Earned him the name putins brain. Its believe the car bomb may have been intended for him. And for the return to russian empire he represents. Im bring gulf in berlin. This is the day. Ah, why doogan or his daughter . Am well that they are no one people day alternation list. They support this war, but the not the number one targets shes very active political person. Shes a 30 is also a top member of do against new not the party for the propaganda apparatus. This is next of intimidation, alaneese, but its not the ukraine and special forces style to kin to kill someone like that in russia. And those if this is no longer an abstract more that you watch on tv. This is happening in russia. He also coming up gay sex is no longer a crime in singapore, but it wont end discrimination against the l g b t community. However, some say it is a step in the right direction. I do realize we are moving to a very Different Society as society hopefully did, eligibility accusing appoints ken gym of a possibility. Ah, when to our viewers are watching a p b s in the United States into all of you around the world. Welcome. We begin the day with the obsess nation of a pro kremlin voice, and what that tells us if anything, about the stability of Vladimir Putin, russia. On saturday, the rio de gave them the daughter of a Prominent Russian nationalist, died when a bomb went off inside her car. Today, russias spy agency, the f. S. Be blamed, the murder on ukrainian state sponsored terrorism. He has denied any involvement. Now some say the real target was ginas father alexander, do get a champion of imperialist russia and an outspoken critic of the west with the invasion of ukraine considered anything but a success. Havent pro kremlin pro put in ties, have they suddenly become a liability, even lethal inside russia . Well discuss that and more in just a moment. The 1st we have this report this video shared by Russian Security services claims. A female Ukrainian SpecialServices Contractor was behind a car bomb attack that killed jonas. Daria de kena on the outskirts of moscow on saturday. They say the alleged ukrainian women moved to russia last month and had followed mister keena in a mini cooper. She then escaped to estonia after the blast, but ukrainian officials are denying the accusations as propaganda. Good, the richer it grows. The shoe cranks really doesnt have anything to do. Was yesterdays explosion because were not a criminal state. Were not a terrorist States Mission of israel. But miss deacons, killing has also sparked wider speculation. The National Republican army, an unknown group, is also claiming responsibility for the attack in a Statement Read by a former russian law maker. And now host of a ukrainian online. You show the group threatened nor attacks on people with connections to the kremlin. Diary dicking had died at the scene after an explosive Device Installed in her Toyota Land Cruiser went off, and the car caught fire at us. Believe her father, alexander duke, and may have been the target. Alexander dickon was meant to travel in the car, but reported it later, changed his mind. Both duke and and his daughter were on the way to moscow after they attended a cultural festival spread. Alexander duncan is a staunch and i of russian president Vladimir Putin and a far right philosopher and older. His daughter was also a prominent member of the ultra nationalist movement supporting roches invasion of ukraine of you through it, but he called for genocide ukrainians. She called ukrainians. Her soft human race. She called flor public. Ah, public killings all ukrainian prisoners of war, et cetera. So yeah, shes good against daughter bought. She is, 1st of all, a very active member of our russian. A fall, right . National, his new nazi, our influential scene. Meanwhile, president putin has sleepy tim is dequina, cooling her death, vile and cool. I my 1st guest to night is sergey right. Jenko. He is an author and cold war and russian historian, he is also a professor at John Tompkins school of advanced international studies. He joins me tonight from cardiff in the u. K. Professor, its good to have you with us on the day to night. The Russian Secret Service the fs beat. It has accused ukraine of this assassination. What do you make of that at very, very dubious, local vehicles, just a few days have passed and all kinds of versions set fuller for a proliferation. The version that ukraine was responsible was one of the was the one that the russian propaganda embraced very eagerly even before the f. B came out with their latest statement. Of course. Now the propaganda will switch on and go into the steam. Barre eagerly blaming everything. Am key if, but i remain highly, highly dubious with, with the i think that is, is, is very difficult to, to prove. What do you make of this Group Calling itself the National Republican army . It claimed responsibility for the attack. Right . Nobody has ever heard of this National Republican army until now, and when i read the statement, i also thought that the statements and the army itself, such as that, it claimed to be, are extremely dodgy, frankly. So theres not much to make up this at this stage. So, you know, we had that organisation claiming responsibility. We had the f, b blaming ukraine. Some are saying that f