to get under way shortly. a court in moscow has rejected the appeal against the pre trial detention of the us journalist, appeal against the pre trial detention of the usjournalist, evan gershkovich,. even though the decision was widely expected, it will still hit hard for the 35 year old american and his supporters. the russian authorities accuse him of spying, charges which he strongly denies. the court appearance was his first. he was arrested nearly three weeks ago. the authorities say evan gershkovich try to obtain classified information but have offered no information to support their claims. he is the first usjournalist to support their claims. he is the first us journalist to face espionage charges in russia since soviet times. after his appearance, the us ambassador to russia had just a short statement. i the us ambassador to russia had ust a short statement. a short statement. i was able to meet kevin a short statement. i was able to meet kevin yesterday a sho
maximum effect to support economic growth for a purpose pushed up to help businesses and trade to thrive and to maximise the opportunity for and to maximise the opportunity for a fair green economy. a crucial part of this is about making a just transition to net zero. we will never do to oil and gas workers in the north east of scotland what thatcher did to our mining and steel communities. applause. we will take the workers of the north east andy hall scotland with us on our green journey. the scotland programme on its own, for example, offers the potential of £28 billion of supply chain work based in scotland. our renewable energy resources will also help us to develop a hydrogen sector, which is why a focus for the next three years is to lay our foundations in scotland. we will also continue to support innovations through policies such as these, we hope to make scott one of the leading missions and business, health, life sciences, digital industry, and advanced manufactur
of course in stark contrast to a uk government that pursues divisive immigration policies, risks denying century to people during their hour of need. we will continue to support those who come to scotland fleeing war and indeed fleeing persecution. we will continue to support the many thousands of people who have come from ukraine during the last year. for as long as scotland is their home, they will be welcomed here and they will be supported. we will make significant process towards making scotland a fairer country during the next three years. however, we know our ambition to make scotland fairer must go hand in hand with our work to make scotland most four more prosperous. that s why the second national mission is based on the principle of opportunity. using all of the powers that we have to their
that is forward human rights bill. that is of course in stark contrast to a uk government that pursues divisive immigration policies, risks denying century to people during their hour of need. we will continue to support those who come to scotland fleeing war and indeed fleeing persecution. we will continue to support the many thousands of people who have come from ukraine during the last year. for as long as scotland is their home, they will be welcomed here and they will be supported. we will make significant process towards making scotland a fairer country during the next three years. however, we know our ambition to make scotland fairer must go hand in hand with our work to make scotland most four more prosperous. that s why the second national mission is based on the principle of opportunity. using all of the powers that we have to their
each cabinet secretary s portfolio, working of course with our green party colleagues. throughout the next three years we will report routinely, regularly and transparently on our performance against these aims and at these outcomes. the report also emphasises this government s work will be defined by three distinct and interdependent missions. those mission centred on the principles of equality, opportunity and community, require us to tackle poverty, to build a fair, green and growing economy, and to improve our public services. they will be central to our efforts over the next three years to improve the lives of the people of scotland. the first mission based on equality is that we will continue to tackle poverty and all of its forms and that we will substantially reduce child poverty in particular. an immediate focus, inevitably, it will be on predicting to as far as we possibly can from