Serious, but it is the most severe some of put it in your speech. Come on and use the im the 20th century was thing in or of revolution. The Great Depression and world wars, the 21st century of mental illness. Those arent my words. Thats what surfaced some psychiatrys to tell us. The only question is, should we accept it as a fact . Yes or no . It was always on the bull, but up especially big city bright lights, huge opportunities and many dangers blatantly to do. Its also a city where up to 300000. 00 crimes are committed every year for the national in the new, most of the reasons least, one Police Officer for every 200 residents in russias capital that will not go up to assume it was one of the most during the vietnam war, u. S. Forces neighboring laos. There was a secret war. And for years the American People did not know how much it is officially mouth carry back country per capita. Human history, millions of unexploded bombs still in danger lives in this Small Agricultural country. Jordyn wieber going to happen even today, kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago. Is the us making amends for that tragedy and help to the people need in that little land on the or tactics that can be used to get innocent people to confess. To crimes they didnt commit. I dont even think people in the us really get that the police are allowed to lie to the person who falsely fast actually came to believe the lie that they were told about their own behavior. Once a false confession, a stake in the case is closed and nobody really can tell the difference between a good confession and one that isnt yes, there is a bit of pressure well 1st off. It was inappropriate. Mr. Scott, thank you very much for sitting down with r. T. Lets go straight to the questions minister lavrov announced today that russia will introduce counter sanctions against germany and france. Following the allegedly of all new poisoning. Lavrov said that we have all the grounds to believe that the poisoning place either on the plane that took him from germany or that it happened when he was already in germany. What is the kremlin, have to say about it, and lets just not call him a patient. But nevertheless, he is a burly, impatient, with the berlin patient is a different person. 1st of all, it is not reasonable to think that lavrov and the kremlin would have different opinions, because after all of is the minister of Foreign Affairs and russias Foreign Policy is determined by the president. That is why we work in sync, like a persons head and hands ask for the counter sanctions against france and germany. It was inevitable. And there is a strong case for the principle of reciprocity in this instance. And of course, it was highly unlikely that russia would leave it on, answered all the more. So because a, the reason for the sanctions was more than doubtful against russia. Yes. For the, initial sanctions and b. , the sanctions were unprecedented. Or relatively unprecedented. Took members of the president s executive office would put on the list, went down full grounds. So our response is a no brainer. That would preclude. Well, what kind of response would that be . For example, germany put sergei her younger on the list. What are we going to do then some assistance and your merkel from traveling to the region siberia, was he or she very years ago there in the 1st place . Well, it is hardly possible to find korean cozy, equal and true. But in any case, technically, it is easy to find an official of the same rank the medias treatment should get. What do we really think about this poisoning . And was there a poisoning at all . We have already talked a lot about it. Frankly speaking, i would not like to continue this discussion at all, but nevertheless, these are just questions. Im not challenging anyones views. Ok, let us proceed from hard facts. A person lost consciousness on an airplane. The person was treated in an alms cost little in the intensive care unit, since there was an emergency situation during the flight, which caused an Emergency Landing and so on. Then of course, all the necessary investigative activities were performed by default. All the tests that were taken in the hospital, in that intensive care unit, all the tests that were done as part of these investigative activities showed no signs of poisoning whatsoever. At the request of the patients family, the authorities under took special measures to a system in traveling abroad why special measures . Because he was not allowed to go anywhere under law. He was under a travel ban, of course, under law. He could not go anywhere. But on the other hand, this is his usual situation. And in fact, after the doctors drop their reservations, decisive reservations against a transportation an order were sent to remove these restrictions and let them go. Who sent the order. Well, the president explained it, the president talked about it himself. It would have been difficult to do so without that order because he was subject to the travel ban. After all, that is wouldnt personally resolve the issue. He did not resolve it, he ordered it to provide all possible assistance. It was the doctors who made the decision. It was their call. Here is what happened next. Next, the berlin hospital reported that tests were carried out by a special bar, a tree of the bundeswehr. And some substances were found indicating that the patient was poisoned by novacek. Then russia sent to request no answer. We sent a 2nd request, again, no answer. What request about the substance . We took the tests, the entire 20 so russia has not received any official answers. No, then we found out that with the families consent more tests were done, and the tests were sent to the border trees in other capitals. Which ones stockholm . Well, somewhere in sweden, at least we dont know exactly where the lab is located and france, why . I do not know why you have to ask either way the patient will be german officials. Again, none of their