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a special analytical edition of the great game is on air, our guest today is vladimir alekseevich shizhov, first deputy chairman of the federation council committee on defense and security and mr. chizhov, for many years he was ambassador to the european union, knows well, of course, the international situation in general, but especially a brilliant specialist on europe. and i immediately want to ask you about the results of the year from the point of view of relations with russia, with european countries, i have the feeling that, in general, never one cannot say never, but the impression is that it has never been so bad, after the second world war, i mean. i'm afraid that you are right in many respects, at least this applies to most european countries. and this

applies to european structures such as the european union, euro-atlantic structures such as nato. yes, there are certain exceptions, there are countries with which our relations, thank god, continue, but with the majority, they are at an unprecedentedly low level, this is true.

but on the other hand, i see that says the biden administration , they don’t reach such frenzy as the balts, like the poles, even like the czechs in washington, they seem to be fulfilling some kind of special mission, they were given instructions to behave this way, or what nature demands, well, you you know, i think that partly you...

any country loses part of its sovereignty, and it is paradoxical that it transfers this part of sovereignty to bureaucratic structures that are not formed in a democratic way, such as the european commission, which, as you know, no one chooses, but she is appointed, and this is another point, as for... the role of the united states in this, well, you know, i remember a few more, well, 2-3 years ago, the conversation in brussels was about strategic autonomy of the european union, and many tried to figure it out, in washington, by the way, at first they were very wary of this very concept, then apparently they realized that there was nothing terrible for them. and got used to it,

but now strategic autonomy has completely disappeared from the discourse of the european union. i'm paying attention i studied it quite extensively, there is a page. it was 17 or something, and the communication about the last summit of the eu, the usa, there is not even a mention, not even a hint of strategic autonomy. and now, as for those you mentioned, well, they call themselves frontline states, that is , front-line states, and the worst thing is that they are proud of it, and these are countries.

they have their own, so to speak, backstory. as for the poles, well, i don’t want to offend anyone, but in my opinion, the poles have never managed to come to terms with their destiny geographically, that they are destined to live in history between the germans and the russians, so they - at all times had problems with those with others, i think, in warsaw it seems.

if the previous leadership of the justice party behaved rather cockily and dissented in relation to european structures, in relation to brussels, then mr. tusk, who has experience as the chairman of the european council, he is completely pro, as they would say, pro-european, but he does not him... not at all more inclined to resume at least normal contacts with russia. well there is radoslav sekorski, who, from my point of view, is a real russophobe, he lived in washington for a long time. his wife received the pulitzav

prize and is american. and, of course, he is dangerous for russia because he knows better than the previous polish government how to negotiate with...

there are strange people there, of course in the leadership, well

, i can’t say that i know them well, although i know some of them from their work there in european structures, in other, so to speak, guises, in many ways it is precisely this fixation, that is, to make a political a career in any of these countries is possible only on the topic. relations with russia, and in order to make a successful career, you need to outdo all your competitors and predecessors in the charge of russophobia in military terms, you know, when the sacredly memorable treaty was still alive and everything about the limitation of armed forces and weapons in europe, then initially ... when the period of its adaptation was going on in the nineties, which ended with the signing in the ninety-ninth

year, adapted to everything, then they determined which territories should be included in the scope of the geographical scope, and in addition to the european part of russia, ukraine, moldova, all three countries of transcaucasia or the southern caucasus were excluded.

in addition to this, russia took into account a third factor: at that time, all the top leaders of these three countries made vows that never in their lives would these three countries join any military bloc, well, where we all ended up is well known, well, here’s the situation :

in order to prevent russian troops from entering there, that is, nato support should have begun after their territories, occupied by russian troops, but if nato troops and russian troops began to fight on their territory, i’m very interested in what would be left of this territory, but the second thing is... so now, when they talk about what units can actually be brought in on the territory of the baltic

countries, then these are, in general , symbolic units, this is how the american english garrison was in west berlin, but with the idea, you know, this is better than me, not that they will be able to defend themselves, but that the soviet union not dare to attack them, because i could to be reciprocal, well, very serious.

and in the current situation in the relationship between russia and nato, in 1997 the founding act, russia-nato, was signed, and there are many provisions, various kinds of mutual concessions and so on, but the main thing is what obligations, even political ones.

members, on a permanent basis, significant combat forces, yes, this term significant combat forces was the subject of lengthy negotiations, as a result, mutually acceptable figures could not be written down in this document, but there was an understanding that this was the ceiling, like this to say, a benchmark, this

is, of course, an irritating factor and a provocative factor, and, of course, it will be just as important how these parts behave in a given situation, but like this, and moreover, in some at that stage , nato, a decision was made in nato, to provide air cover, given that these countries did not have...

