ah ah, pakistan's 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 condemn russia over the ukraine conflict. human rights watch accuses ukraine of using dangerous tactics in 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, say police, and demanded the keys to all the apartments and said that if we refused, they would blow up the doors. the current us policy on harming russia without engaging in a real battle literally follows the guidelines from a 2019 report by a prominent american thinktank ah.

broadcasting live from our studios in moscow. this is art international. i'm john thomas. glad to have you with us. let's start by recapping the main recent events amid the ukraine conflict. russia's defense ministry says the military operation has successfully tied up kids forces in northern ukraine. a strategy intended to draw that country's troops away from key battles for the dumbass in the east. meanwhile, the pentagon says it's pulled u. s. navy ships from the black sea to avoid escalating the conflict, germany and austria on high alert over a possible disruption in russian natural gas supplies. as e leaders refused to meet moscow's demand for imports of the commodity to be paid for in rubles, instead of euro's and dollars in pakistan, thousands of people have been pro, against what they say is

a corrupt government failing to cope with a growing economic crisis. that's as the prime minister might face a vote of no confidence on thursday as initiated by the political opposition. the head of the state alleges that the political turmoil is being orchestrated by the west, specifically the u. s. and he says he has proof with more about his ortiz plus we're that his trans prime minister faces a vote of no confidence. after crucial l, i switched to the opposition and tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets. and mid accusations that the government is myth, managing the economy, that among con, has lash back, saying it's foreign hands that are behind the conspiracy to topple him. i think some of the stooges who live in this country, but being used by foreign forces, do you know who is using them? tell me, ah, a joint statement signed by envoys 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 is called out washington's bowling insisting pakistan's position over the ukraine. russia war is neutral and that there is a foreign conspiracy against him. yes sir, 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 most weak pressure has powered on him on con, and the country has 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 m ran con is part of that enron 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 ran con, are you ready for that? on the corner, chooses the opposition of enjoying western foreign aid,

and in return, doing its bidding. not only wanting him to condemn russia over ukraine, but also give into american demands on afghanistan, following the pentagon pull out. absolutely not. there's no room with any bases or any sort of action from focus on it. the other 2 and one was fun. absolutely not. pressure from the opposition has only strengthened the prime minister's determination to stay on and fight the plugins. 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 pakistani social sciences professor who believe that the dilemma roman iran con faces is because of his russia friendly policies and the west opposition to that i think so far the way things are evolving. it looks like whatever promising bronchitis is correct, because if they can do some kind of to

a policy country like russia, we're nothing in front of them. they can do anything to a prime minister con and it's government 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, of course, in the new election, the west, they will try the levers to bring a government that's. that's in good terms with the united states spark hassan is now facing a dilemma over the gym. james, just like russian present is facing the and i think you have already been imposed against russia. and the purpose of those sanction is to vice of a phase in the same dilemma. now we can get to focused on the performance is to contain and contain ga. now this is the u. s. read national policy and policy son

is study. you can replace at a very important geostrategic place that life arkansas is facing a huge question. russia is foreign minister has weighed in on the results of the latest negotiations with ukraine survey leverage and says, care has taken some key steps in considering moscow's position on the conflict. 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 of 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 being finally resolved and onto a focal point of the conflict. the coastal city of mario pal, where russia is military says it has liberated most of the area from reported

ukrainian, neo nazi battalions. infrastructure has been devastated amid allegations that ukrainian forces used to residential areas as firing positions. local residents have been left in a humanitarian crisis. some of the survivors have shared their stories. this is a failure. there were nazis down here in front of my house. 2 tanks drove here. what then a shell 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 valley when 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 with russia. yes, begin. 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 reportedly show the aftermath of intense fighting over a village with numerous tanks destroyed as well as residential buildings. russia's military recently said, its repositioning troops from the key of region to focus on different areas. meanwhile, western media continues to accuse russia of targeting civilian areas, but a leading human rights organization says 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 ukrainian top official says that the military doctrine approved by parliament

allows for, quote, total defense, meaning that military forces have legal authority to secure residential buildings. key of has accused russia of attempting to destroy the ukrainian nation. but russia has adamantly denied such allegation, saying it is only trying to eliminate the ukrainian military. some western media outlets have reported on the claims that ukraine is putting its own people at risk . we heard from the us veteran who nevertheless says that western media is rife with propaganda about 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, is one of the most dangerous mythologies of military here shows up looking tough and is it is bring t shirt and water out 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. i mean, growing concerned about gas applies to u. s. allies in europe. american top deployment antony blinking is visiting the north african countries of morocco and algeria, in an apparent bid to secure algerian source, to natural gas, to transit through morocco, to the u, as well as to get algeria to change its neutral stance on the ukraine war. i think

you see 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. wants africa and the middle east to step up gas applies to decrease the ease 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. attentions escalated between algeria and neighboring morocco after former us president trump recognized moroccan sovereignty over the

