Record in spain and other countries or see a spike in cases. Just after 10 pm this friday evening in athens in kuwait city and here in moscow my names you know neal youre welcome to the program. The Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said moscow has nothing to hide in the alexina policy case it follows a conclusion by germany about the russian opposition figurehead was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent. But its that we have already commented on this and said we have nothing to hide the soon as alex in the valley fell ill the plane was grounded and necessary measures taken as soon as he was transported to germany and those who were demanding information from russia went silent and did not demand anything from berlin this is all following the same old scenario we hear public accusations against russia in the fischel requests of berlin from our Prosecutors Office have so far gone unanswered we were promised today that we would soon receive response as soon as we get the facts we will react accordingly this is all reminiscent of what happened with this cripples. Mr novelli is currently in a medically induced coma ventilator in a berlin hospital more than a fortnight after being a letter from russia the kremlin has said it needs more facts on the case from berlin while nato has called for an International Response europe correspondent peter all of our reports what we heard from un stoltenberg the nato secretary general on friday morning he said that hed been presented to the alliance and been presented with proof beyond doubt that alexei not only had been poisoned using novacek military grade agent he said that there would have to be a International Reaction to this however he wouldnt elaborate on what that would be its the use of chemical of but its so use of all the you know chemical nerve agent which is violating the broad vision of any use over chemical weapons and that matters for nato we strongly believe that this is a blatant violation of International Law so it requires an International Response. But i will not speculate about exactly what kind of International Response theres been a lot of talk not only from germany but around the world about transparency coming from. On the russian side but on friday the German Government confirmed that they have received a request from the russian prosecutors general Prosecutor Generals Office for the sharing of test data from Alexei Novelli tests that were carried out on him for that medical data to be shared with doctors and investigate is in russia now reading between the lines from the statement it might not be as simple a procedure as that makes it sound if the system is empty yes teeth and the Justice Ministry in the Foreign Ministry of germany usually consider each case on its own merit to see if there are any obstacles to the agreement or russian doctors have asked for this information to be shared with them as part of the investigation because when they carried out on election the volley was tried of course 1st in russia or in the city of. They found no trace of toxins and in fact they say that poisoning was the 1st thing they looked for and found no traces and that they need these results from the german tests in order to proceed with their investigation weve also heard from the kremlin Spokes PersonDmitri Peskov who said that the russian doctors had been far more forthcoming when it came to sharing information than the german counterparts he also said that statements and acetate sions should be limited to the facts that are provided this fact to investigative measures are being carried out and if the information about the presence of a poisonous substance from the patients biological samples is confirmed then of course we will open at the jewelry investigation by the German Federal president frank. Has been speaking as well he said. The case has the potential to cause problems in the relationship between elin and moscow but if we look at the foreign minister of austria Alexandre Schellenberg he said that it would be impossible for the e. U. To put in place sanctions on russia. Over this before there was any proof before there was any investigation being carried out he was also asked questions about the north stream to gas pipeline which the Austrian Foreign minister said shouldnt be put in any risk that that should be completed and that the nikkei shouldnt have an impact on that Business Enterprise i mean while the western media are trying to dig deeper into what happened to the russian opposition figure plenty of theories being floated all of them with a common theme and i guess the of explains. 48 hours since germany declared the valley poisoned with military grade talks in a humorous crime she said that must be dealt with will turn it off by condemning this in strongest possible terms on behalf of the entire german example. There is serious questions now that only russian government can answer and must answer with a note that she didnt accuse russia of anything but within 24 hours everyone with a keyboard had somehow become an investigative journalist slash toxicologist slash Foreign Policy expert take build for example a german tabloid that specializes in yellow journalism and bashing russia build out did everyone they managed to mistranslate a russian official make up a Conspiracy Theory that russia was blaming germany for poor is in the volley and beeston everything that they got wrong they demanded sanctions and then to the divisive german russian north stream to pipeline there are there is a very strong anti russian in the west which typically specifically wants to sabotage the gas pipeline to prevail in iraq or between russia and the e. U. A particularly Close Association russia and germany there