an operation to protect their airspace, to a reasonable question from whom we never received an answer, i can imagine how the biden administration would react if russian combat aircraft appeared in cuba they said that this is not against the united states, this is to protect the peaceful cuban space, we went through this more than 60 years ago. correct, but then, as it were, firstly, american superiority in strategic forces was overwhelming, yes, secondly, khrushchev really took a gamble, and not in the sense that he did not have the right to place these missiles on territory of cuba, in that he did not think through, as i understand, and did not consult

with either the general staff or other members presidium of the central committee. he did not consult what to do if the americans presented an ultimatum, so kennedy’s ultimatum came as a surprise to the soviet leadership, now it seems to me that russia is behaving, well, with much more, if you like, calculation and rationalism, calculation, rationalism and i would without false modesty said strategic. what, unfortunately, our opponents in the west have been practically deprived of in the last period, i want to ask you?

but it seems to me that in a certain sense, in a diplomatic sense, a certain gesture of despair, because the participants, first of all, the leading

western countries, began to understand that with their policies they had driven themselves into a political impasse, which is now complemented by financial difficulties, and so on. therefore, the terminology has already begun to change, from the formula that help ukraine for as long as it takes, as long as it takes, we no longer hear this, we hear that here’s how to do it without even inflicting a strategic defeat on russia, but how can we make sure that russia does not win?

which also exists no longer necessarily takes place at the same military base in germany, which is called ramstein, that format, it has a limited goal - this is, as they say, to collect as many weapons as possible to send to ukraine, and this format, it is essentially focused as these are this, well, i would say idiotic plan. zelensky, the so-called peace plan, which, in essence , is a plan for the surrender of russia, how can it be reconciled with

reality, because by now, the majority of participants, these western countries are their allies there, and they managed to publicly support zelensky’s plan, i think many of them... today, well, of course, we are carefully monitoring all these processes, all these initiatives today.

prevent this from happening in the future. it is necessary to soberly assess the situation. helping ukraine is non-charity. i know it's often called gift-giving, but damn it, it's in our own best interest. if we allow putin to win by prolonging the war, and if he manages to win it, having exhausted everyone else, the consequences will fall on our shoulders, and these consequences will be incredibly difficult, both for europe and for britain for the whole world, so we literally simply cannot afford not

to win this war. “we cannot afford it, i always hear statements of this kind, i understand that the rhetoric here is for internal consumption, and to demonstrate our unyielding determination, and not to create illusions for the enemy, well, that’s the point, great britain after the end of the cold war there was initially very..."

then one way to avoid this threat is not to threaten russia and not to make any unilateral concessions, not to kneel, but to have some kind of normal, decent, equal relations, why doesn’t this come to them in your head ? a really serious question , i'm afraid i can't give you a definite answer. as for sleepwalking, sleepwalking is a mental illness, which, however, can be cured if you deal with it. now, as for why they behave this way, here i am noticed, literally yesterday or even today it was, in response to the statement of the former, one former british ambassador in moscow, there was such a laurie bristow, who said that ... you need

to listen carefully to the russian president, what he says, then, supposedly, a lot will become clear to you, he recommended start listening with the famous munich speech of 2007 , putin’s speech, yes, well, this is probably a rare case of such political insight here, but unfortunately, this is an exception, because the majority is under the influence of a certain stereotype of what if when the special military operation in ukraine will end the way it should end and how it will end, i am convinced, that is, complete success, what will russia do next and how will it. straighten relations

with russia, which they are not ready for now, but they will have to do this, and the sooner they think about it, the more likely this process will be... less painful for them in the first place, and more, so to speak, less long-term, less long-term than it might otherwise be. and one last question, senator, you know there's a lot of bravado in europe, what will they do if the united states stops helping ukraine, or at least significantly. will reduce this assistance, but what do you think will actually happen, will they really be ready to confront russia alone without america? i think not, because, in fact, there are

already a number of frank confessions from the leaders of some european countries, including germany, and what without the participation of the united states. the european union, well, europe will not be able to bear the burden of helping ukraine on its shoulders. i think it’s good, i think you can believe it, because the economic situation in the countries of western europe now, well , it couldn’t be worse, because the german economy, well, will end in 3 days, the twenty-third year.

