from the south, everybody know, know what this thing to some extent. i would argue that we're still fighting. the civil war in the south is winning a personal views can cost you your job in the headlights here on our team. international. a german navy adam roll steps down offers spock the diplomatic route by publicly saying crimea, is now a part of russia. meanwhile, a quote useful meeting with a candidate exchange of opinions at a critical moment. that's how the russian and u. s. foreign policy chief describe. round to also talk in geneva this week, which do come in mid rising tensions over ukraine and the issue of nato expansion. we recently notified congress of our intent to deliver and 17 helicopters of the latest round of de escalation told the u. s. joins other nato member states and

ramping up the supplies of weapons to kiev. it tells russia to pull back its own troops on its own soil. had a bite of fact checking russia lasted left out to the american officials now and the meter as well. the pushing of fresh and proven claims against moscow published right ahead of those crucial security tools. it's enough to scroll through a couple of random pages to be sure, none of the provisions stand up to any critical analysis. in many cases, it is simply aligned with what has been such a busy week for year worldwide headlines here, we're not international. let's highlight some of the biggest ones with the weekly program. it does look like showing even the slightest support for russia can cost you dearly in this current political climate. a german navy chief has have to resign. after saying crimea is now a part of russia and the west. it should stop demonizing vladimir putin,

as you can imagine, his words spoke a major diplomatic backlash as ought he is peter all about now reports vice admiral k. r. him shown by caused big shocks on saturday evening, as he stood down from his role as chief of the german navy. it follows comments that he made about the russian president vladimir burton and the ongoing tensions between russia, ukraine and nato. following this fall out from what he said and everything revolving around it, he felt his position had become untenable. i have just asked the federal minister of defense to release me from my duties as inspector of the navy with immediate effect. the thoughtless comments i made in the neon security and military policy or increasingly weighing on my office in order to prevent further damage to the german navy. i consider this a necessary step. the federal minister has accepted my request. well, it all relates the comments that shown by made while he was in india speaking to

a defense think tank. he was speaking about crimea, which he said would remain part of russia also about the russian president, vladimir burton, who he said only once, respect, and probably deserves respect is falling russia because he can do it is easy to give him the respect he needs. and also his us economy, appearance was, is gone. another commer, this is the fact once the video became public, there was outcry from sections of society saying they had shown by hand to go more than an embarrassment what the german maybe commander says here on the label. utterly unacceptable, there must be consequences. but this is not the position of german foreign office vice admiral playing down the russian sabre rattling. this is a shocking statement since crimea was annexed by russia. it almost sounds like god, blush for putting fire hen and navy chief must not play his own foreign policy.

game in a crisis. clearly vice admiral sean bark thought he was off the record, but he was also fundamentally wrong on prospects of appeasing russia. ukraine is also not happy with what has gone on. in fact, the foreign ministry in kiev is calling on germany to officially distance themselves from their fall, the navy chief and what he had to say. they saying that these comments went on to undermine the sovereignty of ukraine, the foreign minister there calling them unacceptable. but this is just the latest issue that we've seen very recently between berlin just last week. there were problems over the fact that berlin doesn't want to send weapons into ukraine. also, germany has locked the sale of a stony and weapons that were german made to ukraine. this su concerning the now former navy chief just the latest and was becoming

a growing number of problems. former austria and foreign minister count can isolates surprised by the scandal around the now former boss of germany's navy. it's a pity. there is some to know what a belief key of to, to pronounce appears to have some sort of pluralism of opinions. i don't hear that before the mistakes to install as it is pronounced by the german media buddy to national media, bar and large. i mean, where is the crime scene to turn that into something like breaking international use to turn it into a headline in days like so we're really, everybody. i will say i should have other priorities. simply every selection of very cumbersome situation. lolia in the way that topped up on a mass of russia and the us tell the 2nd round of security talks in switzerland.

washington has now promised to provide moscow with a written response to the credit concerns next week. just for a moment here on the program. here are some of the key points from the round. the 2nd round i should say, of their talks in switzerland. ah, no, he's not here. any reasoning, justifying the american position on the russia. ukraine border. only concerns, concerns, concerns poop, russian officials have never threatened ukrainians as a nation. not even once. president zalinski, who has been under the wing of our western colleagues who patronize encouraging any sorts of action publicly said that if any ukraine citizen regards himself and aversion, we should get out of ukraine z regional for you who is the one making threats and what can these threats possibly lead to that is a big question, is we will not go back on the fundamental principles that we have

and that we are committed to defend. and one of those is a narrows opened, or russia has amassed very significant forces. and you can't order and continues to do so. 100000 troops. most recently, including forces deployed to beatrice. russia has addressed every concern which has been voiced, they admit that it's our own territory. still say that there are too many troops and then immediately in the same sense and they say that whatever americans are doing with their own tools in your work is not of our business. we do not claim any spheres of influence, but what nato is doing in regards to ukraine is clearly showing that the alliance sees it as a sphere of its own influence. it reflects the mentality of the west and community

