friday marks the 75th anniversary of the soviet union's liberation of warsaw from nazi germany thousands were sent to death camps or lost their lives in the city that suffered years of occupation during the 2nd world war. the pentagon reacts to accusations that washington has routinely lied about america's longest war made by the top u.s. official overseeing afghanistan's reconstruction. and to rob brands its former e.u. partners at washington's puppets to germany confirmed it caved in to trump's threat to impose tariffs on european states if they don't quit the 2015 nuclear deal.

live from moscow where it's just past 2 in the morning you're watching r.t. international welcome to the program. moscow has marked the 75th anniversary of the soviet union's liberation of warsaw from nazi germany with a large display and more than 3005 top the russian capital skyline warsaw was occupied by nazi germany for 6 years 200000 soviet soldiers gave their lives to stop the brutal regime in the city and its surroundings.

the city stood empty and deserted the bodies of poles tortured and executed to be seen in ditches and sewer pipes there's not a single undamaged building remaining aboard objects of historical and cultural heritage plundered. i. think. it is with great joy as i'm reporting to you that today on january the 7945 joint

forces of the soviet army is 1st delusion front and the polish 1st army has successfully completed an offensive operation overturning movement and have liberated the city of warsaw from that syrian vader's once and for all. our troops are critiqued by local police to polarize into the streets to salute tell shoulders no one says when she is in its 1st woman great city to liberate the city from nazi occupation. chose where fluid off scale was a young boy when the nazis seized warsaw here's how he described life under occupation. we're not sure sure. there were a game when i was 11 years old and it came unexpectedly it started with an aerial bombardment we didn't even know that this could all be real like a bolt from the blue bombs were falling out from the sky and your family and

friends were dying blood and holes were all around you so the day became warse from the 10th of january and now it's a plane stopped conducting but barred minutes but they started dropping incendiary shells full of white phosphorus there were 2 periods when the terror had reached its highest point during that time hanged in shock people were lying in the streets you were afraid to go outside because the cars could have come and taken anyone you were afraid to ride a tram as no one knew where the germans might stop a person and take him somewhere terrible this is the most approached the rules were simple everything was prohibited and you had no rights except working for the nazis this was a time when the whole society understood particularly in warsaw that it should do everything to do as much harm a spa civil to the occupier you know this 944 the polish resistance results against the occupied as the warsaw uprising also at 63 days before being put down by the

nazis and 150000 people are believed to have died. some in poland now accuse soviet forces of actually contributing to the failure of the wolf thought uprising by not helping this betrayed to save even as okie pies he pulled little difference to the nazis however a troop of recently declassified documents points to a difference and has done a quarter reports. the nazi occupation one of the darkest chapters in poland's history nearly 6 long years of death and terror left its capital warsaw all but destroyed the occupiers and their collaborators divided the population by race millions of supposed undesirables shift off to perish in the ovens and gas chambers of the extermination camps women were raped in the streets men women and children mass occurred in pogroms only to be dumped into mass graves by the end of it all 90 percent of polish jews had been exterminated but 75 years ago on the 17th of

january soviet forces liberated warsaw back then the people welcome to the soviet troops here's an account from newly declassified documents. the nazis committed a stone lieschen and terrifying atrocitus and poland evidence of human death and suffering was everywhere polish residence met so be it soldiers with happiness and joy for i was they student the streets griese in rude army troops they saluted offices and so we're just expressing gratitude for liberates in the city from nazi occupation but for the city's government now the day the nazis were expelled is no longer in occasion to celebrate why while today's polish authorities don't look back with any fondness for those liberators or anything to do with moscow right now to them vladimir putin is a liar for daring to say poland benefited from the munich agreement which carved up czechoslovakia in 1938 giving nazi germany and war saw the spoils the polish

