here in germany to confirm that this was a chemical weapons a substance that was used to poison and avani at the same time there is a lot of discussion about what kind of consequences that might have full the relationship between germany and russia and in the center of that is discussions about the north no 3 true pipeline a gas pipeline going through the baltic sea from russia to germany which is about to be completed hasn't been completed yet and germany has been saying that this product line might possibly be affected this pipeline project by the situation at the moment let's hear what the german foreign minister and the government spokesman said about this today. france's offer for. their the phone for now as i believe that would be wrong to rule out these having any impacts on the project for the. very shells for. the chancellor of greece it's wrong to rule anything out. you know the u.s. has been pressuring germany to scrap this pipeline project for a long time so could this dispute over the poisoning of me actually end up killing this deal. it's a possibility that's certainly in th

organization or that diplomatic spot between perlin and moscow is heating up over what happened to alexei and avani the german ambassador to russia was summoned to the foreign ministry in moscow and what cheese heard how russia is far from happy and what it sees as accusations coming towards it about the alleged poisoning of alexei navalny a strong protest was made to the ambassador over the unfounded accusations presented by the government of the federal republic of germany against russia in the context of the illness and hospitalisation of russian citizen alexina of only and the obvious use of his situation by berlin as an excuse to discredit our country on the international arena the g 7 leaders have also issued a joint statement in which they talk about the confident poisoning of alexina folly the statement also calls up for action from moscow the russian foreign ministry not particularly happy with that they say that the main obstacle towards action being taken by moscow remains germany not sharing the information it says shows the next election in a valley was poisoned with a nerve agent with

levied sanctions against russia and some member states expelled diplomats over the jailing of election avani russia in turn placed a travel ban on 8 top e.u. officials in retaliation a move the e.u. president branded groundless moscow went on to stress though the move was an act of protest then it could be reversed at any moment we have repeatedly made it clear that it wasn't asked for started this war sanctions but attending moments we are ready to walk our part of the path to end this pointless confrontation in which there will not and cannot be any winners hostile policy towards russia has been pursued by only a small group of individual countries to their own detriment political. believes the e.u. simply follow the example set by the united states here. well again i mean the russians are logically not started the sanctions regime and the sanctions game so i would say the russians of change must know that and the europeans must know that too my problem with the hopkins is that they're terribly following the americans see the european parliament. elected or. at least part of his initial mi

russian opposition leader alexei in a volley has been detained at an anti putin rally in moscow and avani had called for nationwide protests against president vladimir putin's inauguration for a fourth term as president they all reports that thousands of other people were arrested in other demonstrations across the country putin is be sworn in on monday . thousands of people took to the streets of paris today to protest government policies marking a year.

investigation after german doctors found indications of poisoning in russian opposition leader alexei in avani the kremlin says there are no grounds for an investigation because a range of causes may have triggered his illness the longtime opponent of prizes invited to a putin remains in a coma after collapsing on thursday soon after he had a cup of tea. let's bring you some breaking news now on iran and the president of the u.n. security council indonesia says it's not in the position to take further action on a u.s. bid to trigger a return of all u.n. sanctions on iran because there is no consensus in the 15 member body as you recall 13 council members had expressed reservations and opposition in fact on friday to resumption of sanctions on iran arguing that the u.s. had. basically does that it's with the u.s. move was void given that the u.s. had canceled its participation in the 2015 iran nuclear deal meanwhile any iran the head of its atomic energy agency says talks with the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog have been constructive rafael grossi is in tehran pushing to visit 2 sides suspec

of moscow now authorities have jill several of his supporters who staged a protest outside to demand avani receive proper medical care. he's getting a lot of media attention but that's all alex in the valley supporters can achieve at the moment earlier this week a group of doctors including the vollies family physician honest. came to the pokrov prison camp to get an idea of nevaeh in the state of health but they weren't allowed to enter. morrow and the day after tomorrow until they let assent and will observe how they treat alexei until he is taken to a normal hospital and gets normal medical treatment. alex a nepali seen here in a black prison uniform on surveillance camera footage 12 days ago russia's best known prisoner has been on hunger strike since late march in a letter to the prison director he demanded medical help sarcastically saying i've gotten used to my leg over the past few years i don't want to lose it now he is also suffering from fever and a cough and he says 3 fellow prisoners have been diagnosed with tuberculosis novell knees lawyers also visited the prison they were l

