in a new hybrid format, but the essence is the same: segregation of people based on nationality . russophobia, close to fascism , has been cultivated in latvia for a long time, in the media, on social networks, including such odious and once media characters in russia as bazhena rynska, who calls russians, quote, “animals.” by the way, she speaks latvian poorly, she herself admitted in the same interview, but riga, of course, will not expel such ardent haters of our country, or not? don’t flatter yourself that she doesn’t publicly she was rossophobic, no matter how she danced , venting on the misfortunes of the russian-speaking population of latvia and the baltic states as a whole, this will not save her, she will follow, she will also be kicked out, because there were enough such badges, we remember the story from the foreign tv channels rain, the total hatred of riga for it emphasizes to everything russian that out of... the thousands

of russians who will be deported from latvia, 2/3 are people over 60 years old, they have already been deprived of the rights to a minimum social package and free medical care. by the way, this figure is not final; in the near future the number russian citizens who failed to legalize themselves on time, as they call it in latvia, may increase to more than 2 thousand people. russia does not abandon its own, and of course, all deportees will be met at the border; preparations are already underway so that people have a place to live, earn a living or receive a pension. mide reports that the ministry of emergency situations and other relevant departments have been instructed to prepare to resolve issues regarding the placement, employment, and pensions of russian citizens who may be expelled from latvia. latvia survives russians at the linguistic level. previously, the seimas adopted a bill on the transition of all education in the country exclusively to the latvian language within 3 years. this is despite the fact that almost half of the residents of latvia are russian-speaking. apparently, riga is trying to rewrite not only its own history, but also its demographics. anton potkovenko, anna pogonina. news.

hello, dear friends, friday evening, i’m alexander karyevsky, time to sum up some results that have been going on for weeks. well, let's start with the latest events in the middle east region, another round of escalation undertaken by the united states. an air strike was carried out on the houthi positions in yemen, and, as usual, this was done by the united states and its allies, which is called on their own initiative. us administration. i have already called

this a defensive tactic, are the us actions similar to defense, we talked about this with a senior researcher at the institute of oriental studies of the russian academy of sciences, sergei serebrov. sergey nikolaevich, hello, thank you for taking the time, now, of course, attention is focused on yemen, the houthis, american strikes, firstly, i would like ask what the afterbirth is like. political consequences, will they now ? there have already been a lot of statements on this topic, but i would like to know from you, as a specialist, your opinion whether there will be such global consequences for after these american strikes on yemen? well, we can talk about the political consequences for now , the sanaa authorities said that they saw confirmation that their actions taken in support of palestine against israel...

are bringing results, that they painfully hit the israeli economy and forced the us include a shield in support of israel. they consider this a positive moment for their own, for assessing their foreign policy, because it was the damage to israel - in the situation with the conflict in the gas strip, that was, so to speak, the main motive for the fact that they declared their support for the palestinians, their readiness to take part in all types of support for the palestinian cause, including in a military operation, if there is one, they began launching missiles against israel, at the end of november they blocked the movement of ships and cargo towards israel, that is, what the americans created, put together, one might say, on...

this new grouping, a large nato military grouping in the red sea, they perceived as political confirmation of the correctness of their course, this... firstly, secondly, they confirmed that they do not intend to block the movement of commercial ships from the rest of the world, they emphasize that their actions, their sanctions are directed only against israel, demanding that israel open humanitarian corridors and stop military strikes on the gas sector, in which civilians are dying, in fact, uh, they added their voice to the voice of the world community, the world community, which demands the same from israel unsuccessfully, and sergei nikolaevich, well, it turns out that the houthis are using armed actions, and are interfering

with shipping, and this seems to be a noble from the point of view of the americans , there is a reason to launch a military strike on them, although the result is still unclear, there are no official results - the houthis announced that they had five people killed, but this is not the same, of course, not the result that the americans were probably counting on, but perhaps they damaged the infrastructure, first of all they did not hit the airfield, as was said just now , and so on, and nevertheless, let us still understand who is good and who is bad here, is it possible here to somehow place emphasis on this question, well, maybe my question is a little naive? and not very political, but still the houthis are attacking civilian ships, the americans say: we are for freedom of navigation, we are bringing order to the world, what are the claims against us? who is there right? well, yes, so i tried to show

that the houthis emphasize that their sanctions are directed only at interests, against the interests of israel, and are not directed against shipping, that is, more than 95%.

i want to clarify that you think that the americans are deliberately exaggerating the problems

with the passage of ships, but i will tell you this, the danish empire, one of the largest operators, she says, we attacked our ships, they have nothing to do with israel. 20% of operators and 20% of cargo have already begun to move away from the red sea to look for workarounds, they exaggerate the danger deliberately, by stirring up the atmosphere , i understand you correctly, i think this is what the kussites and the sana government say, and i think there is some truth in this, the fact is that the struggle for hegemony in the straits is part, a big part... big geopolitical game, therefore, when the houthis impose any sanctions, even if they are minimal and affect only one of the us partners or strategic allies in the region, this is immediately perceived by the us as a threat to its hegemony in the red sea, that’s

why it cannot be ruled out that the united the states of america acted in exactly the right direction to encourage the large shipping companies. present the houthis’ actions as a total threat to all shipping, and some companies introduced, including maersk, introduced. uh, the movement of ships bypassing the babal-mandebu, which greatly increased both the freight rate and the insurance rates, and - accordingly, the transportation time and the cost of transportation, but they then became convinced that there were no such threats, and again returned the movement of their ships, making sure that the houthis do not pose a threat to everyone cargo that does not go to israel.

