is there any weakening of the kremlin's grip on power? leonid volkov in berlin, welcome to hardtalk. hello. good afternoon. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. you, of course, are in berlin because that is where mr navalny is still being treated in hospital. give us the very latest information on his condition. his condition is getting better. he's really understanding everything what's going around and he's able to, like, communicate with the outer world — as you can see on his instagram and twitter. and he's really doing remarkable progress. and we — his friends and the family and the staff — are very happy to observe his progress. and still, we have to realise it's a long way to go. it will take a lot of time to completely recuperate after a novichok poison attack. in his social media, and also from you and other colleagues, it's been said that he's absolutely determined to return to moscow as soon as he is able. do you think that is really wise? for none of us, it was ever a question. of course, we never consider it... ..as

kremlin in his own country ok nick conway in men's. in moscow thank you but. now doctors here in germany treating her like say in the valleys of russian opposition leaders condition is improving the kremlin critic spinning a birth in hospital since late august after falling seriously ill during a domestic flight in siberia it was also announced on monday that lab tests performed in france and sweden support germany's conclusion that mr valley was poisoned with a soviet era of nerve agents novacek european leaders have demanded an explanation from moscow which denies involvement this invalid was woken from a medically induced coma last week. we go to g.w. political correspondent julie sadhana at parliament studios welcome julia so now that mr novelli is getting a better walk what's known about his condition. well we've heard today from the hospital here in berlin that he does continue to improve the hospital has said that he has been taken off of mechanical ventilation he is being put through a process of mobilization and that he's able to leave his bed for sho

is there any weakening of the kremlin's grip on power? leonid volkov in berlin, welcome to hardtalk. hello. good afternoon. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. you, of course, are in berlin because that is where mr navalny is still being treated in hospital. give us the very latest information on his condition. his condition is getting better. he is really understanding everything what's going around and he's able to, like, communicate with the outer world, as you can see on his instagram and twitter. and he's really doing remarkable progress. and we, his friends and the family and the staff, are very happy to observe his progress. and still, we have to realise it's a long way to go. it will take a lot of time to completely recuperate after a novichok poison attack. in his social media, and also from you and other colleagues, it's been said that he is absolutely determined to return to moscow as soon as he is able. do you think that is really wise? for none of us, it was ever a question. of course, we never consider it... ..as an opt

it's a sign of putin in the kremlin feeling very inconfident. so, one yearago, there was a direct order from kremlin to kill our political operations, to destroy our political organisation. so, several criminal allegations were... several criminal charges were pressed. 250 of our employees were searched, their apartments were searched, all their equipment, laptops, computers were seized, over 700 bank accounts were frozen, all assets of anyone belonging to our staff was frozen. so, it was a operation executed by kremlin to stop our political operations. it was launched in august 2019. now, in august 2020, all our operations are running. all our regional offices are running. 0ur candidates are running for election since their attempt to destroy our political organisation failed, so, very naturally, they try to do the next steps, they try to do something new to prevent from... but mr... all right. ..to prevent our operate from... yeah. sorry. no, the basic question, mr volkov, is you're trying to control... ..that‘s the idea.. you're trying to c

it's a sign of putin in the kremlin feeling very inconfident. so, one yearago, there was a direct order from kremlin to kill our political operations, to destroy our political organisation. so, several criminal allegations were... several criminal charges were pressed. 250 of our employees were searched, their apartments were searched, all their equipment, laptops, computers were seized, over 700 bank accounts were frozen, all assets of anyone belonging to our staff was frozen. so, it was a operation executed by kremlin to stop our political operations. it was launched in august 2019. now, in august 2020, all our operations are running. all our regional offices are running. 0ur candidates are running for election since their attempt to destroy our political organisation failed, so, very naturally, they try to do the next steps, they try to do something new to prevent from... but mr... all right. ..to prevent our operate from... yeah, sorry. no, the basic question, mr volkov, is you're trying to control... ..that‘s the idea.. you're trying to c

