[000:00:00;00] there were messages in the same rabotina, and not only ours are reflecting, so to speak, repulsed the offensive, but they themselves are going on a counterattack, this is not yet an offensive, as some of our military correspondents say, so to speak, that our troops have already gone on the offensive, i don’t see yet - carrying out a broad offensive operation and a counterattack in all directions, not only in the kupyantsky direction, but in the south, our military... yes, as part of defensive tactics, it is already going on the offensive. i don't agree with this one assessment that our troops are using american tactics of flexible defense, i have not heard that they have broken through the first line of defense, they are still marking time in the line of combat outpost, in the combat outpost zone, somewhere maybe they will break through on some area, they will go several hundred meters, but

this is not a breakthrough of the first line of defense. i want to clarify, in the new york times article, they are not talking about any breakthroughs, and when they talk about elastic defense, they are talking clearly about russian success that will neutralize existing ukrainian promotion. yes, it is, it really is that yes, they manage in some narrow area, somewhere a few hundred meters away, for a short time, for a short time, after that they are knocked out and they carry monstrous, monstrous losses, so i never tire of repeating that i still expect that, taking into account even the figures that the minister of defense named, that 335, he verbally named the figure 335,000 people signed the contract, this more than ensures, so to speak, the creation of

a reserve groups, there, well, let them be there, from these three... the third is rotation, replacement, replenishment, but if we have reserves of 200,000, these are four full-fledged armies, this is quite enough to carry out a successful offensive operation in the direction of the main attack, i hope so , which means that what worries me, general, is that every time russia manages to achieve outstanding successes on the battlefield, every time we hear about new supplies of weapons to ukraine, with ever greater capabilities, and what is even assumed in the pentagon, that let’s say in winter, when he can't be in the weather conditions of a significant ukrainian offensive, that they are going to compensate for the lack of an offensive,

using their new... systems for attacks on bridges, warehouses, command posts, and specifically focusing on the crimea, what do you think about this? you know, dmitry, i do not exclude this option, it really is, well, another thing, i still hope that our command will carry out the operation that i spoke about, somewhere in the fall before the new year, if they put in their own, well, the ms is 300 km, if germany supplies tauras, yes, it’s unpleasant, yes, they can achieve, so to speak, hit some targets , taking into account the fact that after all, we have learned to intercept storm shadow and we will intercept both attack ms and tauros. another thing is that no missile defense system can guarantee 100% interception, something naturally happens, but

this is already an escalation and i think it’s worth risking in the winter, taking into account the fact that, as they themselves say, 50% of the energy infrastructure is already incapacitated if russia, so to speak, is the answer, the answer to this escalation, a defeat will begin, more massive, destruction of targets, then , you know, the point is not in the characteristics of the missiles, and not in the quality of the missiles, but in their quantity, if they are very expensive, the same taurases yes... so ms are also expensive missiles, so we are talking there, well, they will deliver several dozen, well, we have more, we have more , we have a range, the range is wider than missiles, we now use very well, high-explosive bombs with a planning and correction module, and if before we used 250-500 kg there, now we are already successfully using one and a half

tons, we have more. but so far they haven’t been equipped with these modules yet, so to speak, but uh, taking into account the means of destruction that we have and the possibility of responding to escalation, i think that’s why the americans and germans are still dragging their feet and they are delaying deliveries, although everything is just about, just about, now, just a little more , but still they are afraid of the answer, i got the impression that in the past you and i, uh, talked a lot , about, uh, that there is a certain... lack of symmetry in the fact that russia is fighting in ukraine, in general, almost exclusively in ukraine, maybe only in ukraine, and the patrons

of ukraine strike at russia and of course, what russia does in ukraine, even if it results in ukrainian losses as a result of huge losses here, it does not produce in washington, brussels, london. what a big impression, do you think, it may turn out that the supposed appearance of some british military instructors in ukraine, that the greater appearance of american military personnel, which is also being written about now in the american newspapers new york times, that this is paradoxical can somehow increase russian capabilities, raise the price for you know, dmitry, let’s be clear, advisers, they already exist, they have been there in general on the territory of ukraine since 1914, i just

