lou in the headlines this our, on our few international, vladimir putin has just touched down in india on only his 2nd trip abroad since the pandemic. and it comes just a day ahead of the president's plan video conference with joe biden. this with the message from joe biden. as the western media goes into overdrive with allocations of an imminent invasion of youth crate with europe in the grip of a winter of discontent. over soaring energy prices, a group of monitoring fuel poverty, warns household heating bills and the u. k. could soon double also in the program here. what are the vaccination cooperation? the only way to beat the pandemic? that's the warning from the president of the international federation of the red

cross. speaking to us here in moscow at our team. ah, well, we have an awful lot of developments for you in today's program on a r t international. i'm rural re sushi moscow. let's go straight into it for you right now. just within the past few minutes, vladimir putin has arrived in new delhi for talks and a wide range of security topics in the indo pacific. rushes of foreign and defense ministers are also there. they touched on a day earlier and have already met with their counterparts. let's learn more about this big trip cross locked to a corresponding romantic culture. it remind good to see you again. i can't think in all the years i've been working in russia. i've never seen putin shaw you and laugh are off in the same place at more or less the same time. what are your expectations with this visit now? putin has just arrived in delhi. indeed,

lighting their boots in the left, his residence in solitude over to earlier on monday and aeroplane such down a new delhi just a few minutes ago. now, there is a lot of significance concern this trip, or indeed, this is russia. presidents on the 2nd floor and visit during the pandemic are the 2 leaders of russian india were supposed to meet in 2020. as a response to the render motive visit to the economic form in nav, lady voss taca. unfortunately, the global pandemic had al thirds of those plans center the meeting is taking place right now. indeed, the russian representation is quite quite big there in india with the foreign minister, sergey allowed rav and a russian defense minister survey showed the arriving to speak with their indian counterparts. now, as for vladimir putin, in recent days,

he stressed the talks about the importance of development of relations with india and his 1st that the country of india is one of the most authoritative centers of multi polar world. at the moment. now to, as for the trade relationship between the 2 countries, well, it's been growing recently as well. if we're talking about the 2021 numbers, they are at 8800000000. and the corporation between countries is also on the large scale in nuclear energy and in space as well to name just a couple. now, like you said earlier, a russian foreign and defense minister met with their agent counterparts in that 2 plus 2 our formats answer, they discussed key originally regional issues and those include the asia pacific and the situation in central asia as well. now the russia, india summits,

is taking place ahead of vladimir putin so own line, ah, talk with his american counterparts, joe biden. and of course, recent escalations regarding the situation in ukraine. now sir, gail, average russian foreign minister, he stressed that the 2 countries, russia and india, will stand together in the face of attempts to substitute a dialogue with some other kind of format. let's have a listen. we were to say, we've expressed our serious concerns to our indian friends about the activities the united states is engaged in hair under the banner of the so called indo pacific strategies. crating closed block structures here. so now of course, the talks between the countries, a defense ministers are also very important because both countries enjoy a large scale corporation militarily, in terms of defense as well. now,

early russian defense minister said the corporation between russia and india is at a very high level at the moment and continues to grow each year. now, earlier monday, certain agreement center protocols related to a small arms as well as a military corporation had been signed. of course we'll find out more about those. so once we hear a joint statement from prime minister modi and president, let him here person. yeah, one of the barnes of contention is that if the russian s 400 missile defense system that india wants to get from russia, but washington was ultimately threatening to sanction deli if it went ahead with the s $400.00 purchase. as we understand it is going ahead with the s 400 culture saudis raymond caseres. thank you. well, the meantime, oscar was rebuffed, claims its poise to invade ukraine, saying they bet no relation to reality. and adding that, it's the americans are acting belligerently in the region of outside western media

