is at the end of the day to self interested. you can pretty well predict which way bitcoin is going, and the fact that nations will make it legal tender, and that will be a hash for going on and the has raised ah, the russian foreign ministry vows to retaliate against german media outlets in russia. that's after germany is media regulated a broadcast found on our thesis, the channel, or the the us nato responds to russia's proposed security guarantees is leaked and published by a spanish newspaper. the document rejects russia's key demands, including keep in neighboring ukraine, out of the military alliance. and the you could the green label on gas, the nuclear power paving, the way for subsidies and tax. it comes as men, the states clash over the switch to renewables in the midst of an energy crisis

in coming to the ally from our headquarters here in moscow. you're watching our international. my name's peter scotts and welcome to the program. russia has pledged to take action against german media outlets operating in the country. the announcement from the foreign ministry came just hours after our sister channel. our c d was blocked by germany's media regulator. the verdict of the german media regulator is an unambiguous signal that russian concerns have been defiantly ignored. this step deprives us of any choice but to start implementing retaliatory measures against german media accredited in russia. as well as internet intermediaries who have all betrayed early and unreasonably deleted the channels accounts from their platform. we repeatedly pointed out to germany, the unacceptability of exerting politically motivated pressure on the russian media

outlet and the inevitability of counter measures. if berlin refused to seek a constructive solution to the problem it had created with our tv. well, early art, the accused, the german regulator of suppressing free speech. that's after r t d was hits with a full bon, including on online news that we're production are taking the regulated. the courts are true as wrongly names as channels. broadcast ortiz, deputy editor in chief on a bill. and i gave roy sushi a breakdown of the disputes via a license that was obtained with absolutely all fording european rules and regulations, according to the european convention on transferred to your television. and we are free to broadcast via the license in 30 plus territory across europe. they are saying that our tv productions, which is an entirely independent production company, is actually the tv channel of that broadcasts from germany. and there's generally absolutely no broadcasting happening from berlin at all or to

d. e. the tv channel is oh, broadcasting right here for moscow in, in fact, their studios are essentially next door to where we're sitting here. and we were here all launching the channel mid december. yet nevertheless, the regulator is asking the production company to stop broadcasting, which they are not even doing. and to do it not just on television, but to do it on the all the online platforms, apps, etc, etc. which again, the production has absolutely no control over all of this is centered right here in moscow. and the tv broadcasting as well is done from here with you think they were afraid of something that we do here at our team? i mean, it definitely seems that there is quite a lot of apprehension about a different voice, like r t or it's being present there, you know, and they are under fire. not just under it from authorities. in, in germany, the youtube channel was taken down within hours of the over the beginning of the

broadcast. that is obviously an american company. and then indeed there was pressure being put on an independent, independent satellite operator. util sat to take us to, to stop broadcasting our feed as well. so it really is a multi pronged attack when one of the comments that you've made regarding this, you say, quote, we will not be removing our feeds or channels voluntarily and encourage all platforms not to be bullied by the media watchdogs, illegitimate minds that does it seem like bullying? absolutely. and we've seen those done not just with regards to the broadcasting, but various productions have had all of their various partners, bullied, including banking, banking, relationships, other operational relationships for or for the last number of years. and we believe that, you know, the rtp production position is entirely not just

legal and in accordance with all the rules and regulations, but is beyond substantiated. and that we're hoping that the courts are going to see that and side with them. likewise, our tv channels position is entirely legitimate within germany and other european markets, and we will be defending that position. russian foreign ministry, supposed to marias, has accused germany of breaching its legal obligations, leaving moscow with no choice but to retaliate. just don't let berlin now say that they weren't offered a way of staying within the international legal framework. we offer that repeatedly and at various levels. we've pointed out solutions to problems that were not created by us. but if germany has steamrolled through its obligations in protecting freedom of speech, then we have no reason to be shy about retaliating. we are the, the saga has been going on for months now, basically since day one on the nikki, are and takes a look back. now the turbulence events surrounding the channel,

the r t d launch date was an exciting day, but within hours it wasn't just reporting the news. it was the news with the channels live stream deleted from youtube, just a short time off. it went on and then just days later was a finding increasing interference and the channel signal of that was taken off. what if it's too soft? the lines of the juvenile authorities claimed it didn't have the license needed to operate in the country. but the thing is it doesn't need one having obtained its broadcasting license in serbia, which just like germany is a signatory to the european convention of trans funds here television, the member states of the council of europe and the other states party to the european cultural convention or reaffirming their commitment to the under thing, floyd, and he believes germany thinking to book alternative viewpoints which challenge the western europe narrative. they want to create and may have

