ukraine stops receiving russian gas optimising the latest and final deadline has done paying its multibillion dollar debt the stress is that's the price you have will continue as planned. that says but guess problem says here it is threatening to take as much gas as it needs for free from the transit pipeline supplying russian gas to the. fresh b.s. of a mountain police red are served up in america by revelations that offices are being told what pins are from the walls they just bought a low crime rate at home. and a young palestinian is killed or during clashes with israeli troops amid a mess of door to door men hard with three jewish teenagers kidnapped in the west

bank. a very warm welcome to you if you're just joining us here on r.t. international when live from moscow you're with me say russia's gas problem has stopped a guest surprise to ukraine after kill failed to pay a pod of its huge dead by the final deadline arches marina cos there are reports from outside the gas giants headquarters in moscow. well we've actually heard from the c.e.o. of gas from alexei miller and he's been meeting with russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev and once again miller said that the ukraine's position is a form of blackmail. which is the position of the ukrainian side can be described as open blackmail the ukrainian government the prime minister wanted gazprom to allow ukraine to pay an ultra low price for gas like those in the customs union and

if such low prices were not granted to kiev ukraine said it would not pay back its gas that to russia it also said it would take a gas without any payment and in volumes it needs of course such demands are unacceptable for the russian side that's why gas problem and to the prepayment method ten am this morning we also know that ukraine's prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk has imposed a state of emergency on the country's energy sector here of course now has to pay up front if it wants any gas of from russia now the price that russia was offering is three hundred eighty five dollars four thousand cubic meters even the e.u. energy chief said that the price was reasonable but again when it comes to ukraine's prime minister siniora he doesn't want to pay any more than two hundred sixty five dollars and that is the price that was agreed with the previous leadership in ukraine before february's who so right now since both sides are can't agree on the price or take matters to the international court ukraine is accusing

russia of playing political games of russia simply looking to get its money back now of course as we know many euro kitty and countries there dreading this period right now because they don't want to see a repeat of what happened in two thousand and six and two thousand and nine and that's when ukraine was called siphoning off gas and time that for them through its transit pipelines and since of course we know that many european countries depend heavily on russian gas their concerns are on the stand but right now the ball is in kiev supports and already we know as i said that many european countries are worried that we will see ukraine siphoning gas. off of them since they can't get their hands on more. now to summarize the facts for ukraine so far as russia more than four billion dollars what russia demanded women said its final deadline was that it received at least half of that money now mostly have stress that it will continue supplying europe as before ukraine has been demanding that moscow cut the price on gas supplies the e.u.

has called gas from his final offer of three hundred eighty five dollars per thousand cubic meters a reasonable proposal and as you can see that number is lower than the estimates of what many e.u. countries pay for russian gas and here's how they get a pipeline that goes out from russia into the e.u. the majority goes through ukraine's territory well despite assurances from moscow that supplies to europe would not suffer gazprom says that here has threatened that it will take as much transit gas as it needs for free which it has done before and ukraine's prime minister has said me yet the new guy has ordered a review of the transit fees for russia's gas supplies to europe right now we're going to go live to london's political experts alexander crossover who joins us now thank you very much mr norcross of now gazprom says ukraine has threatened to siphon the transit gas let's take

a listen to guess from steve miller on that. the position of the ukrainian side can be described as open blackmail the ukrainian government the prime minister wanted just from to allow ukraine to pay an ultra low price for gas it also said it would take our gas without any payment and in volumes it needs of course such demands are unacceptable for the russian side. mr miller said it sounds like an open blackmail could we be looking at a repeat of what happened in two thousand and nine with power shortages in europe. right. now you waiting for my are absolutely absolutely waiting put me up sorry i'm sorry i'm so i've lost yourself for a moment i thought we'll have an x. simular saying again well basically it basically let's let's look at this from

a different point of view all together these talks on the gas prices basically have nothing to do with gas because. we know that the ukrainian government does not and the pressure from the european union and america now america first of all doesn't need to have any sort of agreement in place at the moment america needs more tension between russia and ukraine and it's doing everything to keep this pressure of tension intact. i think that until we have a crisis sort of a civil war situation in the east of ukraine to try to negotiate with the ukrainian side and expect reason and logic from it would be probably impossible and i think i look simular and the russian government understand that and although that trying to negotiate them and put pressure of sorts and try to find

