argentina has agreed to share its data on the russian sputnik v. cobit shots with the world health organization. and that has raised hopes that the vaccine could gain emergency approval from the w. h. show with a team of experts, juice a visit russia next month. earlier in january, a russian italian study was released on sputnik ve. the researchers conducted a comparison with the fighters and funded sputnik is significantly more effective against the on the chronic string ice. but with hill the gun to hurtle a professor of vaccines and immunotherapy, in the u. s. she thinks the results of the study looked promising. so i looked at the paper and the data problem is saying, what the paper shows is. it would make me yet you've already said and used by this vaccine cross reg is amik rod. there is a loss and activity, but there is still residual re to that bill hopefully provide protection. i found

especially promise in was the very last drop of the paper where you it shows that kinetics on the end you part of your response and as the new is our neighbor, it seems that for some quite rapidly. so after 6 months, there are significantly lower levels of antibodies. then you have shortly after vaccination. my with these responses seems to be more sustain. i think we should also help developing countries to improve their own menu manufacturing capacity. do i think that m, our nate looks inc. company spies that are going to collaborate? is food re astrazeneca, j and j? i'm not sure to be perfectly honest, but i would say well, we're back cross talking again in moments here in our tea, john peter, and guess right after the shortest of breaks with

with hello and welcome to cross talk. you're all things are considered. i'm peter lavelle. winds have been drawn and positions made clear after 2 weeks of high level talks, russia and nato remain poles apart on how to define pan european security moving forward. moscow was presented it's vision in writing while washington was back on r k. a cold war cliches ah

discuss these issues and more, i'm joined by my guess, brian becker in washington. he is the executive director of the answer coalition. in new york. we have john rowley. he is a political animals, as well as a former foreign correspondent in russia. and in london we cross to unreal, consult that he is a founder of a consulting in a foreign affairs analyst. a gentleman crossed up rules and effect. that means you can jump any time you want. and i always appreciate it. i'm going to go to brian 1st in washington. i sent him an introduction where we've had 2 weeks of high level of everyone's positioning. i think what we know now, what we now know is how, how much both sides disagree with each other on certain particular issues. nato expansion over the weekend. we have this story come out of the u. k, where the u. s. are confirmed without sourcing it in the public anyway that russia has designs for regime change and again, no details provided. at the end of last week i talked to

a lot number of experts and too much to my surprise. so someone were a little bit more optimistic than usual that yes, there hasn't been a breakthrough, but maybe that's a good thing. and then we have this over the weekend, and now we have evacuations from embassies here where we stand after 2 weeks. go ahead. well, i don't think we stand in a far different place than we were at the beginning of this period 2 weeks ago. i'm in washington d. c. what an uproar over the evacuation of the u. s. embassy in kiev. i mean, the, the sense here is a great for voting that the russian invasion is imminent. the u. s. government is taking, you know, dramatic measures to save american personnel. a real hype has been created. and at the same time, if you look at the washington post newspaper front page headlines, buying speech elicits uproar. well, what's the uproar? is it that the u. s. in russia, the 2 largest nuclear powers may be on the verge of conflict. no,

it's because biden, to happen to say that there might not be a major u. s. war against russia. in the event that there was a quote minor incursion into ukraine. so a bind is in a corner right now if you wanted to step back. if he said look, let's, let's calm things down. let's not like play chicken. right, right there in ukraine. i don't think he has any political rome. i mean, the closed ranks within the u. s. ruling establishment echoed by the media, whether it's m s n b c or fox news. it's the same chorus and, and the question is why, what, as, what has actually happened? russia has a mass troops, allegedly inside of russia. russia has said in writing, look, this is a red line, couldn't set at the end of the year. press conference, this is a red line. we will not let you crane. we will not let our border area be

a staging ground for advanced weapons with missiles whose flight time might be 2 or 3 minutes to their targets in russia, or to allow ukraine to be permanently in nato. so that kind of scenario can play out. that's a red line, we're not going to let that happen. and so, and as he also said with the u. s. possibly of what russia do this at the us mexican border, or the us canadian border, of course not. so again, this is an american created crisis, but one where russia actually does have to respond and actually make clear that this, in fact, is unacceptable. long term and short term for russia's national interest. you know, john went looking at the media drumbeat here and the gaff that we well that was just mentioned by biting. i mean by just let the mass drop for a 2nd each time you talked about one of the scenarios here. he got off script. this is what he does here, but one should expect that russia has its own scenario as well. but i mean the

media, it seems to be the cheerleader as usual. you know, i always get worried when something's bipartisan in america because it's usually something bad like war. and this, the kind of illogical sequencing that the, this is the context of all you know, to protect ukraine. we have to send more weapons may be troops. but if you do that, then russia feels threatened and then you get this, you get this cascade effect. i mean, doesn't anybody see that? and on top of it, all you claim isn't a member of nato, and the u. s. and its allies have made more or less clear that they're not going to fight for ukraine. so they're fighting over something that the leave the object that they're trying to protect, they're putting, making it more vulnerable. don't they see that? go ahead. joe biden has brought nato to the edge of a catastrophe, potential catastrophe. in the case of a war, i'll just forget the nukes for a 2nd. if a, if a conventional war would break out a russian. but probably when in about a few weeks, i mean,

they just have to come in from the north like a dagger and hit in hit key. i mean, they could just launch missile missiles and the key of and take out didn't military and political infrastructure of you can, it can be done, maybe in a matter of days. so nato will lose in a conventional war. but 1st, let's try go back 2nd. why answer the question, why is all happening? and the reason is because joe biden, his administration, is an absolute catastrophe. absolute catastrophe on the foreign policy front, on the domestic front domestically we have an economic crisis, the worst it 50 years. runaway inflation poverty is also increasing rapidly a lot of discontent at home. of course the, on the foreign policy front, the worst foreign policy disaster since 19 vietnam. and it's kind of stand obviously. so this is a man, he's ministration, it's one disaster after another. he's got to deflect the popular discontent away from all these problems by your own admission. that's losing proposition. i mean,

this is what so paradoxical about it, because even by being quoting pro, active in showing strength of rejecting strength and it will end up in catastrophe, i would agree with you. it would only would any kind of conflict be very, very short. ok. and would also entail, if it were any kind of occupation would be minimal if any. ok, because of the technology. i mean, let me go to you. i looted in the my 1st question to brian about this ridiculous story. coming out of the u. k. about course resume chain, except for not the americans doing it this time, but russia, which is completely nonsensical, even the figures that they have mentioned are looted that lucas, even to consider them. why did this come out? why now? and why is the u. k. care? so much about this, go ahead. in my opinion, i think that you can just trying to find its place in the world after leaving the you are global britain is trying to support as it was doing all of these years on united states and american strategic goals. whatever it might be. so ukraine is

the easiest part for the global britain to uh, raise its voice because we know that it's ship. oh hi. is the total cost for i leave an express in his article a few months ago in prospect magazine. so yes, i think that united kingdom is trying to manage to constance for such actions like united states aiding the legal aid to ukraine in order to portray and justify these actions regarding the fact that they are instead of bringing peace or possibly possibility of peace. also. busy finding some sort of acceptable solutions full for both sides is just adding fuel to all ready for you know, the situation in the region. so also by referring to the

a panelist, i would say that it is a live walk joe biden wants to have and it is more about the decline of the united states from spectrum on a position in the world that it's trying to portray it. so, and it's ability to strike is influenced in the world. so in this region, regardless the fact that a cure to others that it might need to then you play a role which no same person wants to have. but i think is a part of the psychological, informational, as we know, it's those, mary. a recent polls suggest the british citizens believe that russia will invite you crate in 2020. so we already see the repercussions of this. so i go for a receipt manufactured consent here, right?

because, you know, one of the things i find very odd is, you know, the, that the head of nature, self and berg and then you have other leaders that are boosters for nature. the only thing about nato unity, nato unity. well, the more they talk about it, the more i have to wonder if that unity is really kind of been because once the 1st missile was fired, then the sanction start up. and if you look at how the sanctions could be applied, the biggest loser will be europe. it won't be russian because russia used to sanctions. it's been 8 years now. a sanctions, me since 2014, i can tell you, the average person hasn't felt that in russia. i live here. ok. but the europeans will throw in rush out of the swiss system. so is russia going to give oil and gas for free? i mean, if there's no switch system, how are they going, how would the europeans able going to pay for it? they can, has anybody bought this through? right? yeah, that's such an important point. peter, about europe. and you know, there's the europe of the establishment,

and then there's the europe of the people. and when you think about what's happened in the last 20 years, the u. s. cancel the abm treaty and putting has said that that was really the beginning of the new cold war, the anti ballistic missile treaty that was cancelled in 2002. the only reason to do that is the signal that the u. s. or nato want to gain a 1st strike capability against russia. so it's very b stabilizing, and then he was cancelled the intermediate nuclear range treaty. now, why did that treaty? which was signed by gorbachev and reagan in the late or mid 1980 is why did it become such a triggering event? because it affected europe. when the u. s. puts missiles with a flight time of 6 minutes to their soviet targets, which is what happened in 1982 in all of the european countries, the europeans then realize, well, wait a flight, a war on our soil, and it's going to be a nuclear war we are kind of like bait and we don't want to be bait. we don't want

to be in the middle of your geo strategic designs which could likely lead to our deaths. and so that really became a dominant political event in the 1980s. and i think right now if, if we get past this stage of the crisis crane and wiser head start to articulate the message for europeans. the message should be, if there is a conflict at the end of nord stream to the americans are actually saying they may destroy. can you imagine, destroy nordstrom to using military means? i mean, what would that actually mean for europe? it would be devastation would be catastrophe. and again, for what, for what for the, for the round government in ukraine there came to power as a consequence of a u. u. s. approach date, a coup d'etat in 2014. is that really worth it? and of course, most europeans will say, no, that's fine. break here is i'd like to point out to people, the more ukraine's friends in the west. hell,

the government and kept the smaller. remarkably, ukraine keeps getting in. this will happen also here. ok, a just a gel. let me go to your real quick here. i mean, the way it's phrased or it's about ukraine, it's not about ukraine. it's about nato expansion. that's it. that's part of the narrative that really irritates me. go ahead real quick. it's more about american hedge m hedge of many and about america as you know, in the last 10 years trying to throw russia everywhere throughout the world, whether it's syria, of course, ukraine or venezuela. so this is just a situation. ukraine is just one more move in the grid. here we go to a hard break here, and after that hard break, we'll continue our discussion about russia. nato tension. stay with our tea. ah ah.

now this is a sphere, he will foster you will fall off then and and the other side came home and you're back home. so i would like to envision that does it actually unit live? it's just like that. no. on the action due to, i'm from the other side asked either financial survival guide, liquid assets are those that you can convert into cash quite easily. to keep in mind know as a to mean to inflation, better watch guys report ah, welcome back to crossed up. were all things are considered non peter labelle, this is the home addition to remind you. we're discussing russia nato relations. ah.

okay, let's go back to john. i had to interrupt you. we had to go to a hard break here. and what we very went to the break, i made it clear that this is a conflict that entails russia and nato and not it's not that ukraine is a symptom of the problem. that isn't the problem here. and you chimed in and said, this is about american hegemony. keep going. and most the average american probably average european, they are not aware of the fact that there's a bigger, bigger chest game going on in the past, at least the past 10 years. we're going to forget the soviet or for the moment. but the past 10 years, we've seen russia and america go head to head in venezuela, of course, in syria, most commonly and now in ukraine. so we, with the question we have to ask is, why, what does america hope to achieve these of you, russia and why is it doing it? why is america always trying to seek conflict with russia everywhere in the world? why is in america trying to find ways to cooperate with russia, to solve problems?

because this is what's really interesting ukraine, if the, if the u. s. i want to be proud of my country that you want to want to see from my president. i wanted to see, say, ok, russia, ukraine. let's sit down and let's solve this problem. we don't see that we don't see it at all. we see america saying, let's make this conflict even worse. let's see how we can amp it up. let's see how we can make it more intense. let's create more threats. was create more tension. and this is why i'm really embarrassed about my government. because i'm really sad to say that, but it, that's, that's the reality we see that it's not the, it's not the old america where my father worked for the federal government life. and that was a different generation where they least tried somewhat to resolve conflicts. they tried somewhat, you know, i mean, you have the, you have the, um, when the berlin wall went up, they the u. s. back down budapest, 5668 in process. i mean, you know, there are things that you can accomplish and things you can't accomplish you. that is a very different mindset. now, let me go back to you in london. again. what is the strategic value of

ukraine to nato, other than being a weapons that po, against russia? because this is what it's really all about me. and i think there's very rarely is it mentioned in the media. there's something called the mens. the courts. ok meant wanting to this was back in the, in late 2014 during do to put a ceasefire to the civil war in ukraine. and the ukrainian government has and implemented it would solve the problem. and the western powers have never really put much pressure on give. they give them more arms than they give pressure to honor an agreement that, that they, they backed and, and russia is not part of it. this, they always, it, you know, rush is not fulfilling. it, it's not even a signatory of it. this, there's a way out, but no one in the media. no one in power seems to be interested in resolving it. to echo what john just said, go ahead in london. i guess up here ukraine has a significant on

a value for the american how germany and influenza spreading influence in the region. i guess the united states is not concerned about the well being of ukrainian people that will be of the people from the european about the states. but it's just simply trying to show or encroach its influence sphere of influence on russian border. so it is unacceptable by regardless whether it will be for me to put, you know, some other leader. it is unacceptable for any country which is, you know, self respecting and, and trying to maintain a balance of power. as they say, it is, america again is just simply trying to put trade a promoter of universal values, spreading democracy all over the world. regardless the price of this democracy, which is paid by blog. other people americans, obviously

a will never return to the ukraine. crimea will be bottle of russia and we will see next couple of years of cyber. right. main goal for what i was trying to achieve something or that's way russians or perhaps change a civil moves in russia, which is going contrary to the actions because there's a significant rise in americanism, in russia and also in eastern europe as well. so i'm not sure where, where they're going with this strategy. they are losing, i doubt pushing effective iraq into china. so exactly will dismiss jam and chief of navy will say, i mean, it was a very my opinion. and according to my understanding of english language is remark,

quite rude because he mentioned a completely different person. regardless of this fact we have to respect him. so if the whole united states and united kingdom, i'm not even eager to think that they need to respect of the country. like all, love, respect of the country, all the leaders. what is the way i am one of the i've said this for many, many years. countries like the united states and russia, united states, and they don't have to be friends, they should never be enemies. and that's my position here, right? you know, and i want an issue that is never explained to western audiences, is that, you know, sending all of these arms to ukraine. there was a shipment there over the, i mean, a shipment from the u. k. had to avoid flying over germany because the germans, their policy is not to send a weapons into a,

a potential battlefield situation. that shows you what the level of unity there is in, in nato. but, you know, went to sending these arms. it's not to protect from a russian invasion for me, it is being could potentially and most likely be used as an another attack on the don bass, which of course, is a trigger for russia is well made it very clear. you attacked a dumbass. these are, most of many of them are russian citizens. now they have russian passports because they've been cut off from everything from ukraine proper. they're under blockade. no wonder they want to become russian citizens and they're ethnically, russian, the vast majority of them here. and so here's the, the u. s. and the u. k. and other nato countries egging on the ukraine government to start another conflict with there is a mechanism minsk agreements that i have mentioned here to resolve that this is something very maniacal. go ahead, right? yeah, it's, it's hard to do is, you know, there's a balance when you're trying to think this through. is it like a maniacal design or just maniacal maniacally stupid?

