Working. This is about two hours 20 minutes. s. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to orde order. Thank you all for coming today and for our witnesses for joining us as we examine the current state of the us russia relationship to deal with the Russian Federation. Its time to assess our relationship as we have recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of events leading to the collapse of the soviet union, fall of the berlin wal wall, solidarity selection victory in poland many former soviet states with prosperous democracies with memberships in the eu. Mister putin has taken russia down a darker path many suffer while oligarchs enrich themselves russia make sure only kremlin approved officials make the cut with those who military and organization in those outlets the russian people are inhumanely present and tortured to disagree with the government. Not only does the Russian Federation make it painful for the average russian but also makes it harder for those around the w
A Measles Outbreak ravages the South Pacific island nation of so. Now china is condemning a u. S. Bill that threatened sanctions against Senior Communist Party officials because of their treatment of reagan muslims hundreds of thousands have been detained as part of a crackdown in the Northwestern Region of the bill passed by the u. S. Congress is the closure of detention camps and it names members of communist party who washington says are responsible for abuses well lets speak now to adrian Brown Andrews in Hong Kong Adrian what are we hearing from officials in beijing and i know this isnt the only u. S. Bill that theyre unhappy about. Yes thats right as predicted weve had a fierce and Swift Response from the Chinese Foreign ministry they have called this bill malicious they say that the United States is wantonly smearing chinas efforts to try to combat the terrorism problem that it says it has in the far Western Province of shouldnt jangan its warning of on specified retaliation now
D if they are working. Y are this is about two hours 20 minutes. s. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Thank you, all for coming today and thank you to our witnesses for joining us today as we examine the current relationship with russia. To assess our relationship with russia as we have recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of events that led to the collapse of the soviet union, the fall of the berlin wall, the election victory of solidarity in poland. Among others. Many former soviet states have become prosperous democracies with memberships in nato and the eu. Mr. Vladimir putin has taken russia down a darker pass. Any russians suffered today. Tosia rates its elections make sure that only kremlin approved politicians make the cut. The russian people are inhumanely imprisoned and tortured for daring to disagree with the government. Not only does the Russia Federation make life at home painful for the average russian, but Vladimir Putin is making life hard
Women. International. Story. Made to Russian Embassy in. Connection with the murder of a Georgian National in august. General has said theres evidence. Russia. Denies picking up the story. 2 employees of the Russian Embassy are to be expelled and over there cleared a person or non grata after this new general tourney of germany is taking over the investigation of the murder of a chechen in berlin allows august with seemed to be an Asylum Seeker in the country germany has taken this action against the russian employees and war to russia because they believe that russia has not done any to help the authorities in germany looking into this investigation and they also say that berlin is taking this stance because they say that there is some sort of russian state level and foment in this murder the federal Foreign Office today declared to employees of the Russian Embassy in berlin to be persona non grata with the step of the federal government reacts to the fact that the russian authorities
Reality age huge 8 pm on wednesday it is 6 pm in germany thats where were starting this hour the countrys announced that its made to 2 Russian Embassy employees persona nongrata in connection with the murder of a Georgian National back in august attorney general says theres evidence that moscow may have been behind the killing its a claim that russia vehemently denies evangelos sepsis picks up the story. 2 employees of the Russian Embassy are to be expelled and are declared a person non grata after this new general tourney of germany is taking over the investigation of the murder of the chechen in berlin a last august with seem to be an Asylum Seeker in the country germany has taken this action against the russian employees and or to russia because they believe that russia has not done enough to help the authorities in germany looking into this investigation and they also say that berlin is taking this stance because they say that there is some sort of russian state level and for women