a monopoly of media that only expresses the accepted western narrative that comes down to them to those major outlets from the ruling class in western society. and when in the western countries state, russia today actually provides an alternative view to the bill that is given by certainly every single american tv network. you cannot watch network tv in the united states because it's all nonsense every single minute. i don't care if it's fox news or m s m, b, c. it's all made up nonsense. so russia to day which you can watch in the united states and which i do watch russia today. but it gives

every appearance of been much more direct and truthful about the reality of our lives on this globe than folks yours are, m s m, b, c, or any of the other set. certainly, net network television and the usa or the b, b, c o i g, b, or channel for any of the stations as well. they would like to shut down, shut down any voice that doesn't necessarily tow the line and agree with big brother on. if we single issue down to the last cross t and dottie di and full stop, this is so or well in this is 1984 come to life. they're looking in a mirror. when that, when they accuse, are see a being disseminated of disinformation particularly now with all this nonsense

about your grade, they're looking in a mirror cuz that's exactly what they are. all the full text of the confidential us needs. a response to russia, security concerns has been leads. the purported documents was published by spanish newspaper, l pace, adelia, my colleagues, niel harvey, and stuff you. taylor discussed its contents over the past few weeks. we've seen at the highest diplomatic levels, riley's of accusations of verbal sparring, and that's just what's been happening in public. so we can only imagine what's going on behind closed doors. but now a fresh document leak has all put off a glimpse into what is indeed happening behind those doors. and it's really showed that moscow and washington, alongside nato, a very, very far from reaching any kind of consensus with regards to ukraine, issue, uninsured. well beyond move, not that does seem to be almost a blind unwillingness from the military alliance to recognize any of russia security concerns. now,

the spanish language paper hasn't managed to get its hands on the nato and us response to russia. security proposals now will remember those proposals they were sent back in december. they fin triggered a flurry of diplomatic talks and calls, and essentially they requested legal guarantees restricting, farther nato expansion, specifically with regards to ukraine. the document that we're seeing now though, reveals a very blunt response from washington and brussels. and it's in all states should respect the right of other states to choose or change security arrangements and to decide their own future and foreign policy free from outside interference. in this slide, we reaffirm our commitment to nato's open door policy on the article 10 of the washington treaty. we have of course, requested comment from both nato and the us state department, but if we take just this document, it seems that it is an open shot case. them, they will not compromise. that is despite flat and person warning, but this is

a very reckless disregard of russia's concerns. it's not well for help because don't people realize that this could potentially set all nations involved down a very dangerous path of no return assistance. because when you much listen carefully to us, i say, in ukraine's own duck, try no documents. it is written that they plan to return crimea, including by military means that it's not what they say public. imagine for yourself that ukraine in nature, members will begin military operations in crimea. what do we do? go to war with the nato block? has anyone thought about that? so the situation is it seems to me both sides refusing to budge and let him pitch and set it there in a slightly different context. but what do we do? what's versus reaction? been to this must have already sent, follow up questions to this document. so clearly there is a desire for continued a dialogue, but most disposition on this has been consistent from the beginning. it recognizes, of course, that every single country has the right to determine its own policy and assure its

own security thought is not what's being disputed. here the issue is when a countries choices have ramifications beyond its borders and actually post a very real physical threat to someone else. and let's just be clear. a potential natal launchpad located in ukraine is just a couple of minutes miss all away from, from russia. so it's essentially, i think, this fear that really underlies russia's concerns as a bridge and ignoring our concerns, the u. s. and need to refer to the rights of states to freely choose how to insure the security. but it's not just about giving someone this right. after all, this is only one parts of the well known formula for the indivisibility of security . the 2nd integral part says that one should not allow the strengthening of any one security at the expense of the security of other states. so the washing liters, asking why must we sacrifice our security that someone else can feel safe? not said it would be remiss if i didn't point out that the document has some

encouraging moments. i'm talking about reestablish communication long military channels, reinstating the nature office here and moscow discussing arms control. so reducing missile deployment to ukraine. but if we get to the bottom of it, let's be blunt. according to this document, the west responds to an almost existential concert of rushes as we hear you. but we don't care enough to do anything. and this is in fact case closed. we're not going to discuss it further, but here's a list of much smaller things that we feel that we can give you to project an image that we are listening and being co operative but do nothing in any way to address your fun demand concerns. and with that kind of inflexible rhetoric combined, of course, with this ongoing footage of millions of dollars while the weapons being sent to kiev, it's very difficult even with the best of intentions to see where to move from now . well, as you just heard in the report, the russian president mentioned ukraine state, the goal of re taking crimea through military means,