the kremlin says it has no details on the question goes claims as of yet and they have not been verified the german chancellor angela merkel also spoke about the case on thursday they are all over has more details on that. well i'm glad merkel speaking here in live alongside the swedish prime minister stefan levin briefly touching on alexina valmy and saying how germany would respond to russia depended on russia right now and how it responds to those allegations that came out on wednesday as it stands moscow is far from happy with berlin at the moment in the way that that announcement on wednesday was made what we've heard from the head of the fact that a press conference was called before the russian ambassador had been summoned to the foreign office before. being told that this was going to be this announcement was going to be made so to. have the russian ambassador said that once he was summoned to the the foreign ministry he wasn't given any facts about the allegations being made now the kremlin spokesperson to me to the press golf has said on thursday essentially they can't comment

standing with the people and it appears at least some russians have hinted at an answer while the pro kremlin russia united party is on track for a sweeping overall victory in the local polls allies of alexina valmy are also celebrating their gains in siberia may be symbolic but significant after the opposition leaders suspected poisoning did their voting strategy pay off or is the tide turning against those who have dominated russian politics for 20 years. all right let's bring in our guests into the show now we have joining us moscow victor all of its lead analyst at the center for actual politics a think tank in london samuel green director of the russia institute it king's college london and co-author of putin vs the people and the belfast alex teves all of lecturer in modern european history and russia expert at queen's university belfast a warm welcome to everyone if i could stop perhaps with samuel so was this a free and fair election. not entirely no i mean it's we've seen reports are on the ground group of election irregularities of the kind we've become used during recent elections

meanwhile according to the kremlin is off to moscow in a couple of days according to sources that real change in approach really because before the election was casting russia as a threat to belorussia and saying that vote for me and i'll protect you from attempts by russia to influence what's going on since then. has turned to vladimir putin for help and there's lot of putin but he's backing. and making it much more easier for him to stay in office without the kremlin's backing his position will be looking much more parents. let's bring in our guests in minsk yaroslav roman chuck a former presidential candidate in 2010 he's now president of the misses scientific research center a think tank in vilnius lithuania for not via chalk a nonresident fellow at the atlantic council and in moscow something called a political scientist at the russian academy of sciences a woman of continual i'd like to begin minsk with you jaroslav it's been a month now. schank is not going anywhere in fact he's doubling down he's cracking down he's arresting key opposition leaders as well as many others includi

particularly bright and then there is the kremlin you know like see no valley and his allies although he's obviously. in a very difficult situation as a result of the poisoning but looking at these allies can you say that the strategy around the strategy has succeeded to some extent. well i have to some extent and i think certainly developing and his his coalition right are putting a brave face on things they have made some progress and certainly they have demonstrated the fact that you know this is not simply a moscow and st petersburg sort of urban intelligentsia movement that it does have a nationwide following and that they have demonstrated that this strategy they have a smart voting right of picking and choosing candidates not necessarily in terms of are you logical affinity but based on really who can win who can do the job of getting you know russia candidate out of out of out of office right. there that does work right now and that the electoral map does work but it works on a low level right so we've seen this be successful to a certain extent in and we do parliamentary elec

the outspoken opposition figure has organize numerous anti kremlin protests. has been arrested several times for civil disobedience and even attempted to get on the ballot to run for president in 2018 his bid was blocked by the courts. but now he lies in an induced coma at a berlin hospital in critical condition german chancellor angela merkel calls the suspected poisoning attempted murder. alexina. let's say now about me is the victim of a crime he was meant to be silenced and i condemn this in the sharpest possible manner in the name of the entire german government. never found me is one of president vladimir putin's fiercest critics drumming up a vocal and growing opposition against putin's 20 year grip on power the valley has suffered physical and verbal attacks in recent years the attorney an anti corruption activist fell ill after boarding a plane in siberia headed for moscow on august 20th it's believed someone poisoned his tea before he boarded the plane the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing to save his life. the german government says test

its standing with the people and it appears at least some russians have hinted ethanol while the pro kremlin russia united party is on track for a sweeping overall victory in the local polls allies of alexina valmy also celebrating their gains in siberia may be symbolic but significant after the opposition leader's suspected poisoning did the voting strategy pay off or is the tide turning against those who have dominated russian politics for 20 years. all right let's bring in our guests into the show now we have joining us moscow victor all of its lead analyst at the center for actual politics a think tank in london samuel green director of the russia institute it king's college london and co-author of putin versus the people and the belfast alex teves all of lecturer in modern european history and russia expert at queen's university belfast a warm welcome to everyone if i could stop haps with samuel so was this a free and fair election. not entirely no i mean it's we've seen reports are on the ground very of election irregularities of the current we've become used to recent elections over t

