hello, international review is on air, in the studio fyodor lukyanov. today on the international review program. event of the week. chronicle, facts, comments. new war with the houthis. in response to the attacks by naval vessels, the united states struck their positions. brix is ​​growing with new countries, while india. with

the maldives. materials of our program. conflict in the horn of africa. ethiopia reached the sea. somalia is very unhappy. the us and uk launched strikes on yemen, as they say, in self-defense. the houthis attacked an american warship, and in general, they pose a threat to world shipping in the red sea, as they remind in washington.

perhaps some, some damage will be caused to this group, and this damage will also be a great moral damage to the leading role of the united states, which wants to consolidate its dominance in the red sea. the kussites take all this into account, the current war in yemen, which destroyed the infrastructure of yemen and created a humanitarian catastrophe of unprecedented scale, which has affected more than 20 million, is what it has become.

iran, until now it seemed that none of the parties do not want a big regional war, but the logic of the confrontation at some point begins to work on its own, you won’t jump out. remember, from january 1, iran, like saudi arabia, the emirates, egypt and ethiopia, are members of the brix. it turns out to be an interesting arrangement, extremely interesting. brix appeared in june 2006 in the fields. st. petersburg

economic forum. the informal association then consisted of brazil, russia, india and china, called brick. this word is similar to the english brick. the term itself was first used in 2001 british economist jim anil. he applied it to those countries that had high rates of development. later, the term came into use by corporations that invested in the economies of these countries. the letter c has been added. after the first expansion of the informal association in 2011, then south africa joined. this organization does not have a headquarters, a general secretary, or any rules or charter. she does not deal with military issues. the author of the term brix itself, jim anil, argued that by 2050 these countries will be able to become the four dominant economic systems. they occupy more than a quarter of all land. in the world, they are home to almost

half of the total population of the earth, the total gdp exceeds 30% of the world, the association sets itself the task of developing the economy and...

which is unfolding between large countries, the usa and china, the usa and russia, egypt does not intend to participate. he does not intend to participate in the conflict, but he is not averse to taking advantage of the opportunities it opens, cunningly. the trouble is that, in addition to the west-east confrontation, there are a lot of regional ones, like

times inside brix plus. china, india, iran, saudi arabia, to some extent iran, emirates. egypt, ethiopia too. tenderness, and if you add those where countries are involved outside the framework of the organization, there are generally fireworks. moscow faces a difficult mission in the year of its chairmanship, but that is the meaning of the world without hegemony that we strived for, everyone is on their own. we must look for solutions, again, original ones in each specific case. will learn. flared up between the brix letter and india and the beloved part of our compatriots, the maldives. premier narendra modi visited the union territory of lakshadweep, an archipelago in the ocean that the indians intend to turn into a luxury

resort, a rival to the maldives. in response, maldivian tourism ministry clerks called modi a clown and an israeli puppet. grateful neighbors are being hit by the power of cancel culture, cricket and bollywood stars are being urged not to travel to the maldives, travel platforms are stopping bookings, airlines are canceling flights. the clerks were fired, they apologized, but where is the wave growing, the president of the maldives has already stood up pose, we will not succumb to blackmail, and even turned, scary to say, to china. tourists replace indian renegades. and newdeli just needs that. chinese mercenaries, that's what we knew. conflict in the spirit of the times. the fighting is propaganda and economic. at the center is purely commercial interest. india wants

to refocus its tourism flow. the maldives fell prey to a propaganda campaign. thank you for giving me a reason. but behind this looms another layer. rivalry. major powers in the indian ocean basin, and he, together with quiet, now the main strategic space of the world. the united states has more military bases than all other countries in the world combined. the largest of them is norfolk, located on the atlantic coast in virginia. 10 berths where 75 ships can moor, including five aircraft carriers. but the most powerful us naval group is not concentrated in the atlantic, but in the pacific ocean. it has several attack aircraft carriers and almost one and a half thousand aircraft. main placement centers - japan, south korea, australia and oceania. in japan, since

the mid-sixties, the pentagon has an extensive network of military bases. these are several hundred objects for various purposes. of these are located on the japanese islands. the headquarters of the us pacific fleet is also located there. there are currently three operating points in australia: an intelligence center in alice springs and bases in exmouth in darwin, on the island of guam in oceania the naval base of apra harbor is located, the permanent home of los angeles-class nuclear submarines patrolling the pacific. ocean. the largest us base on the red sea is cample magnier, located in djibouti. it appeared in 2002 and is administered by the us africa command.

several thousand troops are permanently stationed there and conduct raids against islamic radicals in yemen and somalia. neighboring the americans in djibouti there are also military bases of at least four other countries, china, japan, italy and france. the chinese base, which is called a logistics point in beijing, was built in... 2017. its number personnel is unknown, but according to the china delhi newspaper, it can accommodate up to 10 thousand people. the fifth fleet of the us navy is located in bahrain. its area of ​​responsibility includes the persian gulf and the western indian ocean. a large british military base is located in cyprus and occupies a significant part of the island. russia has only a logistics point in the mediterranean. this week

a russian-indian seminar was held in new delhi under the auspices of the valdai club. indian colleagues constantly raised one topic: how to our traditional cooperation will be affected by the rapprochement between russia and china. to say that beijing is viewed with caution in india would be putting it mildly. russia is well disposed towards india, but in the current circumstances, russia may, at best , try to help reduce tensions between china and india, but not take our side. the us is opposing china. as part of the indo-pacific concept, india and the united states are working to contain beijing. a division of labor has developed. india is responsible for security in the indian ocean, and the united states in the south china sea and other areas where required.

