Evening and welcome this is all tea into. The current state of the russian economy has been picked over the color me and International Relations with details where if a national. Widely reported has been uncertain questions from participants all the 11th annual russia calling investment for a hand mosco this year the event gathered gas from 80 countries for almost 2 hours and i have to tell you not all of them were purely about money but a lot of politics accusations of russia medlin into well basically everybody is that fairies and what is known commonly as a russian threat on topics brought up. Till now the us has been saying that it is an umbrella giving protection to europe from the soviet menace you have to pay for their sleep however nowadays it doesnt work despite all the problems in ukraine speculations around crimea and everyone clearly understands that. Russia is not going to invade anyone because it is nothing but nonsense it is a myth from a dont buy those that are trying to gain benefits from their roles as vanguards fighting against russia that will Work Together but it was slow moving us to find gold nobody accuses us of meddling in the us election anymore now they accuse ukraine well ok its their business but of course talking economy can hardly avoid discussing severe economic sanctions the us keeps imposing on russia and its a facts on the Global Economy if we talk about sanctions in the perspectives of lifting them this is not a juicy here but it was the Us Administration about this it was the us congress which imposed them not us 1st of all it forced us to implement the substitution of imported goods in those sectors which are closely tied to our National Interests and security is a very wide range of sectors culture Medicine Pharmaceuticals armaments and weve reached a very good and positive results i see it as a boomerang effect so many u. S. Companies invested a lot of money in this or that project but then had to cancel them and so they lost to punish themselves and it seems that why report unsporting to view shared by many including Global Business and International Financial media just recently forbes published an article calling russia a bullet proof and claiming its market is doing better than chinese or american surprisingly despite all the restrictions the magazine added that russia has over 541000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars in foreign currency reserves and the largest gold reserves in one emerging markets with russian bonds becoming increasingly attractive pain considerably more interest than for example u. S. Ones but all in all as the participants hope this forum here in moscow agreed it wasnt just about how attractive russian economy it is but it was an honest professional conversation on how to act together globally to make Global Market balanced. Become a scones. Can you take believes Foreign Investors have key reasons to be interested in russian bonds. With the terms of the sign chelsea is what they have done for the last year it was actually stimulate the russian economy to find other ways to that but all the basis of this free basically what i believe they are doing the right now with my 3 boys is their play for the last 1015 years is getting ready for any kind of new Global Financial crisis yet in the lead the russian balls are basically because if you go to europe and you try to invest your morning in bed in europe you would see that they got and they got the deal they got it basically means that you are paying to lend lend the money and in the case of United States the body is better than in europe but its still very far from russia. 6. 4 percent on the end of your investment on america spain less than 2 percent basically a one of the best option they said russia low debt and high returns on on on on. Supporters of Julian Assange is fear the wiki leaks cofounders extradition to the u. S. May happen much quicker now thats after swedish prosecutors announced that they would be dropping a 2010 rape investigation against the sun saying evidence in the case was not Strong Enough to continue. The after dinner issue investigation and investigative steps taken over the summer in india is now clear that the oral statement testimony and support given by the injured party has weakened therefore i have come to the conclusion that additional interviews with Julian Assange would not alter the average in cherry basis in a decisive manner as such i have decided not to hold an interview with him. Swedes decision may help america north or it is in their attempt to secure sundays extradition from the u. K. To the u. S. Where he faces espionage charges back in 20 tourney publish classified documents leaked by former u. S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning hes revealed alleged us war crimes in iraq and afghanistan we could exporter and pink floyd cofounder roger waters believes that a song wont get any more of a fair trial in the u. S. Than he would in the u. K. Is no process of will be followed at the moment somebody somebody banco in belmarsh for 23 hours out of every 24. 00 being slowly murdered by the state because he told uncomfortable truths about war crimes committed by the United States of america. Its purely purely political this is a mystical proof hes been hung out to dry as a warning to others others who might decide that they might be journalists that they might fall through the function as journalists by in forming the public and the electorate of what goes on critically in their name so this business to bear tradition has nothing to do the Legal Process is being railroaded and its disgusting to find the truth these days is it really difficult in any seen universe he would be lauded as a hero of the people for getting at the truth and then publishing it and hes not killing him. The stalemate continues to grip israeli politics the leader of the blue and White Party Benny Gantz has failed to form a new government the winner of the september election inform the countrys president and returned his mandate hours before the midnight deadline. 