After the bloody attack on the publications offices in paris. From moscow thanks for joining us in the weekly update of top stories here in our International Im daniel. Byrne in moscow locked in a diplomatic row over the alleged nerve agent poisoning of russian opposition figure alexina valmy on sunday the Russian Foreign ministry question the balance ultimatum to provide an explanation for the event suggesting its the german side thats not been forthcoming. If the German Government is sincere in its statements it should respond to their quest of the russian general Prosecutors Office as soon as possible that was passed along on the 27th of august it is the german side that really less urgency by not sending a response berlin is slowing down the very investigative process it is calling for is that on purpose ultimatums do not help anyone move forward but if never explanations follow from russia in the coming days we will have to discuss the response with our partners we have high hopes
Youre watching Arts International coming to you straight from moscow 247 welcome to the program this hour. Well scott says that it fails to understand what prompted berlin to claim that russian Opposition Leader of extent of all night was poisoned by a nerve agent the common spokesperson to me also revealed that the russian president and german chancellor havent discussed the issue on wednesday berlin amounts of phone traces of novi chalk on the volley meanwhile the president of bellerose has claimed that the countrys Security Forces have intercepted a call which casts doubt on berlins poisoning allegations. We have intercepted a call as we understand between warsaw and berlin that clearly says its all a full sophistication. Didnt take place. They have done it to discourage putin from interfering in the internal affairs of belarus. The kremlin says it has no details on the question goes claims as of yet and they have not been verified the german chancellor Angela Merkel also spoke abou
Looking into his dealings with. Police in western germany discovered the bodies of 5 children in an apartment is a suspect thing is the latest on the investigation. Im still gale welcome to the Program Russia is facing growing International Pressure over the on edge poisoning of Opposition Leader and actually in the valley this follows wednesday a statement from the German Government that it has an equivocal evidence that mr nunn found he was poisoned and with a deadly nerve agent not be chuck says its not to blame but germany and its allies are calling for axis. Its not often that the German Governments response is so swift and so openly condemning chancellor Angela Merkel calls the poisoning of alex a novel and the attempted murder alexina of only a stop files for saying of only is the victim of a crime he was meant to be silenced and i condemn this in the sharpest possible terms in the name of the entire German Government chefs. Now danny remains in an induced coma at a hospital and
Live from moscow youre watching R T International with me Daniel Hawkins wherever you are today welcome to the Program Russia has accused germany of using various pretext to withhold information on the alexina valmy case the russian opposition figurehead recently came out of a coma hes being treated for alleged poisoning and moscows permanent representative to the Global Chemical weapons watchdog says all requests for dates have so far been denied he spoke to r. T. The Russian Federation has been waiting for answers from our german colleagues the general Prosecutors Office has sent 2 requests for Legal Assistance unfortunately we have not received any answers there were various explanations from the german side firstly there were references to National Secrets the german said they were afraid of revealing secrets and german technologies during our specialists acquaintance with the results of the analysis in a boon to swear laboratory. Then our german colleagues started talking about th
Shaky ground later on were going to go ahead and analyze the state of Global Markets after a hectic week plus the pandemic has delayed several high profile movies this summer but the 1st big blockbuster of the season is getting a late release for a Holiday Weekend we have an analyst on hand to discuss the state of the Film Industry packed show today so lets dive right in. And another day another escalation between the u. S. And china on the trade front now the latest the white house is asking for all federal agencies to detail china related funding this includes any and all federal funding that aids or supports china or that directly or indirectly counters chinas unfair competition and malign activities and influence globally now this comes from a document titled strategic competition with china crosscut but that document does not indicate how the information is going to be used it only currently says that it will inform policymakers on the many different ways the u. S. Spending involv