From the hospital here in germany after treatment for a poisoning with a nerve agent his case is triggered another difficult matter of crisis between russia and the west what will he do now. And thousands are expected at the u. S. Supreme court today to pay their respects to the late cestus Ruth Bader Ginsburg a liberal icon her death last week has kicked off a bitter nomination. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us in belarus Alexander Lukashenko has been sworn into office in a surprise inauguration ceremony despite mass protests against his reelection he assumed his 6th consecutive president ial term in the capital minsk with several 100 top officials present the inauguration was not announced publicly. It comes on the heels of a disputed election that has sparked weeks of mass protests the opposition and bellerive says the poll was rigged the u. S. And the e. U. Are pushing for sanctions against officials involved in the vote. And lets go right to mens choir our correspondent nick conley is standing by for us hi nick so was sworn in in an unannounced ceremony tell us whats been happening in minsk well exactly this doesnt look like the move of someone whos confident in having 80 percent of the Russian Support behind him as Alexander Lukashenko claims to this extraordinary we thought this was just a dress rehearsal didnt seem to keep yes and streets were closed yes people had seen soldiers in dress uniform but there have been rumors that the whole thing was done for the weekend the hotels have been blocked put foreign dignitaries for that weekend and then all of a sudden the picture was released by the president ial press service of this inauguration no foreign guests seemingly just at the top kind of officials in this regime Alexander Lukashenko looking down then his press Service Today now coming out saying that this wasnt secret after all given that 700 people were invited but no broadcast on state t. V. As is normal him valorous they were playing soap operas and speeches the same times this was happening weve now heard its going to be broadcast tonight in the main a news show but extraordinary scenes and a very tense atmosphere now after after this inauguration and clearly nick none of its critics were on hand either so what is the opposition saying here. Well weve heard various obscene figures some comparing this to a kind of. Coronation of a kind of leader of the mafia. Saying that he was illegitimate already hes made himself even more so by doing this weve already seen people going out with placards to protest against this students joining people just gathering outside their neighborhoods theres a big protest expected tonight but the capital is on lockdown we were told by Security Officials who stopped us going last the last hour that basically were not allowed to film anywhere any time in the center of today various reports coming in of anything up to 5 kilometer radius around the center in lockdown and a real attempt to