3 years ago. Today hello and welcome to r. T. International 30 minutes of news and views. Rallies protests are sweeping for a 30 day in the wake of this months disputed Election Fraud friday large crowds have been gathering in support of president. In the countrys west. Its really really loud here what is playing behind me right now is the National Anthem of the republic of the us a little bit of context we are right so whats the name of the country in the city of rest a lot during the time the 2nd world war. The great seal cyclone your guess is as good as mine here when it comes to scale but i would say theres about theres definitely thousands of people maybe close to 10000 basically people who have to look to a number of them and their message is some of them would change. But none of them want to listen ukrainians and to be played out in their public also a lot of people are making a huge point about the flag you can see how many better russian flags official by the russian flags are behind and just around me well essentially they have been saying that the white red and white flag the colors chosen by the opposition they resemble. The shoes by the collaborationist jerk the 2nd full day of a huge problem with the because a lot of people in. History those it. Was good to get. Your vote. They take it seriously so even those who may have supported your position. Now what. Century the flag the colors of the picture was what. Broke the camels back. I came here because i want to give belarus the way to i dont want on rest im the mother i have a small child i want him to grow up you know peaceful and beautiful but nobody forced us to come here everyone has their own opinion and we should not prevent each other from expressing our views. I am from belarus for a peaceful use im 60 years old and ive been working as a driver all my. I have a life and ive traveled to europe but ive not seen the best the country can spell or use and i was outraged that your position provoked our Security Forces to violence i saw it myself im for peace in our country and we just need to Start Talking to each other. So this is the hand they are supposed to do you know you can go home i think this is not only an example. And they have come here it was done just not just to the city they will come from neighboring cities as well this is now the sort of been. Going on around some 81 from the ground can get in the spotlight can be in the center stage and speak their mind. Here are some of the latest pictures weve received from outside minsk people are standing alongside a highway into the capital carting red and white flags used by opponents all from the south line starts its side of the Tension Center where demonstrators arrested during the early days of rest are being held it stretches to the skirts of the city but elsewhere in the capital theres a very different scene arties constantine pretty bailo took a ride with about a russian motorist getting behind the president. Off the plaza can see im now in a car its a convertible this convoy in support of the government has just set off people are driving their cars around the capital waving these official red green bell russian flags to be honest i didnt have an opportunity to count all the cars but i can tell you its a huge line. I couldnt find the organizers of this event i thought it would be great to get an interview but i went up to several people asking if they could tell me which car the organizers were in and they told me that there are not. Somebody just created the chat and more and more people joined it wanting to participate so the guys are telling me thats whats great about this event is that people have done everything themselves they bought. The flags themselves can you see this flag thats actually not a flag pole its a spade handle so as you can see many cars waving red and green flags this is how minsk looks right now theres another thing thats interesting about this convoy is the opposition was planning a completely opposite event they wanted to block the roads of the city. But as you can see they didnt succeed but i dont think many people would be disappointed about this you can imagine the anger of ordinary people if the roads were completely blocked. Bella who says exiled Opposition Leader has given her 1st Media Conference since fleeing to lithuania to use the opportunity to tell Foreign Countries to respect the sovereignty of belarus earlier she addressed her fellow citizens in a new video message urging them to keep all the pressure on president lukashenko with more workplace strikes because of us talk at that so you can join entirely legal and powerful weapon against the regime and they know it thats why they intimidate you leave the theme mongering to the dictatorship remember you are not alone in a mosque you need to keep on strike who will make the college hear our voices the voices he has stolen from us. Well to kind of earlier said she is ready to lead belarus one d former russian president ial candidate believes she has a valid claim valarie sept called on Foreign Countries to recognize her as president and he drew a part of what the situation in venezuela where most western powers have recognized the Opposition Leader. As leader. Well lets not speak too into journalist joel laurie on that aspect of things joe good to see in the program is it surprising that an opponent of look what draw a comparison with fairness will it given how that has worked to date. Absolutely surprising its even acknowledged now in the senate and recently that this has been a failure the way that the u. S. Tried to change the