isnt a change of course america wants to sell its natural gas to europe instead of the russians so theres a lot of money or a lot of money is what at stake spiegel another german magazine has proposed tearing up german russian relations big student well apparently they have irrefutable proof that putin was behind this insane poisoning they wont show it though to their readers so well just have to trust them now is the times the man in the kremlin the german or thora cheese of showing the alexina found he was not drunk diabetic as the. When cynical spin doctors wanted the world to believe he was supposed to be killed with an insidious neurotoxin cynical spin doctors insidious neurotoxin and obviously aggravated bias against the season were going to force 1st compounds are highly toxic substances and as a rule its impossible to use them just to poison a Single Person if there had been any interaction with the substance on the eve of the flight or during the flight then any accompanying persons were certainly have shown symptoms of poisonings that did not happen passions are high a lot of confusion about this is the best time to take advantage of people if youre a build pundit and you have no idea how a neurotoxin works or what happened to the volley and you still want clicks well now is the time to write righteous and warlike articles to try and appear knowledgeable while the you know the professionals and the experts a busy and quiet trying to figure out whats happened there is another version that you might like one popular theory is that the kremlin spooked by the protests into west embarrass into the east inhabitants wanted mr nirvana out of the way to prevent him from mobilizing discontent closer to mr putin and upsetting his plans for parliamentary elections next year after years of not winning elections after years of stagnant support somehow now novelli has become a danger i was in the kremlin spooked after the revolution in ukraine why didnt they try to remove him then and it doesnt explain use it in new york which is the Nuclear Option even in the world of nerve agents sending the volleys to germany where he could get tested for a new truck and russia would get sanction to jump to the conclusion that there is one obvious to what happened to divert its. Very simplistic because if you look at the balance of advantage say you know who takes an advantage out of whats happened i think its a huge liability for the kremlin and for russia to be seen to have launched an attack on one of the most colorful and influential members of the opposition that it reinforces as weve seen a very negative image of russia in the past i think relations between the west and specifically europe and russia were starting to warm up now all those things are suddenly at risk because of whats happened and because of the way its interpreted which is why i think maybe its much more complicated why would the kremlin do this at this point but you know many fantastic versions going the route you can pick whichever suits you best put is reluctance to say the word never in their cloud has led to comparisons to lord voldemort the villain in the harry potter sirius whom other characters do not name now by that has also been bad for appearances on state television and is mentioned there only rarely and in that it have late so putins apparent reluctance to talk about a fellow who isnt a politician one of the legs of the anything is somehow in direct proof that putin wanted him dead. Hell i dont remember putin ever talking about me could putin really want me dead as well by the way in a volley being banned in state television as a lie he refuses to appear and state television has even declined appearing on our t. V. When we asked him weve got out a video so we have Video Evidence of the guardian lie at the end of the day whats the point there is a jar and educate him that these people existed its full of profit oriented journalism intended to surprise and to upset and they will say anything to you into clicking on an ad filled article the fried or your attention. Ok lets move on russian scientists producing the countrys 1st corona virus vaccine say theyre ready to start 3rd phase Clinical Trials about after an International Medical journal concluded d that the drug named sputnik v. Produced an antibody response in 100 percent of participants during early stage trials with no major side effects saskia taylors been looking into the recent success of sputnik feeling. At the start of trench 20 good news it was hard to come by but as we move it also seems that bind us not. To report on as many will remember what last great advice but. The results are now out on friday it was announced that he noticed. A strong immune response i am to that 100 some of those it dissipated in trials now this comes just after 8 eating met one of the oldest one of them is respected in the land. Of the mind of the childs because it is a part of the Clinical Trial results of the sputnik vaccine published in lancet the worlds leading medical journal show. The russian is leading the way in developing a corona virus vaccine and it answers a lot of questions from western critics specifically the journal report concluded that there were no serious adverse consequences among volunteers that took the vaccine and there was a very strong in time moon response due to the development of antibodies it found that a vaccinated person produces 1. 