then, ah, ah headline story today, russia starts with throwing its troops from the border with ukraine military exercises drawn to close. this fight, daily, alarmist western predictions of an imminent russian invasion. so far we have not seen and the d escalation on the ground despite moscow is po box. the nato chief says he isn't seeing any signs of the escalation while claiming everything is still in place for russia. also in the program, the canadian prime minister trigger is a never before used emergencies act fronting his government extra powers to break off at truckers, protests fighting vaccine mandates. it's created concern among provincial chiefs who question the measures point on 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 after a week of pressure and uncertainty over doping allegations 15 year old russian figure skating star camila volley of us. it's in 1st place in the singles competition out that beijing winter olympics with just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow, wednesday, february the 16. welcome to the global news update on our tape. for some time western powers have been warning of an impending russian invasion of ukraine saying it could happen at any moment, but they may have to adjust their story somewhat. now, as moscow says, it's big gum pulling back troops from the border. the russian defense ministry

states its forces have wrapped up their exercises in the area and are starting to turn to their bases. just to go through some of the logistics at units from russia's southern on western military districts of been loading their heavy kids on to train those units. the ministry states will then head back to their garrisons. also on tuesday, the russian foreign minister made his feelings fairly clear about the claims of a russian invasion when quiz by reporters offer a meeting with his polish counterpart and in a press conference just held by joe biden. he cast skepticism over russia statement that it's withdrawing forces from the ukranian border. the russian defense minister report today, and some military units are leaving their positions near ukraine. that would be good, but we have not yet verified that we have not yet verified the russian military

units are returning to their home basis. the us present joe biden less cross live tor us corresponding killer bobbin. who was that listening to more of that speech? caleb, tell us about it. sure, well, you heard how, despite all of the satellite technology of the u. s. military, joe biden still says he's not sure that these troops are actually moving away from the ukrainian border. that's the line that is standing out from the speech. now, it's also important to note that joe biden did say that the would no be no us missiles in ukraine, and that he would not send any us troops to ukraine. he did talk about how the united states is training the ukranian military, but he said there would be no us troops deployed to ukraine. now. he presented nato in the nato alliance as not being a threat to russia. and he seemed to present the united states as not being

a threat to russia either. this is a clip of what he said. we're not targeting the people of russia. we do not seek to the stabilize russia to the citizens of russia. you are not our enemy, and i do not believe you want a bloody destructive war against the grain. now, in his remarks, joe biden also reflected about the impact of a potential war and what it would do to energy markets. as many people in the united states are well aware, energy costs are quite high. and if there was such a war to break out or a conflict, the result would be higher energy prices. and so he reflected on that in his speech . now, biden also alluded to the history, the 2nd world war, where the united states and russia were aligned. and he talked about that, so it was an interesting speech from joe biden, but he could not confirm that these troops are actually being moved away from the border. thanks so much for taking us through all other us. corresponding kill him

up and now not long after the major enlightened by the russian defense and when the president, 2 men into the missouri and chancellor, all our shows here in moscow. the key focus on their talk being ukraine, as well as energy security in europe, and earlier our correspondence, dummy armstrong and morocco, the of 2 column break through choose these big developments including of course, they put in shall summit, where the russian leader stress the need for diplomacy took a 3rd. what will russia do next? will stick to the planet? what will this plan depend on each ration on the ground? who can say how the situation was shot cause no one yet? is it not only on us, but we intend and will strive to reach agreements with our partners on issues we have ready to resolve them with the help with diplomacy? for the 1st time in history that the german chancellor and vladimir, who's in german chancellor,

allah schultz and vladimir putin sat down here to talk last a little over 3 hours here in central moscow. now, he was described as ala shocks is not hopeless. that's surely a good sign. of course the ukraine crisis was high on the agenda. we'll get to that growth in a 2nd. just go through the business side of things for the north stream too. of course, who's another thing that was high on the list of things to talk about cost the gas pipeline, with potentially a funnel gas all the way from siberia in russia, through the ukraine. and to germany. and president putin said there is absolutely no a political under tones of that gas pipe. it is simply a business deal, and they are ready to deliver a gas to germany through ukraine. even past 2020 fours was agreed. and now just coming on to that ukraine crisis, of course before allow shoals came to moscow. the mood was one of our hard talks and even harder sanctions if russia went through with this,

