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A woman could become president of the Russian Federation and you know just looking at the leaders elected around the world she certainly couldnt Vladimir Putin said the same thing about his potential successor that if its a woman it doesnt matter gender doesnt matter anymore the chief could well be a president you know theyll be a lot of talk about this comment perhaps a hint of d who hell endorse next well have to wait and see but i just wanted to mention a Previous Armed service to a b. B. C. Journalist who asked about well what did that mere putin think about Boris Johnson the Prime Minister of Great Britain making disparaging remarks about blood near putin comparing him to unsavory characters and all but calling him names and about russian interference in meddling in british politics to which lead me putin replied that while hes hes above it people say all sorts of things hes one focus is whats in the interests of the Russian Federation polluting the interests of the Russian Federation actually the interests of the Russian Federation so people could say whatever they want to climb by about collusion he said any leader in the world can express an opinion about any country its their right and britain can do it america can do it and so can russia and some People Choose to see this as meddling merely speaking about another country well their opinion. Most of it will just go to you of the virtue of them are you still in u. K. Politics or political ticker today. Just regarding interference or non interference many times official authorities and their representatives of various countries including the Great Britain made assistance of what is happening in russia is this interference. If you. To express an opinion regarding what is happening in our country we reserve the right to behave in the same way towards you it seems to me that this has nothing to do with interfere. While it isnt over yet 3 over 4 hours in. This this could be a record the record is 4 hours 40 minutes again ive just reminded you 1895 journalists in attendance Vladimir Putin q. And a session with the press accounting for his government accounting for his actions over the past year and questions on everything that could be asked. Where ive got to bring us the highlights from the marathon press conference thats of course still going as you just said over 4 hours now and well be bringing you more from that throughout the day. Also in todays headlines u. S. House democrats have stuck to their guns adamantly going ahead and impeaching donald trump is accused of abuse of power and obstructing congress but the whole impeachment saga could backfire on the democrats as it appears to have rallied republican support something the u. S. President has been quick to note. The 230 nays are 197 present is one. Article one is adopting. A law this lawless partisan speech is a political suicide march for the Democratic Party have you seen my polls of the last for which were not going to go back to our top story and listen in to a lot of important as he conducts his marathon press conference. And the mere letters to read. The. Sanctions list thats what they think all the employees are to be criminally punished for being part of it and starting from generally. Free denard terminate our contract with receipt. Then we will be polished accordingly thats not just impossible for a country which portrays itself as a democratic country but i would ask you for help what can russia do not use the for the sake of russian journalists fighting censorship in the worst can you give your assessment of these actions on the part of the story or fortys theres not much we can do. We youve been doing a lot. In the files that you voiced. But i will not go unnoticed. You know what i hear that so im really surprised but. We have been always accused of some diddly since. Theyre willing in the closing of putting pressure on the independent media. That was put there been doing this the same that theyve been accusing us of and they see. A surprising cynicism. In their thank you meet them greet each any restrictions a state level. Are not efficient. And i mean is that play into the hands of those national who want to so we. Trade. Between our nations. We shouldnt help them. It might sound because it was. Not very nice birds we need to. Know what the but yet the make sure that you can work there you can live in those countries which are afraid of your truth which are afraid of the information that you. Deliver that you communicate to your audience theyre just afraid of your influenced. In for a month and the freedom of information is one of the fundamental freedoms ok in a modern democratic world unfortunately. Do it with the poor and not all. Operates within this paradigm of who you are. And what you are the rules that they have created for themselves nothing doing with the world this complicated it is starbursts and our power will do everything to support you wherever you are using. Legitimate means and again. Time. Should not be undermined well look into it. Is meaning for our soul ready. And i think we should take up to your last questions and then that rabbit hole. You could do with the right you see there at least dont shout stop yelling please. 