a with vladimir putin explains a mechanism for countries to pay for their russian gas in ports in roubles instead of euro's and dollars, and warns that moscow could turn off the caps if they don't comply. have been in the basement for 21 days in us for how long do you think we've been there? residents in the embattled city of mario pl are on edge as they struggled to cope with food and medicine shortages in rti cru assist in delivering much needed humanitarian aid. the russian military releases documents reporting to show you claims interest in using drones to deliver weaponized pathogens, which they say were developed and us funded by alas. and we look at how middle eastern powers are switching focus from the u. s. to china as they pursue better business deal with

broadcasting live, direct my studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now, vladimir putin has explained the new mechanism for countries sanctioning russia to pay for natural gas supplies. and rubles, and warrant their contracts will be considered void if they refuse move. but this is jessica lewis. i have signed to decree establishing the ruins for trading russian natural gas with. so hold on friendly countries. the counts of policies, countries will be required to open rouble accounts in russia, bang yet from which gas payments will be made. if such payments had not made them, we will consider this default on the parts of the bias with all the ensuing consequences. if we're not going to do charity work here, vladimir putin's executive order basically sets out new conditions for russian natural gas sales going to on friendly countries. these are european nations that

have put sanctions against russia. these countries now have to send euro's which is the currency is stipulated in their contracts to a special account, and an unsanctioned russian bank. the bank is then going to take that those euro's and buy roubles on the moscow stock exchange, and then take those roubles and put them back in the account. so these companies can fulfill their financial obligations. vladimir putin says that if those accounts don't have enough money to pay their bills by april, 1st, these already existing contracts are going to be considered no and void. now, in his recent statement, the russian president also said that the u. s. is trying to take advantage of current global instability. he said that by the you with the u. s. trying to basically capture the european energy market with it's much more expensive. a liquid natural gas, it's putting europe down a road of di, industrialization. let's take a listen to what he said. so sure, the us will try to capitalize on the current global instability by attempting to

move your po for to expensive american liquefied gas. as a result, europeans and not only forced to full count more, but to also undermine the competitiveness of their companies with their own hands, by removing them from the global market. for europe, this means large scale the industrialization, the loss of millions of jobs, and addressed decline in the standard of living of its citizens. this is the price, the ruling western elite are offering to pay people for their ambitions for the economic war they're trying to unleash against russia or haven't leashed. now earlier this month, portland 1st said that unfriendly countries are going to have to start paying for russian natural gas in roubles back then. that statement was met with defiance by a number of european countries, and now is no exception either. both germany and france have said no to paying and roubles contracts. contracts, contracts are based on euro's and so we will continue to pay for energy in parts and in euro. do you want to to it?

there may be a situation in which to morrow, in very particular circumstances, there would be no more russian gas. so it is up to us to prepare for these scenarios. we are preparing them with robert while taking care to respect the principle of european solidarity. and it's also important to note that just last week, the estonian prime minister and one of the former us investors to russia, said that russia should be penalized for its military offensive in ukraine. they said that russia should continue to supply western european countries with natural gas, and that the recipient countries actually should hold their payments in escrow until the military offensive in ukraine ends. now, obviously, with this recent russian statement, any such plan like that is going to have really bad effects for europe. we heard from a former austria and foreign minister current can i saw who says that a reduction in gas applies would hurt european industries. the time, the not european union, paris and berlin has already stated, no,

we will continue the current 2 steps. we have concluded the contracts in but, but it remains to be seen. what will then happen whether this will lead to either an embargo by the customers, the thing we, we will not allow late, or actually she me or whether that would be a supply. sgo got supplies a 1st and foremost for the industry and households come next. but it's all about natural gas supply for the manufacturing. and that's the goal from for july petrochemical industry into the automotive industry, which is the most important industrial branch of germany exporting industries. so without natural gas supply, it's not only about breathing, love freezing and some voices have been blaming over the last few weeks. it's really about how can the industrial manufacturing still be

it joe biden wants to use america. oil reserves to bring down recently soaring fuel costs, which have been a major source of discontent during his presidency. he plans to release up to $180000000.00 barrels of oil over half a year. the largest amount since the u. s. reserve was created back in 974. now put in price reg for price hike is hitting americans at the pump. which, which brings me to the 1st part of my plan to immediately increase the supply of oil. just imagine if in fact europe didn't have to count on russian oil, if they were energy independent. but analysts to say the release of about 1000000 barrels a day is unlikely to resolve the fuel crisis. the total release of $180000000.00 barrels plan to take place over half a year would satisfy just 2 days of global demand. it would also mark the 3rd time