the person who has done the most on this front, electing saint avani is in prison. i think the possibility of war is extremely unpopular and an invasion is extremely and popular in russia but they don't have interest so this is his strategy in his decision —— or two. his strategy in his decision -- or two. ~ , ., �* , . ., two. with you're in experience of russian mindset _ two. with you're in experience of russian mindset and _ two. with you're in experience of russian mindset and what - two. with you're in experience of russian mindset and what you i two. with you're in experience of i russian mindset and what you know two. with you're in experience of - russian mindset and what you know of vladimir putin and how he operates, how do you deal with vladimir putin? i think it's important to consider that we know he is interest worthy. we know he is a bad actor in terms of having malevolence intentions, but unfortunately, he is also committed to staying in power as long as he can. so whether it's going to be bid for conflict, during conflict or after the conflic

now to the case of the russian opposition leader alexei in avani foreign ministers of the group of 7 leading nations have condemned what they describe as the confirmed poisoning of the kremlin critic for its part moscow has summoned the german ambassador of statements by his government about the case on monday nov on the awoke from a medically induced coma in a hospital here in berlin his doctors say there is undeniable evidence of ali was poisoned with a form of novacek a soviet era nerve agent the german chancellor has called a poisoning attempt attempted murder. then of all the cases a debate in the german parliament about how the government should respond one suggestion if russia fails to investigate than a volley case has been to hold the construction of the north stream to gas pipeline which is to bring russian natural gas to europe to members of the foreign affairs committee are opposed to that and favor a collective european response instead they explain the positions to d.w. the main question is not should we pursue the north stream to the main question is how should we tack

that hopes its approach to migrants will be taken up by the country as a whole we are incest a savage avani on the outskirts of milan in the north of italy once an industrial town used to have overwhelmingly communist views dubbed the stalingrad of the country today those views have all but vanished with elections in italy just around the corner this place hopes to lead by example in tackling immigration and taller and seems to be the last of concerns and what it could do here. whatever will help the situation must be done it's very important in other countries they are already doing these kinds of things and no one gets offended because it is a warranty for us and them. we need to find the best solution possible first we need to find out how many migrants we can identify through digital fingerprints and any other systems then we need to see if this works. they are human beings too but if there are hundreds of thousands coming into italy every year we really have a problem we can't accommodate which are. common enough of that it would be very difficult for the system to work we're not alone

you but we don't he going to push on just a little bit because short c 100 he's a new jeep is isn't avani even popular enough to challenge president putin let me share with you shortly a great question thank you let me share with you this on my laptop what do russians think about the valley this is a recent poll and the blue people who are proven avani the orange the disapprove look how big this is in russia right 56 percent and then a good 25 percent don't care but no and then looking at people thinking in russia you think that nobody should have come back to russia because of course he when he came back he was arrested 22 percent as a tiny percentage think that that was a good idea 51 percent a neutral let's just make that a shrug and 25 percent disapprove this is a very different annex in the valley pool inside russia than they appear to be outside of russia go it. yeah tired he's not a particular tickly popular person and that's true even among liberal oppositionists a number of whom i think regarding river a certain amount of suspicion. for a number of reasons the 1st 2 were of his.

and dismissing it as foreign interference and avani was sentenced this way to just under 3 years for breaking parole he goes not off spoke to saskia taylor about the reaction to the verdict. well it certainly gain some traction internationally it has been covered in russia for sure but the amount of attention it's getting from international sources it is almost like they are the russian media within minutes after the ruling we started to receive statements from all over the world from the u.k. from the u.s. from germany france the council of europe really you name it all of them almost following the same the very same time template all of them calling putting alexina value on a pedestal and calling for his release we reiterate our call for the russian government to immediately and unconditionally release mr no vani as well as the hundreds of other russian citizens wrongfully detained in recent weeks for exercising their rights including the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly today's verdict against gelatine a violent is a bitter blow against fundamental freedoms

here in germany to confirm that this was a chemical weapons a substance that was used to poison and avani at the same time there is a lot of discussion about what kind of consequences that might have full the relationship between germany and russia and in the center of that is discussions about the north. no 3 in 2 pipeline gas proper.