know for sure what else they got there, and after the fourteenth year, in the ministry of defense, an entire floor was dedicated to american advisers, i think, after the start of our operation, they increased manifold, there are advisers, advisers are... no, well, actually, this is a natural phenomenon, our advisers in syria, were, are, and will be, they no, they are the force that solves problems on the battlefield, especially according to western standards, all advisers, they work only from remote command posts, they do not go to the line of combat contact, the same goes for technical specialists. the fact that hundreds of technical specialists are busy servicing the supplied equipment is also no secret, the most important thing is, if, well, they really deny this, that there are no regular

troops, no, so to speak, well, large-scale actions with the participation of the americans or the british on the battle line there will be no contact, if this happens, then, excuse me, it is already possible to strike at, so to speak, places of deployment outside ukraine, this is absolutely, for me it is completely obvious, at the same polish targets and so on, i unfortunately think that this will be, i don’t mean that entire military units will be present, but what we will see are more, i don’t know what to call them, volunteers, mercenaries, and not only advisers, but also technicians and technicians who will help repair and give

instruction on equipment, not as it is now far from the battlefield, right directly where the ukrainian army is located, it seems to me that the whole trend is going in this direction, no, well, dmitry, you know, well , even if we take the official figures, then that from the beginning - our special operation, well, or rather not even from the beginning, from the beginning of the formation of the so-called foreign legion, in total there were 12 thousand or so volunteers, well, or mercenaries, as we call them, most of all polish there, 2,500 in a thousand there were americans, british , australians, a few more countries, but five or 5-300 were killed, of these 12, 4,700 left. because they could not withstand the hardships of hardship, especially since the ukrainians, due to their natural cunning , are always deceiving, with the payment of money, these volunteers, but according

to the data officially announced by our ministry of defense, there are 1800 people left, well and they are divided into two categories, these are either those you know, ideological russophobes who simply get to whom, or these are those specialists who are busy servicing equipment, therefore such a massive influx. i still don’t think that there would be a massive influx of tens of thousands of volunteers there, no no they won’t find that many volunteers, especially since people abroad in western europe and in the united states see how it’s going conflict, just a free hunt, you know, like in africa, there in the middle east, it doesn’t work out, it’s a very dangerous action, with, uh, with the probability of dying, uh. very big.

well, i naturally hope, uh, that you're right, and, uh, that we avoid additional casualties and of course, an additional round of escalation. but somehow i have an uneasy feeling, based on what i hear from a variety of western stories. you are absolutely right, dmitry, we must not relax under any circumstances, and i am sure that our command has learned its lessons. from last year 's local failures, the very course of the current hostilities shows that lessons have been learned and no one, so to speak, is giving in to some kind of daydreaming, everyone is assessing the situation realistically. thank you, well, i have an uneasy feeling about another region, that happening in the southern caucasus, and specifically in armenia, let's listen to what

armenia has just done regarding the ratification of the document on the international criminal court. 60 deputies voted for ratification, 20 against, the decision was made, and let's listen to the assessment of this decision given by the press secretary of the russian president, dmitry peskov. of course, to the leadership of armenia, to the current leadership of armenia, of course, we will have additional questions, they were forwarded to the armenian side in advance, we doubt and doubted from the very beginning about that from the point of view of bilateral relations, armenia’s accession to the rome statute of the international criminal court is correct, we still believe that this is an incorrect decision, we absolutely disagree: with the words of the prime minister of armenia pashinyan, that the decision of armenia

to join the rome statute was associated with the insufficiency of the instruments of the odb and the armenian-russian partnership to ensure the security of the country, this is not so, so i’m trying to imagine, senator klimov, what the reaction would be in the united states, if it were ratified: this kind of document, when this notorious international criminal court would try to arrest the american president, and i am also trying to imagine the reaction if we were talking about a country that is located close to the american borders, and claims that she is an ally of the united states, how has she been reacting for a long time? russia , indeed, the united states of america

has nothing to imagine for such actions, when several years ago there was an attempt at international criminal the court opened a case, an attempt against, in my opinion, two or three citizens of the united states, far from the president, by no means the president, there at the level of almost , well, some just yes, just ordinary personnel, the answer was so harsh that the people who were going to sell all these papers, in my opinion, either ate them or threw them in the trash, there was something there, in our particular case there is an exploitation of such well-known qualities of russia as, in general, we endure for a long time, we try to talk in a civilized manner, we try not swinging a nuclear-missile club, which, by the way, is the same as that of the united states, if not cooler, and even, well, at the diplomatic level, we still, it means, were shy for quite a long time, for example,