1231 from each of the sick to those. That side. That i never went to volunteers. Without an urn i represent a multinational project my name is laura. Mr putin next year. Can you speak up please yes of course so mr putin next year russia was liberated for the 15 stein the day of National Unity they day was meant to honor the memory of our past and our ancestors our forefathers was and gave this heritage to us all that we have we all were to them im sorry. Their. Thanks to them the youth today understands very well the value of our country. So let me put in every year on the 4th of november thousands of people have the opportunity to attend the. Its. Called we are united to its been 3 years since we started holding this concert says there is no void for us and your kind words when you were d. Weve just been listening in to a lot of your putin as he feels questions from both foreign and domestic journalists and his annual marathon a press conference where we bring you more on that just a little bit. Your tech giants among them Apple Microsoft and google are facing a lawsuit from numerous congolese parents and children human Rights Groups accuse the companies of being complicit in the deaths of children who are working and cobalt mines in the Company Supply chains cobalt is in high demand as its widely used and batteries for devices such as smart phones here are some of the testimonies from children who for legal reasons have been all given the same name and a warning you might find some of the upcoming images upsetting. The chamber ceiling collapsed on people in a coal mine john doe 5 was one of only 2 survivors john doe 3 was living in the mine area on his motorbike loaded with 3 bags of kabul he was hit by a large Global Transport truck and his leg was amputated after 2 weeks of working john doe whenever they were severely injured he was 14 years old when he was rushed in to mine the families and injured children are seeking compensation for forced labor negligence and Emotional Distress some also claim they suffered serious injuries or crawling through tunnels or carrying heavy loads taylor has more. How far would you go to make your fortune hire a child a child kill a child these are the questions the worlds most famous tech giants will be in court as part of the Landmark Legal case thats off to a Human Rights Organization that complicit in the injury and deaths of hundreds if not thousands of children in the democratic republic of congo all to feed the wild insatiable appetite for the very nativist gadgets defendants ample google will microsoft tesla are knowingly benefiting from aiding and abetting the cruel and brutal use of Young Children and democratic republic of congo to mind called the Young Children are not merely being forced to work full time extremely dangerous mining jobs at the expense of their educations and futures theyre being regularly mean been killed by tunnel collapses and other known hazards common to call gold mining in the d. R. See the case has been brought forward on behalf of 14 congolese families 6 of whom have lost children walking and mines the document makes 5 harrowing ranting with stories of broken spines paralysis and people buried alive and collapsed tunnels children as young as 6 forced to walk up to 24 hour shifts using tools the Human Rights Group brandts as from the stone age many of these children while also trafficked. And while the latest i phone retells around 1000. 00 these children were being paid as little as 2 for that troubles if they survive the watching day ive never encountered are documented more severe a similar. In the elocution of income between the top of the supply chain and the bottom its dad disconnect that makes this perhaps the worst injustice of slavery and Child Exploitation that ive seen in my 2 decades of research what could be one of these lives though coble apparently a metal that is essential to those in lithium batteries found in every smart phone every laptop every electric car and as the tech boom continues to monta has sought the d. L. C. As one of the poorest countries in the world but also a mineral gold mine has been only too willing to power at this for a shift market it produces around 60 percent of the walls coble supply mining the thought of it by hand now some of those giant corporations which signed a contract with these Mining Companies say they have no idea what was going on those people in Silicon Valley cant be big readers then because this has been news before further the horrors of the plight of these children has been widely reported in the media defendants all have knowledge of the forced labor dangerous conditions and extremely low p. Provided to child coble minors then you have reports like the one by Amnesty International back in 2016 which documented how child cobalt minors were over exposed to hazardous chemicals while walking with no protective gear and basic hand tools apples promise a year later its not use mines that didnt provide professional quit meant must have gotten lost in translation even worse than just standing idly by though pretending you are all the good guy indeed taking a major peach from the corporate cover of god defendants apple alphabet dell and microsoft have joined in support of modal mining programs in the r c to create the false impression that they have acted to prevent the known horrors of cobol mining in the dear sea by children but when you are raking in hundreds of billions every year what are a couple of lives over 9000 miles away from you though of course as though have you. I believe they really do care people should have values companies are nothing more than a collection of people and so by extension all