having that here it got from the moscow times this headline russia expelled european diplomats even avani protests from the foreign ministry so there was a meeting there were conversations it did not go well he's angela merkel from frankly the fish. but it didn't his us dollars are cheering our meeting we were and swarmed over the expulsion of german swedish and polish diplomats from moscow in connection with demonstrations on the volley we considered this expulsion to be unjustified and we believe this is a very very step away from the rule of law noticeable in russia right now think here that's a hood on. brewing as the situation around it only has it escalate he said now it's international crisis what does it feel like some insight russia. but it's very important that was the community is now. stand against this a sin is sin or imprisonment. i think for that it wouldn't it is much more important what's. had the thinking satirists how many people will join this board to see how many celebrity has an opinion leaders will support no one and this is the most important because i don't think

so a bit of background avani fell ill in all growth started to meth, addicts, right in russia, and was taken to berlin for treatment. germany claims that found traces of an overtopping of agent in his body and allegation later repeated by w. . however, must go says its own tests found no such substance and that bullet has repeatedly rejected requests for lafferty. we spoke with alexander sold his russia's permanent representative to hear it up. you know, he thinks the claims against russia have a very clear political motive partners in the p. c. w, against further politicize new organization, which would create deeper divisions and interrupt a normal work in the search for compromises. different countries interpret provisions of the chemical weapons convention in their own way. we should prevent any attempts to spread one's own rules in place of the established conventions of international law. our western partners and the technical secretary, when it's convenient for them refer to confidentiality clause. under this pretext, russia was refused access to key aspects of the technical sec

and we can go now to find emily sure when she is in moscow for you what am i missing avani calling off his hunger strike a what more can you tell us well it seems that extent of on these demands to see civilian doctors have been met in a post there was a new post on his instagram account seems to have been passing these posts on to his lawyers periodically and in that post he says that he was able to see doctors that he says he trusts twice now and that they have recommended that he calls off his hunger strike apparently according to that post they said that soon there may be nothing left to treat if he is if he doesn't stop his hunger strike but he has also demanded to see another doctor he's still complaining about numbness in his arms and legs so that demand goes forward and when this is all made for his flight . well he's still obviously been in prison he was this week transferred to a different prison which has a medical ward tuberculosis ward actually his lawyers say that he still is considered by the prison service to be a flight a flight risk so essentially he might you know fl

to gas pipeline project with russia in response to the reported nerve agent poisoning of alec's in avani berlin says it has evidence they promised kremlin critic was targeted with never choke moscow rejects all claims of involvement and says it can't investigate without being given access to berlin's test results meanwhile the heads of key german regions have come to the defense of the major energy project the bad one is economically necessary force but it's also necessary that we stay together with the russian it's a project that plays a decisive role in the framework of altered energy and climate policy and therefore we've come to the conclusion that we want to carry on with it and to those that advocate closer ties with russia. i say that the poisoning of alexei navalny with an advanced chemical agent is not a one off. now it's time to will pump russian gas to germany and then on to other european countries via the baltic sea when completed it will stretch 1200 kilometers 90 percent has already been built it finish it will double the amount of gas falling from russia to germany constr

this is how they approach the knockings it is to be more defensive more cautious and then hoping folk avani as he did today and luis suarez to get them the goal is put the so ours on his own that's going to be more tricky i think so that's their problem with france i think everyone apart from pol pot by playing to that level i think he's maybe five five percent off it's just sometimes comes up a little bit short it's like he's a little bit off the pace he's very lucky to have i'm going to count the next to him who is for me one of the best defensive midfield players that i've ever seen in my life. so he helps him out and talk bok can be a little bit. not good. for them and i had another word in my no always going to say that but he can but you know this is the world cup again you allowed to sort of play your way into it and the big play is as this tournament progresses as we move into the quarterfinals and the semifinals and the final for the big players usually to step into the character and we've seen that today with the papa we've seen that with kabbani and it's beautiful to see and we c

chemical weapon against development and they would have failed and at the end they would have given avani to germany doctors this makes no sense i mean you know they won't be using chemical weapons invented in the seventy's at least for for something so they said this is not just the way russia russian works or. doesn't make any sense why would russia do this right at the time where it's winning it doesn't have to do this it doesn't do this and if ali is not such a big star in russia anyways and of course he's a very popular blogger figure in russian politics but he's no threat to put an end to to the russian politics he's a he's a lost an assett so the west is using this again maybe want to show him something bad on russia because the can't stand russia that's the bottom line it's a very valid point is that what you bring up about who who profits or does the russian government profit from from carrying out such a thing we look at it in a nuanced leveled way which i really haven't seen in the west and i'm waiting to read it by line or an editorial or something saying why would they carry

