Country demanding vote recounts in battleground states and there is a role reversal with accusing the democrats of stealing the 2020 vote 4 years after the opposition called into the republican election when. Your expresses hope of better transatlantic ties under joe biden though as we examine not everyone on the continent is convinced. Broadcasting live direct from our studios here in moscow this is our International Im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us it is a very big news night lets start with some breaking news this hour an agreement has been reached between armenia russia and azerbaijan to end the hostilities over the disputed. Region for more on this we can cross. In the studio youve been following this you know the story you know the developments. It sounds like a Major Development in the. Its been going on for a while what more can you tell us its not just a Major Development its a Pivotal Moment for armenia and azerbaijan and the whole conflict all together this agreement that youve already mentioned was hammered by the leaders of the countries the leaders of armenia and russia and this wasnt something that we expected because nothing was announced in the build up to this and definitely the fact that some kind of signature was put on by the Prime Minister of armenia the president of russia the president of azhar by john definitely adds extra weight to the sea greenman now this cease fire is comprehensive it is already in place and it came into effect at midnight moscow time we understand that according to this agreement the military forces both of armenia and azerbaijan must remain in the positions that they are currently taking a very important element of that agreement as the introduction of a Russian Peacekeeping force in the area thats something that had long been talked about but there were hints about it though it was never announced officially now it looks like this is the next day and this is the next step and this is something that could really help come to some kind of u. Turn in this conflict also besides this transport hubs and other important junctions must be unblocked as a result of this agreement and we do also understand that this follows weeks of fighting and the fighting continued on no matter what even though there was also a previous ceasefire agreement that was reached by the Foreign Ministers of russia armenia and azerbaijan now as a result of that yes perhaps the worst Case Scenario could have been avoided but still the fighting went on and on and we got the information from the leadership over there by john that they took the city of thats the 2nd biggest city in the. The. Breakaway region and perhaps again this was the reason why the most with negotiations were relaunched and this is why the leaders had to weigh in now the very latest on this was heard from the russian president Vladimir Putin he has made this announcement overnight approximate about 20 minutes ago so lets just listen to what the russian president had to say he would do day as a bridge and president obama live for me as Prime Minister nicolle pressure now on and russia have signed the declaration announcing the cease fire and stopping combat nagornokarabakh conflict zone so this was the russian president and now saying this ceasefire agreement but a little earlier we also heard from the armenian leader Prime Minister pasha yon who said that it was something very difficult for him to sign this is not an easy decision for armenia so lets listen to what the armenian leader had to say. Im signed a statement with the president s of russia and has visions and the karabakh was starting at 1 am today the text of the statement is unspeakably painful for me personally and for our people. We are already getting information that there are protests breaking out in the capital. It seems that protesters are heading to mr pasha neons residence it looks like theyre not happy with the outcome of this agreement but at the same time judging by the latest updates coming from the conflict zone it could have been that armenia had the armenian leadership had no other choice but to make some sort of concessions that of course we will have to find out in the next few hours and well be also getting the latest updates from yairi vonne on the reaction that the armenian people are giving to the situation and to this settlement that again was hammered out by the leaders now also i do have to mention that all of this follows. Lets say a critical point when it comes to russias involvement in all this because russia has been the mediator in this conflict all along but on monday it was about 5 30 pm moscow time a Russian Military helicopter was shot down it was about 150 kilometers away from the conflict zone but clearly potentially that was an explosive situation because it happened very close to the border with us there by john and about 3 hours after the crash happened but who issued an official apology to russia in this somehow these the tensions of course that was very important for the russian side to hear and this is what was the response from the Russian Foreign ministry to that apology we assessed positively the fact that book who immediately admitted his guilt we also know the assurances given to us by the years are by johnny site that a prompt investigation of this incident will be carried out and the perpetrators will be punished. 