ah ah, breaking news this our on asi international russia analysis. it is withdrawing troops from florida with ukraine. that's military drills wrap up. the pullout flies in the face of hysterical western predictions of an imminent russian invasion. germany is joncelyn hens, one of russia's red lines, that ukrainian membership of nato isn't even on the cards during a couple things here on monday, ahead of pricing stores in moscow. in fact, the hold up. sure, as we understand is right now. it right now and the rushing down kind of as prime minister triggers are never before used emergency. zach frauding has government extra pall is in response to the truckers convoy protesting is created concerned

among provincial, cheap suit, questionable measures, points, and legitimacy. we don't believe this is necessary and alberta, we think it could actually be somewhat counterproductive. it is not legitimate and it is useless for a week of intense pressure of a doping allegations, teenage russian of figure skating star camila valley. ava is getting ready to take part in the olympic women's single skating competition. that is on tuesday evening of course, invasion with well, what started off was a calm day as quickly escalated the breaking news or whatnot international. it's good to have you with us for this. our brochures at defense ministry has now announced that troops conducting drills along the border with ukraine are now starting to return to base after completing their exercises. this includes units of the southern and western military districts. these have started loading their heavy

kit onto trains, which the ministry says will be heading to their garrisons later in the day. a separate units will return on their own. this announce does come a bit intense western speculation over a possible russian invasion of ukraine, including predictions of a supposedly happening today or tomorrow. or here is the announcement from the russian defense ministry which apparently pulls the rug out from under all that hysteria. my media venture and the russian troops as always, will return to the permanent basis. as soon as the combat training activities are completed, the units of the southern and western military districts which have now completed that tasks have already begun loading equipment on to trains. these will move to the garrisons today. individual units will return on their own ard, straight to downtown moscow ortiz duddy, from joining us there from the iconic red square with a kremlin and others in the background dining the west has been creating seriously a panic over a supposed to the imminent russian invasion of ukraine,

but what we're seeing right now doesn't essentially match that mainstream narrative . me absolutely right, rory, she said today is escalated in. so breaking news, but a show de escalation as it were from the russian side. of course, those troops that were conducting military drills in the southern and west in their military districts are now returning and to the garrisons. of course, they were carrying out military jolissa on the border with ukraine. as those troops have been the source of many an hysterical headline in the west, there were bats being placed on when an invasion into ukraine would be a could have been today, could have been tomorrow. course. that great misnomer of an eminence of invasion has been imminent for some months now. it does mean that all bets are off as regards that sam much talks about invasion. of course, russian has always denied it. had any plans to invade ukraine. it comes as sick a show who the defense minister yesterday met with vladimir putin and he presented

the results of those military drills that have been going along in the southern western military districts, as i just said, on the board or with ukraine. and then on those results, the decision was made to return the troops to their garrisons. if you just heard the eager kind of shank of confirming that in a statement today, now, this is a diplomatic solution coming from russia. it can be seen as a, just the gesture of good will air from vladimir putin and a show of commitment of how russia is committed to diplomacy and de escalation rather than what is reported in the west is aggression and threats of invasion. now, also in a meeting yesterday with president vladimir putin was sick, a left rav. now he presented a 10 page ad documents to the russian president. it was a draft of rushes responses to the u. s. and nato's responses to russia's sir

security demands. now the general consensus was that moscow isn't happy at with those are respond says from nato chief gen stalsen big and also from the u. s. but he did say that there was room for negotiation. of course, his wish has always done is pushed that line of diplomacy and dialogue. but the main thing that was taken out of it, that general consensus is that those responses do not constitute a straight answer to russia's demands. we warn against endless conversations about issues that need to be addressed today. i received unsatisfactory answers. none of my fellow ministers responded to my direct message . we received 2 small pieces of paper, one from nato secretary general stoughton burg, another from joseph burrell. they say, don't worry, we need to continue the dialogue. the main thing is to ensure de escalation around ukraine. i just think that this is a neglect of the norm,

