ah, in a pakistan prime minister says the opposition threats to his leadership have been orchestrated by western powers after he refused to allow a u. s. based on pakistani territory and declined to comment run on to condemn russia . ukraine comes with human rights watch accuses ukraine of using dangerous tactics in violation of international law as the army allegedly hides among civilians which ukrainians think that they're being used as human shields. they came to our bomb shelters with badges say to lease and demanded the keys to all the apartments and said that if we refused, they would blow up the doors. the prominent u. s. policy advisor, the brand corporation, issues a report about how to cripple russia without engaging in battle.

with my kathy, my director of 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 in the war in ukraine. russia's defense ministry says the military opposition has successfully tied up the ups forces in northern ukraine. a strategy intended to draw that countries troops away from the key battles for the dumbass in the east. meanwhile, the pentagon says it has told us navy ships from the black sea to avoid escalating the conflict. germany and austria are on high alert over a possible disruption in russian natural gas supplies. as you leaders refused to meet moscow's demand for imports of the commodity to be paid for in roubles, instead of euro's and dollars and russian president vladimir putin,

bands purchases of foreign software for critical infrastructure projects, saying it's to protect the country from potential cyber attacks. and adverse effects of western sanctions. now with a debate only no confidence of votes due to start on thursday pakistan's prime minister claims. the political turmoil is being orchestrated by the west, specifically the u. s. and he says he has proof r t. paul's clear 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 took to the streets and manipulations that the government is managing the economy. but among con has lashed back, saying it's foreign hands that'll 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? 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 him on con, is remaining firm and called out washington bullying insisting keystones 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 try 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 claims of a global plot are more than absurd. if there is an international conspiracy against pakistan, then him run con is part of that iran con. 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,

ron con. are you ready for that? the con chooses the opposition of enjoying wasted for an age and in return, doing its bidding. not only wanting him to condemn russia ukraine, but also give in to american demands on a gunny son. following the pentagon. pull out. absolutely not. there's no way we're going to any bases, any sort of action from august 20 delatory into a lot of fun. absolutely not, the pressure from the opposition has only strengthened the prime minister's determination to stay on and fight. the plug is 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 pakistan these 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 some kind of x 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 war or new elections are hill, of course in the new elections, the west, they will try the levers to bring

a government that's, that's in good terms with the united states focused on is not pressing a dilemma over the gym. james, just like russian present, is facing and sanctions have already been imposed against russia. and the purpose of those sanction is to isolate a ship phase in typically so that the people of pressure they come on sees 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, which has shifted to pakistan, the part for a 2 container here and contain china. this is the us lead nettle policy and focus on is that it can be placed at a very important to us strategy place that play party stop is facing a huge question. amid growing concerned about gas applies it to you as allies in europe, american top diplomat, anthony blinking,

is visiting the north african countries of morocco and algeria in an apparent bid to secure afghan source, to natural gas, to transit through morocco, to the u, as well as to get algeria to change its neutral stance on the cream 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 victim, and to stand for the principles that have also been violated. principles that should matter to countries around the world, principles about sovereignty. and the u. s. want to africa and the middle east to step up gas applies to decrease the use dependence on russian. well, i don't know,

jerry is your 3rd largest gas provider accounting for 11 percent of the continent supplies, while morocco has the infrastructure necessary for the efficient delivery of alger in gas to europe, attentions escalated between algeria and neighboring morocco. after a former us president trump recognized moroccan sovereignty over the disputed territory of western sahara. they heard from a guest who suspects that the u. s. 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 an 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 declarations by the department of state, but also by the, by the white house. but we are yet waiting for the formal and revocation of administration decision. and we think that is really that is really key to relocate. the u. s. in the, in the, in the impartial and neutron was ition. 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 u. s. policy advisor, the read corporation has published a report on comprehensive efforts to cripple rushes, economy and armed forces without engaging in 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 cost, 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 over 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 is 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 crumbson's 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 later 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 is decided that staging a coo and russia would be a tough that affecting the political stability of a country by an external actor is difficult. and russia has a more difficult country to influence than most. so finally, the military pullouts 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 o 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. we 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 and all out war, insisted the option b capital in 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 derive corporation 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 army 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 us 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 2. and you can understand that this information a relates to a line of thinking that is prevalent within the u. s. government. when one takes a look at the reality of the u. s. lead sanctions against russia today because of the special military operation. and ukraine is clear that while the russian economy took a hit and it 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 is dictated a different outcome. russians, foreign minister has weighed in on the results of the latest negotiations with ukraine. turkey lab says that keith has taken some key steps in considering moscow's position in the war. we are. 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 aligned status if ukraine confirmed the necessity of ensuring the security outside the framework of nate. so i consider this significant progress. i also consider as progress for ukrainian colleagues to understand the status of crimea, and the dumbasses been finally resolved and onto a focal point of the conflict because the city of variable where russians military says it has liberated most of the area from ukrainian neo nazi battalions

infrastructure has been devastated in mid allegations that ukrainian forces used to residential areas as firing positions. local residents have been left and a manager in 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. 2 tanks drove here, but 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. does abroad in the valley. 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 the guns so that i went back to the basement and the man was left bleeding. again, 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. and now to the key of region. these images show the aftermath of intensive fighting over a village, reportedly with numerous tanks destroyed, as well as residential buildings. russians, military recently said its repositioning troops from the region to focus on the different areas. meanwhile, western media continues to accuse russia of targeting civilian areas, but a leading human rights organization says that ukrainian forces are placing heavy military equipment in residential neighborhoods. it is 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 ukraine top official says the military doctor and approved by parliament allows

