Ingested the nerve agent novacek the kremlin has denied any involvement accusing the west of mounting russophobia i guess this week for most go is richest modern economics a member of president putins party united russia and the lawmaker in the lower house of parliament the duma why is it that those who speak louder for the russian opposition run the risk of mortal danger. You choose to have any kind of welcome to conflict zone. Lets talk a good we may 1st of all about the opposition figurehead alexy vile need who fell ill in organized on an internal russian flight germany which ended up treating him said it was beyond doubt he was poisoned with one of the novacek class of nerve agents developed in the soviet union the kremlin denies any role in this if it wasnt them who do you think it was. Well many questions about that actually i dont think much about now well in any way. Do you remember angela davis she was one of the leaders of the American Communist Party back in the old soviet days and she was the most important american in the soviet union since she was the head of the Commerce Party of course no one in the United States knew anything about angela davis or not much so in the valley is an angela davis 1st place we have a russian electorate hes hes sorry we go for we have our eyes of explorations and counter accusations about what happened to him mr putin apparently or as for the accusations i have actually have a few questions to the german side. Question number one what do you mean by the recheck what i know from those guys who worked on this guess it is a binary guess yes it is composed of 2 components to liquids each of which is not poisonous to them of course if you drink a few leaders or one of those liquids you can get some stomach ache this is a problem it becomes a poisonous nerve gas capable of killing hundreds of thousands of people when these 2 components are combined by an explosion in a bot. With an economic can we just stay with our what happened could we just stay with what happened because we received a but will during barras of explanations encounter accusations mr putin told the man you are my grandparents live that never found they may have poisoned himself he spokesman Dmitri Prescott the president said he was working with the cia he didnt offer any proof on that and the head of your Foreign Intelligence Service said again that hes been citing socalled in direct information said western Security Services had discussed the issue of a sacrificial victim from among the leaders of russian opposition so implying that it was the west that tried to bump him off again no proof offered no facts no evidence but why were the contradictory versions coming from the russian side. Well we do not have any worshippers at this point 1st of all would like to know what kind of you know poisoning substance was there we want to give us a formula you know what it was because we just dont know what youre talking about 1st place 2nd 2nd question you know when this. Was poisoned in souls very they pretended its a very serious stuff you know they covered half of the city with ribbons they killed cattle scruple who was allegedly the most dangerous creature on earth. They did a lot of noise about that when the vile me was brought into downtown berlin in the clinic. Where no person was evacuated nobody so was he not dangerous or that was not navy chalk which is capable of killing hundreds and thousands of people so what happened why you are asking where are the 3 course of writing the wrong person or by have i have the 3rd questions as well now while it is you know was saved by the russian doctors and of course the doctors took all the samples no one is blood whatever liquid they could find in his body you know we have a pretty good doctors predict that they were capable of saving there werent any we have pretty good toxicologists we have pretty good specialists im nervous they can find anything in those substances in his blood this is for you to study it is here no was even interested in that so my feeling i dont there is no official worship of what happened in the world you have it we dont have it because we dont have a case in order to start in some legal investigation need to go to the court and present the evidence of an attempt on a person now but we just happen to have them you just have we have we have earned that the only heard and so you can bring we dont have all the only one who has a real problem or it is that for all murky sad that he was that he was poisoned we dont have any evidence of that. Russias Attorneys Generals Office made 5 requests to the german counterparts they got no request on the data. Just request that they have data from the military i do not expect German Military to be too sovereign of course that he was poisoned so youre saying this to me it was this is all part of a dirty western conspiracy to blacken the name of russia or is it i dont know what it is just just ask questions to which i have no answers i mean said gay lover of said we have every reason to believe that everything that happened to natalee as regards nerve agents may have happened in germany or on the plane which took him there why why should the west but why not why should the west bother to do that what you havent got any evidence to suggest the where i dont i dont know why well there were many provocations against russia recently but. Actually we dont know we do not have the facts of poisoning here in russia he was we found no trek trace of that you know nobody nobody was poisoned in a plane which was flying in the hotel nowhere has samples of his blood absolutely clean so when he got to germany for some reason there was they found something that means that something was not in russia it may be on the way it may be there i dont know why why would these crimes that the west is simply driven by russophobia why why should the west bother to try to blacken the know of russia are you such an attractive magnet to the youth of the world these days that western governments fear your International Popularity is that it these days. You know for beer is not something new it was not invented last week or last month actually in case of germany it started like 5 centuries ago. Early in the 16th century can we just stay with the crowd if you attempt and we just stay with the present. Oh well we cannot stay with the present because we are living in a historic contests which is 5 at least 5 centuries of rousseau for beer in germany and in the west and so when it happens or something happens in russia there is of course an instinct to blame russia or anything russia has a presumption of guilt in the eyes of the sizable part of the western public and of course