what was called an imminent invasion in western media. or, of course, that was scaled back a little bit longer. now, when russia announced earlier today that there will be sending troops home from the southern and western military districts and on the board of ukraine. after completing at military drills, president putin said he cannot ignore the expansion of nato in russia, needs and guarantees on security that nato will not expand. now when president putin was asked, does he launch a war or by warner journalist presence and a press conference? he says, of course not some can, we don't want it in our generation of crossing the, talking about all our shows, the journey chance in our generation. he said it's something that is unthinkable. but there has been no constructive response to those secure or is he demands. however, turning his attention to the conflict in ms. crane, he said, what is going on in the areas of cancer and tom bass and reminds him of ross,

a phobia, and was a phobia as the 1st step to something that looks like genocide, punishments, and by our assessment, what is happening in on boss right now? is genocide, so those that talks with between and german chancellor, all of sholtes and vladimir putin and going on for some time over 3 hours it worse air. but it seems that it has been, as so met some positive to take away from what he talks about. also across another major diplomatic round. sir murat, gas d, f. he was watching the russian foreign minister who's been the holding talks with his polish counterpart. of course, company chairs, the multi national security organization, the o. s. c e moran, you got the chance to ask a question as well. what did so again, of rob have to say this afternoon? well, both the foreign ministers came out and said that these talks had been productive, which is unlike what happened with the least trust. the foreign secretary of the

united kingdom, who last week was also here in moscow with very sheely, of a chilly press conference or after that. and then there was little by way of productivity. mr. lab rob himself said after that interview, but of course the theme here was ukraine. what is happening in your grade and the security concerns that everybody, they are that everyone across the conflict lives on the east and the west have with regards to this conflict, becoming something larger, which is something that everyone wants to avoid. and the russian foreign minister, he has said that, look where in the, in the midst of a tremendous disinformation campaign carried out by certain nations, perhaps alluding to the united states and great britain, which he said had spread papa get well, this information that it all is almost terrorist, like in it say in its qualities for all the sea and the terra, the russian invasion that it has spread. he said that if there is something good

that has come out of this situation, it is that the 2 sides, russia, and nato. and finally agreed to speak to each other. week ago, he said, you list though, we're still nato calls on russia to improve security. when we make security proposals, all i do is attorney down miller. now we get the responses from nato and the u. s. all ideas which are including no placement of medium and short range missiles appears. they said it as if it was their own idea. now the current dialogue with the u. s. is played by biden's rules from at least that's what the u. s wants. and he ends after the us, so we want radical change in the sphere of european security. we saw the west responded positively. and finally, after many years of dismissal, national prussia had said for many years that all of its proposals, all of its security concerns, had been entirely ignored by nato. it had come to the point where even seemingly trivial things, safety issue, such as how close russian and american or native jets should approach each other.

even that i was dismissed by nato, who wouldn't even talk about at this point. russia says that yes, it has has finally seen a willingness in natal to, to negotiate. but there is also the concern that jo bud might come out of this and say that a look. this is our achievement. the busha took a step back, yet was widow's opposition, his cousin, i assure you, if the west hasn't yet stated, and they will definitely say that they pushed on russia supine said to withdraw the troops and russians got scared and complied with their demands. it's a trading of air and a western calling a very good at that, that shows up with nickaligha. but the reality says saint gala roth is that there was a time table. the russians have said, from the onset that these units that are now be looked soon from the field, from where they were conducting exercises, withdrawn to their base, permanent basis that this, this was glad they had said all along that they would, that they would return that over the less that there are some ideas that the to

exchange the foreign ministers of russia and poland, the ideas that they said were both but good. and given them to the future. something to talk about a di escalation is not the way nato secretary general sees things though. again, still timber was holding a news conference on the upcoming meeting of the alliances defense ministers. he claims moscow is still ready to carry out an attack. sultan burg also stated that nato needs to see the withdrawal of russian forces including heavy equipment the kremlin, say's that's exactly what is happening. russia has said it is returning some troops to the 22 bases after military exercises, who completed a you saying, then this isn't true or that you're not seeing any kind of change on the ground. so what we need to see is a significant on during withdrawal of forces troops, ne,