2 months ago his party beat rivals likud headed by the incumbent Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and as you can see with the result one of the 2 favorites going to enough seats for a parliamentary majority meant dance was tasked with forming a Coalition Government however attempts to find consensus between the 2 parties failed mirroring previous efforts. Against refuses to cooperate with netanyahu claiming hes been in office for too long in the swamp to corruption the Prime Minister himself also has no intention of siding with his political rival in addition the main political kingmaker the former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman rejects both of that instead he insists on a radical overhaul of the entire political system israels been trapped in the current political deadlock since the 1st general election in april now the country is likely to face a precedented 3rd election in a year. The analyst mitchell buying joins me on the line now welcome michel i suggested that is it is it a done deal is we going to see if the general election in less than 12 months. No im not convinced we may we definitely are in unchartered waters so its not clear whats going to be but there is now a period of waiting which is about 21. 00 days where the president basically throws it to the knesset and theres going to be a scramble in the knesset to for the 1st member of knesset and thats the law here in israel any of the 120. 00 members of knesset are qualified to be Prime Minister all they need is 61. 00 other 61. 00 in total members of knesset to vote in their government and it could be mr gonski reforms that it could be mr netanyahu that forms a government it could be neither of them and it could be some other candidate a compromise candidate the interesting thing now is its really open to everyone and anyone can go around and get the required 61 out of 120 signatures and then go to the president and say they have a government and form that government you make it sound very easy is it is it that easy because i mean theyve tried several times already and it seems nobody wants to would with anyone else. Yeah i mean its a very interesting point right now because whats happening is this for all these years that weve criticized the politicians for for not standing for anything and not having any values and morals and principles it seems that everyone is stuck in their principles at this point and no one wants to budge and no one wants to compromise and each of them for their own reasons is not is not ready to give in on those issues so thats a 1st interesting thing thats taking place is that everyone is just entrenched in their position its not easy at all but what can be interesting now is that someone other than god or and its and you know may be able to come forward or maybe a group of members of knesset may coalesce around that person to try and avoid it because whats happening is it sounds easy ok if we dont have a government were going for new elections no one in the country wants new elections the people are really fed up i mean all of our polling numbers are showing that people are really fed up with politicians and what the government so those in knesset have to know theres a big risk to them that they may be voted out of the government because if they have to face new elections again its possible that other parties will run and the people will punish those same members of knesset and leaders of the parties that for 2 elections couldnt form a government why do you think that no one was able to see jigs fall into the brother would convince the lieberman. Well i think lieberman has has really held his ground here and he wants the im not convinced that its lieberman whos really you know the stumbling block here the problem is isnt it and yeah has said he wants to go 1st in the rotation agreement he has one less seat than blue and white and blue and white has promised their voters that they will not sit in a government with the Prime Minister who is under indictment for serious things 3 or 4 serious cases of bribery of political favors and so forth and it could be that. By the end of the month that we will have another unprecedented moment which is a sitting Prime Minister who is under indictment the attorney general may decide to indict him in 12. 00 or 3 cases right away and then hes hes really damaged goods to a lot of israelis because its not as in previous with the with all mert Prime Minister olmert who was convicted and indicted convicted and sat in jail these are crimes of bribery and its now its reported to have committed while hes been Prime Minister not before he became Prime Minister so these are really serious allegations and they are really serious they witnesses and the blue and white just doesnt want to betray their voters at this point by sitting in with him at this at this juncture now the likud could actually form together with blue and white if they would dump it and you know if they would replace him its and you know if they would find someone else that could happen in the next 21. 00 days its going to be interesting because theres 2 significant things is going to take place 1st is whether netanyahu has indicted and if he is indicted and 2nd the clock is ticking on those 21 days and those members of knesset are going to do Everything Possible to avoid another election because they want to work they want to go forward they dont want to be up again and lose their jobs and frankly the country hasnt been functioning well because since last november already air a lot of the budgets are not in place so people are not getting paid theres no new initiatives and the country is stuck and he you mentioned the votes around pathy understandable but if there was to be another election whats the polling suggesting would people be more susceptible to changing their allegiances they are less likely to even turn up. Yeah i mean i think people will turn out because it is a tradition to turnout we have to also point to the Israeli Arabs that turned out in much bigger numbers at 60 percent in the last election and especially now when its and yeah and now lieberman is attacking them as enemies of the country within the. Entry a lot of them are going to be very angry in turnout but its too early to predict because i dont think we know the parties that would run what happens is they just assume the members of knesset will assume that theyre going to run again and you know maybe theyll shift some numbers but there are probably some people that are waiting in the wings or people that want to break away that are going to say now is the time to really make a move and punish those people that are currently in office and the numbers may change because there are new party a new personalities and it could be Business People it could be mayors it could be people that are not on the National Scene they get together and say listen weve had enough of this the politicians that are in the knesset all have to be thrown out and a lot of people could go for that so thats a dangerous thing at this point for them to consider so thats why i think were going to