[000:00:00;00] ah ah, the sanctions begins to bite against russia. people in europe feel the pinch too with the cost of living soaring next burst worn the, the worst is get to come and the impacts been felt half way around the world as well with asian countries which aren't even part of the sanction. russia bush being hit in the pockets and mario pull. officials say 30000 people have managed to flee the city. that's after a safety route was opened several days ago. over 400000 residents. i still believe to be shut the locking even basic supplies. we were in the cellar for almost a week,

did not try to get out. strikes were so hard that it was impossible to go outside. it is pure luck that we got out of mary. we rushed out of the seller at our own risk. ah, coming to ally from our headquarters here in moscow, you're watching archie international. my name is peter scott and welcome to the program where each audience from. now we start with the latest on ukraine in the city of mario paul survivors have emerged from a shelter in a theater after it hits by a bomb. russia denies it was responsible for the attack. meanwhile, 6 western countries have accused russia of committing war crimes in ukraine. u. k. is among the accuses saying is, has strong evidence that he may, putin is behind those crimes. and that the international criminal court will make any final decisions. france claims president putin is only pretending to be

interested in peace negotiations. while joe biden is also called by the mon puting, a murderous dictator, and a pure thought. the criminal slammed those words is unacceptable. unforgivable and rash accuses the west of pouring money and weapons in the ukraine, and thus fueling the conflicts. sanctions designed to punish russia for its actions in ukraine are beginning to hurt elsewhere to moscow is begun to retaliate against the west and measures by budding. the exports of more than $200.00 items to what he calls unfriendly states us consumers are among those feeling. the economic consequences of the anti russian sanctions, the battle russian energy impulse, the president biden announced the march the 8th is making gasoline prices right along with the cost of living in general. so types come on top of the existing inflation problem, which divided administration has been struggling with the months. now over in europe, consume

a price. inflation is seeing its fastest on your jump on record. that's according to the euro start statistics agency. the highest spikes were recorded in the energy sites, followed by food, alcohol, and other goods, fuel prices at the points of nearly doubled in march. an experts warn things only going to get worse. it's predicted russia could be for the courts. crude production by almost a 3rd threatening, a global oil supply shock. u. k. also failed to get middle east producers to increase supplies and in a bid to mitigate some of the impacts. the use agreed to subsidize households on companies hit hardest by biking energy costs. with more now on how those crippling sanctions on russia being felt in pockets much further afield is sha davinsky. the west has repeatedly said it's not at war with russia. when susan fan again, we are not waging a war against russia ass your opinions to day,

but we support ukraine when we arnold part of this conflict, nato is not seeking a war with russia, and we are not interested in getting into world war 3 in a conventional military sense, such as boots on the ground, that is exactly true. but unlike the warfare that is unfolding in ukraine at the moment with troops and soldiers, war doesn't have to be full like that these days into a new dimension in warfare. crippling economic sanctions. ok, so waging economic sanctions isn't exactly a new idea. in fact, u. s. president woodrow wilson once described such measures as being more tremendous than war. what's different this time around is the unprecedented nature of the measures. western countries have let all hell break loose as russian banks have been cut off from the international systems. big businesses have

withdrawn from trading in russia and the rubel has nose dived and in this new battlefield, everyone is feeling the sharp end of these economic weapons finished are certainly ordinary people, primarily suffer that we all are on the ship together. so it's a common responsibility. these sanctions are not reasonable. the matter should have been tackled through negotiations. anyway, we've already been there in 2014 and back then we managed to handle it. yeah, i guess this time around we will get through with even more success. the booth pushing of course there will be arise in prices. however, we shouldn't make a drum out of it. you know, i'm 82. i've been through so much. good. i remember postwar times. so now i'm reassuring all my loved ones with the main thing is that we have our country with sanctions for a long time have been viewed as a non violent strategy to deal with

a whole host of threatening actions. but the economic impact of those, some experts say, isn't that different to a physical conflict, both in their underlying goals and in their effects on civilian society, immigration, starvation, disease, bankruptcy. these approaches to sanctions come produce measures whose function and consequences are identical to war. what's interesting though about economic sanctions is that the impact can have a strong blowback. russia is one of the world's top 3 oil producing states, sanctions and companies refusals to do business with it. and now curtailing oil supplies pushing the price up at the pump across the world. and for the us sanctions could see the don't let take a dollar leave established as the world's foremost reserve currency. in 1944, it's long being seen as a safe bet. many sovereigns, including

u. s. a line countries have realised owning massive amounts of dollars lead to an illusion of stability. in any moment, a political decision could lead to that dollar reserve being frozen or seized. the big winner from all of this is likely to be the chinese you one, but other currencies may also get a boost. russia and india are looking at a ruble, repeat trade agreement. the repeat is gaining traction elsewhere to the my and my government intends to initiate similar currency converse, ability for the indian repay for trade along the border. it says with india, such changes may see countries reduce dependency on the greenback. its success since the 2nd world war has been based on these foundations of its credibility. if that's lost, then it could crumble solid even sky r t. paris a just finding is not immune from the ripple effects of the sanctions on russia.