i mean, you know, it's really a question in my mind when you think about the last 20 years of u. s. policy, the u. s. invaded afghanistan. and 2 months later, the taliban agreed to surrender in exchange for amnesty and the american said no, we don't negotiate with terrorists. and then 20 years later, the taliban, when the war in afghanistan, the invasion of iraq, you know, you can go through the entire history of the, you know, states and all of these endless wars. and they're marked by these catastrophically, dumb decisions, really stupid decisions. so there's a maniacal stupidity that exists, but because the group think in washington is so strong, none of the politicians can say, no, wait, let's actually go a different path because they'll be brought down whatever the latest hysteria is. so yeah, i mean, in the case of ukraine, what does the u. s. actually gain from from it, you know, intensifying

a civil war by people in the eastern part of the country. obviously were offended by the fact that a fascist lead anti russian could a, ty, happened on february 22nd, 2014. that this new, right, when government band russian, as an official 2nd language that people in odessa in the trade union building were burnt alive. i mean, like, this is scary to the people in the eastern ukraine. and so there they look to russia, obviously, as you said, peter, because the russians, they've historically, always been russian. and then the us as well work by having done this. russia has no acted as an aggressor in ukraine. i mean, it's such an alice in wonderland, things you have to wonder, are they making this up because they're trying to do everyone, are they making this up because they're trying to do everyone. and they're also so stupid that they actually believe their own propaganda. and, well, i, me, you know,

i think you remember there in with the, one of the trumpet impeachment i, testimonies is that, you know, for 14000 people have died in the don bass during this conflict, but not one person, not one democrat, one republican pointer who killed those people always the give government. they killed their own people in the down. but no one even asked that question here. john, i see you nodding your head there in the corner. you agree with your thoughts? go ahead. yeah. what you just, what you just said right now is actually scandalous, horrible that our media, our government cannot even recognize the fact that it was the printing government that killed these people are just horrible. the level of arrogance and, and deception and propaganda is truly horrible. but just one thing i wanted to say is that, i mean, of course, we all know the business angle of american foreign policy and american military policy will know that i'm not going to repeat that. you know, hundreds of millions of dollars are spent. we always need an enemy to justify those

expenditures. ok, that's good when a stand, let's look back. awesome. look at the ideological issue here. and namely that when president trump, when trump was president, we had, there was no serious problem between russia and, you know, said something that was the incident, syria, but for the most part, relations were com. and you had a binding comes in a way to go. so now everything is horrible with biting, comes in. suddenly tensions are absolutely extraordinary and in a very negative sense. so what's happening here? well, we have a sort of out liberal regime biden's administration. and they want to promote their liberal values all across the world. and of course, russia is what russia is, the defender of traditional values, which means it's the arch enemy of the liberal group that runs washington, that runs got states. now. therefore, defacto, russia must be brought to its knees. russia missed pay the price for being this

defender of traditional values, which of course me, sounds absurd because i believe let people live, let each country live it's life and protect its culture as they wish. but that's myself. unfortunately, people will washington d. c. thing differently. and this again, ideological component is very important to remember here. i think you, i think you're absolutely right. i've been saying it for years. i'm glad to hear someone to agree with me. i really am going to be the last word here. where is this going? because it, i get the impression that you know, this low off chain thinker blinking thinks that, you know, he, the russians are just going to cave a great while concessions because america, because on the right side of history, we're all out of the kind of nonsense go ahead last 20 seconds to you, my friend, i think the disagreements will continue. i think the leaders in moscow will be, as they prove so far racial now because otherwise we would already have a major conflict between 2 hours and unfortunately on until the leadership and

policy makers in washington. d. c. will stop thinking in those messianic terms of spreading liberal international values and start acknowledging other people's rights for i mean the rights to have their own saying that and they own security and national interests. and this will not go anywhere is the issue. russia to has national security issues just like every other country. we end on a pessimistic not i want to thank my guess in washington, new york in london. i want to think or be worse for watching us here are tc an ex i'm remember across the ah a ah.

bring you the very latest every out the day. this is all. no fun. everyone had home with a breaking news and artsy, russia receives written replies both. busy from the u. s. on nato to moscow with requests for security guarantees and years of a conflict in ukraine. also this, our countries across europe, ease their cobra, restrictions the slide near record infection rates, while health officials give mixed signals on the rest of the all me column strain.

i would prefer to be la la, will he now die? british prime minister barak johnston's political life seemingly hung by a thread with a government enquiry into dining street lock done violations expected to be released very soon. a separate police probes under way as well and origin. tina agrees to share its data on the russians, but the coven vaccine, with the world health organization raising hopes that could soon be in across the globe. a run the clock. this is our t leisure the have your company today. my name's unit o'neill. we begin with breaking news. the us nato have given their written responses to russia's request for security guarantees. the american ambassador handed over the document here in

moscow on wednesday evening. but so far, the exact contents have not been disclosed. a reminder, russia's demands include keeping ukraine in georgia. i'd have nato scaling back. nato forces near russia's borders and the removal of american nuclear weapons from europe. or correspondence can take us through the latest development or antony blank in the us. secretary of state talked about how a document had been prepared and delivered to russian officials and they were choosing to not make that document public at this time. but this document does address russia's security concerns. now he also emphasized that nato is preparing a separate document which will be provided on behalf of the nato alliance. and they will address these concerns in a separate way from russia. now, the document won't be public. however, anthony blank and did described by the united states has provided javelin missiles,

ammunition, defensive security systems, helicopters, and other weaponry to ukraine and how the united states has authorized other nato countries, such as stoney had to do the same thing. there were threats of more sanctions on russia and export controls putting, put on russia in a way to hurt their economy and limited access to certain items. now what's interesting was, while anthony lincoln's tone was rather calm. and we seem to emphasize that they wanted a diplomatic and negotiated solution to the issue. it seemed like the press menu and the reporters who were asking him questions, were anxious to demand that he go into greater conflict and there be bigger tension . this is some of the interactions that went on between anti blinking and the u. s . mainstream media. just finding time to layer the place to invade ukraine, making you jump through hoops like and delivering written responses to questions that you, vance at time and time again. in the past, meanwhile, that the stabilizing ukraine from within the economy's crumbling,

you're spending hundreds of millions of dollars throwing them up. what point do you stop playing rushes game and take preemptive action? now? we can walk and chew gum at the same time. that's very much what we've been doing. so we've been clear to russia that there are 2 paths, diplomatic one, but also a path of defense and deterrence. and if russia chooses aggress, i passively to massive consequences. now, antony blanc and also talked about the need to export more energy to europe and make country as a throughout europe, less dependent on russia for natural gas. so. so that's what we heard from anti blank, and it seemed like he was emphasizing the willingness to negotiate and resolve this . so without further attention, the mainstream media in the press in the room seemed to have different ideas. well, let's say it turned to morocco the ever senior correspondent now in the studio with me marat's in terms of the russian demands. it's not something i was asked today or

yesterday. they've been there for quite a long time. what kind of response is given on? what are the a, some of the main ones? well, they had been there for the better part of the decking. it's just recently that marcia has said that patients either has run out the now they are making demands because they, they are being heard. russia's security concerns, a multitude of them judge for yourself. for example, 20 years ago, russia had only one, a neighbor that was a member of nato. now it's 5 with you create and ga, potentially ascending in the future. the there essentially that to nato, that would be 7, almost half of russia's neighbors would be members of nato. and what that means, this is russia's concern is that native infrastructure that is measles bases rockets would move closer and closer to russia. potentially hypersonic nissan, american hypersonic missiles, big station in ukraine, which is just

a few minutes flood time for moscow, which for russia is completely unacceptable. that is where they draw the of the red line. and they said the all these, all these proposals to the united states and added to they. so we're now hearing a reaction from russian official to have seen this document. it is, as was said, still confidential. the americans have asked the russian side, not a shoe, not to share the documents their response with the press. but the reaction that we have heard so far is, is disappointed when russian official has said that this is inadequate, but the united states responded with it cannot be accepted. another russian official has said that they did not address a single russian security concern. so they said a whole list of other themes and topics and proposals, refusing to, to ads a single russia to address a single russia concert. we have heard in previous weeks, most of russia's proposals being shot down in public by there is

a members who officials from, from native, from the united states, from europe. that is, that native world promise not to expand further to woods towards russia, that it won't promise, nor to station troops closer and closer to russia. that it, it will, you know, it refuses any negotiations. a compromise over potential nato expansion, which for russia is, as was said today, simply an acceptable, but it just doesn't want that to be done in whispers from the u. s. they want legally binding guarantees because they said they're sick of being told one thing. and then nothing happening, mother, this is the thing the that we talked about earlier. that if you listen to the judge by the journalists at anthony blink and spreads conference, you, you honestly get the feeling that it's the journalists who wants a war pushing, right, more than russia, the united states. and you could put together. i mean,

you heard me one of the, one of the questions, it was why are you bothering with negotiations and documents with, with rush a wasting thought as this is from a journalist. another question was, why, why are you sending hell, it's wise germany sending helmets instead of more missiles, aside from the thousands of missiles and anti air weapons have been sent to you, great of the united states, boosting 293 tons, tons of ammunition and various rockets and military supplies says of russia's concern so far had seems, haven't been heard, or are being entirely ignored on camera. thanks very much for an iraq as the of taken us through at russia's demands and the response to them. let's say i get some of the nato perspective now in the implications for europe. we can cross to our europe, correspondent, peter, i believe you've been listening into the nato, zachary general's briefing

a lot more. besides it take us through developments on the continent. you installed some burg, speaking in brussels. he said things were at a critical moment when it came to the ongoing situation regarding the tensions between russia and nato over ukraine. and he started off by talking about russian troops in the western part of russia. he also talked about her a significant buildup of troops in bel roofs, including fighter jets there were heading in that direction. however, he then switch tack and moved on to talk about potential areas in which there could be future cooperation, particularly when we're talking in the areas of dialogue in the ways that nato and russia can communicate better with one another. let me outline the 3 main areas where we see room for progress. we should re establish our respective offices in moscow and in brussels,

which will also make full use or existing military to military. charles or communications are look also into setting up a civilian hotline for emergency use. make no bones about it. there isn't going to be great news for russia when it comes to the written and written reply to moscow security proposals from nato against dalton. burke said the alliance won't compromise on their path to joy and policy, which is the open door policy, which is basically nato expansion. as russia see that expansion towards it's a, it's borders, it's territory so that those offers do remain open to anybody that would like to join nato. but what yen salt and berg did say, is that not only would there be their doors open for talks that though in terms of m. a cute lines of communication, but also there would be air doors open for meetings, for summits that could be taking place. he said that he's put this all in line with

the, the allies that make up the alliance, and that they're ready to go as soon as possible. now this could be though great barometer for just how serious at nato is about this, or certainly how serious russia perceives nato to be because we heard from said gale of rob, not so long ago speaking with the, the german foreign minister when the russian foreign minister said there wasn't going to be any meetings just for the sake of their being meetings as far as moscow was concerned. so if there are any meetings that do happen, it would seem that there's something there worthwhile to be discussed now. you installed in burke said what they could take before mother's talk about arms control, talk about nuclear weapons, shorts and medium range rockets. also talk about cyber defense and space in everything that, that entailed as well. now this also could get the attention of moscow and could see nato pushing against an open door because if we go back in time again to the

o s c summit in stockholm, at the end of last year. so, dear lover of ending his speech, thereby saying there was a dearth of garr treaties between russia and nato. so the idea that they could potentially be some talks about not so much signing new treaties, but revamping in reinvigorating already existing treaties. that's what yen stolen berg was talking about, particularly when it comes to the ideas of a basically letting the other side know when there's going to be military drills. this was something he was very keen to stress. it hasn't just been nato that we've been hearing about though all narr on wednesday coming out of europe. there's also being quite so important. norman defore, ab normandy format, meeting taking place in paris that wrapped up an anomaly format, of course, as their representatives, all russia, ukraine, france and germany. this meeting taking place at be the level of of diplomatic

advisor. it was an i well 1st meeting of this kind since 2019, so was quite as a move anyway, to see this format re kindled. what we've heard, what we understand from the russian side, that they've put out a message so far as that, we will see another one of these meetings taking place this time where i'm speaking to you from in berlin, in around 2 weeks time. so that could be taken as the sign that the diplomatic approach is certainly still be the main goal, leave with the approach front and center. the idea that there would be further talks on that norman d format that would follow on from what we heard from manual mark on air. the french president and all i've shown the german chancellor. they were here in berlin last night, getting mat franco german alliance in order before that. and that normandy for not meeting took place in paris. the next all of those. nobody format meetings taking place here in berlin. the what they were saying was dialogue most prevail and

manual macro and say he would never give up on dialogue when it came to this particular issue. so diplomacy looking like it is winning out at the moment. however, it doesn't seem like russia is going to get the answers. it was looking for either from the united states, although we don't know that certainly it seems from what you installed in burg to say coming out of brussels from nato. yeah, an eventful evening. let's discuss some of it with daniel mc ammons, executive director of the wrong pole piece institutes. daniel, very welcome back to the program. we know that one of russia's demands has been rejected. ukraine, not joining nato, but blinking is claiming there are some serious offers in the document, allowing a quote, diplomatic path forward. what do you think those offers could be? well, not very optimistic because us proceed from the perspective that if we have a dialogue, that means we dictate you what your policy should be,

what your approach should be. so it's a losing is losing gambit on, on russell part. and i think that's become very clear to the russian side as your presenters have mentioned earlier these, these, these things are nothing new. the russians i've been talking about them for years. the united states has been dismissing or ignoring them for years. and the russians, i think a couple weeks ago finally said look, these are in the papers on the table. these are the specific things, basically a last ditch effort to make their concerns known, to make them be respected and they weren't respected. then asked the director of the head of the german naval operations of fired because he said, you know, we should probably respect what they have to say. so i'm not super optimistic about where it's going because i don't think that the u. s. is approaching this as a serious negotiating partner, and i think foreign minister love rod made a great point today that certainly jen sold to berg. it is not a serious serious person to have

a conversation with you seems to have lost touch with reality. it's 4 minutes just that, so i'm not as optimistic. the talks for the sake of talks will get us anywhere. okay, just briefly on that. so far, russia stayed pretty quiet about the message from the u. s. deputy foreign minister alexander at greece co. he said that moscow will study it for as long as necessary . would you take that as a good or a bad sign? i don't know that it's a good or a bad sign. i mean it's, it's hard to know exactly what they're talking about. i mean, yeah, certain things should be done in private diplomacy should work in private to a degree. but you know, as again the u. s. has not proven itself to be a positive actor on this. so we just don't know whether they can be trusted. the, the things that have been distorted, the things that have been made to look otherwise. so there's, there's, there's a real problem there. i think with transparency for weeks now, we've been hearing all the stories about an imminent russian invasion,

but ukraine's foreign minister even has noticed that he doesn't think that's going to happen on the rushing trip build up. isn't large enough for that. do you think the history is starting to dine somewhat? well, it isn't. it isn't because, you know, in the, in the, by the administration itself, you have the pentagon versus the state department. you have admiral kirby saying, well, you know, guess what? it's not as eminent as we thought, and then you have wendy sherman saying it's going to come this yesterday, so it's going to come next week. it's going to come in february. you have to talk, you think it's eminent. so the administration itself cannot get this message straight on what's going to happen. what they think will happen to me. it's starting to sound like just a crapshoot. they're taking a guess. they're trying to keep people concerned. but it's, you know, it's, it's, it's difficult to see what the administration is. so thinks about this, and let's not forget, by the way, that the people that are in charge of diplomacy right now in the us, sherman blink and sullivan, etc. these are the architects of the 2004 u. s. lead crew. and if anyone thinks about to give up on what they consider to be

the greatest achievement, others got another thing coming. so the whole thing is right from the beginning, something that i didn't get the chance to speak to guest throughout the day, but i'd like to touch with you daniel. do you think that the media is partly responsible for sewing panic about a supposed to the invasion? the issue has been so hyped up has this made it harder for countries to calmly negotiate? yeah, the, the desktop war is like this goofy guy. you heard earlier a why aren't you bombing yet? it's absolutely absurd. you know, this is, you know, the media is driving this narrative because they, they know that war sells. it's irresponsible. these aren't serious journal journalists anymore. they're not practicing the profession that such that they're cheerleader school war in it's a war of course, it will not will not affect them. they won't be the ones dying and not in eastern ukraine. they won't be the ones you know how, you know, in middle america, forced to pay for it. so no journalism is driving this that's driving this neo con,

push for war. and if there is any credibility left for mainstream journalists, i don't think there is very much, it should be completely undermined by now. danny, of thanks is all of your time your thought study. mcellen's, executive director of the ron paul piece institute. thank you. 90 minutes into the program still a hand several european countries are lifting coven restrictions. despite near record case numbers will get into latin war, besides and lengthy sex up and so now for the past couple of decades, the solution was i was print more money. but now that the money printing is causing a real inflation and exacerbating all the problems, that solution is only going to make the problem worse. but of course that's what