avani is a mess on a lot but it will be hit with all the latest updates around 30 minutes time so stay with us. no one except. the process of constructing this was to rank as a biodegradable scaffold which is poor and when this is inserted beneath the skin when the skin is suctioned over the scaffold over a period of about 6 months you have to shoot in growth and invest your eyes eisen occurring in other words the cells the mule in your body grow into the scaffold it grows its own blood supply so now this is fully integrated as part of my on it's own living part of my own. they all see themselves as dying swans in their dreams. but only one in the cells will ever make it to the till. they're ready to give their lives for the chance to die on stage if only once. not even broken wings can deter them. for generations at the madrid ski ballet sweat and tears. i've interviewed limits of being world and rape is a very very traumatizing thing to have happen but i've never seen trauma like i've seen from women who are veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma. i cannot remember how man

nerve agent attack last august which people aims on the kremlin russian authorities said they detained avani for violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence. a kiss goodbye and he's taken it was. arrested at passport control just minutes after expressing hope he might go free by use i'm not afraid. to go through border control cross the border and go home i know i'm right. against me are fake. just minutes earlier the plane had landed unexpectedly at moscow's sheremetyevo airport it had been diverted from a different moscow airport where it had previously been expected to land. dramatic scenes unfolded police arrested dozens of supporters who wanted to greet the kremlin critic personally authorities had declared their presence illegal and blocked access to the terminal with police vehicles some kremlin observers say the response shows the russian government is afraid of. me is dangerous otherwise they wouldn't want to imprison or kill him but he's fearless and now he's also famous even outside of russia that is exactly what the kremlin doesn't want. who are recognized by 70 or 80 perc

welcome back kremlin critic i like saying avani is back on russian soil and was immediately arrested by police on arrival they found he had been in germany receiving medical treatment after an instant's last summit in which he fell seriously ill during a flight saw the reports from moscow's winnick about international airport when of on these plane it was scheduled to land. but here i am. just to the southwest of moscow and around 7 30 pm local time russian opposition forgot it was a cue to land on that flight from belin however at the last minute we got word that all incoming flights were being diverted to other ports and the film is flight was set to shut me up to the other side of the capital now we've seen footage of him that disembarking the plane we saw him boarding a bus in will to be taken to a tunnel and it was on that bus that the he was taken in to police custody now behind me about an hour and a half 2 hours ago are once dispatched now it is minus 20 degrees i don't blame them a crowd of supporters had got that despite with ortiz all skin people not to gather on most of t

every possibility you get to do so and of course there are nuclear incident that occurred with missile avani is such an opportunity to push the own again. and so it was clear from the beginning. this chance would be used and actually never found a use now conscious and recovering from this is back to point think has been posting on instagram about what he believes happened to him according to a new video and its accompanying text a water bottle with a trace of the novacek nerve agent was found in his hotel room in the city of tomsk his colleagues say they took the bottle as evidence just an hour after these alleged poisoning came to light are done of has been looking at the clay. this is it amateur footage shot in election of ali's room according to his supporters about an hour after the russian opposition figure started showing the 1st symptoms of the poisoning and the 1st thing that jumps at the viewer is that all these people in the room normally it is advised to wear more protective gear to protect oneself from cold it and this here they will potentially dealing with a military grade ner

bridge in moscow back in february 25th teen we asked her if she thinks that this apparent attack and avani which once again reveals how dangerous it can be to speak out in russia is going to discourage the opposition movement they are not all witness in are those massive progress in the mail or rules and i think it was one of the reasons why not wisely might be poisoned because after the presidential elections was so massive for the us and this part states poor 3rd very cruel drool repression and now we've been on sunday a big march against. whom i personally regard as former president because he lost the elections so and i think that those people in the kremlin included like him or putin they're all frightened by these days from belo rules and they might think that the same can happen in russia in the aftermath of any elections and you know within that have an upcoming elections on their 13th of september and alex in a highly is very active and he introduced his role in tactic of smart loot it's called in russia and it's proved to be very effective last year and i don't think that russian

they're disappointed or 1st thing is are i strongly opposed to the combined and avani question with economic sanctions and especially with the gas pipeline laws for him to why we do that. there is no reason to combine it. we should, we should look at a separately imagine when mystica shockey was murdered in the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul, where the evidence is clear, different in the money case, new one ever tried to connect it with all oil business, that saudi arabia sophists and why we do that with russia. the 2nd is that we see a clear illegal 3rd party sanction by the us again, small stream to which connects russia and germany directly from natural gas. and now obviously to the money is used to justified is illegal sanctions. and to make pressure on the pipeline project. and that is not russian policy. that is anti-rational sentiment from the us and from parts of western europe. and suv of my position is let's separate it. and then if we go to this is as an isolated case, then of course we should also all the question that or that or a and in the room. we should share the inform

