ah, ah ah, the head of germany's navy steps down after stating that crimea would remain part of russia blocking a diplomatic route. russia lashes out to us officials in the media for pushing on proven claims. get them off. go of this just before friday, secure to talk with police, but is 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 and

chaos in the hearts of europe. a face stand off unfolds in brussels as anger boiled over against covey restrictions and government plans for vaccine mandate with welcome to the weekly here in archie international. my name's peter scott, and welcome to the program. now we start this hour with some braking use. the u. s . state department has ordered the evacuation of all non essential staff and the families of american personnel in the kia embassy to leave ukraine. the us sites russian military action as the reason for the move, the u. s. and russia remain at loggerheads after high stakes talks in geneva, over ukraine. nato unsecure to guarantees for russia. russia has repeatedly stated it has no plans to invade ukraine. and it looks like showing even the slightest support for russia can cost you daily,

given the current political climate. germany, navy chief has had to resign. after saying crimea is now part of russia and that the west has stopped. demonizing. vladimir putin bought his work spots a major diplomatic backlash. are you a correspondent pizza oliver picks up the story. 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 comment city made about the russian president vladimir pig 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 thought was comments i made in india and security and military policy are increasingly weighing on my office in order to prevent further damage to the

german navy. i consider this necessary staff. the federal minister has accepted my request when it all relates the comments that show back 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 wants respect and probably deserves respect, is probably putting pressure on it because he can do it. it is easy to get him. the respect, he also gives us ok caught me up and got another come out. once the video became public, there was outcry from sections of society saying they show me by how to go more than an embarrassment what the german may be commanded says he, on the label, utterly unacceptable, that the consequences. but this is not the position of german foreign office vice

admiral playing down the russian sabre rattling this is a shocking statement says crimea was annexed by russia. it almost sounds like card blood for putting fire him. a navy chief must not play his own foreign policy game in a crisis. clearly vice admiral shamrock 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 keith is calling on germany to officially distance themselves from their former navy chief. and what he had to say, they're saying that these comments went on to under mine, 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 key f and berlin just last week. there were problems over the fact that berlin doesn't want to send weapons in to ukraine. also,

the germany has blocked the sale of estonian weapons that were german made to ukraine. that this su concerning the now former navy chief, just the latest and was becoming a growing number of problems. while we spoke to journalist and author thomas fust vendor who shared his view about the german vice admiral's comments on crimea, of course the year the leadership, the john political leadership and the media are concerned about the fact that within the rank and file of the government of the army and among the population, there is this common sense understanding that crimea will remain within russia and that there is, there is this common understanding that whatever mister put in did over the last 20 years, or whether it's against us or for us. whether we like it or not in command, deserves a certain level of respect. so i would say the fact that, that, that provoked the anger was that this was not that he does not represent

a solitary and individual opinion here, but rather widely distributed. once you get this feeling over the last weeks, not only among the population, there was always a strong consensus in terms of good relations with russia. but among the countries leadership, the leading media that there are certain initiatives that say, well, let's not cite too strongly here with one side in this conflict. and people understand that the ukraine is not the model democracy that we have to defend, that germany has to defend at all costs that this is but a by and large, an effort to a project you as power right up to the, to the russian border. and the extent to which germany wants to support such an effort by the you as you politicians does not meet consensus here in this country. in yet another wave of accusations against russia, the british foreign officer said he's got evidence of a plot to install

a pro moscow government thing. key of russia hit bike slamming the claim as nonsense. the misinformation spread by the british foreign office is more evidence that it is the nato countries led 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 total mongol yoke. the british government has so far provided no evidence to back up its claim of a russian plot in ukraine. but london has named former ukrainian and p if any more i f as a potential pro criminal candidates. now he seemed pretty surprised by that, pointing out that he's actually been banned from russia since 2018 arts. he sent a request to the british foreign office, asking them to clarify their allegations. and we also talk to drill a political risk consultant and lawyer. and he says the allegation stem from london's own political crisis. brittle less you sometime ago,

and it's 6 for its place in the world. we know that the global writ written project appears to be a foss, when we know that the currently or is johnson, is having a very serious trouble. and in my opinion, what the british government is doing through the british intelligence is to, i mean, to say it's place within the u. s. framework to contain russia. also, we have to bear in mind, at least for us, it's aiming to step into boys johnson shoes. is a big advantage. we'll have to go in february and one more time to rush and portray her so as a totally read leader who can, you know, stood up to kremlin them to put in. so this all the politics within the tory party and national politics in the u. k. so yes, it is a destruction and it's not only the u. k. that must go believe this bog down in

