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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

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

that could mean lengthy prison sentences for an avanti staffers and even some of his supporters not avani himself has been in prison for the last 3 months after having been sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison but it's clear the authorities aren't stopping there is that because the kremlin fear the. investigative journalism the political documentary is that not all these team has been produced well that is definitely what sets new vonnie apart from say your average opposition figure writes his anticorruption foundation has been producing documentaries for more than a decade investigating put into inner circle his personal wealth and their latest documentary is called palace and that racked up more than 100000000 views but these new restrictions on the f b k mean that that organization can now no longer post anything online and if the court does rule that the f.b.i. is indeed an extremist organization and even sharing their content or linking to their articles or videos could be deemed a criminal offense which could be problematic for russian journalist reporting on this story ok than

back from 21 down to thrash italian side roma 62 in the semifinal 1st leg for no fernandes and sink avani scoring 2 and set up this goal for masing greenway united with a 4 goal advantage heading into the 2nd like. on the other semifinal is a lot closer villareal beat arsenal 21 in the 1st leg the spanish side are led by had coach and i am weary who was sacked by arsenal a year and a half ago of the premier league side will have home advantage in the 2nd like ahead of world athletics abco says doubts remain as to whether fans will be able to attend the tokyo olympics international fans have already been banned from going to the games which are due to start in july about look isn't being allowed to watch the next 2 legs of the torch relay due to the risk of coded $900.00 spreading cosas athletes have now adapted to competing in n.t. venues. given that there is still a question about whether there will be crowds in the tokyo. stadium but at least they have now got used to the concept of competing and competing at turning credibly high level because there's been no diminution in the quality

a political network linked to kremlin critic alex and avani has been suspended from operating while a court considers whether it should be outlawed prosecutors are seeking to have the anticorruption foundation which they founded declared an extremist group of ani was jailed for a parole violation and recently ended a hunger strike in prison he says the charges against him are politically motivated bennett smith has more from moscow. what will happen is that later this week prosecutors will ask a moscow court to declare his organization isn't a corruption organization and he's affiliated political groups all around russia as extremists putting them on a level with al qaeda now in the interim prosecutors of ask the court to make a ruling to essentially stop the activities of those groups while the court decides on a final ruling so we're expecting that now tomorrow on choose day now the volleys group say that they have stopped the social media postings they've closed the telegram channel down they've closed there are the social media groups but they will reemerge under different names t

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

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 it's enough 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 flight . well he's still obviously in prison he was this week transferred to a different prison which has a medical ward churchill osis 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 fle

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

now russia's prison service say it has moved jailed opposition leader alexei avani to a detention center medical facility and of all these doctors say he's on the brink of death just 3 weeks into a hunger strike the u.s. and e.u. has warned off the consequences if he dies in prison not of on his personal medical team has repeatedly been denied access to any visits this is the prison compound where alexei novell me was being held and where he went on hunger strike 3 weeks ago his health deteriorated so rapidly that he has now been transferred to this medical facility at another prison the russian officials call his condition satisfactory novelle these doctors say he is that acute risk of heart failure they are demanding access to their patient which so we spent 2 hours here waiting on these health is in critical condition but unfortunately we were not allowed to see him. the opposition leader survived a poisoning with nerve agent last august he holds the kremlin responsible for the attack after treatment in a berlin hospital nirvana returned to russia and january where he was promptly arr

and us are warning russia of consequences of russian opposition leader election avani dies in custody his personal doctors say without intervention he may only have days left to live. and germany's green party has a chance for the very 1st time to win the top job in germany it's placing of its faith in a new leader to take on america's conservatives this september. well i'm terry martin good to have you with us a massive shakeup in european football 12 top clubs from spain italy and england have announced the formation of a new breakaway super league the new midweek competition will be independent of european football's governing body you way for the super league is expected to be highly lucrative been include many of europe's top money making teams like manchester united ac milan and rail madrid as well as the 12 founding clubs another 3 are expected to join before the 1st season which according to a statement will start as soon as practicable. well you wave has threatened to sanction clubs that take part in the break whately they realize they released a statement rather saying the c

on that from the russian state news agency interfax is saying that the jailed kremlin critic alex in avani has been moved or will be moved to a medical facility is not clear whether or not that has yet to happen it's also saying that his condition is said to be satisfactory it's quoting the prison service that has been looking after him in russia and also that he is being seen daily by a doctor of course as we get more information on that story we will bring it to you as quickly as we can now there have been reports of shelling in eastern ukraine a radio free europe published a video of their peers to show soldiers inside a trench and the sound of gunfire heard in the distance the footage hasn't been independently verified the part comes as tensions rise between moscow and kiev about a buildup of russian troops near the ukrainian border. a banned political party in pakistan has released 11 police officers that took hostage during protests on sunday police had earlier raided the offices of the technique allowed back which led to violent protests that killed 3 people charla ballasts reports