the heavy equipment. so far we have not seen and the d escalation on the ground. not seen any science of reduced russian id purposes. so on the borders of the ukraine, russia has amassed a fighting force in their own ukraine. everything is now in place for and you attacked that was no invasion, no food of kiev, no aerial bombardment. those tens of thousands of troops, apparently aggressive, just because they were conducting drills on their own territory going home. but still, it's not enough. it makes you think of that is not the escalation for me to them. what is, maybe it would just provide if russia disbanded its entire army all together, still to bug is not the only one dissatisfied with what is going on. the ukrainian foreign minister echoed his was, and over in the u. k, boris johnson said that the west still must stick together because moscow is giving off mixed signals. i've also seen

a few john nist complain about how the kremlin is not withdrawing and the heavy duty stuff. just thousands of troops and tanks. it seems russia just can't win, it keeps troops at the borders. it's an aggressor, it withdraws its troops and it still could pounce at any moment now. so if there was any hope that this apocalyptic winter's coming, rhetoric that's really been flaunting, the informational spare of the last few weeks would come to an end. perhaps we should have known that. let's just remind ourselves. so the highlights, what can you tell us about reports that you as intelligence believes russia is considering wednesday for an attack, we cannot perfectly predict the day an invasion could began a major military action could begin by russia and ukraine any day now? well, it's still the case that an invasion could be imminent, and it is highly likely. i would just tell you that it is entirely possible that he could move with little to no warning when it seems that that is still continuing. though i would have thought that seeing images of russian troops heading back to

base would make people feel a bit foolish. approval papers that told us that today was the day. it clearly isn't. the white house warned that moscow was filming a block bust. a false flag film, complete with fake corpses, hasn't already is we haven't seen it yet. in fact, none of the wild invasion predictions that came out of washington came true. it seemed but their intelligence, which on numerous occasions they refused to show us. maybe now we understand why i wasn't worth the. c paper that it was written on for moscow, saw sneed, this has been a historic day february 15th 2022 will go down in history as the day western propaganda for a war failed, humiliated and destroyed without a shot, fired, it really has been an absolute bombardment from all sides, when the thing that was needed, the most cool head diplomatic dialogue and not all of this height, that was definitely a sensitive to those who are engaged in this hysteria. they want even trying to

rein in that drama. in fact, the opposite. they were feeding off of it. it became a competition of who could be the most outrageous. so you have to ask, what was it all full then? well if we listened to one of the dcs political heavy weights, we might just get a clue if we were not threatening the the sanctions and the rest, it would guarantee that food would invade. i've always said that this was a win win for the west because so much of it is about image. and i mean, look at president biden. now he is going to be hailed as the person who us stop the evil puter and then the tyrant in his tracks. he proved himself to be a leader in times of crisis and seen american diplomacy, which apparently involve functions in all its glory. most importantly, all, this is a very, very different actually what we will think even just 2 months ago when vital rating for free, full, when the country was more than ever, when inflation was wreaking havoc on one of course,

his reputation as commander in chief was fairly tempted by the debacle, that was the withdrawal from afghanistan. but trust me, you will not see any of those headlines any more. they will just be swept away and replaced by the idea of fight in the sage, who alongside his strong nato allies, brought the wild back from the brink of war. never mind, but that was never going to be a war. to start with. another aspect on a busy day of news developments. russia's parliament hasn't proved a resolution of the president to recognize you for a self proclaimed done. yes. can the new guns republics of independent? it is unclear though, whether the motion is going to get support from the kremlin. essentially putting up his meeting with the german champs, the stress that russia wants to stick to the minsk agreements rather which they don't, they break away. republic should remain on control, gain more autonomy for some in depth analysis on the situation

in eastern ukraine on the pole bach of russian forces to head to r t. don't lose it in minutes into the program. let's move on more worldly news. canadian prime minister just intruder has triggered the countries emergencies act for the 1st time in the country's history, he's claiming on truckers protest running for several weeks now. threatened national security here in our capital city families, small businesses have an enduring illegal obstruction of their neighborhoods. occupying streets harassing people, breaking the law. this is not a peaceful protest. we cannot and will not allow illegal and dangerous activities to continue. however, a leading civil liberties group said the criteria for triggering the have not been

met as not can only be done when all other legal means have been exhausted. the act is supposed to be applied only in the case of a national crisis. it gives the government additional powers for 30 days, including the ability to freeze bank accounts, although it can't be used against peaceful demonstrators and rallies by freedom. a convoy supporters who opposed vaccine mandates have largely been peaceful. several regions are also resisting the use of federal emergency legislation. 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. so we don't want it and we don't want the extent of the powers that the federal government could give itself while things have not reached the point where showing support, even for the freedom convoy, could cost you your job. a vancouver radio station has fired one of their hosts