s b self would be responsible for this could also be private actors in the reality is, will probably not know. Just remember that one, but himself was killed gun down in the kremlin. It took a very, very long time for the boat, for, for the russian government to come up with an answer and they never actually did are actually properly did. And suddenly 2 days after the been, they say, oh yeah, this is ukrainian. I just, frankly find this claim completely unconvincing. And it would, it would seem that ukraine would be the be obvious corporate through the eyes of the kremlin. But what about inside wash it . Talk to me about possible attentions within the country that could have led to this kind of attack. Well, we do not know. We know, of course, that russia is fighting a war in ukraine. That is not going well for russia and ends. Its dragging on and on and, and that creates a situation of political uncertain moscow. We know there are some, some thing, you know, things like that explosions like that. There an indication that something is happening behind the scenes in the shadow said were, were not aware exactly whats happening. But this is clearly an indication of some sort of an internal struggle. It seems to me, at least its, its suggestive off a, something of a kind of political instability which of course was precipitated by this war and ukraine. Yeah. And, you know, there are many who believe that, alexander do good was the intended target this car bomb would that be because of his outspoken position on imperialism in russia. And his perceived influence that he had on criminal policy in ukraine was someone seeking to punish him for what is happening right now. Well i, oh, of course do get a fairly well known he is, hes probably better known in the west than he is in russia. Hes an, an advocate of basically like blayton russian imperialism in the ration geopolitical space. And some people have linked his thinking to put, and i personally do not thing that needs to do again to pursue war and ukraine. There is no evidence whatsoever that dugeon contributed in any kind of way to points, Decision Making as he unleashed this war against ukraine. So i think would do, can statement is or deacons. Influences over stated its overstated. A so. So yeah, you know, could he be a target . We dont know, could his daughter be a target . Who is also a nationalist and has been seen all kinds of very, very aggressive, very nasty things about ukraine that is also possible, but its all very murky marquee. And, but you have to wonder, is Vladimir Putin this evening . Is he worried about his grip on power . And is he worried about stability in the country when he looks at what happened this weekend . Is his role is whether we are putting himself. Is he threatened by this attack . And we just dont know the reason we cannot say with any degree of certainty, because we do not know who actually was the perpetrator of this attack. Its interesting, for example, to reflect that in 1099, a student came to power. He of course, came to power in the wake of apartment, bombings in russia then permitted to launch a war in chechnya. And some have since suggested. Those were actually staged by the, by the Russian Security services. We dont know yet. Theres a lot of, theres a lot of uncertain here. So if the Russian Security services are behind this, then you would imagine that wouldnt be perhaps not threatened by this. If you crane is behind it, perhaps with may things of this suggest that Security Services are so incompetent that they allow the sort of things to happen. You know, you and i are able to de ponder the possibilities here. That is not the case for journalists inside russia, and im wondering how do you see the ability of the russian public to perceive what is going on in the kremlin really have complete control over how people are talking about. This is fascination. Unfortunately, criminal will have a great degree of control and we saw that even before the f as the state in the, when the russian propaganda kicked and on said that and in this on the ukrainians. And of course, the narrative that they try to project is that key, if its pursuing some sort of terrorist activities, ah, in russia, which then serves to justify russias own policy towards ukraine and as bruce, a war. And sadly, a lot of people who live inside this bubble, they buy into this kind of this kinds of narratives. And this, you know, its very difficult for them to scape the sort of propaganda. So what will they learn from this . They will learn that, that key if this, carrying out a terrorist attacks in, in russia, in a force will, as a result, believe even with greater will delete pudding with greater conviction. Perhaps you know, this is, this is how i would eat, at least i think the russian propaganda is thinking professor rodge. Thank you. Helping us understand that when we talk about russia and ukraine, we cant always believe our eyes professor. Thank you. Thank you for having the police in pakistan have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister in bron con. He threatened to sue pakistans, Police Inspector general, and a judge during a speech that he gave over the weekend. Now the countries media watched all have as a result, ban the broadcast of live address is by