he is very ambivalent in this case, why? because any, any military adventure in the narrow bublmadef strait, well , imagine that some large oil tanker or some kind of ship will sink there, this will disable this main world artery, a transport artery for a long time, and will cause colossal environmental damage the entire region, because the red sea is not like that...

that’s how to understand it here, there was no, there has not yet been such a decision, the council for the un, in which

the voice of russia, which and china, which proposed amendments to this resolution , these votes were taken into account, all the latest resolutions with the un, as a copycat, so to speak, are adopted under pressure from the united states, including such a resolution was adopted in april 2015 ... russia today held an emergency meeting

of the un council to prevent the escalation of this conflict. and russia’s position when voting on that resolution that ultimately condemned the houthis, but actually, what was russia’s position? to at least mention the reason for this, the reason for the actions of the houthis in the red sea, that is, this company in gas, which led to the death of dozens. this was the point of the amendments, i think that these references to the normative documents of the un soubez should be adjusted to the real situation, to the fact that often these decisions are made without taking into account all the circumstances, even when they state permanent members of the un security council. well,

sergei nikolaevich, it turns out that the resolution. sovbe for the previous one was aimed at attracting attention, yes to this problem, but naturally, no one is in favor of any country taking any actions against peaceful ships, no matter who they belong to, this is for all the good things, but really it’s still clear, and today mit he also clearly said about this that the united states distorted the decision of the security council, that is, they somehow... involuntarily refer to it, but there was no right for the council to decide to bomb yemen for the previous one, well, i think that these issues will also be raised today at the meeting very active. sergey nikolaevich, thank you very much, i i think that we will certainly return to this topic, because it is clear that the situation is heating up, how will it be resolved,

i think that we will monitor the development of events. thank you very much, all the best. and all the best to you too. another very important international topic, a week of unrest in ecuador, this and the latin american country had to go to extreme lengths to suppress them, the army had to use firearms to kill. we discussed the situation in this country with a professor of the russian academy of sciences, director of the center ibero-american studies of st. petersburg state university, editor-in-chief of the journal. america by victor kheifits. victor lazarevich, hello, thank you for finding time for us, the situation in ecuador in ecuador this week attracted attention, and the question immediately arises: is this a private problem in ecuador, or is some situation just the way it is, what happens, or is this

a manifestation of some -the deep processes that go on like this in such an extravagant form are manifested. in latin america and particularly in ecuador? well, this particular situation is really a conflict within ecuador for now, although it cannot be said that it is the only one. since 2006, the mexican authorities have been using the army in the fight against drug cartels, have not yet succeeded in this, there are serious problems, although they have not reached the ecuadorian scale, in peru, argentina, colombia, but specifically the ecuadorian situation, it seems to me, is still the same. for now there is only business they need. victor allazarevich, but nevertheless, this is a criminal story of the fight against drug cartels, which are gaining more and more power in ecuador, they are being forced out of colombia, well, from other latin american countries, they seem to have this version. why do you think the ecuadorian authorities, who

took such a tough approach to the situation? because they declared them military targets and these were bandits, right? probably, they can be called that or criminals or something else, but nevertheless, is there a chance that the ecuadorian authorities will be able to stabilize the situation for a long time? the ecuadorian authorities are largely themselves brought the situation to the point where now, over the course of two presidential administrations, the last before the current president, the authorities have consistently weakened the control of the state, and socially, they have weakened, and the empty vacated space has been taken up by oppression, there is no holy place here, plus, this is no longer connected with the authorities, the negative factor was the quarantine during the pandemic, that is, everyone left the streets except crime, which increased at that time, plus at some point specifically the ecuadorian authorities, the police did a great stupidity,

when they bet on the fact that the criminals themselves would restore order in the prisons, they did, but that’s all... so he decided to step up without waiting until he turned into a cold corpse, and finally, ecuador is the country where he failed a year ago. the equatorians said no to a referendum on the possibility of extraditing people with equatorian citizenship associated with drug crime, although the previous president proposed it, so by and large the criminals are quite at ease. felt up to a certain point and feel, the new president decided to put the point is, it has certain possibilities, but is not one hundred percent

guaranteed. and there is another situation, ecuador 10-15 years ago was considered a very calm country where it is good to do business, in the last few years everything has changed, as i understand it, this is due to the mistakes that you are talking about with the authorities . it was a right-liberal policy, but i can’t say that it was absolutely liberal, but lassa’s right was liberal to a greater extent , lenim’s to a lesser extent was aimed at the fact that the state should become smaller, expenses should be