see a real shift in Real Movement in the next 21 days it may turn out to be nothing and it may turn out to be that were going to another unprecedented 3rd election within a year its a crazy situation but at the end of the day i would think at the the last 2 days before that happens there could be a group that call asses and says we really have to save the country here this is really not appropriate were being paid to serve the people and were not and now is the time to form the government michel appreciate your time fascinating to speak and see political analyst michel but my guest. Thank you. Ties between the United States and europe is stronger now than they were at the end of the cold war at least thats the opinion if nato secretary general. Met when stay with the u. S. 60 state might. Need remains the only transformed from others and europe. Sit together to meet together to make decisions to go their own issues so great importance what we should say. But his words today were in stark contrast to those of the french president among your mocker on he recently said that the alliance is experiencing a gradual brain death hes done has more. Nato heavyweights are converging upon brussels and its all smiles and pats on the back end a very very v. A. P. Guest all the way from the United States the secretary of state might bump aoe himself but behind this facade of handshakes and mutual joy hides a nasty in the blocks fabric and that is between the believers in the alliance and heretics who dare question the relevance of the block and this whole aggravation it stems from right here from france when president emmanuel mccrone dared to assume dare to say that the bloke is experiencing and i quote brain death what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of mater only works if the guarantor of the last resort functions as such id argue that we should reassess the reality of what is in the light of the commitments of the United States and now since early november when that happened this jab is still hurting with the nato for instance secretarygeneral young stoltenberg has felt the urge on tuesday to comment on those words and essentially he said that europe is defenseless without nato e. U. Cannot defend europe well my friends words didnt sit well with other members of the block to for instance the Us Ambassador to nato she said that she strongly disagreed with them and she called the alliance essential i dont think europe would be se without a transatlantic don that we have the German Foreign minister also talked about this and he said that nato had been europes military insurance for the past 70 years and one polish member of the European Parliament well he managed to find the only present russian trail behind microns words in fact he stopped very short of calling the french president a russian puppet i think is very sent. To russian pressure in any case in france this is a long tradition and this is only the latest in a whole spree of loyalty troubles faced by nato lately for instance even the locomotive pulling it forward the United States has had its problems with the block donald trump for instance has criticized europe for being unwilling to pay a fair and due amounts for all the benefits europe is well apparently enjoying from its partnership with nato we must also ensure that nato members meet their financial obligations which tending 90 percent of their job with the piggy bank that they like to take from well i asked parisians where they stand when it comes to the relationship between europe and nato does europe need nato yeah i think so yeah before build up of defense. We have to speak up with the russian and to try to being the europe a bloc efficient between the us and china and russia to start having its own weapons both political and economic to protect itself europe cannot defend itself without me being along we dont advance well with help we can move faster and stronger evidently the chasm between opinions on whether or not nato needs europe and vice versa is as wide here in paris as it is within the bloc itself a mortgage down of reporting from paris artsy. Or the director of the Crisis ResearchInstitute Mark all meant to say believes there are a number of disagreements threatening natos integrity. Brought certain tensions between paris and berlin between paris and washington french say that they need to assert themselves and your needs for such as a separate pillar of nato and not be too dependent on the americans but other countries like for instance germany thats often seen as a copartner axis with france running the e. U. Is rather worried about this all of this brings out that there are deep divergence of interest was a deep chasm Division Within your about how you judge the major powers to its east and all of these things come together to make a very messy Birthday Party for a major coming up in 2 weeks time. The protests in bolivia har intensifying demonstrators there denouncing what they call a coup against the countrys former leader ever moralities he resigned 2 weeks ago on the advice of the countrys military and was granted asylum in mexico in my classes of police centered around the capital of hours left 27. 00 dead hundreds injured supporters of our allies say Security Forces are being heavy handed. It was we want justice from this president and how we see send in military police to kill us like animals if were human beings were not animals for them to kill us like that. Yet we come in i would like publicly to denounce the killings that the military police are carrying out this self declared president and her killer cabinet ministers and criminals this is what the countrys getting. Is that we are unhappy with you need 9 years because shes issuing decrees authorizing the military and police to kill us without there being any justice. Conservative senator ginny 9 years has proclaimed herself interim president but without consensus in parliament shes also not recognized by politicians loyal to the former president morale this thursday she is today controversial decree protecting the military from criminal prosecution while maintaining public order. Early believing Security Forces send helicopters and Armored Vehicles to disrupt a weeklong blockade by protesters at a major fuel plant 3 people were killed in the operation human Rights Groups are urging bolivia to repeal its new Police Immunity for. The current social political and human rights crisis and believe runs the risk of deteriorating is authorities continue to respond in a violent manner to criticism protests media scrutiny and violence by 3rd parties. Of