it’s not just that the initiation of criminal cases, but also the search procedures there from the relevant persons who made such decisions, it all began, but it is only now gaining strength, our armenian neighbors, or rather the leadership, the current leadership of the republic of armenia, they knew in advance, what are they doing and, let’s say, ur ’ they joined this very criminal court a long time ago or brazil they had problems, they felt these problems, i talked to them with the brazilians and the south africans, they were at the beginning of this year. they were talking about how they were thinking about how to get out of there, against this background , imagine, brazil and ur are thinking about how to get out of there, and armenia, whose sovereignty and territorial integrity is actually guaranteed, well, by and large, only by the russian federation, today , yes, no matter what anyone says, this is my personal opinion, and

many in armenia understand this, but this is a leadership to please those who sit very far away and are not ready to help them with anything, and in general will probably not help in any way. they played such a game of how to respond to russia, we have someone to decide, in fact, here are peskov’s statements, they are quite harsh, if you take into account all the diversity of what is happening, it is clear that we are not in a position where, as the americans do, they can beat so many pots thousands of miles away, and then say, excuse me, fly away, which means , that's all neighbors, same geography, same history, so we have to do everything very carefully. we will continue to live together in this territory, but what is happening today in yerevan, some of my yerevan colleagues and partners predicted several years ago, after all these unrest, when pashyanyan and his people came to power in their wake, when it became clear

who they are mainly targeting, i emphasize that my armenian colleagues had no doubts, they predicted something similar two or three years ago, you know, i senator, i agree with you that in russia there is someone to decide, and this is a natural, not only the prerogative of the supreme commander-in-chief, but especially during a war, this is the only way to be effective, having said this, i always proceed from the fact that it is up to the authorities to decide, and it is up to legislators and experts to express opinions. dmitry, you know, your position is a little easier than mine, because... that i am telling you what i consider necessary to say on air, but i have platforms where i can, therefore, present some things differently, that is the vector will be the same, but the words and sentences will be somewhat different , well, i believe that without asking you what you

say on other platforms, i also have some opportunities to say something else somewhere, but this, as a rule, is essentially no different: naturally, from what i am saying here, as i understand it, you think that this is a very serious, unfriendly act, i think, i would rather formulate it in such a way that what is now happening in armenia is not good for the armenian people, for the armenian statehood and for the future of the armenian people, this is the most important thing, because all this is done with good intentions, this is the current decision... in my opinion, they go against the fundamental interests of the residents of armenia and by the way, let’s not forget, this is constantly emphasized by our leadership that the number of armenians living in russia , our citizens, it exceeds the number of armenians who live in armenia, we must also take this into account and this is very important, this is a very

verbal situation, and uh, you’re right, what’s going on here you need to be very... responsible and my favorite saying is attributed to toleran, some say that toleran never said this, but at least this statement is attributed to him, that a statesman should never follow his instinct, because he is most likely to be noble because wrong, allow me one more minute, so as not to go too far from the topic , because my colleagues and i truly know who comes up with all this, does it and why, and these are people not from yerevan, they they do this in a planned manner, on a large scale, well-financed and well-organized these processes, so we need to avoid impulsive actions, and act in such a way as to act for sure and so that it will be bad for those who actually plan all this and

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charged. and donald trump said the following. the only crime that is being committed here is a crime against me, because a corrupt prosecutor is against me, all this because i am the leading candidate in the election, i am leading by about 10% in all the polls in the race for the presidency, in the attitude of other candidates from the republican party, i win by a margin of 50-60%, they know , that's why they arranged all this, our country is now led by a person who... it's just a shame, that's why it's all about the elections, it's all attempts arrange for me hunt before an election, this has never happened before, it has never happened before that the president of the united states left his position, he was charged with criminal charges, simply put, this is a witch hunt, this is a shame, the prosecutor is corrupt, they were waiting, they

could have arranged all this a long time ago, but they specially figured it out and chose the time so that everything during my election campaign would be completely corrupt. dmitry, a simple question, i’m afraid the answer is not so simple, they will let trump get to the elections after all, and they will agree to hold elections so that this leading candidate has a real chance. i, dmitry, very much doubt this, and the biden administration will vaporize. all available tools, including the vast majority of the media, to prevent fair , free elections in the united states, and under the slogan of protecting democracy from the magician of the republicans and trumps, the remnants of american democracy are essentially being destroyed and the united states is turning into the complete opposite of what is declared