with skyrocketing oil prices along with fuel and coal shortages with more knots, his outs, eas, roman cost of the global u. s. lead sanctions war against russia is claiming victims that have nothing to do with moscow or key of asian countries are halfway around the world from ukraine. and some have not even answered this sanction russia debates, but are still starting to feel the pinch. let's take viet nam, one of the continents major economic forces. there people will now have to pay more for air travel because of rising oil prices. that and power plants are also facing shortage of coal supplies. because fuel is so expensive to import for a country heavily reliant on coal to feed its economy and its people. that's a big blow. and even simpler, businesses like those in the fruit and vegetable industry, are also affected by the sanctions. international logistics firms were unable to receive goods,

while flights to russia limited orders are delayed and payments are impossible. over in japan, a country that stands with the united states and it's an to rush economic endeavors . the landscape is just as bleak. a recent poll showed that almost 70 percent of japanese companies estimate their earnings will fall. energy prices are also expected to spike and supply chain disruptions are also on the cards. the situation has already got to such a low point that the government has said it will have to step in, will need to take further steps all available measures to protect the economy and people's livelihoods, if the spike and prices continues. also take one of the world's most successful economies. singapore is been praised by economists, politicians, and everyday people in this day and age. however, the rich might still get richer, but that's not the case for

a regular guys who have found themselves out of pocket. the fact of the matter is that the common man is bearing the brunt of cost of living pressures. the taxi drivers, the pri, with higher drivers, the bus operators are suffering because of the fuel price increases. our citizens are, workers are also telling me very clearly that chicken prices have gone up. act prices have gone up. now over to the pearl of the indian ocean sri lanka, out of control price is there have already sparked mass protests on the streets. and the government is already calling on people to conserve fuel and electricity. while the president is appealing to the international monetary fund. for a helping hand, by limiting the use of fuel electricity as much as possible the citizens to can extend their support to the country at this time. i hope that you will understand the responsibility lies with you at this challenging time. so where does all this lead? in this global age, there is no such thing as containing

a local fallout. we can already see the short term consequences around the globe. sanctions against russia began a long time ago and only intensified in the last 3 weeks since moscow began its military operation in ukraine. but it looks like those who set up the economic battlefield against the kremlin will stop at nothing. even the well being of those who live thousands of kilometres away from moscow or key if the sanctions ah see, be around. in, originally expected asia understands that the impact on this continent is going to be less than you do. but it all depends on the on the you can, i'm extreme of various countries for poor countries like louse is team r, r r r. and so on this and you need

a concern about our impose and especially the import of grain. china is certainly experiencing a relatively difficult time can amicably. at the moment, china is walking a very tight role is certainly values is our, our strategic partnership with russia. this is last the gesture on the part of the united states to exert pressure on china in sinus position and to warm china that you can on the sanctions may affect santa most people jobs in the role of a 3rd. so that was bomb demo to you. paul have survived, and it's according to the advisor to the ukrainian interior minister. he added so far that no further information can be provided on casualties. and that the rescue operation is still under way. according to the city, the deputy mayor of the 1200 people had been seeking refuge in the theatre as of

thursday around 130 of those have been rescued from the rubble that's been confirmed by ukrainian or authorities, gives accused russian forces deliberately shelling the building but moscow rejects the claim thing a fall, right? ukrainian military battalion was responsible all these maria fin option or has more we have been indeed receiving conflicting reports on exactly what happened in mario pulse theater. but important is that accusation started before any official verification. ukraine's president followed emer zalinski shortly after the news emerged accused moscow of using aeroplanes to deliberately target they building of the theatre invariable with quote, super power bombs. and he also added again before any very fight information on casualties that he's hard brakes to see what russia does. ukraine's foreign minister used even stronger words to call calling to stop rushes. military criminals. meanwhile moscow called it all

