the, the, this is the w news live from the land, russian of thought receive, say, oh, position leda. alexei novel need is dead. supports his stage vigils and moscow and other cities around the world. russians, prison service says nevada only died at the remote penal colony where he was subbing a 19 year sentence. he was vladimir putin fist critic of all these widow is given a standing ovation at the munich security conference julia and about naya condemns visa, rustic regime. and russia and says person must be held personally responsible for

atrocities and germany and ukraine. fine, a long time security agreement. there's more help for keep spice against the russian invasion. the i'm on youtube is mccain, and welcome to the program. well, source, he's in russia, save the jail, the opposition leader alexei, nevada only has died. the federal prison service says he fell from well and lost consciousness. after a week, a statement said paramedics tried to resuscitate him without success? the bone is office, say they have been informed of his death and the kremlin, says president, let them in person has been told 47 year old and about and e is good. well, the leaders have expressed outrage the reports of his death and supports as in many

cities, including moscow, have held vigils, is alexia valence. his wife julia has made an emotional appearance at the munich security conference, where she was given a standing ovation. she says, if her husband is dead, responsibility would full on the russian president vladimir, pushing the virginia special place. sure. hello. thank you very much for having me here. thank you for giving me the opportunity to, to speak in this room. and you all heard about her who can use. i thought about it quite a while, i thought, should i stand here before you or should i go back to my children? and then i thought, what, who would have a look see done in my place,

and i'm sure that he would have been standing here on this stage really to the new, i don't know, should we believe the terrible news we get the which then use easily. so that we get only from the official me debts because for many years and you know, all this we have been in this situation. we cannot believe pushing and his government. they are lying constantly. i will use it as a problem. but if it is the truth, i would like to put in and all his stuff, everybody around him, his government, his friends. so i want them to know that they will be punished for what

they have done without with my family and with my husband, that they will be brought to justice. and that this day will come soon. and i would like to cool upon all the international community, all the people in the world, we should come together and we should fight against this evil. we should fight this risk regina in russia today with this vision and floods. even coaching should be personally held responsible for oil, the atrocities they have committed in our country the last 2 years. thank you. the,

let's get more from you. russia. so who heads the dw 0 in read a lot b and, and that's where all moscow bureau relocated to off to dw was banned from russia. erie, can i ask you, has there been any of the confirmation of the balconies desk, the young, the russian prison service? i know we only have official statements from the russian prison service and republic from russian media. both programs and state media and independent media. however, not all of his team hasn't confirmed his dad, so we have tried to contact with the director of youth foundation. unfortunately without success. the only thing that always press secretary has sat is that he's a lawyer. he's on his way to prison that he was there. awesome. knows. now with the less, this is all it is huge and use in the process. i'm brushing is i already and bringing flowers to the monuments of political in prosecute the people in different cities. people have also taken to the streets abroad to come in the rates and the valley of

worldwide in the leading, in front of the last name. but the engine logged in a t and read a lot as it was also spontaneous, continuous raleigh, in front of that austin and betsy and the valley was moved to a present calling me in the aux sick in december. can you tell us about the conditions that he was subjected to the as well we know little about is it present conditions exactly in, in present comp number 3 in the modeling in its individual austin optic when a volume was held. but you do know that the vase president particularly is considered to be a particularly harsh yvonne. it's set to be a cam full, particularly back to me. and also that is difficult to reach from the outside world . as the air temperature there it is, extremely cold. when the volleyball strengths fell out to the a few months ago from another prison in santa rosa. and she joked to that to the air was the very 1st about the clean. what do we do know is the extent of all and it has been punished extra. how to sleep $27.00 times during, she's imprisonment since 2021. when she was transferred to us so that the resell

the so called punishment isolates or for several days. cultures, criticism therefore came from that option of human rights counsel today, one member. and they had to suspect that the wrong, as detention condition, civil ultimately destroying his health. one of the initial reactions in, in russia being to his death. i mean, do people accept what's being said about how he died? for example, it was the kremlin reactive, promptly continued use of alice das putting spokesman pascal for affiliates to the doctors who was suppose to find out of the cause of an invalid is death. those and directly indirectly confirming the death report as it was not a single word from pushing himself he's known for never mentioned you can have on his name. but the russian president, the only was always from what was the mate and well known blogger, during his lifetime, hardly any russian official politicians. they had to comment freely on of all his

