Joining us this is r. T. The current state of the russian economy has been picked over the key forum in russia putin gave his assessment at the russia calling events which also touched on the Global Economy and International Relations with details. Widely reported has been uncertain questions from participants all the 11th annual russia calling investment for haiti mosco they say are the events gathered guests 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 i can say sions of russia medlin into well basically everybody is that fairies and what is known commonly as russian rat on topics brought up this year or so until now the us has been saying that it is an umbrella giving protection to europe from the soviet menace but you have to pay for this 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 it is nothing but nonsense it is a myth made up by those who are trying to game benefits from their roles as vanguards fighting against russia that will Work Together but it was slow boost feingold 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 c. V. Or economic sanctions the u. S. Keeps and comes in on russia and its a facts on the Global Economy if we talk about sanctions and the perspectives of lifting them this is not a juicy here but it was the u. S. Administration about this it was the u. S. 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. Medicine pharmaceuticals armaments and weve reached very good and positive results i see it as a boomerang effect 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 while reporting is point of view shared by many including Global Business and International Financial media just recently forbes. Oblation article calling russia 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 a 541000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars in foreign currency reserves and the largest gold reserves in money emerging markets with russian vons becoming increasingly attractive pain considerably more interest than for example u. S. Ones but all in all as the participants of this forum here in moscow agreed it wasnt just about how attractive russian economy is but it was an honest professional conversation how to act together globally to make Global Market balanced economist gonzalo can yet he believes the Foreign Investors have key reasons to be interested in russian bonds with attempts of the sideshow soused what they have done for the last year it was actually stimulate the russian economy to find other ways to the battle. Basically what i believe they are doing in the right now with my 3 choices play for the last 1015 years is get ready for any kind of new Global Financial crisis in the lead the russian balls are basically because if you go to europe and you try to invest your morning in europe you would see that they go out and they got the deal they got the basically means that you are in to lend to lend the money and in the case of United States the body is better than in europe but its still very far from russia very narrow 6. 4 percent. Of your investment on america spain less than 2 percent basically gave one of the best option they said russia low debt and high returns on. Stalemate continues to grip israeli politics the leader of the blue and White Party Benny Gantz is for to form a new government the winner of the september elections inform the countrys president and return his mandate hours prior to the midnight deadline 2 months ago his party defeated their rivals likud headed by the incumbent Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu and as you can see with the results none of the 2 favorites gained enough seats for a parliamentary majority meant gantz was tasked with forming a Coalition Government however attempts to find consensus between the 2 parties failed to that previous efforts more guns refuses to cooperate with netanyahu claiming hes been in office for too long and is to corruption the Prime Minister himself also has no intention of siding with his political rival in addition to that the main political king maker the former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman rejects both of them instead he insists on a radical overhaul of the entire political system is has been trapped in this current political deadlock since the 1st general election in april now the country is likely to face an unprecedented 3rd election in just a year where political analyst michel barak out he sees things unfolding. 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 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 of what the government so those in knesset have to know that 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. Ties between the United States and europe is stronger now than they were at the end of the cold war thats the opinion of nato secretarygeneral un stoltenberg he met on wednesday with u. S. Secretary of state mike pump a nature remains the only cause for north america and europe. Together to meet together. And make decisions together their own issues so great importance but we should say that. But. In stark contrast to those that the french president among you much wrong he recently said the alliance is experiencing a gradual brain death and used on of his more. Nato heavyweights are converging upon brussels and its all smiles and pats on the back and 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 stoltenberg has felt the urge on tuesday to comment on those words and essentially he said that europe is defenseless without nato either 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. 