authorities also don't like that putin called their pre-war ambassador an anti semite to spite the envoys enthusiastic approval of hitler's plan to deport germany's jews to africa but of course it's all really just russia's plan to destroy poland's great reputation a lie that's his repeated to 1000 times becomes the truth as google said today we're talking about an attempt to undermine confidence in poland in the eyes of the world community and the kremlin's intensions to so division within the european union a nato putin seeks to put trade poland a supposedly the not quite right part of the west while these very statements are parts of propaganda preparations ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz and the anniversary of the end of world will to you could that mean israel's and cahoots with russia's propaganda plot to after all tell of eve didn't invite the polish president to speak at its auschwitz liberation ceremony he's

decided to boycott the whole event in protest especially since vladimir putin is on the list of honored speakers it turns out that the presidents of russia germany and france whose countries collaborated with nazi germany will speak but the organizers did not agree to a speech by the president of poland the ability to speak in regards to this matter is against the interests of the polish republic ok so poland doesn't want to rub shoulders with those abroad who don't support its historical narrative but at home the law gets tough if you're not on the same page anyone who publicly and contrary to the facts denies crimes referred to in article one shall be subject to find all the penalty of imprisonment of up to 3 years the sentence shall be made public except the law only mentions the crimes of the nazis twice most of the text is reserved for describing the actions of the country's liberators for poland it's not

so much a question about who the good or bad guys were now it's a mission to blur the lines between the 2 opposing ideologies fascism and communism as the 2nd world war fades from living memory the victim card becomes that much easier to play well this day is not officially celebrated in poland who we spoke to people in warsaw who'd gathered to commemorate the liberation. this state has always been very important to us and solemnly celebrated this is changed over the last 5 to 6 years why i do not know these are political matters it can be interpreted differently the role of the red army in the liberation of warsaw was enormous the polish army that accompanied the red army was a component part of these forces but the predominant force was the red army. every year fewer and fewer people remember about those events it's sad because it's our story the nation should know as history and remember it it's sad to see change

over the years but it's good that the ceremony continues and that at least a handful of people remember that. i was in the labor camp and breslau the city was surrounded the very much for it with the surrounding subject unit and on may 7th $945.00 i was liberated from this camp by red army soldiers this date stuck in my memory same as generous 17th the date of the liberation of warsaw. well the interpretation and politicised station of history was also touched upon today by russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov but with you poland's attempt to smear and lie about our country both was regard to reasons and outcomes of the 2nd world war and attempts to now use these lies to undermine russia's position in the international arena abound to continue we know for a fact that our polish colleagues are trying to get western countries attending the commemoration ceremony in jerusalem to poland's viewpoint on world war 2 you know

it's simply beyond the pale especially given the tragic context of the event. artie's really up a trunk i was at that press conference for us where laughter often made his remark . time after time at this press event the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov it seems had nor their choice but to keep talking about washington's behavior in terms of how it deals with other countries according to the tactic of constantly building up pressure while at the same time turning a blind eye on the international law it's not only that it hasn't changed in the previous year but actually expand it take for example the russia japan relations moscow believes that they have fallen victim to washington's alliance with tokyo which according to struggle is being used by the americans to continue convincing the rest of the world that russia is an enemy and

a threat if we should let you put it is hosting us anti missile defense systems and all japanese colleagues have been telling us all along it's meant as defense against the korean threat and that's only the japanese military will have control over it but it's the very same u.s. launches that have been tested by the u.s. not only for launching anti missile defensive but also offensive missiles and have a look at the u.s. military strategy they are cooling russia a rival so we can't help but worry moving on to syria mr lavrov proudly pointed out that the conflict in that country was in the final stage of its resolution the final stage of ending the civil war there however mr loughborough of did blame other countries mainly western countries for setting preconditions before they could start actually helping the country out for instance when it comes to assisting the refugees that come back to the country or providing the ability to deliver humanitarian aid there plus sergei lavrov did point out that there is still

a threat of the islamic terrorists hands being tied as a result of the mistakes deliberate or not by some of the forces on the ground which. our allies to the us at the. end on the eastern bank of the euphrates around 10000 i still militants if i'm not mistaken are being held in detention camps by the syrian democratic sources who control those areas these are mainly kurdish fighters and receiving a lawman reports which we're currently double checking that these fighters are releasing these terrorists in exchange for bribes and they are beginning to spread across syria the information is very alarming and we've long warned our american partners who have sway over the as the of the need to make sure that militants are not allowed to escape those camps well this brings me to what proved to be the

