oh and have nouns, the gas contract where the russia will end if countries don't comply with new payment terms as well. so turns to its national currency and gas trade with i think continues in the don't yet 50 of mario paul is 40. what could push the remaining ukranian, neo nazi groups from the city out? is there a report to the dental a cap to you training? so just using a civilian ambulance, this military transport a french bank, the local, the accounts of russian staff of the ot,

from the parenting discriminating on the basis that nationality, britain bands 2 companies that own r c on the news agency. sputnik at the blanket track down on anything russian escalate to new. russia invite the u. s. the under secretary of state on the president done to explain the funding of via weapons labs and you pray. moscow representative to the international chemical weapons watchdog say russia will seek for an international investigation into the matter. as we received documents testifying to the dangerous by the pentagon on the 3rd grade, particularly the creation of biological weapons, a very disturbing picture, a 5 pm here in moscow. and this is austin,

national with the latest world news update is good to have your company. now in the past, our vladimir putin has announced that gas contracts with russia will end if countries don't comply with new payment terms. let's get more now from a correspondent on course, who joins we in the studio don't. i was just said, we just heard president putin speaking, what exactly had he said, and what does that mean? well, the main thing that just took places that russian president vladimir putin has actually signed a new order that would set up new conditions for russia, for the sale of russian national natural gas to what russia considers on friendly countries. this is, this means basically european countries that have set up sanctions against russia. now these countries that are buying gas from gas from russia now have to open accounts in unsanctioned russian banks. where in though, with those accounts with these banks, they have to actually be able to put in foreign currency and they need to buy roubles in these bank accounts at the rate of the moscow stock exchange. so if they don't start doing this by april 1st, actually rust,

the russian president already said that these currently existing contracts are going to be no and void. so let's take a listen what he said, blue. but because i have signed the decree establishing the rules for trading russian natural gas with so called friendly countries, the counter parties of the countries will be required to open rouble accounts in russia payment from which gas payments will be made if such payments are not made then we will consider this default on the part of the bias with all the in suing consequences. we are not going to do charity work together, but that will in the now we also have to keep in mind that earlier this month, actually vladimir putin 1st said that these unfriendly countries are going to have to pay for russian natural gas using the russian rouble it's only now that he actually signed a decree on it's really outlining how that's going to play out. because after that 1st statement was made, it was met. it was met with mixed reactions from the west. countries like japan met it with confusion, not knowing why russia made this decision,

the japanese government declared and also by others, with defiance. actually, germany said it would not start paying these obligations in rubles. but after this decree from the russian president, we're going to have to see what kind of decisions they make. on the other hand, rushes president also in his recent statement today also talked about the actions of the united states in the world stage. she said that the u. s. is actually threatening europe with the industrialization, with its actions that are intended on, at isolating russia and containing its economic growth, its diplomatic growth, just the growth of russia as the country itself. so we're, we're going to have to keep our eye out for basically what reactions we're going to see next from the western world as really festive, april tourism as well. it's not, we'll never for these countries many thanks for the update dawn, thank you. while la street bottles in mario pulling the don't yes people's republic continue was joined washington. yes. force is fund ukrainian,

neo nazi groups that remain in the city. ah. but it shows intense fighting as troops and vehicles work to push it nationally forth is out of the city. the armored vehicle can be seen firing at the building from which a sniper, with believe to be fire and get russian. don. yes, horses separate footage filmed by a tank through and mario po, shows a vehicle firing at another residential building also occupied by ukrainian nationalists who had set up a firing position. inside me model a reporter on t v news channel out there appears to accidentally capture the moment uninjured ukrainian militants exit a civilian ambulance. the camera pans to reveal what appeared to be armed ukrainian militants exiting the vehicle clearly marked with a red cross. a camera operator then quickly returns to the reporter. it's alleged

that the soldiers were using the ambulance to avoid being fired upon moscow said plans to invite you as the under secretary of state, victoria newland on the u. s. president, son hunter biden who russia claims was financing bio laboratories in ukraine for explanations. now children, i showed you earlier, the chairman of the state duma instructed our international committee to begin the procedure of preparing an invitation for explanations from u. s. officials. these are mrs. newland and biden junior stop, or during the meeting at a via said special working groups would be form to prepare evidence. the commission intends to involve a wide range of scientific experts after which a report will be sent to the president and prosecutor general's office, and his conclusions will then be made public russia's ambassador to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons alexander shogun said that russia will seek an international probe into the pentagons activities and ukraine.