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the british prime ministers on the ropes with an inquiry into so called party gate locked on violations about to be released. forrest johnson faced the fury of n p's and the common showed on earlier with calls for his immediate resignation. i would prefer to be led by law than ally. i will. he now has a legally proving parliament, misleading the house. decorating with dodgy cash part to him while the public suffer. every moment he stays, his dragging over the agony for families who reminded of the sacrifices they made when will the prime minister top horn and go every day, the prime minister latches from scandal to scandal. and meanwhile, his government has written a 4300000000 pounds to fraudsters, instead of writing of loans to food, says, why, why the prime minister write his resignation to the queen? well, it was indeed a very heated prime minister's questions this afternoon. as the primary subarus

johnson clings on refusing to resign, it comes as we still are waiting to very much long awaited su, gray investigation report. it's still yet to be published as the weight gets longer and longer though many people have taken to social media saying the anticipation is more exciting than waiting for christmas. even though many of these twitter uses are saying to, we really need a report to confound the parents. johnson and his colleagues were breaking the laura at the height of the pandemic. meanwhile, the leader of the opposition, he's calling on barnes johnson to go saying that the prime minister life twice misleading parliament about these parties. on the 1st of december, the promise to told this house in relation to park district lockdown. all guidance was followed completely in number 10. on the 8th of december, the prime minister told this house i have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerge, the walls no party. so since acknowledges the minister of quote applies to him,

william hours on a speaker, at least 16 alleged gatherings in downing street parties have imagined come to light report is expected to make conclusions on at least some of them. now what we do know is that includes the 20th of may 2020, where by allegedly a 100 people were invited to the downing street party to make the most out of the wonderful lovely weather and also bring your own booze. in april of 2021, apparently 2 parties were held on the very same night where one attendee was even sent to the nearby shops at top up on the food stamp. she returned with it in a suit case. now, quite crucially, that party i was on the night before prince phillips funeral, and since then, downing street has apologized directly to the queen. now more recently an allegation comes with birds johnson and his birthday party on june. the 19th,

apparently that was fair to people endorse where the prime minister was present with some cake and staff saying, happy birthday. now, many people say the prime minister has indeed been caught red handed with all of this, but boris johnson has repeatedly said that he didn't know he was breaking any of the rules while some of bars johnson support to says some of these parties. and indeed, the birthday party was not pre meditative people came and presented him to the cake on his birthday. the saying happy birthday was there for about 10 minutes. it was not a pre meditated organized party and lessons. he was innocent ambush military, as well as we still await the su gray investigation and have findings. some people do say that it will confirm at least some breaches. in fact, some are saying that must be enough evidence to suggest at least an element of criminality, considering the metropolitan police have now launched an investigation. interestingly though, when it comes to the su gray findings, they will be sent directly to the prime minister. and then it will be up to him to

make a statement to the house of commons. so some people are saying, will we see the full findings? will that be made public or will the prime minister choose to redact some of that information? what we do know though, is once that rapport land on boris johnson's table, he'll have just a few hours before he has to make it publicly known and release it. and as every minute goes by now, the calls for him to resign him for him to go. i'm guessing louder and louder now as i'm sure you've noticed countries across europe there, lifting colbert restrictions despite near record case numbers, and there's plenty of confusion over the plans with the w. h o europe chief thing, the army chrome string could spell the end game for the pandemic, while other officials point to heightened wrist. our t. charlotte davinsky reports from paris. well, a year ago people were living in fear of cosy, but here we are today. and despite there are recorded new numbers of cases in

europe, it seems that the concerns of european governments are melting away. take fonts, for example, where a year ago, 20000 cases a day precipitated a 3rd national lock down 500000 cases a day at the moment. and what does the government do to respond to that? well, it's easing the restrictions from next week that comes at the time when there is still intense pressure on hospital staff and capacity. and despite that, those restrictions will start easing form that next week it's pretty mind boggling . but france isn't the only country doing that all straight to pulling suit in announcing on wednesday, the from next week, unvaccinated be under their own specific type of walk down will be able to go back out to the streets. really, although some was able to access to westport above because they are unvaccinated. and there is this question about whether this is a more of a will to come to these types of what people describe just being to community

restrictions. whether government just simply giving into this, there is now ready of political who sees auster saying restrictions now it's too much. and in fact the restrictions are impossible, pretty much for the police to monitor some all to say the restrictions are easing as a result of vaccination. levels being quite high course you, the average now is it's 70 percent. and there are also restrictions easing in denmark and in england in the u. k. but all of this comes amidst a warning from the world health organization that this pandemic is far from over. the idea. it said this narrative, this is now a mile disease is simply wrong. the w h o is saying that actually health services are still inundated. he, casey, and you were, remains the at the center of base pandemic. so, is the light at the end of the tunnel. what we've been here before with easy

restrictions and then been put back to square one. but the reality is it does seem, is it co big 19? now he's going to linger like a bad smell. and a bad smell, we simply going to have to get used to argentina has agreed to share its data on the russian sputnik. the cobra shot with the world health organization. i'm baths, raised hopes that the vaccine could gain emergency approval from the w h. o with a team of experts to, to visit russia next month. earlier in january i, russian, italian study was released on sputnik b. the researchers conducted a comparison with the pfizer shot on fund that sputnik is significantly more effective against the all may, kron straight i spoke with held a gun to earth. will a professor, vaccines and immunotherapy, in the u. s. she thinks the results of the study look promising. so i looked at the paper and the data problem is saying, what the paper shows is says put nick

b. yeah, antibodies that i used by this vaccine cross reg is all micron. there is a loss activity, but it still is, it's related to vittie that hopefully provide protection. i found especially promising was the very last drop of the paper there you. it shows that kinetics on the end you part of your response. and as the new is, our navy seems that for some quite rapidly, so after 6 months there are significantly lower levels of antibodies. then you have shortly after the explanation, my response neatly, these responses seem to be masters state. i think we should also help developing countries to improve their own manual manufacturing capacity. do i think that m, our innate looks st companies that are going to collaborate is 43 astrazeneca, j and j. i'm not sure. but i would say just approaching half past

midnight here in the russian capital, that is where we leave the global news update for now. but more great programs are right ahead. nicholas mm with james all down there, here in poland is the larry over here. so your claims are always a little nicer than this evidence of absolute poverty, just to mayor, people in our city and other cities all across america are living like this, where the original even bill and so that opened up in 2018 right now. there's 31 homes on the property. it's a little over 4 acres with 31 homes and

a community center. unfortunately, a lot of people don't make it out of edition more homelessness, like, i'm just really happy. it made it bad you with me in. oh, oh, oh, is your media a reflection of reality? in a world transformed what will make you feel safer? high selection, whole community? are you going the right way or are you being led somewhere? direct. what is true? wharf is faith. in the world corrupted,

you need to descend a join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. now in all you in this is he is a sphere. if you are foster, you will fall off the end. and on the other side of it came from and you're back home. so i would like to envision that does it personally address if you live in, it's just like that you all on the action going to and from the other side. ah, george was made for radio. he seldom he would meet people from all walks of life from all over the world. he would even meet one of the most historic military

figures of modern times. not bad for a farm boy from canada. when i started working at the department broadcasting to the united states and canada, there was a young lad, very bright boy. i say boy, because i was older than he. very handsome boy. victory had orkin and he was married to a young lady named ella to one day, fell ill. now for he had one who was while the custom in canada was you youth, you call on your friend of he so see if he needs any help. i called him up and i says, vic, no one denise health. no. come on over. come on. alright, we'll choose some fat. okay. oh, give me the address. he told me dad was

a guy. i went to his place. fine. how beautiful some strange looking dies. walking around the house key, i didn't, i didn't and didn't realize where i was gone, but turned to the right pressed button, linger bus, open the door. opposite, opens up and the lady looks out. and who is i lay but the minister of culture. i swapped. where am i? she says hello. i says hello in russian. of course, who's, who's calling to the neighbor? opened up, hello is up his wife. the ellen comes up and says, this is my father. he already constantino, which was, is the pattern image constantino edge, which is most confusing to me. oh, i lost my gift to speech. here's the marshal of

the soviet union. the highest, no interior rank just below. generalist small, stellan. ah, only small. ah, we became good friends. he and elac all quite often came to our place or to shoot for for tea. and then we met at the office note his place in the morning 10 o'clock, the parade starts, and the red square, cru, chavez, on the muslim. but marshal zucker is not there. marshall duke of who. how, who shall come to office and you will be double crossed his con. let's go have breakfast. hughes strung words. oh, i've said being a linguist to have to know everything. oh, just where he got

a drink connie of her, or what can i say? i don't know anything you drink, but you can drink kind of today because i'm going to bring con. yep. so 10 o'clock, 10 o'clock the parade start. and i was watching. marshall shook off what hear his reaction because he was supposed to be there taking, taking the salute. so i can imagine what he was little experiencing. i didn't comment anything because her wor home might a comment? i, he didn't say a single word. his board for more kinetic and things like that. and i had breakfast, not at tiffany's, but with marshal zuka. oh, from his perch at radio, moscow to his talent for simultaneous translation. george was an observer of the world changing the world came to george. and it was often through sports where

there was no politics. i also did mainly my work yet radio moscow at that time was translating and as a reporter in interviewing people in russian and translating him simultaneously into english. and there was a lot of public focus on the d test track and field meeting between the athletes of the united states and the soviet union. there was great interest in these track and field research, especially in the long distance runners because everyone was cheering for the american came who supported the americans and everyone cheering for the soviet long distance runners. i was in the lord nicky stadium at the one of these

the track and field meets between the u. s. and soviet athletes. there was a long distance race going on in the, in the stadium. i was in the, on the ground in the center on the grass hill. and the track was around there. and it was very hot that day. one of the you, american athletes fainted while he was on, on the track. and he fell down. immediately. the officials were stand knew by me and i were ran up there, they helped him up to his feet and he got to dig through to get some spray or something the game from medicine. so he recovered class, he says no, no, no, listen the, let me continue. let me continue. and he started running again, but in the opposite direction. but in the opposite direction,

he was started running back and they stopped him nearly stopped him and no concern turned this way. their way. every one was a guest and he started running. of course she didn't when i told him that. but when he crossed the finish line, at the end, he received a standing ovation from the whole group of the entire stadium packed well over 60000 people. soviet fans rose up game a standing ovation. that's sports for, you know, politics at all. there was, i think it was 987, a softball team from san francisco, came to moscow and they had radio. moscow. we organized not many people knew baseball in this in this country. practically none except my grandson now,

who played facebook? and the play knew, they came from san francisco veterans, veterans, not real sportsman. and we played it they, we had received a statement, a stadium. and we played a game of baseball, was covered by this, the american magazine sports illustrated. he which, you know. and there was a big story about it and it was a very good game. we lost the game, of course, the americans won. and they got this runs in their blood baseball. wouldn't baseball of my favorite game after hockey, which is a canadian and after the game on we all went to their hotel. we had a nice party and we became friends. no politics enough tall after all. but there were occasions when the soviet union um versus canada came up. so which

side did you wanna go? yeah. okay. would f as in harry? good question, but i'll say one thing better. it's a silly question for me because i'm in a win win position. i can't loath canada wins. i'm glad to. so vision wins. i'm also glad i can't lose a win win position. one of the most important persons in george, his life was his brother carl. george was always close with his brother. they were not just brothers. they were the best of friends when the series. oh, it was called me, it's vest your price is just the name of the soviet daily. and was all the games that were played in moscow. they had bring side commentator who sat to with the ringside commentator and russian was my brother,

carl watched out any one thing here. i watched most of the games on tv, and then there was one game. the soviets were playing against swinging here in moscow. at lucy k, stayed him and for some reason he was busy at some other kind of a jump. he says, george, will you pinch head for me and sure. okay. so on that day of the game, you ssr swing and the ring side was me not my brother. and i did the whole game and the post post game conference conference and no one i realized it was not my brother, but me except one person to my mother. interestingly, it was caro, whom george owes his acquaintance to his future wife. you won't believe me,

but how i met my wife begins with a sorry about a paperclip paper clip. my brother was working in the african section, which broadcasts both in english and french. and there was a young lady, beautiful young lady. i was translating from rushman to french. my brother sat together with the translators on the 5th floor, together with the rest of the trunk stairs. young lady were translated into french was typing away, and my brother was sitting opposite casa roman, throwing paper clips into her typewriter to catch to catch her attention. so soon we could think of a long and short of it, as he caught her attention. and they started going out together and just listen,

they've got a girlfriend for my brother and he's, he's sort of m doping around nothing, nothing. no, she's sure i. i went to my schoolmate. her name is galena. ah, nearly 60 years of marriage, a daughter and 2 grandchildren, the family has always had the highest value for george. in my write up in the internet. when we 1st wrote as numbers of russia today, i wrote very brief story of my life and the love, my last line was. my grand children are my life and joy, my pride and joy. i take pride in them,

enjoy to give me both in russian sons of rhymes quite well, gore to dust it rather such pride and joy. lou lines have been drawn and positions made clear. after 2 weeks of high level talks, russia and nato, we main poles apart on how to define pan european security moving forward. moscow is presented its vision in writing while washington falls back on our cape cold war . felicia, it's an open secret that private military companies have been playing a role in om conflicts. world wide u. s. government doesn't track the number of contractors and uses in places iraq or

afghanistan, the united states army and the military in general. so reliance on the private sector, i would call the dependency, but we don't know who's the on the ground presence of these companies overseas. we just don't out west and private military companies can in their turn, use so called sub contractors from countries with trouble pass. the chances are quite good that they had also been charles soldiers possesses. i was a child as a, as i drove professional drove it is with the full moon one full quarter when, if i said that looked with no flow minimum own wall shit, which going to be merciless killing machines. now they fight and die in other people's was people. carol lock one and a dead soldier or dead marine shows up in this country and then we start asking ourselves, why did they die? why, what were they fighting for?

