and there is still be an effort to the. country and the leader of that country. with a responsibility for the. weekend to make rules for the rest. because without us there will be. going to tit for tat response russia says it's suspending participation in a key nuclear treaty after the u.s. made the same one else what's on friday. yellow vests for testers clash with police in paris demonstrators gather for

a twelfth weekend in a row. and as the venezuelan crisis escalates thousands take to the streets of the capital to back self-proclaimed president. pro-government demonstrators reply with own mass rallies. and i welcome swati international live from moscow i'm daniel who today thanks for joining us on the program this hour. putin has announced that moscow is suspending its participation in a key nuclear treaty the president called it a mirror a response saw for the same move from washington on friday. for many years we have proposed disarmament talks but our initiatives have not found the support of our partners in fact they always find a pretext for dismantling the global security system that's why i've asked our foreign and defense ministries to keep their doors open for dialogue but also not

to initiate any talks on the issue. well today washington officially suspends its participation in the i.n.f. treaty and it's just one episode throughout many years of dead end talks with the united states about disarmament and now russia has decided the time for empty talks has come to a close russian president vladimir putin has said that the u.s. his refusal to heed previous russian calls for disarmament is leading to an in danger moment of international security and so a mere response would mean not just the holding off of participation on russia's and in the i.m.f. treaty but also a taking up of research with regards to staying on par with the united states however he also said that this does not mean russia's going to embroil itself in a costly and drawn out arms race with the west now russian foreign minister sergei lavrov also said that the us has been violating this treaty since one thousand nine

hundred ninety nine specifically with its use of unmanned military drones and he also took a couple jabs at the united states m.k. forty one vertical missile launch system used by the u.s. navy now this has been in service since one thousand nine hundred eighty six and it has a ninety nine percent success rate since twenty four team the u.s. is deployed in europe is a full two one missile launches which is suitable for american tomahawk missiles which is a direct violation of the treaty these missile launches are based. and already to be constructed in poland russia's defense ministry released a statement talking about washington's long time violations of the treaty two years ago before the public unsubstantiated accusations against russia and suppose that violation of the on the treaty washington has already not only made the decision but to do then started preparing to manufacture

a medium and shorter range missiles banned by the treaty and the statement read specifically up. about a u.s. military industrial corporation called raytheon located in tucson arizona it says programs were launched back in june twenty seventh teen for the expansion and production of missiles banned by the i.n.f. treaty and that's led a lot of people in the russian government to suggest more than just political mirror reactions to what the united states is doing russia's defense minister said that some changes need to be made to the russian three m. fifty four caliber cruise missiles right now they can only be launched from the sea but some plans are in the works to change that. with the justin work on the dup and russia's caliber missile launch systems from maritime to land based ones we also suggest beginning to work on a new land base hypervigilance to boost to commit sile of short to medium range and of course these are only suspensions of participation in the i.n.f.

treaty but with diplomatic solutions looking less and less likely it's very likely that we'll be seeing serious developments in this story in the coming days so it's not the first time that russia spoken of the need to boost its military capabilities i'm a difficult relations with the united states last year putin announced a number of key improvements to its military awsome. tricky situation russia says it was forced to come up with a weapon capable of bypassing missile defenses in order to restore nuclear parity the can joe make thirty one can launch hypersonic missiles that can travel at more than ten times the speed of sound thanks to vast and that unpredictable dejected they are unstoppable the oven god hypersonic vehicle can fly it up to twenty times the speed of sound an i.c.b.m. will take it to an altitude of several dozen kilometers from where it can dive head first back to earth a top speed with aircraft like maneuverability dodging any missile defenses. in

contrast when other existing ballistic missiles reenter the atmosphere they fly at a preset trajectory making the midi targets for a.b.m. system sama might seem like an ordinary i.c.b.m. but its range is much in the legendary total and missiles can take the shortest route to the libyan systems some and can travel to the south pole where there's no missile shield and it will still hit its target but most importantly summit is a heavy missile capable of carrying more than twenty warheads that's five times more than the previous generation missiles a bit of a sneak nuclear powered cruise missile is a unique work and it's basically the same as an american coming. to whereas the whole slate is limited to two and a half thousand kilometers because of fuel constraints russia's new missile can fly indefinitely it can take any power to avoid missile defenses. just like poseidon honorable to drugs similar to the regular drones are used to