2 people died in that Helicopter Crash and like i said potentially the situation was explosive and we understand that a very important agreement perhaps even at that point was in the making it could have derailed everything but perhaps thanks to that apology and perhaps thanks to the car reaction from both the armenian the russian sorry the armenian and there is a there by john and. It is still in place so lets just wait for the latest reaction to all this from all sides and from the people of the country that unfortunately found themselves at war with each other seems like the helicopter incident the timing could not have been worse but it better heads prevailed and we know that as a situation develops as more information becomes available youll be keeping your finger on the pulse of the situation thanks to track of us. For more on this we can cross live to Alexander Bruno whos a political analyst at gulf state analytics. Thank you very much when things like this happen youre someone that wed like to go to because you really do know how to break it down in terms that everyone can understand. A declaration to end the hostilities has been reached over not gotten caught a box is this the end of the matter we have heard cease fires brokered and also broken before. I think this is the end of the matter for the time being and. Until the next flare up because the governor her boss has been a disputed region ever since. The soviet union broke up and created 2 countries of armenia and azerbaijan both of which by the way and have very good relations with russia and good relations with another key neighbor which was not involved in any of these negotiations at the last minute which is iran. So. I think this is definitely as far as this. Latest outbreak which caused anywhere between what ive seen 1005000 dead. Is certainly over and i think for me the key. The key point. That makes it. Definitive is the signature of. Armenias Prime Minister and his admission that it is a very difficult decision to make so he signed this deal with the president of i said by john and with president putin again key ally of both. So i think this is an important this will have a lasting power now. What the fallout will be not so much for the as there was in the there is site but for the armenian side politically at the internal level thats another matter i have a feeling when i on may have to resign and this is just based on the fact that you cannot get involved into a war and then not achieve anything because he brings absolutely nothing. Back from this conflict and. None of this happens in a vacuum of course one thing that we have to keep in mind and you mentioned this a little bit earlier as well are the people involved who get caught up in these conflicts is it too early for refugees to consider returning to their homes at this point. I i think its not too early but i have a feeling that the return of refugees given the nature of this ceasefire will be facilitated and encouraged because it was after all concern over civilians on all sides one has to say because of the proximity of troops to. Shushi with the 2nd largest city as weve heard in the corner kind of a region that perhaps precipitated this agreement. And the Prime Minister of. Armenia decided to avoid. A massacre or potential massacre so i think there is there is a genuine support for the People Safety in this case. And so this is not like the syrian conflict where you never knew when refugees could return this is this has a stamp a much more official stamp on it so i think we could see refugees returning now more what im really concerned about is more the anger from the armenian side internally and i mean this is truly. I cant imagine how can a young must feel its truly a. Waste. And wars are often wasteful. So by the way so the. Ceasefire if we get into the actual results of the cease fire it holds troops in the positions that they are in now and really quickly can you tell me what that will mean for us are john will they actually claim victory in this case or is this a no win situation. Well on the very side this will probably be a very good. A very Strong Political score and not just on the other but from baku side but i think as the one in turkey behind the scenes here who has encouraged by john and. Given his. Turkic not nationalistic. Pretenses. I think they will be presenting it as another win and everyone needs. Some kind of diplomatic or international. Victories given the difficulties he has done my stickley and also this is an excellent outcome for him as well because it ends with essentially as it is by johns when it is there by johns peace to distribute im sure they will make some concessions because probably that was part of the deal but they will have more to gain and turkey will be able to share in some of it so i think that that is an aspect that will be this will come out more in the next week. But the ceasefire will be guaranteed apparently by russian peacekeepers now right who are the ideal because of the proximity to both countries i suppose. Iran could participate as well given. Their own role after all iran has a province has a strong armenian and a strong very population in the in the near vicinity and again the players involved are there are about john president ilham aliyev armenias Prime Minister nicole passion yon and russias president of course let me put in the parties involved i was under bruno very much thank you for your thoughts political analyst our gulf state analytics as the situation develops we know that will come back to you. Well i mean while azerbaijan president has announced the capture of a strategic town in the disputed province of sparking celebrations on the streets of baku Azerbaijan DefenseMinistry Said that the town of shoes she had been quote liberated from the armenian occupation after more than 20 years lies on the main road connecting nagornokarabakh with armenia here is what the local leadership has been saying. We must now acknowledge that he chain of misfortune has befallen us and the town of she she is completely out of our control any hopeful or inspiring propaganda will and he said to distance us from reality the start there is a city of shows she is now under the control of the over the Azerbaijani Army that has been confirmed now by majority side after that they have published a video showing that the as a bridge on the forces is controlling the city of the streets of city of shushi but the above the question now whats next what city will be next is it a step on the kurds or maybe there will be this settling in shoes they will have a break maybe after 4 or 5 days of heavy