You are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our National Thomas really glad to have you with us now the Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has said moscow has nothing to hide in the election of ali case it follows a conclusion by germany that the russian opposition figurehead was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent. We have already commented on this and said we have nothing to hide as soon as alex in the valley fell ill the plane was grounded and necessary measures roomie julie taken the soon as he was transported to germany those who were demanding information from russia went silent and did not demand anything from berlin this is all following the same old scenario we hear public accusations against russia and the fish all requests to berlin from a Prosecutors Office have so far gone on oncet we were promised today that we would soon receive response as soon as we get the facts we will react accordingly this is all reminiscent of what happened with the sc
Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle the primary purpose of history is to understand the past as a guide to understanding the present and future history should not be goodness because a lot of history is painful and so how should we find the right balance is statue side the right hands. Across talking statue side im joined by my guest cleo both dari in new york she is founder of the company there have been salmon which teaches social Emotional Learning in schools as well as diversity and inclusion in companies and government. Agencies and in las vegas because i love pirates he is an assistant professor of africanamerican and African Diaspora studies at the university of nevada las vegas all right rostock rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want right now is appreciate greatly let me go to you in new york how does taking down statues and we can talk about which ones changed the condition of people of color in the United Stat
States and does that something is it just a political statement because were in a Great Recession were in a pandemic and working people or people been horrendous lee hit by this and i just have to ponder is statues the 1st thing we should be banking about go ahead. Well sure i mean i think i would defer to the former mayor of my state in new Orleans Mitch landrieu who courageously took down the confederate statutes in new orleans a few years ago and his argument was essentially that you know we are a melting pot as a city and we really celebrate that but we should not force our citizens to look up to have to look up at you know monuments of confederate soldiers whose goal was to uphold slavery and this is a thing certainly a traumatic experience for someone to see and someone especially someone of color will inevitably see that and wonder well am i actually in a place where i belong culturally does this place actually represent my values if its willing to you know have a monument that
Have you with us midday here in moscow this is. A russian judge has dismissed the case looking into allegations that russian or thirtys to investigate claims alexina valmy was poisoned legal action was initiated by the opposition figures Corruption Foundation of on the remains in a coma and. Quarter reports. Where the complaint that alex say no vollies legal team filed against their russian government was just rejected i was filed after their request for a criminal investigation into the alleged poisoning of alex st of all me was left on and certain legal teams lawyer just said that the that the case should have been handled by the investigative committees head office instead of being handed down to the Regional Bureau wherein a volley fell seriously ill so the lawyer also announced he will be appealing the courts decision with moscows top court now the police are still engaged in in a long investigation trying to find out what exactly happened there its part of their preliminary inves
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