in their constitutions, declaration of independence, that is, they cease to be. a state where leaders are elected through a truly popular expression of will, because indeed what is happening to donald trump is an open attempt to prevent him from participating in the elections; the supreme court, just the other day, refused to consider on the merits the issue of applying the fourteenth amendment to trump in relation to the american constitution. according to which rebels cannot occupy any government positions and go to elections, this means that that’s it, this option is closed, and he was seriously considered by the biden administration, but biden tried to push it into the relationship, yes, push it, yes, until the supreme court agreed, there are still a few options left, yes, there are still options for criminal prosecution and just putting

donald trump in prison, that remains, forgive me, option of physical donald trump, which may, probably will be used, if all other options fail, yes, we see that biden’s anti-rating greatly exceeds trump’s anti-rating, in any case, these elections, they are not for, but against, yes, the american voter , today they are offered to choose between who they like less, not between who they like more, but, on the contrary... who they like less, who is less repulsive, but so far less repulsive for the majority of americans donald trump is introducing himself, and this is a very serious problem for the biden administration, it seems to me that the biden administration will not stop, but the option is for biden to be re-elected for a second presidential term without regaining

consciousness, as they say, yes, that means, without some very... it’s simply impossible, here’s the last thing, just the other day, former united states secretary of defense robert gates published foreign affairs, this is a leading american magazine, an article called a dysfunctional superpower, it’s about the united states, it seems to me, that’s it this is exactly what is happening, the united states is increasingly becoming a dysfunctional state, internally. i'm sorry. i agree with you, look what is happening now in the house of representatives, uh, on the one hand, they are trying remove from his role as house republican majority leader kevin mccarthy, on the other hand, kevin mccarthy is considering the possibility that he will respond to

this by making concessions to the democrats in order to get their votes. that is, it turns out to be some kind of, i don’t know what to call it, a mess, not a mess, a small pile, a fight , what do you think, well, there is an existential fight, in fact, but here we are watching, it seems to me, the last battle of the american globalist, traditional elite of the older generation, generation, to which includes biden , pilosi, mitch mccon, yes, these are the people of this environment who stand for the global leadership of the united states in the world, for their global involvement, for global dominance, and now they are giving the last battle. forces that advocate a more nationally oriented america, it is today represented by trump and the republican party, the overwhelming majority of the republican party, as for the

squabbles that are now happening in the house of representatives, well, it’s clear that kevin mccarthy, of course, wants to keep his chair, another thing is that if he makes a deal with the democrats, i think, not only the so-called freedom caucus, but much more with the republicans. will turn away from him, but in fact, speaking about politics in relation to ukraine, if now there really is a fuss about kevin mccarthy’s place as speaker of the house of representatives, then the budget for ukraine and in general about the new budget of the united states can be forgotten, now they have 45 days to accept a temporary support budget ukraine, and b- to adopt a real... large-scale budget of the united states for the next fiscal year, and the resignation or impeachment of the speaker of the house of representatives crosses out even the hypothetical possibilities of considering

these cases, this means that there will still be a shutdown, and this means that no new money will not be allocated to ukraine in the near future, this is the practical result, i don’t presume to predict what will happen with this, because this is really a lot of small things, this is... some kind of evil fuss in the sandbox, but naturally, the stakes are very high, everything depends on some kind of private agreements between some small groups of legislators , and even if you are in the center of this kitchen, the outcome is unclear, but from moscow , i think, even guessing on these coffee grounds it’s not necessary, but it’s obvious that, in general , there is a crisis there. what do you think are the consequences of this crisis for american foreign policy? but it seems to me that the consequences, on the one hand, are insignificant, on

the other hand, fundamental, by insignificant consequences i mean after all, the continuation of the hybrid war against russia is a matter of consensus in the united states, as well as confrontation against china, therefore, in one way or another, the confrontational policy will continue, and one way or another, the united states will seek opportunities to support ukraine by overcoming those procedural internal political obstacles , which are now emerging, but on the other hand, this is the mess, as you say, or one might say, the political civil war that we are seeing in the united states states, it greatly undermines their global positions strategically, and because the attractiveness of the united states is decreasing, we do not want to reproduce the american model, looking at everything that is happening now, what kind of pole are they to follow, yes, what is their soft power, it

