That dire situation as grieving families demand a Public Inquiry into the governments failings. On the middle. East they did not give specifics in lock them out and most of these lines couldnt be safe. And they ran approves it and plans to make russias vaccine the countrys foreign minister exclusively tells r. T. Why tehran is supporting would be. Russian the russian rics vaccine you have a very bad experience with another western country that i do not want to name. Our broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r. T. International im john thomas really glad to have you with us in the high flying meeting in the swiss alps for the World Economic forum is very different this year davos has gone digital because of the pandemic and a little earlier the russian president gave a lengthy address covering a raft of topics through video link r. T. And ragas you have talks us through the key points he raised. This is that to me putins 1st speech appearance or that of all since 2009 when he was Prime Minister and perhaps you know it hints at how severe the situation in the world is and that is what Vladimir Putin devoted a significant portion of his speech to this crisis that the world is facing today the severity of this crisis it is an upheaval in Technology Cultural social as well as economic huge disparities in the world that is that is resulting in a systematic collapse and Vladimir Putin highlighted that now were facing a challenge a problem that is unprecedented over the last hard hard century since the 930. 00 s. If the 30 percent lived with an income level that lower than 3. 00 u. S. Dollars a day so thats the kind of misalignment that you can see in the world the cove in 1000. 00 pandemic has only exacerbated those issues. The problems of been building up for many years now these evolution revolution in technology and social values in cultural norms in in the economy and led me a putin says that you know the last several decades theyve seen an economic boom around the world but that boom has benefited primarily those who are who were already rich on top of all of that these these tech giants these corporations run by billionaires and accountable to few they have grown in power beyond all control. The digital giants now are playing an increasingly large role we often hear that in conversations particularly regarding the u. S. Election campaign and its not just simply the Technology Giants their economic giants in some areas theyre defacto able to compete with states the problem again is exacerbated by the pandemic. This course and these corporations as well as select nations can ban and bar people and untasty aids from from online you know from online discourse from the World Economy at a whim and instead of working together as as a civilization people are all nations and leaders are increasingly looking to find scapegoats foreigners that they can blame and direct peoples anger at usually in unresolved social and Economic Issues could force governments to find scapegoats so that they can then redirect the anger of their people we can see more pressure on those countries who disagree to being satellites we see legal sanctions restrictions in i. T. And telecoms this game without any rules could lead to new hotspots around the world the situation is such lead me putin says the International Law has lost its authority it is no longer mandatory but more voluntary but the unit polar world or rather attempts to establish a uni polar world where a few select nations can dictate to everyone how to behave and want to do those attempts have failed the way forward that were putting believes out of this crisis to lift the world out and to avoid a scenario the 2nd world war where you know what the 930. 00 s. Lead to is to Work Together and one of the areas where they can Work Together now immediately without delay is providing a Vaccine Access to the vaccine to poor relations which is a much more restricted in their access to potentially lifesaving medication. The world needs to join efforts in distributing these vaccines and increasing their accessibility we see that mass vaccination today is available primarily to developed nations while hundreds of millions of people worldwide do not even have the slightest hope for this protection such inequality could pose a Common Threat the gist of the public portion of flooding near putins speech. Was that the world is changing had to hectic pace the pace the few food possible and all of these changes being exacerbated made all that much more challenging by the patent demick and now is the time to Work Together because alone and separate there is no resolving these differences resolving these problems that will only lead to clashes theres more to this discussion but unfortunately as is the tradition of davos the 2nd part of this discussion is private in his davos address of london reputed also welcome to the extension of the new strategic arms reduction treaty also known as new start the president called it a corrective step the last minute deal agreed upon by russia and the u. S. Which would have otherwise expired next week limits Nuclear Missile arsenals for the next 5 years just after the agreement was sealed last night Vladimir Putin and joe biden held their 1st phone call since the us president s inauguration more on that from correspondent constantine rove. But the tense and rocky relationship between the 2 nations the fact that the 2 president s have talked and read on a major arms control agreement in