check his own existence with ah, russia, dogs withdrawing its troops from the border with ukraine as military exercises draw to a close. despite daily alarmist western predictions of an imminent russian invasion, have not yet verified the russian military units are returning to their home base. and despite the major pole by russian troops, the white house doesn't yet see it as if the escalation with joe biden saying he wants more prove also ahead, the canadian prime minister figures and never before used emergency doctor granting his government extra powers to break up a truck with protest fighting vaccine mandates. it's great. the concern, among provincial chiefs, you question the measures point and legitimacy. we don't believe this is necessary

and alberta, we think we could actually be somewhat counterproductive. it is not legitimate and it is useless with from moscow to the world. this is our international. my name's peter scott, on wherever you're joining us from. welcome to the program. for some time western powers have been warning of an impending russian invasion of ukraine. seine could happen at any moment, but they may have to just the story somewhat now, as moscow says, it's begun pulling bike troops from the border. the russian defense minister states, his forces have wraps up their exercises in the area and starting to return to their bases units from russia. so then, and western military districts have been loading their hardware on the trains those units. the ministry says, well, then head back to the garrisons, and even with this good will, by russia, the white house isn't ready to tone down the war hysteria just yet. the russian

defense minister reporting today, at 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. when we heard joe biden speak, he said that despite all of the u. s. satellite equipment and all the u. s. military hardware that's been aimed at the russia ukraine border. he simply can't confirm that these troops are actually moving away from that border. he can't confirm it. can't verify it. that's joe biden. now, at this point, biden, when he spoke, he did say that there would be no missiles from the states in ukraine, and united states would not deploy any troops to ukraine. however, the united states would continue to support ukraine, emphasized defense of ukraine's sovereignty. and it's quite interesting to hear how joe biden remarked about all of this. still hinting that an invasion of ukraine is

a possibility to united states is prepared, no matter what happens. we are ready with diplomacy to be engaging diplomacy with russian and our allies in partners to improve stability security in europe as a whole. and we are ready to respond decisively to russia attack con ukraine just still very much possibility. now in his remarks, joe biden said that nato was not a threat to russia, and he also said the united states was not a threat to the people of russia. this is what he said when addressing the country were not targeting the people of russia. we do not seek to destabilize 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 joe biden also touched on the impact such a war would have on the energy markets. and at the same time that we already have

very high energy prices, reflected on the possibility that if a conflict were to erupt, the result would be even higher energy prices and decisive action would be needed to get those energy prices under control. now joe biden alluded to the 2nd world war when russia and the united states were aligned against fascism and he talked about the hope that things could get better between the 2 countries. it's important to note that us media went as far recently as. busy giving a precise hour when this alleged russian invasion of ukraine was to take place, setting it for 1 am on february 16th and, and at this point we have russian officials saying that this hysteria being whipped up by us officials as well as us media, is unprecedented. rasa russia has made clear it has no intention of invading ukraine, that at this point, troops are doing being moved away from the border. but yet, joe biden says, this isn't verified and still speaks of an invasion of ukraine as if it's somehow

a possibility. no longer after the major announcements by the russian defense ministry, president putin met the german chunk, the last shelter in moscow. the key focus of that, so it's been ukraine, as well as energy security in europe. earlier our correspondents study armstrong, i'm going to call him bray through today's big developments, including p. t. shult summits where the russian leader stressed the need for diplomacy. spoke a 3rd. what will russia do next? will stick to the plan. what will this plan depend on the situation on the ground? who can say how the situation will come? 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 re got to resolve them with the help of diplomacy? for the 1st time in history that the german chancellor and vladimir putin, german chancellor, allow 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 a i am the a genuine cadillac growth intersecting through the business side of things for the north stream. too, of course, was another thing that was i, on the list of things to talk about. a president putin said there is absolutely no political under tones of that gas pipe. it is simply a business deal, and they are ready to deliver a gas to germany, to just coming on. machines that ukraine crisis, or course before allow shoals came to the air moscow. the mood was one of our hogs walks and even harder sanctions if russia went through with this, what was called an imminent invasion in the west is media hope to hear her. of course, that was scaled back a little bit longer house. you know, when it russia announced earlier today that there will be sentence, she told from the southern western molecule districts and on the board of ukraine after completing contract military with drills,