carries negative character, and of course, the allies of the united states, the partners of the united states, observing all this, are wondering how long-term and predictable american foreign policy is, how much the united states will... to the obligations that joe biden himself proclaims, and this, especially in the context of the upcoming presidential elections, in the context of what donald trump is talking about, this, of course, deals a strategic blow to the relations of the united states with other countries of the collective west , as a result, the collective west will become less and less collective, more and more disunited. dmitry, thank you, we are now leaving for advertising and will be back in just a few minutes, we will have it. skype from germany, where we will listen to ratings development of the german internal political

situation. a legal and actual dual power is emerging in the country. russia is driven into a political dead end. yeltsin himself hesitated for a long time. today your power is dangerous. doubly dangerous without power. however, literally on the eve of the bloody october events, he agreed to re-elections, and one of khazbulatov’s deputies simply put this letter from yeltsin in his pocket, i can’t conduct any official negotiations, well , who can i negotiate with, and there will never be any on our land no more mayors, no more vapors, no sirs, state-standing, we must storm the mayor's office today, under this old building we discovered a secret...

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thank you very much for taking the time. good evening. i just read in the new york times that there is a small city in germany where the resistance of the local population led to the abandonment of plans to build a military factory there in order to produce weapons and ammunition for ukraine, is it so that you do you know? yes, indeed, we are talking about a small town in eastern germany, in saxony, where the rhein metall concern, this summer, announced plans for the construction gunpowder factory, because germany doesn't have enough. ammunition and also because of very active support for the ukrainian conflict, but the residents, the residents of the town rebelled, that is, there was extensive protest against such plans, firstly, the premises themselves were planned somewhere within the city, that is, at

an unsafe distance from the city itself, and the gunpowder factory, as we ourselves understand, is not the safest enterprise, and secondly, the residents were simply against, against this... confrontation against the fact that germany is actively involved in the ukrainian conflict they were afraid that the products of this plant would go specifically to support the war in ukraine, including fears for their safety, if, let’s say, someday there would be some kind of overeating, and this plant would become a target for russian strikes, so in the end, rain metal, he withdrew his plans , let’s say the residents of the town calmed down, is this like an isolated incident, or do you think the beginning of some new trend in the anti-war movement? well, actually, the anti-war

movement, it exists here, is gaining momentum more more more supporters, that is, we are one of the pieces of such an anti-war puzzle, we see in this example that especially in... eastern germany there is a very broad anti-war sentiment. and today, today, by the way, is the day of the unification of germany, october 3, a national holiday , demonstrations took place throughout germany, especially in the east, demonstrations under peaceful slogans that germany should still take its traditional neutral role, stop trying to support the conflict deciding resolve the conflict using diplomatic methods, that is, people are increasingly afraid that the conflict in ukraine could cross borders, and people are simply afraid of their own safety. and today we see demonstrations of many thousands throughout germany, especially in the east, that is, it shows that people, that is, people came out

precisely under the flags, with the heads of the world, that is, there are many such people, we see that the mood reigns in the main the masses are anti-war. you're talking about the growth of anti-war sentiment, but when we look on the ruling coalition, then there is a feeling that they do not feel such pressure at all and that, in general, they are ready to go to escalation in ukraine, and the latest message is that they are even planning to send some german units, several brigades to estonia, that is ... i want to remind you, but estonia is close to the outskirts of st. petersburg, german tanks are right next to st. petersburg, but if this is not the result of an escalation bordering on provocation, then i don’t

know how else it can be determined that do you know about this? well in theirs militaristic aspirations, of course, the government does not rely on ... the people, this is also shown by the latest public opinion poll, where the members of the ruling coalition all these parties are losing a lot in voter support, that is, our party alternative for germany is firmly entrenched in second place , overtaking all parties in the ruling coalition, that is, this shows how unpopular their policies are currently among voters, regarding the deployment of the bundes brigade in the baltic states, yes, indeed, plans were recently announced by defense minister pistorius, who said that plans are being developed by the end of the year , that is, some concept for deploying a german brigade in lithuania will be laid out, but