which was enshrined at the highest level and according to which no organisation can consider itself the main one. therefore, we will continue to seek a concrete response from each country. as we just heard, the main thing was to ensure the escalation around ukraine crisis and russia has gone some way to ensuring that by removing troops or from those southern western military districts. now it comes as olaf shouts the german chancellor at arrives in moscow. today we believe he is in the essentially sunny central moscow to day. he had come ready for hard talks. he had come as the west would have you believe, to avert or war. he said there would be hard talks also hard sanctions. if a russia did go through with that much talked about invasion, a did have a meeting with ukrainian president of a laudermill zalinski just on monday where he said he would support ukraine if russia did go through with any kind of invasion that he said he does want to

negotiate with president putin. of course, he would also said, sorry you said he would support that us is natal responses at to russia's security demands given that moscow is not too happy with those responses, it may give you something of a mark of how those talks may go. it may bear fruit, it may not also downplayed ukraine's membership or the fact that ukraine does want to join nate. so he said that it's not something that's on the card, not something that's on the table. it's something that and that is being blown out of proportion by the russian science. so for everything on the german chancellor old sholtes, he's talk to acute in today. and also as regards that breaking news and some t escalation and diplomacy shown from the russian side, they'll keep you updated with everything here from central moscow. danny, when you were speaking about half an hour ago or so,

because you were right there on red square outside the credit and there was some big heavy chocolate that flew right over your head expectations. all that was the german chancellor, olaf shoulds, touching down right at the criminal for today's talks with the russian president, danny armstrong. thank you. meanwhile, the german chancellor, olaf sholtes, has played down the prospects of ukraine joining nato. his remarks made 24 hours ago when he was visiting key foggy from the question of membership and alliances in practice isn't an issue. so it is somewhat odd to see that the russian government is making something that in practice is not on the agenda. the object of great political difficulty or griffith. part of that when it comes to what support berlin will be providing for kia, vol. i've shult said that germany remained committed to its partner to the east, but what he said they wouldn't be doing. we're sending weapons lethal aid to ukraine. however, the german chancellor was very king to point out exactly how much financial aid

germany had already sent to ukraine and said that they would continue to do that in the future. we are struggling with more than $2000000000.00. we have made the ukrainian economy more resilient and independent in the face of foreign influence. we have in short as we're tanami and resilience. and i can assure you that we will continue the support with the same determination, all of schoultz and said that germany, it will be part of sanctions that will be leveled at russia if there is an invasion of ukraine. but all of schoultz is also pointed out, particularly when he was stood alongside joe, by not so long ago that sanctions against russia would have a serious impact upon germany. if you look at trade, germany exports $30000000000.00 a year to russia. it imports around $19000000000.00 a year from russia when it comes to energy. germany gets 36 percent of its pipeline

gas from russia. it gets 34 percent of its crude oil from russia. all of those things absolutely crucial to keeping germany's industrial power house. it's a colony, in fact, taking over all of those things that would be impacted by sanctions if they were imposed upon russia. all of these things, of course, have to be kept in mind by the german chancellor or crossing life out to martin mccauley. also historian on russia. i've list joining us live here on our team to national a great pleasure to have you with us is particularly for this breaking news today. martin, what does this withdrawal mean for the west, imminent invasion narrative. it drove, in fact, the hysteria about russia attacking ukraine was really, it was really like a symphony, which is getting louder and louder and louder and neutral observers into the me wondered why this is going on?

because the diplomats were talking people who are going to moscow needed are going to most go talking to redeem a put in. and when you know that you don't have an immunization and or shorts in moscow today. and had russia intended to invade ukraine today. of course that would be council would have been the signal. now the fact is there may means that the dialog continues come from the western southern groovy retreating are going back to the visions on it's very good news. and if you like, is a de escalation. it's a great, great relief to everyone in the west, in europe, in american school. i don't think it's also a great relief to natal because it was in a really different, very difficult position because of germany. blocked all the exports of lethal weapons to ukraine. so therefore, natal accepted that there's ever a,

consider this new accepted that if russia did attack ukraine, it couldn't really defended till so therefore, that's a great relief from nato. and let's hope the de escalate to continues. and that this whole hysteria, the whole scenario, this old crisis gradually dissipates. the thing about ukraine is that, technically it kind of joined nato. because made, it will only accept states which have secured territorial boundaries. and ukraine is not in this position because the don bus and trivia, so therefore probably rules. ukraine cannot join nato, and george pointed this out. and others she pointed out. and in america, people, it was a group. ukraine has to join nato in order to secure its security. in fact, it does the opposite. well, mom and i'm, if i can jump into the room and i do apologize, but we had the,