nobody bothers asked about the contractors in there. may or may, we should all be may or may, we should all be angry because a was going on, right? can't understand united states history and, and the role that slavery play very formulas to ship. i became a nation. it actually to find the nation, the rise of capitalism clearly on the backs of flight. and it's laid down. if you had investigated lynchings, any great extent. you can't believe that really having the country and the country still stands in brick. i'm 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 winnie don't look

forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings, except where such orders at conflict with the 1st law show your identification. we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. at the point obviously is to trace trust or rather than fear i would like to take on various jobs with artificial intelligence, real summoning with a robot must protect its own existence with then there was the year 1962 soviet american relations rapidly worse and during cruise jobs last years, as 1st party secretary,

the cuban missile crisis becomes the most dangerous point in the confrontation. the world is on the verge of a new fuel war. in the autumn of 1962 is unclear whether the 2 nations can come to an agreement. i was very concerned about what would happen, how was very concerned that was the closest a one had ever come to that. and that's the times that the soviet union put endure, but belkin still come into the ha outer space and they returned. they returned life later on. ah, cartoon was made by the soviets cinematographers, it was called belkin strip. okay. i translated into english and voiced a couple of commercials of our belkin stroke, which i thought were,

was very good. and i liked voicing cartoons because you change your voice your hey, you have the brother leeway of your possibilities. george also served in the soviet military. he was trained as a paratrooper, so this young man, born in canada, would parachute over the steps of russia. i was called up to the airborne troops, which was a meeting having his school training course in the southeastern soviet republic of bos, becky stun, which is way down the se. oh, we went by train from moscow and took me about 5 or 6 days. i don't remember i was sleeping most subside and there we went through

a very unusual i say, unusual now, because not every one goes parachute grumbling io. i was 1st a bit wary about that because i was wondering if i can do it. if i had the nun nuff gumption to, to make it jumper in the parachute into jump out of a plane into nothingness, i made 5 jumps, the special badge garner, the lab, and special document jumps were different, different types of planes and different types of parachutes. double parachute sometimes we shall tell you about the time who are 2nd. i think the 2nd or 3rd junk was for from a very small 99 paratroopers jump one after another idea

of how do we are 1st parish. and we're open up automatically because who reported was on the clip card. and then the other one you opened by herself and throw it out . i would throw it out instead of throwing it's far out. it's opened up inside the main shoot to the main shoot was to go slow and the other one was when fold up and go down, you go down fast, who going level jerks like that? well anyway, i managed to land at the time when the main shoot was opened. so it was a soft landing. and anyway, we finally returned from our mission and i got to touch kent their, their board was full of people. i walked up to the check in lady there is no,

no, no, nothing until tomorrow. i should come on. let me go. listen, i've been in for more over 4 months in training camp. boeing. we should jo, wait a little bit if there's an empty seat, i'll put you on. and true enough, later i heard the announcement that plane was going to be the closing check. check in time and should okay, i put you on google earth as a reserves see, one guy didn't show up who to reserve seats from top officers. the one was a general. i sat down beside him. he says, hey, are you? do you find a moscow? why are you dressed so scantily? i says will i been a training camp for, for, for over 4 months. and he's here where born? yeah, she's okay. good. he bring her a bottle of con axis here. airborne troops. i'm from a different division. but anyway,

he didn't tell me what division it was. i and i didn't. i learned from my 1st days, not to ask questions, especially fear a foreigner. as the soviet union transformed under glass laws in perestroika, it was apparent, the end was coming near. like everyone else around george and his family, there was fear of violence in of people. i'll tell you one thing i was at a loss. february, i was at a loss. i didn't know what to do. i think that was august 19th or august 20th. it was a monday or tuesday i traveled to that was when the attempted overthrow was made in moscow. everybody was playing swan lake than some little swans. i had to drive out to the countryside to pick up my mother in law. and my daughter, i believe,

were there because we didn't know what was going to happen. we didn't know what was going to happen. we didn't want for once, a part of our family to be split away from us. if anything got worse, i was driving. i grow out with 5050 kilometers, one weigh 50 killer, mailed back. and when i was approaching moscow already, ya nailed skirts of moscow. tanks rolling towards the center. that's when i really felt bad. i didn't know i was going to happen. i didn't know what was going to happen. oh, the soap you paid of george's life had ended. but a new russian one just started. during this time, a lot of events have happened. both happy and sad. george joined r t and became the main voice of the tv channel. his beloved brother karl passed

away. george became a grandfather twice. only one film is certainly not enough for us to describe in detail the entire incredible life of george watts. it is so bright and full of events, proud father, husband and grandfather, for whom the family always comes 1st, a brilliant professional at his work. having gone a long way from a factory worker to a well known translator and speaker, he forever remains a man of 2 countries. when i speak to russian to russian, especially russian official. i say regarding wax. when i'm traveling or speaking to english, being people, i am george west. nothing to hide dog citizenship, all the same debate. i think everybody should have his home. i see nothing wrong with that. start criminal is not criminal. here. if you're patriot,

you have in place where you were born. of course i read or valley is my favorite song because i was born there. oh, i see nothing wrong with that. ah, o m for a chance all down through here, all in this,

the larry over here. so your camps are always a little nicer than this. this is evidence of absolute poverty, just to mayor. people in our city and other cities all across america are living like this, where at the original need and village that opened up in 2018. and right now there's 31 homes on the property. it's a little over 4 acres with 31 homes and a community center. unfortunately, a lot of people don't make it out of edition more homelessness line. i'm just really happy to do that you with up until now for the past couple of decades. the solution was, i was print more money, but now that the money printing is causing a real inflation and exacerbating all the problems,

that solution is only going to make the problem worse. but of course that's what they'll do. that's what the lease will do. that's what they plan to do. any inconvenience that falls them, they will answer what we need to print more money, print more money and the food will get in the shorter supply and workers will disappear and the situation get worse and worse because it does never money. printing never worked join me every thursday on the alex salmon show and i will be speaking to guess in the world politics sport, business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. now we know you. this is he is a sphere. he will fast, you will fall off the end. and the other side came home and your back home. so i would like to envision that does, it actually has to be live and it's just like that. you're on the action to and

from the other side, a in breaking news and artsy, russia receives a written reply both from the u. s. and nate, so to moscow's request for security, guarantee years of a conflict and new group. another use today, countries across europe, ease their coven restrictions, despite near record infection rates, all health officials give mixed signals on the threads of the. i'll make chrome screen also. i would prefer to be led by la la la will he now with british prime minister barak johnston's political life seemingly hangs by a thread with a government inquiry into dining street lock. donna,

violations expected to be released from any moment. a separate police pro is over with just after 1 in the morning here in moscow, i'm unit li lawn. you are welcome to the news our on our team. we begin with breaking news. the u. s. and nato have given their written responses to russia's request for security guarantees. the american ambassador handed over the document here in moscow on wednesday evening. but so far, the exact contents have not been disclosed. a reminder, russia's demands include, not offering nato membership to ukraine and ga, scaling back. the alliances forces near brushes, borders on the removal of u. s. nucular weapons from europe. earlier, i spoke with some of our teeth correspondents. i run the world who told me more well, antony blank in the us, secretary of state, talked about how

a document had been prepared and delivered to russian officials and they were choosing to not make that document public at this time. but this document does address russia's security concerns. the document won't be public. however, anthony blank in didn't describe how the united states has provided javelin missiles, ammunition defensive security systems, helicopters, and other weaponry to ukraine and how the united states has authorized other nato countries such as stoney had to do the same thing. there were threats of more sanctions on russia and export controls put, put on russia in a way to hurt their economy and access to certain items. now what's interesting was, while anthony lincoln's tone was rather calm. and he seemed to emphasize that they wanted a diplomatic and negotiated solution to the issue. it seemed like the press and the reporters were asking him questions, were anxious to demand that he go into greater conflict and there be bigger tension

. this is some of the interactions that went on between anti blanket and the u. s. mainstream media. just finding time to later the place to invade ukraine, making you jump through hoops like and delivering written responses to questions that you vance at time and time again. in the past, meanwhile, that is stabilizing ukraine from within the economy's crumbling, you're spending hundreds of millions of dollars showing them up. what point do you stop playing rushes game and take preemptive action? now? we can walk and chew gum at the same time, and that's very much what we've been doing. so we've been clear to russia that there are 2 paths, diplomatic one, but also a passive defense and deterrence. and if russia chooses aggression a path that will lead to massive consequences. now anthony blanc and also talked about the need to export more energy to europe and make countries throughout europe less dependent on russia for natural gas, sir. so that's all we heard from anti blank,

and it seemed like he was emphasizing the willingness to negotiate and resolve this . so without further attention, the mainstream media and the press in the room seemed to have different ideas. well, let's say it turned to morocco the ever senior correspondent now in the studio with me marat's in terms of the russian demands. it's not something i was asked today or yesterday. they've been there for quite a long time. what kind of response is given on what are the a, some of the main ones? well, they had been there for the better part of a decade. it's just recently that marcia has said that patients either has run out the now they are making demands because they, they aren't being heard. rushes, security concerns, a multitude of them judge for yourself, for example, pretty as a go brush. i had only one, a neighbor that was a member of nato. now it's 5 with you create and ga, potentially ascending in the future. they're essentially that to nato. that would

be 7, almost half of russia's neighbors would be members of nato. and what that means, this is russia's concern is that native infrastructure that is measles bases rockets would move closer and closer to russia. potentially hypersonic nissan, american hypersonic missiles, big station in ukraine, which is just a few minutes flight time for moscow, which for russia is completely unacceptable. that is where they draw the of the red line. and they said all these, all these proposals to the united states and added today. so we're now hearing a reaction from russian officials who have seen this document at ease, as was said, still confidential. the americans have asked the russian sod, nato shoe not a share. the documents their response with the press. but the reaction that we have heard so far is, is disappointed. one russian official has said that this is inadequate, but the united states responded with it cannot be accepted. another russian

official has said that they did not address a single russian security concern. so they said a whole list of other themes and topics and proposals, refusing to, to answer single russia to address a single russia concert. we have heard the previous weeks, most of russia's proposals being shot down in public by there is a members who officials from, from native, from the united states, from europe. that is, that nato won't promise not to expand further to woods towards russia. that it won't promise, nor to station troops closer and closer to russia. that it, it will, you know, it refuses any negotiations, a compromise over potential nasal expansion, which for russia is, as was said today, simply an acceptable. but it just doesn't want that to be done. in whispers from the u. s. they want legally binding guarantees because they said they're sick of

being told one thing and then nothing happening mother, this is the thing the, the that we talked about earlier. that if you listen to the judge by the journalists at anthony blinking spreads conference, you, you honestly get the feeling that it's the journalists who wants a war, lord, right, more than russia, the united states. and you could put together. i mean, you heard what of the one of the questions it was. why are you bothering with negotiations and documents with, with rush a wasting thought as this is from a journalist. another question was, why, why are you sending hell, it's wise germany sending helmets instead of more missiles, aside from the thousands of missiles and anti air weapons that have been sent to you. creative. as the united states boosting 293 tons, tons of ammunition and various rockets and military supplies says of russia's concern so far, etc. haven't been heard or are been entirely ignored on camera. thanks very much

for an iraq sd of taken us through at rushes, the mans and the response to them. let's say i get some of the nato perspective now in the implications for europe. we can cross to our europe, corresponded peter, i believe you've been listening into the nato. zachary generals briefing a lot more. besides air ticket, through developments on the continent, you installed some burg speaking in brussels. he said things were at a critical moment when it came to the ongoing situation regarding the tensions between russia and nato over ukraine. and he started off by talking about russian troops in the western part of russia. he also talked about her a significant buildup of troops in bel roofs, including fighter jets. there were heading in that direction. however, he then switched tack and moved on to talk about potential areas in which there could be future cooperation,

particularly when we're talking in the areas of dialogue in the ways that nato and russia can communicate better with one another. let me outline the 3 main areas where we see room for progress. we should re establish our respective offices in moscow and in brussels. we should also make full use our existing military to military charles or conjugations. i look also into setting up a civilian hotline for emergency use, make no bones about it. there isn't going to be great news for russia when it comes to the written and written reply to moscow security proposals from nato and yen. salt and berg said the elias won't compromise on their path to joy and policy, which is the open door policy, which is basically nato expansion. as russia see that expansion towards it's a, it's borders,

it's territory so that those offers do remain open to anybody that would like to join nato. but what you insult and burke did say is that not only would there be their doors open for talks that though in terms of m, a curate lines of communication, but also there would be air doors open for meetings, for summits that could be taking place. he said that he's put this all in line with the, the allies that make up the alliance, and that they're ready to go as soon as possible. now this could be though great barometer for just how serious at nato is about this, or certainly how serious russia perceives nato to be because we heard from said gale of rob, not so long ago speaking with the, the german foreign minister when the russian foreign minister said there wasn't going to be any meetings just for the sake of their being meetings as far as moscow was concerned. so if there are any meetings that do happen, it would seem that there's something there worthwhile to be discussed now installed in burke said what they could take before more this talk about arms control,

talk about nuclear weapons shorts in medium range. rockets also talk about cyber defense and space in everything that, that entailed as well. now this also could get the attention of moscow and could see nato pushing against an open door. because if we go back time again to the o se summit in stockholm at the end of last year, so dear lover of ending his speech, thereby saying there was a dearth of garr treaties between russia and nato. so the idea that they could potentially be some talks about not so much signing new treaties, but revamping and reinvigorating already existing treaties. that's what yen stolen berg was talking about, particularly when it comes to the ideas of an basically letting the other side know when there's going to be military drills. this was something he was very keen to stress. it hasn't just been nato that we've been hearing about though all narr on

wednesday coming out of europe. there's also being quite important. norman defore, ab normandy format, meeting taking place in paris that wrapped up in a normal format of course, is there, representatives of russia, ukraine, france, and germany. this meeting taking place at the, the level of, of diplomatic advisor. it was an a well 1st meeting of this kind since 2019, so was quite as a move anyway to see this format rekindled, what we've heard, what we understand from the russian side, that they've put out a message so far as that we will see another one of these meetings taking place this time where i'm speaking to you from in berlin, in around 2 weeks time. so that could be taken as the sign at the diplomatic approach is certainly still be the main goal leave with the approach front and center. the idea that there would be further talks on that norman d format that would follow on from what we heard from

a manual macro on air. the french president and all i've shown the german chancellor. they were here in berlin last night, getting mat franco german alliance in order before that. and that normandy format meeting took place in paris. the next all of those. nobody for that meetings taking place here in berlin. the, what they were say was dialogue must prevail and manual macro and say he would never give up on dialogue when it came to this particular issue. so diplomacy looking like it is winning out at the moment. however, it doesn't seem like russia is going to get the answers. it was looking for either from the united states, although we don't know that certainly it seems from what you installed in book to say, coming out of brussels from nato. peter oliver, wrapping up that report. now us politicians are raising the public level over ukraine. republican congressmen, ted bud, has written to the secretary of state saying, given the fact of the, by the administration, stranded on all, no number of americans. and again,

this done, i write to you with the stream concern for the face of american citizens and ukraine. that's after whitehouse press. secretary gen sock a rule, died an american evacuation from the country. and the idea has been widely ridiculed on late night shows. no organized evacuation is planned. why is that? because of the last one you organized we'd love to help out. we're good. good to go on expedia. thank you. while nature ramp up its military activity with wargames on the way in the mediterranean russians also bolstering its c defenses. more than 20 warships, i've just said i'd from russia's southern ports for exercises in the black sea. there are also large scale russian navy drills taking place in the bar and see in the arctic involving 30 ships on 12000 personnel. we spoke with curren

can, i saw a former foreign minister of austria. she thinks that despite the alarmist rhetoric coming from washington, ukraine was not actually their top priority. i don't believe that the grain 5 is the only number one priority, fly from the u. s. one for 2 points. i mean, we all know what they really care about what they have already about. it's the situation in the south china sea, it's taiwan. it's china, it's technological edge. so these are the really, it's just for them. i'm not so much about ukraine joining. i'm not trying to nate, so this has been on the agenda ever since. 2008 and nobody was really enthusiast. think about it and let me refer to a very distinguished us diplomats will dive some time ago. george cannon. he was actually the one who had coined the containment of cold war policies in the late 1940 s, and the church cannibal still alive in the early 1990 s. when there are the force

measures for enlarging the need to the 4th. and he said then very clearly that this is a big arrow, don't do it. i think it was a 9956, that he says. then that's a statement by canon. sure, sure. sunday, it should be implemented. 16 minutes past 1 in the morning here in moscow still i had on the program. several european countries are lifting their coded restrictions. the slide near record case star story and more besides upcharge ah lines have been drawn in positions made clear after 2 weeks of high level talks, russia and nato remained poles apart on how to define pan european security moving