there, let’s say, this is a long-term project, of course announced very widely in the media, supposedly a response to russian aggression against ukraine, so we will deploy our, our troops on the border with russian territory, but let’s just say that in the near future we should not expect any steps in this direction, as i already said, until the end of the year, only a concept, somewhere in 2026, that is , so far there are no concrete steps, this is more, let’s say, an act of intimidation or an act of intensifying this militaristic rhetoric , unfortunately, again to me, but all this, of course, fits into the convoy of current german politics, which , as i already said, does not, does not rely on broad layers of voters, more and more people reject this militarism, confrontation with the russian federation, because it is too painful hits the pockets of the ordinary german

man in the street, but in general people do not want to live in constant fear. in the american press they were talking about something more alarming, they were already talking about '24 and talking about estonia and that it might not even be one brigade. is this an exaggeration? well, now i don’t dare to say whether it’s an exaggeration or not, that is. perhaps there are various plans floating around, but the fact that the german brigade will be transported to one of the baltic countries, these plans have already been announced, but again, let's say, not today and not tomorrow, if in '24, of course, this is not the most, not the best news, especially in this era of confrontation, that is, we really need, now there is a very urgent need in europe , for some kind of détente policy, because all this

escalation, it can ultimately turn into something more, therefore, unfortunately, while those at the helm in germany, that is, the ruling political elites, are not ready to accept all this danger, all the consequences of this confrontational policy, and let’s say, begin some kind of détente, for now we see here constant escalation, constant statement by the ruling politicians that we must support ukraine to the bitter end, we must do this, we must do that, why we must no explanation is given, and but people, people, you see, you yourself understand that according to it hits him with high inflation, high energy prices, the german economy is falling , that is, very, very serious consequences for the country, and how to get out of this situation, while the government simply did not provide

any data, dmitry, i have always been, i have such, you know, a skeptical attitude towards the north atlantic alliance, what we are talking about, as i understand it, 2 years ago, in warsaw, they adopted a very large program. this is 3000, there the first 100,000 10 days, well, in short, one of the points was the transformation of battalion tactical groups , which are located in the three baltic states, into brigade groups, there is a german battalion, in my opinion, in estonia, or in lithuania, according to -i think it’s in estonia, as one of the battle

tactical groups, now apparently it’s time time to put plans into practice, not even two years have passed since they were honored, so to speak , to carry out the decision made at the highest level that yes, this is for germany, this would be the first experience of deploying a brigade-level formation outside of germany, this is of course , well, such a significant event, another thing is that twenty-four is probably still too early and it is necessary, as they themselves say, to create infrastructure, prepare conditions, they, in principle, i know this from the experience of my service abroad of our homeland, they are building bases for the americans, and the europeans who follow, they... create the entire infrastructure, both combat and everyday life, including

, so to speak, officer clubs for officers and non-commissioned officers, and only after everything is... created, then they begin transfer of troops. in the soviet union, we had, so to speak, a slightly different model, we first, so to speak, dug a mine, loaded a rocket into it, a crew came, sat down, and then we began, so to speak, to build houses, but we were always ready was an order of magnitude higher than that of our opponents, so i think that they will need it, well, at a minimum. a year, or even a year and a half, in order to create all this, plus, of course, the question will arise, why is the banquet billed, because in germany , voices are already being heard, so to speak, that it would be nice, so to speak, for the receiving party to spend money , because there will still be a german brigade stationed there, which

will spend money, so to speak, create jobs, therefore, but i think that... the host country also sleeps and sees, as it were this is a matter of getting everything for free, protection and not spending a single euro on it, that is, these plans are being implemented, i think, behind germany there is great britain, there is a british battalion there too, well, we’ll see, but in any case, of course, this is not for we are not very pleased, we, we already have plans to strengthen the group in ... the north-west, this includes the re-creation of the leningrad district, saturating it with formations and units, and ground forces, and air forces, well, the baltic fleet is already there there is, therefore, well, we are returning, we are returning, so to speak, to a normal state

in which we, in any case, i lived most of my life, when our, so to speak, situational... into normal opponents for war, with whom we need to prepare, in any case in the armed forces, well, as you said, not very pleasant, let me now move on to the completely unpleasant, i apologize for postponing this until the end of the program, and after this i ask each of our participants to speak out, so let’s listen to what they write one of the authors of the use of nuclear weapons, this is a person who held major positions in the us chiefs of staff, is today one of the leading experts, that is , this is the opinion of not just an individual person, this is an opinion, let’s say, authoritative and biased, let’s