i mean, it does. we received documents testifying to the dangerous ventures by the pentagon on the territory of ukraine, particularly the creation of biological weapons. a very disturbing pictures emerging that research was conducted on ways to transmit dangerous diseases to humans. 3 mice. there is a feeling that americans have focused on studying pathogens that have natural centers on both the territory of ukraine and russia. this was done in order to disguise the use of biological weapons as an outbreak of natural diseases. we are very concerned about this, but the united states has not yet recognize this fact. we will seek an international investigation into the criminal activities of the pentagon on the territory of ukraine. within the start of the military operation in ukraine, various european countries have expelled russian diplomats. 45 russian russians have left poland. bulgaria has made 10 diplomats percent on grocer and the both states that have expelled 10 such envoys and by families. benevolence has also

recently decided to expel 17 diplomats accusing them of espionage rush on pasadena to the netherlands. alexander shogun says the action of pay is coordinated to take revenge on russia. mister shows, in recent days we have seen a number of nato european countries expel our diplomats or deaths. looks like a coordinated action to take revenge on russia for the fact that we are conducting a special military operation to protect people in the dom. this is a short sighted policy by reducing diplomatic contacts these countries and narrowing the opportunities for dialogue and only delaying the prospect of improving international relations. the dutch authorities having be declared 17 diplomats persona non grata allegedly for illegal activities on the territory. no evidence was presented to us to be more precise. we were told that the evidence exists, that they will not show it to us and said we would just have to take their word for it. in a conversation with my dutch colleagues, i stress that russia will definitely not leave this friendly and without

a response. ah, your opinion on china will hold talks on friday with ukraine and relations with russia most likely on the agenda. beijing refuses to follow the western russia, but the wants to ensure china's neutrality that he's relationship with china has been complex in recent years. and now officials are concerned what role paging may play in the russia? ukraine crisis with china still refusing to join the west and denouncing moscow's actions. china was one of the countries that abstained from voting on the un security council resolution condemning moscow. and it has also supported russia's complaints about nato expansion. that's caused live to joseph because we mahoney, professor politics on the international relations at east china normal university. now, many thanks for joining us on. the program is good to see. now the, the summit will take place against the backdrop of the ukrainian crisis of cause. how might china's position on this issue affect the negotiations?

well, the chinese site has made it clear that it's a mistake to link china, russia relations, or china's neutrality on the conflict in ukraine with you relations. however, leaks from the you indicate that european leaders do intend to pressure china to limit cooperation with russia. now if this is true, then these efforts will likely fail in so much a similar efforts from us. we're also rebuffed, but if it's merely posturing them though, you know, get their sound bites and, and perhaps move on to more serious discussions with chinese side is indicated that they see this meeting as an opportunity to better explain of the chinese position. but in fact, european leaders like microphone and child have communicated directly with president she jumping about you about ukraine. so europe already understands china quite well on this issue. however, they probably want to hear from china again, given russian foreign minister allowed robs recent meetings. here in china, so ah, but in other comments ahead of the summit,

china has also indicated that china might serve as a bridge for europe to re engage with russia wants this conflict winds down. but i don't think european leaders are ready to hear that at least not in such an open forum. i think i think there's some, as we'll achieve any concrete results there we think of that last our guest pass the my technical issues that we were to speaking to joseph gregory mahoney, professor of politics and international relations at the east at china. no more. university ok, let's move on to our next story. now. joe biden has been fans with used a cheat sheet, and his latest press conference is a double down on an unscripted message to oust russian liter. vladimir putin and his comments closely aligned with those that printed on a sole piece of paper, which he held in his left hand. and the note showed

a question, asking biden, to clarify his earlier remark, that putin cannot remain in power as well as how biden should answer that he was simply expressing moral outrage. and his words did not mean a change in us policy. or we spoke to us radio has john elliot. she's 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 hand. he says he's been doing it for 30 years. he says things that are silly, stupid, or wrong, and others they pay people scratch their head and say, what, what does he say? so when joe biden finished to hit reading, the teleprompter, he went off script where is in send you ation every dream change, which he didn't mean which of course, the united states,

the state department went nuts and walked that 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 we're advocating the rising gas prices, which of course are president really has nothing you can do about it is what it is . rising gas prices ending and inflation are the 2 biggest things. the 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 before. so those are the 2 issues and issues and they continue to pummel is approval ratings. russian employees of our french china, last france, their bank accounts were banned without any warning, meaning they can't access money, they get for their work. now the head of the phones is highlighted that this is, it is discrimination on the basis of nationality as only people with russian citizenship who are affected as close life. so that depends correspondence in