a lie. russia's defense ministry reported that aviation didn't complete any mission, didn't have any tasks on that day in or around mary, you poll. and they also reported that ukraine's nationalist battalion of as of turned the building of the theater invariable into their base, used civilians as the human shields and blew the building up our before leaving to later blame a rush, a local residence, those who managed to escape the besieged city, talk about the same. let's take a listen. no, we were told that russian forces who clearing the city and that we should leave the bomb shelter. we had to get to another point and suit with our small children. everything was on fire and there were no road. so we had to walk through areas that were being showed as elf managers who are hiding behind us all the way to the point using us as a human shield. they kept us in a basement for 15 days with no and allowed to go out. children were crying and

there was no water, no food or shops near by. malicious, put their tanks in the area and we hid because we didn't want to be shot. and when they decided to leave the theater, they just blew it up. while the fact is that the theater in mary, opal was destroyed. but who did this? and if anyone got hurt, we still continue receiving conflicting reports on that. and there is no information at this point that could be immediately or independently verified. no, maria fuller has been under relentless, bombardments since russian troops surrounded it on march. the 2nd, the russian defense ministry claims the city is occupied by ukrainian extremists. the local authorities have said that around 90 percent of the cities buildings have been damaged. on monday rushes that it sends a 450 tons of medicine, food, and essential supplies to multiple of the 400000 people are still thoughts remain there though. and thus without drinking water, food, or medicine. many

a trying to flee the war torn city using a humanitarian correlates as upper rosure, which was only opened about 3 days ago. according to the city of authorities, as many as 30000 people monies to escape through that bruce using their own private vehicles. and those fleeing told us what they had been through. we were in the cellar for almost a week, did not try to get out. strikes were so hard that it was impossible to go outside. now a large flow of people will go through the corridors. it will only increase. there is no city there any more. there are no means of communication or radio in the cellar was there was no waters, absolutely nothing where we saw the donuts at people's army. they can't open the corridor. the evacuation was organized centrally shows, soldiers of the ukrainian army were standing on the highway in front of everyone and putting on civilian clothes in order to join the column. it is parallel that we got out of mary. you, paul. we rushed out of the seller at our own risk. as soon as we left the city,

we saw the genetic people's army. children and women were placed in buses. i know nothing about the men behind them. soldiers of the ukrainian army were very violent . people were taken hostage by they did is lead us out just to hide behind our backs. people in odessa have been building a son bag walls and barricades in order to protect the city from the arrival of russian forces. the port is home to around 1000000 people. although an estimated 100000 have already left since the conflict begun. the un says more than 3000000 refugees have now fled ukraine. since the start of the conflicts with almost 2 thirds of them having escaped the neighboring poland, which had been overwhelmed. the country's public services. while the czech republic has said it no longer has the capacity to accept those fleeing due to lack of resources, and refugee in full is seen by humanitarians as the worst in europe's history. however, while human rights watch has applauded the fast global response to the crisis,

is to question the difference approach to migrants from other parts of the world. the u. k, for example, is suspending visas for all nigerians to give priority to ukrainians. while in a major departure from its usual policy towards refugees, canada is throwing open its doors to ukrainians for 3 years. we got to take on that from human and labor rights lawyer done college. it seems like there's a double standard when it comes to people who were attacked to blonde hair and blue eyes, as opposed to other people. and that the sad reality joe biden has been sending record numbers of patients back to haiti is trying to keep out latin americans who try to cross the border here. and there seems to be a real disc, retreatment of immigrants from africa in the middle east to try to get into europe as opposed to ukrainians who seem to be welcome and the others seem to be less so

not just about not in our doorstep, not a problem that is one, but i think the other thing is that it's, you know, the western countries that are cause crises in countries in syria towers. and given that they look the other way. right? so they don't view their own crimes against countries like that. as a problem, they want to point a finger at russia for their actions. are you crying without seeing their own, frankly, worse crimes while introducing ukraine's president to the u. s. congress. how speaker nancy pelosi invoke the cry. glory to ukraine. members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of

ukraine. vladimir zalinski club ha crana. i know the exchange you just heard translates as glory to ukraine and glory to the heroes. he slogans of national groups such as the rise states us since the uprising of 2014. but it has to be said these days though that most ukrainians do associate that phrase with a sense of resistance. but still it's routes lie in the 1st half of the 20th century, most notably with an organization headed by step on by dera. it was a notorious nazi collaborator. you can see here your screens footage from previous rallies, organized by the right sites. it's a mark his birthday to demonstrate, quote, the strength of the ukrainian nation. that doesn't seem to bother nancy pelosi and us despite previously declaring white supremacy to be america's biggest terrorism concern. white supremacy is the biggest bucket

