years i always bring up to two comments regarding this entire situation first of all i think the law is wrong the law is bad and it should be cherry and so i think the timing for the russian government with such coming up is terrible that's one thing the second thing is why does nobody ever mention qatar the world cup coming up is that because two reasons i think that is i spoke to one of my friends in the government the in the u.k. he said that's because it's so suppressed or that it doesn't matter which i think is just ridiculous. because it's football have a sexual interest doesn't go along with the sport which i think is absolutely ridiculous all of the countries and i think this gets forgotten have signed into lympics

the winter olympics is only the beginning for the whole area after the main event early next year sort she will set about hosting twenty two international sports events ranging from the grand prix of figure skating to the formula one next november the olympic sign here i've been you to build airports represents what the entire occasion is for it links us together and brings out the best in people and sporting events and politics aside as the whole world focuses its attention on saatchi and the surrounding area the final preparations we put into place and what promises to be or the greatest sporting events held ever and after my trip here i can confidently say that the winter olympics twenty fourteen will be one to remember martha danbury's party. one reason for some of the tension around the olympics in sochi was moscow adopting the law banning propaganda of homosexuality to minors now in one of his recent comments the u.s. president lashed out in a chat show in fact russia's saying that he has no patience for countries that intimidate gays lesbians and transgenders but does the legisl

also to boycott or not gay rights activists are split on whether the winter olympics should be the target of protests against russia's new law on homosexuality propaganda to mine. with me a very busy program for you on this monday let's get straight into it. mind what you say otherwise you could end up languishing in jail at best that's apparently the message the saudi authorities are sending to their nationals and the countries prisons are packed with anti regime activists whose numbers by some estimates are now at more than thirty thousand the crackdown has exposed a chasm within the ruling family as well and r.t. arabic spoke exclusively to saudi prince. who became a dissident himself taking a stand against the monarchy is methods. the government is obviously scared of the arab revolutions and they responded as they usually do by resorting to oppression violence arbitrary law and arrest but the easiest thing they can do is deprive you of your salary or fire you altogether so the ruling regime is not guarded by justice and this is especially true of the ministry of interior there is no

and despite lightning flashes feeling the light sky all eyes were on the other bolt as the six time olympic champion powered past america's justin gatlin to regain his crown with the season's best time of nine point seven seven seconds off a full starting debut two years ago the twenty six year old is also off the new world record but he was still with him and. i want to do better but it just. wasn't perfect where are you going to talk about it was there boyd's car win is always what i came here for to remark that folks are going to do so but. while the host nation claims their first goal courtesy of luca alexander even off after the twenty year old prevailed in the twenty kilometer event on double olympic champion mo farah out won the men's ten thousand meters to holding off title holder even him a land of in on the final lap the thirty year old briton also aims to retain his title in the five thousand meters. it is great to win here is the medal was missing for me two years ago second just and this year i was just so it makes it more exciting is great for the school where you. might i don

been featured in the olympic program in one thousand twenty eight and again twenty years later but then it was a removed and only reintroduced at the games in two thousand and two when to take off claim bronze in vancouver it meant russia became just the eighth nation to win an olympic skeleton medal and they even though the track in such it is not considered the fastest the twenty two year old aims to fly down the course and make another bit of history. with the whistler track is the quickest in the world that it takes you to the limits at such a venue has a comfortable speed of one hundred thirty kilometers per hour or that it's not that difficult technically you know like if their. focus is not there you have no destruction. and for me personally he is ideal at that that means he know exactly what you have to be. under the guidance of former world skeleton champion villa schneider siberian native through to cork has just started his preparations in the moscow region for the forthcoming olympic season he is among the fastest starters in the world and aiming to make the most of home ad

well back in russia at the next winter olympics will completion of home benny and support affect the host team's performance at sochi two thousand and fourteen after being through three summer games himself now with claims to jan pence never care about where and when. his testes spots when. if an athlete is fully to hear him talk not shaved it shouldn't make any difference where you compete on home soil or on another planet it's all up to you and your mentality pressure hype get over it the job must be done the best possible way after four years of preparation and ahead of the olympics. you might think them of could be a great coach ness of russia though the thirty seven year old he's sure is this nation lies elsewhere. in the ocean floors me and it's a very hard and difficult job for me it takes special skills and talent and being a good gymnast doesn't mean great coaching ability so for now but i'd rather do my best to help an assistant kids who do support group but not train them. there are still a lot of new for arises for the same emma before tunnel and the jam band is currently

