Kurds as an ethnic group and then between 2 i. P. G. Or terrorists now we have the Syrian Government forces in position and fighting alongside kodesh forces inside syria and of course there is this concern of a direct clash between turkish troops and also Syrian Government troops whats the prospect for that or how do we even avoid that possibility. Well 1st of all i think would be a mistake for this year even if you come into direct confrontation with turkey secondly i think the russian effect is more significant than the presence of some forces loyal to the assad regime it is going to hes conducting an operation to e. U. And russia are you know having diplomatic channels open and theyre basically. Turkey is looking at what russia will do instead of assad regime. I mean assad regime brought in some force which it was conducting an operation after it and a received the the answer or the response. That took you put forward and you know they were pushed back but they recently i mean did t
Just ten six an evening this thursday the fourteenth of december money was kevin oh and thanks for being with us here on r. T. International im going to start with a big event thats been happening in moscow today the russian president s annual q. And a from earlier this thursday. In fielded four hours of nonstop questions and very diverse questions they were from the press. But the things that particularly stewed out for me this time is that the share of questions that you might want to call challenging for a while about corruption about the silencing of political opponents in russia was perhaps a bit larger this time then previously he was indeed grilled about the lack of competition in russian politics and one question came from perhaps his direct opponent a person who wants to become a president ial candidate in russia in twenty train a subject thats a major issue for those who want to represent that system opposition they have to offer not a short lived and shrill agenda but a real
Just turned seven leaving here moscow my name is kevin owen live from r. T. H. Q. Hope youll stay with me for next thirty minutes with a news update starting with this russian president s annual q. And a from earlier this thursday big news here today but putin fielded four hours of nonstop questions and very diverse questions there were two from the press. He was listening in the things that particularly stude out for me this time is that the share of questions that you might want to call challenging for White America about corruption about the silencing of political opponents in russia was perhaps a bit larger this time then previously he was indeed grilled about the lack of competition in russian politics and one question came from perhaps his direct opponent a person who wants to become a president ial candidate in russia in twenty subject thats a major issue for those who want to represent that. System opposition they have to offer not a short lived and shrill agenda but a real one
A russian spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome earlier today taking three new crew to the space station on the final manned mission of the year. I welcome to the program my names kevin owen here with a weekly for you the big stories of the past seven days here on r. T. International and first deadly violence between palestinians and Israeli Security forces still shows little sign of abating this weekend it follows Donald Trumps explosive decision earlier this month to recognize the disputed city of jerusalem as israels capital. City and. Its right to vote do you guys parts that are filling that place. We are still not here as buffer zone and tensions are in these days but it is taking a. Cut i. Bet it is a hope throughout the way carter has been hearing impassioned reaction to the resurgence of violence in the region. People can open the bible and to count how many times jerusalem is invention there they will find out also that jerusalem is not mentioned even one time in th