the us sector status commented on the rallies taking place across the globe but not on those in bolivia my pump did pray stinney 9 years for expelling hundreds of cuban officials and doctors from the Country Little quarter looks at washington stance on world protests from latin america to the middle east. Lebanons countrywide protests are rapid over a month ago. United states looking for a month. The protesters are accusing government officials of widespread corruption and hold them to blame for failing to put the brakes on a deepening economic crisis washingtons made it clear it thinks those are injustices worth fighting against not too different from its stance on hong kong. Insurrection began in june against a law that would have allowed extradition of hong kongs criminals to the mainland. Chinese going to this party must honor its promises to the. Only one of the freedoms and liberties that they have been promised in the no british joint declaration over the past several months there have been thousands of injuries and arrests its been a big challenge for beijing but for washington an opportunity the u. S. State Department Says the protesters are fighting for freedom and democracy just like the ones in iran. Iranians flooded on to the streets on friday after a massive price hike for petrol. Is one of the public must sees violence against its own people and the world is watching the government denounce those rioting and the people in washington who contributed to the crisis with crippling sanctions it might seem like the u. S. Just loves to support chaos wherever it may be but sometimes the government accused of injustice is a friend take chile. Monday marks one month since the beginning of nationwide protests against rampant economic inequality thousands of chileans rallied across the. One tree to commemorate that day i i i i. I. And so far 2 dozen people have been killed and thousands arrested washingtons reaction a travel warning bolivia is a pretty similar situation. The countrys been gripped by protests in support of its recently ousted socialist president abel morales. The state department hasnt had anything to say about that they instead back to the new regimes claim that cuba is somehow to blame for bolivias problems live in a joint brazil in ecuador in recognizing the cuban threat to freedom bravo bolivia and one protests were taking place against morales washington had Something Else to say the United States applauds the bolivian people for demanding freedom around the world protests continue to rage for the u. S. Its a great time to fuel the fire of popular anger if its for the right reasons of course the United States can hold go good or in other parts of the world like the middle east of the show you just left the United States is very much supportive of any of it on his ngs those who called upon to reach out and trying to destabilize the good will who come to the east of the they will do the stabilize of course bully be of the buttocks to be subordinate to overthrow. So. It will be it will want to and there are people who get to borrow a load of bolivia well United States due to switches. Big gigs to support the government. All. Of course or reduce according. To which was to go into the United States. Because Oxford Brookes university has counseled the talk by a feminist start a starter its g b t q plus society accused rachael our of having trance phobic is rachel is a trans exclusionary radical feminist who frequently shows transphobia discourse on her social media while the speaker may be invited under the pretense of Academic Freedom we firmly believe that inviting such speakers infringes upon Academic Freedom brooks i dont believe im transfer because i dont believe i said anything trying to transfer a bit i mean were having a discussion based on no facts and you know thats quite worrying and we should be dating with facts i am a newbie inverses to see what the definition of trans phobic is and why that calling me transphobia it. And then we can start the discussion from there but all i was going to talk about my work is feminist i talk about the problems women have building big installations im especially because i do a lot with technology so i talk about women in stem and stuff like that i mean it was just purely talking about women in art yeah i mean so nothing radical at all i mean the thing is with the l g b t q plus its a very very divided organization you know theres a lot of tension between sort of wimmin trans people and gay people i mean its very very divided and i think thats why one organization like the l. G. B. Alliance has been set up to actually you know just so people on the who have the same issues around same sex attraction can meet together where. You know the trans people seem to have an issue with. The 1st time a campus is seen the route of free speech the universitys piton the problem is my research by the policy Exchange Think Tank states less than half of students nationwide freedom of speech only 2 fifths favor no platforming controversial speakers. Are again believes universities are there for open conversation not one sided events only honestly that was ridiculous i mean im talking about art and im talking about the way i make out theres no infringements on Academic Freedom at all id only be really interesting to see who the complainants are you know and i would suspect theres probably a few disenfranchised men who have problem with women talking about women making awful feminist issues i mean to you know universities are learning places there are places you discuss if someone disagrees with me then i want to find out why and we can learn from each other i mean what would be really interesting is the people who he put this tweet out why are they hiding behind a sort of fake name why dont they come forward we can have an open discussion you know because they could teach me something and maybe i could teach is about open discussion i mean id be trying to interview them how they actually answered any emails its like they can you know theyre taking very aggressive stance towards certain people in academics but no ones sort of questioning them why theyre doing this because of a bout with this for you on our top stories that often i see them. Temperance to impeach and remove donald j. Trump from the presidency have clearly divided the country this should not surprise anyone trump is probably the most divisive public figure of our time however all this division over a Single Person is changing and even damaging institutions is impeachment being normal. You know on you know. And im with that on. A poke