con, accusing him of heat speech. Hundreds of his supporters and now surrounded his home in the capital is lama bod. To try and prevent the police from arresting. Ever more than this, im joined now by our salon colleague. Hes a journalist in is alma bonded, its good to have you with this. Whats the situation right now is what im about . Well, thank you for having me. The situation has come down since the court has drawn to 3 days of being too long to day. But yes, there was a unrest last night when the case was disappearing against him. And there was a chance that the police were properly addressed in. So coin was given by the of his Party Leadership to the people to reach outside his residence. And we saw that in no time, hundreds of people were gathered and did remain there till the morning. Though there was no made by the police to rest on. And today he was granted the 3 days failed to post. I mean, you know, from the outside this is, is quite an, an outrageous shocking turn of events. Youve got a former Prime Minister who was being charged with an act of terror ridge of put that into context though for pakistan and its political establishment. Well, this is not the 1st time that he saw. He is facing these charges back in 2014. During his protest he was and he not only in but his other Party Members were charged under the same act off denison. And there was an alleged attack that was made on 2 important building. One was the parliament of august on and the other was when states television, the case been gone for 6 years and he got his equipment white be Prime Minister pockets on the back in october of 2020. So this is not the 1st time hes going to face these charges, and this is kind of a common practice in boxes. And theyve been several cases under the debt. Is them act on different predictor leaders and political focus, enron con, versus the government. Thats what this could be described as what, what are the chances in your opinion, a vis metastasized thing and, and turning into something that could become violent. I mean, do you think that the guard rails right now for the judicial system but also from Civil Society . Are those guard rails Strong Enough to withstand this . Well, as, as i said earlier, con, enjoys popular ort up. The support is off the you to focus on the way charged up and theyre ready to do anything for con and yesterday with, you know, there was this used at least might arrest the workers would want to talk and the leadership of Political Party made it very clear, and they said that theyre going to take over the gap or to the song, but if any rest is me. So its not, not too easy for the proceedings to happen. And its not really easy or to calm down with populace or that hes in joint right now. So things arent going to be tricky. Let me just ask before we run out of time, where does the military stand on all of this . Does that have been asylums by in the military on this particular last duty is no strictly i used to be done and this is a complete silence. And its just like at the moment it is like between the government and iran journalist to our salon county. Joining us tonight from islam of odd, we appreciate your reporting. Thank you. Ah. Activists in singapore have welcome the governments announcement to day that it plans to decriminalize sex between men, the reversal of a colonial era law known as section 377, a comes after years of campaigning by gay Rights Groups. But d criminalization does not mean equality. The government now says it also plans to amend the constitution to make it impossible for same sex couples to mary lou. A surprise announcement by cinnapool was Prime Minister met with jubilation and applause. The rolling back of a law that made sex between men punishable by up to 2 years in jail, singapore and still have differing views on whether homosexuality is right or wrong. But most people, except that a persons Sexual Orientation and behavior is a private and personal matter. And that sex between men should not be a criminal offense. The move has been welcomed by many who say its time to bring the law up to date. Actually ive got a lot of different so i kind of feel that it is something that is still be justifiable while the colonial air, a low band sex between men, l g b, t q group said the law amounted to state sanction discrimination against the entire Gay Community lead ah, it means singapore joins a growing list of asian nation including india, thailand, and taiwan, to liberalize their laws and homosexuality. But following pressure from religious groups, the government says it has no plans to change his Legal Definition of marriage as being between a man and woman. Some Rights Groups a disappointed what the government has done is to say that discrimination against l. G d. C, both acceptable financing bit discrimination in the supreme law has huge for other other kinds of life and other policies which l g b people. So while repeating the ban on gay sacks is being hailed as a triumph of love as a thea Rights Groups will. And the lion city still has a long way to go to full equality. Maria shouldnt, is the executive director and outright Action International that is a group advocating for human rights for l. G. B teeth. I chew people across the globe bree, its good to have you on the