but the whites office dismissed those concerns comparing fruits in ukraine policy. folks in the henhouse and the fox is screaming from the top of the hen house that he's scared of the chickens, which is essentially what they're doing. that fear isn't reported as a statement of fact. and as you watch, president putin screaming about the fear of ukraine and the ukrainians that should not be reported as a statement of fact. we know who the fox is in this case. meanwhile, the white house to cents an additional 2 additional troops, eastern europe, amid heights intentions over ukraine. approximately 2000 soldiers will be deployed to poland and germany, and another $1000.00. we sent through mania. this comes as a ukrainian soldier on the front line, a pit confessed to having heavy artillery, which if true would be a violation of a peace treaty between ukraine and the self proclaimed republics in the east of the country. what kind of weapons do you have at this position? do you have any heavy weaponry?

i don't see any, but i just want to make sure you know in another line, you don't see the enemy doesn't mean he says, but we have everything. i think that it's clear that any accusation against russia is now considered valid in the most of the western media, certainly the mainstream media here in the us. and i think you heard earlier in your broadcast and much of the of europe as well. there's no questioning of these of the allegations against russia, and that there's no questioning of supporting everything that either the training leadership wants to do, or nato wants to ukrainian leadership to do. i think that the propaganda war that's underway becomes more and more ludicrous here in the u. s. with each passing day. i mean, and the latest word here that a potent is afraid pretending to be afraid of the ukrainian. so russia has,

i think, legitimate concerns about the stationing of nuclear missiles, very close to the heartland of russia, a western russia, the main cities, and the economy and agriculture and all of that. and that they know is determined to move ever closer. and that's where i think this is really about in the news, natural gas nuclear power could soon be classed as green energy in the u. the europe in commission support the idea which has been slammed by environmental groups as green washing all your corresponding pizza. all of it takes of that story . when you entered, she's been in focus for quite a while with energy prices across year of being through the roof. but what we've seen on wednesday was the commission outline their plans to reclassify some natural gas pro jacks and nuclear power projects. odds, green energy investments. what be your commission hope that this would do is that

it would well take a couple of boxes, really one that it would guess investment cash flowing into energy projects to get more energy projects off the ground for to supply much needed energy to the european union. countries also that it would help the european union take some of it or meet some of its climate goals that it's set. the commissioner in charge of these type of things outlined exactly why they've gone down this route. we need to use all the tools that are disposal to achieve climate neutrality. we putting in place strict conditions for their inclusion. they're subject to clear limits and phase out periods. some will use this instrument and others may not. but whoever invests will be certain that the product they're investing in should it contain nuclear or gas. they will know, well not everybody is happy with this, but some will start with those likely to be pretty particularly pleased with they saw france and germany will start with paris and swell from generates just over 70

percent of its electricity from nuclear power. well, they may well have just become one of the greenest countries in the european union if this eventually goes through because of their use of nuclear, it's also likely to be quite well received here in berlin. germany does use an awful lot of gas to generate electricity, an awful lot of renewables as well, but gas is seen very much, is the bridging fuel as they try and transfer more and more towards renewables. the gulf stream to gas pipelines, the much talked about. thus, infrastructure project between germany and russia looking more and more important, should this plan go through and gas ultimately be designated on spot green feel. we'll see more more investment towards gus in and across the european union. i said not everybody was happy though, and heading in to this meeting on wednesday, we heard from austria, denmark, sweden,

and the netherlands all saying they didn't want to see gas added to the list. there's also a whole host of environmental groups as well, who say this is essentially just moving the goal posts to fit what you want to hear and what you want to see and amounts to little more than green washing. the complimentary delegate to that table by the european commission sacrifices the scientific integrity of the taxonomy on the altar of fossil gas and nuclear lobbies . firstly, labeling fossil gas is that sustainable activity is completely incompatible with limiting global warming to $1.00 degrees celsius and with the use 2030 climate targets. secondly, even if ignoring the risks of catastrophic nuclear accidents, it is evident that nuclear does not apply to these key principles as it poses significant environmental and social hazards at all stages of its supply chain. while there's still a few hoops to for this to jump through before it could come into force. in fact, there was some questions. put somebody out, dennis, the commissioner about potential legal challenges from so member states,

no confirmation on that other yet, but it does helps to go before the lead is of the 27 members of the european union . once it gets passed there, which it looks like it will, it goes to the european parliament way, more than half of any piece have to vote in favor of it. right now, it does seem like it would squeak by that. looking at probably quite a few months though, before we see these new rules come into place and we see gas or some gas projects and nuclear power labeled as green energy projects by the european union. we spoke with german economist, folk held mayor, and he says, europe's green transition will mean highly tricity consumption, which can't be provided without gusts and nuclear power. i think the green transition is right to follow. but what we have to be in mind is that all measures we tank by politicians within the european union in the european states, is to increase the use of electric electricity by