of all the west media it just just the case it has been 100 years ago 200 years ago 300 years ago even for hundreds of years ago when there was no media but there was you know printed books and the russians russia itself is done and so now you know whatever i say whatever i say well. There is always some truth in propaganda otherwise it wont work. But as i look at the western propaganda thats becoming more and more substantive this there is no substance in it. Of course russia is is not you know. We are not saints but we are definitely decent people for sure the west also has a sort of superiority complex for centuries you guys thought that we were inferior it was also manifested in many series concepts in nazi ideology and many other things and it continues you still think we are inferior you know better what is good for us you say your king as you say you do so you dont use an elite or any teachers you say you are decent people be pretty severe as i am you say the pretty severe beating of peaceful demonstrators on the streets of moscow last summer summer last year didnt help your reputation either did it was that really necessary where the march is such a threat to the state that people had to be beaten women men. Well actually i dont remember people being beaten here here in moscow but i saw some pictures from the streets of berlin recently. Some 10 days ago there were huge crowds and there was a real beating something you can never see during demonstrations of russia these were really tough last weekend we saw the pictures from the streets of paris oh come on this was a real bt for a whole year we see the pictures forest trees of Portland Oregon from washington d. C. From new york this is a really tough you know what you are what you are these days in coal mines to all allegations. There police are now dead wellies is what theyre police is always using the same methods but Russian Police is much more civilized than german french or american as i as a see it on television really really youre passing a lot of laws these days that make it harder for opposition figures to run in elections that was the cause of some of the demonstrations in moscow last year you prosecute plenty of people who demonstrate the Deputy Editor of commerce son said the other day if youre going to become an independent politician or if you decide to protest against something you will understand that its impossible to do this legally why have you shrunk the space for people to protest or to make their demands in public why is this a sign of insecurity about actually actually this year actually this year is quite universal because of the covert 19 there are some limitations on protests as for the consequences for the people protesting in russia theyre not as severe as say the United States or in germany now lets go back to the laws you passed last year theres been a clear tightening of the space for Free Expression march last year what us theres been a clear marching of the space for free express. And i was saying in march last year 2 bills went through parliament providing for heavy fines for anyone blatantly disrespecting the your thirtys or spreading what the authorities deem to be fake news are you happy with that firm smack of government because a lot of high officials werent happy were that the prosecutor general had reservations the ministry of Justice Ministry of communications were you happy that these bills went through. Well i dont think that any regulations on demonstrations in russia are tougher than in your country 1st place. We study or all the International Regulations all the laws passed on this substance. On that issue in every single country the russian is one of the mildest. First place 2nd what i do in the duma i represent the interests of my electorate i would never vote for a bill except in very rare instances which would not be supported by at least 3 fourths of my electorate my constituency. This these laws of course were very popular in said russia because it protected public safety. The freedom of one person and freedom of another person begins and for that the regulation of demonstration has been passed in every single country in russia this regulation is pretty modest that of your human rights that im sure as the head of your Human Rights Council me carfare daughter have said that arresting people for disrespecting the authorities violated freedom of speech its a big step backwards isnt it is not doing much for your partys Approval Rating according to the c. I. O. M. The state polls your party is currently at just 31 percent approval so all the people you say are backing your laws dont think much of your partys performance these days do they. Are speaking about the ratings or the partys ak. 35 percent of those who decided for them or for those for which party they are going to vote that means over 50 percent of of the electorate and we have quite a structured electoral system with more than 50 percent supporting the united russia. With like 15 to 20 percent supporting the communists the same for the nationalists like 10 percent 4 for the socialists and less than 10 percent for the liberals who are which are too liberal to unite if they lose the elections if they are not popular its their fault they cannot unite you cannot provide agenda they cannot position themselves as a russian Political Force is not violent he cannot present himself as a russian politician he is much more popular in germany than heres he is in russia hes reading never exceeded 2 percent and i think whatever when hes raised not a lot in a russian air as well as for 20 baron as violence as his rating is 20 percent at the moment not bad all we have to do that of course of course but i dont know you can tell you. The there is no such independent poorly and cannot be you know my considering shes not in moscow its unusual you know with i never met a Single Person not a Single Person who would ever support nobody who would ever ask a question. I ask a question about him or about the kind of question you ask because that is something of a non issue in the Russian Federation you ask the question which are of course part of the Russian Campaign for sure you support the politicians whom you like and who are nothing for russia as i said is an angela davis for russia well i know the saying if you dont mind me else one has only has one as war. Its not a question of whether and asked for the opinion of or of the few human rights whoever any person in russia you know they may have their own opinion they can express it freely as well as as well as mr there while they can sprees his opinion i only mention he does that present my meaning you mention its been around the again the un has