relatively cheap reliable supplies of energy resources, this is the most important factor, of course, which now plays against the consumer countries in europe, but this

factor, it must be said, allowed for many years, when all this worked, allowed it to be maintained in these countries. quite high standard of living in general economic prosperity, plus the import of rare earth materials not from russia, no, from china and some individual other countries of the world majority or the global south, the disruption of these supplies, it will also put them in the face of additional economic difficulties, well... plus the time of migration, which is not going anywhere gone, and you can find more than one factor that, merging together , creates this unsightly picture, and then there is

ukraine, it is clear that in this situation we can talk about the success of the green transition policy. or about execution the strategic goals the european union has set for itself, for example, to reach a balance sheet in terms of carbon dioxide, co2 emissions, and the abandonment of current traditional fuels by the fiftieth year, which is quite soon, by the fiftieth year, which is actually happening in the same germany, and in some other countries, they are returning and reviving

coal-fired generating capacities; coal was considered the dirtiest in the eyes of the greens who are in power in germany; in other countries it was considered the dirtiest. type of fuel and abandoned it first of all, they are now returning to it because there is no alternative, or it is prohibitively expensive. thank you very much, this was a very interesting conversation. this is a situation of very loud statements, this

is a situation at the moment of very large expenses in supporting ukraine, but this is not a situation where western states, and even more so western society, are set up for a long, protracted, very risky struggle. thank you for your time for your wise comments, happy. new year and hope to see you again soon in our broadcast, thank you also, happy new year, well, to everyone who is watching us, and have a successful, prosperous 2024, thank you very much, how can you explain that the ukrainians, on the one hand , want to close the museum?

i saw the light, and i, of course, have

to ask who you are, but i know, your birthday is a thing of the past, regrets, this is a bouquet of russia, you could have left here many times, i know how many theaters invited you, but you remained toskorida, oh how she kissed him so tenderly, somehow you and i diverged in time.

december 31 on the first, the big game is on air, now with us on skype eugene schmitt, member of the bundestag from the alternative for germany party, eugene, i am very glad to welcome you, thank you for taking the time to talk with us.

despite the fact that this causes enormous damage to the german economy, that is , we know very well that those sanctions that were supposed to encourage the political leadership of the russian federation to change their policies to please the conditional collective west, they did not work; at

the same time, they caused a huge damage to western countries, but primarily germany, that is, germany received, that is, she made a profit. it’s very good that over the past decades we have received stable, cheap hydrocarbons, this is not only gas, but also oil, now, after the nord streams were blown up, after germany itself refused the last line of nord stream 2 to receive those same 27 billion meters of cheap gas, instead they overpay there three to four times for american... unecological gas, and yet, all this is welcomed by german politicians, this is all here is presented as a huge victory, saying that we have become independent from russia, at the same time it is silent about the fact that we have become even more dependent on the americans, but

here it is all presented as a victory, and those failures in german politics and the general catastrophic situation , they reduce... to the fact that, well, what can we do, russia attacked ukraine, that is, russia is to blame, we seem to have nothing to do with it, therefore, in many statements and in many actions, the german leadership can be traced here here duplicity, that is, inconsistency, all these moments that the germans drive themselves into a corner or the german economy into this bag into the abyss, they are all hushed up and presented as sort of... like the government has nothing to do with this, like how it’s all putin’s fault, in fact, it’s this ambiguity, this inconsistency, that serves as the basis, and in general, for the catastrophic situation in the country, the reason that the ruling coalition is breaking anti-records on issues of public opinion, and that is, ours

the party is gaining votes every month and there are even statements made that it is supposedly necessary to ban the party of an alternative for germany, that is, imagine, in a democratic country they ban the main opposition party because they cannot in any way come up with their mistakes, their catastrophic failure politics, how to compensate for it, how to still turn to the german people , that is, this is the problem in german. politics, it is, of course, very obvious, and i would also like, of course, to note that this budget crisis, which we have observed in recent weeks, is that on the one hand, against the backdrop of maximum tax collections, that is, inflation has led to increased prices, prices, respectively,

in stores they give additional tax collections, and so on and so forth, that is, germany really collected. a record number of taxes and nevertheless could not meet the budget, that is, there was a huge amount of tens of billions missing the next year, and there were several, let’s say, solutions to this budget crisis, nevertheless the leadership of the political leadership made the most unpopular, that is, the most unpopular for the common man, decision - to raise taxes from the new year, that is... a number of taxes were raised, a number of subsidies were removed , all this, of course, will again affect inflation on the well-being of citizens, that is, another round of inflation will follow, another kind of discontent will cause among citizens, and yet, we see, nevertheless, these are all

unpopular measures, the government continues to pursue its policy, despite the fact that they they see that they are not popular among... the population, this moment makes one think that perhaps the german government is not acting in the interests of its own country, that is , it is possible that the interests of its overseas allies prevail here, for whose sake the government is here germany is pursuing such an unpopular policy, and even scholz not so long ago announced that in the extreme case, if the situation in ukraine as a whole on the ukrainian front develops unfavorably, then the question of adoption of a state of emergency in the country in order to recruit.