except these a submarine launched impossible at incredible speed could set targets under the sea they run so deep that no equipment can track them even if the tech did their high speed prevents them from being intercepted the new weapons commit work together to neutralize any existing missile defense systems in joke and destroy ground based a.b.m. systems because sidon drones take. care of those at sea then the samad have a garden cruise missiles can be launched towards the target bypassing any remaining barriers on top of that there's also a combat laser complex of it which is unique because it almost instantly delivers an energy to a target and has an unlimited battle reserve of developing new weapons is not a belligerent move rather a move to restore parity perhaps this time the call for a balance of forces and fair treatment all round will be heard when you actually mean you should we can dream up that there will be one of these. thing in nashik maybe just a moment to the museum if you want to go look when your website your financial

future in your you can speak for both of you only see when you and that's that america has been threatening for some time to withdraw from the i.m.f. treaty alleging as we've heard that russia is in violation of it moscow denies this and invited the u.s. to come and see for itself. looks at how the u.s. has been ramping up the pressure. the trumpet ministration is said to go down in history as the deal killer its approach is as time tested as it is straightforward and you start with the big and blunt accuse ation for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces really without remorse any intelligence clear and coherent facts of the presumed violation no need to bother with those for all you know they can be totally utterly nonexistent because if you repeat an allegation enough times there's a good chance it will become

a given russia has violated russia's violation russia shamelessly violates it the russians are violation of the agreement the russians have been violated they have documented is being violated by the russians let the charge sink in for a while and it's time to switch to threats here comes the pinnacle of the scheme and ultimatum if russia does not return to fall in verifiable compliance with the treaty within the six month period by verifiably destroying its violating missiles there launchers associated equipment the treaty will terminate other side of the story easy just stay deaf to any counter-argument and build on the empty accusations white house officials have named to the weapon they believe violates the end of treaty russia in turn invited to the u.s. to come and examine it personally but since the u.s. ignores russia's attempts at corp those offers are apparently worthless for

washington's allies as well and the response russia has long violated the treaty of truth is no longer contributes to global and regional security totally agree with the u.s. decision u.k. and allies are clear that russia alone is responsible for the demise of the i.n.f. treaty yeah apparently more schools eagerness to. avoid open access to something as sensitive as the key new russian made cruise missile is not very fire ball enough for nato we have to be or it's an alarming development and we see that we are stepping back. behind. the cold war era the end of europe on the other hand the seize the iron of deal as one of the few documents preventing it from being blown get right into the middle of a new arms race between the us and russia yet while the e.u.

has been very consistent pleading for the treaty to stay now it is torn between obligations to its transatlantic big brother and well instinct of self-preservation so we must prepare for a world without the un if. i want to we definitely don't want to see our continent million back to being a battlefield or a place where. other superpowers confront themselves there is a need for dialogue with russia for our part the german foreign minister and i will do everything to pave the way for talks within the six month period apart from that nato will ferrell is sas what the u.s. withdrawal would mean it is important to keep the window for dialogue open and in fact washington doesn't mind admitting whose interests it's putting first make no mistake about president trumps missions at present transmissions that is to make sure that any agreement that we entered into has america's best interest we will

move forward with developing our own military response options and will work with nato and other allies and partners to deny russia any military advantage from its unlawful conduct but trump doesn't want to see the concept of the end of a deal destroyed completely he says he wants a better one i hope that we're able to. get everybody at a very big and beautiful room and do a new treaty that would be much better yet he's maimed to so many deals the u.s. has sworn to stay committed to one might wonder why anyone would be unaware enough to trust the states again all we know are six months time to step up international pressure on the trump regime to change course because what we have seen not only with the iron actually but also with other treaty obligations is that this u.s. government is unwilling to fulfill its obligations and the international community