plane had to make an emergency landing in the city of homs where he was then rushed to hospital and avani is it considered one of president putin's affairs says russian critics exposing corruption and organizing demonstrations and despite official bans this isn't the 1st time tina valmy has cried foul in august last year alexina van they said he'd been poisoned with an allergic agent while in jail he'd been detained for calling an authorised protests and his dog ate resistance to kremlin control has long made him one of president vladimir putin's biggest nemeses. no vanity rose to prominence with his exposure of corruption at russian state controlled companies at rallies he took direct aim at the kremlin and its occupants dubbing putin's united russia party the party of crooks and thieves. as he began proving his pulling power with opposition supporters stints in jail and the courtroom became a regular feature. charges of embezzlement in the city of kirov in 2013 saw him banned from entering the political process and running for office. in 2070 moscow saw some of the biggest anti corrupti

week have been dispersed while several hundred people have been detained opposition leaders like seen avani instigate lifts off have been sentenced to fifteen days imprisonment for resisting police mass walks and sit ins across moscow starting on monday the day they were put in was sworn in as the new president on sunday the white ribbon movement called for a million man march which turned ugly when some protesters started throwing stones and trying to provoke police. you're watching r t live from moscow now let's take a look at what else is making news in the world football fans clashed with police in the spanish capital overnight thousands poured into the streets celebrating athletico madrid's victory in the europa league final violence erupted want to small group of fans started throwing bottles and stones at police were trying to push the crowd back several people were arrested after the confrontation. believing and riot police have fired tear gas at an anti-government demonstrators and clashes broke out when thousands of workers protested over pay and work conditions the laborers were

for embezzlement so russia the russian government actually stuck to its guns on that one but all the avani continues to state that all the charges and sentences made against him were politically motivated so with the e.c. h.r. again making a ruling against the russian government moscow's course of action has yet to be seen. the un backed government in libya has condemned monday's strike on an airport in tripoli as a war crime forces led by general khalifa haftar launched an offensive last week in the attempt to seize control of the country's capital seventy five year old general is an american citizen he defected from the libyan army in one thousand nine hundred seven and formed an opposition wing to overthrow vend leader moammar gadhafi three years later he fled to the united states shortly after the national uprising against gadhafi in twenty eleven after our return to libya and a few minutes on r.t. watching the hawks delve further into the general's background. he actually defects from the libyan military and pledges loyalty to the national front for the salvation of libya which is thi

a moscow court has given russian opposition figure aleksei avani a 3 and a half year jail sentence over alleged parole violations of on his lawyers have already said that they will appeal the decision well i'm joined now by our. i mean igor it's not exactly the most stranding situation here in russia but world wide a seems that saturn of honest cases hitting the headlines well it is it is absolutely one of the prison term for election of ali was announced reactions started to pour in international reactions i mean will be immediately and what i see immediately i mean it literally within minutes after the judge announced his decision when he effectively sided completely with the prosecution we've read the world we just started to i just started to read these you know statements released by the u.k. the united states germany france the council you are a breed you name it's really all of them sending essentially trying to convey the same message and putting a lexan of army on a pedestal have a listen. we reiterate our call for the russian government to immediately and unconditionally relea

most recently, the opposition leader alex in avani. it has its cyber chaos and disharmony in the west to tarnish its democratic systems while promoting its phone version of democracy. it is deployed private military contractors around the globe to secretly spread its influence at home, its hospitals are filling up fast with coated patients as its president hides out in his villa. i mean, add some dramatic music. do a cool video, add it pepper the whole thing with a few explosions here and there, and you've cooked up a trailer for the next hit limited series on netflix. but no, it's not that not by a long shot. it's actually the opening of a job advert for a russian reporter with the new york times. page searches for unbiased to impartial or balance. come a blank, no results found in the text. not that it's much of a secret though, that the new york times isn't that interested in covering a happy russia. but some readers weren't that impressed with the sudden spasm of honesty from the paper did the see any right. new york times new russ

