is now happening when it comes to ukraine. something must be done means escalation ah, over 200 valleys and people park into a most go with sport stadium to celebrate the 8th anniversary of premier rich joining russia. also add on the program. british media regulator off comp revoked star t's broadcasting license, citing the current conflict in ukraine. the channels quote, relationship with the russian federation party slums. the watchdogs move us politically motivated functions pile up against russia, people across europe. also philip pinch with the cost of living soaring an expert to warn the where she is yet to come. also ahead. ah,

6 in the evening here in moscow this friday, march, the 18th, i'm you know, neil, this is the news our on our t let sat get into the latest developments and in the ukrainian conflict in a phone call with german chancellor oliver scholes. president. putin accuse key of, of trying to drag out negotiations with moscow by putting forward more and more unrealistic proposals. he also underlined the ongoing shelling of residential areas and vignettes by the ukranian army and slum the leaders of western countries for ignoring quote war crimes. meanwhile, the west cracked on and russian media continues with the u. k. media regulator pulling or a broadcast license with immediate effect. that comes after 6 countries, including the you can u. s. accused russia of deliberately targeting civilians and ukraine with london insisting it has very strong evidence. vladimir putin himself is behind sections

the kremlin as rubbish. the british allegations down the russian ministry of the fence as reported that the lute guns republic no controls more than 90 per cent of its territory. adding that the ukrainian military earlier attack residential areas of melee topple with cluster warheads. russia sees it help, repel the attack, will take deeper into all that this hour. and here in moscow, over 200000 people pack this stadium on friday to celebrate the 8th anniversary of crimea, rejoining russia. the concert kicked off with the rational of the capitals biggest sports complex, the loose nicky with thousands of people watching on from missed them. those in attendance got a chance to take part in a video call with the crimean city of serviceable. and the event is call crimean spring, dedicated to the historic referendum when the peninsula officially became part of russia. one of the many in attendance president vladimir putin who gave

him luca group. but actually pursuing pnl. done by the people who lived and still live in the don bus did not agree with the coo, punitive military operations. when immediately launched against them and not just one. they were immediately plunged into a blockade subjected to systematic shelling from canons and air strike system like this is what is called genocide. also, it is to save people from the suffering in this genocide. that is the main vest. the principal reason, the motivating reason and the goal of the military operation that we have launched in the dumbass and of ukraine. ok. we are a multinational people of the russian federation, united by a common destiny on land. this is the 1st line of the constitution of russia, and every word is failing with the meaning on their own land, united by common destiny. this is what people in crimea probably thought when they went to the referendum. among the 18th, 2014, they live and live on their own land. wanted to live

a common destiny with their historical homeland russia. they had every right to do so they achieve their goal. let's congratulate them on the holiday. holiday. congratulation not the martha. ok, let's take you to ukraine now where the south east city of mario has been under relentless bombardment since russian troops surrounded its on march. second, the russian defense ministry. se ukrainian nationalists forces of attempt to capture the cities infrastructure and some 90 percent of buildings have been damaged. on monday, moscow set 8 said sent 450 tons of medicine, food, and essential supplies to more useful. up to 400000 people are still thought to be trumped with supplies running out many or trying to flee the war torn city using a humanitarian car. a door to supper. rogia which was opened 3 days ago. according to local authorities. as many as 30000 people managed to escape through the route

so far using personal vehicles, those slang till this want they've been for we were in the cellar for almost a week and did not try to get out with strikes were so hard that it was impossible to go outside. now a large flow of people will go through the corridor. it will only increase. there is no city there anymore. there are no means of communication or radio in the cellar. there was no water is absolutely nothing. what we saw, the dough nets, people's army, they kept 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 pure luck that we got out of mary. you, paul, we rushed out of the cellar at our own risk. as soon as we left the city, we saw the donetta peoples, army, children, and women were placed in buses. i know nothing about the men. the soldiers of the ukrainian army were very violent. people were taken hostage. they didn't lead us out, just to hide behind our backs. people in odessa. meanwhile,

