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international federation of the red cross speaking to us here at archie international in moscow. ah, well, it's a very busy monday for you. well, quite headlines. exactly how we like it here at ortiz national in moscow on rural research. so vladimir putin has arrived in new delhi where he and his indian counterpart prime minister and avenger. modi are holding a bilateral meeting. the 2 leaders are expected to exchange views on key international issues, including joint work within the g 20 bricks. and of course, that of the shanghai cooperation organization. rushers are foreign and defense ministers are also there as well. they touched down just a day earlier and i've already met with their counterparts. and the country's leaders have already expressed that positive outlook towards the upcoming negotiations. a we see india is a great power,

a friendly nation relations between our countries, a developing and a looking into the future acquisitions. on a very many issues coincide. we continued to develop our relations both in the international arena and in the military sphere. they conducting joint military exercises, both in india and in russia. we grateful for the attention to this part of our work . we intend to continue working in this direction. agreements concluded today in various fields will help expand our corporation. our defense partnerships are strengthened through joint development and joint production. i. with all the latest details, his artes remain closer. there is a lot of significance concerns this trip or indeed this is a rush of presidents only a 2nd foreign visits. but during the panoramic are the 2 leaders of a rush and india were supposed to meet in 2020. as

a response to the render mode is a visit to the economic form in the have light voss taca. unfortunately, the global pandemic had altered those plans center the meeting is taking place right now. indeed, the russian representation is acquired, 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 off multi polar world. at the moment. now tra, as for the trade relationship between the 2 countries, well it's been growing recently as well as we're talking about the 2021 numbers they are at the 8800000000 earlier,

a russian for in defense minister met with their agent counterparts in that 2 plus 2 of formats and they discussed a key originally regional issues and those include the asia pacific and the situation in central asia as well. russian foreign minister, a sergey laval, stress that the 2 countries will stand together in the face of attempt to change a dialogue to some other kind of a different format. we route as it was expressed, are serious concerns to our indian friends about the activities the united states is engaged in here under the banner of the so called indo pacific strategies. creating closed block structures here. now the russia, india summit is se can place the head of let him have pollutants on line talks with his american counterparts. joe boyd and, and recent escalations of sanctions regarding ukraine. meanwhile, back in india earlier,

russian defense minister sergey shaw ago said that cooperation between russia and india is that growing each a year and it's an old time high. now certain contracts and protocols had been signed during this visit regarding a small arms and also military operations. of course, we will hear more details about that when we hear the joint statements of russian president vladimir putin and indian prime minister moran ramadi. so let's get some opinion on this right now and i'll speak to political analyst professor site mohammed miranda from the university of terran a very good afternoon to you. so great to have you with us on the program today as i'm sure you just heard the report. the 2 leaders are expected to exchange views on key issues. like for example, joint work with a g 20 bricks and the shanghai cooperation organization. some western media outlets a fearfully announcing is this new, the new vision, the new balance of power in the world, professor i think it's becoming increasingly clear that

the world is changing and power is shifting away from europe and north america to asia. the rise of china is happening so swiftly that the americans feel left behind, even though the mainstream media tries to hide it. but they do feel that they've been left behind. and they're attempt an escalation across the board, whether it's with russia and ukraine, or china in taiwan or iran with regards to its regional role and it's peaceful nuclear program. all of them combine seem to show some sign of desperation. is this attempt to present themselves as morally superior and the whole host of evil actors like iran, russia, china, and others attempting to destroy freedom and democracy in the free world. the

sort of mythology is in these mits are being used and the western media is sounding it increasingly desperate. but the reality is that the world is changing. indian court, even though the americans have been trying, and the europeans have been trying to create a greater divide between india and china, indian china, russia, iran, these countries and central asia, barrow closer cooperation will bring about growth in asia. that will be a 2nd to none. it's almost like i said about the elation. so with all these regional partners now essentially signing on together, creating these organizations, these treaties where they can have defense agreements and essentially mutually beneficial agreements which does seem to up to the balance in some parts of the western world. i wanted to ask you sort of get law for off rushes, foreign minister recently set the shanghai cooperation organization,

will continue to strengthen his position in asia and will invite iran to complete its membership. what does that mean for iran? it's very important because as you know, as your viewers know, iran's relationship with europe and of course the united states is very difficult to the europeans and americans expect iran to abide by their what they see as they are the world order. but a world order that where they dominate and iran won't accept that yet, at the same time when they attempt to impose their will on iran, they don't recognize that the global power is shifting away from them. anyway. so on the one hand, they've closed the doors to run and on the other hand, iran sees the rise of asia. so it's natural for, for both reasons, both because of the behavior of the europeans,