particularly bright and then there is the kremlin you know like the no valley and his allies although he's obviously. in a very difficult situation as a result of the poisoning but looking at his allies can you say that the strategy on the strategy has succeeded to some extent. well i have to some extent and i think certain that alan and his his coalition are are are putting a brave face on things they have made some progress and certainly they have demonstrated the fact that you know this is not simply a moscow and st petersburg sort of urban intelligentsia movement that it does have a nationwide following and that they have demonstrated that this strategy they have a smart voting right of picking and choosing candidates not necessarily in terms of of ideological affinity but based on that who can win who can do the job of getting united russia candidate out of out of out of office. that does work right now and at the electoral map doesn't work but it works on a low level so we've seen this be successful on to a certain extent in parliamentary elections really mostly on new spawns th

kremlin has long wa nted with belarus. kremlin has long wanted to create some sort of a annexation policy with belarus, starting with the economy, single currency, moving to a foreign defence policy and ultimately resulting in a union state, de facto absorption of belarus by russia and now they see a moment to do it. so you see a moment to do it. so you see co—ordinated talks from both minsk and lost our talking about new elections and constitutional changes and both of those are likely to be dressed up as giving more people to the people, perhaps toa people to the people, perhaps to a stronger belarusian parliament but in fact they will give the kremlin the upper hand to put in place kremlin puppet parties in the parliament and also to field a slate of kremlin vetted candidates for new elections. i think moscow realises that president alexander lukashenko has no legitimacy and have to go so they are trying to create the plan to make sure they control the level. the plan to make sure they controlthe level. and the plan t

now with the kremlin's cooperation of all he was transported to a german hospital not long after these russian doctors gave their diagnosis but german medical staff at the hospital claimed they did find a toxin in the opposition leaders blood russian medics and the prosecutor general's office have already requested evidence of this claim but have yet to receive any sort of response nevertheless novi chalk is being claimed as the culprit in many places in the west and the kremlin wants to know what what's actually warranted this claim. none of the tests biological samples taken by our specialists showed any sign of poisonous substances. says it m m big us lead detective a toxic agent moreover they say that it is a military nerve agent if that is true and it is essential that our investigators know precisely what's on german colleagues have established. now with many in the west pushing russia to do even more than it's already done and in its investigation and some even blaming moscow for and of all these bad. health the questions the question still stands why aren't they sharing their i

meanwhile according to the kremlin it's off to moscow in a couple of days according to sources that real change in approach really because before the election was casting russia as a threat to belorussia and saying that vote for me and i'll protect you from attempts by russia to influence what's going on since then. has turned to vladimir putin for help and there's lot of putin but he's backing. and making it much more easier for him to stay in office without the kremlin's backing his position will be looking much more parents. let's bring in our guests in minsk yaroslav roman chuck a former presidential candidate in 2010 he's now president of the misses scientific research center a think tank in vilnius lithuania for not via chalker a nonresident fellow at the atlantic council and in moscow something called a political scientist at the russian academy of sciences a woman a continual i'd like to begin minsk with you jaroslav it's been a month now. schank is not going anywhere in fact he's doubling down he's cracking down he's arresting key opposition leaders as well as many others includ

for at city bridge near the kremlin . they asked for you to cool how long have you been married just the march across from the news that it's ok we were a bit late anyways. together they've created a modest memorial. just one minute to go. to themself was murdered at 11 31 pm. what state they are. they observe a minute of silence in front of the walls of the kremlin. bureau is ill near it heroes don't die you know your give you only earth. a few passers by stopped to express their support he was killed because he was against. against bolton it's so well fairly clear. and everybody knows who killed him. except our judges. that's a very sad story very sad story for all of 5 chechens acting as contract killers were jailed but there's been no investigation into who ordered the hit. i'm not types i'm sure that i'm in the safe when i speak to you i. was at the start of the site is cleaned very often to drive would be protesters away. elian and his friends take turns guarding the memorial. 7 days a week around the clock. time an