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ah, ah hello again. the british prime minister is on the ropes with found inquiry into so called party gate locked on violations apart to be released. or as johnson faced the fury of m. p 's and a common show done earlier with calls for his immediate resignation. i would prefer to be led by law. the law will. he now has a legally proving parliament, misleading the house decorating with dodgy cache party. and while the public suffer, every moment he stays, his dragging over the agony for families who is reminded of the sacrifices they meet. when will the prime minister top horn and go every day, the prime, it is still active from scandal to scandal. and meanwhile, his government has written a full point, 3000000000 pounds to fraudsters,

instead of writing of loans to food stamps. why, why the prime minister write his resignation to the queen? well, it was indeed a very heated prime minister's questions this afternoon. as the primary subarus johnson clings on refusing to resign, it comes as we still are waiting very much long awaited su, gray investigation report. it's still yet to be published as the weight gets longer and longer though many people have taken to social media saying the anticipation is more exciting than waiting for christmas. even though many of these twitter uses are saying to, we really need a report to confound the parish. johnson and his colleagues were breaking the laura at the height of the pandemic. meanwhile, the leader of the opposition, he's calling on barnes johnson to go saying that the prime minister life twice misleading parliament about these parties. on the 1st of december, the promised to told this house in relation to park district lockdown. all guidance

was followed completely in number 10. on the 8th of december, the prime minister told this house i have been repeatedly assured since these allegations of merge the walls no party. so since acknowledges the minister of quote applies to him, will it hours on a speaker? at least 16 alleged gatherings in downing street parties have imagined come to light report is expected to make conclusions on at least some of them. now what we do know is that includes the 20th of may 2020, where by allegedly a 100 people were invited to the downing street party to make the most out of the wonderful lovely weather and also bring your own booze. in april of 2021, apparently 2 parties were held on the very same night where one attendee was even sent to the nearby shops at top up on the food stamp. she returned with it in a suit case. now, quite crucially, that party i was on the night before prince phillips funeral, and since then,

downing street has apologized directly to the queen. now, more recently, an allegation comes with birds. johnson on his birthday party on june the 19th. apparently that was fair to people endorse where the prime minister was present with some cake and staff saying, happy birthday. now many people say the prime minister has indeed been caught red handed with all of this. but boris johnson has repeatedly said that he didn't know he was breaking any of the rules while some of bars johnson support to says some of these parties. and indeed the birthday party was not premeditated. people came and presented him to the cake on his birthday. the saying happy birthday was there for about 10 minutes. it was not a pre meditated organized party in the oceans. he was innocent ambush military as well as we still await the su gray investigation and have finding some people do say that it will confirm at least some breaches. in fact, summer saying there must be enough evidence to suggest at least an element of

criminality. considering the metropolitan police have now launched an investigation . interestingly though, when it comes to the su gray findings, they will be sent directly to the prime minister. and then it will be up to him to make a statement to the house of commons. so some people are saying, will we see the full findings will that be made public, or will the prime minister choose to redact some of that information? what we do know though, is once that rapport lance on boris johnson's table, he'll have just a few hours before he has to make it publicly known, release it. and as every minute goes by now, the calls for him to resign him for him to go. i'm guessing louder and louder with the german government, debating whether or not to introduce a cobit vaccine mandate for over. at dean's protesters have been rallying in berlin against the proposals. the hearts of the protest took place. i saw the printer stag for a law makers were debating the controversial month and there was

a big police presence deployed on the streets in an attempt to dump and the movement many demonstrators were reportedly detained. those politicians backing the vaccine mother include the health minister, who said it's called essential that the other end of the spectrum are a number of people incense by the idea. i don't like it very much. the moment you, you name it mandatory. yeah. it's mandatory. everybody has to have the same ride. this is really weird that we can be like 6 months, at least in moon, seen as a moon. what critical about the system, about the way they treat us the way they put us into position. i don't trust the narrative. i am totally against a mandatory vaccination. and while germany considers a mandate, some countries across europe are lifting restrictions despite near number case numbers. there's plenty of confusions as well over the plans. but the w. h o europe

chief, seeing the army kron strain, could spell the end game for the band. amec. well, other officials point to heightened risk r t. charlotte do, but ski has more for us from pars. well, a year ago people were living in fear of cosy, but here we are today. and despite there are recorded new numbers of cases in europe, it seems that the concerns of european governments are melting away. take fonts, for example, where a year ago, 20000 cases a day precipitated a 3rd national lock down 500000 cases a day at the moment. and what does the government do to respond to that? well, it's easing the restrictions from next week that comes at the time when there is still intense pressure on hospital staff and capacity. and despite that, those restrictions will start easing form that next week it's pretty mind boggling . but france isn't the only country doing that all straight to pulling suit in announcing on wednesday, next week,

unvaccinated be under their own specific type of walk down will be able to go back out to the streets. really, although some was able to access to west above because they are unvaccinated. and there is this question about whether this is a more of a will to, to these types of what people described as being to community restrictions. whether government just simply giving into this, there is now ready of political who sees what you're saying restrictions now it's too much and in fact, the restrictions are impossible, pretty much for the police to monitor someone to say the restrictions are easing as a result of vaccination levels being quite high course you of the average now is at 70 percent. and there are also restrictions easing in denmark and in england in the u. k. but all of this comes amidst a warning from the world health organization that this pandemic is far from over.

the idea. it said this narrative, this is now a mile disease is simply wrong. the w h o is saying that actually health services are still inundated. he, casey, and you were, remains the at the center of the c panel demick. so is the light at the end of the tunnel. what we've been here before with eating restrictions and then been back to square one. but the reality is it does seem, is it coding 19? now he's going to linger like a bad smell and a bad smell, we're simply going to have to get used to kill more story before we go to break. to bring you argentina has agreed to share its data on the russian sputnik. the cobit shot with the world health organization, and that's raised hopes that the vaccine could gain emergency approval from the w h o, with a team of experts to, to visit russia next month. earlier in january, a russian italian study was released on sunday. the, the researchers conducted

a comparison of the pfizer shelton fund that sputnik is significantly more effective against the only constraint i spoke with hildegard fertile a professor of vaccines on immunotherapy in the us. she thinks the results of the study, that promise i looked at the paper and the data all problem is saying what the paper shows is 6 foot nick b. yeah, antibodies that i used by this vaccine cross reg is all mcroy. there is a loss activity, but so essentially activity that hopefully provide protection that i found especially promising was the very last drop of the paper in there you, it shows that cosmetics on the antibody response. and as the new is our navy seems that for some quite rapidly, so after 6 months there are significantly lower levels of antibodies then you have

shot. yeah. next nation. my response neatly, these responses seems to be masters state. i think we should also help developing countries to improve their own manual manufacturing capacity. do i think that m our it looks st companies? i said mcdonough, i going to collaborate is 43 us just a j j. i'm not sure. but i would say deeper dive into all of this. our stories are just to click away and r t dot com all was fresh content lively debate to be fun or find your story there. good bye. mm hm. ah. up until now for the past couple of decades, the solution was always print more money, but now that the money printing is causing a real inflation and exacerbating all the problems, that solution is only going to make the problem worse. but of course,

that's what they'll do. that's what the leads will do. that's what they plan to do . any inconvenience that falls them, they will answer what we need to print more money, print more money and the food will get in shorter supply again, workers will disappear and the situation get worse and worse because it does never money. printing never worked. there may, may, we should all be mayor, may, we should all be angry and was going to can't understand united states history and the role that slavery play. already a very formal institution at a time, united states became a nation. it actually define the nation. the rise of capitalism is clearly on the back of plate. and it's laid down. if you investigated that you can see any great extent. you can't believe that really in the country. and the country still stands and i'm from the south. everybody know,

know what they're senior. to some extent, i would argue that we're still fighting the civil war and the south is winning. ah, ah, ah ah . hello and welcome to cross tucker. all things are considered on peter lavelle. wines have been drawn and positions made clear after 2 weeks of high level talks, russia and nato remain poles apart on how to define pan european security moving forward. moscow is presented its vision in writing while washington falls back on our cave. cold war cliches

ah discuss these issues and more. i'm joined by my guess, brian becker in washington. he is the executive director of the answer coalition. in new york. we have john rowley. he is a political animals, as well as a former foreign correspondent in russia. and in london we cross to unreal consent that he is the founder of aka consulting in a foreign affairs analyst, hard gentleman crosstalk rules and effect. that means you can jump any time you want, and i always appreciate it. let's go to brian 1st in washington. i sent him introduction where we had 2 weeks of high level everyone's positioning. i think what we know now, what we now know is, oh, how much both sides disagree with each other on certain particular should be lee nato expansion. over the weekend we have this some story come out of the u. k, where the u. s. are confirmed without in sourcing it in the public anyway,

that russia has designed for regime change and care again, no details provided. at the end of last week i talked to a number of experts and too much to my surprise. so someone were a little bit more optimistic than usual that yes, there hasn't been a breakthrough, but maybe that's a good thing. and then we have this over the weekend, and now we have evacuations from embassies here. where do we stand after 2 weeks go ahead? well, i don't think we stand in a far different place than we were at the beginning of this period 2 weeks ago. i'm in washington, d. c. what an uproar over the evacuation of the u. s. embassy, and you have, i mean, the, the sense here is a great for voting that the russian invasion is imminent. that the u. s. government is taking, you know, dramatic measures to save american personnel. a real hype has been created. and at the same time, if you look at the washington post news paper, front page headlines, binds speech, elicits uproar. what's the uproar?

is it that the u. s. in russia, the 2 largest nuclear powers may be on the verge of conflict? no, it's because biden happen to say that there might not be a major u. s. war against russia. in the event that there was a quote minor incursion into ukraine. so a bind is in a corner right now if you wanted to step back. and he said, look, let's, let's calm things down. let's not like play chicken, right, right there in ukraine. i don't think he has any political rome. i mean, the closed ranks within the u. s. really an establishment echoed by the media. whether it's m s, n, b, c, or fox news, it's the same chorus and, and the question is why, what, as, what has actually happened? russia has a mass troops, allegedly inside of russia. russia has said in writing, look, this is a red line couldn't set at the end of the year. press conference, this is

a red line. we will not let you crane. we will not let our border area be a staging ground for advanced weapons with missiles whose flight time might be 2 or 3 minutes to their targets in russia, or to allow ukraine to be permanently in nato. so that kind of scenario can play out. that's a red line, we're not going to let that happen. and so, and as he also said with the u. s. possibly of what russia do this at the us mexican border, or the us canadian border, of course not. so again, this is an american created crisis, but one where russia actually does have to respond and actually make clear that this, in fact, is unacceptable. long term and short term for russia's national interest. you know, john went looking at the media drumbeat here and the gaff that we well that was just mentioned by biting. i mean by just let the mass drop for a 2nd each time you talked about one of the scenarios here. he got off script. this

is what he does here, but one should expect that russia has its own scenario as well. but i mean, the median seems to be the cheerleader as usual. you know, i always get worried when somethings bipartisan in america, because it's usually something bad like war. and this, the kind of illogical sequencing that the, this is the context of all you know, to protect ukraine. we have to send more weapons, maybe troops. but if you do that, then russia feels threatened and then you get this, you get this cascade effect. i mean, doesn't anybody see that? and on top of it, all you claim isn't a member of nato, and the u. s. and its allies have made more or less clear that they're not going to fight for ukraine. so they're fighting over something that the leave the object that they're trying to protect, they're putting, making it more vulnerable. don't they see that? go ahead. joe biden has brought nato to the edge of a catastrophe. potential catastrophe in the case of a war,

just forget the nukes for a 2nd. if a, if a conventional war would break out a russian. but probably when in about a few weeks, i mean, they just have to come in from the north like a dagger and hit in hit key. i mean, they could just launch missile missiles and the key of and take out didn't military and political infrastructure of you can, it can be done, maybe in a matter of days. so nato will lose in a conventional war. but 1st, let's try go back 2nd. why answer the question, why is all happening? and the reason is because joe biden, his administration, is an absolute catastrophe. absolute catastrophe on the foreign policy front, on the domestic front domestically we have an economic crisis, the worst it 50 years. runaway inflation poverty is also increasing rapidly a lot of discontent at home. of course the, on the foreign policy front, the worst foreign policy disaster since 19 vietnam. and it's kind of stand obviously. so this is a man, he's ministration, it's one disaster after another. he's got to deflect the popular discontent away

from all these problems by your own admission. that's losing proposition. i mean, this is what so paradoxical about it, because even by being quoting pro, active in showing strength of rejecting strength and it will end up in catastrophe, i would agree with you. it would only would any kind of conflict be very, very short. ok. and would also entail, if it were any kind of occupation would be minimal if any. ok, because of the technology. i mean, let me go to you. i looted in the my 1st question to brian about this ridiculous story. coming out of the u. k. about course resume chain, except for not the americans doing it this time, but russia, which is completely nonsensical, even the figures that they have mentioned are looted lucas, even to consider them. why did this come out? why now? and why is the u. k. care so much about this, go ahead. in my opinion, i think that you can just trying to find its place in the world after leaving the you are global britain is trying to support as it was doing all of these years

on united states and american strategic goals, whatever it might be. so ukraine is the easiest part for the global britain to uh, raise its voice because we know that it's ship. oh hi. but is the total cost for? i'm even expressing this article a few months ago in prospect magazine. so yes, i think that united kingdom is trying to manage to constance for such actions like united states aiding the legal aid to ukraine in order to portray and justify these actions regarding the fact that they are instead of bringing peace, a possibility of peace. also. busy finding some sort of acceptable solutions full for both sides is just adding fuel to already very know the situation in the

region. so also by referring to the a panelist, i would say that it is a war joe biden wants to have, and it is more about the decline of the united states from inside your monique position in the world. it's trying to portray it, so ability to strike is influenced in the world. so in this region, regardless the fact that a cure to others that it might need to then you play a role which no same person wants to have. but i think is a part of the psychological, informational, as we know, it's mary. a recent pull suggest that half of british citizens believe that russia will invite you crate in 2020. so we already see the repercussions of this

cycle for a manufactured consent here, brian, because, you know, one of the things i find very odd is you know, the, that the head of nature cells and berg and then you have other leaders that are boosters for nature the only thing about nato unity, nato unity, the more they talk about it, the more i have to wonder if that unity is really kind of been because once the 1st missile was fired, then the sanction start up. and if you look at how the sanctions could be applied, the biggest loser will be europe. it won't be russian because russia used to sanctions. it's been 8 years now. a sanctions, me since 2014, i can tell you, the average person hasn't felt that in russia. i live here. ok. but the europeans will throw in rush out of the swiss system. so is russia going to give oil and gas for free? i mean, if there's no switch system, how are they going, how would the europeans able going to pay for it? they can, has anybody bought this through? right?