00 times more empty bodies than an average person infected with corona virus so no serious side to that desired antibodies and of course a good safety profile its also worth noting the head of the mosque clinic which developed independently said he thought that those heightened place would actually protect individuals for at least 2 yes so that announcement from what hed like to bet on there was this article in the lancet really bulls direct their arguments for next expected nest now this new one touted with novels by those who decided to take the plunge to leave the vanguard to get insults vaccinated and we can see these include the minister of defense against like who the leader of the liberal Democrat Party who by the way actually appeared on a t. V. Show makes wrong in the day. So now the mayor told president putin about this Via Video Conference he said you know what ive seen why knows that i will say i did have a slight headache for a few hours so these latest announcements im down reassuring but also maybe a way to counter the one of the better words those suspicions psychical initiate you said that maybe russia has this process in order to declare itself a winner of the race for so what now well on our side and if not of what actually basis for russian citizens will start in september. That process could be done within 7 to 12 months in fact. We can explain it in the capital muscovites of us. When a hot start should have been given their start thinking already so thoughts words saturday so doses passable listening to people at home but that there will be wreckage and it seems there is demand from all right to carry. Foreign governments how great beseech the hundreds of millions of doses so a nurse like. Brett. After they Peer Reviewed study was published the u. S. Secretary of state expressed skepticism like pompei or accuse russia and china of hurrying their vaccines to market for political reasons we discussed the russian vaccine on the findings in the lancet journal with Lawrence Young a professor of molecular on college in the u. K. I think its a very important step in the way to develop an effective vaccine its a very interesting study like many vaccine studies its still relatively early days but it does demonstrate that the vaccine is safe and it doesnt juice a very good immune response this study published in the long sea highlights some very Important Developments particularly in the ability to what we call crime boosts the response to give 2 doses of slightly different vaccines that give you an even better response and that is something that this article reports on which i think is a very Important Development but again we have to be slightly cautious because its relatively small numbers and we look forward obviously to seeing more data particularly as this dark scene goes into phase 3 where i understand there are going to be Something Like 40000. 00 volunteers vaccinated but were working together as an International Group of the middle of a symbologist to fight this vaccine and this is a very important step in that fight. If you are watching are to International Still i have a us professor has publicly admitted to pretending to be black even though shes white jewish the reason why we try and get behind after the break stay with us. Join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. In 1000 minutes into the Program Welcome back. To run europe from. New infections for the 2nd day running spain the daily rate is almost 9000. 00 in fact just outside the e. U. As well turkeys authorities are now admitting that days left to be back so is it to be expected during this. Period or is it something more significant heres our taste charlotte. Well e. U. Officials are warning that the rate of transmission the test so positive cases of 19 is now at a level that is almost equivalent to what it was back in march that was when many countries started imposing those severe restrictions which led to lock downs across europe in france this week we saw more than 7000. 00 cases being registered in just 24 hours now much of that of course could be put down to the fact that there is widespread testing taking place across france and weve been told that some 50 percent of those who are testing positive for 19 are showing little to no symptoms but what Health Authorities are concerned about here is the fact that in recent days there has been an increase in the number of people who tested positive for codeine who have been taken to hospital and those who need intensive care i asked has that been sleeping or were just summer vacation. Is something that we see now were all stacked to the number actually have seen in march where lots of measures have been put in place to try and sort this rate of transmission including here in paris where we now have to wear masks in all streets across the capital and theres been talk that there could be closures of bars and localized lockdown and it seems nothing is essentially being ruled out at the moment although the measures in terms of mass dont yet seem to be producing any concrete results now spain and germany have also seen some of the highest cases they have recorded since the spring time and thats also been significant numbers of cases appearing in parts of the u. K. In the north of england for example where there are already tighter restrictions in place with households still not able to mix in certain parts of the north theyre seeing a very large rate of transmission of. 19 meanwhile in turkey the Health Minister there has been talking about this 2nd wave hes been saying that the case is it going up and up every day and he says he knows whos to blame. Were experiencing this 2nd peak of the 1st wave our mobility incurious and i said weddings and holidays which are important parts of our customs and traditions have brought us to this point well the turkish Health Minister also outlined the impact that 19 years had on Health Workers saying that now more than 50 Health Workers said to have died after contract ing the virus some countries are turning back again to quarantine measures to tr