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

will see a unified country in elections in december and jailed russian opposition politician alex and avani has confirmed on instagram that he's being held in a remote penal colony is precisely cation has not been officially released since his move from a nearby prison and his social media post he calls it a concentration camp saying that he's working every hour through the night you know he's been classified as a flight risk the penal colony known for its strict regime is in the vladimir region east of moscow. you can an opposition leader by the wind has been arrested while leading a protest in kampala. the. wine called on authorities to free hundreds of his supporters arrested around the time of january's presidential election he lost the vote to longtime leader you were $71.00 disputes the results one says he hasn't been charged but says his home is still surrounded by the police and military. the to the arab league qatar that the mother and the and the you have to respect the will of the other going to work with what is a military and the curriculum at the end of the year to respect the

biden has made his 1st major move against russia over the poisoning of opposition leader and explain avani the white house has announced sanctions against 7 senior russian officials including the heads of russia's f.s.b. security surface the prison service and the prosecutor general irani who's the most prominent critic of president vladimir putin fell seriously ill last august the u.s. accuses the kremlin of poisoning him with a nerve agent something it denies never only was jail last month on his return to russia for violating parole whilst being treated in germany european union is also imposing sanctions on 4 officials close to president putin. it was not meant to be a silver bullet or an ending to what has been a difficult relationship with russia we expect the relationship to continue to be a challenge we're prepared for that and we're neither seeking to reset our relations with russia nor are we seeking to escalate 279 school girls kidnapped last week from a government run boarding school in northern nigeria have been recounting their ordeal after being freed they say their abductor

biden has made his 1st major move against russia over the poisoning of opposition leader and explain avani the white house as an outside actions against 7 senior russian officials including the director of russia's f.s.b. security surface the prosecutor general and the head of prison service it's also targeting 14 companies or agencies associated with chemical agent production. no our neighbors the most prominent critic of president vladimir putin fell seriously ill last august the u.s. accuses the kremlin of poisoning him with a nerve agent something it denies about and he was jailed last month on his return to russia for violating parole whilst being treated in germany the european union is also imposing sanctions on 4 officials close to president putin russia's foreign minister says his country will respond to the sanctions he cast doubt on an extent of arnie's poisoning but didn't mention the kremlin critic by name. we will let you when all those who treated him thoroughly hide all the facts which could help to understand what happens and in parallel instead of an honest collaboration

but if we're living in a police state and avani went to prison for absolutely nothing. not sure the stuff now a state speech some people speak some moves. it's not that he's be moved. i don't really believe it that it will happen but i hope that justice will prevail and he will be free to do what you can then it doesn't matter for us which prison he send the most important thing that he's behind bars for what he has done that's. they say it's one of the most severe colonies in russia maybe that's why he's been transferred here. the conditions there are such that god willing he will come on to life but he definitely won't be coming out of that healthy nothing good will happen to putin constant he's the source of all this. oh my 1st guest tonight presented the findings of that u.n. human rights investigation into the case of alexy of all any. market is the u.n. special reports here on summary and extrajudicial killings she joins me tonight from maher say this government is good to have you on the program you said today that russia is responsible for the attempted poisonin

but if we're living in a police state and avani went to prison for absolutely nothing. in the national stuff our state speak some people speak some moves of the quality. you know it's not that he's been moved to yeah. i don't really believe it i think will happen but i hope that justice will prevail and he will be free to do as of what you can that it doesn't matter for us which prison he's and the most important thing that he's behind bars for what he has done but. they say it's one of the most severe colonies in russia maybe that's why he's been transferred here. the conditions there are such that god willing he will come on to life but he definitely won't be coming out of that healthy nothing good will happen to putin calms down he's the source of all this. oh my 1st guest tonight presented the findings of the u.n. human rights investigation into the case of a legacy of all me. that is the un special rapporteur on summary and extrajudicial killings she joins me tonight from maher say this government is good to have you on the program you said today that russia is res