yeah, that's such an important point. peter, about europe. and you know, there's the europe of the establishment, and then there's the europe of the people. and when you think about what's happened in the last 20 years, the u. s. cancel the abm treaty and putting has said that that was really the beginning of the new cold war, the anti ballistic missile treaty that was cancelled in 2002. the only reason to do that is the signal that the u. s. or nato want to gain a 1st strike capability against russia. so it's very b stabilizing, and then he was cancelled the intermediate nuclear range treaty. now, why did that treaty, which was signed by gorbachev and reagan in the late or mid 1080. why did it become such a triggering event? because it affected europe when the u. s. puts missiles with a flight time of 6 minutes to their soviet targets, which is what happened in 1982 in all of the european countries, the europeans then realize, well, wait

a flight of war on our soil and it's going to be a nuclear war we are kind of like bait and we don't want to be bait. we don't want to be in the middle of your geo strategic designs which could likely lead to our deaths. and so that really became a dominant political event in the 1980s. and i think right now if, if we get past this stage of the crisis crane and wiser head start to, you know, articulate the message for europeans. the message should be, if there is a conflict at the end of nord stream to the americans are actually saying they may destroy. can you imagine, destroy nordstrom to using military means? i mean, what would that actually mean for europe? it would be devastation would be catastrophe. and again, for what, for what for the, for the round government in ukraine there came to power as a consequence of a u. s. a poached a coup d'etat in 2014. is that really worth it?

and of course, most europeans will say, no, that's fine. break here is i'd like to point out to people, the more you cranes friends in the west. hell the government and kept the smaller. remarkably, ukraine keeps getting and this will happen also here. ok, a gel. let me go to your real quick here. i mean, the way it's phrased here, it's about ukraine. it's not about ukraine, it's about nato expansion. that's it. that's part of the narrative that really irritates me. go ahead real quick. it's more about american hedge him hedge many and about america as you know, in the last 10 years trying to talk russia everywhere throughout the world, whether it's syria, of course, ukraine or venezuela. so this is just a situation. ukraine is just one more move in the grid. here we go to a hard break here, and after that hard break, we'll continue our discussion about russia. nato tension stay with our tea. ah. ah

denali know you him. he says he is a sphere. he will faster, you will fall off the end and the other side or maybe came home and you're back home. so i would like to envision that, you know, does it personally address if you live and it's just like that, you're on the action. do i need to? i'm from the other side. join me every thursday on the alex salmon. sure. but i'll be speaking to guess of the world of politics, sport, business, i'm show business. i'll see you then. ah

ah, welcome back to crossed up. were all things considered on peter level? this is the home addition to remind you. we're discussing russia nato relations. ah. okay, let's go back to john. a few we had to go to a hard break here. and what we've already went to the break. i made it clear that this is a conflict that it entails russia and nato and not it's not. ukraine is a symptom of the problem. that isn't the problem here. and you chimed in and said,

this is about american hegemony. keep going. and most of the average american from the average european, they are not aware of the fact that there's a bigger, bigger chest game going on for the past. at least the past 10 years. we're going to forget the soviet for the moment. but the past 10 years, we've seen russia and america go head to head in venezuela, of course, in syria, most prominent and now in ukraine. so we, with the question we have to ask is, why, what does america hope to achieve? these are the russia and why is it doing it? why is america always trying to seek conflict with russia everywhere in the world? why is in america trying to find ways to cooperate with russia, to solve problems? because this is what's really about ukraine, u. s. i want to be proud of my country, and i don't want to see for my president, i want see, say, ok russian ukraine. let's sit down and let's solve this problem. we don't see that we don't see it at all. we see america saying, let's make this conflict even worse. let's see how we can mpeg up, but see how we can make it more intense. let's create more threats,

was create more tension. and this is why i'm really embarrassed about my government . because i'm really sad to say that, but it, it, that's, that's the reality we see that it's not the, it's not the old america where my father works for the federal government life. and i was a different generation where they least tried somewhat to resolve conference. they tried somewhat, you know, i mean you have, you have the, um, when the berlin wall went up, they the us back down, budapest, 5668 are in process. i mean, you know, there are things that you can accomplish and things you can't accomplish here. that is a very different mindset. now, let me go back to you in london. again. what is the strategic value of ukraine to nato, other than being a weapons that po, against russia? because this is what it's really all about me. and i think there's very rarely is it mentioned in the media. there's something called the men sca courts. ok meant wanting to this was back in the, in late 2014, during you choose put

a ceasefire to the civil war in ukraine. and the ukrainian government has and implemented it would solve the problem. and the western powers have never really put much pressure on give. they give them more arms than they give pressure to honor an agreement that on that they, they, backed and, and russia is not part of it. this they always say, you know, rush is not fulfilling it. it's not even a signatory of it. this, there's a way out, but no one in the media. no one in power seems to be interested in resolving. and to echo what john just said, go ahead in london, i guess up here ukraine has a significant on a value for the american. how germany it influences trading influence in the region . i guess the united states is not concerned about the well being of ukrainian people that will be on the people from the eastern european states. but it's just simply trying to show or encroach its influence sphere of influence on

russian border. so it is unacceptable by regardless whether it will be brought to me put, you know, some other leader is unacceptable for any country which is, you know, self respecting and, and trying to maintain a balance of power as they say it is, america again, is just simply trying to put trade a promoter of universal values, spreading democracy all over the world, regardless the price of this democracy, which is paid by globe. other people, americans, obviously, a will never return to, to ukraine. crimea will be bought over russia and we will see the next couple of years of cyber right. main goal for i was trying to achieve something or

that sway russians or perhaps change a c, v civil moves in russia, which is going contrary to their actions because there's a significant rise in americanism, in russia and also in eastern europe as well. so i'm not sure where, where they're going with this strategy that they are losing, i doubt pushing effect and be rushing to china. so exactly will dismiss jam and chief of navy will say, i mean, it was very my opinion. and according to my understanding of english language is really rude, because he mentioned a, a completely different person. but regardless of this fact, we have to respect him. so if the were for united states and united kingdom, i'm not either ego, the thing that they need to

a respect of the country not like or love respect of the country or the lead us. what is the way i and one of the i've said this for many, many years, countries like the united states and russia, united states, and they don't have to be friends, they should never be enemies. and that's my position here, right? you know, one issue that you have never explained to western audiences is that, you know, sending all of these arms to ukraine. there was a shipment there over the, i mean, a shipment from the u. k. had to avoid flying over germany because the germans, their policy is not to send a weapons into a, a potential battlefield situation. that shows you what the level of unity there is, an in nato. but, you know, went to sending these arms. it's not to protect from a russian invasion for me, it is being could potentially and most likely be used as an another attack on the don bass, which of course, is

a trigger for russia is well made it very clear you attack the dumbass. these are, most of many of them are russian citizens. now they have russian passports because they've been cut off from everything from ukraine proper. they're under blockade. no wonder they want to become russian citizens and they're ethnically, russian, the vast majority of them here. and so here's the, the u. s. and the u. k. and other new neutral countries egging on the ukraine government to start another conflict when we're there is a mechanism minsk agreements that i've mentioned here to resolve that we, this is something very maniacal. go ahead, right? yeah, it's, it's hard to is, you know, there's a balance when you're trying to think this through. is it like a maniacal design or just maniacal maniacally stupid? i mean, you know, it's really a question in my mind when you think about the last 20 years of us policy, the u. s. invaded afghanistan, and 2 months later the taliban agreed to surrender in exchange for amnesty and the american said no, we don't negotiate with terrorists. and then 20 years later,

the taliban, when the war in afghanistan, the invasion of iraq, you know, you can go through the entire history of the, you know, states and all of these endless wars. and they're marked by these catastrophically, dumb decisions, really stupid decisions. so there's a maniacal stupidity that exists, but because the group think in washington is so strong, none of the politicians can say, no, wait, let's actually go a different path because they'll be brought down whatever the latest hysteria is. so yeah, i mean, in the case of ukraine, what does the u. s. actually gain from from it, you know, intensifying a civil war by people in the eastern part of the country. obviously were offended by the fact that a fascist lead anti russian could a, ty, happened on february 22nd, 2014. that this new, right, when government band russian,

as an official 2nd language that people in odessa in the trade union building were burnt alive. i mean, like, this is scary to the people in the eastern ukraine. and so there they look to russia, obviously, as you said, peter, because the russians, they've historically, always been russian. and then the u. s. as well work by having done this. russia has now acted as an aggressor in ukraine. i mean, it's such an alice in wonderland, things you have to wonder, are they making this up because they're trying to do everyone, are they making this up because they're trying to do everyone. and they're also so stupid that they actually believe their own propaganda. and, well, i, me, you know, i think you remember there in with the, one of the trumpet impeachment i, testimonies is that, you know, for 14000 people have died in the don bass during this conflict, but not one person, not one democrat, 11 republican pointer,

who killed those people? always the give government. they killed their own people in the down. but no one even asked that question here. john, i see you nodding your head there in the corner. you agree with your thoughts? go ahead. yeah. what you just, what you just said right now is actually scandalous, horrible that our media, our government cannot even recognize the fact that it was the printing government that killed these people are just horrible. the level of arrogance and, and this deception and propaganda is truly horrible. but just one thing i wanted to say is that, i mean, of course, we all know the business angle of american foreign policy and american military policy will know that i'm not going to repeat that. i'm, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars are spent. we always need an enemy to justify those expenditures. ok, that's good when a stand, let's look back. awesome. look at the ideological issue here. and namely that when president trump, when trump was president, we had, there was no serious problem between russia and united states. i mean, that was the incident, syria, but for the most part, relations were com and you had

a binding comes in a way to go. so now everything is horrible with biting, comes in. suddenly tensions are absolutely extraordinary and in a very negative sense. so what's happening here? well, we have a sort of out liberal regime, biden's administration, and they want to promote their liberal values all across the world. and of course, rush is what russia is, the defender of traditional values, which means it's the arch enemy of the liberal group that runs washington, that runs got states. now. therefore, defacto, russia must be brought to its knees. russia missed pay the price for being this defender of traditional values, which of course me, sounds absurd because i believe let people live, let each country live its life and protect its culture as they wish. but that's myself. unfortunately, people will washington d. c. thing differently. and this again, ideological components is very important to remember here. i think you, i think you're absolutely right. i've been saying it for years. i'm glad to hear

someone to agree with me. i really want to be the last word here. where is this going? because it, i get the impression that you know, miss low octane thinker blanket thinks that, you know, he, the russians are just going to cave. i agree to all concessions because america because on the right side of history we're all out of the kind of nonsense go ahead . last 20 seconds to you, my friend. i think the disagreements will continue. i think the lead us in moscow will be as they prove. so for racial now because otherwise we would already have a major conflict between 2 policy and unfortunately until the leadership and policy makers in washington d. c. will stop thinking in those messianic terms of spreading liberal international values and stop acknowledging other people's rightful. i mean the rights to have their own saved and they own security,

a national interest. this will not go anywhere. the issue, russia to has national security issues just like every other country. we end on a pessimistic not. i want to thank my guess in washington, new york in london. i want to think or be worse for watching a c, a r t c and x. i'm remember across apples ah ah, in champs all down through here in this larry over here. so your cancer always a little nicer than this is evidence of absolute poverty, just to mayor, people in our city and other cities all across america are living like this. where at the original need and village that opened up in 2018 right now. there's 31 homes

on the property. it's a little over 4 acres with 31 homes and a community center. unfortunately, a lot of people don't it out of edition more homelessness of mine. i'm just really happy with up. and so now for the past couple of decades, the solution was always print more money. but now that the money printing is causing a real inflation, then exacerbating all the problems, that solution is only going to make the problem worse. but of course that's what they'll do. that's what the lease will do. that's what they plan to do. any inconvenience that falls them they will answer well, we need to print more money, print more money and the food will get in the shorter supply and workers will disappear and the situation get worse and worse because it does never money.

printing never worked with breaking news here or not. see russia receive, richard replies both from the u. s. on nato to moscow's request. the security guarantees us the mid 5th of a conflict in ukraine in the news countries across europe. eas, that covey restrictions, despite near record high infraction rates, while health officials give mix, think goes on the threads of the on the constrained. also, i had i would prefer to be la, la la will be now with the british prime minister boys johnston's political life seemingly hangs by a thread where the government's inquiry into downing street lockdown violations

expected to release any day now. for separate police prob is also one to way aah! from moscow to the world. this is archie international. i am peter scott, and these are the top stories this hour. and we start with breaking news. the u. s . a. nato have given their written responses to russia's request for security guarantees. the american ambassador handed over the documents here in mosque on wednesday evening, but so far, the exact contents haven't been disclosed. now, for a quick reminder of russia's demands, they include ukraine and georgia not been offered nato membership, scaling back the alliances forces near russia's borders and the removal of u. s. nuclear weapons from europe. while early a unit o'neill spoke with some of our team correspondence across the world about that development or antony blank in the us. secretary of state talked about how

a document had been prepared and delivered to russian officials and they were choosing to not make that document public at this time. but this document does address russia's security concerns. the document won't be public. however, anthony blank didn't describe how the united states has provided javelin missiles, ammunition defensive security systems, helicopters, and other weaponry to ukraine and how the united states has authorized other nato countries such as stoney had to do the same thing. there were threats of more sanctions on russia and export controls put, put on russia in a way to hurt their economy and access to certain items. now what's interesting was, while anthony lincoln's tone was rather calm. and he seemed to emphasize that they wanted a diplomatic and negotiated solution to the issue. it seemed like the press and the reporters who were asking him questions, were anxious to demand that he go into greater conflict and there be bigger tension