president putin said he cannot ignore the expansion of nato in russia, needs and guarantees on security that nato will not only monday. now, when president putin was asked does she wants to me a war or 5 warner journalist presence at the press conference. he says, of course not some currently don't go on in our generation. of course, in the talking about all our shows, the journal chance in our generation, he said it's something that is on thinkable whether it has be no casualty of response to those security demands. however, turning his attention to the conflicts in ukraine, he said what is going on in the areas of new cancer and dom bass and reminds him of rosa phobia. and rosa phobia is 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 positives to take away from what they talked about. also across another major diplomatic round sir murat, gas d, f. he was watching the russian foreign minister who's been 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 that sir? 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 after that. and 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 ukraine in the

security concerns that everybody, that everyone across the complex 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 those in it say in its qualities for all the fear and the terror, 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 of 5 agreed to speak to each other. which doesn't please, could you list the hostile nato calls on russia to improve security. when we make security proposals, all ideas are turned down. and mildred, now we get the responses from nato and the u. s. all ideas which,

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 us wants. and he ends after the us. so we want radical change in the sphere of european security. we saw the west responded positively. finally, after many years of dismissal, national crush 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 i look, this is our achievement. the busha took

a step back yet was widows o'clockish, michigan's cousin. i assure you, if the west hasn't yet stated anyway, we'll definitely say that they pushed on russia supine said withdrawal. the troops and russians got scared and complied with their demands. it's a trading of air, and i, western calling a very good at that shows up with nickelodeon. but the reality says saint gala rove is that there was a time table. the russians have said, from the onset that these units that are now be withdrawn from the field from where they were conducting exercises, withdrawn to their base is permanent basis that this, this was plan, they had said all along that they would, that they would return whatever the less that there are some ideas that the to exchange the foreign ministers of russia and poland, the ideas that they said were but good. drilling into the future, something to talk about. a de escalation is not the way nato secretary general sees things though. yes, sort of berg was holding a news conference on the upcoming meeting of the lines of defense ministers and he

claims moscow is still ready to carry out another soc. stalsen burg also stated that nato needs to see the withdrawal of russian forces, including heavy equipment. the kremlin says that's exactly what's happening. russia has said it is returning some troops today to, to bases after military exercises, who completed a you saying, then this isn't true that you're not seeing any kind of change on the ground. so what we need to see is a significant on during which all of forces troops, ne, ahead, the equipment. so far we have not seen, and the d escalation on the ground. not seen any signs of reduced or russian military pistons 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

t of no aerial bombardment. those tens of thousands of troops, apparently aggressive just because they were conducting drills on their own territory. on going home, but still it's not enough. it makes you think of that for not de escalation for nate to them. what is, maybe it would just prefer if russia disbanded its entire army all together, still to bug is not the only one dissatisfied with what's going on. the ukrainian foreign minister echoed his was 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 this campaign 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 board as it's an aggressor. it withdraws, it troops and it still could pounce at any moment now. so if there was any hope that this apocalyptic winter is coming, rhetoric that's really been flaunting,

the informational spare for the last few weeks would come to an end. perhaps we should have known better. let's just remind ourselves. so the highlights, what can you tell us about reports that you as intelligent, believes russia is considering wednesday for an attack. we cannot perfectly predict the day an invasion could begin. a major military action could begin by russia in ukraine any day now? well, it is 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 the thing image as a russian troops heading back to base would make people feel a bit foolish approval papers. a told us that today was the day. it clearly isn't the white house warned, but moscow was filming a block pasta full flags. film, complete with a corpses. hasn't worries. 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. what was the paper that it was written on for most go saw me. this has been a historic day february 15th 2022 will go down in history as the de 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 a cool had diplomatic dialogue and not all of this height. that was definitely a sense so that those who are engaged in this hysteria, they want even trying to rein in that drawer. 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 of that? and well, if we listen to one of the b c political heavy waves, we might just get a clue if we were not threatening the the sanctions and the rest, it was guarantee that 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 fight and now he is going to be hailed as the person who stop the evil poacher and then the tyrant in his tracks. he proved himself to be a leader in times of crisis and seeing american diplomacy, which apparently involved function in all its glory. most importantly, all, this is a very, very different actually what we will think even just 2 months ago when the vital rating for free, for when the country was more than ever, when inflation was wreaking havoc. on one, of course, his reputation of commander in chief was seriously damn too, by the debacle. that was the withdrawal from afghanistan. but trust me, you will not see any of those headlines anymore. they will just be swept away and replaced by the idea of fight and said yes. who along side has strong the nato allies brought the world back from the brink of war. never mind that. that was never going to be a war to start with. well,