that washington has tapped into the reserves in the past 6 months. the republicans have hit back at biden's plan, disagreeing with the reasoning behind it. house minority leader and kevin mccarthy says that while the white house blames brush up for the rise in prices, it's actually biden who is liable. we heard from an international energy markets expert who foresee the coming response in global fuel prices. when the previous time, he released 50000000 barrels last year. it's the global oil market and prices ignore it completely. then in january, the international energy agency also announced the release of 60000000 barrels from the inventor is of the or is see the countries again, the market was indifferent to them. now president by then is trying his hand

again by releasing almost 1000000 barrels a day, as it was reported. that might have a slight effect on their prices. but it will psychologically alleviate the tensions and the type this in the market to some extent, the market will tell us soon, and the price is where there is one. accordingly and anyway, it depends. the impact on the price will be on the way the oil is released. will it be 1000000 daily, or will it be half familiar or a quarter of a 1000000? so all in order still unknown to us, the russian military says, let me put you has agreed to, to a personal request from french president, micron and german chancellor shoals to open an evacuation route from embattled marble to the south eastern ukrainian city of upper russia. efforts to evacuate

a residence from mario pal two's approach were disrupted on thursday, reportedly by heavy shilling from supposedly ukrainian national troops, reputed neo nazi as of the time is said to have opened fire at a kindergarten and a church in marble, killing civilians who are said to have come to the area in search of water or cheese roman cousin of reports from arguable where he has been delivering aid and helping people get to stay. we are continuing to collect too many terran aids for people who are you for you to store can here? well, other things, other food items we bought a lot of bread. bread is a number one items thought after in or it goes within about 5 minutes. i got some hygiene, good, good, some chocolate for the kids. got some a bread over here. water. there is no water in the city of variables at the moment and also one, it goes very quickly as well. plus. so like i said,

there is no electricity. so we are buying a battery, so i hope people, i'm measuring blood pressure people using a radios or anything like that. so i would send 510000 roubles by my friends, by my subscribers. we spent about 300000 already. we have some medicine in the car, it's the medicine that people living in bomb shelters in actually word. so we're going to deliver those good to them today and tomorrow and for as long as needed with with militia. let's go,

my child. let's get you something sweet. i like the tin. i stayed in medical, but euro and relatives managed to live to danielle. today we stayed basically on the street living in the basement. all right, thank you so much, please don't forget us. we're still alive here. with a lot of people are without food running out right 1st with so another day here in myrtle is over for us. unfortunately, these people will remain here without water, electricity, or food. we try to do as much as possible today. and i received a bunch of orders for more medicine already, so i have to be back here. i feel like it's my duty to come back here the next day

and the next day until this humanitarian catastrophe is over, we are bringing medicine. we're bringing food batteries, other essential, as you can see, all around me. the city is completely devastated and people are forced to live in bomb shelters. hopefully the rebuilding of the city of marie will will start very soon. until then we'll have to do with all of the room on call for marty variable. heard from a spokesperson for the red cross who says civilians trapped in multiple must be provided secure ways to flee as the situation continues to devolve into an even deeper humanitarian disaster. dissertation in ukraine is increasingly dire. what we see that the needs are growing by the hour. we also see and my colleagues share with me the information that insisted like mario ball. people are

a truck which is no safe way out. and this is very worrying. we're calling for the people to be able to have the safe to have the right to leave safely, displaces and to, to be able to leave if they want. but also it's really important that the humanitarian assistance is allowed in. if this people want to stay, we see that the wiring for the millions of people, how old is the big display, is due to the conflict, but many are still trapped in the c t. and this is really important that they have a possibility to see if safely leave this place as rushes military has released a legal document, purportedly sent by a turkish defense company to ukraine in response to key of asking whether a drone manufactured by that company could hold and spray aerosols over long distances, companies, i want to emphasize that the document is dated december, the 15th 2021. it's essence. is it possible to equip this you avi with systems and

mechanisms for spraying aerosol with a capacity of more than 20 liters with the flight range such a u. a v up to 300 kilometers equipped with containers of biological formulations. a real threat is created of large scale use of biological weapons on the territory of the russian federation. in fact, we are talking about the development by the kiev regime of technical means for the delivery and use of biological weapons with the possibility of their use against the russian federation. see stock human published by the russian ministry of defense is a correspondence they intercepted rural, aquatic, otherwise. nevertheless, it is correspondence between a turkish company which manufactures a wide range of offensive military jones, the by doctor t. b 2 as well as in this case, what they were talking about was the buyer doctor. i can eat you, which is another drone that is manufactured by by tuck it and the ukranian side.