can no longer just stand by and watch. police have fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters in paris during clashes on the twelfth weekend of yellow vest protests. there was. to it. was. more than twenty demonstrators have reportedly been detained eight police officers have been injured across france this time around participants aren't just calling for social reform the rallies are dedicated to those injured by police at previous marches authorities say that over two thousand people have been injured since the vendor seventeenth our sister channel r.t. france spoke to protesters. during their two on nov twenty fourth hurricane with

friends to paris to peacefully participate in a demonstration express my concerns with the usual slogans michael resigns of at sixty two thirty one of the riot police cauldrons attacked the movie crowed and the g a lie and grenade hit my legs and exploded in both of unscientific. it injured twenty five to thirty people injured and maimed and mostly a little less. knows the rules of the thought the sockets on the same weapons that are suffering so united artists once it was obvious no difference. this is important because they became part of a new family the family of the wounded dog and i'm not the only one who wondered like this i became part of a larger group who were injured there are many seventeen hundred people i'm good twenty if a person whose i was images still it was important to come today in order to at least support the speaker. meanwhile president micron surprised many with his claim

that he's also a yellow vests under certain conditions if where you live this means being for higher paid work and a more efficient parliament than i am a yellow vests but i think a lot less that nicole america vets told us that president micron and his team appear to be out of touch with the french people. think this is extremely important because sometimes people don't realize how tough the police are in france how they how violent they have been this past twelve weeks i have seen personally an innocent man being shot in the face just fifty centimeters away from me for doing nothing nothing at all i think macro and the people in his entourage just don't understand what's going on there so much distin netted with what the french are leaving on a daily basis that they have they don't know what type of answer to bring the macro cannot come back he is over as the french president he can only get back his image

he's hated by more than half the population today and i think he's dislike of people disapprove of some of his actions i'm talking about hatred. of president nicolas maduro has made a surprise announcement calling for new elections in venezuela more details on that coming right after this short break. lead. you know world's big partisan movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks.

make this manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the famous merry go round there's only the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. welcome back to our to international standoff in venezuela continues to escalate in a speech at a mass pro-government rally in the capital president duro announced plans for fresh

elections the rational assembly the legislature controlled by the opposition meanwhile opposition leader one a guard dog is trying to gather public support for humanitarian aid centers some looking to do on the agenda the constituent assembly has a cool situation or historical and political evaluation to call for early polling mentary elections this very year i agree with this that legislative power to be religious must by the country a move towards free elections and may the people decide on a new national assembly. do you agree or agree and i stand by that decision. to keep the columbia that's where the first center of humanitarian aid gathering will be and there will be two more we will announce their whereabouts in the following days but i am to suppose that one will be in brazil and the other will be on an island in the caribbean. but there are also reiterated calls for donald with the opposition however u.s. backed refusing talks in his counter rally on saturday glide again called on

military forces to join the opposition thousands of supporters have come onto the streets local journalists to go to reports from the capital where the biggest rallies are taking place. people are gathered here to protest against an equal last my dear and to demand free elections this guy was made by one white oh in other parts of the city there's also protests to support an equal last my dear us president and also to celebrate the twenty years of the revolutionary socialism but yesterday there were so much stronger words from the u.s. threatening new class maturer and wishing him an early retirement let's see what bolton had to say about this situation i wish him a long quiet retirement on a pretty beach far from venezuela and the sooner he takes advantage of that the center is likely to have a nice quiet retirement on a pretty beach rather than being in some other beach area like guantanamo also mike pence had something to say about nikko last month during also saying that it would

be good for madura not to test the us resolve to solve the venezuelan situation let's see what mike pence had to say there's no time for dialogue this is time for . all options are on the table i. need to loosen the euro would do well not to test the resolve of the united states i do feel that already ten. political climate in the country a military of high rank today a general also backed and one way to go as president and said that nicolas maduro had to leave as reportedly from the national and local press meanwhile venezuelans are divided among those who support nicolas maduro and those who supported wire wedo and it's not just the opposition leader who's calling for venezuela's military to join him u.s. national security advisor john bolton also insisted that the armed forces need to

