in the u. k, that a chess was completely wiped out from a ransomware attack. if you were coming in to a clinic because you had a test or you had an operation, they can't find your records. they had to go back to pen and paper with with those and, and then they was again, really, it is easier and you must do it immediately. president poetry lashes at it, nato's east. what expansion is? he answers questions during his annual news briefing. he also responds to, to a question about the energy crisis, noting europe is paying record price is up to date shing affordable gas contract. when you talk when the network but not the european commission, we want to lose money and the market will regulate that. well, he is always regulated, it counts as $2000.00. one down here,

let me see when it's going to be or what have you. also heard the us says chaos awaits the world. about is leadership. despite many countries, of course, still repeating the consequences of american involvement. as we report from war tony theo pir, we're claims of fake news and bias in western may. free media is being blamed for, exacerbating the turmoil. ah, hello and welcome to our international world news at 11 p. m. from moscow. with me, kevin, how he 1st of the annual end of year media briefing by the russian president vladimir putin wrapped up earlier. it lasted a full 4 hours though. our senior correspondent, board gazda if brings us the key points. this is an opportunity for journalists from all manner of outlets small, large international to, to gather together and to ask, puking, ah, the most pressing questions that they have. but that includes

a journalist from small provincial outlets in russia. people forget, have vos, russia is 11 time zones at spans, and there's a lot of questions the journalists want to ask. so we had questions ranging from, from issues with mortgages and provincial towns to big hitting questions. lou did questions even from foreign journalists, asking vladimir putin if he can guarantee that russia won't attack you crave. so will you guarantee unconditionally that you will not invade ukraine or any other southern country marching festival disease erections will not depend on negotiations. they will depend on unconditional compliance with russia. security in the sense we've made it clear that any further movement to the east is unacceptable . we're not threatening anyone. we didn't come to the u. s. a. u. s. borders no, they came to ours. not an inch to the east. that was a nato guarantee in 1990. so what became of that,

they fooled us. we seen 5 waves of nato expansion and you keep demanding some guarantees from us. you must give us the guarantee it is on as a hearing, and you must do it immediately right now, instead of talking about yes, for decades, he also spoke about the other thing that russia has been charged with a suspected of manipulating. and that is the guy gas market in, in europe. he says, well, what we're hearing from various outlets is baseless and senseless. germany for example, is buying gas at $57.00 times below market price. we're and then they're using that gas to perhaps celadon, to poland, which is paying an entirely different price because it insisted on trading with russia at market prices. now, the gases or the above $2000.00. well, it is ruinous, ruinous for both you citizens who have seen their household built for electricity go up for 500 percent ruinous also for businesses which year which is seeing an

even larger rise, the role to remain with player to more than they are lying to oscillate, they can refusing every one gas promise shipping the entire volume requested by his counter agents in accordance with the exist and contrast, they're even increasing the volume by around 20 percent. they're increasing shipments to european i believe the gas from is the only company that loves that the u. s. suppliers and not supplying the european markets enough europeans these i think they had premium market, but they were left behind when we're talking about link refined, natural gas. americans are transferring their shipments to the premium markets of latin america, brazil, china, south korea, from japan, if and the prize camp we was saying, we must not destroy long term contracts. but know you said the european commission, we must use mortgage terms or the market will regulate it. well, here's how is regulated, at least we have $2000.00. 1000 hibbing meters of you're welcome to the other thing that popped up here was a shoe of recent scandals and russia involving jails. prisons and the torture of

suspected inmates by prison authorities at these were both, both incidents were, was shocking because there was graphic footage of it happening. there are more cases where we haven't seen footage. this is something that has been a sore, potent among russians for, for many years. and vladimir putin was asked what is being done about this. he said that the russian government is taking action. there are a number of criminal proceedings against her former prison institution. the staff members, as well as the fact that peter, this isn't a problem only in russia, this is a problem in even in developed countries, had it is very difficult to put an end to it. of them. solution in this case is necessary festival to rely on states for of the investigations. 17 criminal cases have been initiated and are being on the investigation that you have named only one or 2 people. but there are a 1000 or more than a 1000, dismissed in their criminal cases, opened against them. yes, there is