fighting across the region of course of baka here in armenia the people of the spirits they are fill that if they have been left down and they dont know what to do actually and we can notice that in their faces because they have suffered a lot they have given a lot and struggled all these 4 for more than one month. And they sick roofies a lot now the fighting had been settled for a break as we believe but we still receive some information from our sources instapundit go to that that the shelling is still and step on a kurd and the city of moore to need to the north to any to. And also the role that connects. With. Time now. The arrival of us about joining forces there has sparked a mass exodus of civilians in these images from sunday you can see a line of traffic leading out of the main city step on the kurds the disputed province has been the focus of intense fighting since late september despite 3 attempted cease fires it is legally part of john but has a majority armenian population and has been pushing for independence for more than 3 decades the latest flare up in the feud has left hundreds dead Global Affairs analyst Paul Robinson believes the very advances a major setback for the armenian forces. Is one of the major cities in not going to iraq its also very easily defensible positions. On the hot to the mountains and if. Theyre going to go. On a book to your taking control of them that bodes very ill for their future success in this war and now reports are saying that as every forces are approaching the council theyre going to. Not going to kind of panic. And it looks as if the position of the armenian theyre going to cut about forces there it is not looking good. In terms of the u. S. Now and the election where there have been more claims of meddling only this time not by outside actors but from the inside with donald trump accusing the democrats of massive voter fraud after joe biden was proclaimed president elect. President trump has yet to concede the election he claims there has been serious vote fraud and is a valid legal action. We believe these people are thieves the big city machines are corrupt this was a stolen election the best pollster in britain wrote this morning that this clearly was a stolen election that its impossible to imagine that biden out ran a bomber in some of these states where it mattered they stole what they had to steal clashes have occurred in several states between rival crowds with several arrests having been made that as Trump Supporters stand by the president in questioning the election results. Come. On saturday many Media Outlets called the race for biden after days of counting the projected president has promised to help america become a nation healed like in 2016 its all gotten off to a shaky start with more allegations of meddling arties down hawkins comments. From Many Americans the 2020 us president ial election had so much riding on it it was symbolic a long awaited chance for justice to prevail for the country to correct the mistakes of 2016 at least thats how the media and many people saw it where were you in 27. When we had the worst president we could argue its unfair to rank trump as the worst president ever after just one year but clearly those scholars see in him a Great Potential worse in most dangerous president in the history of country or the worst whereas hes americas ever. Thousands of jubilant people celebrating on the streets a far cry from the scenes we saw off to the last president ial election seemingly the only tears this time with those of joy. Its. A case where a lot of people who have really suffered for years ago when trump won broadcasters showed scenes of people in shock and crying today a biden declaration shows coverage that would make you think jesus had returned all 4 hours might be exaggerating but to some it really looks like a savior of the senate upon america except this is a reality for only half of the country bidens predicted landslide or blue wave didnt happen and no matter how many times he was called the worst president in American History the worst president the countrys ever had trump still managed to gain the support of close to half the electorate and they alongside his Campaign Team are not giving up without a fight. I. Was able people over and immediately. With the democratic leadership all trump has so far also refused to concedes making a slew of allegations about the legality and accuracy of the voting process if you count the legal votes easily when if you count the illegal votes d they can try to steal. The election from us and trumps team up behind him ready to do battle in the countrys legal system and hires the courts to stop what they see as an injustice these are a lawsuit will be brought starting on monday as you know from the very beginning the mail in ballots were a source of some degree of skepticism if not a lot of skepticism as being innately prone to fraud this fraud war between the trump and biden camps wont end anytime soon how do we know this well that simple the last one dragged on for trumps entire term a democratically elected president was accused of just about every wrongdoing trump is already acting like a russian ill try. Actively or was actively colluding with russia hone told mahlers office about more contacts between trumps orbit and its it appears trump himself in russia they didnt believe trump when he denied there was any collusion for example so why should he give his opponent is the benefit of the doubt what claims the president made yesterday were simply not supported you know i think what the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on he needs to acknowledge the fact that he lost and he needs to congratulate the winner well its not for us biden or trump to decide whether any wrongdoing took place during the 2020 lection it looks like math will be down to the Supreme Court but what we do know is that trumps 4 years in office might have taught him a valuable lesson about how to fight his bottle and so far it