requests came back with an answer. Moreover, they started to give contradictory statements. It turned out it was not novacek, it was a certain substance which is not included in the list of banned substances of the a p c w, but may fall into the novacek group. In other words, it is a kind of poison and not a poison. At the same time, both a poison and not a poison and both banned and not banned. Both detectable and non detectable only for some reason. It is not detectable in russia but is detectable in germany and sweden overall. There are more questions than answers. And in response to our questions, our foreign counterparts, those who introduce those very sanctions make contradictory statements. So we are where we are. What is russias stance . We are still interested in the investigation of all the circumstances of what happened. We want to know the truth. So we said please help us if you have information that we do not have, please share it with us, but no one wanted to cooperate. Sometimes it seems that the patient does not want that truth to be out himself. Sometimes the patient is not that sick. There are a lot of questions about his illness too. And if he is ill, we need to know how bad and whether his disease can fade and come back. Well, you have to agree that there are more questions than answers. This is why we have what we have. Weve heard quite tough statements about the Russian Federation from berlin. We do not agree with these statements. We are still interested in finding out the circumstances of what happened. But unfortunately our counterparts remain deaf to our requests. Arent these harsh statements, just a part of the diplomatic protocol . Correct me if i am wrong, but germany itself is the main victim because of sanctions imposed, for instance, against the north stream to project. Well, north stream to is an International Project. It is an International Project which is actually a, in the interests of the joint venture itself. There are purely commercial interests, be in the interests of those who will pump gas through this pipeline. Meaning in our interests, yes. And in the interests of those who will receive this gas, that is northern germany, northern europe. Of course, everything is absolutely clear. The position is absolutely clear. The project is a international and be commercial and see no matter who says what, even despite the periodic appeal of the spot market, nothing other than pipeline gas can ensure europes energy security. Why is that . Because the spot market is quite volatile because it is subject to a variety of factors such as transport ation, safety, reliability of liquefaction equipment, etc. In many countries, it is also dominated by factors that have to do with the current Political Landscape in l. And g. Export in countries. Finally, there is the issue of Climate Change which will affect transportation routes, modes of transportation, etc. In other words, the spot market is much less stable than the pipeline gas market where russia happens to be far above the competition. Not only is this market stable, it is overall cheaper and more reliable. It is designed for the long term which allows consumers of this particular Energy Resource to calculate Development Plans far into the future. Does this mean that you, indirectly, or all of us collectively, as russians are accusing the us of trying to drive us out of the European Market by any means available by means that are dishonest and unscrupulous . This is no question unfair competition on the part of the u. S. No question, none at all. Lets be perfectly clear. U. S. Ambassadors to europes capitals. Have no qualms about inviting weve in summoning heads of companies and leaders of governments to lecture them. Like a teacher scolding his pupils about the russian pipeline project and why it should be aborted. And what does america after in return . Perhaps we should have negotiated something with the americans and divided up the market. Look, this is economic competition, which is a game you play by the rules, no political interference, but it never really works that way does it . It does sometimes. But we still have International Trade law, which includes trade in Energy Resources or oil and gas. Trade is subject to certain rules. Oil is a commodity after all. As soon as someone relies on politics or uses state power in some domain, in order to put pressure on potential competitors. Well thats too far to q. And we dont do that. No, we dont. I say, we never do that, never sure we can make use of our competitive advantages, like natural wealth technology, where us appear r. T. In terms of infrastructure. But that doesnt mean that we pressure someone into giving up their commercially profitable projects. Tactics that can be used to get innocent people to confess, to crimes. They didnt commit. I dont even think people in the us really get that the police are allowed to lie to the person who falsely confessed, actually came to believe the lie that they were told about their own behavior. Confession is taken, the case is closed and nobody really can tell the difference between a good confession and one that is is your media a reflection of reality in a world transformed what will make you feel safe, isolation or community . Are you going the right way or are you being led away . What is true . What is faith . In a world corrupted, you need to descend to join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. During the vietnam war, us forces also bombs in neighboring laos. It was a secret war and for years the American People did not know until our thelma is officially the mouth of rebound country per capita. All human history, millions of unexploded bombs still in danger lives in this Small Agricultural country. Jordyn. We dont know how its happening there. Even today, kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago. Is the us making amends for the tragedy in laos . What help do the people need in that little land of mines . This is a story of women and women with troubled histories and complex court cases. You know, some of us did really believe i was out there where nat, the person that cheesiness and they are considered the most dangerous of criminals. Shes in a still the last 23 hours of the day. Tell me that its now in a little world of women on death row. No though its speaking of the us, lets move on to the president ial election. All right, because for the better somebody knew these elections seem to have gone almost unnoticed by the kremlin. I mean, it feels as if the kremlin doesnt even care who wins trump or biden. As of right now, it looks like joe biden, meaning the Democratic Party is on track for victory. What does the kremlin think about all this and water . Russias prospects either way, but on porter, who want to keep us because he will, thats for sure. Just as president putin put it several years ago, its none of our business as the americans clearly dont think that way. 1st we will respect to the choice of the American People, whatever it is. 2nd, we are willing to work with any future u. S. , president , whomever the americans choose, and 3rd, naturally we would be much happier with a president who would be willing to put at least some efforts into reanimating us russian relations. Also, 4th, we have never interfered and will never interfere in americas internal affairs. But that goes both ways. We will never let america interfere in our Domestic Affairs. Either. This is our unchanging principle, and this is what our president has expressed repeatedly speaking at International Forums in bilateral conversations, its cetera. But its great about, lets talk 1st about interference and lets discuss whether the United States actually tried to meddle in our Domestic Affairs. Whether this is so evident, and lets also talk about the u. S. Accusing us of interfering in their internal affairs in the previous election season. For example, for 4 years this story has handicapped president , trump in many ways preventing him from performing his duties as president. And, finally, when it comes to u. S. , russia relations, what can we expect from a democrat in the white house, from the Democratic Party in power . As a person. Over the past 10 years, our legislation has matured and evolved in terms of preventing foreign powers from interfering in our internal affairs. We have set up all kinds of watchdog systems in multiple areas, allowing us to minimize the threats of foreign interference. When you know it was more than a misread it, for example, or more than a preview of the way to well take the restrictions imposed on foreigners with respect to owning Media Companies in russia, or the Foreign Agent regulations that weve introduced. In fact, these have all been subject to legislative change over recent years. Sure. Some of our own champions of american democracy. Our own, you mean from among russians . Yes, here in russia, you know, very well that we have very vocal people who kept complaining about violations of human rights to saying that entire sectors of the economy would stop developing. Nothing of that sort ever happened. But we were able to dramatically reduce the risk of foreign interference as they meant loners will attack you with do we have any proven cases of us interfering in our Domestic Affairs or lots of them. For example. This one was, well, if you told me in advance, id probably be able to recall some of the stories of the past 10 years. Well discounting the story about the spy rock art, the infamous spy rock. The method used only proves that scouting in spying is one of the worlds oldest profession. No idea if thats true, however, spying used to be our president s profession. And in the case of the spire uk, those were actual spies. You probably remember that even before 2008, the Prosecutor Generals Office would compile entire databases of money transfers from the us to various public organizations, etc. I remember all of that being reported to the president. In fact, we made most of the information public. There are lots of examples of that sort. The money transfers were viewed as interfering with russian politics naturally. Because those were n. G. O. S that engage in political activities, right . Exactly, and dont forget the constant evaluating of our domestic political processes, incessant criticism, accusations of human rights violations, disapproval of our election practices. Given recent developments, i dont think the americans have the right to criticize anyone elses elections, really. Of course they can. But at the very least, weve been hearing all these things all the time in what is it, if not intervention into internal affairs . Has russia ever intervened in United States internal affairs . No, never under no circumstances. It hasnt. So we didnt buy any ads on facebook as they have been accusing us, and neither did we im sure someone did place some commercial ads. Facebook has a whole sales policy for commercial ads, and there surely were some people from russia who made use of it. Thats nothing out of the ordinary. Its not however, you mean that there probably were some private buyers from russia who paid for such as for their own purposes. Of course some people completely legit you just purchased samantha. But russia as a state more than that r. T. Has been broadcasting in the United States for some time. Then it still does exactly. But our american counterparts seem to consider it a direct intervention in their internal affairs. So this way, when r. T. And broadcasts is in the us, its intervention while when c. N. N. Is broadcasting and they did so through Russias National Media Group by the way. So what are we to expect from democrats in the white house . If its the democrats, of course, from whoever is in the white house, id say, im positive, we will see a biden harris administration. We dont have the official results yet, but most likely until the official results are announced. But i have