RT News - August 06 2021 (12:00 MSK)

'An act of retaliation' - that's how the wife of Marty Gottesfeld has described news that the imprisoned US cyber activist has been denied access to his lawyer. She says it's because he's tried to expose mistreatment in the prison. Italy temporarily exempts the citizens of neighbouring San Marino, who've been jabbed by Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, from needing Covid passports. The vaccine is still not recognised by the EU, despite proving its effectiveness in the small European nation. RT spoke exclusively to its health minister. Anger boils in France after the constitutional court rules that a new law requiring the public to hold a health pass to get into restaurants, cafes, and even hospitals is legal.