desk. the deputy had over the state to do most a foreign affairs coming to rejected stipulations into position if he hadn't died of natural causes. and for an office box who is a hot or well, i took the opportunity to criticize the last, once again, saying that if it was still no results over the forensic investigation boxes of asked was still drawing its own conclusions. she was apparently referring to numerous reactions from best implementations into each criticism on the russian politics of the crabs, and present food include the health and 2nd scene. and your re, do we know how people are reacting to this? i mean, you know, he was a well known mine in russia. what are people saying about this? absolutely, people are shocked even though it was pretty quiet to both involved in the last few years because he was in prison. he just mentioned, sometimes a comment on the political things, but at all it all, it was quite about him, but people bring up bringing all flowers to the monuments of the political prisoners and russia. it's dangerous to do is also police is gathering around is

this uh, this, these monuments reportedly. so we'll see what's well next in the next days, i don't expect any mazda master always bought, so we'll see the w's eerie rash. s i thank so much for that. you're now life thing of only was the most prominent russian opposition. sega is a closer look at his life and resistance to persons, russia, or it didn't take zone for next. a nobel need to become brushes, leading opposition, figure, which is high profile. i'm good. the state, the former lawyer, was regularly arrested and jail for his anti corruption campaigns. he also faced numerous criminal, proves including embezzlement, charges, which eventually led to a conviction. he and his supporters always maintained the charges. what politically motivated in 2013 devonie run in the most go meryl election.

his 2nd place galvanized to supportive. and in 2016 he said he'd spend for president against vladimir putin, his growing political profile early on to more enemies. he faced the tax like this one as an apple in something russia a year later he was hospitalized off to being hit with green chemical died, leaving him almost blind in one i. snowfall me was fod from running against boots in in the 2018 election because of his embezzlement conviction. 7 but nothing could stop him from campaigning against the president and russian

corruption. not even frequent arrests in december 2019. 0 sorry it's, he's way duties. anti corruption foundation office b s b k. the following july, he was supposed to shut it down. you might imagine this is not an emergency drill. s b k as closing quite a boost go and then a month later came the poisoning inside barrier no bony was left in a coma. doctors believe he swallowed points and while drinking tea, he was eventually flown to. but then where he spent several weeks in intensive cas confirmation that it was a chemical attack caused a diplomatic standoff with moscow. the kremlin denied it had anything to do with the assassination attempt,

which most also go by last thing 3rd can do is put a large blackout on the kremlin, which says alexi, please under no circumstances return back home. no about coming to germany was not my choice. it's a cool country, but i'm not here on my own freewill. i'm here because they tried to kill me up with the beats. despite the risks in january 2021, alexei navarro only flew back to russia. and was immediately arrested. the stock price has took place across the country that officials quickly stumped out. there was supposed to put the crumbling critique, it wouldn't be signed, and it should be the book within days of his arrest. his team released a pre recorded video in which he claimed to put an own dunlap issue secret how this was, was millions alleging it was all financed by tax payers. money must go to 9th,

the claims. but the story quickly went viral. some way security yet to more proof of the political need to influence and appeal dodge. he continued to manage the opposition movement, t funded from behind bob's resulting in f, a longer jail tons. by august 2023, he'd been sentenced to move in such he is, his supporters convinced the russian state had finally succeeded in financing its most spent cool critic, the vigils are being held in cities around the world and all corresponded homespun is the russian embassy. here in the land hunts what, what are the people the telling you all the people, much of a discussion here's going on in the russian much of

a demonstration as being a address then russian. as many are young people from russia who live near in berlin o. elsewhere in germany. and i talked earlier, for instance, to a young woman who had just gone to the russian embassy to renew her passport. when she heard about the death of a vanity, she was almost in tears that were on the number of people here who have put on smallest lit candles. because the mode is a solemn, at times the people are in shock. but they also saying that in some way that work has to continue. i spoke to one of the organizers office of this protest. uh yes, gave me another another. uh, what time they gave me um he is uh from the 3 nevada and the movement here in jersey. lets see what he has to say. we're here to express all or no disappointment, but our commitment to what we are doing for their own that's very important because

pollutants prep, a guns in kremlin, especially before the elections in march, a trying to demoralize us and to stop our end to prep again to projects that we are doing in russia, from, from, from europe, from the us. so, and that's why i'm more motivated to speak out. and of course, not only stand with the, but with the bonus, but act out with russian people against pointing against the war. so you've got anything that, that he's more motivated to speak out. so all people saying, you know, what are they saying about how novell needs death will impact the, the pro democracy movement in russia all day feeling most evasive. yes indeed. i think you can say that's a pop from the sullenness of the occasion. there is also a feeling of defiance and of anger here. and many of the speakers have been saying