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 spending 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 with the russian and to try to being the only 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 kassam 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. Director of the Crisis ResearchInstitute Mark almond still to see believes there are a number of disagreements threatening data 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. Protests the bolivia her intensifying with demonstrators denouncing what they call a coup against the countrys former leader ever more or less he resigned 2 weeks ago on the advice of the countrys military and was going to the silent in mexico you are classes of police centers around the capital the powers of the 27. 00 dead and hundreds injured supporters of morale as say Security Forces are being heavy handed. But it was we want justice from this president and how we she sent him 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 country is getting. A little happy with you need 9 years because above all shes issuing decrees authorizing the military and police to kill us without there being any justice. Conservative senator janina proclaimed herself an interim president but without consensus in parliament shes also not recognized by politicians law to former president morales on thursday she issued a controversial decree protecting the military from criminal prosecution while maintaining public order earlier bolivian Security Forces sent helicopters and Armored Vehicles to disrupt a weeklong blockade by protesters at a major fuel plant 3 people were killed during the operation human Rights Groups are urging bolivia to repeal its new Police Immunity law. 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. The u. S. State has commented on the rallies taking place across the globe but not on those in bolivia. Did praise stinney 9 years for expelling hundreds of cuban officials and doctors from the country on course the looks of washington stands on will protests from latin america to the middle east. Lebanons countrywide protests are rapid over a month ago. The United States will continue to stand alongside. 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 kong as criminals to the mainland. Chinese communist party must honor its promises to be. 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. Tree to commemorate that day i. I i. I. And so far 2 dozen people have been killed and thousands are arrested washingtons reaction to 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 the show you just left the United States is very much supportive of any put on his things those who called upon to reach out and trying to destabilize the good will who come close to the they will do this who are bullied be of the buttocks to be supported to overthrow. So. It will what it will want to and there will be good too but overload right now of bolivia well United States totally switches. Begins to support the government. All. Over its or reduce the board to do it with the room. Which was doing to the United States. The american Aircraft Carrier the u. S. S. Abraham lincoln has sailed through the strategic strait of hormuz amid rising tensions between the United States and around after spending 6 months nearby in the arabian sea the Aircraft Carrier strike group has now entered the persian gulf the area is a geopolitical hotspot as 20 percent of Global Oil Production passes through the narrow strait. The move which was confirmed by u. S. Navy officials is the latest development in the deepening rift between washington and tehran donald trump also confirmed on tuesday that the u. S. Would be sending 3000. 00 troops to its gulf ally saudi arabia citing hostile action by iran and its proxy forces in the region. The right amount of uranium enrichment for the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terror is 0 the worlds watching. The people enjoy a Better Future when their government begins to respect basic human rights abandons its revolutionary. Posture and its destabilizing Foreign Policy in the region and behave simply like a normal nation. It is strange the United States and its officials who have committed the greatest of crimes by imposing maximum pressure and the toughest sanctions on iran are communicating to the iranian people that they support these protests we didnt expect anything else from mr palmer who disgracefully defends the maximum pressure regime and imposition of sanctions on iran. Our people will not be taken advantage of by outsiders who put economic pressure on our nation. This all comes after a week of violent protests in the round in response to a 50 percent hike in oil prices if any government is blamed relentless u. S. Sanctions for leaving it with no other option. Jordan are now by Shabbir Razvi whos a political analyst and the managing director of International FinanceSolutions Associates very good evening to you. This latest move by the u. S. Navy what do you make of it and do you think that this is building something bigger good evening. I dont know whether its sort of going to be anything bigger but certainly the whole strategy of maximum pressure whether its economic terrorism that is being inflicted on iran or the might of American Military in the gulf and the surrounding countries where u. S. Troops are stationed but what is really important is that the usa has always wanted iran to be a vessel state and says the advent of the slum it revolution in iran in 1999. In iran has been a huge challenge to the american jimminy in that region and not only in that region but far beyond because iraq always defends the oppressed nations iran always on the side of those nations that are standing up to the u. S. Had germany iran stands for really the rights of human beings where what they are and thats what hurts america very much and i think sometimes the analysts say that really you know the