companies should have values you know apple has always been at the core about changing the world its no coincidence that a company did it catered to free flow of information was founded right here in the us as an American Company we cherish the values and freedoms that have allowed us to grow and so many users we always knew that we were losing our money how was life and our Eyesight Technology but how could we know it was costing lives to be about the companies in question for a comment they said reports of misconduct are always investigated with appropriate action taken they also told us that they are committed to being responsible when sourcing materials but we also heard from a journalist in the d r c who claims that Companies Know exactly what theyre doing. Not good and they are taking profits from these of course they know that it will. Interrupt that to go back to our top story as president Vladimir Putin is wrapping up his marathon press conference lets listen. One of the state denies asians. To be precise in. Reported income of 1500000000. 00 as you see in your daughter maria 100. 00. You should have a project shed be one of the major. Clinics in. So these 2 women they are being supported by your old friend this is what a listed company is we see that these 2 women are very often appearing on t. V. Right now and everyone knows their names everyone knows how they look so this is no secret to anyone about you so my question is will you say right there are your daughters and when they will be open to the well as the daughters of the world leader. Who is beautiful well you see. Some business deals you mentioned one woman and the other lady maybe you missed something new do you have you mentioned the size of the business if you mention the dish areas you just came up with the fact that this is not enough for the need to dig deeper and you will realize your business and the church and whether they do have any business who always wants to perform and whos helping them who has for in the practice. Well its been you long in the spotlight since youve been initiative. By the head of. The chairman of the. Of the board of trustees of Moscow State University. And i think theres quite a legitimate. Desire by our educational stems from this heidi. To marry science and research with. The demands and requirements of our producers and the. Seumas we often buy. It including in the u. K. We can produce on our own. So we just need to marry we can produce ourselves and. Our Enterprises Need to just need to match. What shes doing them. This in a practical is doing is exactly this matching thats what it started with and that 1st applied to Moscow State University there are a lot of people who are ready to come up with their innovations but they just need to make them alone look at the National Beneficiaries or a businesses need to be aware of that so thats just one of the links between me and research on the real 6 of the economy thats what theyre doing. But i wish them success god in them it helps to achieve tangible results in the last 4 in medicine when you. Sort of come up with a way macone of the. Authorized capsule is almost 0 so. Again its high tech in medicine very promising area. Were losing 200 we actually lost 260000 people this year so thats a population decline this one acceptable. Immediately. One of the priorities for russia and i think we need to welcome the visa office. If it didnt expose us the closer out there in national. Well. There were national there were 2 minutes in question with a. Question ok you just stand up then. Where is the mike. Was the last which was in your example you missed the boat is my name is jimmy tippecanoe for i am afraid she was the 1st rush. Was created upon the initiative from the president ial council on interim interruption National Relations my question is as follows up 7 years ago almost 7 years ago i was working on this place your time and the Office Article was published it was called russias National Question to do well in the 7 years over the 7 years has anything changed in terms of this national quite sure and what do you think about the. Nationals relations inside russia. What about the relations between the incoming here in the regions history and another question you want a year ago when wrapping up the press conference for preschool probably right after a huge you started to support the 1st russian born with National Channel that we would like to. Ask you on again of the women down the larger the government has been helping us a lot our curators senior cardless with supporters. Have done you a great job now we want to go to other regions we want to expand to you in the sense of you grow and we think that the regional authorities can help us with that maybe you could help us with that of the. Well you just said weve been helping you is it not enough. The mission its only machine you know shes telling you relations between different ethnic groups. Long group of issues. Are our priority remember we talked about. What happened when the soviet union we had the civil war actually in our country we had the history it is in the chechen republic so many people suffered but then again there was the result of the 1st developments. Between ethnic groups. And you could say this was true for the caucuses this is true for other nations they still remember how they were evicted how they were transported in a train car. To the steps so many people died there we all remember that there was again a decision