government in venezuela by choosing someone who had very little support inside the parliament there its become the president its not work many allies of the u. S. Agreed initially in london has kept the gold from venezuela but that project is over and that its not necessarily whats happening in belarus obvious that these comparisons are being made more aware of what happened in ukraine in 2014 as your reporter pointed out and i think of course relatives. Its border in ukraine as well so its a true asia where i dont think theres any doubt u. S. Would like to pride away from the russian orbit bring it into the neo liberal west perhaps someday bring it into medo. Theres a lot of differences because in ukraine in 2014 we sort of u. S. Senator john mccain the late senator john mccain go down into them i don and actually address the protesters and we sort of Victoria Nuland that then system secretary of state your asian and European Affairs go into the square and hand out cakes she made 3 trips to him at that time and theres of course the lead conversation she had with the American Ambassador at the time to which they discussed who would take part in a new Ukrainian Government weeks before yannick overaged was kicked out and. They were midwife ignace but thats another thing that has been pointed out is a big difference i think between unocal which look at trent. Bridge was elected in 2010 in a free and Fair Election thats according to the organization secured population of europe whereas look the shuttle has been in power since 1904 and hes never gotten any International Observers to support that so hes not a democrat i think that has you pointed out and these protests in bellows are legitimate but the u. S. Of course would probably like to explain what about the European Union they have already rejected the results of the election do you expect them to go one step further and recognize stick out of sky as leader i dont know but they have agreed to put sanctions on belarus so that is significant where they were i mean if you recognize an Opposition Leader who is now in with the rainy. Thats slightly different right joe i mean she did take part in the election of the do not get many votes and there was that scene where she was detained for quite some time and made to do a video to tell the protesters to stop the back all she seemed to be on the grass and they want you guys look when shes changed her story so i dont know if the europeans are do that in america and might want to do that and i dont know how that would play out i just i just want to make the point that this is a situation where the fellowship people to decide its only up to them outside it should matter in this even if you think a dictator is not for its someone you know there are legitimate protests and strikes going on so we cant dismiss that but outside it should stay out events we have. To talk about caracas its an interesting one though because you know you have to take into account dont you that the broader economic shock that venezuela has had to live through could anything like that happen if you were to be isolated say by world powers in the way that mature oh hows been. Yes thats course thats possible but the United States went a few steps further they actually backed a small invasion force try to go into venezuela like the bay of pigs in cuba that failed miserably like the bay of pigs in cuba so. Yeah i mean the economic issues. Arent serious but i dont think there is serious isnt that as well so i wouldnt put a comparison there as well i think that as i said venezuela model failed and recognizing the Opposition Leader in belarus may not but i dont see that its an instant solution to the crisis ok joe thanks as always for your time independent journalist jill noria live on the program. Russian doctors have given the all clear for alexina valmy to travel to germany for emergency treatment the opposition figurehead is in a coma and medics have ruled out poisoning as the cause of his illness re a financial reports. The doctor is in charge of treating alex st of ali in russias siberian city of almost now agreed to allow his tourists for taishan to a clinic in germany this is something his family has been repeatedly calling for with his wife julie or even appealing to president why demur putting the medics say that the vine is still very weak and hes not stable they smallman hes not Strong Enough for travelling but they say theyre ready to allow these trust potations at the german doctors and the familys risk. We are not in favor of him being taken anywhere from this hospital but considering the requests of his family we will help organize the transportation earlier the russian doctors after discussing the vollies house with their german colleagues who came to all my earlier on friday said that air transportation could be specifically dangerous for aleksey because this is what caused his condition in the 1st place just to remind you of the scene of violent felt very ill while on the plane on his way back to a mosque he felt ill no one could understand the reason it was very very sudden. And almost immediately after that the video emerged in the internet where we could hear alexander violently crying and shouting and in distress and in pain. Earlier we also heard from the russian doctor is that tough to testing alexander violins blog and urine samples absolute no traces of any talk 6 substance have been found this is the conclusion they came to the room with the team of doctors concluded that since we did not find any toxic materials in his blood he had suffered and its a big disruption with reduced