a reasonable solution i don't think they they will be able to do that and then they know that as they already said that there's a third party at the table which is pressing ukraine to continue in this city you know them taking this position which is impossible basically to the result so. for getting low all the prices all the other things this will continue until the european union and the united states change that attitude towards this situation and i don't really see any resolution until they do i guess one would ask why is. at the gas situation between ukraine and russia and the well. i think you know the current situation is such that. there is the basically no

way out. the sides will say you know the russians with russia russian side will well. it will be refused and we are seeing that every time russia is making a concession. the ukrainian side says no no no we can't accept this and they are actually making statements which people all the. all the talks that they can play as before now what we're seeing here is not blackmail by the ukrainian side i think we're seeing here blackmail more or coming from the americans and the. why because these. europeans and americans were saying all along to the ukrainians ok we don't want you to be with russia because we're going to save you we're going to give you loads of loads of money money is not coming now in the normal situation of the what happened in kiev from february. you would expect the european union

which is supposedly having a boisterous recovery stuff playing for ukraine because it's too cold we're basically running the ukraine and america also chipping in and playing as well so this so-called conflict. based on the gas prices would have been the result ages ago well months ago but no they keep the situation in fact they are not. board to ukraine in the sense that to play for you for the russian gas coming to ukraine they're deliberately creating a standoff and they themselves are saying that they are boarded. the gas might stop coming to the european customers other european customers so we have basically see a situation where it's the european union and the u.s. making causing all the problems and i think i'm sure you know as we're witnessing

everything going on from london i can tell you something. every time both russia and ukraine are seen as not being able to see or of the problems the people in washington. live in london in the political establishment they're smiling because that's what they want so i think i should i think it's time to question the people in key from say to them guards you're working for the west you're not working for the interests of your own people do something resolve the situation still causing problems we can have to leave it right there alexander in the cross off i wish i had more time with you political expert they giving us his thoughts on that this gas from situation with ukraine ukraine russia situation that whichever way you want to see it thank you very much for your time and i do apologize to have you i think you're full of that slight delay between us here in moscow as well as in

london there with mr. right as well as looking hons i guess with russia kiff still waging a military campaign in ukraine's east and near the city of slovyansk one of the places hardest hit by the military operation journalists have come under fire a correspondent for marching through up to a video agency was among them here's what he told us. although we were walking through fields when we heard a machine gun we dived down i kept on filming the self defense member who was our guards called for backup and a car came to pick us we jumped in we were driving fast and then another shot ripped through our tire and we were driving just the bare wheel for the rest of our journey we thank god we were alive when we made it now the crew was filming a report about the allegations of phosphorus bombs being used by the ukrainian army they designed to cause large fires and they use is strictly prohibited by the u.n.

another two journalists working for russian t.v. have been relieved the pair were held by ukrainian security forces since saturday meanwhile thousands of people are having to flee their homes in the east to the violence. to get minute by minute coverage of all the elements in ukraine's crisis on air and online at our t.v. dot com. there's outrage in communities across america after revelations that local police forces are getting heavy duty military equipment washington says it's using surplus hardware from its overseas walls to both the security at home but some americans fear that neighborhoods are now turning into war zones of their own as marina and i reports. well as america continues winding down its longest streak of war soldiers are returning home and so is their military arsenal a used armored vehicle that will be used during swat calls and other emergency

situations nine foot tall mine resistant trucks specifically designed to survive roadside bomb attacks are parked all throughout the u.s. local and state police departments have acquired more than four hundred m. wraps and silencers and tens of thousands of m. sixteen machine guns and night vision equipment is a new paradigm is the military paradigm militarized police and the problem with that is when they look at american citizens often they see only combatants this is all made possible through america's military transfer program created in the ninety's when violence and drug gangs plagued major cities today crime in the u.s. has fallen to its lowest in a generation and the special response team in richland county south carolina looks like this ready to take on the taliban should it invade the self this year the thing that it's doing is basically just making it more and more obvious that are they are being watched her eyes are police forces are being turned into