that nobody's work has to continue that nobody's work will continue logging me, putting needs to be confronted with your responsibility, the fair. so nobody including all of us as it can here as hundreds of times and the 19 to continue with resistance tons, friends in front of the russian embassy and by the end. thank so much sense now, news of alexi and of all of these death imaged as germany and ukraine, signed a long term security packs here in berlin. the german government has also promised more cash than military equipment to help keep fights. the russian invasion knocking ballad followed him. he had selected skin off, shots kept the small talk brief, i'm it tight, security,

ukrainian prize you the entire winter. so, you know, historic security agreement and the lighting gemini support for the key of the does the media we to, to hear from the bad news broke of kremlin critic election of island these days. so this is the 1st step would look into is that very depressing costs and i met in a valley here in belen, when he was trying to recover from the poisoning attack in germany. and i also talked to him about the great courage it takes to go back to the country because he didn't go, he's probably not paid for that courage with his life, of the finest have to do some work if the sides. so i'm leaving, returning to the pre planning shed, you show said it was a show of solidarity, a bunch of them clean. so i, you all have enough begin. this is 2 years after the start of this horrible war. we are sending a crystal clear message to the russian presidents of some cause we will not weaver and our support for ukraine on the we continue to stand with the ukrainian people

in fight the fest and does i to still cut, you know, a little cutting the president, so lensky will come the agreement and insisted it was about more than the fates of ukraine. when i d. 's. now this is a very important document. it's not just about some new direction in our cooperation. it's about geometry one thing to protect normality in europe and the world because war must never become part of everyday life for any people in the world. and you will get those regions. the 10 year long guarantee isn't tended to deepen military and economic support. but despite the warm smiles, it crucially does not include a nice or style plate to come to ukraine's defense. although there is still no confirmation of now and of al needs death, many will lead as all, are ready pointing the finger, apply them if it was in russia was most invited to attend. this is munich, security conference where the was in ukraine and goal is

a top of the agenda. tensions over taiwan and donald trump is possible return to the white house. also on lead is mines in unit a. w as chief international editor of richard wilka is at the munich security conference and joins me now from the now richard, apart from the news of alexei novalis beth and his wife a speech that would've been the most noticeable moments so far out the conference. yeah. well, i mean, that has, of course, really massively overshadowed the 1st days proceedings. a lot of people were just arriving here in the hotel in munich, just as that news came through. and you could really see everybody was talking about it. and the sense of show kind of thing, so many people and that certainly did the color of many of the events today. i think this one of the event that i would definitely highlight this was to speech by carmella harris, the vice president united states. and at the beginning of has beachy, of course, talks about the report suggestive selection of only,

but the other kind of main emphasis of his speech was what you just mentioned. that it seems to be the concern that may be in the holes here in munich. have of what the 2nd trump presidency might mean of for the security of europe and for the security of american allies who most anywhere in the world. given what donald trump recently said about. almost encouraging vladimir putin to attack members of nato is that, that might, in his perception not be paying bad use. now a couple of hours didn't necessarily so specifically kind of cool out that particular statement. but a lot of his speech was all about how important it is for the united states to, to investments alliances, to support its allies, that, that doing that makes america a strong good at doing that makes america safer. so it was almost as if she was doing a kind of a power, little effort to reassure allies here in munich, but also

a message to voters back at home. that those who lines, who's a, something that a match it to america. so that, that was standing up thoughts and i'm, so this is going to be really folding into the election campaigns. that, of course, we see intensifying across the atlantic. v was in ukraine in the middle east. also, obviously massive topics on the agenda and munich this year. can we expect any progress to be made on these issues? well, i think what you see in a violin and paris today is germany and fonts would say progress in terms of european countries. so they're basing up their support for ukraine in the long run with the security agreements that they've assigned with the other minister lensky. it just today and following on from the u. k, which side of similar document was with him just a few weeks ago. so i think every scene has some progress that already here in your

but i think the united states is the big wild called that. of course people anxious to be in ukraine and the rest of europe watching what is going on. it can be in the us congress, as opposed to ukraine, has gone through the senate, but still has to get through the house of representatives. and they're pretty big questions over whether that would happen. so i think this is going to be a big discussion among american and european delegates talking to each other here. this thing is that they may need security conference does not necessarily attract the sort of members of the house of representatives who might be inclined to try to prevent that support for ukraine going through. so whether this is necessarily the place where a solution will be found and that is definitely quite uncertain. as for the israel, how much more was suddenly there a lot of delegates from the middle east here. and one thing about the music purity conference is it really does provide this kind of, you know, people talk about this of colorado is a power and kind of backroom diplomacy. this is really

