Before i introduced our wonderful discussants i want to highlight some of the amazing events we have coming up this season tomorrow we have poet dennis smith joined with friends to read from their radiant new collection of poems on valentines day we have our largest public event Series Library after hours city of most cerebral happy hour. There will be poetry readings, trivia and interaction collections abbring your self, they bring your lover, the friend you want to turn into a lover to our special edition of library after hours. On february 25 we have two leading negotiators on the un Paris Agreement will join model and organizer Cameron Russell to present options that government corporations and individuals can take to fend off climate disaster. Those are events that if you just this month are amazing season also includes a tribute to Toni Morrisons beloved in partnership with the shop burke sumter stop a discussion with Michael Schiavone and writers reflecting on landmark aclu case
Good afternoon welcome to the program live from the r. T. World news center here in moscow this tuesday 3rd of december as kevin 0 in with you for the 30 minute update great to have you company 1st then its a landmark day for nato leaders of the Member States a gathering in the u. K. To celebrate the military alliance his 70th anniversary 1st off we asked people in london what they considered to be natos greatest achievement today. Most people what they think are the main 3 achievements of nature. Im not going. To you know to in terms of achievements know very little or i dont know what its about have no idea of any advantage of nato but you know i honestly dont know anything about it until the flag seal the day and only my husband recognize what it was who its a good question but let me think a little bit. So one is probably yeah to be honest i dont have i dont have even one. Present from somebody in the u. K. In the summer expecting showdown 2 because of it the u. S. Lead is being cr
A very good morning to you youre watching r. T. International with me niki airing now a top story this hour russian athletes are holding their breath with the World Anti Doping Agency or wanda deciding on monday whether their National Team will be disqualified from International Sports for the next 4 years russia was accused of tampering with a doping test database they handed over to the body earlier this year russian sport is facing a number of possible sanctions including a ban on participation in International Tournament among them next is tokyo some a games as the beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 is officials could also be barred from sporting executive bodies additionally the country could be banned from hosting or attempting to host any major sporting event on top of it all the russian flag might not be seen at any competitions any time soon. Well the Russian Olympic Committee says warders recommendations are low to call and inadequate the scandal broke when want to analysts foun
A very warm welcome to you this monday morning youre watching R T International with me the key arab and our top story this hour russian athletes are holding their breath with the World Antidoping Agency or wada deciding on monday whether their National Team will be disqualified from International Sports for the next 4 years russia was accused of tampering with a doping test database they handed over to the border to earlier this year russian sport is facing a number of possible sanctions including a ban on participation on International Sports and monk and next is tokyo some a games and the beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 its officials could also be barred from sporting executive bodies additionally the country could be banned from hosting or tempting to host any major sporting event and on top of all that the russian flag might not be seen at any competitions and his home soon. Well the Russian Olympic Committee says want his recommendations are in logical and inadequate the scandal
Officials will be banned from sitting on International Sporting boards and also banned from sitting on International Sporting committees and it means that russia wont be able to bid it wont be able to host any major sporting events during that time and it means that athletes and other people will be able to be banned from flying the russian flag at major sporting events some very very strong restrictions as a result of that unanimous decision by the water board we are waiting to find out more details as to why they made that decision because they were some people saying including the president of the International Committee this sort of blanket ban is not a good idea now this of course comes after claims by water that positive tests were deleted by a lab in moscow these were tests being passed to wired to try and get away from the situation we found ourselves in the last few years this isnt the 20. 14 Winter Olympics in sochi this was meant to end the scandal instead what its done now