their 1st ever phone call well thats reassuring and the 5 year extension of the new start treaty is indeed a broad spot in other words pretty much failing talks on arms control and non proliferation so the new strategic arms reduction treaty signed in 2010 now is the only thing that limits the 2 words old Largest Nuclear arsenals and is considered as a an insurance policy against a full blown arms race the most important thing is that we have 5 years to engage in negotiations on future arms control without end you have to remember jency the president of the United States is undoubtedly a person who personally understands this issue he has the experience he worked on that both the senator and his Vice President during the Obama Administration russia was the 1st to offer the extension of the treaty without conditions in early 2020 but the trumpet ministration while showed a lack of interest supposedly because they were seeking a new deal instead it will cover more weapons but anyway the current treaty was expiring on february 5th which is a little bit a week from now and this was an apparent last ditch attempt to save it and it succeeded so lets 1st have a listen to how the kremlin a welcome the news the president s expressed satisfaction on reaching an agreement on the extension of the strategic arms reduction treaty in the coming days all the necessary procedures will be completed to ensure the further functioning of this Important InternationalLegal Mechanism for the mutual limitation of Nuclear Missile well the readout of the phone conversation on the kremlins web page described the conversation as a businesslike and frank and you know the overall emphasis was on mutual cooperation and normalizing the relationship between the 2 countries in for example it is said that the 2. Leaders have discussed the possibility of joining forces in battling the pandemic but if you look at the white house web page and the way the same conversation is described they are you will see a different tone and a single so lets have a listen President Biden made clear that the United States will act firmly in defense of its National Interests in response to actions by russia that harm us or our allies the 2 president s agreed to maintain transparent and consistent communication Going Forward so it seems like for Bidens Administration it is really important to stress that the newly elected american president has confronted his russian counterpart on various issues and didnt just agreed to the extension almost as if you know stopping arms race from asking late in is not good enough and you know what the American Media outlets immediately latched on to this and they saw a dramatic change of tone sort of look how donald trump spoke to Vladimir Putin and how joe biden just did. Although it is worth mentioning that we didnt hear the actual conversation all we have are just the readouts and there is a lot of diplomatic language to it so the important thing is that there is a glimpse of hope that russia and the United States wont fall into the new round of arms race but nevertheless it almost feels like there is a certain ritual that the american president has to follow in order to sell this that how when biden was asked to comment on the call with putin he laughed it off with a quip to reporters. On the record. Of course our experts gave us their thoughts on the conversation between the 2 president s. Very much the message as you could see from the u. S. And white house report of that phone call the emphasis was were going to hold you know were going to russia is not going to mess with us russia is going to be held accountable for all the evil deeds that they do. Thats a message for the domestic population which honestly. You know hes feeding his hes feeding meat to his dogs. And that is not a sign of a sophisticated Foreign Policy certainly the phone call this early in the stage of the game is a good sign you know biden. Give it a round completely and suddenly say you know he wants to. Develop friendlier relations with russia so hes going to be talking to best a cli. As though hes a tough guy with russia but i think realistically the goals that biden has domestically are going to require winding down of a. Military. Confrontational attitude towards russia and china in the end. The vaccine supply route between britain and the e. U. Is escalating brussels claims the british Swedish Drug Company astra zeneca is prioritizing the u. K. And plans restrictions on exports there is a growing disparity between their Vaccination Programs with britain making headway while e. U. Nations are lighting behind as arties peter oliver reports. Theres been an absolute false over whether senior personnel from the vaccine manufacturer astra zeneca will or will not be meeting with those from the European Union it now seems that after being on and off again more times than a light switch that meeting will go ahead the thing that theyve got to discuss is what constitutes a contract as far as the e. U. Commission is concerned they have a contract with astra zeneca to provide 400000000 doses of the covert 19 vaccine as far as astra zeneca concerned they say thats not so much a contract is it is as it is an agreement to do the best they possibly can we did ject the logic of 1st come 1st served. That may work at the neighborhoods. But not in town tracts and not in our advanced purchase agreements the e. U. Says they should have access to doses of the vaccine produced to facilities in the United Kingdom not so