to give his insights into this issue, i'm joined live now by executive vice president of the region center rasmussen. welcome to the program. thank you for joining us. thank you, peter. now we have jo bodies, the latest of a number of western voices that still themes, seemingly reluctant to back down from the rhetoric of an eminence war are going to give boys johnson lives trust against thoughts and badges to name a few. why do you think that is? well, i think even when you look at both the board and mr. president, biting in their ratings are rock bottom and, and continuing to go down. so this provides a couple different things. one is the political aspect to try to beef up the they stood up, they provided the insurance security for ukraine and for europe. so it fits into

that whole narrative to try to big domestically here. everything foreign policy, domestic, everything has been a complete the virus and handling has been a complete debacle the last year. this will be a mechanism and the restful, probably twisted to say that he saved everything. but that said i, i still would keep an eye on all the flag because i think ultimately the, there's still no objective to continue to contain, contain the russia as well as to try to split and prevent russian europe from building a better. and so piece of business park as well, but i think that's a risk there. and i could definitely see a desire by many within the us having a war. look, we, we relocated our embassy, called everyone to a back way back. but at our own little staff that's sure to,

to meet us and show like a sign of support nor. busy of a country that that's leaning forward to ensure to almost the work. so there's some very several different messages being here and i still wouldn't, i still will keep a sharp eye open and to keep an awareness. i was the just to make sure that this is all, all this is playing primarily that all of that actually driving it. try to beat the image. i think, well, fallen in fall falling on, sorry from question a job in stands by his decision to evacuate personnel from the embassy in ukraine. what do you think it will take to settle the nerves of the u. s. a. nate? so we've had the kremlin, has consistently denied funds to ukraine. and now it's, we've joined troops and provide a video for the job that withdrawal. what do you think you would do state to 3rd, the com, the nerves i think and the

a lot of people within the us really don't think. i mean, the kind of tired during the giving get told the story that up there and you listen to literally stories being told by the press the press secretaries in the media is just regurgitating that whatever the government wants them to do. i mean, they're all perfectly aligned with government objectives, really not an independent media. know very few. there are some tucker carlson one, but there's very few directly questioning and actually look we have the reasonable and i mean you've got politicians are all stuffing behind this. well, one exception is former congressman healthy gabbert, who clearly i think the different to be on the intelligence and the are ready if i'm not mistaken. so here some insight as well. so there's,

you know, it benefits politically also to put the scare in europe to try to keep cohesion with the nato. if you've already seen fragmentation going on there. but it's, i don't see them backing down. there may be some, some reprieve. but since they're political purposes to to try to keep the tension up. but at some point it gets to be like the boy that called wolf to many. well, you know, we'll see what happens. yeah, well i know predictions to some extent are a bit of a mugs game, but i'm going to ask you anyway, we haven't seen this level of engagement with moscow for some time looking further ahead. what do you think the last thing in parts of this situation will be open to say who we're getting. we're actually, the response was that and the response, the nato's, the record, the rushes requested then really corps and really not meeting the primary needs which myself being a former or

a military as well. i think the security concerns are valid very valid and they're very reasonable. so they need to the need to be a serious discussion that, that i think president called and i think also prime minister german prime minister. so probably discussions related to that behind the scenes as well the but it, if it will, and i'm not sure how to how to, how to book this there about what, what direction to say on this. but it's i think the us a really, really are trying to keep up and, and hopefully it'll back down at some point in time. i do see it, but they need to see a way out. how can they play victory without having a basically on the well, l rasmussen we have time. just one more. one more question before we go. but in the