fake news, just hours ahead of security. it's all on friday. the us state department online, what's it called? examples of russian disinformation rushes foreign minister has critical of both the content and it's timing it's michael thought it was, it was 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 to school. now in response, rushes drawn up its own fact checking lists and accused washington of a toxic campaign against russia. our season rod gasdio has been comparing the 2 stances. you may have seen this list of fantasy stick. expose a have russian fiction. that's a good read, bold print, and a world painted, and black and white simplified,

pre digestive than regurgitated russians. bad moroccans good liter does not in circle russia. nato enlargement is not directed against russia. over the last 20 years old nato coalition potential has been amassed on its east and frank. the lances expansion towards russian borders is accompanied by the creation earned modernization of military infrastructure. russia has 16 neighbors in the ninety's. only one of those was the 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 uses 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 independent states. the irony seems lost entirely on the us state department. we still remember collin bow, 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 russia. 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 dobbs discriminatory laws on language education and so called 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 attacked 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. nato 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 military units won't move an inch eastward. 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 did they again ship 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 rush and this information bathes and basks in so many lies of its own. well arts, he has also become a targets of u. s. accusations. the state department has released a report insisting that this channel on fellow news outlet. sputnik use different disinformation, instead of supporting mainstream narratives. the reports even accuses russian media portray ukraine as a nazi states and of back. that's all it mentions an article written for odd c by historian poll robinson. and here's what the article actually says. the problem

here is not that the government is a fascist john. so that is clearly an enormous exaggeration. despite restrictions on the use of the russian language and the recent repression of some anti government, media and 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 that the credit government is fascist, is an enormous exaggeration. and that ukraine is not remotely fascist. is specifically what i say in the article. and yet this article is linked to in the state department report as evidence r t is spreading the false narrative that ukraine is a fascist state or is the article in facts as the, the direct opposite. and then was more of a similar sort of fo, statements on the next page about something else. the story about a boy who was killed in 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 that the 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, this does not say that the boy was not killed by a drug. it's simply states that the boy was killed by shrapnel last injuries. so the statement in the state department report b o s c e said that is entirely untrue. as the u. s. calls for russia to pull back his troops on the ukrainian border. the 1st shipment of washington, $200000000.00 military a package arrived in care of on saturday. i would note that the united states is 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 intent to deliver and 17 helicopters of the nato members, estonia,

latvia in lithuania, have pledged to send more lethal weapons to strengthen ukraine's ability to defend itself. in case of a russian invasion, russia has repeatedly denied planning any kind of military offensive. germany meanwhile, doesn't support sending weapons to ukraine central not help defused. the crisis here in response accused berlin of undermining the unity between nato allies. even going as far as to accuse germany of encouraging and evasion, berlin claims arms exports will only pushed 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 in the self proclaimed de next republic claim around $120000.00 ukrainian soldiers have gathered on the border. civilians in the water region have been living in fear for more than 7 years already. and now it seems the allies

might be, it's even greater risk due to the escalating tensions. now back to our breaking news, this, our, the us state department has ordered the evacuation of all non essential stuff on the families of american personnel in the embassy in key. f is asked them to leave ukraine. the u. s. sites russian military action as the reason for the move the let's cross live now to michael maloof, a former pentagon security analyst, michael, thank you very much for joining us there on our see international. thank you for having me. so this evacuation from the u. s embassy in care of what do you make of the move and why have they done it now? well, i think it's all part of a effort to heighten tensions, to cast russia in a very bad light. when what, what's really unbelievable is that nobody has really outlined for us what the

national security imperative of ukraine is to the, to united states national security interests. we have not seen it. this is all part and this is the saw comes as a result of victoria newland and her and her people neoconservatives who have, who were involved actually in the a coup back in 2014 of ukraine and out and kicked out a legitimately a democratically elected government, and this is, this is all part of an effort to a cast, russia as bad in the united states as good and nato as good. and i, frankly, i don't think a lot of the nato countries are really on board with this. they're probably type, paying the very lukewarm lip service to this, but they're right there. and they know what the repercussions will be. of, of

a conflict, right, right in their own backyard. and i think that this, the united states has come half way around the world to, to engage like this when russia is mr. brewton is pointed out, really has nowhere else to go. but russia yet, we continue to push the, the, the, the boundaries of nato. right up to the line and this is also contrary to understand is of between russia and nato itself. back in 1997. and all of that is just been tossed off. and the fact that their army while are trying to have a discussion, the try and, and i can't down tensions shows that the united states really isn't serious. and i would also point out one of the things that there are elements of the so called as a battalion which had been which are neo nazis which had been integral into the ukrainian military. and they would just love nothing better than to precipitate