made earlier we need to avoid that. They can forgive you we should avoid the tragedies like this. But thats important for the next generation of Russian Politicians the Public Opinion in the country will not allow them to take in decisions that will destroy the unity between different ethnic groups. And here. We will all. Any public organizations any media that will help us to smooth over any sharp quarters to solve any dispute any friction. Life is complicated. We have a very. Fast country there are so many ethnic groups we have disputes with ukraine. You have ukrainian identity he did it was established where 2 were. Behind it graphic it was a major research. To the right. He was the very 1st one. Group and there were other polish studies. Ukrainian so not. If you look you will not come from some. This is complete rubbish and we need to know the truth when you much we need to understand that a certain age. Real identity was we need to pay respect to it and weve been doing that particularly inside the country just recently weve talked about. The. Issue with schools but there are other issues. That all the. Languages. We didnt pay too much attention to it at the. Age of the people who live in russia need to fill the hole for themselves and they dont have any other. Thank you. Happy new year. And thats that and impressive 4 hours and 25 minutes albeit not record breaking of the russian president feeling questions from journalists now our correspondent more august and has been at that listening into this record long conference for us when everything from Climate Change to domestic issues to the russian economy was touched on. And you can now bring us the highlights what were they. Well it was as you said so close we hit one record 1895. 00 journalists a credit to him. Attendance at this event the record he almost almost said another record the longest q. And a that was 4 hours 40 minutes 11 years ago nevertheless you know a lot of ground covered obviously not everybody got to us there question there is after all only one putin but one question that turned our answer that turned heads in particular was about the empowerment of parliament and at the expense of the presidency of let me a putin here said all but said that he would be running for a 4th term he said that the constitution after careful consideration could be amended to remove a clause that allows a president to run for a 3rd long as he becomes a Prime Minister or skips a term. That was not will be easy or what could be done is to cancel the. Amendment we have 2 terms in use truly serve 2 terms then resigned and had the constitutional right to return to the presidency because it was not. Human when confuses some of our political scientists and public figures so we could be counseled. Putin was pressed to name or give us a hint about a potential successor somebody he would endorse as his successor for the next presidency eed declined but he did say that a woman could well be the future president of the Russian Federation you know theres theres nothing stopping a potential from doing it and on the topic of president s he was asked about of course the impeachment of donald trump and he said that in all likelihood donald trump isnt going anywhere the peach went against him is built on a foundation conspiracy thats untrue he said its largely a political spat between democrats on the one hand who lost the election and republicans and the other who won it and the democrats are trying to get their revenge. Its a continuation of a lot before trumps presidency the question is if its already ending and forth it is it must 1st pass the senate will republicans as far as i know have a majority they wont want to remove their Party Representatives from power based on in my opinion invented reasons its just a continuation of political infighting one party that lost the election of the Democratic Party is working with results through other methods accusing trump of pollution with russia when its discovered that there was no inclusion it cant be the basis for impeachment now theyve come up with pressure on ukraine i dont know what your representatives have a bit. Of bad near putin also said that we shouldnt expect any drastic improvement in relations between the United States and russia any time soon we know the senate a special committee there has approved greenlighted new sanctions held sanctions they called against russia Vladimir Putin saying that if those come into effect if trump signs them russia will reply in kind and these sanctions they they will bite you also talked about renewal of the start treaty start 3 Nuclear Arms Reduction Limitation Treaty he said that its the last thing standing between us and an uncontrolled arms race Nuclear Arms Race which is not in the interests of anyone and which would be devastating one of this of course on the heels of again what russia calls a Conspiracy Theory about russian meddling on that note b. B. C. Putin what he felt about johnson the british Prime Minister calling him comparing him to unsavory characters and russian potential meddling in britain whether it happened heres what i had to say. Scott have you ever met all this and hes are you still in u. K. Politics by the topic of putting. This. Regarding interference for noninterference many times official authorities and their representatives of various countries including a Great Britain made assessments of what is happening in russia is this interference or not if you express it in the