[000:00:00;00] ah ah this is d w. news life from berlin? german chancellor, olaf sholtes is on his way to moscow, latest diplomatic permission to try and prevent the russian invasion of ukraine yesterday in the ukrainian capital. he said he would ward russia, that any invasion would lead to immediate major sanchez, the criminal past signal that it is still open to diplomacy. also on the program, canada's prime minister uses emergency powers to and protests against pandemic

restrictions. the truck drivers are still refusing to end the occupation of the capitals business district. ah, i'm show gail. welcome to the program. german chancellor left schoultz is on his way to moscow. he's in moscow. i beg your pardon, as part of diplomatic efforts to stop a fear russian invasion of ukraine. whole talks with the president uprooted about $130000.00 russian troops appeared, poised to strike at ukraine's borders. yesterday. the chancellor was in the ukrainian capital offering solidarity but no weapons. though he did promise to make it clear to russia with any military action would trigger immediate and widespread sanctions. the cabinet has signaled that it is willing to keep talking. it's a crisis meeting to deescalate tensions over

a looming thread in ukraine in key of german chancellor. olive charles reiterated his support for ukraine. emily deactivated, was last of the russians military activities on the ukraine border are incomprehensible to us. this. we therefore expect russia to take clear steps to deescalate the cut intentions for germany. it is clear that for the military, aggression against ukraine would have serious political, economic, and geostrategic consequences you, for russia. vincent for was months of forget, close to ukraine's border. russian military drills are on despite the threat of sanctions and forces continue to amass. the key question is whether a diplomatic solution is still possible, especially with one sticking point. ukraine wants to join nato and russia doesn't want a member of the security lions on their doorstep. ukraine's president bloody mailed, zalinski says that's not up to russia. the bar please 0, not the 6 here,

many leader of say that ukraine shouldn't constantly talk about nato membership because of the risk of a russian reaction in what i think there's no hiding any more than i think we should be sincere. those is your music for if our decision to make for the us me is the easiest thing you thought was illness. good alive. wow, allah, charles will now negotiate with the other side of the table. your money will take a look at these developments with a roman gone to ranko from d. w. 's of russia, ukraine in eastern europe department. welcome robin. at what message as chancellor . a shawls taking to moscow today. well i think there are 3 key takeaways 1st and the german chancellor have has expressed the german support for your crime . so he 1st went to keith and on the 2nd day to moscow, i think it's a very clear message of support. second, this political,

russia is demanding that ukraine should implement all the means agreements on eastern ukraine. first of all, of course, it's a special status for those separatist regions supported by russia and elections in those regions. ukraine has been saying so far, we could do that, but 1st, the shooting might stop and we must get the control over the ukranian border with russia, which is um, 400 kilometers long. if we have any, any movement on that, we still don't know, but i expect we could heard some hear some news on that in the coming days. and the 3rd message is for germany still refuses to supply weapons and to ukraine, which is very frustrating for the ukrainian government. and the german chancellor is still not willing to speak loudly about the nod stream to pipeline gas pipeline from russia to germany, and to threaten to use it in case of invasion. i think those 2 messages or

something on messages that are very welcome in moscow in russia. i think mister boucher will like it. the question is, if those messages will help to de escalate if russia is willing to pull up to pull away the troops from the ukrainian border and we still see no signs of that right now. mister shell says the latest in a long line of national leaders and senior diplomats arriving in moscow for talks. is there any indication that anything, any of them has said, has had any effect on president putin's thinking? well, not really. a president, putin is still keeping all options on the table so he can escalate and he can escalate his waiting. and we've just one day before the visit of chancellor sholtes in moscow, we heard some of the escalating signals or signals that could be interpreted as the escalation attempt, where her russian minister of foreign minister love rove, said we could continue negotiating with the west with the nato and the russian

defense minister saying the military maneuver, ukrainian border will soon be over. but we still don't know what will happen after that if some part of the troops will remain. so russia is keeping all cards on the table and we can see what we still cannot see in those cards. i think we'll, we'll, we will have one more, a clear answer to that crucial question. what will happen next? when mr. booting will deliver his speech or a state of the union speech in the coming days or weeks. ok. now what of chancellor shalt says? our biggest economic bargaining chips is the north stream to gas pipeline. so we'll hear from d, w g for international editor, richard walker, and then we'll come back to you room. this must be the most controversial piece of infrastructure in the world right now. north stream to a gas pipeline that connects russia to germany. it's recently been finished, but it's not yet up and running. and it has

a lot of enemies. environmentalists hate it because it pumps a fossil fuel. ukraine's president hates it because it undercuts his country's pipelines. and the u. s. hates it saying it'll make europe too dependent on russian gas now with russian forces bearing down on ukraine's borders. u. s. president joe biden says one false move would be the last straw world. the notion that north stream t would go north stream to go forward with invasion by the russians just not going to happen. this was an awkward moment for german chancellor, olaf schultz, for years he'd insisted that north stream too had nothing to do with politics. meeting biden, last week, he was under a huge pressure to follow the u. s. line, but instead he spoke him generalities. now we would be united,

