against the dollar in early trading. it s recovered most of those losses during today s trading session but investors remain nervous. safe haven assests like the gold have risen. gold was up around 0.6% a short while ago with brent crude also rising throughout the day. let s speak now to sergey vakulenko, nonresident scholar at the carnegie russia eurasia center. welcome, great to have you on the programme. what has been the noticeable impact so far on the russian economy since the events of saturday? there were none. indeed, it was mutiny, ora there were none. indeed, it was mutiny, or a weekend, there were none. indeed, it was mutiny, ora weekend, it there were none. indeed, it was mutiny, or a weekend, it mutiny that was over in about 2k hours. even through the regions, yes, there was a disturbance on the road, yes, a stray missile hit a fuel depot, but other than that there was very little disturbance to civilian life and all that is over and mutinous troops are supposedl
transport could be more easily impacted by local authorities who had overall responsibility for improving the local area for their populations and who were well placed to take a very broad view of what services would impact positively on the health of their local populations and maximise benefits. yes. it returns to the 1970s model yes. it returns to the 19705 model of medical yes. it returns to the 19705 model of medical officer for health for the community which i think was important the community which i think was important. if you look at where the evidence important. if you look at where the evidence is important. if you look at where the evidence is now after a little bit of a sticky evidence is now after a little bit of a sticky 5tart evidence is now after a little bit of a sticky start i think that s where of a sticky start i think that s where most people think a director of public where most people think a director of public health 5hould where most people think a d
crews. reporting on health issues, they ve been blocked again and again from visiting a medical unit in venice where cleanup workers are being treated. it s known locally as the bp compound. these two reporters say everyone they ve talked to from bp to the coast guard, to health and human services has been giving them the run around. we re talking about a medical trailer that falls under the authority of, guess who, thad allen, the same thad allen who promised transparency all those weeks ago. we are not the enemy here. billy nungesser of plaquemines parish and from st. bernard. what do you make of the 65-foot rule, billy? instead of spending time picking up the oil, getting more skimmers, i m blown away. does this mean if i m out or one of the fisherman is out and sees a pelican he fears he will be fined or arrested so he doesn t go into that area? the only boom that s been
journalists who has disrupted efforts. no journalist wants to be seen as disrupting or slowing down the process. to create a blanket rule that everyone has to stay beyond 65 feet of booms and boats, that doesn t sound like transparency. it sounds like katrina when they tried to make it impossible to see the recovery of bodies of people that had died in their homes. if we can t show what s happening, warts and all, no one will see what s happening. that makes it easy to hide failure, incompetence and makes it hard to highlight the cleanup crews. we found out two journalists reporting on health issues, have been blocked again and again from visiting a medical unit in venice where cleanup workers are being treated. it s known locally as the bp compound. these two reporters say everyone they ve talked to from bp to the coast guard, to health and human services has been giving them the run around. we re talking about a medical trailer that falls under the authority of, guess who, thad allen
authority of, guess who, thad allen, the same thad allen who promised transparency all those weeks ago. we are not the enemy here. billy nungesser of plaquemines parish and from st. bernard. what do you make of the 65-foot rule, billy? instead of spending time picking up the oil, getting more skimmers, i m blown away. does this mean if i m out or one of the fisherman is out and sees a pelican he fears he will be fined or arrested so he doesn t go into that area? the only boom that s been disturbed has been because we had the wrong type of boom or they put it down wrong or the winds have blown it up into the marsh. you can only see that if you actually get within, say, five feet, maybe ten feet of that boom and you see, look, that s oil-soaked boom that should have been picked up weeks ago. i see now why we don t have the equipment we need. we re spending more time trying to come up with a reason why to keep people away instead of coming up with equipment and