another sitting on the countryside coast have been building sun by defenses and barricades in order to protect the region from the arrival of russian forces. the port city is home to run. 1000000 citizens when estimated 100000 top already left. since the conflict began, the overall picture on that is the u. n. c's more than 3000000 refugees of nor fled ukraine since the start of the conflict, almost 2 thirds of escape, 2 neighboring poland, which has overwhelmed the country's public services. while the czech republic has said it no longer has the capacity to accept those fling due to a lack of resources, the refugee in flex as seen by military and just wanted the very worst than european history. the can other story to bring you to day. britain's media regulate her house, decided to revoke our teased license to broadcast in the u. k. with immediate effect of com site. the current conflict in ukraine on the channels quote,

relationship with the russian federation. r t has slammed the movers politically motivated, calling the watchdog a to look, do you take government policy or talk me through developments earlier? normally when a channel is banned, he would imagine if his band in relation to the content that is forecasting. and what we see here is that in fact, instead of citing any kind of reasons related to our content, it rather talks about the fact in terms of who funds the channel. the fact that the, the ban order comes and is related to russia's military operation in ukraine. this investigation has taken the count of a number of factors including artes, relationship with the russian federation. it is recognized that art is funded by the russian state, which has recently invaded a neighboring sovereign country. we also note new laws in russia which effectively criminalize any independent journalism that departs from the russian state. so news, narrative, and particular relation to the invasion of ukraine. we consider that given these constraints, it appears impossible for artie to comply with the jew impartiality rules while

broadcasting code in the circumstances just to pick up and wall of those remarks. then by off come that line, seeing as regards the ukraine conflict, we cannot be satisfied that our t can be a responsible broadcaster, in the current circumstances. now, in their own words, their investigation into alleged bias, some 29 separate probes hasn't even concluded. so how did they justify the move? that's an important point because as you say, these investigations are ongoing and in the past and they reference the fact that they have been investigations in the past. a fair number of those investigations have found that archie was actually ok. so they haven't actually mentioned that there is the possibility to clear artie of wrong doing. what i want to think is significant is they making a statement, a big deal out of the fact that they respect the freedom of speech and that they not against different point of views. and again, they haven't mentioned any kind of particular reasons why they banning us these are

v are content. if you take a look at this, we recognize that art is currently off or in the u. k. as a result of sanctions imposed by the use and c invasion of ukraine commenced. we take seriously the importance in our da kotik society of a broadcast his right to freedom of expression. and the audience is right to receive information and ideas without undue interference. we also take seriously the importance of maintaining audience trust and public confidence in the you case, broadcasting regulatory regime. so i definitely think that banning a channel that is effectively only expressing its ideas is, is no way against freedom of speech. it's also significant in terms of the, the timing of the said comes off, the conversations were held in the british parliament and the british government that effectively pushed off columns to make this decision to ban us. and there have been cause in the past by british official publicly calling to silence the channel . so they certainly is a, a,

a political kind of impact or reason for the decision. i'm one of the rti itself, watch the channels that while the channel expected, the decision to come forward. of course it's points out the freedom of speech. and the fact that the british media regulator is supposed to be independent are to feel that it is censorship. and it's at the bob's the public of the right to know of calm, has shown the u. k, public and the regulatory community internationally. the, despite a well constructed facade of independence, it is nothing more than a tool of government bending to its media suppressing will, by ignoring ortiz, completely clean record of 4 consecutive years and staging. purely political reasons, tied directly to the situation in ukraine and yet completely on associate to ortiz operations, structure management, or each tauriel put off. com has full c george artie to not be fit and proper and in doing so rock, do you k public of access to information among the reaction we got to today's