and there are less than two hundred days to go until russia has their maiden winter olympics in sochi and considering the top of it went to the black sea city to see how the one time seaside resort has developed into a state of the art sporting venue. july the fourth two thousand and seven date which meant russia's seaside resort of sochi would never be the same again as this up to a big old cd one the writer who is the twenty fourteen winter olympics these kick started one of the biggest construction sites in the world producing eleven brand new stadiums across two areas the coastal and mountain gloucester's spending forty kilometers this so named big arena will host the most thrilling competition the ice hockey tournament where russia hope today gold this multi-functional bernier will stage where is can be additions after the games and probably provide the home for a sochi based ice hockey team as its name suggests they always about bella's is a movable venue and could be relegated to another russian city after the olympics this unique arena will also have an unusual job of hosting

bt sports is it right to boycott the olympics no it's not trying to completely calls for sochi olympics because lympics it's. such a treatment in the modern history of the movement we had to boycotts it must be nine hundred eighty and in the early one nine hundred ninety four and flits couldn't compete in a highly competitive atmosphere for twelve years i always bring up to two comments regarding this entire situation first of all i think the law is wrong the law is bad and it should be cherry and so i think the timing for the russian government with such coming up is terrible that's one thing the second thing is why does nobody ever mention qatar the world cup coming up is that because two reasons i think that is i spoke to one of our friends in the government the in the u.k. he said that's because it's some suppressed over that it doesn't matter which i think is just ridiculous and the second comment was that because it's football homo sexual interest doesn't go along with our sport which i think is absolutely ridiculous all of the countries and i think this gets forgotten have signed

the olympics, something the international olympic committee said they would penalize and russian authorities said they would punish under the law. others, though, including one of russia's leading news anchors wants to go farther. >> translator: i believe it is not enough to impose fines on gays for engaging in the propaganda of homosexuality. on adolescents. we need to ban them from donating blood or sperm. if they die in car accidents we need to bury them in the ground. >> that anchor said he was just talking about organ transplants. you can judge for yourself. phil black is in moscow and joins us now. phil, we've seen the images and heard horror stories how gay people are treated in russia. is there much outrage within russia itself? >> reporter: no, anderson, there isn't. this has long been a socially conservative society, one with little tolerance of open homosexuality. so there's always been violence against gay people. that is disputed by some politicians here. difficult to draw a link between recent violence and this law. by gay people here strongly believe it sends a message, reinfo

and they're calling for boycotting the olympics. international gay rights groups say the law is fueling violence against gays in russia. two gay men were savagely murdered in less than a month. >> jessica stern, international gay and lesbian human rights commission: if you are an olympics fan who is vacationing in russia and you happen to be gay, or you are with your child happens to be gay and you pick up some information or have a book with you, you could be deported >> reporter: the international olympic committee says says it remains to be seen how the anti-gay law will be implemented, and it tells cnn: "the ioc has received assurances from the highest level of government in russia that the legislation will not affect those attending or taking part in the games.". >> that was jill dougherty reporting. russian officials are giving contradictory statements on whether the law will be enforced. a member of parliament says, it will not be enforced. while another official says, it is the law and has to be enforced. >> your credit scor

during this olympic games we have to raise this issues as much as possible during the olympic games and also the west have to do this during the olympic games there is no problem about this but why do we have to do it as a protest why do we have to charge after that the russian people that their gay people that they are responsible for. the disruption of these olympic games we are not responsible for these we're just fighting for our right ok we'll talk about it we're going to little bit more later. into effect look at the impact it's had on particularly on the people in russia and its reputation abroad and you know what i mean and i mean this law. was it was a point why it was broadens because russia is traditional i'm not going to lie russia has problems with homophobia but for me and what i wanted to ask actually nikolai is why russia why the focus around russia obviously in the problems you've been having and it's been going up and down on social media the picture that is painted in the west is clearly very different that's why it's interesting for me where peter is getting thes

a bigger event for corporate sponsors, just a few months away, the olympics. it's a time of celebration and competition and controversial. the nazi regime was in power, and african-american jesse owens wins four gold medals. 1968, mexico city, john carlos give the black power saw hraout on the podium during the national anthem, and they were expelled from the games. 1972, the massacre, israelis kidnapped and 11 athletes and coaches and judges were murdered, and 1980 in moscow, president jimmy carter calls for a boycott, and the soviet union responds by boycotting the 1984 games in los angeles, and next winter's games in russia, already deep in controversial. there is a law that bars the public discussion of gay rights and relationships, anywhere children might hear. it has been condemned as highly discriminatory. and it's putting corporate america in a tough spot. there was an article for the new yorker titled why the olympic sponsors should take an action on gay rights. and richard, i want to start with you. you write the participation of corporate sponsors t

take the olympics so where the olympic ideals and the olympic movement can thrive. >> there are two candidates running for president of the ioc, and this is an issue where they say this is the kind of thing that has never really arisen. >> well, it is a very important, special thing for all the athletes and citizens all over the world. it is unfortunate that we have had the olympics where, you know, we were in beijing. they don't have the greatest human rights history. you know? so -- and here, i mean, it is so blatantly staring us in the face as to what is happening to the lgbt kids in russia. >> gregory, are you still accepting congratulations on your olympic medals? i'm a little late. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >>> coming up, in the rewrite, the dark ages of science in america. [ tires screech ] [ beeping ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine certified pre-owned... mercedes-benz for the next new owner. ♪ hurry in to your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for 1.

