Prisoners. A michael oku its great to have you with us russian Opposition Leader alexei novell knee is in a berlin hospital this hour receiving treatment following a suspected poisoning involved a collapse in lost consciousness after drinking tea 2 days ago in siberia doctors there initially refused to allow him to be airlifted to germany. The final metres of alexina volleys journey from siberia to berlin one that the kremlin critic spent on conscious. Not only was flown out on this plane chartered by a berlin and geo his supporters had feared for his life after a suspected poison attack on the Opposition Leader. And the fall news wife yulia requested. Treatment in germany but the medical evacuation was only given the green light after a tug of war between russian and german doctors over whether he was fit to fly. Not only spokeswoman cure a our mission thanks supporters and said the transfer abroad was a 1st step in what would be a long struggle to restore nepal and his health. A hospital is no stranger to treating kremlin critics who appear to have been poisoned. 2 years ago activists pure love was taken here after showing poisoning symptoms he helped secure the same treatment for involve me. President Vladimir Putin p. R. Sr predicts the 44 year old former lawyer was barred from challenging putin in the 21000 president ial election since then he has campaigned on behalf of opposition candidates in regional polls. Supporters hope that german doctors will be able to get to the bottom of what caused of all the sudden debilitating illness in a safe environment free of any political interference. And reported. Outside the hospital is being treated truly a greetings as we just heard a hospital began treating the common downey can you give us any more details at this point. What the hospital is saying is that they have begun tests that they are looking at Treatment Options and that it will take time for them to determine what exactly happened to him and how to proceed therefore they asked for patience in receiving more details regarding his Health Condition what we heard from the director of cinema for peace the foundation that brought in of all nature berlin is that his condition is stable but it is definitely worrying he is not out of the woods. You know its worth noting that it wasnt the German Government that brought novella here but rather that n. G. O. S that you just referenced can you tell us a little bit more about who theyre your. Cinema for peace is a Foundation Based in berlin it is financed by philanthropists who supports humanitarian projects especially filmmakers working on social issues they have organized this trip and they said it has been found announced through donor or private donor money they said they did not want to reveal who the donors were and. The chief of the foundation said earlier that he also did not want to reveal how much the trip came to cost he said it was however very expensive also because organized at the last minute. Really as some might remember that the sheriff has a history of treating foreign leaders and famous dissidents and we just mentioned that in the piece of course is that why alexina valmy was taken there. Certainly the fame of the shah being renowned as a worldwide top class hospital was a reason for me to be brought here his family one of the best care possible for him but also the fact that this similar case from as you know of who was brought here the pussy riot activists was brought here 2 years ago also for a suspected poisoning. Gave the hospital a head start on knowing how to deal with these cases and also to give the family the certainty they need that there will be an independent investigation into the causes of his illness truly deli in berlin for us much appreciated julia. For more lets bring in professor sergei gouri a former chief economist at the b r g thats a European Bank for reconstruction and development hes also one of the top sponsors of move on these Anti Corruption fund and hes a close friend of only arrive today professor in berlin for treatment you must be feeling relieved it is a feeling of relief from but as you write that the situation is not out of the woods yeah hes unconscious and in the best Case Scenario we probably should experiment will take several weeks when your church came back to health and indeed as you defer to the case of go to brazil it was fairly difficult and painful to cover. All of this is clearly sensitive stuff but to the extent that you can talk about this who do you think might be behind this apparent assault in the van the and why we dont know. We dont know and we do not know why it has happened still i would say it is very important to remember its not the 1st attack on a number only using chemical agents. He was attacked in 2017 and the video cameras actually identify the men who are executor that this man was not investigated interrogated or prosecuted the 2nd time he was attacked last summer when he was detained in a moscow prison and that fact was actually stated within the prison within the prison cell so it was also very easy to investigate it was not investigated as well which kind of tells you how the kremlin treats people who are talking about me and even if its not. Ordered from the very top of course its the very top of russian government russian authorities that is responsible for not only this time one thing which i would like to remind you you mentioned Regional Elections there will be Regional Elections coming up in 3 weeks from now only has developed hadlee effective strategy for abortion there wouldnt barkin those so actions it happened last year the last year was extremely. Important breakthrough in various Regional Elections including in moscow and thats my number only spent so much time in jail last year and apparently government was very nervous regarding the election that this coming up and the vote only was still is a very fact of communicator his you tube channel his weekly you