Subsume who is in touch with a friend of the clintons it is troubling enough that the Clinton Campaign funded mr steeles book but that these Clinton Associates contemporaneously feeding mr steele allegations raises additional concerns about his credibility well according to a newly released document Clinton Associates were feeding information to Christopher Steele while he was compiling to trump russia dos here and what is the document exactly well its a heavily redacted version of the criminal referral against steele that was filed by republican senators Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham interesting lee enough it exposes coronation between the Clinton Campaign and the Obama Administration with the intention of damaging trump and in the document it says it appears that either steal lied or the classified documents contained materially false documents but going back to fridays memo it states that steeles dossier is full of unverified claims about trump supposed links to russia but most importantly the memo asserts that the f. B. I. Didnt reveal the origins of the document and of course both the f. B. I. And the Democratic Party have claimed that the memo is incomplete and misleading however some legal experts have also said that the f. B. I. Was actually under no obligation to reveal the memos origin so lets quickly go back to how this all started a steel was hired back in two thousand and sixteen to find links between trump and russia but according to reports his dossier or was based on unverified allegations provided to him by the Clinton Campaign who was funding steele along with the d. N. C. And then the Obama Administration to use that dossier or to secure a warrant to spy on the Trump Campaign now its been revealed that the Clinton Campaign was not only funding steele but providing him with information but we cant predict whats going to come out of all this so were just going to have to wait and see how this all plays out. Well meanwhile the House Intelligence Committee has voted unanimously to release a classified democratic memo this document challenges republican claims that the f. B. I. Abused its powers in the trunk russia probe political talk show host Brian Crabtree says the democrats are just seeking ways to keep the russia collusion story going first it was going to damage the f. B. I. Terribly it was something we could never release it was going to damage our sources and our our contacts and methods then it was nothing and now it deserves a rebuttal my head spinning how it how does it play out well obviously theres going to be a politically weaponized document forthcoming the white house will likely release that will try to refute what is in the memo that took months to create robot republicans this things just been in the making for a couple of weeks now by the democrats so thats the first point the second point is it will give the left in our country democrats something to say look all of this is untrue and there was trumped russia collusion thats going to be the narrative that plays out. Russia is mourning the death of major demond filippo whose plane was shot down by islamic militants in Northern Syria on saturday the soldier avoided capture by taking his own life detonating a hand grenade when he was surrounded by enemy forces on the ground. The part. The monsignor perform on felipe of was fighting terrorism and died of a heresy i came here today to honor him as he gave his life so that we can live in peace. Live in high school he dreamt of becoming a pilot and elevens great when we were discussing three choices june cross he said without hesitation alone to fly after he entered the military academy he was came back to the high school during huge winter break when his military uniform you know hid behind others when anyone needed his house he was always there but he never did it to show off he was a great guy. The International Olympic committee has rejected the request of thirteen russian athletes and two coaches very much haitians to this months winter games the athletes were recently ruled not to have violated doping rules by sports highest court but the i. O. C. Still has the power to decide who can compete at the in and picks. We are right the same street procedure of the extremely disappointing constitution upholding a number of repeats. The privilege to be invited requires. Then just the absence of a stage. So we have not been right. All the athletes requested invitations to compete along with other clean russian competitors under the banner of neutral athletes from russia on thursday the court of arbitration for sport so the i. O. C. Is evidence that the twenty eight are taken bound substances was insufficient in twenty cases the evidence collected was found to be insufficient to establish thats an untidy looking rule violation was committed actually its concerned. The i. O. C. Has decision has infuriated a number of russian officials the Prime Minister has accused the committee of violating the olympic charter and basic legal principles a representative of the countrys box lay federation wibc the i. O. C. As puppets and the head of the Cross CountrySkiing Association warned that a war is beginning figure skating coach tatiana Qatar Service says despite the i. O. C. Crackdown the russian competitors are highly motivated and that we in the i can vouch for our efforts are to give my right hand for them the ones who have been caused to side actually can figure skaters