development was from political commentator anthony webber who raised the question whether other broadcasters in the u. k should not be worried about their fate. the pump i talk, being denied choice are, all of these are got lots of people of always like to portray on t knees or more and the broad cross channels are not that has been designed. i actually my so right to off come on the fall from march and pointed out to number of things which they need to, to investigate at the same time regarding the also mainstream media in the kerry push it out, which if they were going to investigate for reporting they should be investigating a, b, b, c i t, based on the zone, which i have to talk. so that's not a partial. and i noticed with this recent decision, i haven't specifically said where the races were for king. the

license sanctions designed to punish russia for its actions in ukraine are also starting to hurt further afield. moscow's begun to retaliate against the western measures by banning the export of more than $200.00 items to so labeled on friendly states. u. s. consumers are also among those feeling the economic consequences of the anti russian sanctions. bomb on russian energy analyzed by president biden last week. so a gasoline prices rise along with the cost of living in general. such acts come on top of an existing inflation problem, which the biden administration has been struggling with for months. while consumer price inflation in europe is seeing, it's fast as anew will jump and record according to the euro start statistics agency. the highest spikes were recorded in the energy sector followed by food,

alcohol, and other goods fuel prices of the pumps almost doubled in march, and experts warn things are only going to worsen. it's also predicted russia could be forced to cut crude production by re a 3rd threatening, a global oil supply shop. that's the u. k. fail to get the middle east producers to increase supplies in a bid to mitigate some of the impact the use agreed to subsidize hostiles, and companies hit hardest by spiking energy costs for, with more now on her, the crippling sanctions on russia being felton pockets much further afield, here's our t charlotte duban scheme. the west has repeatedly said it's not at war with russia . and i guess we are not waging war against russia off your opinions today, but we support the grain. we are not 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 on the ground that is exactly true. but unlike the wolf that is unfolding in ukraine at the moment with fruit and soldiers, war doesn't have to be full like batch b stays into a new dimension in warfare. crippling economic sanctions. ok, so waging economic sanctions isn't exactly a new idea. in fact, us 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 meshes. 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. certainly ordinary

people primarily suffer, but we all are on the ship together. 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 with bushing. of course there will be arise in prices. however, we shouldn't make a drama out of it. you know, i'm 82. i've been through so much vogue. 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 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 blow back. 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 door let take a dive, 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 current sees may also get a big st. russia and india are looking at a ruble, repeat trade agreement. the ruby is gaining traction elsewhere to the my and my government intends to initiate. similar currency convert 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 alisha is discovering it's not immune from the ripple effect of the sanctions bombardment on russia, either with the continent not having to navigate skyrocketing on prices along with fuel and coal shortages ortiz, ramon costs rep can tell us more. 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 that bench. let's take the it, ma'am. 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, theme port 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 for 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 in 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 in age, however, the rich might still get richer. but that said 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 precious. 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 prices. 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 battle field against the kremlin, will stop at nothing, even the well being of those who live thousands of kilometers away from moscow or key if raymond caseres, well that is our news run up for now, but don't go too far, because next russia's foreign minister, sir gale lover off speaks to r t in an exclusive interview, covering the ongoing conflict in ukraine. its global consequences and hopeful future resolution for western capital, say what is deemed a foreign policy dilemma? the go to position is something must be done, even if that something is counterproductive and dangerous. this is now happening

when it comes to ukraine. something must be done means escalation. ah, or mr. leverett, i just want to say 1st thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to discuss what's going on in the world right now. these events that you yourself are an actor of. so let's go right down to business. the 1st thing i want to ask is, sanctions, these currently sanctions that are currently imposed on russia? they're of course, unprecedented. and they are really negatively affecting the lives of ordinary russians, even though washington is saying that it's not targeting russians. what can you say about what the goal of these sanctions are and who the target really is? well, thank you for the invitation and i believe the goal of the sanctions is a much more strategic than just to print. i think what we witness in ukraine

is the quintessence of the west. them course started your course to marginalize russia to contain russia to stop russian rushes development and to reduce russia to 0 in the world. politics on the world, the con, the newbold trade walls, sports arts science education. and we observe unprecedented steps west on colleagues taking. and one of the underlying drams is the united states desire, which has been much more manifested by the, by the, by the ministration to come back to unipolar world. and if you wish, if you wish they are trying to take the melting port concept from the united states