russia slams the report of the global chemical weapons watchdog the russian opposition figure election avani was poisoned with a nerve agent. bringing in a new round of sanctions and. its purpose is obvious denigrate russia with unsubstantiated accusations and thereby create a far fetched reason for introducing another tranche of sanctions against our country. new in the chief of the o.p.c. . he's been barred from speaking at the u.n. security council about a controversial probe into alleged 2018 chemical attack in syria it's letter from the russian side. with pride like the olympics that's how the u.k. government is saying it will look back on its coronavirus response despite britain having the highest death toll across europe and seeing a new surge in hospital admissions. bus to the u.s. 2020 vice presidential candidates mike pence will go head to head in the debates on wednesday the race for presidents been characterized by name calling and a blame game so far at least a little to educate voters about the policy. good day for russia the 7th of october just to midday. and here it artie's w

starting with these guys luis suarez and in-sync avani will be leading the line for your why in july and you think hard pressed to find a better pairing outlets all the time we all know about suarez right he's the country's top scorer of all time let's just hope you can avoid chomping on his opponents for a few weeks t.t.t. itself from east. africa vonnie he's been in great form for p.s.g. these the top scorer in the french late just imagine what he'll be able to do without neymar stealing penalties often with these two up front challenges. and they're not alone in brain quality to the squad. kept indiegogo dean is an absolute gloria and he's got a club team mate from outlets to go madrid alongside him at center back in josé maría jimenez. has plenty more experience in players like maxine. pereira christine and keith are anonymous letters. and it's not just europe why they will pose a serious threat because also egypt. you now when we think of egypt as one name that springs to mind i mean solid food is quite simply one of the most dangerous attackers in the world right now. and he'

starting with these guys luis suarez and in-sync avani will be leading the line for euro why in july and you think hard pressed to find a better parent outlets all the time we all know about suarez right he's the country's top scorer of all time let's just hope he can avoid chomping on his opponents for a few weeks keep in c.t. itself police. has forgiven him he's been in great form for p.s.g. he's the top scorer in the french lady just imagine what he'll be able to do without neymar stealing penalties often with these two up front why are challenges . and they're not aligned in brain quality to the squad. caps indiegogo dean is an absolute worry out and he's got a club teammate from outlets u.k. madrid alongside him and sends about it jose maria jimenez. there's plenty more experience in players like knocks. pereira christine and keith a phenomenon has left. and it's not just europe why they will pose a serious threat as also egypt. you. know when we think of egypt there's one name that springs to mind i mean some of the food is quite simply one of the most dangerous of talkers in t

reminder of our top story the german government says it has solid proof that kremlin critical insane avani was poisoned with a nerve agent uncle are now called the incident attempted murder germany is now pushing allies for joint response to moscow. coming up next in a news asia prisoner releases in afghanistan appear to renew peace talks after that spot where the truce between the government and the taliban leads to a lasting peace in the country. and a german conductor refuses to pause for a pandemic that celebrates big holdings birthday in south korea. all that much more with the purest vanity coming right that's it from me in the news stream and now thanks for watching. the be. beethoven and the justice to do did he do. it is about a 60 blank sheet. rock the mob. many rubber bands of stolen beethoven. and it was course the subconscious always one thing is clear the beethoven is the wildly popular. i see a short playing the unsound the biggest composer of all time i can't even begin to imagine a world class one player similarly on a musical journey of discovery. without a. star septembe

involved in his poisoning last summer media have named the man as part of an elite team that trailed avani for years the kremlin has dismissed the recording as a fake but trying to confront the would be assassin an associate of the bodies was instead detained by police. with the address in the audition going to come from an alleged would be assassin alexina vall needs lawyer of civil arrived at an apartment block in moscow along with a d w camera team. according to me a man who lives on this street is one of the security service agents who tried to kill him with the credit suitable. for police arrive and take her away. whatever the year was over this is the job of. alexina valmy the prominent critic of the russian government an anti corruption investigator fell ill while on a plane in russia or an organist. he was treated at a hospital in berlin and recovered laboratories in europe confirmed that he had been poisoned with the soviet era military nerve agent novi chalk. now now found the says he's uncovered new details on the plot to kill him on a video of a phone call he says he duped a me

