ah, ah, he's done is prime minister says the opposition threats to his leadership have been orchestrated by western powers after he refused to allow us based upon pakistani territory and declined to condemn russia over the ukraine conflict. human rights watch accuses ukraine of using dangerous tactics and violation of international law as the army allegedly hides among civilians with ukrainian saying that they are being used as human shields. they came to our bomb shelters with badges, saying the lease, and demanded the keys to all the apartments and said that if we refused, they would blow up the doors. a prominent u. s. policy advisor, the rand corporation, uses a report about how to cripple russia without engaging in battle.

ah, my casting live direct my studios in moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now. let's start by recapping the main recent events i made the war in ukraine. russia's defense ministry has done yet. scammed lugens forces are continuing their offensive in the dumbass region making for their advances. in the past day, the russian airborne forces say that they have reportedly destroyed nearly 70 ukrainian military targets, the manager in situation and ukraine's 2nd largest city hud. gov is teetering on disaster, amid allegations that the ukrainian military forces have taken up positions in residential areas. and are essentially using civilians as human shields. meanwhile, the you is considering tightening sanctions against russia even further in the coming days. and it may include more restrictions on russian banks and the use of

crypto currencies. and a u. k. research company has warned that amid the western sanctions, the global tourism sector could lose 7000000000 dollars this year because of a lack of russian taurus. with a debate on a no confidence vote due to start on thursday pakistan's prime minister claims that the political turmoil is being orchestrated by the west. specifically the u. s. and he says he has proof of his pulse, clear reports that his funds prime minister faces a vote of no confidence after crucial ally switched to the opposition and tens of thousands of protest. it's took to the streets, america, zation, that the government is mismanaging the economy. but among con, have lash back, saying it's foreign hands that are behind the conspiracy to topple him. some of the stooges who live in this country, but being used by foreign forces. do you know who is using them to tell me? yeah, a joint statement signed by envoy from 22 countries,

including in the you call them pakistan to support a resolution in the un general assembly condemning russia. but among con is remaining firm and cold out washington bowling insisting patsy stones position over the ukraine. russia war is neutral, and that is a foreign conspiracy against him. just. we have evidence and i am disclosing this matter. this is the evidence of how we were threatened. i trust you, but i can't tell you all the details because i always tried to protect the interests of my country. in the last week, pressure has power on him on con, and the country suffered a series of anti government protests. the opposition says his canes of a global plot are more than absurd. if there is an international conspiracy against pakistan then him, ron khan is part of that. m. ron kon, your party members left you right under your nose. do you think that was done by joe biden? tell me,

my brothers was that done by joe biden. now it is time to say good bye to him run con. are you ready for that on the corner? choose this, the position of enjoying wisdom for an aid, and in return, doing its bidding. not only wanting him to condemn russia ukraine, but also give into american demands on gunny stun. following the pentagon pull out . absolutely not. there's no way we're going to any bases, any sort of action from august 20 territory into us, but absolutely not. the pressure from the opposition has only strengthened the prime minister's determination to stay on and fight the bucket. so now that the pakistani nation has awakened, we will never be slaves again. we will have friendship with all but no slavery. again. we discussed the political turmoil with a pakistani journalist and a professor. they believe that the dilemma iran con faces is because of his russia friendly policies and the west opposition to that. whatever is happening to pack

sunday's days where we are receiving threats. is it because the we the premises rock i dare to say absolutely not to america. it's what we are reaping today because of that or is it just because of the recent wizard of from mr. con to russia to moscow? i think so far the way things are evolving. it looks like whatever premises bronchitis is correct. because if they can do such kind of act to a powerful country like russia, we are nothing in front of them. they can do anything to us. if prime minister con and his comment if they stay, it's going to be a huge blow. and of course the rest is going to do a lot more applies and to come up with other strategies to malign them and to, to damage their, their position here. if it happens the other way around, if the government is dismissed and the other bodies take a wall or new elections are hill, of course in the new elections, the west,

they will try the liberty to bring a government that's. that's in good terms with the united states, sloppy on is not facing a dilemma over the gym. james, just like the present is facing and sanctions have already been imposed against russia. and the purpose of those sanction is to isolate phase in degrees, so that the people of ratio, they come on use against team and thereby he's forced to resign. that is the exec farm will of what we call it is a regime change. this is the same dilemma now. we can ship it to pakistan. the purpose is to contain right here and contain china. this is the us lead a national policy and focus on is that you can be placed at a very important to us place that play party stop is facing a huge question. now, amid growing concerned about gas supplies to

