that they would be willing to cooperate with the investigation the foreign minister sergey lavrov said today that britain has provided no access to the facts in this investigations or to the samples that may have been samples of this nerve agent that may have been involved in employed in the poisoning and lover after they also went further he called this part of russophobia campaign and that s very much the rhetoric that we ve been getting out of russia also from other politicians it s very much seen here this whole case as part of an anti russian campaign that the west is waging and that s good this is kind of part of a pattern that we ve seen often with accusations against russia russia usually takes this three pronged approach that we also saw for example with the doping scandal it denies the accusations that it questions the kind of investigation or the facts of the investigation and also it usually portrays the accusation as part of an anti russian campaign that s exactly what we
russia is set to go to the polls many expect the outcome to be rigged but there will be little mention of that on state controlled media where the election will be portrayed as honest and fair ponens claim governmental agencies suppress any criticism of the system. for example from those or as a supervisory agency that makes our lives difficult. and critical articles. and they claim it s to protect children. even for younger generations with television is the most important source of information to fifty four percent of the viewers between eighteen and twenty four prefer news from c a one. but insiders say the russian state controls almost all broadcasting stations and uses them as an important propaganda tool and their power expands beyond mere reporting. when i show it first my lawyer didn t believe
just how powerful my station was she thought i was exaggerating but when the court rejected our case for the fourth time she started to realize something was very wrong with. the way agencies treat us journalists how they deny us access to courts arrest us at protests search our homes. it all goes to show how little regard the state has for us. in the past years the situation is only worse and it s so bad. everybody who decides to take up this job can expect to be murdered someday. as different as new coolants and scored a boo top s experiences are they both seem to show two sides of the same coin the same principle play along keep your mouth shut or find a different job as the saying goes in russia either you re with us or against us.
one of the issues they discussed tell us had a different opinion. and not one so you know somehow we suspected that this will happen and the fact that there was a lot off the satisfaction with the way to dismantle the state department also added to the problem ok well let s talk about russia a little bit more and must take a look at the lessons warning on russia as a threat to national security in his final address as secretary of state much work remains to respond of the troubling behavior and actions of the on the part of the russian government russia must assess carefully as to how its actions are in the best interest of the russian people you know the world more broadly continuing on their current trajectory is likely to lead to greater isolation on their part of the situation which is not it anyone s interest. actions by russia mentioned there what type of threat does russia pose to the united states and syria for well you
the european union and with european capitals bilaterally as well especially at a time when the german government is taking up for example its work today it will be more difficult for europe and especially also for germany and with a very close ties to the united states and the high dependency on the united states for example on security issues and there are already complaints that many of the positions in the state department have not been filled which makes it very difficult if you re on the working level to get things going and with a new director the state to be taking and the new head it will be even more difficult because run virtual germany council on foreign relations thanks very much for your insights this morning one of the topics we ve been talking about here russia s relationships with britain the british counterterrorism police are investigating now another mysterious death of russian exiled london but they do not believe it s linked to last week s nerve agent attack on