ksenia and twenty year old if you have who has been competing at the junior level that has done the north end of town your school sport is a place where you have to constantly overcome obstacles so we are not a parent can we are going there to make it easier for future generations of affluence to go and that is a great under the National Flag and with the national. Sports lawyer stewart appeal who really believes politics played a big role in the Decision Making process. It seems like a very strange way of going about things the the i. O. C. Should be operating on the basis of the decision the cast had made whats the point in having that system if theyre not going to adhere to it it does seem to me that political pressure has been brought to bear in this situation its hard to see. Where a sort of a legal reasoning can come come about this decision certainly theres been a huge amount of pressure put on the i. O. C. Over the course of the last six months or so particularly in relation to russian athletes and i think that there are i think there would be such a backlash if they were allowed to compete that maybe the i. O. C. Feel that the that there be a lesser backlash if they if they leave them out which is of course desperately unfair on the cleanup its involved assuming of course they are to blame. And the u. S. Vice president will head to the Winter Olympics in pyongyang on friday but not apparently to enjoy the sport according to one of my pences aids he wants to prevent north korea from hijacking the games the Vice President will point out the reality of the oppression in north korea by a regime as insulators people were not allowed north koreas propaganda to hijack the messaging at the olympics the Vice President s visit was announced in january one day after north korea revealed its plans to send a high level delegation to pyongyang children well this follows a recent breakthrough in relations between the two koreas on january the fifteenth they held their first direct talks since twenty fifteen and soon afterwards it was announced north korea would attend the Olympic Games the two countries agreed to march together under one five and the Opening Ceremony for the first time in twelve years and the north and south also decided to send a joint womens Ice Hockey Team while in the latest news the leader of north koreas parliament kim jong nam will be attending the Opening Ceremony dr simone chung from the Korea Peace Network believes the games are a valuable opportunity to deescalate tensions. Trying to actually supporting the korean our participation and unity and but it seems to me that there is the vision with india trump a demonstration. On the games for players one in seven percent or in the korean or you know during the olympic winter olympic is a benefit not only for Korean Peninsula but also for the entire world this is really truly extraordinary time to party is trying to go on you know piece of things rather than war a faster and this is this is tragically streets just to strategic time to a halt. In one green. Movement so i really hope that Vice President doesnt really ruin this awesome opportunity and the spirit of peace. The u. K. s high court has ruled against the extradition when the alleged british to the u. S. Larry love is accused of carrying out Cyber Attacks on the f. B. I. And now among other organizations but the u. K. Is lord chief justice says extradition could put the hunt to his life at risk. Reports. Holding hands with his family larry love left londons royal courts of justice having won his appeal against extradition to the u. S. Where hes wanted for allegedly hacking into u. S. Government websites and very trying for. A very long road to the right result. And we we can exercise the sovereignty of our legal Justice System if you can have a reasonable expectation that ill be treated humanely if they have engaged in criminal behavior that they will have a proportionate sentence inside the court when the judge read out his verdict the chair is in celebration was so loud that the judge was forced to remind lowery supporters that this is a court of law and not a theatre throughout the legal battle the alleged attack is legal team heard it argued that his was a case of life or death love has aspergers syndrome and a depressive illness his family and legal team said that he was at high risk of suicide and the u. S. Incarceration system couldnt guarantee his safety it was very unfortunate the prosecution tried to paint a Mental Health conditions speaking made up fixation as comfortability to and that contributes to the stigma of people with them so this isnt as important. Ministration of criminal justice and also for the humanitarian accommodation of people whose brains work differently so the case was remarkably similar to that of another british man accused of hacking into u. S. Government websites Gary Mckinnon who has autism back in two thousand and twelve his extradition was also blocked but it was that then home secretary theresa may who did it since then the powers to block an extradition have been transferred to the british courts and laurie loves case was its first test but not all his legal troubles are over its possible the americans might decide to appeal i dont know if thats going to. No not that they have two weeks to decide whether to go or not and then yes we have potential proceedings in the u. K. But love and his family have always said that hes happy to face the music