calling for an international investigation into the poisoning of russian opposition leader and extend avani no money was poisoned with it no a check nerve agent in august he was later arrested and jailed for violating his parole because he went to germany for emergency treatment you know experts and yes kind of mad and irene khan believes the russian government may have been responsible and that a domestic investigation went uncover the truth. eet ees our conclusion that trust ease response to both hold the attention on the tree keeping of me still number of time on me still not on the spot you was under intense you'll be almost by russian intelligence you just try again the fact of the earth in the face of the fact that people are other than those money caring is a marine who could have introduced to themselves in the uk at home with a highly dangerous poison and new way and how to handle each in the ok home so as to poison me still never and nigerian officials say they're close to rescuing $317.00 girls kidnapped from a school in the northwestern state is on fire and it's given their fami

but if we're living in a police state and avani went to prison for absolutely nothing. in the nationalist of how a state speak some people speak some moves the quantity. it's not that he's be moved. i don't really believe it i think will happen but i hope that justice will prevail and he will be free to do what you can that it doesn't matter for us which prison he sent the most important thing that he's behind bars for what he has done but. they say it's one of the most severe colonies in russia maybe that's why he's been transferred here. the conditions there are such that god willing he will come on to life but he definitely won't be coming out of that healthy nothing good will happen to putin const and he's the source of all this. on my 1st guest tonight presented the findings of the u.n. human rights investigation into the case of a legacy of all me. that is the u.n. special reports here on summary and extrajudicial killings she joins me tonight from maher say his government is good to have you on the program you said today that russia is responsible for the attempt

region armenia saw the agreement as an embarrassing defeat stormed the parliament building in your avani in response in this town of reported from there at the height of the crisis and outlined the troubled path that's led to what's happening now. this whole process it has been brewing for months because it all stems from mean years and one of the war on terror backs defeat in last year's war with the armenian government the promise their people that they would come out victorious out of this clash with their by john over the issue of this disputed region of nagorno-karabakh so when i was there by john and i mean it signed a peace deal which russia effectively brokered it came poor mean eons for ordinary people as an absolute shock because according to that deal they had to concede 2 thirds of the go and care about to azerbaijan and that when it's part that's when people started to come to the streets passion and he tried to just push the blame on something else and at a certain point it was almost like he was trying to blame the military to blame the saudis for not doing enough he obvio

sanctions on 4 top russian officials who they say are responsible for general position little insane avani the e.u. says it's a signal that debate and protest must be allowed in russia the kremlin has called the decision disappointing and unlawful. the military regime in myanmar is facing growing pressure both at home and abroad 3 weeks after it seized the european union has warned that is it is considering sanctions and the u.s. has penalized 2 more generals protests continue to swell in myanmar despite the authorities threat to use force against the crowds at least 3 protesters have been killed even though the regime says that police are using only minimal force. let's bring in journalist dave brown for 4 more days the military is one of the protesters could suffer a loss of life seems to encourage more protests doesn't it. certainly with the turnout that happened yesterday you saw that they weren't backing down but clearly the demonstrators are taking this seriously i mean a lot of demonstrators yesterday wrote their blood types in the cockpit information for the next of kin on there ar

they've been discussing what they've been talking about how they intend to proceed these are the than avani case and the russian government still ahead on al-jazeera tanzania's president admits his country has occurred a virus problem after claiming that it had been defeated by prayer this mystery is solved we'll tell you who was behind this strange message on the famous painting the scream. it's time for the perfect. sponsored by qatar airways. hello there we've had some lovely spring like weather across japan recently that said change going to see a return to winter further northern parts of the country some snow coming into the the northwest of honshu northern areas will see further snow flurries and temperatures 40 back in tokyo to around 16 degrees celsius fives there across the korean peninsula pushing up into northern parts of china beijing at 5 degrees this would go on into where to stay with those temperatures will edge up a little little cooler there in tokyo you notice still a chance of some wintry flurries coming in so the passage pan fine enjoy southern parts of china largely f

they've been discussing what they've been talking about how they intend to proceed these are the and avani case and the russian government ok dominic kane thank you for that update from berlin. plenty more head on the officer news hour including south africa becomes the 1st country to use the johnson and johnson vaccine as it rolls out its inoculation campaign. in the families of ice and slater as are allowed to leave a camp in northern syria but many have nowhere to go novak djokovic turns on his critics after what he's called one of the toughest grand slam tournament wins off this career stories coming up and then later in sports. but 1st iran has called an agreement with the un's nuclear watchdog a significant achievement the deal allows inspectors to continue monitoring to ron's nuclear facilities for up to 3 months but there will be less access and no more snap inspections the i.a.e.a. chief traveled to iran this weekend where he met foreign minister zarif for talks iran has been gradually breaching the terms of the 2050 nuclear deal since the u.s. withdrew and reimposed sanctions in