fully confident in its exceptionalism. they can do anything and the rest of us, only with the commission. yet another wave of accusations against russia, the british foreign office claims job gathered evidence of a lot to install a pro moscow government and key if it's something that russia, of course, is slamming as nonsense. the misinformation spread by the british foreign office is more evidence that it is the nato countries lead by the anglo saxons, thus escalating tensions around ukraine. we call in the british foreign office to stop provocative activities. stop spreading nonsense and concentrate on studying the history of the taught among will yoke. whilst there is no actual evidence published to support this claim, burton has already called for de escalation. london says one of the potential candidates as former ukrainian mp yevgeny moore. i have something that seemed to have taken him by surprise, saying he's been banned from russia since 2018 was not only the u. k,

which moscow believes as bog down in so called fake news. i just hours ahead of this week, security talks, the u. s. state department outlined what it cited as examples of russian dis, information rushers, a foreign minister was critical of both a content and equally so it's timing it to been while you got loaded, rosie both of these documents, which the u. s. state department has of course prepare deliberately for today's meeting, a simply impossible to read. it's enough to scroll through a couple of random pages to be sure, none of the provisions stand up to any critical analysis. in many cases, it is simply a lie. in response, russia has drawn up its own fact checking list and accused washington of a toxic campaign against russia will let sir have a good look at both sides of the argument. his auntie's moran gaz. d f. you may have seen this list, a fantastic exposure, say of russian fiction. that's a good read, bold print and a world painted in black and white. simplified,

pre digested and regurgitated russians. bad americans, good lito does not encircle russia. nato enlargement is not directed against russia. over the last 20 years old nato coalition potential has been a mass on its eastern frank. the lance is expansion towards russian borders is accompanied by the creation earned modernization of military infrastructure. russia has 60 neighbors in the ninety's, only one of those was a nato state that it became to poland joint. then it became 5 with ukraine and ga, potentially joining. that would be 7 with all the perks that carries like us bases and troops. pray tell how is that not the dictionary definition of encirclement russia is use

a statement from high level officials as well as disinformation and propaganda outlets to intentionally spread outright falsehoods, to attempt to create a pretext for military action. we all know how the u. s. uses differ information to create a pretext for invading independence states. the irony seems lost entirely on the us state department, we still remember colon pow right sadam. hussein has not. verifiably accounted for even one teaspoonful of this deadly material. the chief of the state department. whether of all around 2 decades ago, lying to the world, about saddam's weapons of mass destruction. and setting the stage for the invasion of iraq, which killed an estimated half a 1000000 people. because i don't believe that russia has come close to that level of misinformation. there are no credible reports of any ethnic

russians or russian speakers been under threats from the ukrainian government violations of the right self. the multi 1000000 russian speaking population in ukraine have reached an enormous level. the government dobs a discriminatory laws on language education and so cold indigenous peoples driving the russian language out of all the spheres of life. ukraine is not that democratic paradise. the washington portrays it to be and is one of the most corrupt countries in the world, say various reports, a country where the leaders of the 2 biggest opposition parties are right now, being prosecuted and persecuted, a say to keep them out of power. a country where opposition media has been forced to shut down one after the other or tact without any sort of international reaction . ethnic russians are no longer recognized as native residents. the russian

language, the native language of a 3rd of the ukrainian population. as now forbidden and schools and government in coffee shops in supermarkets. yes, russians in ukraine are very much the de finish it of persecuted. nature never promised not to admit new members. on the 9th of february 1990 u. s. secretary of state, james baker said, during the meeting with the soviet foreign minister, edward shivered. not say about the ironclad guarantees that nato jurisdictions and mil for units won't move an inch eastwood. it's a sorry world where, where russians know what the state department said better than the state department . the shame, the director of the cia robert gates famously warned against the expansion of nato because and i quote, gorbachev's and others were led to believe that that wouldn't happen. west german,

foreign minister hands dietrich dentures, and i quote, this is to a large crowd. nato should rule out any expansion of its territory towards the east moving it closer to the soviet borders. i have much more just not enough time, but it is remarkable how a document that sets out a fight russian this information bathes and basks in so many lies of its own. well, even arts, he has become a target of the accusations from washington, where you are state department insisting that our t and fellow news outlet. sputnik use this information instead of supporting the mainstream narratives for russia's dis, information and propaganda ecosystem. the u. s. they diploma has something to say in their brand new reports that stop for a moment and enjoy top people to devote their time and passion after all. heroes, 3 favorite parts. artie and sputnik frequently give favourable covers to

