that late done too, i took the spy obscene. these people up north shore a headlines, and i say russia says it has no intention of invading the crane in a written security response to the united states while also urging nato to pull its military biases and thought you try and end jointed military true. meanwhile, the west changes predicted date of a russian invasion of ukraine. after february, the 16th failed to materialize. moscow says it's a fabrication look as to whether the escalation on february, the 20th, i don't know because we are not the ones who are escalated. we're not doing. the canadian prime minister is branded the dictated by opposition. all make is this theory mag with the use of emergency powers against protesting truckers.

let's remind the prime minister this is canada is not at this really about the prime minister taking a sledge hammer to canadians. the key things are unacceptable with good, even just on 6 pm here in moscow, you watching artie international by russia has published in response to the united states and then on going back and forth on security guarantees. moscow says it's not going to invade you train despite all the room is coming from the west, and it is just washington to negotiate on russia, security demands while warning of a minute, free technical response. if that doesn't happen, there is no russian invasion of ukraine, which the united states and its allies have been declaring at the official level since our last year. and there are no such plans. so statements about the responsibility of russia for the escalation cannot be regarded as anything other

than an attempt to exert pressure, and the value rushes proposals for security guarantees were in the past few as russia expelled the deputy us ambassador to moscow amid the christ is b ukraine, washington has said it will retaliate and earlier russia's foreign minister marked american made the predictions of when russia could invade ukraine. some journal and i saying it's going to happen later this week when the olympics end. after yesterday's bet, failed to materialize. less shook the wolves as to whether the escalation will end on february. the 20th, i don't know because we are not the ones who are escalating. we're not doing this politico. a well known news outlet reporting about what is happening on the russian ukrainian border. citing some supposedly reliable sources said that what did not take place yesterday will begin on february. the 20th that there will be an invasion, as we heard there from never of no invasion to be seen. the hysteria continues.

there was a previous date of a couple of days ago and yesterday too. and now we have a new date for an invasion from the west setting february, the 20th as that dates just from 3. what's going on here? well, talk about changing a goal post february, the 15th has come and gone. no invasion fabry, the 16th has come and gone still, no invasion. so what did the west and political establishment and the mainstream need you to on thursday, the 17th apologize and say that that intelligence wasn't worth the paper that it was written on? no, of course not. they started back paddling the if something doesn't come to pass. it doesn't necessarily mean that what we've been warning of is wrong. i don't think you've heard us from any podium i point to a specific day of an invasion. i think what you've heard from us some to from some time now is to make the point that what the russian federation has put in place or the capabilities that would need to order an attack at any time or net price might

be unwilling to give a specific date, but that hasn't stopped others from placing new bats and as we heard from la grove, now almost out of thin air, the 20th of february has been plucked and one on which fast the cool explanation given for this constant postponement of an ever imminent invasion. is that president putin is furious that all his previous plots have been foiled, and he absolutely refuses to invade ukraine according to the west schedule. yeah. me or so here, these deadlines have passed without consul. we then look at the actual facts and the facts, sir. and we've seen footage that russia says it is beginning to pull back those troops and weapons. well, absolutely. on tuesday, the russian defense ministry announced that it was sending home a considerable chunk of those forces that had been near the border with ukraine because they had wrapped up that drills. and really there was no reason for that for them to, to be there anymore. they even publish a campaign footage showing some pretty heavy duty weaponry loaded up on trains.

heading back to bass, bought for the people who themselves didn't provide any evidence proving this saw in pending russian invasion. this concrete video wasn't convincing enough, but we haven't seen is evidence of withdrawal that has been claimed by the kremlin . in fact, we've seen continued build off of things like field hospitals. what we're seeing is no meaningful pullback. crisen foods put in place the capacity to act on very short notice. he can pull the trigger, he could pull it today. he could pull it tomorrow. we could pull it next week. the forces are there if he wants to renew aggression against ukraine. so russia keeps its troops out the border. it's an aggressor, it starts with during its troops. it's also an aggressor, it just con, when here and even more outlandish, claim that's come out from an un named senior official and washington, which doesn't take care. bye confidence alleges that this withdrawal is a huge bluff, and in fact, the opposite is going on. the kremlin is fortifying its forces to the tune of