u. s. allies in europe, american top diplomat, anthony blinking, is visiting the north african countries of morocco and algeria. and then the parent bid to secure african sourced natural gas, to transit through morocco, to the u, as well as to get algeria to change its neutral stance. on the ukraine conflict, i think it's a reality that different countries have different historical relationships with russia. but there are times when one issue emerges, that is so clearly black and white. and in this case of ukraine, a clear aggressor and a clear victim. that it's important to, to stand with the sand, with a command to stand for the principles that have also been violated. principles that should matter to countries around the world, principles about sovereignty. the u. s. one for africa and the middle east to step

up gas applies to decrease the use dependence on russia. algeria is europe's 3rd largest gas provider, accounting for 11 percent of the continent supplies, while morocco has the infrastructure necessary for the efficient delivery of algerian gas to europe. tensions escalated between algeria and neighboring morocco after former us president trump recognized rocking sovereignty over the disputed territory of western sahara. we heard from a guest who suspects us is trying to backtrack on that decision as it seeks to improve ties with algeria. the, from the decision was brought almost with, with the international law, with the american founding. the founding principles with the nature of the conflict sets up a very dangerous precedent in the international relations that unilateral decision a state that is deciding about the face of another territory 30 which doesn't

belong to which and get their rival of the by the administration. we have been noticing, observing, gradual shift back to the traditional position of the of the u. s. which was materialized from declaration by the department of state, but also by the, by the white house. but we are yes. waiting for the formal replication of trump administration decision. and we think that is really, that is really key on to relocate us in the, in the, in the impartial and neutron position. you can't really choose a path to totally, and you still pretend or hope that you can play a role in mitigating between the 2 parties. in the conflict prominent us policy advisor, the rand corporation, has published

a report on comprehensive efforts to cripple rushes, economy and armed forces without engaging and battle. we examined the claims $354.00 pages of strategy on how america can bring russia to its knees. in a nutshell, that's what the 2019 report from the rand corporation is. it weighs up the pros, the cons, the costs, the risks, and it decides what's the fastest way to push russia to the brink? i'm sure it's not the only $1.00 out there, but this one stands out, the eerily predicting exactly what we've seen on rival of the last few months. the report presents 3 main lines of attack, money mines and the military, starting with money. so the economy, the advice hit russia where it hurts oil and gas, specifically expand us energy production jack, impose financial sanctions. jack get europe to import gas from the suppliers. well, the jury still out on that one immediately. i don't think we can help and nobody

can replace of saved this very clearly. the volume that we're talking about 30 to 40 percent of gas coming from russia to europe is not something that can be replaced overnight at needs time. and although the report recognizes that economic suffocation of russia would bring about high cost, boy, is that true? ultimately decided it would all be worth it in the end. why ultimately, although costly, europe could adjust to a complete cut off of russian gas in the medium to long terms. it would also benefit the united states and on those grounds alone should be pursued. moving on to minds, also known as ideology. an information here the report suggest playing on the criminal apparent paranoia about regime change. though off to biden's most recent example of high brow diplomacy. arguably, it's not so much paranoia as proof. for god's sake. this man cannot remain, and while the president les to walked back his comments, the report presents

a range of possibilities from sparking protests to removing russia from non you and forums to more widely, undermining its image and prestige. broad and credit where it's due, they tried the mass, consolation of russian athletes and cultural figures as one of the bid to kick russia out of the g. 20 a proof of that. ultimately, though, the research has decided that staging a coo and russia would be a tough that affecting the political stability of a country by an external actor as difficult in russia as a more difficult country to influence than most. so finally, the military pull out of nuclear arms treaties check, increase the size and frequency of nato exercises in europe. check increase us forces in europe, check deploy missile defense systems to europe, check. deploy bombers with an easy, striking range of russia check. and ukraine check, while nato's requirement for unanimity makes it unlikely that ukraine could gain membership in the foreseeable future. washington's pushing this possibility could

boost ukrainian resolve while leading russia to redouble its efforts to forestall such a development, so make public promises only to go to russia. it seems even president zelinski has realized his country was played here. cream, it is clear that ukraine is not a member of nato. we understand that for years we heard about the apparently open door, but have already also heard that we will not enter there. and these are truths and must be acknowledged. and world report sat, a military approach rift, an all out war, insisted the option b capital on the table. most of the options discussed are in some sense, escal, atory, and most would likely prompt some russian counter escalation. thus, besides the specific risks associated with each option, there is additional risk attached to a generally intensified competition with a nuclear armed adversary to consider, this means that every option must be deliberately planned and carefully calibrated to achieve the desired effect. almost all these prophecies came true. so you have

to ask is a coincidence to the rod cooperation which describes itself as non partisan, have a crystal ball back in 2019? maybe. but let's just see where ron gets its cache. the pentagon, the us army, us apples and national security agencies like to ca, in fact, around 75 percent of its funding comes from the us government. and you know, who counts among its clients, the u. k. government, you, agencies, and yes, nato. like i said, it could all be a coincidence. it could be that these groups just found each other and that, that interests collided. but you have to admit, it's almost as if the rand corporation wrote a playbook for what's now unfolding day by day. we heard from former marine corps intelligence officer, scott ritter, who says the u. s. government is definitely interested in such studies. and generally speaking, when rand publishes a study of this nature,