a place where you really do have that. you have like a lounge here just next to where we're standing here, where people just informally sit down next to each other. and you see, i just saw a former secretary general of nato talking to the president of european country just says on the sofa that all of these kind of little chit chat is going on a crowd around the hotel here. and you want to, you know, that, that does provide huge number of opportunities for quite informal back channel, kind of talking going on among older fidel occasions here. so i think that may be some hope that that, that could perhaps help in the, in the delicate diplomacy this needed in the weeks ahead to try to find some way ahead in the middle east. the power of good, old fashioned conversation, a lot has obviously happened on the 1st day. the conference goes through till sunday. what can we expect between now and then what? maybe if we look ahead just as a day, maybe there was some really interesting events taking place at the beginning of the

day. you have the auto sales, the german chancellor kicking things off at 9 o'clock because you know the host country. so taking the prime position that then loved him. is the lensky the president keep frame here? so obviously he, what he's going to be saying is going to be watched very closely. obviously, he has now some new agreements with european countries to hold up, but he has these worries about where the united states is going. and then the middle of the day and early afternoon, we're going to be doing some live coverage and base a, an interesting conversation going on with why he, who is the chinese foreign minister. so he's going to be speaking is going to be very interesting to see what he says. and then also a 3 way discussion between tony blinking, he's the us extra estate. i know lena bab bought the german foreign minister and s j shun guy. he's the indian foreign minister, those 3 sitting down and talking together, and that's going to be really interesting because a babel and bring 10 the us and germany, i'm sorry, very close. both of those countries want to get closer with india. india is playing

along in some areas mostly. now this is still pretty frenzy with russia and so it's gonna be interesting to see if any kind of tensions come out in that discussion between western powers in india is richard will collide from munich. richard, thanks so much for the update. all right, here's a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. and sources indicate the agent is building a buffalo near it's border with garza, the semi foundation for human rights says this video shows construction on the way the work suggest cairo is getting ready to accommodate displace palestinians. the for a plant is rainy ground, offensive against the city of russell and persons of possession, labor policy has picked up 2 new seats in the bi election wins over the ruling conservatives. the labor candidates won the contests by wide margins observed to say the result suggest labor is on coast with national elections. lisa this year

now in india, tens of thousands of farm is on the move, demanding guaranteed minimum crop prices and debt relief. thomas are heading towards daily and convoys of tractors and trucks. police have been blocking them with barricades nails on the highways and to go waking up on the side of a highway. these farmers have been camping out on the way to delhi when they want to voice that and go to the governments. they feel is letting them down. mcdonough, quite a while. we left our homes and our children behind to come here. we will only leave when our demands are married and i'm double can we take out loans and then we don't get fare prices for our crops. many committed suicide farmers make up a huge number of overall suicide cases. a guaranteed minimum cropped prices is one

of the farm is main demands. the state will say, won't the government to follow through on a promise to double farm is incomes thousands of foam as in india is northern province is joined to protest, much to the capital on monday, which at times led to violent clashes between farmers and deals to ortiz trying to block their response. the tooks on going between farm is unions and the government. but so far, no resolution has been found. as to the, we left our homes behind to get our demands met. and to march on delhi, the talks are in progress. the government representatives came here for the meeting may and then said that we will have another meeting or just about would be good,

but we will see what happens at the next meeting and it will start on march. we'll continue on, hold on the me in the negotiations are expected to continue into the weekend. the government is hoping to avoid a repeat of the loan farm is protest in 2020, which for the hind into repeating agricultural lows. they also cannot afford the i a farm is a significant voting block in an election year. this is a quick reminder for you of our top stories today with our seas in russia, say the opposition leader, alexei, nev only is dead. the statement from the prison service says he died off to collapsing at the penal colony where he was setting a 19 year sentence. alexei, novalis widow has been given standing as ation as an unix curacy conference,

nearly a novel naya condemned to be her risk regime and russia and says, let them in person must be health personally responsible for atrocities for we have time for, for now, don't forget as more and all social media channels and on on websites the w. w. i. money keeps mckinnon. thanks so much for watching dw, the should actually come in today. joe's in june. you belong to the 77 percent to come to i don't good, i'm 65. last, last you'll stop. and here's 3 reasons why. 1115, we're here to help you make up your mind. we are here on please find your mind. so, all the topics i'm much it to you from trouble fixed

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