soil and to make them out of input from the entire world. and they would be the motors the union already. i think 99 percent stopped trying to be independent. president mcgroon of course, keeps repeating. that started you got on the me for the european union this his gold and he would be fighting for it. but my guess is that he would not succeed. germany is already absolutely ready to be under the united states orders, and the situation was not stream to clearly indicated what the exact place in the world politics germany occupies. now, when the americans, in fact, has persuaded, quote unquote, the germans and others that they, the americans know much better what europe needs for its energy security than

europeans themselves. and there are many examples like this. so the sanctions drive is going to continue. they are threatening the fifths wave. maybe there would be another wave about where use it. and i will, i will recall that long before the ukrainian crisis erupted because of the illegal and to consitutional good, that the sanctions was ready to impose on us. it was, you know, when the jackson, the amendment was repealed among the sky was immediately introduced and the sanctions were on the way or another state. and then there was series of sanctions, as you mentioned, for to punish us basically for supporting the legitimate core. oh, freshman's in the ukraine, basically. russians in creamier,

you know the story. i wouldn't 3 shows the events on the sequence of events, but the latest, the latest sanctions the wave was really unprecedented. then the president bush and a recall to we are now gentle. and so the number of sanctions introduced against the russian federation. more than 5000 individual, it's almost twice as many as way in for it was introduced to use the around the north korea. but the sanctions for all of us made us stronger after the sanctions and announced in 2014 when the west could not accept. the 3 would of gray millions to rejoin the russian federation. when the west basically is supported, illegitimate. and the constitutional good at that when the west ignored, you know,

what was, what was very interesting for me when i talked about those events to my invest in clinics. they very often use the tactic of cutting off on the one to 2 story go period. the situation in the ukraine they started discussing only was what they call annexation of training. if you remind them that it all started with the european union, being unable to insist on the implementation of the deal, which they are guaranteed by the position. and when the position just has thrown away the deal signed and guaranteed by the european union, and then the leaders over their position and over the so called my done the ridiculous like me, 3 yellowish was saying, we then we agree with the roskus and got subs wishes must go away and he publicly

stated that the for the russians were, he said the russians in crimea would never think ukrainian would never speak ukrainian would never glorify the heroes. meaning that answer have agenda calibrators of hitler. then the russians must be, and that's why russians the russians must be wiped out of. actually, this was said a couple of things before the gray meals eventually decided to go director and them . and this ward sway accompanied by by deeds they sent to groups to take control of the caribbean parliament. and that's how it all started. not dimension the initiative immediately on the 1st day of this school, did that the purchase introduced initiative to do away with the stages of the russian language and ukraine, which was in the ukranian constitution. so all this instincts were immediately

translated into various or 4 big policies. and by the way they did, those russians should get out of ukraine, is still very much on the mind of politicians in this country. i lecture me book be the leader of the outer radical budget, small border freedom, and repeatedly says that we must have darrow's if occasion, as he s, he says, as you call, cold calls it. and the delivery location means that ethnic russians must not have their own language schuster and they density in ukraine. and so many similar things. but what is more important for us to understand the current state, the state of play, his statement by zelinski himself. so i said that the alternator called for rations to white daughters, crimea, and president zalinski inst, in september,

last year, said, if you believe you are irrational, if you believe you want to be a russian, and if you want to be friendly with russia, go to russia he said this just a few months ago. so i mean bechtel sanctions, sanctions. we will survive the measures which the president and the government are developing deliberating, and they're being announced. and this is only the beginning of our economy to adjusting that together, just adjusted to the new situation after 2014. as i started to say in the video game, experience to rely upon ourselves. and the, the biggest, a lesson from this particular historic period is unlike what we saw after 2014 that now if there was any illusion that we can when they rely on our less than.