listen if the russian leadership will not use nuclear weapons in ukraine, therefore. that it would not do this against nato under different circumstances, because of china's rapid buildup of nuclear capabilities, the us and allies will soon be in the nuclear age for the first time face two equal nuclear opponents. russia may have the opportunity to attack nato if the united states becomes involved in a major conflict with another nuclear partner. thus, deterring russia from using nuclear weapons against nato will remain an urgent need even after the end of the military conflict in ukraine. nato's estimated tactical nuclear forces are too small. not survivable enough and not flexible enough to cope with the range of military scenarios we might see from russia. general, you know, well, by the way, dmitry mentioned the article foring affairs by gates, uh, there is also a passage regarding nuclear weapons, that for the first time the united

states will have to face two equal adversaries, taking into account china’s plans, build up your nuclear potential, weaver writes the same thing, but i’m with him, you know, i have an article that he published, it’s very chaotic, there are so many contradictory passages that i don’t want to take up a lot of time here, but my position on the use of nuclear weapons, it does not change, i am convinced that no limited, nuclear conflict is impossible, no limited use of strategic... nuclear weapons, it is possible, but the inevitable escalation will all end in an exchange of strikes with strategic nuclear weapons and will lead to mutual destruction is guaranteed. thank you, senator, in my opinion, the most alarming thing we are seeing today is the degradation of the political class of the united states of america and other

nato countries, it is this degradation that is fraught with a much greater danger, because only because of this degradation, we can get this very apocalypse, and strictly speaking, neither china nor russia have declared, and are not going to declare, any plans to attack nato, united there . states of america or someone else. all this is clearly and clearly written in our doctrine. but the united states of america, unfortunately, they directly called us an enemy back in 1917, and strictly follows this line. and taking into account the degradation of the political class, this becomes more and more every year more and more dangerous. thank you, dmitry. and, i completely agree, the degradation of the political class, the political elites in the west is the main threat that increases, this is the main factor that increases the threat of nuclear war. and weaver’s article confirms this, the article is really chaotic, but nevertheless very important and significant, firstly, it was published in the magazine nay review, yes, this is an official nato magazine, although

it is written there that this is the personal point of view of a retiree, but still no less, just such articles in not reactions to this article in they say to washington in brussels that maybe this is his individual opinion, well, let’s say, it’s indicative, it’s very indicative, it ’s very indicative, and this opinion suggests that the united states has indeed begun to work again on the possibility of a limited nuclear war against russia in the european theater , as well as working out scenarios for what the united states should do if their main nightmare comes true: a war on two fronts, now the united states is in a state of hybrid war with russia, that’s what they should do if another theater becomes hot, the asian theater, which will divert a significant part of the forces of the united states, so weaver writes about this, yes, how can the united states

not lose in this case, waging a war on two fronts at the same time, and not lose, so he proposes to start very seriously, in fact they are already working on low -power nuclear weapons, the so-called, this is the barack obama administration, began to work on these issues, the trump administration continued, biden follows in same direction, in general, they believe that , in the event of a direct russian-nato military conflict, especially in the conditions, and if the united states is drawn into a war with china, the likelihood of the use of russian and tactical nuclear weapons against nato will increase, and in order to answer, it is necessary to be able to use american, low-yield nuclear weapons, for example, located on submarine cruise missiles. yes, and according to weaver, this will not lead to global nuclear escalation, that

is, nato will respond at the regional level, but despite the fact that a nuclear strike will be launched on russian territory, according to weaver , this will not necessarily lead to a global nuclear war, it seems to me that this is a very fundamental misconception, an extremely fundamental misconception, thank you, we have repeatedly spoken on the program about the possibility of using... nuclear weapons, and at one time there were some disputes between the general and me about this, i was less sure that the use of tactical nuclear weapons would definitely lead to a total nuclear war, but when we talked about it, it was the period of unpleasant events near kharkov, when there was less confidence that ordinary russian... forces would be able to cope with the situation, now in such conversations on the russian side, even such disputes on the russian side, i don’t see not