a former austria and foreign minister. and here recently, cara can iso and she was saying, you know, they're being talks to get ukraine into nato since 2008. but anyone involved in this whole, joyce knew that it would never happen. i wanted to ask you a question martin, because basically it's now what is it? it's a 13 minutes past 5 o'clock in the morning in washington, d. c. do you think biden's up? and if he is up, what's he being cold right now? he'd be told that the invasion is off and he can carry on sleeping. if he wants to get up early, he'll be brief by his defense people who will tell him that you are retreating or going back to the pages, the garrison's in russia. and therefore, there's no imminent attack coming and he can relax and they will say through the pressure you put on russia and they to put in russia and had an effect. and they will turn this round and say, this is been a great step forward. perhaps even victory for nato in the united states. that the

penalty last to russia of invading ukraine was too high. they did a cost benefit analysis. and all these warnings about the escalating costs to russia had been taken into consideration when the americans say they've had that effect, the cost benefit analysis and the bugs competing don't invade, therefore, they will see this. they will turn this around and say, is a big deal for them, as well as force in russia to concede and back away from ukraine. they're going to be all felt the politicians who are going to try and jump on the wagon who's saying you see, we told you we've, we've stopped the war here because of our diplomatic efforts. but martin, i wanted to ask you, you know, olaf shows the german chancellor, the, the successor to anglo merkel. he's just touched down here at moscow 24 hours ago. as you said, he was in p f, talking to his ukranian kind about the lensky. now he's in moscow and about an hour before sholtes touched down here in the russian capital. we broke the,

the breaking news story that a russian troops and now backing off from the ukrainian or russian border. it happened just before. oh, la schultz touched down. how do you read into that martin numbers? brilliant timing. in fact, it presented the to the tape pull the rug from underneath him. but he, because if you're going to go and he's got a whole list of sanctions, which were to be imposed on russia and said if you invade this, this and this, and this will happen, it's on. and now you can throw that away. and with a smile on his face because he doesn't often smile, but he can put a smile as face when he sees redeem a foot and say, wonderful, we can not go forward. we can discuss we can negotiate and show without any tension without any feeling. and one side is going to blame the other for taking and so on . and you said you, do, you want to take your grade? we didn't believe you. in fact, it's correct and therefore we accept that. and now let's start sheet as negotiations because we'll have to talk about your grade. and she may in fact,

bring up the point that ukraine has been asking for a native membership. but the qualifications for a member is that no territory questions that it's gonna have to be secure, and ukraine does not qualify for this. so that's why shows we're very pleased. i will not will congratulate redeemer putting to congratulate russia and say, this is a great victory for beast, shows how to commodity skilled russia is while this tension can now dissipate. and let's hope it all the other troops were return to the garrisons as well. show that we can then start a new phase of discussions, negotiation with russia, about just a bridge security interest, because russia has secured that legitimate security interest. and let's discuss them in the complex of eastern europe and nato and sean. and that live in peace. and without this type of pension tension in the future, most of you mentioned just

a few seconds ago about now the tension can dissipate. now as you and i both, well know the biden and bars. johnson, for example, who is screaming about a war that russia is going to evade ukraine. the media has been awfully complicit in this. if you look at the american media, especially especially mind you the u. k. media, it has been maximum fear every single day with breaking news. the war is imminent. talk to me about trust when the average viewer watches what's happening now. russia's backing off and off the all this hysteria because it has been hysteria. how does the average person everyday, jo, like you or me now feel when it comes to trusting the media and governments have been almost relieved. and excuse me, julie, the press in this country where she that is a victory. that will say we put this enormous pressure on russia, and we told them that the cost to them would be as to normal. it also damage germany, damage european damage united states,

but it would damage russia. so therefore, all this hysteria august, choking was invasion tomorrow and so on. has had his desired effect. we didn't actually believe it, but in fact it's politics. and if you create this type of hysteria, then perhaps the other side will take him seriously. and all these people burrows johnson, johnson is not a very important person because united states is much more important. and these are really, really, really good friends, but, and lose trust from secretaries. and most recently i was is oscars visit because she confused stuff. and the runners armless taking they were in ukraine and the baltic stage were going to be supplied through the black sea. she made busi, let one of the new under brooks. i was always the time talking to her. so from a british point of view, foreign policy has been disastrous. very, very weak,