ocean and nuclear weapons, they, as always , greatly exaggerate, because no one except india is able to control the indian ocean. india has its own considerable indians are worried about the indian navy, there is us support, and even russia is helping it. in general, i don’t think that china has such large-scale plans to dominate the indian ocean. the indians are trying

to present china's strategy as capturing one port after another. honestly speaking, from i have never heard anything like this from chinese military and civilian leaders. nuclear weapons - yes, but i have repeatedly explained to indian interlocutors: pakistani nuclear weapons are a response to india, indian nuclear weapons are a response to china. chinese nuclear weapons are the only answer to the united states. nobody in china views india in a strategic nuclear context. china actually carries out observation missions in the indian ocean, because india participates, for example, in the american kuat format, and beijing - this is alarming, but too big a problem i still don’t consider china or india safe. today, the so-called nuclear club includes nine countries. the first group includes the five permanent members of the un security council who were the winners of the second world war. usa, russia. great britain, france and china. these countries acquired nuclear weapons even before

the adoption of the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. the remaining four - india, israel, pakistan and the dprk - did not sign the agreement and received their nuclear status later. according to the stockholm international research institute world, by the beginning of this year there were more than 12,500 nuclear warheads in the world. almost 90% of all nuclear... in the world belongs to russia and the united states, which are actively modernizing their arsenals. it is believed that only these two countries have a full-fledged nuclear triad. intercontinental ballistic. missiles, strategic aviation with submarine ballistic missiles. china, which joined the club of nuclear powers in the mid-sixties, has at its disposal, according to some sources, between 350 and 400 warheads. beijing adheres to the concept limited retaliatory nuclear strike. its arsenal is at the minimum

level necessary to ensure national security. about 100 have. nuclear warheads could reach us territory. france is the only country in the eu with nuclear weapons. it has about 300 strategic ballistic missiles on four submarines, as well as 60 aircraft-launched tactical charges. between 2018 and 2025, the authorities of the fifth republic allocated almost twice as much as before for the maintenance and modernization of nuclear forces. the uk's reserves are much more modest. according to official data, it is armed with 225 warheads with a yield of up to 100 kilotons, of which about 120 are ready for use. the country's nuclear force consists of american triident missiles launched from british submarines.

pakistan and india have 165 and 160 warheads, respectively. neighbours. for each other an object of nuclear deterrence, but are consistently expanding nuclear arsenals, for example, newdeli is working on the creation of long-range systems, including those that can hit targets in china. israel does not recognize the existence of nuclear weapons, but does not deny them. estimates of its potential are very different, from 90 to almost 1400 units. the most probable number is considered less. charges that can be delivered by aircraft, ballistic missiles or cruise missiles. as for the dprk, its nuclear program appeared back in the seventies, but it officially recognized itself as a nuclear state only last year. the country does not disclose the amount of ammunition, but states that they can easily hit us territory. according to

the american arms control association, at the beginning of the year, north korea and... and materials for expanding its nuclear arsenal. however, for now the main security problem in the indian basin is in the near middle east. well, from the last one, the united states and great britain struck yemen for the houthis’ shelling of an american warship. and iran seized a tanker in the gulf of oman that had previously transported its oil confiscated by the americans. the chagos archipelago is a collection of 65 islands in the southern indian ocean. already for more than half a century it has been considered a disputed territory between mauritius and great britain. the mauritian government is convinced that london has illegally annexed the archipelago to its overseas territories. its largest, diego garcia atol, is home

to a us air base, where about 4.00 us british troops are stationed. when it began to be built, the british deported all the indigenous chagossians in mauritius. to this day they are seeking the right to return to their home islands. in february 2019, the un international court ordered the uk return the chagos archipelago to the sovereignty of mauritius. this decision was supported by the general assembly, but london ignores it. another disputed territory is the mayotte islands, part of comoros. pilaga, in the 15th century the arabs landed on them, then they were conquered by the king of madagascar, in 1841 france bought the islands and made it its protectorate. 50 years ago, in a referendum on the independence of the comoros, the residents of mayotte voted to remain part of france. however, after 2 years, most

members of the un security council supported the draft resolution recognizing the sovereignty of the comoros islands. the comoros government still considers mayota to be its own, as enshrined in the constitution. france did not share several uninhabited otolls in the indian ocean with madagascar. we are talking about basada india, europe, juanda and glorioz. all of them are located in the mozambique channel. france left them behind... after madagascar gained independence. this strait may contain oil and natural gas reserves. madagascar therefore states that the islands belong to him. already more. for half a century , iran and the united arab emirates have disputed three islands in the persian gulf : abumusa, greater thomb, and little thomb. since ancient times, all three islands belonged to