a problem we need to work with. it's a malone, a conscientious, fully fledged investigation of those crimes. and these are clearly crimes that have been committed. we need to bring it to an end so that everyone understands that punishment for these offences is inevitable. i was sir lucky enough, also to be able to ask vladimir putin question my question was about canceled culture phenomena you as well as woocommerce that have you so pervaded western politic, sometimes in very extreme forms, for example, with her for example, the incident with, with j k. rowling and how the axes that she made famous with her harry potter movies have turned against and asked vladimir putin of what he thinks about the social justice culture and whether it is coming to russia as so been listenership washington. the peculiarity and strength of our millennial society lies in the fact that russia has evolved as a multinational and multi confessional state. and we've learned to respect each other. and this means to respect the basis of our traditional spiritual culture. mm

hm. and all the peoples of the russian federation of a certain internal moral protection against such retrogression and well, this must be fought not by direct instructions and shouts, but by the support of our traditional values that are not the biggest crowd that attendance today because of her pandemic safety measures there's social distancing in effect here. there's mars mandatory masters of course. there was also humidifiers and all sorts of anti sept express inaction today, but they were much bigger crowds and previous years. nevertheless, this, the session lasted for fear for 4 hours, 3 hours, 56 minutes. i believe though, people defer on how long. exactly. and this is this year's vladimir prudence press conference. and that was more against the of our senior correspondent, president poach nance and 55 questions during his annual press conference. and one of them was on the recognition of afghanistan's new authorities. more on that than exotic boy her gave her some more detail. she was in the studio earlier. it's

a question now for the west, but for the united nations, because there are a couple of resolution dr. recognized taliban as, as a terrorist organization or as an organization involved in terrorist activities. and for that to be removed, that there has to be an international consensus and actually looks like this consensus and maybe within the range because for all the disagreements that sound the ukrainian issue, the russian authorities have been quite complimentary. the reason why the russians have sort of played along with this new situation is that they believe that they regional consensus will be much helpful in if not bringing peace to afghanistan down at least making sure that you know, tar risen doesn't spread beyond its borders. and bigger goal would be to how the eurasia sort of to do raise the center of erasure for from the poles there,

you're half china and want to pull. you have rush on the other pull. you have india there as well. so there is a hold that the, even the local players, regional players can agree of not supporting various quasi actors there that perhaps you know, with due time this taishan can come down and develop in accordance with the local customs. traditions and you know, social conditions rather than trying to build, there's something that could not be supported from, from the grassroots. he also talk to the question about anti russian sentiment. let's just listen to what he said about that. go good to go. what's going on is the creation of an anti rush on this territory with a constant pumping of weapons and a brain washing of the population. now can you imagine rush to constantly live with this, with an eye on what new weapons and what are being delivered and then on the cover of weapon systems and radicals being pushed to resolve the issue in the,

in the military. he clearly sees the conflict in the ukraine as a consequence. also, the sustained deck is long attempt to contain russia, as he put it, he strongly feel that there is a strong tendency in the west to try to mess up with russians development or china's development. and it was once again calling for putting it aside and allowing each country to develop in accordance with its own history and culture, its own value system, its own goals and its own abilities or risk as low thoughts on this note from political commentator and new york observe economy. sundry walker is on the line. andre, that you'll thought sit on the nato chief insult books claim that the military lines never pledged, not to enlarge. and what found there were things blood with time on the lines inside or. busy should promises on a huge subject like this be kept. oh, i think we have to be honest about 2 things. first and foremost,

nature was established in order to oppose the soviet union. and the soviet union does not exist. so the have to be question part about whether this is just vanity or whether it's a serious exercise. however, let's divide out something else. there is a huge degree of dislike and distrust of the kremlin in countries like ukraine and latvia. now, by the way, that's got nothing to do with the russian people. that's got something to do with the fact that was the headquarters of the soviet union. and so whilst there is a pressure from russia to not to expand it out, and potentially it was an argument for not even having dates out these countries in the middle are constantly trying to ally themselves. the west my own view when you can, if it needs to be a far greater degree of trust between the former soviet countries, those that remain in the russian federation and those that would never in the russian federation, but were in the soviet union. i do not think that military build option, i would cite a couple of them, the joining of lafayette nato. and i think also what went wrong in crimea,

