a different as if there are different forms of time. time, a dimension. we know we won't live forever and illusion. about time presenting futures past starts april 14th on d. w. a . no rushes war and ukraine is now more than a month old. millions of people have fled their homes and ukraine and thousands have been killed. meanwhile, the phrase that hasn't driven german economic policy for decades, vondell durst handle or change through trade,

is now being re thought since the cold war, germany has tried to use economic ties to influence the behavior of its trading partners for previous german governments that also meant buying ever more russian natural gas and oil. today, germany and the you are seeing how that policy left them vulnerable as governments rushed to cut ties with moscow. russia is also preparing to be cut off from the west and is even considering creating its own internet. the war and ukraine, a turning point. that's our topic today on made. welcome. now, russian oligarchy have been targets of these western sanctions. the logic is take where they take away their villas and super yachts, and they will use their influence over vladimir putin to get him to stop his war. already tens of billions of dollars an oligarchy. assets have been seized, budgeted alex proff has suffered the biggest loss of almost 13000000000 euros or

more than 70 percent of his assets. next up, our alexei more to shove, vladimir put tonya and kennedy, tim shingo with losses between 6 and 7000000000 euros. mac hal friedman lost 2300000000 euros. and lastly, roman abramoff vege, the owner of the chelsea of sci soccer club. last 1500000000 euros there get mass reports on how sanctions have rippled across london, long known as a safe haven for dirty money. and a playground for oligarchy. well, it's interesting because the, the, the, these oligarchs really think they own london is london controlled by russians. the british capital is home to numerous super rich oligarchs. they've invested a lot of money here. much of it from questionable business dealings. most have close ties with vladimir putin, bill brown used to do business with them before switching sides to fight them from

his new home in london. his motive is personal. vladimir putin was regime killed. my lawyers were game ended. ski hootin had an opportunity which was he could have arrested the people who killed survey and put them in jail. but instead potent decided to effectively break break off good relations with the united states in order to protect just a few corrupt officials that work for him. bill brown did fiercely oppose is vladimir putin, in his opinion oligarchs, emily henchman, for the russian president. we asked him about london's amputation as a city full lift britton's kremlin aligned elite. when we come to london, oh, there is this nickname. they don't mean that nickname, a london rod. so lots of a russian money in london and london, this being called a money laundering capital of the world is that justified it's totally justified. london has attracted more russian money than probably any other city in the world.

the money came here because there's property rights. there's rule of law and there's a police force. this never asks any awkward questions. there's never been any such serious pursuit of criminal money by the british authorities. many of them bought expensive villas and apartments in this up market district of london. now, under the new sanctions, the british government has ordered the seizure of some oligarchs property. the most high profile of those oligarchs is even lost control of his soccer club. britons foreign ministry says assets worth the equivalent of 17900000000 euros have been seized. so far, well, i think the intentions are great. i'd like to see whether the implementation works out to be as great as the attention. suddenly our interview is interrupted. even though we're allowed to film here,

television crews are clearly not welcome right now in this only got neighborhood. so actually what's going on right now and i guess i can. so it looks like we're being harassed by some are some concierge of one of these buildings we're filming here. it's scary enforcement. it's all 45 minutes later we're able to raise you, can you give me a little bit about what you would actually like to see in terms of implementation? well, 1st and foremost, i'd like to see 100 all a guards on the sanctions list having their properties frozen the secondly, i'd to see assets identified and frozen after that. only 20 oligarchs have been sanctioned by britain so far. but what will those sanctions actually achieve? can freezing assets and the war in ukraine? we shouldn't expect the oligarchs to arise up and we shouldn't expect the people to

rise up, not because they're not happy or not because they're not unhappy. but because i'm glad reputed has them so terrified the purpose of this whole exercise is just bleed him dry so that there's no more money to send out to, to finance this war. it's as simple as that. but what economic consequences could london face as a result of losing the oligarchs wealth, especially since that money has been welcome here for so many years. i think that perhaps property prices in some of the most exclusive neighborhoods will start to maybe not go up or possibly go down. i think you be able to get seats and restaurants that are, that you couldn't go to before. i either get an idea, you know their feet be a few jewelers and a few a coffers and a few people who's who cater to the alter rich that may be feeling a pinch, but i don't think the average person in the u. k is going to notice it at all