organizations such as we can leeks that have received information from hackers. working for russian intelligence services says that people in the state department or on number one, funds reading and watching only r t and sputnik otherwise. how can this be explained? a blow for julian assange and for press freedom. julian sans he infuriated washington. now he's facing life in prison. julian assange, indictment fails to mention wiki likes, video, that exposed us war crimes in iraq. there are several indicators that show r t and sputnik. i'm not analogous to journalistically independent media outlets such as b, b. c. invoice of america. first, artie and spot nick black b, b, c, and voice of american transparent organizational and financial structures. we never lie about our budget. however,

the u. s. agency for global media us. hey jim does. well, i don't know exactly what they invest in r t and, and sputnik and in other russian media. but i know that is more than what the united states government invest. of course are media and russian is 10 times $100.00. think it's around 10 x factor. absolutely. less follows of dollars. in 2019 usa gym allocated $808000000.00 to its networks. while in 2019 artes budget was almost 300. 16000000. combining it with the budgeting process. you won't need, it was only 430000000. well here we have to agree with people in the state department . all sees definitely not the same in a likely attempt to damage the reputations of may done revolution activists. the ukrainian leadership and the ukranian armed forces in the eyes of both ukraine's allies in the russian population. the criminal pushed the narrative, the neo nazis him was ramp and in ukraine,

prior to during and after the annexation of crimea. why isn't anyone questioning this narrative, brutal attacks on roma people, l g, b, t, people, and rights activists have been on the rise in recent months in ukraine. the government has taken little action in response which cannot but embolden and encourage the attackers message to the us state department question more. well speaking of the last point mentioned in that clip of the us state department accused russian media of portraying ukraine as a nazi state. and one of the articles presented as evidence was written for arte, bipolar robinson. the problem here is not that the government is a fascist john to the is clearly an enormous exaggeration. despite restrictions on the use of the russian language and the recent repression of some anti government meter personalities. ukraine remains rose, be free and open society. it's not remotely fascist. an article i wrote in which i

actually say that the idea about the credit government is fascist, is an enormous exaggeration. and that ukraine is not remotely fascist. specifically what i say in the article, and yet this article is linked to in this state department report as evidence by r t is spreading the false narrative that ukraine is a fascist state or is the article in tax as the the direct opposite. and then does more similar sort of full statements on the next page about something else. the story about a boy who was killed in a rebel occupied don't bass, and the russian press reported bad time. he'd been killed by ukrainian drone. the state department report says that the o s. c investigated and stated bat, but boy was not killed by a drug, and event provides a link to the o. s c e report. but when you go to and you can read what the o s c said,

it does not say that the boy was not killed by a drug. it simply states that the boy was killed by shrapnel and bloss injuries. so the statement in the state department report b o c e said that is in totty on true and to plenty of also to come here on the weekly, on this sunday on our t international. sadly, you won't be surprised to know, but according to our oxfam report, the wealth of the world's richest people doubled during covert. will shed some light on that in just a ah, join me every thursday on the alex simon, sure, i'll be speaking to guess on the world politics. small business. i'm sure business . i'll see you then. mm.

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be an arms race is on, often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk more when i was showing wrong, when i just don't hold any world. yes. to say proud disdain becomes the advocate an engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground.

ah, it is good to have you with us for this weekly program. now is that us colds for russia. the pull back its troops from the ukrainian border. the 1st shipment of washington's true $100.00 a $1000000.00 military aid package arrived in kia on saturday. i would note that the united states has delivered more security assistance to ukraine in the last year than any point in history. and these deliveries are ongoing, including today there's more deliveries coming. we recently notified congress of our 10 to deliver and 17 helicopters. other nato members are estonia. last year and lithuania, they've all pledged to send more lethal weapons to strengthen ukraine's ability to defend itself in the event of a russian invasion that russia denies all the allegations about planning any kind of military offensive. germany doesn't support sending weapons to ukraine, saying it will not help to defuse the crisis. but key abs accused by lin, of undermining the unity between nato allies and of encouraging putins invasion.

over germany, claims arms exports will only push tensions higher. the federal government has had a clear stance regarding arms exports in recent years. we have not supported the export of lethal weapons from germany. meanwhile, local authorities and the self proclaimed at don yes, republic claim around a $120000.00 ukrainian soldiers have now got that on the board of a civilians. and the waterloo region have been living in fear for more than 7 years already. and now it seems that lives might even be a greater risk due to the escalating pension. we discussed all of this with a former us marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter. he believes washington's alms exports, the ukraine are counter productive, and at the end of the day, they clearly undermine regional security. if you don't said leave a weapons in the united states. that opens up joe biden to criticism from congress at a time when he needs congressional support for domestic programs. so,