europe. now, i surely could you explain the situation further? is this down to the russian sanctions? well, this is due to a decision that was taken by european union earlier this month. it also banks to do checks on accounts that related to russians and bell russians who in the european union to ensure that there was no circumvention of sanction. so we know that own around the 16th of march, the e u, and the is, wouldn't be able to hold more than a 100000 euros in the account. so the letters that have been sent out to many people, close europe are related to that. when it comes to auntie crohn's employees and we understand this again was also a check that was being carried out by one bank in particular. this is so c, h n, f l and they said that those checks would have been the cancer only being frozen between one and 2 days that we'd be speaking to some of the employees from artie,

france who are still receiving pay despite the fact the food cost was taken off and i just, a few weeks ago at one told us that he was in complete shock when it happened to him that the district, this is truly an extraordinary situation in early march, the 1st rumor spread that people may have problems with french banks, but we thought that this would apply to people on the sanctions list. it's oligarchy, those who have more than 100000 euros. it didn't seem that it would affect us. one day i saw on my mobile phone screen that my salary had been paid to my personal card, and after a few hours, the money had disappeared, as if it had never been there. this is not just about archie france, this is an all encompassing problem for russian people in france. there are now entire groups of people on telegram saying they've had similar problems. we've also be hearing from another french employee, a french citizen who said that for him such action shows that russians are being

singled out saying fanco discriminated, of course, because her, she's not. so there is, they are not big both says, you know, it's just on troy's a simpler i'm pro is and as a philip, uh zara under sanction. wida czar not officially and sanction. there is a good, a g, or some people, and forza, but versa, for example, right now, she's origin, there is not a quality, but either this isn't an issue that's just affecting russians here in france. as i mentioned that you sent out at this, at least 2 banks to say you need to check the bank accounts of all russians and bella russians in europe. and that's been the case with russians receiving letters, whether they live in spain or germany, or other part, the e u. i most of the time telling them that they need to go to the bank and have

a chat them so they can prove where they sources of income comes from our. we understand that in spain alone, some 8000 russian clients. and now having their bank accounts moment it, it does seem to be though, for the most part that this is an administrative issue that people have to deal with. but nonetheless, it will put a lot of russians on a sense of level of fear about what is could mean for them in the future. now some of the news that we've had that come through in terms of our sister station or t, france. and this is to do with the suspension of it's broadcasting license or its ability to build cost here in france and anywhere else to be reached within european union. it had decided to appeal part of those sanctions laid out by the european union and taken its cook case to the court of justice of the block at that block or that court of justice has no decide. and that it's going to jet,

reject that appeal by r t. france channel of course, pulled off air at the beginning of march, despite the fact that it had a license to build cost in france. and it hadn't done anything in contravention of holding that license from the media regulators. hey, and frank's assay, fonts can still appeal that decision, and it has 2 months to do that. interestingly enough, it comes in the same week as a poll showed that more than one in 3 people who respond to that poll, disagreed with the channel being taken off. the air is pop to these sanctions and staying on sanctions. we have also heard on thursday that working for companies like r t has just become pretty impossible if you live in the u. k. the foreign secretary has announced new sanctions. let's have a listen to what it is trust to say. brandon has help lead the world in exposing kremlin does information. and this latest batch of sanctions hits the shameless

propagandist to push out vladimir putin fake news, a narrative. so what does it mean? well, just like we're seeing with the other sanctions, it means those who now on the list won't be able to remain in the u. k, or have leave to travel to the u. k. if they want to do that, it also means that they, if they have assets within the u. k, these assets will be frozen. so if that's a home, people won't be able to access the home. if that's a bank account, they will not be able to access the funds in that bank account. unless trust has said that nothing and no one is off the table when it comes to the sanctions. meaning that the crackdown or russians may still have far wider scope than expected . charlotte, many thanks for the update, dan thought he shot dimansky. no, russia is requested a probe into multiple cases of alleged torture by ukrainian soldiers. the criminal spokesperson says they will provide all evidence to

a new special commission set up by the un just one particular disturbing example of many comes in a new pentagon probe. it lead to 18 green berets off with just reprimands. despite the investigation finding, they tortured enough guns soldier in 2018 so badly. they died hours later ortiz rachel blevins reports. there has been silence for low west africa, video service on social media that appeared to show russian soldiers being tortured by ukrainian troops. while the russian and ukrainian government has said they will launch investigations into the disturbing footage and by an administration has had a little to say on the matter. however, it's also the u. s. military that has a long history of accusations of abuse. in fact, as recently as 2018 soldiers from both the u. s. and the czech republic that were stationed in afghanistan were investigated following reports that they tortured and killed a 19 year old african soldier. after he opened fire on check forces killing at