glucose levels during the drop in pressure while the plane was taking off. Well alex cena violet is known as a prominent opposition figure here in russia and of course his situation with his health attracted a lot of International Attention in the if you demo bones mist in the valley we of course extremely preoccupied and saddened by the situation of alexina valmy we heard this morning what happened to him and i want to see here that we give him what i would support his family his loved ones for a prompt recovery and we send by their side hopeful intervention or through to us i hope and wish of course that he will recover as quickly as possible we will of course offer him all the medical help he needs and he can turn to german hospitals. Were looking to and vice going to be reporting to me despite what the russian doctors say about toxic materials we still here are saying that violence supporters talking about poison and we have to remind you that this is not for the 1st time just last year there was a very similar situation when alex cena violence suddenly felt ill and they were very quick to say that he was poisoned but it turned out later that it was just an allergic reaction to the news of number only zillahs broke western media rushed to speculate on possible kremlin involvement several cases were cited when the russian government was accused of poisoning people for political analyst dimitri believes the poisoning rumors dont stand up to scrutiny. Of course he support us will not be convinced they will believe that this is a boys inning. I am at a loss at who would be interested in such a poison and it became a kind of duty its a its a cliche for the west on media the western news agency is to blame rashi mediately off to something happens basically there are many questions on and the western media is not seeking answers to these questions instead is just so much easier to blame russia putin personally i want to speculate if it could be don that by russian government agents with all of which inseparable with putins approval is just safe to make it has a chance against russia because its much more dangerous to really investigate and to see broadly the role of all the extra us both in the story all of us and all in the story all over. Germany france the u. K. Russia china of all d rejected a u. S. Request to reimpose sanctions on iran the socalled snuffbox sanctions can be triggered part of the nuclear deal but only by signatories to the pact came up and picks up the story so at this point weve got the United States essentially demanding that the United Nations reimpose its crippling sanctions Economic Warfare against the Islamic Republic of iran this is mike pompei o laying out the demand just a few minutes ago i delivered letters to both the un secretarygeneral to tears and to the president of the Security Council. Notify them that the United States is initiating the restoration of virtually all u. N. Sanctions on iran lifted under Un Security Council resolution 2231 did i say it will never allow the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terrorism to freely buy and sell planes tanks missiles and other kinds of conventional weapons now essentially the United States is hoping to invoke the snapback mechanism that was part of the j c p o a conclusion of the Iran Nuclear Negotiations the Iran Nuclear Deal now the snapback mechanism was put into the nuclear deal so that if iran did not fulfill the agreement and did not fulfill its obligations broke the agreement that there would be an immediate snap back and all the un sanctions would immediately be reimposed on iran so now the United States is trying to invoke the snapback mechanism however it has virtually no support in the International Community when it comes to this demand weve got all the other cosigners of the deal the United Kingdom germany france china russia all staying that basically the United States doesnt have the right to invoke the snapback mechanism because the United States pulled out of the deal not iran this has been the International Reaction to the United States call this was west to you and i was aware difficult reckless acts by the United States could trigger a serious crisis from the Security Council our american colleagues do not seem to care about this we can all countries to resist and i stress once again that the u. S. Plans are in low for. The United States has withdrawn from the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian Nuclear issue and hes not qualified to call for a rapid resumption of sanctions by the Security Council as i have repeatedly recalled the u. S. Unilaterally ceased participation in the j. C. B. Away by president ial memorandum on the 8th of may 28th in and has subsequently not participated in any j c p away related activities he cannot therefore be considered to be a j c p o a participant state. For the pipes is a possible sanctions not by foreseen by the resolution the United States hold out of the Iran Nuclear Deal in may of 28 scene and at this point weve got the trumpet ministration saying that they are open to renegotiating a new deal that would restrict irans activities more harshly now at this point people are reacting to the recent effort by the United States to extend the arms embargo against the Islamic Republic of iran which was roundly defeated by the International Community the u. N. Security council the 15 member body that leads the u. N. The only other country to support the u. S. Move was the Dominican Republic and it seems with the world basically opposing washingtons moves against iran that iran actually has