apparently the questions, various questions were posed by the ukranian side. the ukranian government agency for export controls and they asked questions such as, you know, what's the maximum range, how far, and how long this drone can stay in the air? what it's payload is, one of the questions was, ah, but it stated, does this drone have the ability to spray more than 20 liters of aerosols? whilst in the air now, did the question is the russian military is asking? what is a reasonable explanation for why the ukrainian military would want to spray aerosols from a military drone? just before you know, as tensions were. mounting, this is against the backdrop of a wide range of united states funded bio labs being uncovered in ukraine. something that russia had been talking about for years. it had it had been ignored

for years, the subject. but now we've learned that yes in the united states is confirmed that various viruses deadly viruses were being researched in these laboratories. i, earlier we paid attention to the facts of the development in the united states of technical means for the delivery and new supply, logical weapons. thus, the us patent and trademark office issued a document for an unmanned aerial vehicle for spreading infected insects in the air . the patent description states that with this device enemy troops can be destroyed or disabled without risk to you as military personnel. there, there has been no answer yet. the russian side has requested coleman for both ukraine and the turkish company, responsible for manufacturing these drones. this was all this exchange by the way happened on the 15th of december, just scant months before the russian special operation here began. at that time when the united states was openly talking about the, a russian military buildup. and also warning that the e, it would be russia good,

perhaps use chemical weapons. and you great, again, no answers for why ukraine would want the spray aerosols from military drones. russia's ambassador to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has said that russia will pursue an international investigation into the pentagon's alleged activities in ukraine. middle class. 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, their research was conducted on ways to transmit dangerous diseases, to humans. through mice, there is a feeling that americans are 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 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. among documents released on thursday by russians, defense ministry were some that claimed to prove hunter biden's involvement in the legit ukrainian by labs. archie is caleb martin. cummins. well, the russian ministry of defense has come forward with documents that essentially show that hunter bite. who is the son of president joe biden was involved in providing the finance so black and the beach as well as meta by iota could be involved in setting up these bio labs in ukraine. now they've come forward with this information previously. they've said they've had this information now they are coming forward with emails that are said to be obtained for a 100 buttons laptop. here is what we've heard from the russian ministry of defense about the proof of the side of the president united states and his involvement in financing these bio labs about the contents of the law to show the hunter bought and played an important role in creating a financial opportunity pathogen work in ukraine. the published correspondence

indicates that the true goals of the pentagon in ukraine are far from scientific in one of the letters. the vice president and method by alter, noticed that the company's activities will be aimed at ensuring, quote, the cultural and economic independence of ukraine from russia, which is rather strange for biotechnology company. now the russian state duma is conduct conducting an investigation into this issue as well. and they have at this point, stepped forward and asked for comments from joe by president of the states as well as from victoria newland, the u. s. under secretary of state. now they have asked them for their comments as this investigation into the very serious matter of biological weapons, potential plan, biological attacks. other other very serious matters proceeds. russia is trying to get to the bottom of what was going on with these bio lab. they've asked for comments, years from the russian state duma, should she earlier?

so the chairman of the state duma instructed our international committee to begin the procedure of preparing an invitation for explanations from us official. these are mrs. newland and biden junior. now the investment fund runs by hunter biden was called rosemont seneca, and it appears that data that was acquired from his laptop indicates that rosemont seneca, his firm, is investment firm, was involved in working with metro by iota as well as black. and each to can, you know, to basically facilitate the, the setting up of these bio labs and ukraine. now the united states and boys in united states have insisted that these bio labs were not for military purposes. however, the fact that they were financed by the pentagon and the pentagon. ready involved in them and the fact that we have victoria newland us under secretary of state, testifying on the floor of congress and