stand as he put it on the side of the venezuelan people and back quiet door secretary of state smart compared to declared support for the reconstruction of venezuela in response the president of the south american statesman duro has denounced them including the u.s. vice president as war hawks look the elusive honestly to you mr donald trump they lied to you totally lie john bolton mike pence among the three was obsessed with religion. the e.u. actions are should be condemned by everyone in europe. does not have the support of the people of europe but rather that governments in europe these governments are acting as proxies for united states power. that america let's not forget the united states did exactly the same thing when it failed to use peaceful means to overthrow a targeted government that would be the libyan government in two thousand and

eleven or the iraqi government two thousand and three the united states isn't birth rate you know and it's clearly you know for military action against venezuela the u.s. effort to demonize the venezuelan government to declare it to be a dictatorship is nothing other than a propaganda pretext for regime change. over to the united states now where people try now it's in virginia as capital richmond to call for the governor's resignation democrats ralph northam was in hot water after being accused of appearing in a racially charged photo the pictures from the one thousand nine hundred four year book of eastern virginia medical school where he was a student said to feature northam and another person one wearing black face on the other klux klan costume on saturday the governor gave a press conference in which he denied being in the photo northam admitted that had been an unrelated episode in his youth that he now regrets he apologized for that but refused to resign from office. last night i finally had

a chance to sit down and look at the photograph in detail. it is definitely not me i can tell by looking at it i have had friends also look at it in tell me me that same year i did participate in a dance in san antonio in which i darken my face as part of a michael jackson. i look back now and regret that i did not understand the harmful legacy of an action like that ralph and all of them was elected governor in nov twenty seven thousand receiving fifty four percent of the vote during the campaign he cues his republican opponent of being a racist and a fear monger and betrayed his rival as being linked to white nationalist demonstrators in charlottesville the new york times had even referred to northam as the great democratic hope of virginia politics you now seems to have lost nearly

all support from his own party though with top democrats calling on him to step down. the food is racist and contrary to fundamental american the i join my colleagues in virginia calling on the governor know them to do the right thing so that the people on the commonwealth of the genia can heal and move forward and he will continue to horace cooper believes virginia's governor has only a slim chance of political survival. it's very likely that the pressure on him by other democrats are going to become so overwhelming that he's forced out they expect that he is going to here's the thing if he doesn't do it it is still possible that the chamber itself assembly might actually pass a resolution asking for him to step down eventually and especially so with his acknowledgment saying the photos aren't him but that he had in fact been gauged in

mockery of black and other points is still likely to be something that he's not going to be a voice able to avoid the consequences for those that lines from the team i myself for this hour join us again that favia moscow time for the latest global news updates will see that. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is all off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical of time time to sit down and talk. i. mean i mean i didn't you know your son.

was he looks one of. those in one room you know most of a bus will be in yours and you know it was notable just made a movement but really you know. the ways the ways the way i did my best college was the wife and. she looked nice to me yes this is you know. that's one of those little. things will get when you know it's there you know you can close the phone. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long to be ultra rich eight point six

percent market saw thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred trade per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is one in one business show you can afford to miss the one and only. it was in the one nine hundred fifty s. that our secretary of state john foster dulles proclaimed our policy is global.

and. we started as a continental empire by clearing out the native peoples and other foreign forces then we became an overseas empire by taking islands in various parts of the world and then after the second world war we began to a global empire narrow we are playing on the whole billiard. ball. the united states has always had

a variety of tools to use in its attacks on other countries. economic sanctions are are often just the beginning another thing you like to do is place some military pressure on their countries a true talking around. and there has to be an effort to demonize that country and the leader of that country particularly in our own press and in the press of that leader's own country. americans love to think there were intervening in other countries to overthrow evil people and if that's true you have to make the person look evil. and nineteen fifty one ottomans came to power in guatemala after being elected by the people. years ago i wrote a book about how the united states overthrew the government of guatemala in

nineteen fifty four. the case of guatemala is a great example of american call for action during the period of the one nine hundred fifty s. when covert action was at a peak. the country lost its legitimate government. of people lost their lives. those new c.e.o. were you to say that as you.