soldiers iraq war veteran emily yates says her country's law enforcement is being trained to fight against the public instead of serving to protect it they should be trained to deescalate any violence or gresham that's happening but instead the police are showing up and causing violence and aggression people are just afraid all the time and for no reason our country has never been invaded we have no foreign armies at our doorstep however a sheriff in indiana claims his county needs m. wraps to protect against possible attacks by veterans returning from home i see a lot of paranoia about that here as i don't like it usually excuse the armed police like they're intimate you know. like the people of afghanistan and we got a problem using that as a way to militarize the police for whatever they think might be coming in the future a future where america's local police forces will be prepared for war but who will

they be warring against marina r.t. even some form of police offices worried about knowing full says getting so much firepower at home now anti-catholic ray lewis has sided with protesters this is a that has played peaceful demonstrators and occupy wall street and she hasn and eleven he says such crackdowns could turn deadly militia weapons on his pipe and his. high caliber weapons are extremely dangerous they have a very high ricocheting velocity and that means that innocent people are going to get killed and injured they will be shot they can go through doors they can go through cinder block they can go through metal car doors and this type of velocity is not necessary think of kent state. where they shot so many and killed so many innocent people and they were not high caliber weapons can you imagine the massacre

that would take place if officers had high caliber weapons they will sell this high equipment the repair the maintenance for this will come from taxpayers money corporate america will make billions offices off of this equipment you heard of the prison industrial complex you heard of the military industrial complex corporate america now wants to make a polies industrial complex will make billions off of police departments. coming up later in the program the gap narrows and scottish independence we give you the details of the ongoing debate. clashes between palestinians and israeli troops have left a one teenager did in the west bank city of ramallah it comes as tell of the virus more than forty palestinians in connection with the abduction of three jewish teenagers the latest detention reportedly bringing the total number of those rounded up to at least one hundred fifty among them as the speaker of the palestinian parliament was also

a member of hamas artie's policia has more on the operation from tel aviv. this has resulted in the closure of several palestinian cities and also in house to house searches and it was during one of those searches that overnight a nineteen year old palestinian was shot dead during clashes in the palestinian city of ramallah now the israeli government says that the hamas militant group is clearly to blame it says that despite the fact that the organization has not taken responsibility and let's remember that this is an organization that in the past has clearly stated when it is responsible for attacks and for kidnappings in fact a massive said the israeli accusations are silly the three teenagers were kidnapped on tuesday night while they were hitchhiking home after a religious studies the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed that he will do everything in his power to bring them back safely he also points the blame at the palestinian president mahmoud abbas saying he needs to shoulder responsibility particularly in light of the recent of palestinian unity government

that was formed this unity government is something that the israeli prime minister has criticized repeatedly saying that it is an opportunity that hamas is trying to use to gain if through their stronghold in the west bank as is always the case of course it is the ordinary palestinians who are feeling the repercussions of this heavy handedness on the israeli response side you have border closures you have an increased israeli military presence now in the palestinian territories and the mood on the ground of course is that no one is certain how long this will continue for. points and asked all news stories after a break. i think. we're going to go digital the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy albus. in

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oh so you're watching r t international the gap between yes and no votes on scottish independence is closing a recent survey shows nearly half of all scottish families are divided on the question for independence campaigner angus miller joins us live well for more on why scotland assured her its on way thank you very much for being with us mr avila one of the key issues in the independence debate are pensions now according to the think tank pensions policy institute a poll see as scottish government would need to raise taxes cut spending or accept hide dead to afford pensions the how was scotland deal with that problem. well the key point about pensions is that ad spending on social protection that's pensions

and welfare payments actually take up a proportion of our national wealth at the moment i'm for the rest of the you gave so pensions spending is actually more affordable in scotland under the westminster system going forwards the question is if the ageing population was a number of thing tanks of meat. is the fact that we have hope leasing which is agents like the foster and the rest of the u.k. . that's the situation's going to continue regardless of whether or not we become independent the key question is do we give ourselves the powers to tackle the problem to tackle the problem of an ageing population and to actually deliver the powers to create more opportunities here to grow our workforce to grow our own can use tax base and i'm not swore i guess what gives us the power to actually topple this problem and therefore will be able to ensue a stronger pension system for people living in stone dr independent let's take a look add to your position within the european union now probably unity argument