and politicians wretched up speculation about a huge full scale war will. according to some reports, european intel agencies gave that version of events, little credibility, that is, until washington stepped in. many allies were not convinced that serious things were happening. we were surprised about this intelligence gap. how and why the u. s . was seeing things that we were not seeing if i have to compare soundbites from before this info. and then at the nato meeting in riga, there was a big shift towards the u. s. version of things, or the whole new wave of tensions comes as the u. s. on russian presidents are poised a talk for the video conference on tuesday. but joe biden apparently looks in no mood to negotiate. i of course the diplomacy is out and red lines of that to be crossed when the big bad

wolf is planning a land grab ring a bell. a similar warning came in the spring when russian troops gathered for snap training exercises. and again, when military drills were conducted in crimea, and only recently moscow was supposedly the mastermind of the qu, in key of remember the cranky of no mean either because it didn't happen. in fact, none of the predictions came true, but this time apparently it's different. this time, it's the real deal, and to feed the fair, even drawing up the criminal battle plans the new year offensive. and for the umpteenth time this year, russia is forced to defend the presence of its own troops on its own land. russia is not a threat to any country. the deployment of russian troops on the national territory is our sovereign roy and no one's business. it is nato on its members states a recklessly moving their military forces and infrastructure to the russian borders

. so what is washes red line, us spy pained jetting towards russia's borders. passenger jets with hundreds of civilians on board, diverted because the nato re complain was too close and wouldn't respond to ground control. the actions by the u. s. air force created a threat to civilization and the fact that the catastrophe was averted over the backseat doesn't mean that the u. s. and nato can go on the risk in people's lives with impunity. the latest american war ship sailing into waters bordering russia. what issues was nature? you know, a u. s. warship has now entered the block. see, we can see it through binoculars or the cross hairs of a defense system system. a better one or multiple missile systems just across the face. it was a bit more to look at where nato's military infrastructure is located, just a short distance from our borders. in romania, poland, lansing, we saw defense systems have already been deployed and they can easily be converted into offensive missile systems that targets us. it only takes

a matter of minutes to change the software. now, instinct tells me that if a russian destroy was spotted steaming and to new york harbor, it would be a flaming red line for washington. but believe it or not for us all, this is a pink line at best. the real issue is nato, or rather, nato's expansion and expanded it has from this humble state in 1990 to this empire in 2020. now back in the day, russia was promised, nater would grow not one inch eastward of berlin. well, that's berlin. so no, it's not an inch. it's over a 1000 kilometers. and now it's knocking at rushes door. ukraine joining nato and we've been talking about it for a long time is a red line for us. the continual drawing of keys into the military orbit of the alliance, the de facto stuart of nature's assimilation of the military infrastructure of this country. and the desire to turn it into

a foothold for confrontation with russia could all cause severe negative consequences and destabilize the military and political situation in europe. but lucky for nato, it's got a get out of jail free card because in politics whoa promises are made to be broken . there is that where is that written down? where is that from was written down and under the romulan when a man wanted rich current, which it didn't call erica, one aspect not to go in. in the meantime, the u. s. unfazed by it's terrible track record of predicting russian behavior is covering its bases and drawing up some economic sanctions. you know, just in case, after all, nothing screams diplomacy more than getting your threats in a row before high stakes meeting. the whole of this or talk of invasion is what you're wondering really what is going on. check out the views of scott ritter on our website. he's an ex u. s. intelligence officer. he's not buying or the tabloids are selling a lot more at auntie dot com or that one of the latest spots nato spy,

plane endangered to civilian airline is a long rush of southern but coastline. a former pentagon analyst michael maloof believes it's a clear case of double standards. i think that by this constant harassment in the black sea, in an area half way removed from from the united states and going right up against the borders of the russian federation. i think really isn't aggressive move the exercise in the black sea area was in response to the failures. and the expulsion of the united states from afghanistan to the united states has to show re assertiveness that it's still a leader in the so called free world. it lacks any recognition really, spheres of influence, just like if the russians were to come into the area of gulf of mexico tomorrow, you can believe that there would be a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth in washington. the united states feels that