asked the court to find kremlin critic alexina all the $13000.00 for a slandering a world war 2 veteran avani says the charge is politically motivated and an attempt to smear his reputation earlier this month he was sentenced to almost 3 years in prison for parole violations thousands of people have been arrested during protests and support. he was house speaker nancy pelosi has announced plans to form an independent commission to investigate last month's assault on capitol hill she says it will be modeled on the commission established after the $911.00 attacks. that will report on the facts and causes of the violence on january the 6th in which 5 people died several republicans have expressed support for an independent investigation. henry olsen is a senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center in washington d.c. he says the findings will be seen as credible because the commission won't be part of. the important thing of the 911 model that misspeak or flosi is proposing is that it is 5050 bipartisan controlled by neither party and it has had an extremely important former or current a

and a kremlin critic i'll explain avani has appeared in court accused of defaming a world war 2 veteran the russian opposition leader is already in jail for violating his probation while recovering from a poisoning attack leaders are now calling for an avanti is released and considering sanctions on russia the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has in returned in return for and to sever ties with the bloc. how russia treats this man and his supporters is affecting the country's relations with the european union opposition leader alexina val name was arrested in january after he returned to russia and jailed soon afterwards never only is facing more court cases which his supporters say a politically motivated the e.u. is considering new sanctions on moscow during an interview with the russian new to child russia's foreign minister suggested that the country could break ties with the e.u. if sanctions become a reality we should if we don't want to be isolated from international life but we must be ready for that if you want peace be prepared for war which group of screen . a spokesman

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

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.

of a franco german council about security in europe where they touch upon more issues than just than avani case but also about the strategic relationship between the e.u. and russia and indeed one particularly contentious scheme that's under way which is the north stream to gas pipeline from russia through to the european union through germany we know the french president has called for this to be shelved something that angela merkel does not agree with clearly because she wants north stream to to carry on to germany because of the benefit that she says this will bring to the economy here one area of disagreement there but generally speaking very hard to separate the 2 of them in so far as the nirvana case is concerned donna thank you very much donna cane reporting live there from berlin. indonesia is rolling out a new breath test for covert 19 passengers at train stations and bus terminals are being screened with results issued within minutes but some health experts doubt it's accuracy jessica washington reports now from jakarta. this is the early morning rush hour 71 of dakota's busiest

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

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

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

heavy security on the streets of moscow as kremlin critic alex a avani is sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating his parole. and aren't tale of us is out jazeera live from london also coming up. protests ring out in yang going against me in mars military coup leader unsound suchi is now back under house arrest. britain battles a covert variant that's mutated again but there's more encouraging vaccine news from both the u.k. and russia. and captain sir tom moore the 100 year old war veteran who raised $44000000.00 for britain's health service has died after contracting could be 90. and i would begin in russia where a court has jailed prominent putin critic aleksei novelli for violating parole while he was recovering in germany from being poisoned he's been given a 3 and a half year sentence but his lawyer says he'll serve 2 years and 8 months because of time spent under house arrest his supporters are spent the past few hours protesting on the streets of moscow and wanted to say 700 people senator and 50 people have been arrested so far charlie rangel reports. once again a

heavy security on the streets of moscow as kremlin critic and explain avani is sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating his parole. protests ring out in yang gone against me in law's military coup. she is now back under house arrest. britain battles a covert variant that's mutated again but there's more encouraging vaccine news in both the u.k. and russia. and after a successful test launch a giant rocket space x. hopes will one day go to mars explode on landing. on side of us i'll have all the sports we'll hear from one of capsules biggest football stars and why is that he is this team to hail gets ready for their fast speed club while comp appearance on home soil. begin in russia where a court has jailed a prominent putin critic alex in a valley for violating parole while he was recovering in germany from being poisoned he's been given a 3 and a half year sentence but his lawyer says he'll serve 2 years and 8 months because of time spent on the house arrest in court a defiant mocked russia's president saying he would go down in history as putin the underwear poison while

