These 2 extremes so. It would be i think we should expect countries like russia to look roughly the same intensity in 20 years time and its going to take quite a lot to shift russia even to a complete or a terran state that doesnt hold elections rule or to a much more Democratic State where we could genuinely talk about some of the troops and losing power i was drawing of a after the soviet union and i remember very vividly this transition from infuse the absentee anyone if you see as and for democracy to see a lot of cynicism not only among the people but also among the leaders and when it comes to the latter and. It was primarily driven by a realisation and deeply held belief that for the west democracy is not a value its not the goal its not something that they lead by its actually an instrument its in to all of many places and its as theyve i think totally wrong about that. Tell me a little bit more because i dont really see why democracy would be a stick of the west so tell me a l
Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our Team International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us lets get right to our breaking news this hour all right a devastating explosion ripped through the lebanese capital on tuesday government Officials Say at least 78 people are dead and more than 4000 injured the blast went off in the citys port area destroying nearby buildings and causing chaos across beirut. Wall. Was. Going to let. Her out. But. We heard from a reporter in beirut she gave us a sense of the severity of the explosion. The devastation here in the lebanese capital is very modest if it is being estimated by tens of millions of dollars as we said earlier the blast was felt 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night on social media a lot of lebanese are faring through the incident unfortunately there are for and through it. Scores theres no compa
Tensions. And this man confesses to murdering her refugee german politician the defendant is a far right extremist who tells the court in frankfurt i pulled the trigger. On my locker its a pleasure to be with you as the death and injury tolls continue to rise after 2 explosions rocked the capital of lebanon leaving much of beirut and rooms rescuers are now paying staking lee searching for survivors at least 100 people were killed and thousands injured authorities have placed a number of be reported fishel is now under house arrest on the government has declared a 2 week state of emergency for the city. Listen casts an eerie glow over a beer its obliterated port. Once a vital artery for imports and home to the countrys wheat and grain stores its now a sea of metal and concrete. Levanon is a nation in mourning among them the staff at this nearby hospital. You look. At suddenly. There are a lot of victims we lost 4 narcism patients visitors many dead and many injured if we have like 200 i
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