it can do it to others, but it cannot be done to itself. it's part of that exceptionalism concept that the united states sliced to tout around the world, in a sort of a bravado way. and it's getting tiring. brits could soon have to pay double to heat their homes. that's according to a u. k. fuel poverty monitor citing a plan to increase to the energy price cap in april the cost of living in the u. k . is that its highest level in a decade with household energy bills, the biggest driver, when the cost of essential services go up. those on the lower thing can get hit hardest, is estimated that some 4000000 british households are currently behind on their energy bills. every went to a 10000 deaths nationally caused by cold homes. and the latest polling suggest tough. the country is more worried about the cost of heating isn't anything to do with cove it right now. james and isn't the founder of

a company that provides emergency heating to the elderly says the u. k. government is not doing enough to help those in fuel poverty. the few quite sure the united kingdom is better because the usage is very high. the cost is very high with usage, people that have to pick which he think of the whole oh, put on the table. in my opinion, my honest opinion, the comments are not taking any steps at all to reduce you or who publicly within the united kingdom in the correct manner. and meanwhile, the cross the channel as a slightly warmer outlook. that's because governments are dishing out a to help poor homes as well as businesses get through the winter of correspondence . charlotte duping ski takes a closer look has the bitter cold hits europe. everyone is doing their best to stay warm, but as natural gas prices are 5 times higher than they were a year ago,

there is a real concern that states across the block could face shortages or even potential blackouts. many including luca here in paris face a winter full of difficult decisions. ciscano dish. oh no. yeah. and we have already received a reminder for the charges for heating once that's increased, while at the same time we have less heating. so myself and several tenants are really worried about the choices we will have to make. people are already having difficulty, so it's not easy. we feel a little neglected. people living hand to mouth is worrying a, becoming more normal in some of you rips richest nations. but the bristles literally feel safe. we'll have to make choices. we will have to buy cheaper foods that are less nutritional. we have problems like that. people will lose their health. tens of millions of people in europe are already living in energy

poverty. and there are fears that this figure is about to see a steep rise. europe's energy crisis has been building for months. now. governments across the block of try to put in place measures in an attempt to alleviate the strain on households. for example, here in france, the poorest households are to receive a one off payment of a 100 euros to help them shield. from those price rises, italy has put in place a 3000000000 euro aid package. while the spanish government has passed emergency measures that redirects billions of euro's from profit of energy companies to consumers in a bid to lower their bills. yet despite such measures, men here, they simply will not be enough. what is the structural problem in an achieve

policies, shaping and policy making in many countries is who is really in charge. we have an interaction of various authorities, bodies. and on the other hand, we have seen various governments being very much occupied with themselves. so there is an energy in my eyes, it's still not yet having to priority it should house throughout the e. u. member states are facing the same issue over various sources of energy, including natural gas. why? well, although the pandemic, so large scale industry and even workplace is pretty much closing down when the locked downs were lifted, the demand short, straight back up. and the companies just haven't been able to keep pace to add to that. but you is also trying to move towards renewable energy, such as wind power, yet low winds. in 2021 have meant that there's been less renewable energy being

produced. these have always been to the dates, bits and of generation where experts have been warning against a possibility or even broke ability of a stance still in the world of renewables. photovoltaic and wind fox, the one that is now in the thought of come back is nuclear. and the, i always say within the european union, not only that, we don't dispose of a common attitude policy. we don't even dispose of something like a common energy mentality. it may say, because that is a completely different attitudes to for instance, nuclear energy, l, east and west of the rhine, some e u countries, i'm the u. s. still opposing rushes, cleaned ignored stream to pulling blind saying it would make europe fall to rely until russian guess others who say the link is vital so that people can keep homes