electron a tronic vehicles, whatever. and that means that we will need more. busy energy we need, if we take the forecasts of the international energy agency until 2050, roughly the same amount of fossil fuels than currently. and in that respect, we have to understand that in order to have a proper transition, we need the old economy for a certain time. we need fossil fuels, we need nuclear energy in order to set up the allocation for capital for it. for this green transition, i think that's a point that is not being understood. we need a pragmatic approach. and what we hear from those, we're criticizing the current state of affairs, of those were rather following ideologies, rather than pragmatic approaches. and now for another story we're across to day, the head of cnn has resigned for lying about what an affair started with a colleague. jessica spent 9 years at the news network,

a period of largely falling ratings. is artes kellum open with more now story? jeff zocker surprised his employees with an e mail this morning announcing that he had been having an affair, consensual affair with an employee, one of his colleagues, and he did not disclose it under cnn's policies. what started out as a friendship, evolved into a romantic relationship and because of that, he is stepping down from cnn. now many looked at this e mail and we're a bit surprised because it seems like many wonder if the ratings and the decreasing ratings over the past 9 years has more to do with it than simply this matter of reporting or disclosing a romantic relationship. and at this point, cnn has stepped up and named the successors of jeff zocker, that he will be replaced by a triumvirate of sorts. michael bass, the current vice president of programming amy at,

tell us the current vice president of talent and content and can jot the executive vice president of cnn will. all 3 of them together be stepping up to replace jeff soccer and take on his roles at the primary news network in the united states. cnn . back in december, john griffin, a producer at cnn, was arrested by the f. b. i on rather serious charges. he was taken to the federal prison where he waits trial. ah, and john griffin was charge with setting up a facility to run interstate commerce for the purpose of learning in young, under age girls and their parents and training these under age girls to be sexually submissive. i mean, quite a serious allegation and he's awaiting trial. now this is not a low level employee, john griffin, this is a high ranking producer. this is someone who rubbed shoulders with chris cuomo and you'll recall that chris cuomo also stepped down because it was proven that he was

colluding with his brother andrew cuomo when he was facing scandals and eventually step down as governor of new york. now there's been another recent dust, kate rosenfeld. cnn commentator kat rosenfeld. she compared jo grogan's audience, so the podcast, joe rogan, who's been at the center of some controversy recently. she compared his audience to people that are overweight and made some other comments that many did not appreciate about the audience, joe rogan, here's what she said. here's people who you know. they like something that we consider ourselves more enlightened. don't think it's good for them. you know, we think that they're internalizing this misinformation that they're using it to make bad decisions. now, many found these remarks to be somewhat ironic because the listenership and viewership of joe rogan's podcast is roughly 11000000 people regularly, 11000000 people. listen to what joe rogan has to say. now it's important to note that the viewership of cnn has been significantly decreasing. last year. in the 1st

week of january, viewership of cnn was 2700000. but now in the 1st week of this year, it was only $548000.00 and many have looked on at this. and they've noticed that trust for mainstream media in the united states is certainly declining according to polls. and now i guess we see that jeff zocker, after 9 years the head of cnn is stepping down. not good times for cnn, and for american mainstream media. if cnn was a patient and a hospital, the doctor would call a co, the doctor would look at his watch as a call at that's it. they put the sheet over the patient. cnn is gone. many people, if they're expected to be fairness, many people believe that c n n owes them a duty of fairness, people will say, this isn't fair. cnn. there, journalist, they're supposed to be journalist,

this isn't fair. how can you say this? how can you get away with this? how can they do this? first, this is american media, where you can say anything you want kind of, number 2, dare dying. they have nothing to lose. they're hoping somebody notice is that if, if they were to exhibit unfairness and non journalistic tendencies, you know what, what happened in it? nothing. or there were any independent sources for journalistic review? no. well, that's the latest news from around the world. my name is peter scott, and i'll be back again to the top of the rundown of the headlines, which had over to r t dot com. if you can't wait that long, ah

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a visit to ukraine, coming up in the show as boris johnson refuses to resign and continues to fight for his political life. of the findings of number 10, failures of leadership and judgment. we ask why millions of afghans are fighting for their actual lives and civilians are reportedly selling that children and their organs in order to feed themselves just like millions and aid being pledged by the u. k. in its allies and as syria success, really intercept u. k. u as a you nation armed israeli air strikes on one of the oldest cities in the world this week, damascus. why is israeli spyware apparently targeting human rights watch? we speak to the h r w human rights investigator allegedly attacked by pegasus dollars or more coming up in today's going underground.