reduce, because we need to get out of the crisis, this is not the first conflict that has occurred, there was also a conflict with the indian movements under leni morena, although it didn’t come to that, but in general for ecuador it’s a familiar situation when the authorities and some segment the population's attitude is being clarified. viktor lazarevich, after all, how can you further understand the situation, that is, how it will develop in your opinion, it is clear that the forecast for the matter is not very rewarding, however, and there is also argentina, which is also now saying, the smaller the state, those better, all economic problems can be solved by removing the state from the economy. such views, liberal views, they are everywhere, we have them in our country, and the smaller the state, they are considered. interferes in economic activity, so much the better, but we see what the withdrawal of the state leads to, and what do you think, if after all - the likelihood that the ecuadorian events - this will be

the root cause of the general destabilization of the situation in latin america, extremes are always dangerous, i to be honest, i think that the argentine experiment will end in failure, actually ecuadorian authorities have come to the conclusion that too little state is not good, they are in the security sector. on the contrary, they begin to increase it, because the existing structures cannot cope, but one way or another this problem, the absence or weakness of the state, is no longer an internal ecuadorian one, but a general american one , typical for many latin american countries, i have almost no doubt that the ecuadorian authorities is able to cope with drug cartels by armed means, but the trick is that if they are not eliminated...

the external reaction of the same united states was extremely weak, what do you attribute this to? americans, in principle , have a positive attitude towards the current government of ecuador. ecuador, by the way, is a country with a dollar economy, it switched to the dollar quite a long time ago, this brought even before the last few current administrations, the united states, in principle , had decent relations with ecuador, even the last one was going on.

by the way, you remember well that the dollar works in ecuador, this is the dream of mr. miele in argentina, so he says, for the dollar let’s switch and everything will be fine, but ecuador, as you said, has already switched, and it’s not harmful to dream, the ecuadorian economy is several times smaller than the argentinean one. what could be done in ecuador or panama, in panama also in dollars, is absolutely impossible to do in argentina, in argentina you need 25 billion dollars in cash in order to

save at least, where? no one will give them out, in cash, i emphasize, that’s why his government is already saying that no, this is just an idea and it won’t be possible to implement it in the near future, in ecuador this could have been done, because this is a small economy, you know, there is an opinion that the events in ecuador are a kind of symbol of that, a kind of example of what will happen in general in the world, in a kind of new economic order that is in the world now. is being propagated by the liberal elites, and you share this position, or this is too hasty a statement, i share it, because what is happening today in ecuador, for example, over the past 20 years has been happening in mexico, where the authorities in 2006 were forced to withdraw the army to streets to fight against drug cartels, and this fight is clearly going on with varying degrees of success; the authorities still cannot cope fully, because the corruption of law enforcement agencies and

the army continues. and some of them are themselves involved in the activities of drug cartels, this did not start today and before the current struggle to redistribute the rules of the world order, so i think that this is a reflection of a long-established trend and just coincided. well, let's see how events develop. victor lazarevich, thank you very much, everything good luck. yes please, all the best. the ukrainian authorities were forced to admit that many recruits were sent to the front. poorly prepared for combat operations, said the head of the faction of the pro-presidential servant of the people party, david arakhamia. and the ukrainian national agency for the prevention of corruption reported that this year the percentage of citizens declared unfit for military service has suddenly more than doubled. however, kiev is not abandoning plans to send another half a million to the front. human. with details anastasia ivanova.

this is the disposal of our own citizens, the truth was finally recognized in the verkhovna rada, but not everyone. people's deputy, maryana bezuglaya, after she announced that she was leaving the servants of the people faction, published an extensive list of changes that are allegedly planned to be made to the mobilization bill. the realization has come that it turns out that it is not necessary to conscript disabled people. one of the most scandalous norms has been crossed out, it is planned to remove draft dodgers from the register of debtors, that is, now men of military age from countries to officially release and authorize. sell apartments drive a personal car, shamelessly publishing a list of proposals for the mobilization bill , she clarified that this is just information, that it is not a fact that it will be accepted, in general, i think that in this way she tried to somewhat reduce the degree of hate towards her own

person, in the case of even...

in this way they are trying to send death to as many as possible of those who are disloyal to the authorities and speak russian. kharkov telegram channels write that thousands of police they plan to drop it in the kupinskoe direction. a decision was made to form three battalions from kharkov police officers and send them to the kupinsky direction, that is, a one-way ticket. the lists are already available and are known to the police themselves. people are trying to submit reports for dismissal, but the machine is spinning, and they are no longer allowed to do this. get away. from ukraine, but only for money; western publications are already writing about prices. the german newspaper tages spgel reports that for 1. euro they will take you across the field to the border, the most expensive the option is to bribe the border guards, and this is no less than 3,000 euros. many ukrainians cannot afford it, so they still count on avoz, in case they are lucky enough to cross the dniester and settle in moldova. but it doesn’t work out here.