for urgent clarification of the background to this poisoning of alexy says you say so far the kremlin is saying that it hasn't had an official notification of this new diagnosis which is of course as we now know a diagnosis of poisoning by nor the chalk and that was convert them today following some specialist toxicology tests that were carried out between the sherry tate hospital where alex and of on the is being treated and also a special unit of the german military part of the german bundeswehr well i suppose we can safely speculate but vladimir putin is unlikely to say ok fair enough yes it was us so looking beyond that where does this leave relations between germany and russia have already kind of rocky. they are extremely rocky at the moment says it has also already been tensions have been growing between berlin and moscow not least of all because of a previous case a murder of a georgia man here in berlin which germany is still waiting for clarification from moscow as to possible involvement in that case as well and also because when it comes to dealing on diplomatic minefields

meanwhile according to the kremlin is off to moscow in a couple of days according to sources that real change in approach really because before the election was casting russia as a threat to belorussia and saying that vote for me and i'll protect you from attempts by russia to influence what's going on since then. has turned to the to putin for help and there's lot of putin but he's backing. and making it much more easier for him to stay in office without the kremlin's backing his position will be looking much more parents. let's bring in our guests in minsk yaroslav roman chuck a former presidential candidate in 2010 he's now president of the misses scientific research center a think tank in vilnius lithuania for not via chalk up a nonresident fellow at the atlantic council and in moscow something called a political scientist at the russian academy of sciences a woman of continual i'd like to begin minsk with you jaroslav it's been a month now. schank is not going anywhere in fact he's doubling down he's cracking down he's arresting key opposition leaders as well as many others includ

the upper hand put in place kremlin puppet parties in the parliament, and also to field a slate of kremlin—vetted candidates for new elections. i think moscow realises that lukashenko has no more legitimacy, and he's got to go, so they're trying to create this plan to make sure they control all the levers. that in is something lukashenko himself has resisted, and presumably the outcome wouldn't be more welcome to the protesters, the people at large. in a sense, it would be substituting one brutal dictatorship from lukashenko with another run by the kremlin. but this is something that lukashenko has avoided for years, in terms of kremlin encroachment on his domain, but he is so weakened now, i've come across one internal covert poll done by an ngo inside belarus that shows lukashenko with only about 8.5% so his legitimacy is shot. i think he knows it, and this is the deal he must do to save his skin. and do you think it is likely to happen like that? well, i think it's going to be made up along the way. certainly there will be adjustments depending on the reaction from the protest movement in bela

the kremlin has long wa nted belarus. the kremlin has long wanted to create some sort of creeping annexation policy in belarus, starting with the upon —— the economy, single currency, defence policy and ultimately resulting in a union state, back to absorption of belarus by russia and now they see a moment to be able to do that, so you see co—ordinated torque from both minsk and moscow talking about new elections and constitutional changes and both of those are likely to be dressed up as giving more power to the people, perhaps, and a stronger belarus in parliament perhaps but in fact, they will give the kremlin the upper hand put in place kremlin puppet parties, and also to field a slate of kremlin vetted candidates from new elections. i think moscow realises that lukashenko has no more legitimacy, and have the plan to make sure they control all believers. that in is something lukashenko all believers. that in is something lu kashenko himself has resisted, and the outcome wouldn't be wall welcome to the protesters,

it is absolutely prosperous nonsense there is no reason why the kremlin was once assassinated. found he asked and on the whole i would say this to the germans if they are so sussan that newfound me was some of the senses is poisonous around me by using nothing short and cool to see the evidence of the germans it goes to the kremlin wants us to not allow russian medical doctors and scientists to transition many of the german authorities to share their medical and scientific findings with the russians it's a simple as this statement if you have nothing to hide then you have no reasonable sense in all shapes finds and with a posse i know that isis warrior senior dogs to be accusations surrounding a found it is possible possible all of our own going concern and vicious campaign against russia because russia is a superpower going to find out it's the americans and the british lower yield george can he still script files because it's been this way get all script files again ok let a lot of transparency here but let's get to what i think this is all about and marcus are meant to hear

and the kremlin is likely to be paying particular attention to these regional elections now because we've seen protests happening in some regions across the country which is very unusual for russia usually people only really protest in the capital moscow and in st petersburg but in recent weeks and months we've seen protests in the far eastern city of. over a governor who was removed from office there after he was elected also 2 years ago at a protest vote people have been taking to the streets every day there for weeks now there's also been some environmental protests in interest on for example in the southern region and also in the north of the country so it does seem likely that the kremlin will be watching the mood and the outcome of these elections very closely emily mentioned in your report. and its ally alexina vali they're calling for this smart voting strategy to oust lived near putin's party does this actually pose a serious threat to the kremlin. well sergey boco certainly thinks it does and so do these allies boyko in fact even told me in novosibirsk that he thinks that