it's generally because somebody in the u. s. government has expressed an interest in this kind of study. so i think one, yes, you can trust the source and to you can understand that this information relates to a line of thinking that is prevalent within the u. s. government. when one takes a look at the reality of the us led sanctions against russia today because of the special military operation. and ukraine is clear that while the russian economy you know, took a hit and, and was suffering that it's recovery. and it's going to a readjust to this new reality while the u. s. economy and the european economies are, are suffering and may even suffer more because of the divorce between the west and russia. so i think this is clearly an example where some

academics thought that this might be a good idea, but reality has dictated a different outcome. russia foreign minister has weighed in on the results of the latest negotiations with ukraine. sir, gala ralph says keith has taken some key steps in considering moscow's position on the conflict we. we regard the results of the talks that took place yesterday and it's stumble as positive progress. this is not the final result yet, but the fact that the ukrainian negotiate has confirmed the need to ensure the nuclear free, not a line status of ukraine, confirmed the necessity of ensuring best security outside the framework of nate. so i consider this significant progress. i also consider as progress the ukranian colleagues to understand the status of crimea and the dumbasses been finally resolved. meanwhile, russia's defense ministry says the military operation in ukraine has successfully

tied up caves, forces in the countries north, which they say was a strategy designed to draw down ukrainian troops away from the key battle for the dumbass in the east and on to a focal point. of the conflict, the coastal city of marble, where russia's military says it has liberated most of the area from ukrainian neo nazi battalion infrastructure has been devastated mid allegations that ukrainian forces used residential areas as firing positions. local residents have been left in a humanitarian crisis. some of the survivors have shared their stories with us. this is a failure. there were nazis down here in front of my house or 2 tanks drove here, then a shelf flew into my house. they were sitting in a nearby building with grenade launchers. they came to our bomb shelters with badges saying to lease and demanded the keys to all the apartments and said that if we refused, they would blow up the doors abroad in the ukrainian army did not even let us

leave the basement when a man was wounded here i ran out to help and they came at me with guns so that i went back to the basement and the man was left bleeding. yes, i'm a student. i lived in a dormitory, but the military settled there, so we were kicked out. i'm without my parents here, there's only my pregnant sister in law whose house burned down. meanwhile, western media continues to accuse russia of targeting civilian areas, but a leading human rights organization says it's ukrainian forces that are placing heavy military equipment and residential neighborhoods. it's urging ukraine to either remove its forces from populated areas or evacuate civilians out of those areas. if they don't do that, that is a violation of the laws of war because what they are doing is they are putting civilians at risk. because all that military equipment are legitimate targets, but a ukrainian top official says the military doctrine approved by parliament allows

for, quote, total defense, meaning that military forces have legal authority to secure residential buildings. here has accused russia of attempting to destroy the can you nation. but russia has adamantly denied such allegations saying it's only goal is to eliminate the ukrainian military. some media outlets have not ignored the claims that ukraine is putting its own people at risk. we heard from a u. s. veteran who says that western media are engaged in propaganda over the ukranian conflict. i think everything that i could possibly know about what's going on in ukraine right now can only be understood to come through a filter of wise and propaganda from people who can't be trusted. basically ukraine right now has the western mainstream media propaganda machine totally behind it. zalinski is a hero. they're making dolls of him. i mean it's, it's ridiculous. i. 1 the means almost right themselves from the propaganda.

and it really is nonsense. you know him playing up the militarism even of it is, is one of the most dangerous mythologies of military here shows up looking tough and is it is brain t shirt and water out a flak jacket and helmet. and. 2 it's, it's reinforcing this false mythology, that militarism, the killing to defend corrupt power can ever be righteous. you powers have been defined against moscow's, it demands for russian fuel imports to be paid for in, rubles, instead of the current euros and dollars. despite moscow's warning that it could suspend supplies, but use largest economy, germany is preparing for a potential shut off. as it insists it will not switch to making the payments in rushes natural. national currency or cheese fellow davinsky reports. we do not accept the violation of private contracts for the supply of energy. i'm glad that

companies are assessing the situation in the same way or that a huge amount of concern about what sort of impact there could be on energy supplies across the european union. at the end of this week, because it does seem as if they even russia completely at loggerheads over this issue of payment, the kremlin has demanded that gas supplies inputs into the are going to be paid by the end of this week in roubles. and that means the whole of the you because it's been classes unfriendly. nations will have to do that. it's been seen by the use a response from moscow to the crippling economic sanctions that have been placed on russia as a result, this war in ukraine. and actually the result is that they could be a massive impact in europe. if you just look at the moment of energy that comes from russia into the block, it's truly staggering. just for example when it comes to natural gas. ready imports