least one. the room appeared to have been cleaned, however, blood spatter was identified on the walls and ceiling. a laboratory analysis of the blood spatter revealed to blood match the dna profile of mister, why do it? yet, as is all too often the case, the conduct of the american soldiers allegedly involved was defended by the u. s. military, as it claim there was no evidence. they tortured the man who died while in their custody. in this case, the investigation's results did not present sufficient evidence of misconduct beyond a reasonable doubt for any of the offences which is the standard required to obtain a conviction at court martial. furthermore, there was not probable cause to believe that the most serious alleged offences including murder, had occurred. but this is the 1st time that alleged abuse of the hands of the us military has been ignored, swept under the rug and even justify what montano bay became infamous for the her rhythmic torture methods used on the suspects. related to be attacks on $911.00,

ghana stan had its own version. the bag room prison established by the us in 2002 became just that it was a place where thousands of prisoners were allegedly tortured and interrogated by us forces and where the conditions were reportedly so bad as the prisoners who did survive. so the only options were to either die, go insane or be cripple. meanwhile, over in iraq, the abu ghraib prison became known for the disturbing images of us troops torturing rocky prisoners following the 2003 invasion. but even though the scandal received international attention, only 11 soldiers were convicted, most of which led to minor sentences and none of which included murder charges. the 20 year long war on terror has led to repeated calls for justice from organizations like amnesty international. but the department of defense continues to defend its forces, even in cases like the 2007 bombing in baghdad,

where us soldiers were reportedly reported launching airstrikes, the targeted civilians and journalists, and then laughing as they watched them die. so the question then becomes if the u. s. and has nato allies don't support justice for their own troops than will they supported in ukraine in washington? rachel blevins, r t. he go back to our story on the 10th relations between the e. u. in china. now, and they help folks on friday with ukraine and russia, ukraine and relations with russia said to be on the agenda. let's go back to joseph gregory mahoney, professor of politics and international relations at the east china normal university. hello again. thank you for getting back on the show you for. if not, as we were saying concrete results. do you think this sunday to will achieve any? well, i think china is, is keeping expectations are for the summit, relatively low, focusing primarily on the value of continuing to communicate during difficult times

. and above all, for reiterating china's principles, ah, principles related to neutrality. why they're correct, and perhaps exploring how china might help alleviate some of the economic pain and suffering and insecurity that europe is feeling right now. how strong are disagreements between the you in china today? well, there are several disagreements and growing disconnections, but i think 3 that are relatively strong. the 1st is a substantial trade deficit with china that european countries would like to resolve with expanded access to the chinese market. the 2nd, however, is that many companies don't understand the chinese market are not as sophisticated in digital marketing as chinese firms. and so even those european firms who are in the chinese market already are finding it hard to compete. in short, there's a growing digital divide and it includes much more than marketing. for example, it also intersects with us, grew monitoring about chinese technology generally. and 3rd,

there are clearly differences and how the e u and china view governance, human rights and historical responsibility. and these are hot button issues that are driving public opinion in europe, but nevertheless are often at odds with what's really happening in china. and certainly at odds with the relative lack of your big concern for americans, human rights and governance records. when it comes to an dependence on china, just to what extent i eat countries dependent on china economically, the china overtook the u. s. in 2021 or 2020. that the numbers came out in 2021. as use biggest trading partner with more than 700000000 in trade a little more than a 3rd of that, an exports to china. the you trade with us is a bit less now what these figures plus the u. s. instigated trade war against china and american efforts to encourage europe to decouple from china. can amik lee have

shown, especially during the pandemic? and now the conflict and ukraine is that much of the world, not just the e. u. depends on chinese manufacturing. and likewise, increasingly depends on selling their products in the chinese market, which is still experiencing substantial growth, especially compared with others. how do you perceive a and the direction for relations between the you and china? do you think megan to him for able to terry raise? it's difficult to say, we know the u. s. is reasserting itself militarily and economically in europe. now trying to displace russian energy and trade with china. and we'll try to link these 2 objectives in the minds of european, of the european public, and their leaders and china on its part is trying to protect these relations and prevent this from happening. now whether or not they improve will depend in part on how quickly we reach a solution ukraine and how it affects the european economy. presently,

the issue is facing negative pressure from the u. s. as, as well as pressure to spend more on defense, while also dealing with inflationary cos associate with the conflict, as well as recover from the pandemic. so, can't really afford to disrupt trade with china, or will it face more pressure to build better trade relations? now my sense generally is the latter is probably close to the truth. but nevertheless, we have to note that there is a lot of antique china sentiment in europe now. so european leaders will have to move very carefully and risk democratic challenges from, from other politicians will try to exploit perceptions of being soft on china. we've seen this in the us. we'll see it in europe for the more, it's not quite clear how the new government in berlin will lean, but early signals before the conflict and ukraine were mixed to negative on china. joseph gregory mahoney, professor of politics and international relations at east china normal university. many thanks for your time and thank you for joining us here in our

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