it was only a few months ago that the german government was fiercely advocating for the newly completed $9000000000.00 euro russian gas pipeline. north stream to the war means that project me never see the light of day football club. shaka also wants nothing to do with russian gas, giant gas prom which has been its main financial backer. for years, the club has now found a new sponsor, but not every one has been as quick to condemn. russia takes former chancellor gerhard schroeder, who continues to hold positions at both gas prom and russian oil giant rods. nafta . schroeder has played a key role over the years and deepening russian, german economic ties. those are now proving hard to unwind. we had set up an interview at gas gade, a subsidiary of guns, problems with it. but the receptionist comes to the door to tell us it's been canceled. the german subsidiary is tight lipped. and not just when it comes to

journalists, local politicians till a similar story. mit gas, i have no experience with gas from or its subsidiaries. i haven't seen or heard anything. gosh, we just see the gas holder and know they're, they're due to the ownership structure, but we have no contact otherwise. contact. who he believes that gas prom purposely didn't refill the local gas holder before the russian invasion of ukraine. so it could use the miss delivery of natural gas to put germany under political pressure them. i didn't feel like a muffler made the mistake of putting these things on to foreign hands. all they abused their power and try to starve us of energy or the like. and then money to start a dialogue in a diplomatic way. but the word expropriation has to be mentioned in the advertisement. they need to know we're serious and that our basic services eric is

thank you. one follow. the mayor of e. m gum and northern germany has had similar experiences through his office window. hans peter hyphens looks directly out onto a gas. com gas holder. it's one of the biggest in europe. the kremlin is helping to fund its war in ukraine with gas exports. joyce kaiser to thousands of people are dying in this war, housing mentors and ultimately this war is also being funded with money earned in germany theaters possibly in our community to begin as play movies. i don't think there's any one in our community who still batch this company into these mountain names. did. the volunteer fire department ensures the safety of the guards? prom facility that costs younger, some $250000.00 euros a year. the mayor wants goth prompt to pay. he's been negotiating with its

subsidiary us, dora for years. but contact is difficult here to despite verbal agreements, no payments have been made. it's corporate structures are impenetrable. and local authorities here in northwestern germany no longer get tax revenue from god's prom bungle post, which i know as a result of a restructuring of reorganization of company structures. the tax payments dried up completely as no way of reaching those responsible. and so that was true in the past. 2 eyes are experiences of gas from here in the region have not been positive on this board up to now gas. prom subsidiaries had a free hand here in germany. important gas holders, pipelines, and major infrastructure are owned by gas problem. now the government is rethinking its approach and wants to exert greater control declares it's like if

this crisis shows that we need much more transparency than we have right now. i think at the moment it's almost impossible to tell who is in business with whom and whose gas is flowing through which i, lifeline, litle faced, i ain't vicious, goss mayer, hans peter hyphens hopes for more support from berlin? not just for younger homes, unpaid bills, but for far bigger issues like fuel security and a war funded by gas revenue. as germany scrambles to replace russian energy, somewhat the government to rethink its plans to shut down its last nuclear reactors . this year, does ditching rush and gas outweigh the safety risks of nuclear power? our next piece looks at both sides of the argument. the west needs energy. it also wants to be independent of russian oil and gas. could nuclear power provide

the answer o fukushima a nuclear disaster that shocked the world. 11 years later, it still influences attitude to nuclear power in many countries. andre jacques says fukushima turned him into an anti nuclear activist. he travel to japan, following the disaster from worse it to the hope was up to me. it was like the end of the world. you know, she was she from that moment on, i wondered about the risk of living close to a nuclear reactor, especially for women and children. what kind of dangers would they be exposed to in the event of an accident? on his expose? ology, bushings, exinore, nuclear. the fact is, nuclear power is a lot more dangerous than renewable energy. yet it's also true that on balance nuclear accidents have claimed fewer lives than coal mining oil drilling or gas extraction accidents. still in the wake of the fukushima disaster,

germany opted to face out nuclear power. if you hear guns office, i would like to say that although i support civilian nuclear power, my view of nuclear energy has been altered by the events in japan. yup. on for in, thus, germany's decision shocked the world, not least because coal fired power plants are also being shut down to fight climate change. proponents of nuclear power say the phase out must be stopped if germany is to become independent of russia, haven't it jen? an enormous talent, it's not the fast, literally cannot afford. it looked through it to say no. however, the nuclear phase out has helped boost the renewable energy sector. 10 years ago, renewables accounted for 20 percent of electricity generation in germany. now it's more than 50 percent. you can argue it both ways,