persia. in the 19th century , the british landed on them and created their own naval base there. in 1971, the british transferred the rights to the islands to the united arab emirate, but 2 days before the official proclamation of this state, all three. the iranians captured the islands and declared them part of their harmazgan province. then the clashes between iranian military and emirati police killed five people. since then , there have been no military incidents between the countries. the area of ​​abumusa island is approximately 13 km. it is home to about 2 thousand people who engage in fishing. the iranian military is based on the islands of greater and lesser tunb. there are no faces there. india has a maritime security strategy in the indian ocean, announced at randra mode in march 2015. it

is called security and growth for the entire region. modi then spoke about india for the first time as a maritime power. our coastline is 7.00 km long. islands in the indian ocean, maritime economic zone, huge interests. now the indian navy is active everywhere. our ship has just freed a captured hostage ship in the red sea. india learned a lot during the un contact group on piracy from 2008 to 2017. 65 indian warships were on duty, including two frigates built in russia. piracy has dropped from 120 cases in 2009 to one in 2016. the pacific is also challenging space. indian interest is the security of the malacca strait. this. the most important channel of our trade, and after all, all corridors, be it the red sea or the malaga strait, are also lines of underwater stone communications, vital in the digital

era. the participants of the woldai conference agreed that india and russia have a solid foundation of interaction, but new buildings need to be built on it. countries like india and russia should not allow the emergence of a sino-american big two, we are just objects. india and russia interested in establishing a balance with the united states and china. there should be no exclusivity in relationships. the uniqueness of the connection between russia and india is that there is a minimal amount of negativity, a natural advantage in the process of reconstruction. we need a reframing of relations for a new geopolitical context. it will improve our geostrategic prospects and will be very correct. a signal to the united states and china on how to build relations with other states. this is the true meaning of multipolarity. there is a lot going on in south asia. just in bangladesh

chose. a veteran of local politics, khaledazia retained her post as prime minister amid an opposition boycott of the vote. well, it's your own fault. there are elections in pakistan in a month, where the main opponent of the authorities, former prime minister imran khan, is in prison, but remains popular.

dozens of people, during the day some of them work at a construction site, some in a restaurant, and at night , not far from the mujib, several more gather here to warm up around a common fire, talk about problems, about the work that happened yesterday, and tomorrow may be not perhaps some of them have their own cots, sometimes they can be placed close to a closed store, so that they can hide from the rain under the roof. haji isa says the authorities do not prohibit homeless people from spending the night here. because they simply have nowhere to go. we live here near the shops and have never quarreled with any of the owners. they know that while we are here, the thieves will not come.

live below the poverty line in islamabad in the nearest city of rawalpind, not only men, but also women and children, entire families spend the night on the roads, during the day they they do menial work and spend the night on the sidewalks on the side of the roads, it is now severely frosty, but the authorities are not helping them, many homeless people take drugs, someone is dying right here, having spent a significant part of their life on the street, now the temperature in islamabad in rawalpind is only 10 °

the first advocates the declaration of independence and strives for broad diplomatic recognition of taiwan. the current head of the island, tsai ing-wen, is pursuing a course of maximum escalation in relations with beijing. she is against the principle of one country, two systems that beijing offers. the tsai ing party suffered a crushing defeat in the municipal elections. the rival from gamindan took 13 mandates, taking the mayor's chair. in four of the six main cities, including the capital tai bay. following the announcement of the voting results, tsai-ing-wen announced her resignation as party chairman, which she had held since may 2020, but will remain as taiwan's chief executive until elections in early 2024. in the meantime , she is trying to prevent a sudden change political course. the kuomintang party, which

essentially created taiwan and... has represented china at the un for more than 20 years, has traditionally pursued a course of interaction with beijing and does not reject the possibility of reaching an agreement. the commandant considers it important not to provoke the prc and not raise the issue of the status of the island. taiwanese politics resembles a pendulum. the rapprochement between taipei and beijing began in 2008 after gamildan came to power at the head of the endyu sma. over the next 8 years, beijing and taipei. signed a number of major agreements in sphere of tourism and business, however, already in 2016 after the victory of qingwen, relations between island and mainland china began to deteriorate again, but now the pendulum has swung back. the new mayor of the capital, a representative of the kuomintang and great-grandson of generalissimo chiang kai-shek, jiang wan-yang, said: “i will give the world the opportunity to feel the greatness of taipei.” many saw this.

claim to leadership of the island. beijing is slightly disappointed with the results shown by the kuomendang. of course, they would prefer their victory there, because it has a tradition relations with the mainland, but now the chinese leadership is calmer about what is happening than last time, when the current head was re-elected. even if a representative of the party that advocates independence wins. the us assured china that it would moderate. beijing's reaction is likely to be restrained without such actions as the naval blockade that was carried out a year and a half ago after pilosi's visit. more about another newcomer brix ethiopia and its strategic games after advertising. everything about the elections in russia, we will tell you in detail, understand them not difficult, important, honestly convenient, where to find out?