around $70000.00 troops and brand new field hospitals. look at all what's being said over the last few hours. some, you know, yes, you say there's a lot of hysteria, but there's no effort then sort of trying deescalate, in terms of talking in front, silas, you know, continue with diplomacy or we get is another date. it just seemed a strange situation to be in. i think that is one way of saying it does definitely a sense that those propagating, the hysteria have almost lost themselves in it. they become hostage to the situation that they have created. and just so that they don't have to lose faith by admitting that ok, we were wrong, there was nothing going on. they continue along this path that they for set themselves on. it really has become a catch 22. it is obvious that the fly will, of the anti russian hysteria spun in the united states is not allow american colleagues to look at things objectively. self hypnosis about the inevitability of the russian attack persists. the media seems very keen to go along with this line

of wild will. 3 is just around the corner, but there are a few skeptical voices. outback, who are offering support to moscow. the check president for one has made a very interesting observation that this wouldn't be the 1st time the u. s. intelligence has best proved to be useless and it was fake. russians are not foolish enough to embark on an operation that will do them more harm than good . as for the u. s. secret services, this is their 3rd bluff. the 1st was with iraq. the 2nd was with afghan, a stand. well, the 3rd is now. and on top of all this, i mean ukraine is central, but when you look at it, it's not benefiting from any of this rhetoric, isn't it? it's the economy is, is plummeted. people talk, you know, politicians have left the country to, they've been told to come back. it's really suffered and it makes you wonder who question he's benefiting from. all this rhetoric that we're hearing from the west. we did the recent words. 9 of the former us ambassador to germany,

that is richard grinnell, a very worth mentioning here. now he is an insider, someone who knows how the political elite in the us thinks and how it acts. but even he has accused washington of being, quote alarmist and stated that the war hawk rhetoric coming from the white house is an and not the quote, verifiable intelligence. so here we have even those inside of d. c, who are telling us that this intelligence clearly just isn't there. so exactly, it's a legitimate question. why all this height because it's definitely not benefiting ukrainians. and why also is the world going along with it? here may be the nature chief might have given the game away. moscow has made it clear that it is prepared to contest the fundamental principles that are underpinned are security for decades. and to do so by using force. i regret to say that this is the new normal in europe. therefore,

to day ministers decided to develop options for further strengthen naples the terms on the firms including to consider establishing new nathan buffer groups in simple eastern and south eastern europe, approval. the talk of the escalation, 2 keywords there, stand out, new normal. yes. and not in the cove. it's a sense, a very telling phrase, and i think regardless of what stolt bug, but i said about it being regretful, i'm not entirely convinced that is how he feels. because a new normal means, new nato combat units and bolstered defenses. close to rush. it turned out to be very convenient for an alliance that was really had flight lost its way and people were saying that maybe it doesn't need to exist anymore. if we're being cynical, deal as an imminent russian invasion provided the perfect excuse for the heightened militarization of europe. and like i said, breathe, new life into nato. and here i will always remember the words of us diplomat

lawmaker a couple of years ago, who came and said, we need to fly. the nato fly high around russia from all corners, only like a noose. so nature is now effectively been given the green light to expand. meanwhile, state site, president biden apparently is looking for more than $770000000000.00 for the 2023 defense budget, which, by the way, is 8 times more than russia spending on defense. and yet, of course, it's rush to the aggressor. it is a strange thing to claim to be a huge fan of diplomacy, but then of course, fatten up your army an inch closer and closer to russia. all the while. moscow is here saying that it only ever wanted to have a serious conversation about nato missiles being deploy just a couple of minutes away. in short, it wanted to find a diplomatic solution to it's very serious security concerns. but there don't seem to be many takers for diplomacy at the moment. now oppositional makers