before the figure was almost 1400 and the leading opponent of president vladimir putin unexplained avani was jailed russians are angry at the ban on some opposition minded candidates for the next month's city elections in moscow the council controlled by the pro kremlin united's russia party is responsible for a last minute simple budget the vote comes at a time when putin's approval rating although still high at more than 60 percent has actually dropped that's been put down to discontent over the economy and falling incomes we'll discuss all this with our guest shortly but 1st imran khan reports on saturday's events. from the police operation designed to stop large numbers of protesters coming to central moscow did exactly that still some did manage to get through the detentions was swift so all throughout saturday they've been arresting people like this they pick them up. and they take them into. a van where the idea is a return of the protesters are normally take also a police station so then the register journalists were also detained but released almost immediately once they showed

we can go now to deal with correspondent emily share when she is in moscow for you what am i missing avani calling off his hunger strike a what more can you tell us. well it seems that the extent of on these demands to see civilian doctors have been met in a post there was a new post on his instagram account seems to have been passing these posts on to his lawyers periodically and in that post he says that he was able to see doctors that he says he trusts twice now and that they have recommended that he calls off his hunger strike apparently according to the post they said that soon there may be nothing left to treat if he is if he doesn't stop his hunger strike but he has also demanded to see another doctor he's still complaining about numbness in his arms and legs so that demand goes forward and what this is all mean for his plight . well he's still obviously been in prison he was this week transferred to a different prison which has a medical ward tuberculosis ward actually his lawyers say that he still is considered by the prison service to be a flight a flight risk so essentially he m

moscow it's the 2nd consecutive weekend tens of thousands have rallied in cities across russia to demand avani be freed. reports from opposition stronghold st petersburg. leaked. to of the opposition's challenge to vladimir putin thousands have gathered again in the center of st petersburg as they are again demonstrating for the release of opposition politician alex enough me i had of the protest the austerity is called and of many areas of the city center. for many people here this is the 1st time they have ever attended a protest until recently they didn't care about alexander valley but his arrest at a moscow airport on return from germany outraged to many russians and many are also here to demonstrate against corruption perceived to police violence and elect of democracy in russia they showed up even though organizers didn't receive a permit for the protests from the also reaches. him in the most seriously why it leads. directly in light of that secondly i'm against corruption and thirdly i'm against political prisoners in our country or the people who tell the truth in russia should be fr

season i'm just looking at a clip from going to share it with you at the title was took sick situation avani test negative to talk since while mainstream media peddles criminon info let's take a look. now let's not forget just last year another so-called suspected poisoning took place when the volley was hospitalized for having a small in face he said he never had an allergic reaction before he suggested perhaps he was poisoned and his personal doctor said he could have been exposed to a toxic agents now in the end one of the turn out to be just an allergic reaction but it seems like the western media hasn't really learned from this story because they're already jumping to conclusions about the kremlin's allegedly role in this whole situation in the normal condition. and this young just wondering that the few from inside russia are generally very different from the view outside of russia does that much is the way that we understand the story. i think that. is so high profile that it is unlikely for anyone to have. to have used poison on him that isn't from the administration i don't think an

in berlin then at western relations with russia are very strained after the conviction of election avani what options are there for addressing these tensions diplomatically. that's a very good question and that's the idea of the book to the well of the who are presented if that we've just heard about to attempt to use a diplomatic path instead of the sanctions the u.s. ambassador have already announced that they will because you like distillation after the conviction of alexei navalny the e.u. has so said we will wait when the money was arrested and i think the visit of the well might also be one of the test cases to see what kind of with dollars will he be able to bring home will it be in the end of the good of bad timing and bad blokes and might that be for the youth an occasion to think about sanctions when diplomatic means especially when it comes to washington method policy usually that those successful. europe and germany in particular walk a fine line trying to maintain business relations with russia while addressing numerous disputes not least over ukraine these interests are cla

have photographs he has the names of course now for the moment moscow says there's no evidence stanton avani was poisoned 'd and that there is nothing to investigate yeah of course that's what we would expect to be coming out of the kremlin with this explosive information. as always public thank you here in germany a tougher lock down is coming today german president from voters don meyer pleaded with the public to abide by the new restrictions as the country struggles to fend off a surge in 1000 cases germany will enter a stricter loan on wednesday it comes after weeks of a partial lockdown which failed to drive down infection numbers steinmeyer and other leaders are urging the public to make sacrifices as the country prepares for a holiday season like no other. last minute christmas shopping came early this year people are still roaming belling streets looking for gifts but from wednesday on the shops will have to close as germany enters a tougher lockdown why polls show around free quarters of germans backing the measure opinions on the high street are mixed. then for if everything had al