very confused. and now they will turn this round and say, one to vote. we won a great victory. russia is backed off and it's backed up because we did a cost benefit, allows aiden because kind of an analysis and they just go with the cost of invading grade, which far too high. that's our victory. i mean, forced russia to accept that. and they backed off, martin mccauley, author historian, and russia. analysts joining us live during the break and use an arch into national great privilege. thanks very much for that. like you to other news now here when are you into national? canada's prime minister just intruder has triggered the emergencies act for the 1st time in the country's history. claiming that a truck is convoy protesters now into his 3rd week, threatens the security of canadians. here in our capital city, families and small businesses have been enduring, illegal obstruction of their neighborhoods, occupying st. harassing people,

breaking the law. this is not a peaceful protest. we cannot and will not allow illegal and dangerous activities to continue. however, civil liberties groups say the criteria for triggering the act haven't come anywhere near to being satisfied. while they are hot to meet by design is the act once activates the allows governments to bypass democratic procedures. the act is supposed to be only applied in the event of a national crisis. it gives the government extra powers for 30 days, including, for example, seizing bank accounts and peoples vehicles or critic site. the so called freedom convoy, protest against vaccine mandates, does not amount to a threat to national security with a number of premieres and some canadian comments is saying they don't want the emergency legislation implemented on bad territories. we don't believe this is

necessary and alberta, we think it could actually be somewhat counter productive. it is not legitimate and it is useless. so we don't want it. and we don't want the extent of the powers that the federal government could give itself. meanwhile, and the country's capital city auto support is off the truck. those remain camp around parliament hill. there was a festive atmosphere, that locked music people with dancing earlier and we spoke with a freedom of convoy ontario organizer about the newly triggered government powers. he told us that prime minister should resort to dialogue, not for i think he's a coward or not. let's be honest here. real leaders will come out and talk to the people. don't come in and find resolving resolution, especially when the people are being peaceful and they're only asking that mandates and we have not used any violence. we have not caused any problems. in fact we've, we've done more good than these leaders, the so called leaders and ottawa keep attacking us with media and lies. so for us,

we're not moving, we're not going anywhere until our demands are met, regardless of what just intruder says we're trying to be. we don't watch any kind of escalation of any sort of government who continues to double down with an irony. what i'd like to see though is the government to actually come out and talk to us and hear what we have to say, rather than continuously try to wear tockets on people. things have not reached a point where even showing support for the freedom convoy. it could cost you your job, a, vancouver radio station has fired host kid carson. after that the movement was not racist. it's also taken down his page from the side of the station as it respects his freedom of speech, but objects to him, calling facts, what it sees as misleading and an accurate opinion swallow. carson himself says the

station simply wasn't letting him do his job properly. house to radio show him expect to talk about all sorts of things, but it seems i have to avoid talking about all the things that really matter. and it's especially hard with the thing that's having an ottawa. we spoke with pastor henry hildebrand, who says that the more repressive the government is, the more people will support the truckers. the majority of canadians are on the side of the moving freedom movement. because at this point, you don't have 16 percent support in the polls, which we all know isn't a lot. it's going to, it keeps on diminishing as he forcefully acts against his own citizens, against the people that voted him in it is it, i don't think much will change because the more the more he presses to people, the more it confirms that they are standing up for what they should be stand up for, which is our god given freedom, we can keep up any more. we don't know as a closing, closing is opening up right now is when we were removing this,

but keeping out he said is keeping the math. people cannot go to the sports hall so which one is that we can keep track and the freedom convoys guiding support far beyond canada. for example, the belgian capital, the latest global city to have held o'reilly, installer diversity. as we understand, people came from all over the e. u to attend and voice their objections to cove. it mandates and restrictions. so as usual, our correspondent in the thick of it is charlotte. ah ah. as you can see, we've now got tensions in the crowds. the police have formed this barricade on the ones died of us in less than about 5 or 6 meters away. there's