in canada have branded the prime minister a dictator. they are furious at just intruder, for triggering emergency powers to deal with fuckers resisting a covey vaccine mandate. to my, the prime minister, this is canada, this is not a dictator. ah, gasoline on embers. things are d escalating as we speak. so why is the prime minister using this hammer on canadians? isn't it true? he's doing it just to save his own political skin. the threshold was met for the emergency, zach and now across the country releases of jurisdiction. how the tools necessary to keep people say he has politicized this pandemic and divided canadians at a time when we should be working together when we should be supporting one another . his lack of leadership has divided stigmatized and traumatized canadians. yes,

there have been people who've been harassing and intimidating frontline work. yes. there are people involved in frontline, illegal blockades. but the vast majority of canadians continue to stand alongside each other and support each other. 2 thirds of canadians are united because they want an end to mandates and locked down. but this pilot, after said, there are 4 races. massage it is a fringe who quote, take up space and he said, shouldn't be tolerated. isn't this really about the prime minister taking a sledge hammer to canadians that he thinks are unacceptable with a protest erupted last month, i pro vaccine requirement for cross poor to try this. the freedom convoy like to snowball to into broader antique government unrest with a newly enacted emergencies act as a lie the canadian government to abandon the rallies and fries protest is bank accounts for up to 30 days. is designed to only be in votes. if there is a national crisis, not against that peaceful demonstrations. freedom convoy has mostly been just that

was a prime insta tree day, and his government do insist that they are disrupting the economy. now since wednesday, canadian police have been handing out leaflets to pro test is in downtown or to our old ring them to disperse or face arrest. one of the key accusations being leveled against the freedom convoy by the government is that they represent the extreme right today. himself is accused them of threats, violence, and hatred, and waving racist flags. the media has largely gone along with that line with a few exceptions. one of them is kid, carson, a radio host, and vancouver, who quit his job after expressing support for the truck. so let's talk to kid himself now joined this this evening and you very well can kid, thanks for your time tonight. you were for many presenter, it said 95.3 and vancouver. you then left. can you give us a bit more clarity about why you left you think you were pushed where you sense it or was there a mutual passing of waves as the station has described?

well, my contract wasn't renewed after i spoke out against the mandates on the air. so i was politely showing the door. and why was that though? i mean, i know you've talked about on there that you know your concerns about vaccine mandates, but you were pressured not to do that by management. just tell us a bit more about what happened in that respect. what's interesting, because for the 1st time, canadian people are afraid to speak the truth because we will be labeled as some one who supports hate. i'm so if you attend a peaceful protest with thousands of people, you go home, you watch the news, and then you see there were hundreds of protesters harassing people and spread a spreading, racist hateful messages. so many canadians, early brainwashed and then go on attack each other on, on social media. so there's a very strange divide. it's happened between us where relationships are being destroyed, between co workers and family members and,

and friendships. so i spoke out against the digital vaccine passports, talking about how this is a bit of a dangerous technology and, and also supported the truckers in ottawa. and i guess i was just too much for the radio station. they didn't want the backlash they, they still believe that most people don't want to hear the truth when i think there is a bit of an awakening happening. and it seems that the mainstream media is ignoring that. what, what sort of response did you get then kid from the public? i mean, i want the management said he was station, but what was said from the public. what sort of feedback did you get when you made those points? i would say that 95 percent of the feedback has been incredibly supportive. ah, my personal instagram account went from 30000 to now almost 70000. in a matter of days, people following me finding me sending me very kind of messages. and i've had a lump in my throat for most of the week with, with the kindness. so i think that the, the management teams at these mainstream radio stations and tv stations are wrong.