disputed territory. of west sahara, he 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. that's a very dangerous precedent in the international relations that, you know, laughter and decision. a state that is deciding about the face of another territory 30, which doesn't belong to which and neither 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 revocation of trump administration decision. and we think that is really, that is really a key move to relocate the u. s. 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 current us policy appears to have been shaped by a 2019 report by a prominent american thing tank. the rand corporation describing ways to cripple rushes, economy and armed forces without engaging in battle. $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 one out there, but this one stands out the ear when he 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 sanction. jack, get europe to import gas from other 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, overnighted needs time. and although the report recognizes that economic suffocation

of russia would bring about high cost, boy is not 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 protest 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 bat 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 pull out of new kill arms treaties check increase the size and frequency of nato exercises in europe. kick, increase us forces in europe, check deploy missile defense systems to europe, check, deploy bombers with an easy, striking range of russia. check. oh, 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 presidents lensky 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 wild report, sad, military approach rift and all out war. it 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 quinn sentence to the rand 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 for the 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 a 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 2. and 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 u. s. lead sanctions against russia today because of the special military operation in ukraine. it is clear that while the russian economy, you know, 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 of where some academics thought that this might be a good idea, but reality is dictated a different outcome. you powers have been defiant against moscow's demand for

russian to fuel imports, to be paid for in rubles, instead of the current euro's and dollars. despite moscow's warning that it could suspend supplies, that you use largest economy. germany is preparing for a potential shut off. as it insists it won't switch to making the payments in russia's national currency, german economy minister, robert, hey back says 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 use imports of the commodity last year. rush up 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 possible gas embargo would had energy intensive industry. the mother of the industrial network hard, the consequences would not only be reduced work hours in job losses, but also the rapid collapse of the industrial production chains in europe with worldwide consequences. about half of germany's imported gas and coal, and about a 3rd of its imported oil come from russia that use largest economy. germany depends on russia overall for about a 3rd of its total energy needs. it is foreseen that germany could suffer from a decade long recession. if russian energy supplies are cut off amid the backlash over the use sanctions, some leading politicians are seeing their public approval ratings tumble, including german chancellor sholtes who have slid from 50 to 44 percent french president micron has dropped from a measly 30 percent down to 28 percent and spanish prime minister pedro sanchez is also facing difficulties with his approval, were falling from 40 to 36 percent. according to the latest pulse we heard from

a geopolitical expert pier manual tallman, 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 fraud rims, a waves of programs to old countries in the war. so in the year at world crisis, all the countries outside you been union knew we react differently and we can see already you got to kenya and china. we have different arrangements. we have russia and probably africa, media release, dorsal countries will ever be let to run a deal with russia. may we be nuts, a name, eat dispute or against russia like you will be different if he for you can union member states choose he's not to lay in a robbery. anita thrush decides to cut totality the pipeline. then the european

union of the city relates to sauce, to use the reserves, then 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 conflict the last month. while the exchange rate reached $120.00 roubles per us dollar on march 11th, it has 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. just there is we often see in different situations after a sharp currency devalue ation. during the shock event,

the rate can then strengthen to the point that it levels out that the valuation, the replace now continuing to strengthen linearly against the background of the fact that if we really managed to switch to settlements and rubles at least partially with some partners this will naturally stimulate the growth of demand for the roubles. 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 likely unexpected shock effect of the asset freeze steps were taken. that made it possible to quickly stabilize the route and eliminate currency panic. there are many mechanisms strengthening the national currency of russia. the mandatory sale of foreign exchange earnings by exporters restrictions on the purchase of foreign currency on the stock exchange, an increased commission for such transactions. a high key rate on the national currency, and the restriction on the cross board and movement of capital. russia's ambassador to italy has filed a lawsuit against the newspaper, la tampa, over a headline questioning the possibility of murdering russian president vladimir

putin. las tampa, one of italy's most widely circulated daily newspapers has also courted controversy with apparently misleading reporting about the ukraine conflict, allegedly mis labeling the victims of ukrainian military strike on don yet sky as residents of kiff. if the newspaper indeed called for the murder of either put in even by nato u. s. or e forces that could amount to a crime in and of itself, that's according to russian. ambassador sir gave us off who has expressed hope for an unbiased investigation. it don't cause such headlines. no storage to newspapers go far beyond the framework of not only journalistic ethics, morality, but also the law. the italian criminal code provides liability for provoking oh, glorifying crimes. why is the person who filed the lawsuit with the prosecutor's office and accused of trying to attack freedom of speech? and it's, and i proceeded and continued to proceed from the fact that freedom of speech,

including the word of any journalist, also has responsibilities as it is distributed among tens of thousands of readers and listening. and here, the question is not about an attempt to infringe on someone's freedom of speech in italy, but whether the statements of this journalist and the editorial staff of this newspaper correspond to italian law, the accusations against me made me think that they're afraid of their own justice, italian law should regulate the situation. i've been working as i'm bassett, italy, for many years. i continue and will continue to develop bilateral relations between us states, with the help of my colleagues that does it for me, this our stay with us throughout the day as we have more news and commentary on the war and ukraine. this is our international. ah i ah

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