tube channel is watched by millions of people in of course the government didnt want him to be on air in the coming weeks. Until this election professor what can you tell us about his current condition what have you learned. Anything except for what is what is being reported and and this is what youve just covered in your piece and and we we just know that hes unconscious and we dont know. What exactly caused. You mentioned just before that there were 2 attempts on his life that were never investigated easy you believe given the International Attention to this particular story and others like it that that is going to change. I dont expect in this particular. Situation i dont expect that as long as the station was in power in russia this crime will be investigated i havent all doubt that this poisoning was administered using special forces usually using special chemical agents not dissimilar to those that youve mentioned in the case of that it is 0 for other russian dissidents including but even more as a who was actually poisoned twice and of course that consoles a bit where one british woman died in the russia it is still denying that russia was behind this old body poisoning and in that sense in that sense i think that is the longest and this. Is the rule in russia which wont expire transparent investigation you yourself do not live in russia do you believe nirvana will return after this latest incident it is a question for me i know him for many years he. Looks you know only that i know hes a brave and courageous man and he believes that he will come back and i can decide for him its for him and his family to. Make this decision but everything i know about the lexi and the fact that hes been out that before and still continued is very important work i would think that he will actually come back he will not stop his fight professor Sergei Duryea in france thank you so much for your insights thank you very much. 3 hours now where thousands of protesters have formed a chain of solidarity across the capital minsk authorities are holding one of the leaders of striking factory workers and are threatening the demonstrators with criminal charges the u. N. Is calling for the release of all those whove been detained. Protesters again Standing Firm in minsk. A chain of solidarity stretching kilometers through the belly racine capital as far as the Detention Center where antigovernment protesters have been held since the disputed election nothing after the biggest but when you see that you when you. Realize that no National Guard and no one has stopped to see you when you go to force her to resign it helps to keep our spirits up and not to get sad since it was the show the beginning we were really enthusiastic now people are starting to say the protests a calming down the people a pessimistic we have to remember that the regime had ruled for 26 years its impossible to overturn in just 10 days. The opposition is still encouraging people to attend mass demonstrations and urging the authorities not to use force and the u. N. Is calling for all Political Prisoners to be released bellary see an authority say nearly all have been freed. For good for many a hoping lucas shimko is losing his grip on power for the hardline leader insists it was solve the political crisis in the coming days. Lets now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world at this hour demonstrators in iraq have set fire to the gates of the Parliament Building in the Southern Province of basra the main Oil Producing region protesters are angry at government inaction over the assassination of several political and womens rights campaigners. A former policeman dubbed the Golden State Killer has been sentenced to life in prison in the u. S. He had already confessed to 13 murders and dozens of rapes in the 1970 s. And eightys under a deal to avoid the Death Penalty in court he apologized to the victims for his brutal decade long crime spree. The fires raging in Northern California have now become some of the largest in state history more than 12000 firefighters are currently battling the blazes that have killed 6 people governor gavin newsom said help is arriving from several u. S. States he also put in a plea for assistance from australia and canada the fires were started by lightning strikes and have forced tens of thousands to flee to safety. This is all thats left of karen hansens hardiman in Northern California she and her family are and they had 2 minutes to evacuate that small farm the full flames obliterated it hardly ever say a thing like it was the whole sky was red and orange i mean if. I dont know they just read 9 and it was coming over the hill. There and it was massive i never saw it. A few minutes to get here the flames she describes still making their way across california in the form of hundreds of separate fires they were sparked by thousands of lightning strikes and fanned by record breaking hate with more than 3000 square kilometers of land destroyed many fear there may be next. Are really worth close. To or burns down the next 3 days. By tomorrow maybe you know. Now its unpredictable nature understaffed Fire Fighting force. That much of what will happen next depends on weather conditions as the heat wave continues across california many more properties a likely to succumb to the flames. Thats your news update ill be back at the top of the hour for the latest headlines remember you can download the d. W. News app or visit dot com you can also follow us on twitter and instagram the handle is at news im michael okun in berlin for me in the entire team here thanks for watching and well see you soon. Their soul thats what people experiences when their heritage is taken from them countless cultural artifacts were brutally stolen from africa by colonialists cant carted off to europe. What should be done with the stolen art from africa. Stolen soul starts september 7th on t. W
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