and gay rights activists in the west call for a boycott of next year's winter olympics in sochi slamming the new russian law against homosexuality propaganda to minors even going as far as comparing. hitler. and learn from our studios in moscow this is our thomas glad to have you with. now us russia times have suffered a major freeze it this week at least that's what washington is claiming barack obama has accused moscow of a cold war mentality and even called for a pause in their relations russia on its part is demanding america like adults and believes there is no sign of hostility or tease. as commentary. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have a new low on friday the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the russian defense minister arrived in washington as planned to meet their u.s. counterparts and we heard two different messages coming from president obama and foreign minister lavrov both held a news conference on the same day at the same time in different venues of course with foreign mi

sites venues or other areas is the l z b t community going to allow this olympics to become about gay rights and not about the olympics and also what about other minorities that feel like they need to have their say at the olympics how many protests are we going to see we're going to have a gay pride protest and then a protest about western countries that want russia to intervene in syria and then another protest from the environmentalists they don't think the olympics should be held there at all everyone is going to want to have their say. relentless western media efforts is here to turn this into a political scandal of known fury to the rush's leading gay activist he says he won't be talking to western journalists anymore because his words are being twisted and used to paint the country in a bad light is anger was sparked by an article in britain's guardian newspaper that suggested the russian government plans to take children away from home a sexual couple's. young chechen man who was killed while being questioned by the f.b.i. might have been shot in the back of the head while lyi

one reason for some of the tension around the olympics in salt she was moscow adopting a law banning propaganda of homosexuality to minors in one of his recent comments and the u.s. president lashed out at russia over it saying he has quote no patience for countries that intimidate gays lesbians and transgendered people but does the legislation really involve any intimidation of minorities as a question if you look at it further we break down the myths that are being hyped in the international media on our website r t v dot com if you want to check that i understand a bit more special section on gay rights in russia so you can separate fact from fiction and make your own mind up on the. next square off over u.s. military maneuvering in the the pacific. legislation across top and right after this break i'll see with more news hopefully thirty five minutes from now. there's a media lead us so we lead the media by the sea pushes secure the place your party visible. where shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politicking only on our t.v. .

to boy called on all to gay rights activists us anytime whether the winter olympics trade be the target of protests against russia's new law on promus sexuality propaganda to mind it's. new so russia under wrong the well this is all t.v. with me thanks for joining us. mind told to say otherwise you could end up a languishing in jail at best that's apparently the message the saudi authorities are sending to their nationals the country's prisons are packed with and who are accessories whose number by some estimates is more than thirty thousand already the crackdown has exposed a chasm within the ruling family as well as he arabic spoke exclusively to saudi prince then of her hand also who became a dissident himself taking a stand against the monarchy as methods. the government is obviously scared of the arab revolutions and they responded as they usually do by resorting to oppression violence arbitrary law and arrest the easiest thing they can do is deprive you of your salary or fire you altogether so the ruling regime is not guarded by justice and this is especially true of the ministry

aspect to this discussion about the winter olympic games the olympic games are games of freedom and they are to be held without any form of discrimination that's what the international olympic movement is about whether eighty percent of the russians are in favor of or not that's not the point the point is people should not be discriminated cause it's not the point eucom to this country and i don't understand why why conduce athletes com to russia compete on an equal basis have you know private live off their hours say in places where minors are not present nobody stops them from actually i should quote now a un secretary-general ban ki moon who has said. on many occasions that human rights are not restricted to day time or night time or for certain groups of people no day are universal there are there for everybody all time so day and night you can say you have human rights but not after six o'clock sort of means to freedom of expression the freedom to express yourself in words but also in behavior is there all the time and we cannot say simply because you know we are in russian soil all

it's exactly six months till the olympic flame is lit and sochi for the twenty fourteen winter games critics have long been there to question if the resorts and he's got what it takes to become the capital of winter sports for two weeks i would very own martin andrews headed there to check up on the preparations. ok. but i think it's best to leave it to the professionals when they arrive next year insults you for the winter olympics twenty fourteen the countdown is getting lower the olympic park with its brand new arenas is almost ready and in february next year many of the world's top athletes will compete against each other right here at the skating palace. it's the first time since nine hundred eighty that russia has hosted such an event and with an estimated three billion viewers russia will be in the spotlight once again when all the construction is finished such will boast some of the best and technologically advanced sporting facilities in the world although with many cynics tells of corruption local opposition and concerns with overspending is ready well the proof as they say