i think on both sides, of course, significant problems. but a lot, you know, i'm pretty positive person. i think russia has become a force. good, good. in the world. i don't think it's absolutely perfect. i don't think that it's actually perfect even, but i think the punch, cold war, things have got significantly better and we should celebrate not 1st and forever. look in the papers, the read sobs from wherever you located. britain at the moment it is potent go invade this 100000 forces. a built up. is he going to evade is going to happen, or russia keep saying is not gonna happen, is not going to invade ukraine, but mainstream made a jump exclusively on put in today in this sir annual form. he had not explicitly, again, ruling out that he wouldn't invade to crane is that that they wanted to hear that he would what wow, what more than any to hear? look, i need to, i need to go back to i said a 2nd ago, there is a significant level of mistrust here. you know, everybody knows that sebastopol naval base has to remain part of the russian

federation on the russian control. the idea of a country like you, craig controlling the secret, not so secret nuclear arsenal on, on submarines as a basketball. and that would be ludicrous. but at the same time, you have to recognize that the actions of the soviet union make it very, very hard for russia to have a significant role in ukraine beyond the big diaspora and people in you, craig will want to see a great deal more trust. i actually personally think that when you were talking about exports and all our gas and oil, which was just on brilliantly about liberalizing the market economy, things actually are starting to normalize much more a. can you imagine people in ukraine liking the kremlin as much as they do now to 50 years ago? little so good at all. this is all about the gas for a minute. he said that the ease fallen victim to its own energy policies. at the case, there's no doubt about that. there's no doubt about that. i mean, i get enormously frustrated. we had something and i know you've got an international audience. so let me just explain. we had an instance in the united

kingdom in wales where tartar steel was closed down. and the reason it was closed out was because european union at green policies. now all the steel that tortured produced for decades in wales is now being produced in china at a far less copper, efficient fashion. but we are the chairman to follow the work the game. i noticed by the way, i don't speak much. and i noticed in the press conference that the woke the gate were a significant teacher, and i had to say as a conservative, there is a significant level of support not for flooding uprooting because i just don't think he gets out of good, right? like, do think having a leader in russia who stands across from values who stands up for the russian orthodox church. easy interested in bending the weight, cloak and green. you again is something that we need to follow on. we've tried to in the west with trump, boris, so limited success andre walker, one job the other walker. political commentator new york observer column, says his greatest ear and thanks been on the program, cannot merry christmas,

not season great, merry christmas. all right, now the death of 6 amazon workers sparks protests in new york. sad story. that was that story and more coming up after break. it's international world news at 11. ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, a

ah. ah yes. so it begins 2 weeks of our christmas and new year's the specials. and when we look back in the year, that was and parents in the future with some of our roster of amazing guests, all heterodox thinkers, that wouldn't be caught dead on greatly on finance. corporate media 1st, james howard cancer can oh, hello again. in the future, the world of at american leadership might be grim and chaotic, says secretary state on said he blinking, but his ortiz nikki, are and reports. next. there are quite a few countries reeling and the aftermath of washington's help in the past. have

you ever wondered what the well, it might be like without the united states? i think chaos. that's what it thinks when we're not engaged. when we don't lead them one or 2 things f's, either some other country tries to take our place, but probably not in a way that advances our interests and values or no windows. and then you get chaos . ah, yes, the u. s. has used his magic touch to bring peace and harmony to many a state far and wide. one fine example operation enduring freedom that unknown to you and i as the u. s. invasion of afghanistan following the september 11th attacks, the u. s. entered the country with a mission to hunt down the summer, been london unpunished. the taliban government that will most of the country since 1996. the promise was one of retribution that goodies defeating the bodies. we must rid the world of terror, sore children, and grandchildren can grow up in freedom. we are not nation building again.

