it's. 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 ranks tank is ations the washington hands that routinely lie about america's longest war made by the top u.s. official overseeing afghanistan's reconstruction. and tear on the brands it's a former e.u. partners washington's puppets off to germany confound it caved into trucks threats to impose tariffs on european states if they don't quit the 2015 nuclear deal.

from moscow where it's just past 4 in the morning you're watching r.t. international welcome to the program. how moscow has marks the 75th anniversary of the soviet union's liberation of warsaw from nazi germany with a large fire what display you know more than 3005 acts lit up the russian capital skyline warsaw was occupied by nancy germany for 60 s 200000 save it 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 points there's not a single underage building remaining in jackson for historical and cultural heritage plundered. it is with great joy as i'm reporting to you that today on january the 7945 joint forces of the soviet army is foes delusion front and the polish 1st army has

successfully completed an offensive operation before turning movement and have liberated the city of warsaw. from that she raises once and for all. the troops are greeted by local people it's introduced through does he need social she's no she's she's in the spirit world great city liberate the city nazi occupation. watch as well flow and was a young boy when the nazis seized walsall here's how he described life on the occupation. we're not sure sure sure didn't know were again when i was 11 years old and it came unexpectedly it started with an eye aerial bombardment i 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 them which they'd stayed became

worse from the 10th of january now it's a plane stop conducting but you aren't but they started dropping incendiary shelf 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 street you were afraid to go outside because the cars could have come and taken anyone you were afraid to ride a trend as no one knew where the germans might stop a person and take him somewhere terrible this is the move. 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 he should do everything to do as much harm responsible to the occupier in no case 944 the polish resistance rose up against the occupiers but also uprising also in 63 days before

being put down by the nazis at least 150000 people are believed to have died. well some in poland now accuse soviet forces of actually contributing to the failure of the with the uprising by not helping while others betrayed the civil union as occupiers who bore little difference to the nazis however a trove of recently declassified wartime documents point to a difference in our stomach or to 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 astonishing and terrifying atrocities in poland evidence of human death and suffering was everywhere polish residents met soviet soldiers with happiness and joy for i was they stood in the streets greece in red army troops they saluted officers and soldiers expressing gratitude for liberating the city from nazi occupation but for the city's government now the day the nazis were expelled is no longer an 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 warsaw the spoils the polish

authorities also don't like that putin called their pre-war ambassador an anti semite despite 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 is repeated a 1000 times becomes the truth 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 intentions to sow division within the european union and nato putin seeks to portray poland as supposedly the not quite right part of the west while these very statements are part of propaganda preparations ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz and the anniversary of the end of world war 2 could that mean israel's in 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 the day is not officially celebrated in poland but we spoke to people in warsaw had 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. while the interpretation and politicize ation of history was also touched upon on friday by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov. q poland's attempt to smear and lie about our country both with 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. well arty's ending up a tranq i was at that press conference for us when i made his remarks. 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 the issue that you put on is hosting u.s. anti missile defense systems and our 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 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 could 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. untied as a result of the mistakes deliberate or not by some of the forces on the ground which are allied to the us it's. on the east and bank of the euphrates around 10000 i still militants if i'm not mistaken are being held in detention camps by the syrian democratic forces who control those areas these a maybe could wish for isis and receiving a lawman reports which we currently double checking 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 american partners who have sway over the as 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 and other countries because he's not in charge of that. on tuesday this huge against president trump is expected to get underway in this setting many in the west say this could weaken u.s. support for ukraine as transcending russia's position how could you comment on that . the impeachment is in the u.s. 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 of said that he doesn't think the situation will anyhow change 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 iran's 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 lavrov slammed washington for applying double standards towards its partners. so again 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 us interests they just puppets

the so-called supreme leader of iran who has not been so supreme lately had some nasty things to say about the united states and europe their economy is crashing and their people are suffering he should be very careful with his words 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 anglo-american 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. it's but to register today our concerns that iran is not meeting its commitments we do this in good faith with the overarching good jep to have 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 been 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 portrayed the war will have that story in full after this short break. america has built a prison called the war in the prison it's the right it runs the prison and the cost of building that prison is 0 because it's all based on everyone in the world is still willing to accept dollars trading dollars clear through the new york fed and worship the u.s. dollar wherever you go you'll find a.t.m.'s in countries where the local currency and dollar trade dollar is god no matter what religion you say you are around the

world the fact is you pray to the u.s. dollar every day. for. wisdom is the application of the cold knowledge you know groper your ways in novel contexts but if you learn a particular scenario. in a class could be brilliant and you encounter that exact same scenario knowing what to do is just memory wisdom that's not learning it's just memorizing some wisdom comes when you are facing a brain new context and you can draw upon tools and learned in other contexts systematically to know what to do. with. the pentagon has rejected and she's ations this america's military leadership was

incentivizing lying to the public about how the afghan war was going after america's top official responsible for afghanistan's reconstruction told the us congress that washington has routinely lied about the war by exaggerating reports on success. says in the country. caleb maupin has more on the story. washington's top official overseeing afghan reconstruction has revealed that the u.s. operations in afghanistan have been surrounded by law is about it's 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 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 said 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 there's 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 that 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 and afghanistan and 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 when i buy american journals that we've now burned them or they're everything is going to get better and can't stand that we've actually done in a circle and so on their merit explains a lot of people who are. informal and say sure we know responsible who

work. for progressives in afghanistan they don't want to jeopardize their career or theory. it's not going well in fact we're not in progress i think it is definitely time for the united states to remove its troops we've been there 80 years we have killed over 150000 afghans some of whom are colophon some of whom are you know various militia groups but the main great majority are afghan civilians who only want peace here and there for free something they really here for care and so was the inspector general is speaking out after documents he tried to keep secrets were leaked those were the leaked after year after year after year of these 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 but 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 u.s. senate as he's being tortured in a greek prison i saw the vinick is wanted in the u.s. for that cyber crimes 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 also managed 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'm 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. vinick was arrested in 2017

the u.s. accuses him of laundering billions of dollars through a digital currency exchange and he's also wanted by france which claims of a nick carried out cyber fallout from his greek prison cell russia also wants to question him in greece has in fact approved his extradition to all 3 countries we've discussed phoenix case with his attorney and former president of the greek parliament zoe constantinople who thinks his 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 has been imprisoned for 13 months without a charge and grace 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 he has 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

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