authorities over claims they failed to open a probe into his alleged poisoning with a nerve agent as the kremlin says it's still waiting for germany to hand over evidence. back with a vengeance france beats its daily record for coded infections in spain seeing the virus spread faster than in any other country. and the american media it raises the russian that meddling alarm again after a u.s. intelligence report is nixed last minute by the department of homeland security. watching r t international coming to you straight from moscow 247 welcome to the program a russian judge has dismissed a case looking into allegations that russian authorities failed to investigate claims of x. in the fall he was poisoned legal action was initiated by the opposition figures anti-corruption foundation currently in development remains in a coma in berlin artie's on a quarter has more. well right behind me is the court where the complaint that aleksei of all these legal team filed against the russian government was just rejected the complaint was filed after their request for a criminal investigation into the alle

legitimacy of this deal would be very dubious and even for the kremlin supports gun conditionally i'm sure that to add to the slogan there will be many more slogans against which you know on the ground but every opposition movement does need a figurehead it needs a leader and is obviously very aware of that he's arresting leaders left right in the center is that housing and impacts you think yourself. we have a leader and you can also though she's in exile but we know why she laughed she's with us and of course she is the president elect and. decentralised call peroration unique way on a mass protest is what them as brothers is demonstrating the question unless he starts negotiation with the lucianne he would definitely lose politico rounds and he would be even more wounded and more desperate to grasp power but i don't i think that he is doing well let's bring in in moscow bloody mess something russia seems to be in a bit of a difficult position here there is a lot of affection for russia within the roots but if it sides with lucas shank of a much longer it's going to lose the protest

well as of a few moments ago to me 2 press corps of the kremlin spokes person addressed the media put out a statement saying that so far had not been in touch with moscow we had heard from stefan cyber that they wanted answers from the russian government that germany wanted answers from the russian government and that the ambassador from russia to germany was being summoned to the foreign ministry but when it comes to comment from the kremlin from moscow to me to the press corps of kremlin spokes person saying that the moscow haven't been contacted the spheres are when it comes to lakes in the valleys condition and we know that he remains in this coma that's been induced in the shot at a hospital here in berlin where he's been for a couple of weeks now following him taking sick on that flight from siberia to moscow he was brought here by a special medical plane that was chartered by his supporters and he's been here in berlin receiving treatment and tests since then it's these tests that have come back with the german government saying that he was poisoned with a nerve agent from the

that says it's the way to beat germany to hand over evidence mainstream media point the finger at the kremlin yet fail to support the moscow trying to kill me with evidence look at how well they've tried to justify. to putin's apparent reluctance to talk about. elected to anything some direct proof of what did he did. l i don't remember putin ever talking about me could putin really want me dead as well. but with a vengeance france daily record for infections of spain seeing the virus spread faster than in any country. in the american media raises the russian meddling alarm again after us intelligence report is next last minute by the department of homeland security. thanks for joining us this is our. russian judge has dismissed the case looking into allegations that the russian or thirty's fails to investigate claims alexina valley was poisoned the legal action was initiated by the opposition figures corruption foundation found the remains in a coma in berlin. in central moscow good morning the judge has delivered the ruling we believe take. the morning mail well that's right behind me the c

and nato have had to deal with other suspected kremlin poisoning cases kate so did do these give us a clue about likely steps. well one potential 1st port of call could indeed be sanctions but targeted sanctions against specific people in russia could also be against businesses against vessels but of course i think what we can take away from the statement that came from the german foreign minister and also from german chancellor angela merkel is that germany won't be making any decisions on its own it's looking for a joint and approved create response. to german foreign minister said in response to also have a moscow says and that's the response that will be waiting for but of course that's very hazy right now as your ear was explaining just a moment ago so let's talk about the. election the valise supporters in russia how are they reacting to this. well here we have the reaction from a mission of the spokeswoman awful accent of only. all the members of and of on this team they all had been insisting from the beginning that tallackson of ali was poisoned and linked to the incident to