i think people are waking up. they want to hear the truth. and they shouldn't be afraid of backlash from the general public. i think people are wanting to hear what's really going on with this latest development treat i announcing, you know, these specially you emergency paris to freeze protests. is bank accounts? do you think that's one? him any support a toller g? think more people now a believing that that certainly has gone so far. i think most people have felt like the government went too far a very long time ago. and i think that this is actually helping to wake people up to some of the corruption and quite frankly, the craziness that's happening right now that the idea that our bank accounts could be frozen or, and i donated to the truckers convoy as well. so my wife and i are saying, well, we're on that list, should we be worried about it because it is such a crazy overreach of government power. i think it's working in the opposite way

that adjusting trudeau hopes and it's not. i'm going to have his back down. it's actually waking us up to fight even harder. oh, i mean the spice. his argument that he was making is that this convoy is disrupting huge amounts of the economy. i mean it's, there is a blockade that said that is illegal. does he have a point when he says that while i've been talking to a lot of people on my podcast to our live on the front, you know, grounds of where this is all happening? in ottawa, i do so side of the parliament buildings and they've had their phones face timing with me zooming with me, interviewing people, walking by. and it seems to be all high fives and support from people who even live in the neighborhood. and so the energy is very high in terms of the economic pressures. i'm to sicily deejay, who plays britney spears. i don't know much about that. but it be easy thing changed into public opinion. mean mrs. what it's all about, isn't it?

it's true. i feel like people are in support of the truckers, there is a massive wave of love and support and i and freedom. and i think the mainstream media is hiding that and not giving in a voice. and there's a bubbling frustration with canadians who aren't getting their voices heard, and the some papers can page. it's joe rogan, he became a prior in the mainstream media for his keys and vaccines. but, and he has a huge following on his podcast. her, do you feel as though that people have just lost trust the mainstream media and are turning to people, perhaps like yourself we, when you say what you believe it seems to strike a chord with many yes. if you look at joe rogan, who is the greatest, ah, content producer on the planet right now, his ratings are crushing the mainstream narrative. now he's gone from the fringe into becoming the mainstream. so anyone who compares me, joe rogan, i,

i take it as a huge, huge compliment. and so how long do you think these protests can last from the truckers that i've spoke to on my podcast? they will stay there as long as it takes. i mean you're not talking about weak people. i think that the truckers feel the support of of the canadian people coast to coast. and um, they're not just doing this for themselves. obviously they want all mandates removed. all discrimination are removed and uh, this is become not only just a canadian movement, but the truckers know that there are other convoys that have popped up around the world inspired by what they are doing. so i don't think they're gonna cave in a buckle any time soon. okay, caitlin, we're gonna have to leave it every really get to told you tonight that was kick carson, a canadian radia house. thanks for coming on. thank you. ah, now another user to night rushes are i see team has just one gold in the women's figure skating competition at the winter olympics. anna, she back of her,

wowed the judges with a flawless performance in the free skate. but the event has been overshadowed by a doping scandal involving another of russia's stars, camilla than he ever artes alexi. our chef ski has more now from bag she she was considered a strong favorites before the game. she was considered a strong favorite going into today's performance because she was leading the table off to her tuesday's performance here. but have to say it's a bit of a mixed feeling for all of us. here on the one hand team r o c has now claimed gold and silver because of a flawless performance by on the ship back over the now raining olympic champion, adding to her well championship. recently, also, alexander that those of the 1st woman in fig, stating to do 5 quads in want performance. this is a world record in itself. also flawless performance there. so they are 1st and 2nd respectively, but on the personal loan of horse, of course,

that the watching. now camila leave a perform and full as many as 3 times during her performance. this is probably the worst, a performance from her in a very long while. she's a multiple reco, colder. she is considered one of the best, i think, escaped us in the world and seeing that kind of performance knowing the kind of pressure she has been under for the last 10 days. that was really, really hot to watch. moreover, she did not, and up on the pedestal, she ended the competition and 4th place, which means that there will be an awards ceremony, a full fledged awards ceremony because i'd like to remind to have you was that prior to the competition, the i o. c said it will not hold a metal ceremony if valinda was anywhere between the 1st and the 3rd place. so obviously it's a very mixed result. but i'm, we only have to feel really, really bad for camila leave a here. although, you know, a larger control oversee with the medal ceremony has now been averted. some can say this is a positive as well. and at the end of the day, it's a golden sill for tomorrow. see,