a barricade on the other side. and what they're doing now is a catalina into this one area and not allowing us to pass at this moment. you may have just seen that more than trying to get past the police and then being pushed back by the offices here, i protest is have come out. they say to be peaceful. they say that they want to join other protest across the city. but quite frankly, that is not being allowed. the authorities are trying to keep a lead on any issues here in brussels. so actually i can send any more, deserves like a freedom. and i mean, i'm really need someone to please, and it's a shame i just received. guess in my eyes, the curb. it's safe to get an update. but he said it's really dividing people in 2 different categories, and people are parked in each other instead of a unifying. and i think it is a shame that we will not lose our freedom. we will accept no lice,

tear gas was fired at protests in chantilly say, i was also he on the street and 60 years old, the said dictatorship regime, as all the people i know already vaccinated. i knew we came to the protest to support our french friends. we walked many kilometers. we are not against vaccines . we are against vaccine passes, located on it. for the most part, the convoy failed in its objectives. traffic wasn't stopped and brussels didn't fall on to the power over movement that feels as if it had a strong social media presence. however, protest this did achieve, but one thing, the compelling anti covey restriction movements from several countries across europe, under one banner to show that they have a voice and to demand that it's heard. charlotte, even ski off he ruffled after a week of intense pressure over

a failed drugs test of the russian figures. getting prodigy, camilla valley ava will take part in the olympic womens single competition tuesday evening. paging time, she was clear to continue competing by the court of arbitration for support on monday of correspond, that is alexia shasky. he reports from patient believer is among the last 5, fig escaped us to take to the ice. that will happen about 10 p. m. local time here, and it's a big question as to how she is emotion in a fit for this competition. you just saw the bit of an interview with a russian broadcasting channel. here she was very emotional. she was fighting back tears. and it's a big question whether she will be able to perform as she usually does in such circumstances. we have to understand that the believer is not just as states as she is head and shoulders above everyone, pretty much in the world right now. she's a heavy favorite to win gold, and also let's not forget that on the should buckle and alexander to so are all also very strong. fig estate us representing

r o c. there will be also competing in that program. so there is a heavy chance that on thursday when the individual female eyes figure skating championship rounds up, the entire r o c podium will be there. but we've already heard from the international imp a committee that should believe or be anywhere within the top 3. when the championship rounds up, there will be no metals ceremony that is, according to the eye, you'll see statement that they said that they can not hold a metal ceremony. not even for the team figure skating event, which happens a 10 days ago where oliva was a part of the program. now, this is quite a, you know, a divisive decision have many have said already that it's controversial and to add even more fuel to the fire they had of i uses disciplinary committee also came up with a somewhat awkward statement saying that they did feel sorry for all the clean athletes, even if they are from russia, if that is a joke,

well many said that this is kind of a bad joke for. busy an official of such a high stature here in beijing. in any case there's been also a flurry of wards of support for camille oliver. she liked his case. i wish for you to remain calm and he, she turned association. you any. it's very difficult here and a lot of yeah, that's a great. yeah, thank you. overcome elise and from wonderfully all that we believe in museum. can somebody have had a thought? everything will be fine. you'll get through it. don't worry. i will let you know. i want to wish her good luck and say that's lucky, very much a proud of hasn't fast hip she teams are guaranteed one you point using a piece of land. very worried about half from the birth of my high. i wish her success golf. regardless of how the competition goes, he and mange in beijing whole female skaters in the individual program. we understand everyone understands here that it's just the beginning of the story. go believe or is allowed to participate, but clearly there will be an investigation. there will be legal cases,

so trying to find out where the she really did use the band substance tri, met as a dean just before coming here to beijing. but we've already heard from the russian anti doping agency in a statement that indeed there was a irregularity. when it comes to the doping testing, because raoul saw the claims that they did send the probe to the stockholm laboratory accredited by water on time or so to believe that there was absolutely no obstacle whatsoever for that laboratory to produce the positive test before the olympics and of course, that would have disqualified camila leave from participation in his games. and this full roar would have been largely avoided. and obviously the litigation that it will ensue after the olympics is over, also would have been avoidable. in any case, i'm going that tonight to see how camila leave a performance to get some reactions as well. and of course i will keep all of us updated with everything i hear and see and making.