but also because of the change change. it is taking place in asia for iran to look east. and the shanghai cooperation organization, as well as other bodies and organizations across asia, are helping to create this new reality. and it is an area where the europeans and especially the americans feel very feel very weak and incapable because it has nothing to do with them. they are not a part of central asia, they're not a part of asia, and therefore they cannot impede to grow. they cannot impede cooperation. they cannot block trade between these different countries and the russian indian relationship right now, i think, can serve to ease tensions also between india and china and to create a general and more a more positive approach towards the broader objectives of the

shanghai cooperation organization. among other asian centric organizations for professor miranda, i wanted to ask you because right now when it comes to the iran nuclear deal, for example, america has a sanction brown in oil and right now with the oil prices around the world. and joe biden, having an energy crisis in america, it might do them some good to allow iranian oil to come back on to the market. but i wanted to ask you about the $5.00 trillion dollar game. let's bring in a pipe, leanest on angle here, that of the chalice gas field in the caspian sea. you know about this. it's worth of a 5 trillion dollars. this is a huge gas field in the caspian sea that russia is going to help iran to develop. they say it could supply 20 percent of europe's gas needs. in fact, it could supply 52 percent of the gas needs of the whole e u, for the 20 years next 20 years. if putin and iran are going to develop this gas field. what does that mean on the global stage of gas? because that would actually suggest the iran could become a major player with the european energy. well right now we

see the energy problems that the europeans are facing, but the europeans aren't able to deal with reality if they were able to behave constructively, if they were able to accept. for example, iran writes within the framework of the nuclear deal, them the ronnie and the russians, the europeans, they could cooperate much more extensively. it's ironic that today the europeans don't are. they are stonewalling at the negotiations in vienna. i am in vienna at the moment. they are stonewalling here. they don't want to go back to the 2015 deal that they signed up to, even though many in iran thought it was a bad deal that iran gave too much. the iranian side is saying that were willing to abide by the deal, but the europeans and americans have to abide by it as well. but the, you, your parents and americans want to keep something extra. they want to keep part of those maximum pressure sanction. so they can keep

a hand on the throat of the iranians. the americans and the europeans, constantly want to hammer iraq. they want to hammer russia, they want the hammer, china, instead of looking for cooperation, they see everyone is their enemy, they're the good guys. every one else, they're all the bad guys. so what about iran and the nuclear deal? professor moran here we go. we're going to see some of forward momentum going on here. the iranians are open for a, for a deal. the iranians have said the iranians gave to draft documents that are in accordance with the j. c. p. away. but the european americans don't want that. the europeans and americans want something they want. there would basically be europeans and americans want is they want to preserve some of trumps maximum pressure sanctions that were imposed on iran under different labels. but these are all violations of the nuclear deal. because according to the nuclear deal, the europeans and americans must facilitate the normal is ation of iranian trade in

business. and all these extra deals that they've put under the americans, especially put under different labels for iran's regional alliances, is defense capabilities. it's support for different groups, so called human rights and all that, as if the strangling of the iranian people by western channel countries is not a violation of human rights. they want to preserve these, but these are all violations of the nuclear deal. so the iranians are saying, look, if you want a deal, if you want us to put a cap on our nuclear program, you have to lift all those sanctions. you cannot behave like trump and pretend that you are not trump. professor us, i it mohammed mirandi from the university of toronto. very insightful conversation . thank you so much for your to. thank you. thank you. moscow has rebuffed claims. it's poised to invade ukraine saint a bed, no relation to reality, and adding that it's the americans who are actually acting belligerently in the

region. that is as a western media and politicians wretched up speculation about a possible full scale war. and according to some reports, european intelligence agencies gave that version of events very little credibility that is, until washington stepped in many allies, when 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. the new wave of tensions comes as the us on russian presidents prepared to hold a video call on tuesday. but joe biden doesn't really look like he's in the mood to negotiate. yes, oh. 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 currency 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 kremlin battle pans 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 the 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 the shows was nature, you know, a u. s. warship has now entered the block, see what we can see it through binoculars or the crosshairs 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, bush planting. massage, 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 that's a russian destroy. i 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 ent, 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 over to the alliance, the de facto start of natives,