. this is some of the interactions that went on between anti blanket and the u. s. mainstream media. just finding time to layer to place to invade ukraine, making you jump through hoops like and delivering written responses to questions that you, vance at time and time again. in the past, meanwhile, the stabilizing ukraine from within the economy's crumbling, you're spending hundreds of millions of dollars showing them up. what point do you stop playing rushes game and take preemptive action? now, we can walk and chew gum at the same time, and that's very much what we've been doing. so we've been clear to russia that there are 2 paths, diplomatic one, but also a passive defense and deterrence. and if russia chooses aggression a path that will lead to massive consequences. now anthony blanc and also talked about the need to export more energy to europe and make countries throughout europe less dependent on russia for natural gas, sir. so that's all we heard from anti blank,

and it seemed like he was emphasizing the willingness to negotiate and resolve this . so without further attention, the mainstream media and the press in the room seemed to have different ideas. well, let's say it turned to morocco the ever senior correspondent now in the studio with me marat's in terms of the russian demands. it's not something i was asked today or yesterday. they've been there for quite a long time. what kind of responses given and what are the a, some of the main ones? well, they had been there for the better part of a decade. it's just recently that russia has said that patients either has read out the now they are making demands because they, they aren't being heard. russia's security concerns, a multitude of them judge for yourself. for example, pretty years ago, russia had only one, a neighbor that was a member of nato. now it's 5 with you create and ga, potentially ascending in the future. they're essentially that to nato. that would

be 7, almost half of russia's neighbors would be members of nato. and what that means, this is russia's concern, is that native infrastructure that is measles bases rockets would move closer and closer to russia. potentially hypersonic nissan, american hypersonic missiles, big station in ukraine, which is just a few minutes flood time for moscow, which for russia is completely unacceptable. that is where they draw the of the red line. and they said all these, all these proposals to the united states and, and today. so we're now hearing a reaction from russian officials who have seen this document at ease, as was said, still confidential. the americans have asked the russian sod, nato shoe not a share. the documents their response with the press. but the reaction that we have heard so far is, is disappointing. on russian official has said that this is inadequate, but the united states responded with it cannot be accepted. another russian

official has said that they did not address a single russian security concern. so they said a whole list of other themes and topics and proposals, refusing to, to answer single russia to address a single russia concert. we have heard the previous weeks, most of russia's proposals being shot down in public by there is a members who officials from, from native, from the united states, from europe. that is, that nato won't promise not to expand further to woods towards russia. that it won't promise, nor to station troops closer and closer to russia. that it, it will, you know, it refuses any negotiations, a compromise over potential nasal expansion, which for russia is, as was said today, simply an acceptable. but it just doesn't want that to be done. in whispers from the u. s. they want legally binding guarantees because the said they're sick of

being told one thing and then nothing happening mother, this is the thing the, the that we talked about earlier. that if you listen to the judge by the journalists at anthony blinking spreads conference, you, you honestly get the feeling that it's the journalists who wants a war, lord, right, more than russia, the united states and you put together. i mean, you heard what of the one of the questions it was. why are you bothering with negotiations and documents with, with rush a wasting thought as this is from a journalist. another question was, why, why are you sending hell, it's wise germany sending helmets instead of more missiles, aside from the thousands of missiles and anti air weapons that have been sent to you, creative at the united states, boosting 283 tons. tons of ammunition and various rockets and military supplies says of russia's concern so far, etc. haven't been heard or are been entirely ignored on camera. thanks very much

for an iraq sd of taken us through at rushes, the mans and the response to them. let's say i get some of the nato perspective now in the implications for europe. we can cross to our europe. corresponded peter, i believe you've been listening into the nato. zachary general's briefing a lot more. besides air ticket, through developments on the continent, you installed some burg speaking in brussels. he said things were at a critical moment when it came to the ongoing situation regarding the tensions between russia and nato over ukraine. and he started off by talking about russian troops in the western part of russia. he also talked about her a significant buildup of troops in bel roofs, including fighter jets. there were heading in that direction. however, he then switched tack and moved on to talk about potential areas in which there could be future cooperation,

particularly when we're talking in the areas of dialogue in the ways that nato and russia can communicate better with one another. let me outline the 3 main areas where we see room for progress. we should re establish our respective offices in moscow and in brussels, which will also make full use our existing military to military charles or communications are look also into setting up a civilian hotline for emergency use. make no bones about it. there is in going to be great news for russia when it comes to the written and written reply to moscow security proposals from nato against dalton. burke said the alliance won't compromise on their path to joy and policy, which is the open door policy, which is basically nato expansion. as russia sees it expansion towards it's a, it's borders,

it's territory so that those offers do remain open to anybody that would like to join nato. but what you insult and burke did say, is that not only would there be dead doors open for talks that though in terms of m a cute lines of communication, but also there would be air doors open for meetings, for summits that could be taking place. so the idea that there could potentially be some talks about not so much signing new treaties, but re vamping and reinvigorating already existing treaties. that's what yan sultan berg was talking about, particularly when it comes to the ideas of am basically letting the other side know when there's going to be military drills. this was something he was very keen to stress. it hasn't just been nato that we've been hearing about though all narr on wednesday coming out of europe. there's also being quite important. norman defore, ab normandy format, meeting taking place in paris that wrapped up an anomaly format, of course,

as their representatives, all russia, ukraine, france and germany. this meeting taking place at the, the level of, of diplomatic advisor. it was an i well 1st meeting of this kind since 2019 so was quite as a move anyway to see this format recon what we've heard, what we understand from the russian side that they've put out a, a message so far is that we will see another one of these meetings taking place this time where i'm speaking to you from in berlin, in around 2 weeks time. so that could be taken as the sign at the diplomatic approach is certainly still be the main goal leave with the approach front and center. the idea that there would be further talks on that norman d format that would follow on from what we heard from a manual mark on air, the french president and all i've shown the german chancellor. they were here in berlin last night, getting that franco german alliance in order before that. and that normandy for

that meeting took place in paris. the next all of those. nobody format meetings taking place here in berlin. the what they were saying was, dialogue must prevail and manual micron say he would never give up on dialogue when it came to this particular issue. so diplomacy looking like it is winning out at the moment. however, it doesn't seem like russia is going to get the answers. it was looking for either from the united states, although we don't know that or certainly it seems from what yen stall, tim burge had to say coming out of brussels from nato. well to discuss those developments in the ukraine crisis. weird now joined live by av enviro, the vice chair of the libertarian national committee. iving. great to have you with us, her nazi as always. thanks rob. me. ok, thank you m. first of all, you know, would like to get started with, we know that one of russia's demands has already been reject said that ukraine, not joining nato bubbling his claim. there are some serious offers in that document

which he thinks will allow another quote to diplomatic path. forward, what do you think those offers could be let me start by saying this, anytime anybody makes any offer of any kind, whether the offer is serious or otherwise, they're going to say that it's serious. so the actual seriousness of these offers, i think, is very much in question. the nature of these offers is certainly not going to be a blanket and rejection of ukraine from nato or anything like that. and missing from those offers is not only going to be any pledge to rush in any way, but also pledged to the american people to not get involved. and yet another pointless war that leads absolutely nowhere. we just finished a war that lasted 20 years. and at the end of that 20 years that we were, we were at the beginning of those. ready 20 years and what we're not getting what we're, what certainly not going to be in that document is a pledge to not repeat history, not to sacrifice american lives and treasure on something that's really just not our business. the relationship between russia and ukraine is between the russia and

ukraine, if not between united states and russia, and ukraine. moving to the russian side of, in just a pretty quiet. we're not, we're not had a response on yet. on the deputy foreign minister, alexander goosgo said that moscow will look at it for as long as necessary. do you think that's a good or bad sign? i mean, i think it's better at the better side that they'll look at if they've been, if they didn't look at it, but i don't think it's assigned that. so rod with profoundness and meaning, i think it's the only thing that you would expect to see in international politics . it would be bizarre for a country to say, i absolutely will not. we will not look at this document, no matter what it will all be equally bizarre for any country to say, given a document from any other country that we will. absolutely, we're accept it. so you're seeing kind of what you would expect, and that's what you expect to see when a document is given through official channels between one country and other. so i think that there's anything surprising or so meaningful in that particular response

. i guess we tried to read a lot into the scraps of information we were getting into to nathan this by bites, but united states and blink and said that the you that they wouldn't made the document public. because he said i quotes again. he think democracy has the best chance to succeed if they provide space for confidential talks. and of course, he's expecting full of thoughts and wishes for minutes to sort of kayla roth. we've seen any hints of progress here or again, just just diplomacy in was it's a standard part of diplomacy. i'm not sure that's a very good part of diplomacy. when it comes down to the preferences of the american people or the american government, you will see that the american people are much more in favor of peace, much more in favor of open commerce, much more in favor of dealing with others through friendship and commerce. rather than war, when you look at the american government, the american media, another vested interest, you see that changing. so when a very small number of people who tend to be a little bit more pro war historically,

are the only ones in on something that does give me pause. mean that's, that's not what you want to you. the classic example only in the ninety's was the fact that the gulf of tonkin incident, which through the united states pointlessly into the vietnam war only in the ninety's, was a declassified. but that's simply never happened to secrecy. ben gave us one of the most devastating and pointless wars in american history and secrecy. now again, it's something that gives me a lot of pause. if not what i would want to see. i want see openness and transparency in anything that's going from the american people from the american government to any other government of any kind and know about ukraine, ukrainian foreign minister. he said that he doesn't think an invasion is going to happen because the, the russian to build up just isn't large enough. do you think the history around this situation? so it's a die down a bit. i mean, the history you're going to see is going to be inflated by the media. and in the united states, a major media companies tend to be owned off are often own, largely, or large percentage of the intent be owned by the same investment companies that

own large percentages of the weapons companies. so there's kind of a vested interest, a play up, anything, you know, you push any of that kind of stuff to war, military conflict, those companies benefit. so i think you're, you started out with a very exaggerated level. we started out an exaggerated level from the american media that's trying to make this worse than it is so that they can give the united states political and machinery cover to go into yet another point is military exercise. i, it's fairly likely that as time goes on, people are going to get more information and realize that maybe this predicted situation isn't as bad as the hyped up thing that we got to media. and again, that's something that, that i would expect a given the close relationship between the american media and the american in merrill military, industrial complex. and i'm sure we can keep discussing this for hours to come. but unfortunately, time has run out of invoke vice chair libertarian national committee. great, as always, have you on national. thank you. thanks for me on meanwhile,

us politicians are raising the public level over ukraine republican congress and had the book has written to the secretary of state thing quote, given the fact that the biden administration stranded, i don't know, number of americans enough. john is done. i write to you with extreme concern for the fates of american citizens in ukraine. that's after whitehouse press. secretary gen saki ruled out and american evacuated from the country. and the idea is been widely ridiculed on late night shows. organized evacuation as plan. why is that? because of the last one you organized. oh, we love to help out, we're good. just going to go on expedia. thank you. and while nate, so ramps, or pitts military activity with war games on the way in the mediterranean rushes, also bolstering its c defenses. more than 20 russian warships have just set out

from russia's southern ports, exercises in the black sea. there also large scale russian navy jewels taking place in the barren c in the arctic mer involving 30 ships on 12000 personnel. ben stiller had on the program, several european countries are lifting their covey restrictions, thus, despite near record case numbers, that story and more coming up shortly. ah ah ah ah ah, blue with

so i oh think wrong when all 3 just don't hold any world yet to shape out does the becomes the advocate and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves world support. we choose to look for common ground. ah, welcome back to the program, the british prime ministers on the ropes with inquiry into so called parts of gates,

locked down violations about to be released. boys johnson faced the fury of m. p. 's and a common showdown earlier with kohls for his immediate resignation. i would prefer to be led by law. the law will he now resign? illegally proving parliament, misleading the homes. decorating with dodgy cash part to him while the public suffered. every moment he stays, his dragging over the agony for families who reminded of the sacrifices they made when, while the prime minister talk horn and go every day, the prime minister latches from scandal to scandal. and meanwhile, his government has written a full point, 3000000000 pounds to fraudsters, instead of writing of loans to port is why why the prime minister write his resignation to the queen? well, it was indeed a very heated prime minister's questions this afternoon. as the primary subarus johnson clings on refusing to resign,

it comes as we still are awaiting the very much long awaited su, gray investigation report. it's still yet to be published as the weight gets longer and longer than many people have taken to social media saying the anticipation is more exciting than waiting for christmas. even though many of these twitter uses are saying to, we really need a report to confirm the parish. johnson and his colleagues were breaking the law at the heights of the pandemic. meanwhile, the leader of the opposition, he's calling on barnes johnson to go saying at the prime minister, life twice, misleading parliament about these parties. on the 1st of december, the promised to told this house in relation to paul kitchen lockdown. all guidance was followed completely in number 10. on the 8th of december, the prime minister told this house i have been repeatedly assured since these allegations of merge the walls no party since acknowledges the minister of quote replies to him. willie, now resign. oh, mister speaker,

at least 16 alleged gatherings and downing street parties have imagined come to light, is expected to make conclusions on at least some of them. now what we do know is that includes the 20th of may 2020, where by allegedly a 100 people were invited to the downing street party to make the most out of the wonderful lovely weather and also bring your own booze. in april of 2021, apparently 2 parties were held on the very same night where one attendee was even sent to the nearby shops at top up on the food stamp. she returned with it in a suit case. now, quite crucially, that party i was on the night before prince phillips funeral, and since then, downing street has apologized directly to the queen. now, more recently, an allegation comes with birth johnson on his birthday party on june. the 19th, apparently there with that to people endorse where the prime minister was presented

with some cake and staff saying, happy birthday. now many people say the prime minister has indeed been caught red handed with all of this. but boris johnson has repeatedly said that he didn't know he was breaking any of the rules while some of bars. johnson's support to says some of these parties, and indeed the birthday party was not premeditated. people came and presented him the cake on his birthday. the saying happy birthday was there for about 10 minutes . it was not a pre meditated organized party in that sense. he was innocent ambush will take, as well as we still await the su gray investigation and have finding some people do say that it will confirm at least some breaches. in fact, summer saying that must be enough evidence to suggest at least an element of criminality, considering the metropolitan police have now launched an investigation. interestingly though, when it comes to the su gray findings, they will be sent directly to the prime minister. and then it will be up to him to make a statement to the house of commons. so some people are saying, will we see the full findings?

will that be made public or will the prime minister choose to redact some of that information? what we do know though, is once that report lance on boris johnson's table, he'll have just a few hours before he has to make it publicly known and release it. and as every minute goes by now, the calls for him to resign him for him to go. i'm guessing louder and louder with the german government, debating whether or not to introduce a coven vaccine mandate for over 8 scenes. protesters have been rallying in berlin against the proposals. there was a big police presence on the streets, and several demonstrators were reportedly detained. the bulk of the action was at the bundy stark where lawmakers were debating their controversial mandates. the issue's been a bone of contention between politicians with those against it, including the main opposition party, who argued that the army conveyance is milder saying that the sweeping mandates

would be overkill. we heard from some of those attending the rally. i don't like it very much. the moment you you name it mandatory. yeah. it's mandatory to everybody has to have the same ride. this is really weird that we can't be like 6 months. at least an immune scene as a moon were critical about the system about the way they treat us the way they put us into positions. i don't trust the narrative. i am totally against a mandatory vaccination. meanwhile, some countries across europe are actually lifting restrictions, thus, despite record case numbers near record case numbers. and there's plenty of confusion over the plans with the w. h. o. europe chief, seeing the army constrain, could spell the end game for the pandemic. while other officials point to heightened risks, artesia davinsky reports from paris. well, a year ago, people were living in fear of cosy,

but here we are today. and despite there are recorded new numbers of cases in europe, it seems that the concerns of european governments are melting away. take fonts, for example, where a year ago, 20000 cases a day precipitated a 3rd national lock down 500000 cases a day at the moment. and what does the government do to respond to that? well, it's easing the restrictions from next week that comes at the time when there is still intense pressure on hospital staff and capacity. and despite that, those restrictions will start easing form that next week it's pretty mind boggling . but france isn't the only country doing that all straight to falling suits in announcing on wednesday, next week, unvaccinated to be under their own specific type of lock down will be able to go back out the streets. really. although film was able to access to westport above because they are unvaccinated. and there is this question about whether this is

a more of a will to come to these types of what people described as being to community restrictions. whether government just simply giving into this. there is now ready of political who sees from auster saying, restrictions now it's too much and in fact, the restrictions are impossible, pretty much for the police to monitor some all to say the restrictions are easing as a result of vaccination levels being quite high course you of the average now is it's 70 percent, and there are also restrictions easing in denmark and in england in the u. k. but all of this comes amidst a warning from the world health organization that this pandemic is far from over. and the idea it said this narrative that this is now a mile disease, is simply wrong. the w h o saying that actually health services are still inundated all cases and you are remains the epi center of this pandemic. so is the light