we are killing terrors. ah mm. they call it collateral damage to you and i that's the innocent people in the wrong place at the wrong time. when 10 civilians, including 7 children, were killed in an air strike, the military initially defended it. only a month later did they acknowledge it with a tragic mistake, and yet none of the military personnel involved will face any kind of punishment. then consider the hundreds of other similar cases exposed by wikileaks. in reality,

the kind of peace, the u. s. has brought to the country, has left its people so terrified they've run for their lives. in a 6000000 afghans have either been displaced internally or have fled to the country altogether, fueling a refugee crisis that continues to reverberate across europe. by the time it withdrew, it has become america's longest war, and yet in its wake, it left an alarming new threats with wash money out of with the gold in with then that iraq, as america ended his time in afghanistan, it's next step was to announce the end of active combat for its troops in iraq. though the picture change too much, some $2500.00 service members will remain on the ground even in the coming year. it

was 2003 when the us approach the you went to make the case for invading iraq. so i think saddam hussein stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction. and we will remember how that ended, and yet more than a 1000000 rockies on estimated to have lost their lives as a result, along with thousands of american troops on the outcome, widespread sectarian violence and the rise of islamic state. and then that syria, after hunting and hiring the u. s. centered syria in 2014 shifting from working quietly behind the scenes to support rebels. 2 overt displays of u. s. force. i've resisted calls for military action because we cannot resolve someone else's civil war through force, particularly after a ticket of war in iraq and afghanistan. the images from this massacre sickening, a crime against humanity and a violation of the laws of war. big promises were made like defeating ice,

if by like 2014, the $500000000.00 spent training what was supposed to be $5000.00 anti ices. syrian rebels had managed to successfully train about 5. so once again, why that is good will and both sides and the really good chance for success. the u . s. has secured the oil, among the many us military for raise, the problem is always the same one of stability, peace and freedom. but with the growing list of foreign interventions turned silent, perhaps this time the u. s. consider a career change from the global policeman. tony blanket has a very difficult job and that is to try and put a good face on a, on bad policy on, on an administration that you know promised the moon of can even launch. we haven't had a foreign policy success in decades or invasion of iraq in 2003,

of course, predicated on over a decade of, you know, sanctions base a containment of saddam hussein. that change the entire middle east, which in turn gains the entire world. not for the better either. so, you know, the united states has a problem. we are in a position where we have the, the power, the, the accumulation of power to, to make this stand and continue to make the stand. and right now there's not too many nations that const and up and prevent us from doing it. it doesn't make it right. we've seen the consequences of this. but for the moment, the united states, you know, is a, is a super power. the lack of moral compass authorities neetha, appear demanding that western mainstream me to stop spreading fake news. they claim as an unbalanced coverage of the civil war there at the moment. and that is biased towards the rebels fighting the government, people to take into the streets around the world to support the elected ethiopian government rallies have also been held. may see it ends, los angeles bureau,

the people demanding the u. s. and it's western allies stop interfering, and the war torn country ot, polar slee a report from leafy open capital tonight, the got him in 10 people, p. o, p, o, of range over the wasted media coverage of what is happening in this country. the more any yeah, we both belonging to the tiegram people innovation on either tpl 8. i've been in the world in a better wall trying to overthrow the democratically elected governments. instead of remaining neutral mainstream waste and media has chosen to take sides majority here in any european as well as a broad, strongly feel that cnn has covered the conflict over the past year in a manner that is highly biased and detached from context new times in sets on repeat the falsely claiming that it was the government, a prime minister at the ultimate cnn has in fate, a much better. 8 news anchor with the largest e p. o pin television channel has monitored and reported on the false report. the

channel continues to spew out. for example, when t p a live march used to abby sub, you know, they are at this 60 kilometer away from ibis. she and nana reported that i'd be saab about is under siege by t p a live this completely tech news and that they used heck, picture another. the chip in i lies is transferring we pin to to gray region, but impractical. the chip and i had lies is not doing that to use factually, but c, n n transmitted in order to attack the chill pin economy. how does he ever published a video clip on facebook with the heading thousands of to grands of western in ethiopia? it shows a video of vigilantes and states that they are looking for to grands. but what it