and of course we'll be watching closely how this situation developed because there will be obviously an investigation into values case. i'd like to remind that it seem a metal team, gold metal for russia, which at one earlier still in the balance as well because of those doping allegations. of course, i'm monitoring the story of close to him by jing that she shall see. then i very averse case as best some parallels with that of a u. s. athlete. back in 2016. kristen shell. charlie been a rhythmic gymnast tested positive for band substance in 2016. it turned out. she taken it by mistake though, by drinking contaminated water. she was cleared and allied to compete at the summer olympics in maria, we spoke to award winning sportswriter allen abraham sin who's covering the games in beijing. he says there's an alarming degree of hypocrisy and high benighted states is reacting to the believe a saga. we in the united states managed to have an amazing amount of the

oxy, sometimes righteous sanctimonious apocryphal when it comes to doping. if it was an american 15 year old in a dock, she was at a prospect that was her america to be streaming to the heavens, to have all the process that that was afforded under the rules of an american teenager. this just happened to be a russian teenager, so people are just screaming like crazy. we, in the united states managed somehow to have a willful blindness, a willful ignorance when it comes to. ready american athletes whose sheet we, she, capitalistic way, we find very, very clever, very super amazing corporate ways. i guarantee that if we had a statement 3, a sport, it would be the best, most financed, and most amazing way to cheat ever. i guarantee the ok, well, let's go back to our top story this because russia has published it response the united states and then on going back and forth, unsecure,

as he guarantees moscow says, it's not going to invade ukraine despite all the room is coming from the west and it is to washington to negotiate on russia security demands while warning of a military technical response. if that doesn't happen, let's get more details now and go to our correspondent don't quarter. he's following events for us. good evening, don't just run through them. the key elements of this document that's being released. why they're andy. well, we finally heard rushes response to washington's rejection to the secure the proposals for security guarantees that russia made back in mid december. at this point, basically the russian foreign ministry is giving the west and ultimatum. it's saying if, if the west doesn't want to de escalate by excluding ukraine from nato, then it has to make some, some other moves. it needs to basically stop its military exercises near russia's border that are threatening to russia. it needs to stop shipping weapons to ukraine,

and it needs to take out its military advisors that are located in eastern and southern europe. the foreign ministry document also did say though, that washington has been very cooperative in developing certain measures for risk reduction and arms controls with the, with russia and the washington even recognize the justification for a number of russian initiatives. and that sphere that have been taken over the past several years, one of the main points, of course though in this document was something that moscow has reiterated time and time again that russia has no intent on invading ukraine. there is no russian invasion of ukraine, which the united states and its allies have been declaring at the official level since on last year. and there are no such plans. so statements about the responsibility of russia for the escalation cannot be regarded as anything other than an attempt to exert pressure, and the value rushes proposals for security guarantees. it is important to note

that russia has issued its proposals for security guarantees as a package deal. moscow is of course, willing to discuss the finer details of it, but this russian foreign ministry document clearly says that when it comes to the read to regional security, russia sees this as an all or nothing kind of thing. to de escalate the situation around ukraine. it is fundamentally important to take the following steps to force key if to comply with the complex of measures to stop the supply of weapons to ukraine, to withdraw western advisors and instructors from there to refrain from many join nato exercises with the armed forces of ukraine and to withdraw foreign weapons previously delivered to key from outside ukraine's territory. now, the russian foreign ministry also wants to bring attention to the anxiety that's been created by the increase in military activity by the, at the hands of the u. s. and nato near russia's border. it says that russia's red lines, it's right to defend itself, and its security interests have all been ignored by washington. this is another

thing that had said in the document, and that in response to this into, in response to washington's rejection of russia's proposal for security guarantees . moscow may be forced to take, quote, military, a reaction of a quote, military character. it's definitely a scary possibility to consider, and while the u. s. is also threatening to respond to russia's expulsion of their deputy ambassador to russia. that happened just today. we're gonna have to see how far diplomacy can go to rectifying this entire situation surrounding ukraine. sure . okay, thank you dawn that was out. he's don't quarter reporting. you're watching our say it's just coming up to half past 6 in the evening. it was good to have you company, but back again and ah ah ah

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