say astra zeneca and the fact that the e. U. Is asking for that well thats upsetting those in the United Kingdom who will see restrictions on the on the vaccines all the other ingredients and of course paul graham and i think thats a pretty common sensical im sure. We would be widely supported across the as well i would do all the International Partners in fact to be collaborative and working closely together. And i think that i think protectionism is is not the right approach in the middle of a pandemic they have been talks about the e. U. Threatening to stop exports of vaccines manufactured here inside the block well that of course would have an impact on the u. K. Getting doses of the pfizer buy on take vaccine which is made in brussels that isnt going to happen thats the word coming out of brussels at the moment that plant didnt have the backing of the German Health minister again spawn but as i say isnt going ahead according to the e. U. Here in germany people are less than happy about what is going on decide the newspaper here saying that its the best advert for breaks that there ever could be in the main tabloid newspaper here build theyre saying that the line is playing down the idea of there being real unease over the ability to obtain vaccines but if you look at what Angela Merkel the german chancellor has to say there is clearly some concern over the speed or lack there of it which vaccines are being opting out by the European Commission puts this isnt often this bit of our action leaves a lot to be desired process often become very bureaucratic and take a long time. So we have to work on that what we are seeing is in many cases a you nations have the infrastructure in place in order to administer vaccines but dont have the vaccines to stick in peoples arms in fact in spain madrid to said theyre going to suspend the Vaccination Program for 2 weeks the reason they just dont have any to give. The british Prime Minister has been tackled in parliament over his handling of the pandemic after the u. K. Passed the grim milestone of 100000 covert related deaths Opposition Leader care starmer called out what he said was Boris Johnsons slow slow slow response in the meantime grieving families are demanding a Public Inquiry into the governments actions the 1st who needs the this is a criminal. Lets not sugarcoat it we are experiencing the worst humanitarian atrocity that this island is it to see and. Governments. Neglect to it has been a lot too much and. Most of these lives couldnt be saved. Or Boris Johnson offered his condolences to grieving families as he had knowledge to britain becoming europes 1st nation to reach 100000 killed the deaths in the past week alone more than 8000 and a half 1000 rather people have died there the government is now pinning its hopes on carrying out europes fastest Vaccination Program johnson revealed that 13 percent of the adults have already been vaccinated. Im sorry to have to tell you the number of deaths recorded from couvade in the u. K. Has suppost 100000. And its hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic but its too late or is too little too late for the 100000 people and the millions of those who have lost people to this 100000 people is 800000 bomb is ok if we think of a family of 5 thats 5 lives that changed forever millions of people have been let down by a simple lack of care in policy i mean its not a Prime Minister that boasted about shaking hands with people were talking about the titanic happening almost every day and yes the numbers are coming down but overall the number being 100000 this is not something that we should take on the chin and accept as a population at the end of the day and of an accident neglect family and they did not lives 1st they put the economy 1st which ironically now as not own times the economy has also led to more deaths i dont understand how they could possibly sleep at night knowing that theyre leaving things like borders and testing unchecked why are we still talking about these things why are we still discussing the fact that they keep having to discuss and discuss and discuss maybe you will bring this in maybe bring this in your own with it its not a hard thing to do to understand that as an island we had a golden opportunity to close up borders to look after ourselves. Iran is the latest country to approve russias covert vaccine and also hopes to manufacture the support make the job in an exclusive interview irans foreign minister told r. T. Why they chose it over western alternatives here is some of the interview which you can watch in for here on thursday. I think it was a Public Health problem with some political can considerations about the intentions of the United States and the lack of trust which is which is very clear we have a very bad experience with another western country that i do not want to name they sent to iran. Blood that had. Wireless. And so a lot of people needing blood transfusion we still need to investigate it further by but that was certainly a major Public Health problem in iraq. The United States did not reduce its pressure. On iran. It did not allow us to make Financial Transactions they said it humanitarian purchases were exempt from their sanctions but Financial Transactions to do those humanitarian because you dont you cant do humanitarian purchases without paying money and the banks who are supposed to transfer that money should restrict it actually has already given us the advantage because. Had we wanted to wait for the me