what's the kremlin saying. well a brand in contrast to the strong reaction in several of the un from the town for special from the german chancellor with as authorities here in russia have so far been reluctant to comment on the violence poisoning and leadership this call for spokesperson of the russian president vladimir putin sat at the kremlin would be unable to give a proper response to berlin statement which is in a way all else also a statement i think however the russian foreign minister is south of that beilin statements on not based on any evidence and that the reactions from the route russian parliament was expected and they called it probably haitian dictated by political motives that could be organized by the united states to stop with the gas project the north stream to between russia and germany the european union and nato they've had to deal with similar cases before involving nobody for example and russia are there any clues from past experiences to help deal with this investigation. well one of

it makes sense for the kremlin to take him out because. removing him from the scene they actually bring instability into the system because obviously if your family does not come back to russia somebody else is going to take his place in the you know non-systemic opposition and that person may turn out to be way more charismatic i way more popular now probably made more credible as a political figure because we look at the families political platform as it was it's almost the same as putin's i mean it's neo liberal economics it's he supported the support of research he has no intention of returning crimea to ukraine he's been involved in nationalism in the past which is kind of like what putin does if you got for example a younger guy more telegenic kind of guy than the valley for example more charismatic dour you know and this guy you know was maybe more left of center like maybe a o.c. in the states for example or jeremy corbyn wasn't britney that's a far more of a stretch in my book than a guy who really i mean which i endorse the sort

it makes sense for the kremlin to take him out because. removing him from the scene they actually bring instability into the system because obviously if your family does not come back to russia somebody else is going to take his place in the you know non-systemic opposition and that person may turn out to be way more charismatic i way more popular now probably made more credible as a political figure because we look at least political platform as it was it's almost the same as putin's i mean it's neo liberal economics it's he supported the support of research he has no intention of returning crimea to ukraine he's been involved in nationalism in the past which is kind of like what putin does if you got for example a younger guy more telegenic kind of guy than the valley for example more charismatic about his dour you know and this guy you know was maybe more left of center like maybe a o.c. in the states for example or jeremy corbyn wasn't britney that's a far more of a treasure in my book than a guy who really i mean which i endorse the s

mary leverage so the kremlin to exercise unfair question or so i actually believe piece that innocent person place the west has actually placed an appearance will know what i believe the material i say shouldn't sooner go off and lay some of the union sites well george but that's the fly in the ointment here i mean and it's one of the things that i get very frustrated with looking at the west your narrative because it's not about lucas it's about the place that we know is be a ruse be all russia and its relationship with russia and as marcus quite correctly and in great detail discuss this is a this is a single state ok at this point here and the problem has been is that it's been looked at shank unwilling to implement every single phase in stage of that that he signed up to and so could this is the this is the unreported narrative that what's going on in india rules because it's it is kind of a lucas shango problem but for very different reasons go ahead yes that's right. they're the policy before the election which was a day by the e.u. and the united states was to try to foster a s

results from the german tests in order to proceed with their investigation we've also heard from the kremlin spokes person dmitri peskov who said that the russian doctors had been far more forthcoming when it came to sharing information than the german counterparts he also said that statements and acetate sions should be limited to the facts that are provided this fact to investigative measures are being carried out and if the information about the presence of a poisonous substance from the patients biological samples is confirmed then of course we will open at the jewelry investigation by the german federal president frank. has been speaking as well he said. the case has the potential to cause problems in the relationship between elin and moscow but if we look at the foreign minister of austria alexandre schellenberg he said that it would be impossible for the e.u. to put in place sanctions on russia. over this before there was any proof before there was any investigation being carried out he was also asked questions about the north stream to gas pipeline which the austrian foreign minister

the german or thora jesus showing the alexina found he was not drunk or diabetic as the kremlin cynical spin doctors wanted to world to believe he was supposed to be killed with an insidious neurotoxin cynical spin doctors insidious neurotoxin and obviously aggravated by us. all going to force 1st compounds are highly toxic substances and as a rule it's impossible to use them just to poison a single. person if there had been any interaction with the substance on the eve of the flight or during the flight then any accompanying persons would certainly have shown symptoms of poisoning that did not happen passions are high a lot of confusion about this is the best time to take advantage of people if you're a build pundit and you have no idea how a neurotoxin works or what happened to the volley and you still want clicks well now is the time to write righteous and warlike articles to try and appear knowledgeable while view of the professionals and experts a busy and quiet trying to figure out what's happened there is another version that you might like one popular theory is that the kremlin