but probably germany would have been able to reduce efficient bit quicker if frankly, that also that supported really the uptake of renewal. also not only in germany, but meanwhile neighboring france has taken a different route. it's home to more than 50 nuclear reactors, and many of them have been operating for decades. perusal, how nuclear v say old of the reactors are the greater the risk of accidents, no one can guarantee that they will remain safe for ford, after all, nuclear power plants produce radioactive substances. equal justine using such as plutonium, which then has to be extracted from spent nuclear fuel and reprocessed. like here at france's la hog site. it's now over 50 years old, but experts say the industry will be different in the future. it would, it with the idea is to develop react as the can be produced in factories with processes that are fully automated as possible. that keeps costs down without compromising standards. the alpha right now,

many countries are banking on nuclear energy and building new reactors, especially in asia. but critics aren't convinced they say the decision to use nuclear power is usually political rather than for economic reasons . they argue nuclear power is more costly than the alternatives. oh, it normally would it in places where economics have put 1st, nuclear energy doesn't play much of a role in france is tradition, me and nuclear power. economically, it was a disaster. the french utility company, e. d. f electricity to france, or which bore the brunt of this program, has debts with 40 to 45000000000 euros, and has not to be rescued from bankruptcy by being re nationalized in one court. it remains a conundrum. the west, once less, russian oil and gas, but it still needs to get its energy from somewhere.

well, nuclear power means clearly controversial here in the you. but one renewable energy source that has widespread support is hydrogen to use as green. hydrogen will play a major role and it's cool to quite russian gas by 2024. 1 community and northern germany already has put hydrogen powered buses on the streets. could it be the blueprint for the you hydrogen industry? take a look. if only our exhaust pipes emitted just water, my mice as the driver, you know, you're the only thing producing c o 22, it's very important yet. the whole world can learn something here. on the left are hydrogen production facilities, and those bill could be a blueprint for the rest of the world. and they are proud of what they have achieved. under this rule, it's untasted. we can produce it and use it locally policy milton firm, we are in germany's far norris to see

a trailblazing pilot project. this region is endeavoring to switch from fossil fuels to hydrogen. is it working? and what is it costing locals to hydrogen? powered buses have been running on the scheduled route. several refueling stations have had to be built for the project. here. cars can also fill up with hydrogen. what does the driver think about his new bus? this great thing is that it's so quiet, you only hear the electric motor and steering gear, otherwise it's silence. we're bellow to the fog. of course with passengers on board. you can hear they talk the sometimes that's not so nice. but at some point you switch off and focus on other things like the traffic. mendoza. hm. was me too much been in chosen for you, but is the bus really fit for everyday use? after a currently,

it's sometimes difficult to refuel on the tongue country. the bus and the refueling facility aren't communicating with one another on the it's a software problem, but that can be saw news and a few software update should fix it. it's sorted. oscar this time. this is the heart of the hydrogen project. that was in this here is our electrolyzer. will y'all open it? andre shy now got the pilot project off the ground. his company operates the electrolyzer, which cost several $1000000.00 euros. here. hydrogen is me from water to the process, needs a lot of electricity, believe me and it's, and we have a grid bottleneck here. charges of wind turbines are actually forced to shut down, and we have periods of excess electricity. the one in effect where we wondered what to do with his electricity i need is of course, rather than wasted, we want it to use this energy and store it and use it when renewables aren't available. we aren't as feeding it back into the grid, but using it in other sectors to look games like mobility and heating,

who will be more detailed on the famine. and this is how it's done. with the help of wind power purified tap water is split into oxygen and hydrogen. thy durgin is then transported to the local hydrogen refueling stations. a lot of heat is generated in the process of creating hydrogen. this is fed into the district heating grid, enabling buildings to be heated carbon free in the nearby village of bus booth mac sperm as one of the beneficiaries. he says that he hasn't had any problems with it so far. the van is not from the to the heating under buses or just the beginning. so of course, it would be nice if the were also wanted to hydrogen powered cars parked outside of literacy. but at the moment, not everyone could afford it so that we also couldn't afford it, hasn't gone. but i think the future looks promising. definitely for 2000