at the end of the turn, what we've been here before with the eating restrictions and then been put back to square one. but the reality is it does seem, is it co vig 19 now? is going to linger like a bad smell. and a bad smell, we're simply going to have to get used to are now from viruses to vaccines. argentina has agreed to share its data on the russian sputnik, the code shot with the world health organization. and that's raised hopes of the vaccine could again, emergency approval from the debris, joe, with a team of experts to, to visit russia next month. earlier in january, a russian italian study was released on sputnik the. the research has conducted a comparison with the fi, the shot, and found the sputnik is significantly more effective against the on the constrain . well, we spoke with hilda, gone to earth, all a professor of vaccines and immunotherapy, in the u. s. and she thinks the results of the study look promising. so,

i looked at the paper and the data. all problem is saying what the paper shows is, says nick b. yeah, 2 bodies and used by this. we've seen cross read this on the cross. there is a loss activity, but it's still residual related activity that didn't hopefully provide protection. i found especially promising was the very last drop of the paper in there you. it shows that kinetics on the end you part of your response. and as the new is, our navy seems that for some quite rapidly. so after 6 months, there are significantly lower levels of antibodies than you have shortly after the explanation. my with these responses seems to be master state. i think we should also help developing countries to improve their own menu manufacturing capacity. do i think that m, our native st companies, buys that mo, done, are going to collaborate. this foot degree us just

a j. i'm not sure. but i would say, well, that's all for now. my name is peter scott finally back again at the top of the hour. thank you for watching. ah ah, horace james all down through here. allan, is the larry over here. so your camps are always a little nicer than this. this is evidence of absolute poverty, despair. people in our city and other cities all across america are living like this. we're at the original need and village that opened up in 2018 right now. there's 31 homes on the property. it's a little over 4 acres with 31 homes and a community center. unfortunately,

a lot of people don't make it out of edition more homelessness, like, i'm just really happy. it made it. oh, dad you with me. in. oh, oh, good. now we know you in earth is he is a sphere in your fast, you're far off then and and the other side of it came from and you're back home. so i would like to envision that, you know, does it actually this, if you live in is just like that you all on the action. do i need to? i'm from the other side. with donald trump is now said to embark on his 1st foreign tour. the 1st stop is of all

countries. saudi arabia, true art form becomes a way of life and mindset. the banner of victory has been the most important symbol of our country, the russian federation and memory of those killed in action defending their homeland to watch the live coverage. on our t. growing up in america, i was a child of the cold war. and when i would hear soviet leader speak, like at an international event, or watch a soviet war documentary, the narrator's voice was almost always the same. and very memorable for me. little did i know way would meet this man one day. his name is george watts, and i become very good, close friends with him, and i want you to learn something about him. his life is an odyssey, like none other i've got to homelands. ah, russia is a homeland of my parents and my grandparents and i honor them

because every, every person has a right to love their homeland place where they were born. i love canada because i was born in canada. so i'm a rich man. actually, i have 2 homeless. ah, i, i guess i should begin with. that's the beginning. my father was russian. my mother was ukrainian, they both lived in 2 neighboring villages in western ukraine. they were serfs, they sell the land, they worked for the landlords. very poor, and when the revolution broke out in 1917, my father, a 16 year old boy at that time,

volunteered to join the red army. that was the revolutionary army. at that time to overthrow the czar or the king of the russian empire. at the end of the russian civil war, the cavalry soldier, stepan walks, returns to his native village, sidney. but very soon after he receives an offer to work in canada. steph on accepts the offer, eventually flees from chaos, hunger in typhus. lighting candidate seems promising. a new employer pays for the moving and guarantees a stable job. 2 years after steph and moves, his wife arrives in canada. the settle in the small town of winnipeg across the border with the united states. after a short while, the couple have 2 children, george in karl. the great depression is in full swing. at the height of

the great depression, everyone was jobless. everyone was travelling around in bucks cars looking for jobs all over canada than the canadian government launched a program called homesteading. the homesteading program, which is a based on the following. the government of canada gave those who wanted to volunteers free land, absolutely free for a couple of horses, a cow bowl tree. my father volunteered for a home setting and we moved north in manitoba to a place called near swan lake. and there we have plenty of food in the day. my father. busy and his friends and relatives built a house. we were there, we started going to school there, walking about 6 miles to

a country school. but there was no money, no money, no money was exchanged. my mother made milk with the help of karl and myself were churning. i remember my childhood of churning milk up and down it. no one knows what a churn is. and the still though money will exchange. we're my dad, only god who had all the potatoes, vegetables, chickens, everything, dag, some milk ferreting. although all the food would be needed. mm. 1939. the beginning of world war to canada enters the war. alongside great britain, the hardships of the great depression and the challenges of world war to speed up the process of industrialization and canada, the defense industry is rapidly developing. the watts family moves to the city of hamilton, where stefan gets a job at a steel factory, their sons, george and carl enter the west. they'll secondary school of hamilton and work with

their father at the steel mill. the future of the translators relations with language is challenged to say the least. what i was studying, french and latin in west l. secondary school. i was the worst french language student in my class. and they were teacher handing out papers at the after the easter holidays, chris was holidays and final exams. i heard the handout the highest march 1st. as the lowest mark's last name and i was the last one to get my paper. he is george you fantastic. made 22 out of 100, but i got i got his message, of course. on e, sir, when the, his handing of the papers after the east her exam. he said george,

terrific progress you make. you doubled your marking that 44 bushes still below 50, with a passing mark. and the he says, george, you'll never pass french. finally in august, local have local newspaper came on hamilton. spect they're the results of the final exams in westdale, secondary school by class, george watts, in brackets 8, i gotta, i gotta look at the end of the 19 forty's, the world is recovering from the deadly war. george's father was progressively political, though not a communist. none the less progressives were suspect and often blacklisted. it was his father's politics and love of the place of his birth. at the time, russia then, the soviet union, they drove him to return to help rebuild the country. after the savage invasion and occupation by nazi germany. my father, when we lived in canada,

the 2nd world war broke out and day it was very devastated by the war. and after the war ended, my father was followed the movements of the front. please turn front going asian could and rolling back towards berlin. an ear ache. the reason we came to the country he said, let's count on this my homeland and help the people rebuild them their whole mind. i was 20 years old. 19 at that time. and my mother was 20 and do we upheld my father's initiative? and we came to this country to help rebuild the family, waited for permission to enter the soviet union for several years. and only in 1951 . the soviet embassy in washington sent a positive response. the watts family set off without having any idea how different

life had become in the soviet union. on april 3rd, 1952, george watts's family returned to the u. s. s. r. we got out of the train that brought us across the river from poland into bela russia to breast. and my father was so overwhelmed by returning to his native homeland. that cares appeared in his eyes and he even bowed down and kissed the ground. i was very impressed. i so remember that picture vividly in my mind, my father coming down on his knees and kissing the ground. since the inception of the soviet union, western media had always viewed this country with suspicion and even hostility.

george was pleasantly surprised. people were helpful and kind still recovering from the sufferings of the worn. the country were just rebuilding and people were lucky . they felt like they were alive. that's most important thing because life is a one time gift and you have to live it to the best of your ability. and people were just happy that they were alive. they were helping each other. ah. someone is driven by dreamers shaped bankers, and of those with

who dares sinks, we dare to ask oh, well, it shows the wrong one. i just don't know. i mean, you world, yes to safe out is the because the advocate and engagement, it was the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. ah, 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 isn't trying to get into to step by step. the amazon empire has extended its grip on the world that walks like a dog inquired like

a dog dog. so amazon looks like monopoly trades like a monopoly makes money like monopoly behaves like monopoly. amazon essentially controls the market place. it's not really a market as a private arena, a wild, where a single company controls the distribution of all day. the products and the infrastructure of our economy is loose, the will know, according to amazon, up and so now for the past couple of decades, the solution was always print more money. but now that the money printing is causing a real inflation and exacerbating all the problems, that solution is only going to make the problem worse. but of course that's what they'll do. that's what the leads will do. that's what they plan to do. any inconvenience that falls them, they will answer what we need to print more money, print more money and the food will get in shorter supply again, workers will disappear and the situation get worse and worse because it does never

money. printing never worked there may or may we, sir, all may or may, we should all be angry because i'm was going on, right. can't understand united states history and the role that slavery play. already a very formal institution by the time united states became a nation. it actually define the nation. the rise of capitalism is clearly on the backs of flight and it's laid down. if you have this huge lynchings, any great extent, you can't believe the country and the country still stands in brick. i'm from the south. everybody. i know what this thing to some extent. i would argue that we're still fighting the civil war. and the south is winning with

we arrived in the city of water, shallow god, which is in the ukraine, which is loc caught, now called the low hans. that's where my parents are buried. and when we arrived there were, 1st of all, we had no place to live. the we rented a room and the people, the local people never seen anyone like that before came to us and proposed to help us in any way they could with food, with books for my brother. and i had never regina russian book before and they were very friendly and kind hearted. this is one thing that i experience right from the very 1st day and all through my 65 years here in this country. and i experienced this every day,

even now. another thing i noticed at that time, there was no advertisement, no commercials anyway. there are no, there was only one thing i noticed on the par on the side of a hope. huge building on brick. there was a sign in russian which red ice cream is a very delicious and healthy food. what kind of ice cream the did mention that what the food is, instruct me. you mean is i remember that for right from the 1st day that we arrived in that city? i'll 21 thing when my brother and i started setting in moscow that was a 9 king 55. how were we weren't hungry? we weren't starving. but i, i,

we never turned down any thing that was offered to us to eat or, or to drink. and way i remember one thing we're living in the dormitory, out of the foreign language instituted not far from red square. and there we could afford on our meager stipend, which is kind of a scholarship that we could, we could buy black caviar is it was in store just tele, it was a little bit a higher price than the other food products. but that's when we 1st tasted black caviar. never had the black cavern, canada at all. never. not even rick. how would you like to have your name changed by someone in a split 2nd, a new name, not of your own choosing. well, that is exactly what happened to george and his brother. now, they had a russian identity that was in russia of god. in 1952,

within i think was in 2 weeks we had to report to the local police station. it was called the militia in the salvage, in that time, you go to the passport department and asked for them to fill out on the basis of what, what kind of document you have. so my brother and i got on board tree carne traveled to the other part of what a shallow grub and what do you want boys and little window in door just now. we're speaking in russian. we were shy with us now. we couldn't speak very well. and his passport console. and what's your name? said george. what? george? i don't understand. you've been a mile to a hairs harris, my birth certificate to written george watts. that's not

a rush name. you're gonna be angry. gordy as make no difference to me than my brothers is what's your name is karl mark after the war against nancy. germany curl. no, that's not a rush name. you're going to be kill. so that's with the lady at the passport desk, just like that. a click of the finger gave me one name, my brother, another name. that's it. the fact that george was a native speaker of canadian english would be a priceless skill for a young man coming from the working class. george, his language skills would be the determining factor with the rest of his life. when i came to the soviet union, i finally realized that my knowledge of english, my pronunciation of anguish, knowledge of english grammar structure. and phonetics was actually

a moon. and then we borrow some money from our neighbors to go to leningrad, foreign language institute, andrew, we got our reply from her leningrad here. if you pass your attempts, you'll be given accommodations as a dormitory local don't. and i will say in lang grad at a place called institute of noble ladies, which was later called the if famous headquarters of the communist party and the revolution started. but anyway, with my brother and i went there, replied we, we finally managed to pass the interest exams were given accommodations in the dormitory, we began studying everything seemed to be going go good then right after the new year we got called out to the principal, really in russia, it's called the director directors lady together with our front edition. and shes

you boy, you 2 boys from canada will have to change your pronunciation. what? because we here at our and stood we teach king's english. james came in king james english. i. i said, i can pretend i understand. will you please pour me a cup of tea? will you be so kind as to pc or mac up a t? well they, they didn't that there any way they had the wrong and shorter the story was. they transferred us to moscow withdraw combinations which had a translators, the apartment. we were welcomed with, open arms by the teachers. very good, good teaching staff in moscow. early 19 fifties were a time, a great change in the soviet union and on the world stage, after joseph stalin died in 1953, nikita khrushchev would initiate

a political fall with the west. george was in the right place. and at the right time, makita who shop came to to power a he opened nurse invited businessmen flooded into the us asserts assignment. hence the big demand for interpreters and translators. here, late january, after the final in the christmas exams, there was a correspondence from radio moscow course job ish new, minsky, later on, imo, we met him and spoke to a very fine boy. he was taking interviews a but from among the english speaking students, and one of the students told him is why, hey, why don't you interview the 2 canadian boys? here is what the canadian boy that's how just my accidents. course job ish, new best cases. when he give me an interview, sure, why not? and so we had a very fine interview. he said,

j u boy speak very good english. i said was it's canadian english. and he says, well would you come in for our management's invite you to come to work for us? i sir. well, he's why we thought it was just passing later on. we got to call contact from him and he says, come on up to the radio station. and that was in the center of moscow. and we, they interviewed us. would you like to work for us, as translators, announcers. and, well, we do really don't know the particulars of this because we had never had done that before. we confessed immediately, but we had the makings of that. in 1957, moscow holds the world festival of youth and students. the festival attracts 34000 people from 130 countries. a record breaking number for that time during the

festival. george and his brother were taking their 1st steps in their long career in radio. and so moscow launched our program called come to moscow for the festival by carl and george were to us, but they changed our name from watts to we had gone to russian sounding name. and that's where, how we ended up in radio moscow. later on when we finished studying the institute, we managed to get a job there. i translated, interpreted in the kremlin who shove landed brush. thank god i didn't translate or by 12 because he never would finish his sentences. never. but i have voiced him even at the r t 3 or 4 times sy you so i was voicing an easy way to me. i waved. busy back at him

in any way i translated yeltsin then the kremlin and even song he sang, i hear he was very eloquent speaker. i never. i never translated and drop off or yeah. other guys. i never translated charter the mignon wish something. oh, atrocious. he did no one he was talking about a translator can translate only what he understands. that's the basic. that's the bottom line. you can translate only what you understand. ah oh, is your media a reflection of reality?

ah, in a world transformed what will make you feel safe, isolation, whole community? are you going the right way or are you being led to somewhere? which direction? what is true? what is faith? in the world corrupted, you need to descend a join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. ah, and i make no, no borders to slide to tease and you as a merge, we don't have with the we don't have

a vaccine. the whole world leads to take action and be ready. people are judgment, common crisis with we can do better, we should be better. everyone is contributing each in their own way, but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever. the challenge is great to response has been massive. so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together with it's an open secret that private military companies have been playing a role in om conflicts, world wide, u. s. government doesn't track the number of contractors and uses in places iraq or afghanistan, the united states army. and the military in general is so reliance on the private sector. i would call the dependency,

but we don't know who's the on the ground presence of these companies overseas. we just don't out west and private military companies can in turn use so called sub contractors from countries with trouble pass. the chances are quite good that they had also been charles soldiers. this is, i was a check. as i drove professional, joe is he's with the full one full quarter is when, if i said that looked with no flaw, minimum own wall shit, which going to be merciless killing machines. now they fight and die in other people's was people carol, lot one or a dead soldier or dead marine shows up in this country and we start asking ourselves, why did they die? why, what were they fighting for? nobody bothers stature about their contractors in

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