the german or thora jesus showing the alexina found he was not drunk or diabetic as the kremlin cynical spin doctors wanted the world to believe he was supposed to be killed with an insidious neurotoxin cynical spin doctors insidious neurotoxin and obviously aggravated by us. to see the slogan a force 1st compounds are highly toxic substances and as a rule it is impossible to use them just to poison a single person if there had been any interaction with the substance on the eve of the flight or during the flight then any accompanying persons would certainly have shown symptoms of poisoning that did not happen passions are high a lot of confusion about this is the best time to take advantage of people if you are a build pundit and you have no idea how a neurotoxin works or what happened to the volley and you still want clinics well now is the time to write righteous and warlike articles to try and appear knowledgeable while the you know the prefer. and experts a busy inquired trying to figure out what's happened there is another version that you might like one popular theory is that the

the german or thora jesus showing the alexina found he was not drunk or diabetic as the kremlin cynical spin doctors wanted the world to believe he was supposed to be killed with an insidious neurotoxin cynical spin doctors insidious neurotoxin and obviously aggravated by us. all going to force 1st compounds are highly toxic substances and as a rule it's impossible to use them just to poison a single. person if there had been any interaction with the substance on the eve of the flight or during the flight then any accompanying persons was certain to have shown symptoms of poisoning that did not happen passions are high a lot of confusion about this is the best time to take advantage of people if you're a build pundit and you have no idea how a neurotoxin works or what happened to the volley and you still want clicks well now is the time to write righteous and warlike articles to try and appear knowledgeable while view of the professionals and experts a busy and quiet trying to figure out what's happened there is another version that you might like one popular theory is that the kremlin

authorities over claims they failed to open a probe into his alleged poisoning with a nerve agent the kremlin says it's still waiting for germany to hand over evidence . back with a vengeance france says the daily record for covert infections with spain see the virus spread faster than in any other country. you know could media raises the russian meddling alarm again for u.s. intelligence report is next last minute by the department of homeland security. good afternoon thanks for joining us here on r.t. international. a russian judge has dismissed the case looking into allegations that russian authorities failed to investigate claims alexina valmy was poisoned the legal action was initiated by the opposition figures and corruption foundation of on the remains in a coma in berlin quarter. well right behind me is the court where the complaint that aleksei of all these legal team filed against the russian government was just rejected the complaint was filed after their request for a criminal investigation into the alleged poisoning of the opposition leader was left on answer now the team's lawye

is it possible that the kremlin sold this nerve agent to a non state actor. i find that extremely unlikely if a government is in possession of chemicals like this they will keep it to themselves and it's the same question if a state would sell a nuclear weapon to a terrorist i think this would never happen because you are losing control of a very tightly controlled chemical by the way the addition of the not the chalk families to the control list of the o.p.c. w. which took effect in june of this year. is an important step but the chemicals or the use of these chemicals was banned even before use of any toxic chemical for these purposes is a violation of the convention whether a chemical is on the list on not but of course of this again a different quality if you use a chemical which is listed in the schedules of the convention you know this nerve agent that we're talking about maybe give our viewers an idea of just how toxic it is i mean what are the chances that alexina volley will have one last thing damage to his health this very much depends on the dose

for assistance in france and that now gears it shows in every leisure it's so the kremlin to exercise other look at shanghai so i actually believe piece that innocent person plays the west has actually placed an appearance hullo while i believe the materialization soon are off and lace of the union states well george but that's the why and the only in here i mean and it's one of the things that i get very frustrated with looking at the west your narrative because it's not about lucas it's about the place that we know is be able to spell russia and its relationship with russia and as mark was quite regularly and in great detail i discuss this is a this is a single state ok at this point here and the problem has been is that it's been looking at unwilling to implement every single phase in stage of that that he signed up to and so this is the this is the unreported narrative that what's going on in india rules because it's it is kind of a lucas ngo problem but for very different reasons go ahead yes that is right. there the policy before the election which was a day by the e.u. and the