for quote, total defense, meaning that military forces have legal authority to secure residential buildings. kia has accused russia of attempting to destroy the ukrainian nation. but russia has adamantly denied such allegations saying it's only goal is to eliminate 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 engaging in propaganda over the ukraine. more 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, is one of the most dangerous mythologies of military shows up looking tough and is it is brain t shirt and walk around a flak jacket and helmet. and. 2 it's, it's reinforcing this false mythology, that militarism, that killing to defend corrupt power can ever be righteous. you powers have been defiant against moscow's demand for russian fuel in ports to be paid for in rubles, instead of the current euros in dollars. despite moscow's warning that it could suspend supplies, the use, the largest economy, germany is preparing for a potential shut off. as it insists it will not switch to making the payments in rushes national currency, german economy. mr. robert, hey, beck says that his country will not violate private contracts. 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. russia is the world's largest natural gas export or accounting for nearly half of the using ports of the commodity. last year. russia also provided 46 percent of the use solid fuel imports and 27 percent of its oil imports. we heard from the leader of a german chemical workers union who says the energy disputes with russia could devastate production chains in europe. exploding energy prices, but above all of possible gas embargo would had energy intensive industry. the mother of the industrial network, hard. 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. about half of japanese imported gas and coal and about a 3rd of its imported oil come from russia. the use largest economy, germany depends on russia overall for about

a 3rd of its total energy needs. it's foreseen that germany could suffer from a decade long recession. if russian energy supplies are cut off. now, amid the backlash over the use sanctions, some leading politicians are seeing their public approval ratings tumble, including german chancellor schultz who has slid from 50 to 44 percent french. president micron has dropped from a measly 30 percent now down to 28 percent and spanish prime minister pedro sanchez is also facing difficulties with his approval rating falling from 40 to 36 percent . according to the latest pulse we heard from a geo political expert, pierre manual thomas, who says european leaders should indeed be prepared for their approval ratings to plummet as other countries maintain their energy ties with russia. there will be your problems in waves of programs to old countries in the war. so in the year and

world crisis, all the countries outside you been union knew we, we react differently and we can see already, right. in yarn china, we have different arrangements. we have russia and probably africa, media release, dorsal countries will ever be let to run deals with russia. they will be nuts, a name, e dispute or against russia like you will be different if e for european union member states choose. he's not to pay in a robert, anita, russia decides to cut totally the pipeline. then the european union member sits, relates to sauce, to use the reserves than a diversification. we've more expensive sources of gas, and in the end to each will be difficult to time for politicians to, to respond to, to c, t sends. would it be angry about that?

russia's rouble currency has been strengthening in recent days, after undergoing a sudden shock amid harsh new western sanctions imposed at the onset of the war last month, while the exchange rate reached $120.00 roubles previous dollar. on march 11th, it is now around $84.00 roubles per dollar. we heard from a financial analyst who says the russian central bank reacted quickly and decisively to successfully protect the rouble. chestler is we often see in different situations after a sharp currency devalue ation. during the shock event, the right can then strengthen to the point that it levels out that the valuation, the ripple is now continuing to strengthen linearly against the background of the fact that if we really managed to switch to settlements in rubles, at least partially with some partners, this will naturally stimulate the growth of demand for the ruble. it's a large number of players will a pair who want to help strengthen the ruble. the actions of the russian central bank were quick,

despite the like the unexpected shock to the asset freeze steps were taken, that made it possible to quickly stabilize the re will and eliminate currency panic . there are many mechanisms strengthening the national currency of russia. the mandatory sale, the foreign exchange earnings by exporters, restrictions on the purchase of foreign currency on the stock exchange and increased commission for such transaction. a high key rate on the national currency . under restriction on the cross board and movement of capital was a phobia has been on the rise in the west as moscow's views on the conflict in ukraine have been silenced in defiance of western efforts to cancel russian culture . the country is hosting an international ballet festival dedicated to renown dancer and choreographer rudolph not a f, including a collection of feature films and a photo exhibition that a f who passed away in 1093 is widely considered one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time, he was renowned for his role in promoting russian ballet in the west, in defiance of political obstacles during the cold war. earlier,

i spoke with italian and greek artist lisa, so taylor, who was a close friend of neurotic, always has been respected. the value, priceless value of fact and character humanity has brought it the best to prove. it wasn't in difficult period of ration on the sixty's that it does not having life now. who is the president that you have in all the situation? it was med, absolutely different, and at that period, russia had ruled with italy together that absolutely values are both everything political situation at any kind of situation. the best market for all europe and the whole place. it was russia, the russians, they were adorned by all europe. bent in tourism, in fashion, in everything and cars everywhere. all the big factories had an

incredible prosperity because of russia. now we're doing these. yes, they do little little problem to russia, but not real problem. london, his royal opera house is cancelled. performance is by russia's prestige, they fail to cry for that. what, what do you think about the sanctions and the council culture, if you will, of all things russia, not a lot of those to ask you to tell story, i will tell you that will turn to kill them. you can, can never get out and act is because out they're not do they can die for the values . the other people, number of people they do that grew me matty, because this is a crazy, nasty theory. and i know my words, what they mean, or that is a for me, this hour. i will have more news and commentary. and let's say about 32 minutes to watch with

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