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, well promises are made to be broken. where is that? where is that written down? where is that from? was written down and under the religious friends among the rich girls that you didn't call. erica, want us to know what to do it. in the meantime, the u. s. unfazed by its terrible track record l predicting russian behavior is covering its base as enduring 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. if all the sort of invasion has got you wondering just what is going on? check out the views of scott ritter, r t dot com. he's a former us intelligence officer. he just,

he's just not buying what the tabloids selling right now. you can read wine that auntie thought come for the bad news for brits is they could soon have to pay double to heat their homes. that's according to the 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 at its highest level in a decade with household energy bills, the biggest driver, when the costs of essential services go up. those on the lowest incomes get heads hardest. it is estimated. some $4000000.00 british households are currently behind on their energy bills and each and every winter at least $10000.00 deaths nationally are caused by cold homes. that is, polling suggests half the country is more worried about the cost of heating than it is to do with anything related to cove it well james anderson, the founder of a company that provides emergency heating to the elderly. so the u. k. government is not doing enough to help those in all those facing fuel poverty. few

quite sure the united kingdom is but he should be a because the usage is very high on the cost is very high with people that have to pay 3. he think the whole all put it on the table. it my opinion, my honest opinion, the comments are not taking any steps at all to reduce you or who public key within the united kingdom and the correct mama. meanwhile, across the channel, there's a bit of a warmer outlook because some governments are dishing out aid to help poor homes as well as businesses get through the winter. charlatan sky reports on this has the bitter cold hitch 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. he pushes, living hand to mouth is worrying a, becoming more normal in some of you rips richest nations at the facility. 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. one, 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 $100.00 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 years from profit of energy companies to consumers in a bid to lower their bills. yet, despite such measures, men, the fear 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 2 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 as 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, please note string 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 at reasonable prices. such political games could end up pushing more people into fuel

pump. would see this winter and even cost them that life's chill. the g, blue sky oxy. paris failure to provide equal worldwide access to vaccines may result in new coverage. strange emerging. that's so the warning from the president of the international federation of the red cross, we had a very good conversation that just about a day or so ago discussing cove it or that migrant crisis in europe and a whole list of all the topics or some except for you there wasn't counting the 9 european union, for example, we are many saying that though dosa, while in africa, we sta, louisa raised that tisa temper, sandy boonies, engrossed with 0 percent. so the something that says morgana said that what we're ready to rule so far, we are ready to scale up our activities in africa, by deity, the shoes about our audited, the, the vaccines to have access to the vaccine. so 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, sir, and researcher, due to the dual to make this vaccine accessible. so why the boy discount in the developing counties that, that they have not de, right that to have access. so i think jesus should be a common road, not something that said belong to the, to the pharma central, you know, company is the beginning. they believe me, i did it on them. it has been politicized to look at they, they did, they did the level of the fake news or the day even political leda had to spread. busy around the world. so this is something that unfortunate has been pretty decisive bukosa it best to do with the fear of the people. it's up to the political leader to follow they, they advise is coming from their scientific community to least and not to them, to walk with them, to avoid the total, to vote at the, on the same level. and he's also, the media is an important responsibility. this mtv 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 id? it average shaw and this and d. v. community so dwarfed and a political lead us and the government's out. so the dutengo there. this and given community in dealing with a call in 19 and, and it is needed, ultimate davy then sat in terms of our over, ah, did, did, did the reason why we have these new vari answer. so we have called it would you may davy, the incident. so without, i brought my vaccination without giving access to any human beings to live accedes, de risk of a new body. answer phase of very high aga, and we can not blame. also, these is another aspect of it, for as is, it is of concern. we cannot, we cannot blame the south africa, scientists at all to ha, for a heavy anger,

open the door to the scientific community about these new discovery galaxy i think was i was, it was a dea, unfortunately is not working as expected. so the number of distribution, all of the vaccines, so i'll go on michael, that 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 will start to give their priority, and then we'll distribution by callback. so for the medical doctors to that note says that that i'm working on the front line. and unfortunately this is working or less the 50 percent so far. so the nam may said very, very, very law and this is her eyes and i did aspect to the international committee should take as easily consideration. so we have to do more intensive distribution and giving access the better spread crows with this both with international

federation. i think that the moment is they're doing a i good job. of course, disease now not to meet tame or long term solution idea, hosted in a shelf dera, but so far the adding a war, my environmental and, and we are engaging in attic discussion. we day made a man the government of mendosa door to find either solution out for them and put on the unfortunately we don't have access said to the board to unfortunately i'm not even nineties is i? so he's on a full consent for myself, and had them not surprise about saudi european union, and they were just county, i do, i react in dealing with human beings. these. and i'm wondering for lucian got about humanity because he's not about every county has the right to set up policies for migrations. we have not question. it's about the humanity on which we have to, to treat every human beings. this is the only point that we are wasting that what

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