relationship between us and iran was finally did after the whole hostage taking in iran after the revolution but in fact the situation got really bad for iran when the usa removed the democratically elected Prime Minister mr duff bear way back in 1053. Conducting a coup there and bringing back reza shah pal we who ruled as a. Horrid monitor in iran who killed thousands of people so i dont know when u. S. Leaders talk about that iran nice tits. A via perhaps i think the us leadership should look itself in the mirror and think that how they need to really change their behavior as far as iran is concerned. The us has been squeezing iran with its sanctions to the extent that there are violent protests on the streets there now its also moved military personnel out onto the doorstep of the round the tensions of been ratcheted up to the point now surely somethings got to give. Well i think over the last 40 years one way or another the usa has to give in because iran is not going away. Anyway the revolution is well entrenched there is still huge support for the government in tehran and there and the. Sort of elected leadership yes of course in every country you have demonstrations i mean france has had demonstrations every weekend for the last one year where is mr pompei o talking about that you know the public in the streets of france should be given their rights and those riots in france also started due to the feud hike if you may recall so every country has its own problems but what youve got to remember that in iran the or even after the increase in price is only 0. 12 a liter while in the surrounding countries where this is saudi and kuwait in bahrain and the u. A. E. The price of wheat is still significantly higher than it is in tehran at this moment yes the policy perhaps was implemented rather too rapidly and that has obviously hurt a number of people but because of the oil internally its so cheap that you know theres a huge amount of smuggling that takes place of iranian oil to our one stan and to other places as so by creasing it little bit more it obviously is creating difficulties for a number of people but the ordinary people probably have had this revisit for some time but i dont think iran is really going to bow down to. Any kind of pressure that usa and its allies may want to apply on iran dont trump repeatedly said that america is not going to protect its allies for free hes always on something in return is now sending 3000 troops to the saudis to assist them so the obvious question is what are the saudis doing for america. While mr trump has there quite often very proudly and de freely has said that its a coward that they want to milk and they continuously will make saudi arabia and all the other mana keys in the gulf region by creating fear in their mind that iran is really creating a security problem for them they will continue to blackmail those nations in providing false security you may remember not long ago a few weeks ago the aramco oil refineries. Almost destroyed which had a huge impact on Global Oil Supplies because 5 percent of the Global Oil Supply comes from so the arabia itself so the ongoing impact on the Security Problems is really due to the usa being there and iran has quite often. Offered itself and their regional players there that the gulf region the strait of hormuz can be only made secure by the countries in that region and merica really shouldnt be there they should be looking after the gulf of mexico why are they in the persian gulf. Great to speak thanks for coming on r. T. My guest this hour political analyst and managing director of International FinanceSolutions AssociatesShabbir Razvi thank you. Because Oxford Brookes university is cancelled a talk by a feminist artist after its all g b t q plus society accused of having trance phobic views 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 transferring 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 dealing with facts ok i mean youd be interested to see what the definition of trans phobic is and why theyre calling me transphobia. And then we can start the discussion from there theyre always 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. So the 1st time a campus a senior over free speech the university spree turned problems Minor Research by the policy Exchange Think Tank states less than half of students nationwide back freedom of speech only 2 fifths favor no platforming controversial speakers rachel are a game believes that universities are there for open conversation and not one sided events. Only say that was ridiculous i mean im talking about art and im talking about the way i make art theres no infringements on Academic Freedom at all id only say i would be really interesting to see who the complainants are you know and i would suspect theres probably a few disenfranchised men who have fun with women talking about women making a lot of feminist issues having to you know universities are learning places there are places you discuss if someone disagrees with me then i want to find out more and we can learn from each other i mean what would be really interesting is the people who are here put this tweet out why are they hiding behind a sort of fake name why dont they come forward and 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 you have you tried to interview them have they actually answered any emails its like they can you know theyre taking very aggressive stance toward certain people in academics but no ones sort of questioning them why theyre doing this precious thing with throughout the evening here and i wanted to national do stick around if you can my colleagues and i look at live updates for you and often our. 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