we will act together and we will take all the necessary steps and all the necessary steps will be done by all of us to get help somehow won't bring himself to say the words nord stream to. and this vagueness has brought him a lot of criticism of the us and from other allies, with all this pressure and with europe seemingly on the brink of wall. what's holding him back? the answer lies in his party. the social democrats, it's long prided itself as a bridge builder with russia and aud stream to makes landfall in a state governed by the party. it is not. it's susie asking about the speaking publicly about, you know, losing not stream. it would be, it would create a major role within his own political family. much depends on what happens next. any military action by russia would force schultz to make a decision. but for critics of north train to this is all too late. we have said

from the very beginning that such a, an under c, a gas pipeline to germany will or could, at some point be used by russia as a geopolitical lever. and we see that this is what the crime is doing right now. for all our sholtes, it's the 1st big taste as chancellor of what can happen when international pressure and domestic politics collide. it could be the 1st of many. so roman, gone to ranko, an international reaction to any russian invasion of ukraine is likely to be economic. bob of the military rushes already under harsh sanctions. so is the threat of more likely to sway our president primitive a threat of sanctions. i don't think that it will make a big impression on president fulton because russia had years and years to prepare for this escalation. and he did his homework. so russia knew what is the west is

capable of. so russia prepared its financial system, its bank system. it's, it's ready to cut off the internet, so cut off the rush completely from, from connection to the outside world. it can do it. russian military is ready, russian society is ready. so i don't think that any, any, any sanctions or threats can, can make an impression on him. but we still don't know how far is here ready to go . and what is his play actually in europe is. so we know what he wants in ukraine, but we still don't know what he wants from from europe because his, his demands are very far reaching. so we still have to wait and see what, what is really his intention. and i keep hearing that chancellor shelton's visit is being seen as one of the last opportunities for a diplomatic solution. but president putin has made it clear that the person he most wants to hear from is the u. s. president joe biden. that's true.

so this is actually what i'm waiting for, a new summit between president putin and president biden. just the one like we've seen in geneva in june last year. i think this is coming probably in spring. and only after that, we will know if there is any chance for peace or the escalation. ok, thank you for that roman contractor from d. w is that russia, ukraine, and the eastern europe service just to bring you some breaking news on that. russian media reporting that some russian troops and are returning to their basis after completing military drills close to ukraine. and the country's defense minister is quoted as saying that some units have completed the exercises and the loading equipment on the trains to return. however, other drills are continuing or should military units have been carrying out large scale exercises near its board with ukraine, which prompted those western concerns about an invasion. moscow of course, is always denied. it has any plans to invade more on that story across the day. now,

to other stories making headlines around the world and russian opposition leader likes in a valley has got on trial again and a new case that could see his prison term extend. it is currently serving a sentence in a penal colony, and russian prosecutors and now accusing him of steaming almost $5000000.00 from donations to his charity. amnesty international has described this latest trial as a shout leasing on judas of surround the home of the form president after the united states demanded his extradition. the u. s. accuse is one o lando hernandez, of corruption and involvement in drug trafficking with his left office last month following 8 years as president. he denies all the charges. canada's prime minister just intruder is using emergency powers to end protests against pandemic restrictions. police of clear to trackers blockade of a key border crossing into the united states. but the drivers are still blocking

others and occupying much of the capitals business district. ah, it's a headache that canada's government hasn't been able to shake protest as in parts trucks. still digging in outside parliament and clogging the streets of the capital, otto elsewhere. convoys of vehicles still mobilizing some border crossings. as the nationwide protests entered their 3rd week, prime minister just in trudeau invoked the emergencies act. it gives the government broad powers to intervene. the police will be given more tools to restore order in places where public assemblies can constitute illegal and dangerous activities, such as blockades, occupations, as seen in ottawa, ambassador bridge, and elsewhere. these tools include strengthening their ability to impose fines or imprisonment. treatment rule that using the military and set the measures would be

time limited. with canada's on the con wave subsiding, it has already started removing some coven 19 restrictions. the protest is key demand. on monday, the province of ontario announced an end to proof of vaccination requirements and capacity limits for businesses that the premier made clear. this was not a concession to the blockade, paralyzing the capital city. today's announcement is not because of what's happening in ottawa or windsor, but despite it to those who are still there to those of you who are there with a sole objective of causing disruption and chaos, there'll be serious consequences for this lawless activity. oh, what started his protests against vaccine mandates for truckers has grown into a rallying point for opposition to canada's government. provincial authorities have

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