program to night. Weve got a situation in singapore that its kind of a double edged sword, isnt it . Weve got the government saying that sex between men is no longer crime. And at the same time, it says it plans to amend the constitution to make it impossible for same sex couples to get married. Yeah. But i still think we have to celebrate those as far as victor, it is an incredibly important step. That thing a poor is now reading itself of the colonial era law that has been in place for, you know, almost a 100 years. Even though there, we know that there is still a long way to go to protect full equality for anybody to people. Anything up or did talk to me a little bit about the legacy of colonial legislation in the oppression of the l. G. B. Teach you community. We know that in the 20th century, when we had former british colonies who were gaining their independence, they were taking laws that came from some of the most homophobic legislation that was ever passed by the u. K. Are we still dealing with that in these former colonies . Yeah, absolutely same sex relations are a crime in almost 70 countries. And in almost all of the situations, it is a result of penal codes that originally were imposed by colonial powers. And so, while this number is slowly decreasing, most recently, there was a Court Decision in antigua bar, buddha that overturned the colonial era. Pino code there. And of course now we have the announcement in singapore from yesterday. So there is a slow Movement Towards the criminalization. Not everywhere. Theres also an ongoing backlash in some places, but overwhelmingly, you know, we see countries one by one in the slow sort of a slow trickle decriminalize. And i have to say that none of this ever comes with out Community Organizing that were organizations and activists are pushing for this change and creating and building a change in societal attitudes. Also you think courts strategically similar to what was happening in singapore. There have been court cases that did not decriminalize in that case, but that had been building towards this announcement to decriminalize in singapore. And i think that knowing that the active is that goes into it. Its not something that happens suddenly. No one is sort of, i think, surprised when, if you are following these issues, youre not surprised when Something Like this happens. Because you had seen the years and decades of active as that has gone into creating that change. If we look at all of asia, taiwan remains the only country where same sex marriage is legal. So what does this move . But singapore, what does it signal or how does it fit in to church to this pro progression if you will, knowing that the criminalization is a critical, maybe not a 1st step necessarily. I mean, you can have some recognition actually overrides, even without the commercialization, but it is an incredibly important step, even in a situation like singapore, where people werent necessarily arrested for, you know, for committing a crime. It still has a very Chilling Effect on peoples lives and its hard to move beyond and secure, you know, full equal rights and non discrimination in schools of workplace as even in families if you live under this kind of colonial e or a law. So i think of course, its not very unfortunate that the singaporean Prime Minister announced that he wants to impose a ban on same sex marriage isnt even though marriage wouldnt necessarily been sort of the next legal step that people would absolutely be asking for. Of course, is a bad sign to already start to say, well, you know, were not going to grant for rights and, and we are talking about of a part of the world. Were l g, b, t, g rights and protections are not high on the agenda. Perhaps even were the opposite of the case. I mean, just consider what the tolliver has done in the last year in afghanistan and considering all of that. What is your message to people tonight who are watching from japan to the philippines to vietnam . What would you like for them to take away from the news today . I mean, l t p. Thank you, people accessed everywhere. And so our human rights and the protection of them. They need to be on the agenda everywhere and organizing as t i q activists to push for the for that recognition. That is really, in my opinion, the best way forward and i mean out, good, we have over 30 Years Experience working on these issues. So we have seen a lot of progress in the time, even though there is still a lot of backlash and in some cases, almost no conversation at all. But we have seen how there are more and more countries where these or where people are organizing and theyre starting to push for their rights. And there is no doubt in my time that you know, eventually we will get there for, for every corner of the world. We exist everywhere, and so of course we have to have our rights recognize everywhere. Maria had an executive director of outright Action International. Were, were out of time. We appreciate your time and your insights tonight. Thank you. Thank you so much. The days almost done, the conversation continues online, you find it on twitter, you can follow me on twitter at brent gov tv. Every member whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day. 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