you know what we're seeing here is the consequences of allowing your foreign policy, your national security policy to be hijacked by domestic little the fact that tony blink in his meeting with lab rob to discuss a diplomatic off ramp for the current crisis. at the same time, the united states is green lighting of the delivery of weapons for the sole purpose of killing russians, because you don't have deterrence unless you have a real capability, it's totally counterproductive and it undermines the american position when they say, hey, you know, we won't allow nato to join for years. you don't need to worry about what's the difference between a ukraine that's a member of nato receiving western military aid and ukraine, who's not a member of nato receiving western military from the russia perspective. there's no difference what you might be annoyed or disheartened to hear the wealth of the world's richest people has doubled during covert, while the poor have suffered increased death rates and poverty due to lack of

immediate health care. and those are the findings of a report by oxford called inequality kills charity claims policy choices by governments of skewed in favor of the rich. the wealth of the world's 10 riches men has doubled to the pandemic began the income of 99 percent of humanity, a worse off because of coven 19. this is not by chance, but choice. economic violence is perpetrated when structural policy choices are made for the richest and most powerful people. this causes direct com to us all the time they make has really expose been all it is and fuel them. so ox, i'm has been tracking billionaire wealth for some time and of course the full list shows that it has been growing over the last 40 years. but over the last 2 years it's been really exponential. so we call it a billionaire bonanza. and at the other end of the spectrum, of course, for 99 percent of humanity, it's been a very,

very difficult time. and most people are worse off as a result of the and then make, of course, more than a 160000000 people have fallen into poverty during this time. and if in a moment when you can see the difference is really showing very, very starkly, can't cause success. when there is such disparity, that at one end of the spectrum, you have people who have more wilson, they can spend in several lifetime. and the other we have people struggling to pay their next health bill or, or not knowing where the next meal is coming from. having such a level of disparity affects everyone, even the wealthiest, because you know it's a sign of unhealthy state of affairs, of a unhealthy society that needs addressing. according to oxfam cove, its pushed more than 160000000 people into poverty. the estimated 17000000 dead and around 6000000 more of also lost their lives due to a lack of health care in poor countries. meanwhile,

the top 10 people in forbes rich list including public figures like elan muska, geoff bears awesome bill gates. they all have 6 times more money than the poorest. 3000000000 people combined. while they double their wealth, the income of 99 percent of the world's population simply went down the drink. since the pandemic began, and you, billionaire has been created a roughly every single day in october, i'm believe the key reason for such inequality is vaccine supplies and health care . one of those key drivers for equality has been a vaccine access to vaccines. so the difference between rich and poor countries has grown, but quality. so and the 4 countries in africa and generally only 10 percent of the population has had his 1st course of vaccination america. economic power and several other countries in the world can help reverse that from unlocking that and

from the calculations that, that we have made. it would be possible for example, to vaccinate the whole world to excessive and health care for all the universal health care and their ways and, and others have campaigned for lifting those intellectual property rights. that in fact, mean that pharmaceutical have a monopoly over cobra, vaccines that are not readily available or produced as, as, as, as they could all over the world on our website, aussie dot com. you could read more about all these billionaires who doubled their fortunes during what was called such a crisis all around the world. and sure, there was no conflict of interest that you're weekly with,

for driven by a dreamer shaped by 10 percent of those with dares sinks. we dare to ask is the earth still large enough to satisfy the ambitions of jeff bezos? you know, it's got its tentacles in so many aspects of the economy. there's nothing that amazon is i'm trying to get in to, to step by step. the amazon empire has extended its group on the world that walks like end up being quite like a dog gets a dog. so amazon looks like monopoly trades like a monopoly makes money like

a monopoly, behaves like monopoly. amazon essentially controls the market place. it's not really a market, it's a private arena, a wild where a single company controls the distribution of all data products. and the infrastructure of our economy is loose. the world, according to amazon. ah, 2020 on as a game, broken, an abysmal record. more than 17000000 hector as a forest have been destroyed by fire and for the 1st time ever, smoke has drifted as far as the north. o, as recorded by satellite gothic what by there. what type of seat of what man? heated, please keep to quote and push and push it. if i had a he went to summer, but he meant some incredible cumulus. got that? he was 3. see what i still have. let me start at the adults use my. let me of keys up. we'll get all my local news from here,

so because you believe i will be with you, hope all is derived from what you, what would be with you. i will. i will report another one for you while thank you bye. yep. or prosper. a pretty we sugar earlier from a brush up the correction we started in your body with russia has the largest number of preserved forests in the world. however illegal deforestation, contraband forest product, export and wild fires of old cost the country up to $13000000000.00 a year. and even worse, the loss of unique natural resources, old growth forest for yes, it will not in your paper. i will be at the beginning and usually by which messed up, he has to be a family of 3. you can the local not number, which is why natural, you don't. where did he ever promote bolts? good critics will need to double cuz he also he and up to the school.