shortest answer of the russian foreign minister at this press conference and i guess it could serve as a lesson for the future generations of journalists don't ask sergey lavrov about impeachment proceedings in other countries because he's not in charge of that. on tuesday this huge against president draw is expected to get underway in the senate many in the west say this could weaken your support for ukraine as trancing russia's position how could you comment on that we don't know who the impeachment is in the us you're american you would know better than me. going back to internal conflicts in all parts of the world and protest movements that moscow believes are being fueled by some of the nato countries and nato's headmaster in particular have said that he doesn't think this situation will anyhow changed in 2020 but that doesn't mean that moscow will stop its attempts to try and talk and still somehow

cooperate. well the iran nuclear treaty was among other topics addressed by the russian foreign minister on tuesday to ransey european partners triggered a 60 day mechanism that could potentially kill off the ill fated agreement however it turns out they did so under the threat of economic pressure from president trump who pulled the u.s. out of the deal in 2018 lover of a slammed washington for applying double standards to its partners. so again a lover of their clearly very unhappy with what he sees as pressure being placed on the european nations involved in the iran nuclear deal to activate this clause that's known as the dispute resolution mechanism that ultimately could well bring about the well collapse of the whole or any a nuclear deal those words from the russian foreign minister well somewhat echoed by the iranian supreme leader who is scathing in his criticism of britain france and germany the u.k. germany and france are doing nothing they will serve u.s.

interests they just puppets while london paris and berlin may not agree with the comments that they are the puppets of the united states the news coming out of lynn certainly is that there was pressure put on those european capitals to well adhere to what the united states wanted and it could. who's the current german defense minister and widely tipped as a potential successor to angle america as chancellor one she calls it a day she said that yes there was a threat of a 25 percent tariff being placed on european imports of cars and car parts into the united states obviously that would be well almost catastrophic lee expensive for european car manufacturers particularly those big car manufacturers here in germany while britain france and germany moved to activate this clause in the iranian nuclear deal their respective foreign ministers issued

a joint statement saying that they were still confident still had hope that the iran nuclear deal could survive we have therefore been left with no choice given iran's actions but to register today our concerns that iran is not meeting its commitments we do this in good faith with the overarching good jet to give preserving the j. c.p.o. a well away from how much pressure was put on european nations to trigger this. clause in the nuclear deal what that clause being triggered actually means is that in around 60 days' time the united nations could really impose sanctions on iran if that happens that's pretty much the death knell for the uranian nuclear deal something that would be cheated in washington the united states and donald trump in particular very keen to see the collapse of this deal it was donald trump who pulled the u.s. out of the deal back in 2018 back in may of that year and since then has actively

worked to try and see it collapse the top u.s. official responsible for afghanistan's reconstruction has leveled some startling challenges about the way the pentagon has betrayed the war that we have that story in full just after this short break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to a guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then.

welcome back now the pentagon has rejected accusations that america's military leadership was incentivizing lying to the public about how the afghan war was going and that's after america's top official responsible for afghanistan's reconstruction told the u.s. congress that washington has routinely lied about the war by exaggerated reports on

successes in the country caleb maupin has more on this story. washington's top official overseeing afghan reconstruction has revealed that the u.s. operations in afghanistan have been surrounded by lies about its progress here's what he said the problem is there is a disincentive really to tell the truth we have created an incentive to almost require or for people to lie there's an odor of mendacity throughout the afghanistan issue and i know congressman connelly has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity and who bruce now the pentagon has disputed some of what was said in the testimony of the special inspector here's their response the idea that there was some efforts to hide the truth the reality on the ground just doesn't hold water to this idea that they were somehow missed statements i don't