they make up around 41 percent of all imports into the block. and there are some countries such as germany, where that percentage is far higher around 55 percent for natural gas. now really does have been absolutely clear. we've heard this from germany, from france, from italy, and from others, that they will not acquiesce to that demand from the kremlin, and they will not pay for the gas in roubles. so. busy if that demand for moscow is not met, and that seems to be the kind of stalemate that we're at at the moment. and then moscow decides, well, we're not going to send the gas any more to europe. that really does put the block in a very bit of a big pickle of the situation and the impact on countries. as i mentioned, like germany who have that higher rate of gas imports could be absolutely devastating. for example, german industry uses around a quarter of those imports alone, exploding energy prices,

but above all of possible gas embargo would had energy intensive industry. the mother of the industrial network part, the consequences would not only be reduced work hours and job losses, but also the rapid collapse of the industrial production chains in europe with worldwide consequences. now in terms of the longer term, it really is a pretty devastating impact to look at the german economy as some german economic institutions warranty being fronting the numbers on this and they have painted a very bleak picture. let's take the institute d i w. it says an immediate hold of both oil and gas from russia and would peak in around 18 months in terms of the impact. and that would be at 3 percent minus g p, p. and that would provoke, of course, a recession in germany, and that's recession that could last as long as a decade. ministers of also suggested that there are ways to conserve energy that

people should perhaps be looking at decreasing the amount of energy they're using at the moment. but as the german energy means to said that reserves at germany has media depend on how it's used right now. how much gas is enough? depends on many factors on consumption. on the weather with active heating, storage facilities will empty, faster. now the weather is warmer, occupancy has increased. this is to some extent a speculative question. jimmy is also making moves detroit new to any impact all the holt in russian gadson potentially russian oil as well. it's refined up, it's cold stations, not great for the environment because of the c o 2 emissions and but it sees that is being an immediate way to plug any gaps. but the reality is right now, it's at the end of this week, russia decide it's going to hold those supplies of energy because it's not being paid in rubles at the fact that we're having a wind to snap once again,

here in europe, really, we may just all have to rate or when to wardrobes once school. i guess there's a thing joe biden was found to have used a cheat sheet in his latest press conference. as he doubled down on an unscripted message to oust russian reader vogue. i put him, the relationship of nato and russia is facing often reaches his comments closely aligned with notes printed on a small piece of paper in his left hand. as he spoke, the paper included questions that were asked by reporters and notes on how he should answer them. now, it's not the 1st time buyer has been caught with an apparent cheat sheet. in his 1st press conference as president, several shots were snapped, seemingly showing notes about which reporters to call on biden has even admitted to being given a list of which journalists you should allow to ask questions. this is not about just our self interest. mutual self interest. i'll take your questions and as usual

folks, they gave me a list of the people i'm going to call on. so jonathan associated press. we spoke to radio host, john elliot, who says that having a cheat sheet is not the biggest of biden's concerns right now. joe biden has what we call a stream of consciousness. that gets out a hat. e as says thing. he's been doing it for 30 years. he says things that are silly, stupid, or wrong, and others, they pick people scratch their head and say, what, what is he saying? so when joe biden finished reading the teleprompter, he went off script. what is insinuation of regime change, which he didn't mean? which of course, the united states, the state department went nuts and walked back back and said, no, there's no talk of regime change. we're not wanting a regime change. that's not what we're asking here. that's not what we're advocating. ah, the rising gas prices, which of course the president really as nothing you can do about it is what it is.

rising gas prices ending and inflation are the 2 biggest tanks. bottom line is, how much does it cost me for a loaf of bread? how much does it cost me to feed my family? how much more am i spending than i did last year and look at the price of gas? that's a hell of a lot more than it was for. so those are the 2 issues and issues and they continue to pummel is approval ratings. about one news in about 33 minutes, there was a such international move when i went to the wrong one. i just don't want you to see how you see because the african, an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves will depart. we choose to look so common ground.

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so far. as nations around the world continue to react and punish russia, overton, asian of ukraine in violation of the un charter. but if the un secretary general was convinced that moscow had violated international law, why? when joe biden arguably watered down the condemnation of russia for a so called chapter 6, violation seeking peace, did not just china and the u. e with the world so called biggest democracy, india fail to support washington. joining me now has ameritas professor of strategic studies and new delhi center policy research, rama celine. thank you so much for visitor. any for coming on? what have you made of fir, putins, violation of the you had charge and why have you said india will not be able to escape the largest or, or the larger strategic ramifications of the ukraine war? oh, 1st. what's happening? is it or to ship moment in international relations? this marks that went of a new cold war was ramifications.