that reasonable prices. such political games could end up pushing more people into fuel poverty. this winter and even cost them that lives show the t blue sky oxy paris or that they can bring you some news here. we're not, we're just getting an hour the past couple of hours here at moscow. russia has reported his 1st cases of the new covey. varian omicron. it was detected in 2 out of 10 people who had just returned from south africa. now the whole new mutation, which was our 1st detected in south africa, has been steadily spreading across the globe. more than 40 countries have it, or the new strain is said to be more contagious than previous ones. although at present, most people are saying it's not not thought to be any more deadly. a scientists are working to adapt existing vaccines to fight the new strain. well, we can learn more about this now. your to keep as you can a molecular biologist, a professor at school tech university, joining us live on our t international

a very good afternoon to you. so thank you very much for joining us here on the program today. russia confirming its 1st cases of omicron. what are your expectations now? people have sang and medics are saying it's spreads faster than his predecessor delta. well, thing formation, we have about the ease of mainly from south africa and now coming from the united kingdom. now south africa has many similarities to russia. it has just had it is a delta epidemic actually has and it is delta be demick. russia is still in its 2nd wave and the few people are excited in south africa. about 20 percent is better than that. in russia, it's about 40 percent in russia, but it's still not good enough too far from good enough. so i'm looking very carefully on, i know people are other people are also looking very carefully, the data coming out of south africa to get a glimpse of what will happen in russia. and right now the growth of the, the spread of this virus against the big round of immunity to delta does not look

good. it doesn't look good as you say, but i also think it's important to mentioned that typically when, when somebody here's about a new variant of cove it, that's a knee jerk reaction. that's panic. alarm bells that a lot of breaking news on the channels around the world. the, the south african doctor who discovered omicron was, or the south african medical association of saying that those with on work on the symptoms are so far, very mild. they could be treated at home. some people have mild symptoms, some people have no symptoms. and australia's seed yet medical chief is saying there's no reason to panic yet with all may crohn. what do you say to that? well, one thing to remember is that south africa is a very young country. most people in south africa are gone. a mean age african person is 26 years, while in russia, the new age is 38 years now. one, now that mean risk factor for any stars coming to their aunt is each. and it's

really concerning what these virus will do when expressed in a more elderly population, such as not in russia or such as that in western countries. for example, it is something to be a to keep track of now and all the thing is that of course, we're just starting to get keys is of this virus and it will be some time because before we actually see the outcomes of those cases. and unfortunately on to people who have this virus, but have been infected with on the tron, are probably going to die in the next weeks. and where just don't know which was cool that will go will die. i you, are you confident that the vaccines that have been rolled out, whether it's rushes, 3 different vaccines or the actors anika, madonna finds rule that g g u. confident that they can protect against this new amr con variant. there is a very little data on that unfortunately, so far. one piece of data when we have is not the people who got infected previously with delta are more likely to get reinfected with omicron compared to

other people who help people who got alpha go to green. so on the chrome looks somewhat different from the viewpoint of our news system up now the delta and on previous there is. and so that might mean that we may need some additional explaining to the community of what these pharmacies are. that is actually the same parts and maybe the vaccines will ultimately have to be tweaked for that. and i know people are working on that. i know the sputnik people are working on that as well as i learned from people. but so far, let mistress that we hear in russia are still in our dealt away and we still have huge number of cases of delta, weekly, and daily. and this cases can be prevented by of accedes. and so i would strongly encourage, but some nation, if you are in russia, anywhere in russia now,

the russian president vladimir putin last week has ordered a new action plan to help to fight against alma cron. do you have any idea about this plan? any details you can share with us. now, unfortunately, i'm not aware of it. it is not by here. now, here in russia we have until is it, is it mid? mid february, now to get kiwa codes to get vaccinations? are they trying to mandate nationwide vaccinations here in russia now it on the heels of what europe is doing? yeah, i would or, or really not be the person to ask about the policy decisions. i don't know much about that, but uh, from the health bear viewpoint assignment piece. probably be a good thing. because you know, the, the 40 percent of its native people that we have here in russia are definitely unacceptable. we have a functional, obscene with proven efficiency bro, both within and outside russia. sputnik and the people really should take it. i go to cape as he can. a molecular biologist at the professor, professor say the scull tech university from the skulk of a region. thank you. so much for joining us here in nazi we appreciate it. thank