think that really joel's now the public was kept in the dark about these realities and instead of being told the truth about the situation fed reports about alleged progress to getting the impression that things were getting better and that this probably led to thousands of deaths on both sides of the conflict instead of telling the truth it was just a constant stream of alleged progress reports here some of what we heard. would trying to do we didn't have the full goose newsham the would ruin the taking there is a fundamental get up and distancing of the front and the stated objectives. in the military and the lack of understanding of the resources necessary now these new revelations come in congressional testimony that comes just roughly a month after the afghanistan papers were published by the washington post now these afghanistan papers were a trove of documents from the office of the inspector general now it's important to

note that these documents essentially say that u.s. officials really didn't have any strategy for afghanistan and didn't really have an understanding of what was actually happening on the ground or an understanding of the country and the conditions there this is how it was put by a figure in the military who oversaw operations in afghanistan under the administrations of both bush and obama in afghanistan we helped liberate an oppressed people. and we will continue helping them secure their country rebuild their society and educate all their children boys and girls. that i set to defeat al qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild is within reach and we're doing a tremendous job. and as you know a big part of the job is isis certainly the biggest and we. we've got him down very low numbers now u.s. troops have been in afghanistan for 17 years making it the longest war in all of us

history at this point and as the war continues and as these new revelations reveal some aspects of the war that were kept from the public it's also very apparent that most of the top officials in washington don't seem to have any exit strategy for the united states from the country. well our guests a retired u.s. army colonel and an investigative journalist say the revelations come as no surprise we've been told so many times by by american generals that we've now burned them or they're everything is going to get better in afghanistan that we've actually done in a circle. so bad explains a lot of people are. informal and say sure oh responsible who work. for progress center honors there they don't want to jeopardize their theory. it's not going well and we're not in progress i think it is definitely time for the

united states to remove its troops we've been there 18 years we have killed over 150000 afghans some of whom are colophon some of whom are you know various militia groups great majority are afghan civilians who only want peace here and there for free something they really haven't cared and so was the inspector general is speaking out after documents he tried to keep secret were leaked and those words leaked after year after year after year of this same nonsense being repeated so it's possible for these things to build and steamrolled but the united states has a has a president who campaigned on ending this war and is that out repeating the tired old lies that he's about to win it in a day which are not unique to this war they say they come with every war every occupation and there's not even been a requirement that

a victory be defined nobody has any idea what it would be a victory is to continue losing for another year. a russian programmer who was arrested in greece 2 and a half years ago at the request of the us and that is he's being tortured in a greek prison alexander vinick is wanted in the u.s. for alleged becomes a money laundering and he's now written a plea for help. they're trying to use torture and psychological pressure to break me they do not allow me to breathe fresh air the last time they let me out for a walk for a few minutes was on new year's eve i am a man without rights illegally imprisoned in greece for 30 months without charges they want to destroy me for my knowledge they want my head on the block just because of what i know and my technological abilities or vinick was arrested in 2017 in the u.s. accuses him of laundering billions of dollars through a digital currency exchange he's also wanted by france who claimed vinick carried out cyber fraud from his greek prison cell russia also wants to question him and

greece has in fact approved his extradition to all 3 countries and we discussed of unix case with his attorney and former president of the greek parliament as a constant operator who thinks this detention is both an embarrassment for greece and a violation of human rights. the case of alexander v make is a case of late and violations of human rights it's an international disgrace this man is being imprisoned for 13 months without a charge in greece he's not being prosecuted in greece without a sanction without a penalty without a trial alexander is not a criminal alexander is someone who has extremely high skills technological skills and blocked chain technology is not targeted for any kind of criminal behavior because it's very clear that what he has done is not criminal

however what he has done is very very annoying to those who wish to control the economic. exchanges of the people what is worse is that during the last days the conditions of detention of alexander make amounts to cruel and inhuman treatment which is a form of torture as we all know alexander is being denied the right to go outside his. hospital room he's been hospitalized during the last 12 months more than 12 months actually and today his mother who came to visit him from russia was the night of the right to see her son. well that is your update for now will be bank here in just over 30 minutes time with more news from around the world will see that.

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