after he said the movement was in grace's the station say that respects cade carson's freedom of speech, but objects to him calling what it caesars, misleading and inaccurate opinions. facts. carson himself says the station wasn't letting him do his job properly. i house to radio show, i'm 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 happening in ottawa. ah, now there should be a teenage girl finally getting a good night's sleep tonight. thought is because russian figures getting start. camila volleyball sits 1st in the women's singles, competition at the winter olympics. the 15 year old as you may recall, has been under intense pressure over a disputed drugs test, but currently tops the singles short program after being cleared to compete by the court of arbitration for support. she had already helped her country to golden. the

team event alexi our chefs, he's in beijing for us. he can tell us more. the short, a skating program here, wrapped up in beijing and camille of oliva is now shasta after this 1st round of because there was all the obviously going to be a 2nd one on the should about go over all r o c a 2nd as well. and alexandra through silver, also another russian competing here. she is. 4th, currently in the rankings. we obviously see what's going to happen on thursday. i have to tell you, though, it's quite spectacular to seek a meal of oliva, even with all the prussia that's been mounted on her recently. even with the mistakes that she's made during her performance. that she still raining supreme in the chart here until thursday, at least, ah, what is very emotional. those 2 things that when she was coming on to the ice, the whole stadium was erupting and very loud applause. and also the fact that when she finished her performance, she was in tears that was really heart wrenching and gut wrenching to watch,

to be honest with you. but right now things are looking good. have to remind you though that eva camille of oliva ends up in the top 3. meaning if she wins either gold, silver or bronze, there will be no metal ceremony according to the aisle seat, until the investigation is completed. same applies to the team figure skating event, which of oliva was spots off. obviously, that's part of the ongoing story. obviously, this has been the for roar. this has been the highlights of everything here in beijing. it seemed the times that many journalists have forgotten about the olympics itself, that people are winning metals here. and i have to tell you the atmosphere he inside the capitol indo ground was something unprecedented. i've never seen anything like that, a figure skating, even when a superstar all through the sport, hundreds of from japan performed here. the crowd was much smaller than today. obviously, lots of journalists on lots of hype about the story. and let's not forget, there's been a lot of support for camila leave as well. i believe we can listen to some of those words of support for the russian figure skater as you like. in this case,

i wish for you to remain calm and he, she tune the situation you any. it's very difficult and a lot of pressure. yeah. but as a great athlete, you will over camels, least and perform wonderfully, we believe in museum. so that's kind of thought, everything will be fine, you'll get through it. don't worry. i don't want to let you know. i want to wish you good luck and say that we're laughing very much a proud of his success and hope she keeps a i'm very worried about her from the bottom of my heart. i wish her success spoke to several formal figure skaters, including olympic champions and all basically agreed after the performance that on the such prussia under such circumstances, even with the mistakes during her performance. camilla did extremely well and we'll see on thursday whether she actually gets the goal for r o. c. well, obviously i'll be here and i will update you on that for sure. on joining us on the program earlier, it was countering of it a to time olympic figure skating champion onto rule the ice through the 18th.

really, the german legend thinks fully of those performance was hugely impressive. given the global scrutiny she's under, i did not want it to be to her shoes or to have that pressure and to go out there and gauge as brief as she did. she did a little mistake, but still, you know, she had to go out there. the entire world was watching. everybody had an eye on her . and of course, on the rest of the competition in this whole game, she is from me an absolute victim. she's 15 or she's the minor and she should have not dealt with what she has to face right now. we have not the complete result yet, but i think definitely adults who are around her and who have put her in the situation in what she's is now is just unbearable. my imagination what she's going through with your 15 year old. everybody has lost,

you know, there is not one single winner in this single game we're having on right now and take it, take the team competition. you know, there are 6 accolade of each country. so all those other teams, they have no medicine when need, this is the worst. what can happen to an athlete you're out there, you're out there to win a metal. if it's a goal, different civil brands, but you win a metal. and one of the most important things is to stand on the podium to hear your national anthem, or to share it with your competitors. you a lot of times your friends with and you have absolute respect for each other. so for this alone it's, it's, it's really no fair decision, you know, by holding back, because they don't know exactly what the outcome will be. in general. it's a disaster for sports, i must say. and especially for those all the athletes who are involved in it,

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