bt sports is it right to boycott the olympics no it's not trying to completely calls for sochi olympics because lympics plates don't deserve such a treatment in the modern history of the movement to we had to boycotts it must be nine hundred eighty and in the early one nine hundred ninety four and flits couldn't compete in a highly competitive atmosphere for twelve years i always bring up to two comments regarding this entire situation first of all i think the law is wrong the law is bad and it should be cherry and so i think the timing for the russian government with such coming up is terrible that's one thing the second thing is why does nobody ever mention qatar the world cup coming up is that because two reasons i think that is i spoke to one of our friends in the government the in the u.k. he said that's because it's so suppressed over there it doesn't matter which i think is just ridiculous and the second comment was that because it's football homo sexual interest doesn't go along with our sport which i think is absolutely ridiculous all of the countries and i think this gets forg

russia's interior ministry says the sochi winter olympics will be safe and comfortable for the gay community and everyone else following fury over a new law banning homosexual propaganda. hello there it's nice to have you company you're watching our team coming to you live from moscow. now the father of a chechen man shot and killed while being questioned by the f.b.i. in his own home news in the u.s. to demand someone be held accountable for his son's death he brought him todashev his family are convinced he was unarmed while being questioned about his dealings with the man accused of carrying out the boston marathon bombings there are allegations the man was shot in the in the back of his head while on the ground artes and. met the morning father who wants justice for his son. a quaint residential neighborhood in florida and a father who can't hold back his tears. nothing will bring me peace as long as i live from the moment it happened i haven't been able to forget about it even for a second barely containing his grief. takes a moment several times during our interview. a few days ago he

bt sport is it right to boycott the olympics now it's not trying to completely control sochi olympics because lympics plates. don't deserve such a treatment in the modern history of the movement we had to boycotts. nine hundred eighty and in the early one nine hundred eighty four so if lives couldn't compete in a competitive atmosphere for twelve years it's not the food to be having to get legislation in russia my opinion is the limbic must be there is no place for boycotts for lean big some very cool although the friendly countries and national teams to raise their rainbow flags and to march to the opening ceremony parade holding hand by hand meant to be the man and we wouldn't you know that to show they're so we do we do within the l g b t community all of the countries and i think this gets forgotten have signed in a limb pick charter which states that there is no kind of demonstration or political religious or racial propaganda allowed at any olympic sites venues or other areas is the l g b t community going to allow this olympics to become about gay rights and not about the olymp

bt sport is it right to boycott the olympics it's not trying to completely control of sochi olympics because lympics plates. don't deserve such a treatment in the modern history of the movement we had to boycotts. and in the early one nine hundred eighty four so if lives couldn't compete in a competitive atmosphere for twelve years it's not the fault of the we haven't to get legislation in russia my opinion is. must be there is no place for boycotts for liam biggest and i call all the friendly countries and national teams to raise their rainbow flags and to march to the opening ceremony parade holding hand by hand man be the man and we've been with you know the show there so we do we do within the community all of the countries and i think this gets forgotten have signed in the limbic charter which states that there is no kind of demonstration or political religious or racial propaganda allowed any olympic sites venues or other areas is the l g b t community going to allow this lympics to become about gay rights and not about the olympics and also what about other minorities that fee

western gay communities to modern russia be stripped of the right to hold the next winter olympics in protest against the new law against homosexuality propaganda to minors some even going as far to compare putin to that of out of it well. we're highlighting the week's top headlines here on our welcome to the weekly with me research talk of cold war punishment and a fractured relationship of made this week perhaps the worst for us russia ties in years but both washington and moscow have very different takes on the situation where obama is talking about reassessing relations the russian side believes it's all getting blown out of proportion the nature camp has the story. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have paid a new low on friday the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the russian defense minister arrived in washington as planned to meet their u.s. counterparts and we heard two different messages coming from president obama and foreign minister lavrov both held a news conference on the

just like at the '36 olympic games hitler asked jesse owens to ease off on the black. you know, don't be so" out there." but to be safe, okay, i think they should bring the olympics back to its greek roots when nothing gay ever happened. [ cheers and applause ] okay. i think he had that guy by the greek roots. and folks russia's not the only place trying to defend its family values because unfortunately america's traditional small town morals are under attack from within. when it comes to fighting the gay agenda, we've already lost our big cities. thankfully, america's family values are kept alive in small towns like in kentucky in the heart of appalachia i can't. >> about 335-340 people. we all know each other. >> everyone knows each other. we're pro gun, hard working. country people. it's a fine town. stephen: a fine town. but for how long? meet the mayor johnny cummings. go back. too far. go back. a little more. good. >> hey, i'm johnny cummings. i'm the mayor here. [bleep] >> stephen: aren't you forgetting something. >> kentucky. stephen: no, the other thing. i am