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

released from custody i'm just seeing the reuters report is quoting an unidentified ally of election avani saying that there should be fresh protests next weekend and looks as though this is gaining momentum. well yes indeed we also read these announcements that the next brought this should happen the next weekend and indeed it looks like it is gaining the momentum because it was. me and his supporters showed he said that there are big numbers of them that they are willing to take to the streets whether it's a minus 50 like you mean with school or. face seeing and having the colombine and clashes with that with the police like it was here in moscow and also in petersburg so today's protest has been shown indeed very ease big numbers behind aleksei now by me at least willing to protest on the streets for his freedom and also against the routine and he is out for you know sandra thanks very much indeed that his son and sons are going for talking to us from moscow. with another man's is imposing its toughest measures yet with a nation time nation wide a night time curfew against covert 19 fro

team says they're worried about him and they have been granted access to him in a video posted online avani lashed out at the russian judicial system and my own city but they're saying this is an open court decision on the police chief's motion for my wrist why is court in the police station why didn't they inform anyone why was i not served i've seen nonsense in the justice system before but this apparently that old men in the bunker is so afraid of everything that they defiantly ripped up and threw away the criminal proceedings code what is happening here is just impossible this is ultimately lawlessness i cannot call it something else however russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says no values detention is lawful solution is lowering on the case of novelli has gained foreign political resonance artificially and baselessly everything is happening to the valley in connection with his returning and detention falls within the competence of the law enforcement forces live to moscow and al-jazeera as alexandra go to the hearing is continuing alexandra so what are the possible outcomes for m

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

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

visit santa claus under the current travel restrictions however crowds in the laplanders town over avani i may have a $20.00 leaving the winter wonderland looking abandoned but santa too has adapted to working from home he's been communicating with children via video instead quite the business savvy individual he has been charging 79 euro's for a 5 minute cold front's he'll hopefully use to help his elves weather these turbulent times. and that wraps up our show or you can visit our website r t w dot com slash business or on social media as well from me and the team it's divided into care. surviving colin one thing and then returning to minimalize. millions like 2 patients struggles of long term side effects they don't know if their symptoms will never kill a. child studies hard to fight. for life after the disease. in 60 minutes. girls 2 could have 0 knowledge i'm sure there are of us are 0. in support of. what's a big. guard over some. degree but. this is the deputy is africa on the program today several countries have imposed travel bans on south africa because of a new strain of cold

to visit santa claus under the current travel restrictions however crowds in the lot farms town over avani anyone have a 20 leaving the winter wonderland looking abandoned but santa too has adapted to working from home he's been communicating with children via video instead quite the business savvy individual he's been charging 79 euros for a 5 minute cold front's he'll hopefully use to help his elves weather these turbulent times. and that wraps up our show or you can visit our website r t w dot com slash business or on social media as well for me and the team if i am to care . what secrets lie behind. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. p.w. world heritage 368 get kidnapped now. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing. measures are. what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus update the code of special monday to friday on. this is due don't need use a shot coming up today the human trafficking tragedy facing an already prosecutes of people. hundreds of roaming j

vaccine and has dismissed allegations that he ordered the poisoning of opposition leader and explain avani russian president was speaking at his annual news conference which was held at his private residence in moscow because of the pandemic so we're going to go has more. the annual presidential press conference with a marked difference it is always a marathon event last in close to 2 hours with relatively few surprises from his home in the suburbs of moscow president vladimir putin fielded questions from all over the country his thoughts on current issues foremost the pandemic and whether he'd been given the russian vaccine sputnik v. which is yet to meet international approval standards. the vaccine is like going to civilian circulation are currently provided for citizens in a certain age range and vaccines have not yet reach people like me but i'm a fairly law abiding person i listen to the recommendations of our specialists so i haven't had the shot yet but i will absolutely do it as soon as it becomes possible there were also questions over the attempted assassination of his opponent

there has been a new development in the case of the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexei in avani a media investigation has found that a group of agents from russia's security service f.s.b. had followed the phony for years shadowing him on flights across the country alexey ivanovitch bonnie is still recovering in germany after collapsing on a domestic flight in russia last august doctors found he'd been poisoned with the nerve agent choc a joint investigation by website belling catch and the insider together with spiegel and c.n.n. discovered telecom and travel data showing the f.s.b. agents tailed lavani including on the day last summer when he almost died. and joining me for more in the studio is a reporter rebecca ritter's rebecca thanks for joining us what more do we know about the people who have been implicated in this report where you mentioned a lot of it we're talking about 8 people the reports has named 3 of them and they were all working for the russian domestic security agency the f.s.b. as you said now all of that either medical training the 3 that were named were me