doesn't mention is that these such an antique were heating a close to the government to go out and protect their own neighborhoods against to grands who were coming in. looting and killing people on november 26th. the french state owned international media office, france 24 reported that some tpl. if fighters had reached deborah, he met some 50 kilometers from addis ababa. it was simply untrue, as picked up by fact finding organization in the capital city. yeah, wants to sell her falsity. but it's, it's, it's becoming that the really fucked how to becoming boarding experts agree the mainstream. chris is talking with one voice, suggesting a coordinated effort behind the scenes and not only the media, the n, georgia rights groups like amnesty or human rights, which they also collect these reports in the sample assembler report. and then

today, congress man data plan union and then they use it to impose sanctions speaking. how can government, if it's clear that when the media is wilfully and deliberately choosing to misinforming audiences, it's unfortunate because during war time no payment is credible. reporting is urgent policy via our team at is about yes, yes, you and i commission of human rights says both the government, other rebels have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the crisis. should read more about the mainstream media impact, the theo appear, and who might be profiting from it. check out some stuff, we got it r t dot com our site amazon work is of rally to new york of what they say is the company's reckless disregard for safety and union busting policies. has been a waiver criticism of how it treat staff after 6 died when

a warehouse collapsed during a tornado, illinois early this month. kellum open reports. so we're here in time square. and as you can see behind me, there's a large demonstration of amazon workers and their supporters. now, the main talking pointed, this demonstration is worker's health and safety. here the new york vase, amazon worker, is one adequate protections from coven 19 as they go to work. every day, but the whole country is reacting to the incident where we saw a tornado that hit an amazon warehouse, killing 6 amazon employee that was earlier this month, december 10th. and the country is still reacting to that horrendous news. many questions are being raised about jeff days over the billionaire ceo owns amazon, and whether or not he's really concerned about the safety of his workers. this is what some of the protesters, amazon workers and their allies had to say to us when we spoke to them earlier. those workers were not allowed to leave. they weren't allowed to have their phones

. we saw the screenshots, amazon is letting us leave. the van driver said they were told that if they didn't come back with their vans empty, they would not have a job. the next day. they were saying we need to go. there was a storm and the manager say no, you have to stay. you are not allowed to eat. that's like a 100 years ago with the triangle shirtwaist factory. lacquers work between 10 and 12 hour shifts. totally isolated on the outside world. and we are here. so there man, among things hasn't paid. amazon has shown itself to be incapable of protected workers, lives incapable of doing anything but putting prophets over people's lives, over safety. how many more people in our class after di, how many people have to die to like, be working this inhumane like this at the speed in these warehouses to get these packages out there? this is impossible. i absolutely was not able to go to the bathroom, not able to take a break, not able to, to have time off, no sick pay, no,

nothing like of course people are going to dine. now protesters also been highlighting the fact that while the pay of amazon employees is considerably low, jeff bezos, the billionaire ceos seems to have avoided the tax bill and is not really paying his fair share of taxes. he recently, it's been a lie, it a lot of his own personal well on a trip to outer space. now, the protesters hears a that the conditions in amazon warehouses are unacceptable. worker's rights are not being protected. many people calling out this huge international corporation. caleb martin, r t new york. and that so t's world news, 11 pm live for moscow and not so so the last time you'll see this a very familiar studio. it served so well, isn't it for us since 2012, but i can tell you from tomorrow morning you'll get a brand new studio and a brand new look here at our th q, with all the same familiar faces used to be included of lee and that will continue to question more that's happening in about 8 hours time from now till then our next

program. then we're going to join our team in auto america, and even they're capable hands to little starts. so for a very long time, i'm from this particular place. and this studio is kevin, now in saying thank you so much for watching best seasons. greetings from us. are all here if you're celebrating and enjoy on you. look very soon here. now, tz, international, the global broadcast, live from russian. mm hm. technology is very big industry and there's a lot of opportunities for hackers, villains, not him, but he didn't bring the law in that country. you're dealing with why rest him that the major cybersecurity challenge is the sovereignty of laws that cyberspace is no borders. new sovereignty we ended up with, for example, the national health service in the.