and actually cause a black flag operation that would provoke russia to take some action. and i'm really concerned that that's where the, the flash point is going to be. and, and, and it could be an incident that will be beyond anybody's control. and they, they to, and they, this, as a battalion has its own network, not only throughout europe, but also the united states are recruiting americans to join the ukraine military. and i would also add that they were also very much involved with other right wing groups out of europe in that initial 2014 could it's out. as you say, to say, again, very worrying the tensions now in the rush, you know, sort of rhetoric m, how do you think russia will respond given it's repeatedly stated that he does not plan to invade ukraine? well, i think it's going to try to continue discussions and they

will the proud. the interesting thing about this is that ukraine really cannot join nato, nor can georgia because they have internal conflicts. and yet, i think that what's happening here is that russia could just do nothing, but yet you have boynkin and these other near conservatives who are pushing this, the initiative to create a conflict which will embolden ukrainian government. and that those elements within its government to do something. and that's what i'm worried about it. i don't think it's going to be anything that the russians do. i think it's going to be what happens and what's precipitated on this side. oh, well, my comalla former security analyst at the pentagon. thank you very much for your insights on that matter. always a pleasure to have you here on the channel. thanks for having a huge march against kobe restrictions has wrapped up in brussels,

at least 50000 people thought to the streets and several dozen were arrested during the clashes. ah, as you can see here in this footage, riot police were out in force deploying tear gas and water cannon. now, belgian already requires vaccine certificates for public venues, including restaurants and bars, and the rules of gods even tougher with the covey pass. validity period shortened to just $150.00 days. and that means millions of people will have to take booster shots. and some lawmakers are pushing for a full nationwide vaccine mandates. following austria's example, an idea that spots widespread fury. how much of the anger on sunday was directed to you? leadership with the crowd rallying outside the european actions service building,

which is sort of the equivalent of a foreign and defense ministry. you foreign policy chief, your sab burrell has an office there. his windows are smashed, now burrell wasn't in the office at the time, but he did later visit the sites and condemned what he called senseless destruction and violence. a local journalist in brussels early a sense of this report. ah ah ah! now though, by committing to everybody there was one with microphone

violent people trying to i do believe the other side there is there. the person to protest that we spoke with. people are angry about the classroom and the truth. we like to read the time very little small everywhere anybody do to evacuate the bargain and the streets around. there were a neat pleasures between the police and people. all were in black. and some people who are held by the police magus people who were thought of the touches the wealth of the world's richest people has doubles during the pandemic. while the pol have suffered to increase death rates and poverty due to a lack of treatments and vaccines. those are the findings of report by oxford called inequality kills the charity claims policy. choice is by governments

eschewed in favor of the rich dwell for the wells. 10 richest men has doubled. since the pandemic began the incomes 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 offices are made for the richest and most powerful people. this causes direct. com to us all the time they make has really expose been a call. it is an fuel them, so ok, some have been tracking billionaire wells 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 that. and then make, of course, more than a 160000000 people have fallen into poverty during this time. and it's in

a moment when you can see the difference is really showing very, very starkly count call 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 at 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 all, some codes push more than 160000000 people into poverty. while they allege an estimated 70000000 lost their lives directly due to the virus and around 6000000 more died due to a lack of health in poor countries. meanwhile, the top 10 people on the forbes rich left, including well known public figures such as eli mosque,

jeff days off on bill gates have 6 times more money than the poorest $3000000000.00 combined. but while they doubled their wealth, the incomes of 99 percent of the world's population fell. since the pandemic begun, a new billionaire has been created roughly every day is the executive director of ox. i'm again, one of those key drivers for an equality has been a vaccine access to vaccines. so the difference between rich and poor countries has grown the inequality. so and the forest countries in africa, in general, 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 in from the calculations that, that we have made, it would be possible, for example, to vaccinate the whole world to chief and health care for all the universal health care. and there ways and,

and others have campaigned for lifting those intellectual property rights. that in fact, mean that pharmaceutical have a monopoly over coby vaccines that are not readily available or produced as, as, as, as they could all over the world. well, that saw recap of the week just gone head over to archie, dot com from all those stories. and of course are breaking news from keith. my name is peter scotts and i'll be back at getting half an hour. ah ah ah. with 2021 has a game broken, an abysmal record. more than 17000000 hector as

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