is that scotland may have to abandon their membership to the e.u. will scotland be able to survive that without the well first of all i would say that scotland's actually and that's contributed to the european union so the question of whether we can survive outside it is it's neither here nor there it's absolutely ridiculous for the new campaign to suggest this wouldn't be through member of the european union scotland has been the boss of the e.u. for the last forty years our citizens are e.u. citizens and any other scenario the spill into sight of the european union. to the other member states of the e.u. who have businesses which operate in scotland as citizens who live here and that would jeopardize the rights of those businesses and citizens at school and has so much to give to the e.u. . one of the renewables powerhouses of europe we have sixty percent of the e.u.'s on. the very idea of the scope and some injected from the e.u. against our will it's just ridiculous and it also doesn't flex what's happening at

movement which is with the countries other member states of the european union. warning the current westminster government not to leave the european union in the pool in a referendum so if the other countries of the european union want the u.k. to stay in the e.u. why would they have to lead against a well that's it's not a plausible scenario and the new company and i don't think you can believe it themselves anymore. all three main westminister part is stated that they will block the scots plan to keep the pound as a formal currency what. in the turn of those events will you adopt a new currency or will you push to stay within the pano adeptly supposing. well what happens to scotland's currencies ultimately amounts of for the scottish government and b. is the campaign or not the government but that's another clear example of where the new campaign is playing politics they want to scare is many people in scotland as

possible into voting no to reject independents and that's why they've come up with this position on the fact is the stunning is as much salt and currency as it is that's of the best the united kingdom and any other scenario would mean at large transaction costs for business is the best you caved on wasn't part of the puns and it would also mean that there would be a launch loon in the balance of trade of the best the u.k. so that's another clear example of where it's actually in the interest simple scotland and the rest of the case for us to continue using the pound and that's why that's by far the most likely option the move the most likely outcome rather serious ones of them and. that yes god bless and sharing with us some of his thoughts as we count down to that referendum scotland. right as the votes in the as many famous names are choosing sides among them all the all the harry potter series j.k. rowling raised received abuse on line up to donating

a million pounds to british unity now scotland's soul u m p told r.t. sylvie sophie shevardnadze that his fellow scots shouldn't be misled by what the separatist politicians claim we had a three hundred year old alliance scotland has a three hundred year old lines with england which is benefit both countries and enable both of us to punch above our weight on the world stage mr samad is not offering independence either way mr salman who's the leader of the scottish national party for the scope of offering a rule from brussels because we want to remain part of the european union he wants to offer rule from brussels and financial rule from frankfurt that's not independence. a high ranking russian police officer who used to be tasked with fighting

corruption but was caught red handed himself has committed suicide according to his lawyer he jumped out of a window after being questioned and apparently this was in the suspects first attempt at his own life to see catherine off as the details. well boris kolesnikov is the former head of the economic security and anti corruption department at the interior ministry here he was in the process of being interrogated by authorities when he allegedly asked to use the bathroom and somehow managed to climb out of the window and plummets to his death and in a suicide. but there are of course questions about whether there may be potential police brutality involved in this case now back in may he sustained serious head injuries while in pretrial detention wasn't proven there had been allegations of potential police brutality that he may have been beaten up while in custody and this comes on the heels of news developments in another police brutality case that has sparked a nationwide outrage here in russia a fifty two year old man who was in detention two years ago in the russian city of

cazan when he was allegedly tortured beaten and sodomized with a champagne bottle he ended up dying from those injuries well today eight police officers were sentenced to up to fifteen years behind bars in connection to that gruesome killing. cross-talk is coming up next here on r.g.p. international but if you're in the u.k. you can watch the victims of domestic violence be got about trying to rebuild their lives i'll be back in half an hour. some people say that when it happens to someone in time not a very nice one the curtain falls down. fifth some point i could no longer stand it i decided to kill myself. you know i was scared of what i'd done but i punched but i didn't understand where i didn't want

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