of concern when it comes to domestic terrorism. xenophobia, white supremacy and availability of guns are an explosive combination that we must disconnect. and we're working now on a resolution at a c, r when we bring it to the floor or that will again speak out against anti semitism . anti islam of phobia, an anti white supremacy and all the forms that it takes that country has no place for this. russia on the list marked him call, it told us that he feels support for extreme misstatements comes from a lack of understanding of historical context. nancy, in the past has tended to say things witcher afterwards on reflection were not very advisable. oh,

rather stream. or because she doesn't have that type of historical and political background. ah, to really be aware, always mostly impact and the meaning of some of explanations and some of the things he shays, because she doesn't seem to have his background to draw. and she's to me, mary americans are who know very little history. and in the know realty european history, and definitely make statements, which is business based on american experience. but they're aware that sean lays are offensive and out of place to none americans and europeans. meanwhile, this friday, march, exactly 8th years since crimea decided to become part of russia. it happened after a referendum where more than 96 percent of locals voted to join russia. ortiz my guest,

the visited the peninsula. the west had many words for what happened in crimea . they called it an invasion annexation aggression. anything but the obvious the will of the people their answer to what happened and give to what the west helped happen in kiev. ah, ah

ah ah. is he crazy? needed to kill said the people, as nationalists, backed by neo nazis seized power, weapons, and backing from the west, crimea decided to act local authorities decided on the referendum, russian forces stationed in crimea disarmed ukrainian, too many of whom would end up joining the russian. me. they did this to give their people

a safe and to prevent the bloodshed that would tear ukrainian society apart from consuming crimea. yeah. like that. i wasn't did afraid of what would happen if new ukrainian authorities came here. i had reasons to be afraid from when i once came to the ukrainian city of ivana from coffin and was ignored, indiscriminate it if i spoke russian instead of ukrainian. the 3rd is now there would have been bloodshed here worse than in the non boss. our regions was a specific full of different nationalities, aside from russians, al ukrainians. the west rejected this in doing so, denying the crimea people's will as it rejected and denied its own role in making my don happen. a future you are for your country. this is of, of the future future in europe. the free world is

with you. america is with you. i. the last majority of those who participated on the my don were peaceful protestors, crimea likely escaped a terrible fate. the fate that befell hundreds even thousands deemed to be pro russian. elsewhere in odessa nationalist burned pro russian protestors in height of hundreds with kidnapped, beaten, and many disappeared. in the dog bass, they mounted an anti terrorist operation that would kill 14000 people who were 8 long years. it was largely west and blessings, loans and arm shipments that made the civil war possible. they bolden key of to keep shooting. merican and british advisors trained fighters for neo nazi battalions fighters with swastika tattoos and patches once and by hitler's

murderous assess divisions. they made no secret of this and throughout western media and politicians almost entirely shut their eyes to what was going on. 8 years on the crimea is well and truly russia, as it was before the ussr arbitrarily gifted the peninsula to ukraine, only to be shunned and derided under ukraine, crimea was always chronically under funded, and crimea themselves resented by their more nationalist minded countrymen, especially from western ukraine, since he joined despite sanctions, tremendous amounts of progress have been made thousands of kilometers of roads laid as well as infrastructure hospitals. kindergarden schools all built from scratch or repaired from a sorry state crimea as choice in 2014 sped,

8 years of nationalists, tyranny, and ideological purges which have wreck craig here. there are few regrets in crimea. they now live a new life, a better life, new norman, we live, well, there is no war. the city is being repaired. you now live a completely different life or we can even afford raising children. is when you lie has changed very much and about at boise yet. i was born in russia law and i was happy beyond measure to return to my home country of the west and ukraine have done everything to make life unbearable for crimean. they damned crimea as water supply cut off. power had saddled more than a 1000000 people with ruinous sanctions and the near total economic blockade. but they failed to break crimea. and 8 years on the peninsula is more sure than ever before that it made the right choice more, i guess the of from cast i pity cops,

crimea. while those are the main stories, this our head over to our t dot com or our social media pages for more money is peter scott. and i'll be back again at the top of the hour. thank you. ah ah ah, is your media a reflection of reality in the world transformed what will make you feel safer?

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