nuclear power on the battlefield , that is, in the end, you don’t need to be some kind of brilliant strategist to understand that in the end

nuclear missiles could fly, including in the direction of germany, that is, if you further escalate and pursue this kind of policy , and yet here the ruling politicians brush aside all the possible negative developments in the scenario and say that yes, there is still a little time left and we will win, that is, such a reign reigns... absolutely unreasonable, not exactly euphoria, but some kind of completely unrealistic atmosphere, as if they refuse to acknowledge what really exists, but you said that it is impossible to win a war in a clash with a nuclear power such as russia , and a power with a very large, not only nuclear, but also an arsenal of conventional weapons, that’s what i want. understand, these are threatening words, growing military spending, an appeal to

other nato countries of the european union to unite against russia, well, what next, if you you’re right, i’m right, this won’t work , what will scholz do, admit defeat or provoke a war with russia, that ’s the point, as i already said, politics, the politics of the ruling party, the ruling parties have led the country to a dead end, i don’t think that they have some kind of plan b in this situation, that is , they are implementing guidelines that are quite obviously formulated, let’s say, in washington or somewhere abroad, and these guidelines obviously do not pursue any national interests and are being done to the detriment of their own, their own and stability and economic... prosperity and so on and so on, that is, now it is clear to even any person that germany is simply not independent in making its

decisions, that is, huge sums are allocated to finance the ukrainian conflict, it should be noted that germany is donating transfers more to ukraine than great britain, france, italy and spain combined, and if we compare with how the united states supports ukraine, that is, not so long ago. american defense minister against the backdrop of these debates about the allocation of additional assistance ukraine noted that 90% of the funds allocated remain in the united states, that is , their own military-industrial complex is financed, supplies are often arranged in the form of loans or leasing, and germany finances these very same supplies of american products, that is, we can say that germany delivered.

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the big game is on air, now we're talking to catherine moore, special correspondent for commerce in the united states, catherine, before i ask you to comment on what's happening with the american elections, i want you to listen to two short quotes from the main contenders, the president biden and former president trump. let's start with biden. i believe the future of american democracy is at stake. literally everything is at stake. let me be clear: donald trump poses many threats to our country, from choice to civil rights to a say in america's position in the world. but the biggest threat trump poses is our democracy, because if we lose it, we lose everything. not surprisingly, from

kryuchina. joe biden far left lunatics are trying to stop us by any means necessary in every possible way, even violating the us constitution to a level never seen before, all just to win this election. joe biden is a threat to our democracy, they are weaponizing law enforcement to interfere with the election when the polls say we are beating them like kittens. catherine, of course, this is election rhetoric, hyperbole during the election.

"hello, yes, you are absolutely right, america is at the forefront of a political crisis, in principle, americans are almost divided in half on the question of who they support vote, there are people who vote solely in protest, if we look, niki halley, for example, scores very serious points in the pre'. race, this suggests that a split is really brewing within the republican party; if we look at what is happening among the democrats, then indeed many democrats do not want to vote for biden, but nevertheless they want to vote

for trump, and here is another question , very many of those who, on one side or the other, interpret the constitution of the united states see things differently, they see certain provisions of the constitution, absolutely. thus, if, for example, biden says that trump poses a threat to democracy, he believes that trump participated in some kind of insurrection, in his opinion, yes, that threatened the democratic freedoms of the united states, and trump sees a threat to democracy in biden, that he turned the us department of justice, the creatures of the us department of justice in the states into regional offices, in order to fight the opponent, well, in general, they all have how...

everything will depend on what evidence will be found by the republicans in the course of their research, if they find ironclad evidence that president biden was indeed involved in the affairs of his son, then certainly the democratic senate will have no choice but to accept the resignation and impeach biden , but so far we have not ... we don’t see the very concrete evidence that could lead to impeachment, there is indirect evidence, yes, in america there is a presumption of innocence, so until the republicans find those

the very checks that were sent to joe biden, or they will not find records there , videos that confirm that he was the person interested in this money, and this is, in principle, a futile impeachment, but of course... it seriously affects the image of the american president, which is now already at the lowest levels in the entire history of the united states. what about trump, attempts to deny him, his companies, registration in some states, is this again a shock, or can he really be excommunicated from the elections? everything will depend on the decision. court of the united states, as far as we know, the court, the supreme court of the united states, it consists of...