deja vu news live from berlin a military grade nerve agent was used to poison a leading critic of the kremlin that according to the german chancellor the russian opposition their election of all the remains in a coma and a berlin hospital where lives were correspondents for nelson also coming up. a verdict is expected today in slovakia and a case for corruption at the very highest levels of our businessman is up on murder charges prosecutors say he ordered the killing of a reporter investigating his dealings with the doctor. and the american working class on the ropes in the wake of covert lockdown measures for many it was a downward spiral from a secure job to eviction a growing number of the unemployed are moving into tent cities for cheap hotels. i brought in thomas good to have you with us today german chancellor angela merkel says she wants answers from moscow after her government confirmed that russia's leading opposition figure was poisoned a military laboratory found that alexina volley was attacked with a deadly nerve agent like those developed by the soviets in the 1970 s. now mali

s of showing the alexina found he was not drunk or diabetic as the kremlin cynical spin doctors wanted to world to believe he was supposed to be killed with an insidious neurotoxin cynical spin doctors insidious neurotoxin and obviously aggravated by us. you see again a force for us compounds are highly toxic substances and as a rule it's impossible to use them just to poison a single. person if there had been any interaction with the substance on the eve of the flight or during the flight then any accompanying persons were certain to have shown symptoms of poisoning that did not happen passions are high a lot of confusion about this is the best time to take advantage of people if you're a build pundit and you have no idea how a neurotoxin works or what happened to the volley and you still want clicks well now is the time to write righteous and warlike articles to try him appear knowledgeable while the you know the professionals and the experts a busy and quiet trying to figure out what's happened there is another version that you might like one popular theory is that the kremlin spook

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failing to open a probe into the poisoning with a nerve agent others the kremlin says that it's waiting for germany to hand over its evidence. with a vengeance france. infections from spain seeing the virus spread to. the country. media races the russian. intelligence report is next to the last minute by the department of homeland security. thanks for joining us here on t.v. and to. a court hearing is jus to begin in moscow. the russian authorities will not look into claims alexina valley was poisoned the cases being brought by the opposition figures corruption foundation of the remains in berlin in a coma let's go live to a correspondent outside the courthouse in central moscow good morning don't take us through this legal case please. good morning neal well right behind me is the court hearing just started regarding the legal complaint. legal team filed against the russian government just a few days ago it was filed after their request for a criminal investigation into the alleged poisoning. left on answered back in late august when he was poisoned when he was allegedly poisoned but s

patient we've also heard from the kremlin spokes person to me to the press corps of who said that it's the russian doctors have been far more forthcoming when it came to sharing information than their german counterparts he also said that statements and acetate should be limited to the facts that are provided this fact to investigative measures are being carried out and if the information about the presence of a poisonous substance in the patients biological samples is confirmed then of course we will open a day jury investigation of the german federal president. has been speaking as well he said. the case has the potential to cause problems in the relationship between lin and moscow but if we look at the foreign minister of austria alexandre schellenberg he said that it would be impossible for the e.u. to put in place sanctions on russia over this before there was any proof before there was any investigation being carried out he was also asked questions about the north stream to gas pipeline which the austrian foreign minister said it shouldn't be put in any risk that that should be c

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ation we've also heard from the kremlin spokes person to me to the press corps of who said that it's the russian doctors have been far more forthcoming when it came to sharing information than their german counterparts he also said that statements and. should be limited to the facts that are provided. back to investigative measures are being carried out and if the information about the presence of a poisonous substance in the patients biological samples is confirmed then of course we will open a day jury investigation of the german federal president. has been speaking as well he said. the case has the potential to cause problems in the relationship between lin and moscow but if we look at the foreign minister of austria alexandre schellenberg he said that it would be impossible for the e.u. to put in place sanctions on russia over this before there was any proof before there was any investigation being carried out he was also asked questions about the nord stream to gas pipeline which the austrian foreign minister said shouldn't be put in any risk that that should be completed and th

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is it possible that the kremlin sold this nerve agent to a non state actor. i find that extremely unlikely if a government is in possession of chemicals like this they will keep it to themselves it's the same question if the state would sell a nuclear weapon to a terrorist i think this would never happen because you are losing control of a very tightly controlled chemical by the way the addition of the not the chalk families to the control list of the o.p.c. w. which took effect in june of this year. is an important step but the chemicals or the use of these chemicals was banned even before the use of any toxic chemical for these purposes is a violation of the convention whether a chemical is on the list are not but of cause of this again a different quality if you use a chemical which is listed in the schedules of the convention you know this nerve agent that we're talking about maybe give our viewers an idea of just how toxic it is i mean what are the chances that alexei navalny will have one last thing damage to his health. this very much depends on the do