you. and thank you for joining us as well here on the program. a failure to provide equal world wide access to vaccines may result in new strains emerging as to warning from the president of the international federation of the red cross. i spoke to him very recently discussing a cove id, but also the migrant crisis in eastern europe. there wasn't counting the 9 european union, for example, we had many saying that though dosa, while in africa we sta, louisa raised that tisa temper sandy moodle need engrossed with 0 percent. so the something that says moral gas at the what we are ready to rule. so part, we are ready to scale up our activities in africa, by deity, the shoes about our audited, the, the vaccines will have access to the vaccines and we have to put pressure on the pharmaceutical companies. there, you will be an union, the united states, u. k. we invested the b on solve dollars in the researcher due to the

dual to make this vaccine accessible. so why the buddhist count in the developing counties that have not derived that to have access? i think these it should be a common goal, not something that said belong to the italy from a central young company is the beginning. they believe me, i did it on them. it has been politicized to look at they did. they did the level of the fake news that day, even political lisa had to spread around the world. so this is something that unfortunate has been 40. this iser bukosa you test to do with the fear of the people. it's up to the police, a leader to follow they, they advise is coming from their scientific community to least and not to them, to walk with them, to avoid, to do, to vote at the, on the same level. and he's also the media is an important responsibility, this and tv community and people the media and the government are continuing to ring the alarm bells over this very end. but we're having the w h o.

the chief australian medical officer and the south african medical association saying don't panic. what do you say? we should follow the. the advisors coming from the it. ready appeared shaw, and this idea community so dwarfed and a political lead us and the government's out substituting. i did this and given community in dealing with a call in 19 and, and this is day to day to may davie and sat in terms of our over i did did did the reason why we have these new vari answer. so we have, coldly, would you maybe the incident? so we doubt i brought my vaccination without giving access to any human beings up to the vaccines, the risk of new variances these days are very high aga, and we can not blame multiple. these is another aspect of it for, as is at nissan of concern. we cannot, we cannot blame the south africa, scientists at all to ha, for a heavy anger, i opened a door to the scientific community about these new discovery galaxy

i think was i was a good idea. unfortunately, he is not working as expected. so the number of distribution, all of the vaccines swell, go on my callback. so he is, i ism, is not so high aga, and we, we expected much more ride themself, general she from the international community. and, and they had the idea that was a good idea. he was due to give the priority and things of distribution by callback . so for the medical doctors to the nurses that are working on the frontline, unfortunately this is workinger less than 50 percent so far. so the, and i'm, they said very, very, very low in this is her eyes and i did aspect of the international committee should take as easily in consideration. so all we have to do more in terms of distribution and giving access the bellow, split cross with this part of the international federation. i think that the moment is they're doing a, i good job. of course this is not not a mid term or long term solution idea hosted in a shelter dera,

but so far they are in a war, my environmental and, and we are engaging in attic discussion. we, david a man. the government of mendosa will to find the other solution out for them and put on the unfortunately, we don't have access said to the board to unfortunately, am not even andy's. i said he's on a full consent for my says that i'm not surprised about you will be on you and you're not. and there were just county ira reacting, guy in dealing with human beings, disease. and i'm wondering if we are losing got about humanity because he's not about every county has the right to set up policies for migrations. we have not question. if some outside of the humanity on which we have to, to treat every human beings. this is the only point that we are racing. yeah, that conversation i had with mr. rocker was about 20 minutes long or during which you shed light on a whole number of different angles regarding cove it or the migrant crisis. it's well worth having a look at. just click over to r t dot com and watch it at your own leisure. the meantime,

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