us and they to, they don't have any missiles in ukraine, but they've certainly sense a lot of military aids to ukraine. what impacts do you think dotted out on the situation and you know, and their portrayal them control themselves. are the defensive force where there's been a while and we've just recently withdrew military there. so there were military their trainer advisors. that's kind of how we got to be at non as well. but it's, you know, it's interesting. we say we, they want, we want the policy, but yet we're sending arm have a you know deadly arms and offensive weapons. basically not just defense, the frame. and at the same time we're relocating forces. not a lot token amount, but still we're relocating work to be along the eastern eastern european

countries that are part of nato. now. poland and in the baltic in that region. we've also got okay, no missiles and ukraine, but we do have missile bases and i think romania radar site in czech republic and putting in another missile in full. and so we're talking about a couple 100 kilometer. so i know technically their defense of weapons defensive, but they can easily be very quick, very shortly within minutes change to offensive and long loaded with the nuclear arm weapons as well. so it's, it's very kind of confusing. we're getting double signal from the u. s. obviously we've got i think we want to ramp up. they'd like to have more thanks. and they want to keep europe split from russia and china as well. and i think europe needs

to speak up for themselves. well, l rasmussen, executive vice president of the racist center, always a pleasure to have you on your program on our program. thank you very much for your insights. thank you. i to russia's parliaments is approved a resolution asking president putin to recognize ukraine's self reclaimed done. yes, guns for publics as independent. it's unclear though, whether the motion will get support from the kremlin. vladimir putin, it is meeting with the german chancellor stressed that russia wants to stick to the men's agreements. which state that the break way republics should remain under kids control, but gain more autonomy for some in depth analysis on the situation east and ukraine on the pullback of russian forces, head over to r t dot com. in other news, canadian prime minister just in trudeau has triggered the countries emergencies out for the 1st time in the country's history. he's claiming that the truck is

processed, which has now been running for several weeks. threatened national security 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, a leading civil liberties group says the criteria for triggering the reacts have not been met as that can only be done when all the 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. converse, supporters who oppose vaccine mondays have largely been peaceful. several regions also resisting the use of federal emergency legislation. we don't believe this is necessary. now, berta, 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. things have now reached the point where even showing support for the freedom convoy could cost you your job. vancouver radio station has fired one of their house after he said the movement wasn't racist . the station says it respects kit carson's. freedom of speech with objects to him, calling what it sees as misleading and inaccurate opinions as facts. carson himself says the station wasn't letting do his job properly. i house to radio showroom

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 earlier we heard from another freedom convoy processor in or to where and he believes just intruders. use of the emergency act is also unlawful. in canada, we have the war measures act, which was used 3 times in canadian history. it was in world war one, world war 2, and the f. l. q crisis in 1970 were terrorists, were setting off bombs and kidnapping civilians in quebec. since then, i believe 974. it was rename to the federal emergencies act. and since then it is never been used. and it hasn't been used because politicians understand that if they use this drastic measure that it can be abused. and that's exactly what we're seeing today. we're not at ward anybody, nobody's dying, nobody's getting kidnapped. but this federal government is trying to save face from a politician named justin trudeau was trying to save his political career. and it's

absolutely wrong. he needs to be held accountable. and citizens need to know that he is violating the canadian charter of rights. one person should not have the power to initiate such a drastic measure by himself. this should be a unanimous 100 percent agreement of all premieres across the country when there's a split and you have members of your own liberal party. speaking up against this action of imposing the federal emergency act, it shows division. it shows that there is no support. when he got in was 32 percent of canadian votes, the lowest in canadian history. and now those polls show that that is slipped only 16 percent. so this is all about justin trudeau trying to save his political career, trying to save face and play like a rock star on the world stage as wrong. well, that's how the world is looking at $330.00. i am moscow time head over to r t dot com, our social media pages for more stories in depth analysis. i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour. thank you for watching.

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