a hydrogen powered car costs approximately twice as much as the equivalent diesel model. there are only 30 on the road in the region up to now. filling up is also pricey. it costs 50 euros to drive 500 kilometers compared with 25 for an electric car. as of imbeciles longer, we have to get used to the fact that a green economy is more expensive than a fossil fuel based economy. individual. that's the price we pay for climate protection $1000.00. but we're all interested in saving our world with this technology has been around for a long time, but it still is early stages in buffalo and it hasn't been put to large scale use and that will make it cheaper if i walk instead of it. the people here think that inside only a few years, climate friendly hydrogen will cost the same as conventional energy. the bus boom pilot project proves the technology is certainly fit for every day use. now

must have a c, v internet as a way to connect with others around the world. that is no longer the case in russia . putin's crackdown on the internet means social media services like instagram are banned for, and media is blocked and domestic media is censored. russia aims to make its own internet independent from western technology and influence. but is that even possible? ah, the global internet might seem chaotic, but service providers spread around the world, keep it running smoothly. most of the time. now, speculation is rife that russia could cut itself off from that network. could the entire country be left without an online link to the rest of the world mm. leaving it that would be difficult and very risky. is that even possible to have an isolated internet? and what could go wrong? authorities in russia have reportedly been told to used only domestic hosting

services and not one's from abroad. moscow is already blocking public access to foreign news and social media sites. and us firms are busy cutting links to russia due to international sanctions. the result is a growing isolation. well, technically speaking, there is a such a possibility. there is such a possibility that russia could be isolated. roland b. busy internet nikita is still mean works for a russian n g o that supports an open, self regulated internet. he says international sanctions are leading to an even greater suppression of freedom inside russia. what we can see right now is that on the whole, the story is used as a man ah, here in russia, i'm for some g man, you know, do look to specify their action cannot adjusted by interact restrictions and

rational rise and freedom of speech. so what would it take for russia to cut itself off from the world but still have a functioning national internet multicultural? not will you need the required network infrastructure, the bandwidth, and also the server hold on as well as the communication elements within them. good, mental doubt. manuel is well acquainted with the workings of the internet. i should be good one. so for example, if you enter w w, w dot d, w dot com is on the computer doesn't know what kind of website that arises on them . but there's a name resolution which says that in the i t world with this name means we want to address this particular server via this route. and so the computer says right, understood and forwards the request to the right place or it's machine coffins who are operating everything needed without using any foreign systems, would be

a mammoth task and take years to prepare. and even with the best planning, there could be some nasty surprises cons lined up, or you could say that right? these websites are linked to a russian system was long name resolution works inside russia. so we can disconnect them from the global internet platform as folks a new one. but then you discover that dynamic information on the website is linked to a u. s. cloud server. because that was a cheaper option or it offered a specific function that is not yet available in russia, is good to go out of i, you can own suddenly, the entire system doesn't work any more. on spoke to nicholas councils was famous mil, russia does have alternatives to popular services like facebook or google. but what a fuser still wants to access sites like instagram, which is now blocked in russia. could they hide their identity using a virtual private network or v p n to buy pants to blockade?

the great, it depends on the particular vpn service, because not all, not all of them are ah function in, in the russian federation. samuel is them, has already been blocked by the oversight, governmental originals, or if russia did manage to cut itself off from the global internet, that would surely spell the end of all freedom of speech. only pro government voices would be heard on an internet controlled by the kremlin in we do seem to be at a turning point. first, the pandemic. and now the russian war of aggression are challenging, are certain to use for all the latest developments on the war and ukraine. be sure to check out d, w dot com from me and the team here in for one. thanks for watching and see you soon.

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focus on europe. in 30 minutes on d, w, into the conflict zone with sebastian. how worry, go russia 5 about the progress of the war. the small band of investigative journalists was managed to pierce the veil of secrecy among them. i'm very sorry. bother founder and the 3rd they are going through our website with tract rushes, who can do services. it's really difficult for them like a logical and flicked zone. oh wow, because it was not only about 90 minutes on d. w, with people in trucks injured when trying to see the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away. warner, families, planes on attacking syria for these correct only thing. we loaded

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ah ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin, russia's actions and ukraine damping hopes of a reduction in its military operations. brushing forces continue bombarding areas near here and share ne his. despite promising to scale down attacks, training president will dimmer lensky sounds, a defiant tone, saying his forces will fight for every meter of his country. also coming up and ultimatum from pu, tend to ukrainian forces in the besieged port city of maria,

pull to lay down their weapons. they want the shelling to stop.