repeatedly flagged up the incidence of Violent Crimes in russia targeting political opponents is the un also part of the plot to smear russia do you think. You know. Politics is a difficult profession sometimes is dangerous weve got quite a few members of the duma killed yes. Some of them were not opponents of the regime for at all you know that happens in america they killed a few president s you know it happens yes we didnt but you know whatever happens in russia it is the governments fault. Politicians get killed oh its the government its the russian government when you say how come. Then on your side there is a cognitive dissonance you just cannot cannot understand you know in general sometimes youre just talking to the wall in the west so youre not resigning just to write is not evil there is a cognitive dissonance and also russia is evil of course it is because for 5 centuries we were told that they use evil going to be not evil this only kind of is the new only and always as i have said we have a presumption of guilt which is which is in your eyes mr nikonov in august 28th in the un committee against torture in which you currently have a representative complained about what it called the lack of the fast effective investigation into the killings of Anna Politkovskaya and talia as the mirror of unexpressed can turn that concern at reported cases of her recent abduction arbitrary detention torture ill treatment and killings of human rights defenders lawyers journalists and political opponents in russia. But you dont share the uns concern about that do you you think they just made it up you think ask one more smear of russia. Well. Ive heard of some instances which may be considered to be wrong investigation but investigations are doing investigators are doing the best. Of in any case whether its quicker he doesnt matter who who gets murdered you know most of by the way most of the cases of political murders and russia have been investigated and. As you may know many people already are in jail in many cases including himself and others. So there are political killings all over the world you know some of them absolutely. The tourists like. For example such a cross. You remember this journalist from from the Washington Company can we stay with russia can we stay with this is a really really bad or you know there are some some politicians are also we are living in the world you know where bad things are happening americans by the way killed over a 1000000 people in the rock over a 1000000 they killed 5000000 people when we helped turn america what americas they truly are on this earth for him you know 100000 people in afghanistan conference and thousands of people millions of people mr nikonov do investigators cases you do you investigate their cases you know we cover their ass and we are some good question all right and we ask the same questions of everybody what about torture torture us what about torture isnt guantanamo yes yes what about torture is another grape miss do we prosecute people mr nikonov according to the u. N. Russia has been spreading benty of fear in crimea since you annexed that in 2014 that report by the committee against torture in 2018 noted persistent Human Rights Violations then clothing abductions arbitrary detentions enforced disappearances torture ill treatment extra judicial killings proud record or just one more slow on moscows reputation. Well 1st of all what do you mean by the United Nations commits may again short chose to meet an organisation of what hope i spent on can really again 93 countries the decisions of this Security Council are the decisions of the United Nations and that is what the United Nations is about is the decisions of the Security Council and all the General Assembly you signed their outlook on the board on the rules it events are very scary and since inside inside the United Nations there are many organisations which are actually secretariats and western clubs close clubs composed of mostly western diplomats human rights activists and so on and so forth you have a representative on the numerous again and or no other myanmar is out of mind all reports on this can you know we have this same reports on almost every country. We can present them you know and producing those reports is a profession for many many people really abductions utterly to tell us on the real it is a real it is torture ill treatment extradition feeling well you know i dont know months of many cases or for this appearance of people in ukraine for example russia itself soon as it was ability to rebel crimea for these things going on in crimea is that where the russian absolutely russia is absolutely responsible for the crime ear there is law and order there and there are no lot of warnings to the you are not a Global Nuclear missile against torture not according to the good mental part of that means they are producing fake information as all or very often the case but again whatever i say it doesnt matter to you you just dont listen to me because that for you is a cognitive dissonance you assure that is true you know but when i say that it is not true so how come there is a u. N. Commission on torture which as a group of you know of whom and you know do you read as you visit and youve investigated all those allegations have you telling me its not true. Of course whatever allegations whatever crime is investigated in russia every instance so that unfortunately this does not happen in ukraine where many many people disappeared you know and no one ever cared about no United Nations commission. No c. N. N. No Human Rights Commission of the council of europe whatever they were not interested in that but when they have a rumor of someone tortured in the near you know. That is a big case in my mind its a fake i know that a great idea very well as is said many times i know what happened there there were really threats to the people before that but the situation in the crimea including the Crimean Tatars is much better than it used to be and were not renowned for running out of time for these charges or in this public smear and this is my was my opportunity to put them to you we have the honor and thank you thank you very much for being on the program and giving us your views. The be. To the point. Clear this is international perspectives. Can the fragile peace just declared an ethiopian the great profits be sustained. As Prime Minister ill be op ed from the nobel peace laureate the war thats our topic on the blog. At the bottom of the box on w. Give us your country people will make you rich. Oil will provide you with jobs. The oil will take good care of myself at least the. 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