for his alleged crimes they just wanted to be a british band that british band or rather a british trial is likely to be larry loves next battle boyko artsy london. The e. U. Is looking to accelerate its expansion into the balkans on choose day the European Commission will discuss a plan to bring serbia and montenegro into the blog by twenty twenty five followed by four more countries well according to some media including the Financial Times this is part of an e. U. Strategy to counter russias growing influence in the region however the newspaper doesnt elaborate on that claim moscow has maintained close relations with most of the balkan states since the one nine hundred ninety s. And in particular it supported serbia during nato as military intervention in one thousand nine hundred Nine InternationalAffairs Commentator marco gas it sees the Expansion Plan as an effort to shut russia and china out of the region. Its not so much a question of the russia posing a threat to the e. U. The e. U. The west in general wanting to make sure that the russians appreciate the threat. To them if they dont comply with what the west wants so this is about shutting russia out and indeed to some extent china as well from this region in order to make a monolithic e. U. Stroke western bloc serbia is the only country on the list which really needs persuading and the reason why these persuading is because the price of e. U. Membership for serbia unlike the others is incredibly high a lot of serbians realize very clearly that. In essence the e. U. Is offering serbia the chance to lose good relations great trading relations with many you can omit blocks in return for having good relations with just one and so we should recognize that serbia has several suitors on the global stage its got china its got russia its got japan its got the arab world its not just about the e. U. And survey has been doing very well. Washington is facing a growing backlash from the International Community over its plans to modernize and diversify its Nuclear Arsenal both germany and china have now joined russia and iran in condemning the initiative the Us Defense Department published its Nuclear Posture review last week is asserts the United States sees its Nuclear Weapons as a deterrent against both nuclear and not Nuclear Attacks the document also claims that china russia and north korea represent a unique and complex threat to the u. S. And its allies but some of washingtons partners are raising concerns about the program the decision by the Us Government in favor of new tactical Nuclear Weapons shows that the spiral of a new Nuclear Arms Race is already underway as in the times of the cold war we in europe are especially endangered. We hope the United States will abandon its cold war mentality only sleeze sume special disarmament responsibilities correctly understand chinas strategic intentions and objective review chinas National Defense military buildup. International relations analyst victor gao says Nuclear Proliferation is endangering the whole world the United States has the largest the Defense Budget in the world larger than the next ten countries military budget combined together if it needs this as a defense measure is completely correct there is misleading the whole world i think in the world we live in today we need peace we need stability we need development we need to have responsible global countries like the United States for example taking up their responsibility rather than spending money more and more saw all developing and improving their Nuclear Weapons which are eventually a major threat a menace to world peace and stability. Now the price of bitcoin continues to plants but the cryptocurrency crazy showing no sign of dying down moscow has hosted a major summit on all things but cheney an r. T. S. Miguel francis santiago was there. Welcome to our weekly digest on everything in the world the block chain this is our cheese could tell you i mean your breasts and. This is the w. B. C. The world blog chain and could still currency summit here in moscow and this is exciting so many different people from all over the world we have president ial advisors of the russian president we have lad martino from the if the area chamber in russia. Some people call this guy the russian bill gates we have all kinds of representatives a lawyers and private investors from europe and all and even american canada so lets see what this is all about and this is definitely a very interesting time for crypto currency here in russia lets go. Now lets. For example i have twenty hives where bees are mining honey they do everything on their own and mine two hundred kilograms and each time so as long as i just eat this honey myself and share it with my family and friends the government doesnt care about what im doing when i make a move to sell it the government immediately calls it a business i think that investments in crypto currencies are very risky is even worse than forex. There is a very strong appetite for government any government rushing to get it under control but at the same time the smart governments them to stand first of all it will be extremely difficult. But also. Smart governments trying to understand how to to create a certain Legal Framework not to kill the industry and then based on this experiment to really understand whats the real risks and as soon as we understand the real risk it will be much easier to introduce property distillation to ministry.