a congressional investigation. irrational hearing now that she was worried about russia getting its hands on them. when asked in response to a question, asked about whether or not ukraine had biological weapons indicates that there could have been some military purpose. there. russia has quite a bit of information they said that goes against this narrative. we're hearing from the usa that these were harmless, meaningless, non military, biological research facilities. so it's quite a serious matter. now it's important to keep in mind that for a long time the united states mainstream media would not highlight and refuse to even discuss hunter by the laptop when under by the laptop 1st surfaced during the lead up to the 2020 presidential election. us media band, any discussion of the story on facebook and twitter would not allow the story from the new york post to be shared. and it was basically declared that because they said this story was somehow russian, this information i wasn't allowed to be part of the date in the election. the fact that hunter biden had a laptop with all kinds of scandalous information,

and now we have the new york times stepping up in admitting that indeed, contraband laptop was real. and that hunter, by the laptop did have some scandalous contents. so now a story that was dismissed information is being acknowledged pretty widely in the united states as being true. so russia stepped up and said that this laptop contains information related to these bio labs and the potential danger to russia. so at this point, it seems that the u. s. media that treats with skepticism, anything related to russia, i is having to admit that russia has been saying quite a bit of true things. truth that us leaders perhaps don't feel comfortable acknowledging despite their basis. in fact, political analyst, patrick headings and claims, the pentagon's alleged role in bio labs in ukraine implies a level of open corruption in u. s. high circles. i think i think it's absolutely incredible that one of the companies that 100 biden founded, i believe in 2009 rosemont seneca was involved in organizing one of the 1st round

of funding for medic. by auto. this is a biotech or a bio surveillance company, which was a major subcontractor for the pentagon funded bio labs, the chain of bio labs, and fact in ukraine. it's just amazing that this somehow has escaped really not, not just most of the mainstream media, but also congress as well. i think this really speaks to the level of corruption we have within our mainstream media institutions in the west that for partisan reasons . they won't touch the story, but also it speaks to a potentially a level of open corruption, specifically within the biden family. which, you know, should have been the center piece of the election. we're talking about not just conflicts of interest in nepotism, in terms of a sitting vice president getting his, you know, or not, if not getting his son appointed to

a major gas company's board in ukraine at the time when joe biden himself was in charge of the ukraine portfolio, but the fact that even happened while he was vice president and he didn't intervene to make sure that that didn't happen, that, that throws a shadow over the election of the 2020 election. it throws a shadow over the white house. as america pushes its allies to punish russia and imposed more sanctions on at middle eastern powers, have started to turn their back on the u. s. in favor of better economic deals with china ortiz, rachel blevins, comments. the political world is fast pace, you can lose an ally almost as quickly as you can gain one head for washington. that was in the middle east. they are losing patience. take saudi arabia, for example. us saudi relations, the back 70 years, their brothers in arm quite literally, and then with the u. s. supplying the saudis, with hundreds of billions of dollars and weapons, the alliance has led to the kingdom becoming one of the u. s. army most strategic

base it and they've also been strategic allies in the energy sector, but they might be changing. it is the biden administration's determination to resurrect the iran nuclear deal that has most convinced saudis that america is determined to dismantle the regional order that it created. no matter what demons it may unleash. while saudi arabia has become frustrated by the many contradictions that come with american policy, china is presenting a path that is rather straightforward. beijing is offering real simple deal. so as your oil and you can have access to one of your military equipment. you want from our catalog in return help us to stabilize the global energy market. in other words, china is offering a deal that appears very similar to the one shared by the u. s. and saudi arabia for decades. but the kingdom hasn't been to bond or president by that, especially after comments he made when he was campaigning for office. and which is that when he was president, he would force the saudis to pay and make them the pariah that they are. well that

doesn't seem to be a bible is actually doing now that he's an office, but his policies have a concern for saudi arabia as he works to bring one of their main rivals back to the table. the washington desperation to hit moscow where her new cut off their oil supply for the rest of the world has pushed the us to look into working with countries. it currently has strict sanctions on such as that as well. i hand of course, iran, and that would mean a resurrection of the iran nuclear geo, leaving saudi arabia, which is still actively at war with the iranian back. goofy is not happy. meanwhile, another one of washington's closes allies in the region who is currently feeling betrayed. is israel at the same time israel was do anything we believe is needed to stop the ran a nuclear program? anything from our point of view of the right and threat is not theoretical, the right is wants to destroy israel. they will not succeed. we will not let them.

despite the recent summit in israel, where secretary of de antony blinking met with top arab diplomats and tried to reassure them that washington is still their protector, it appears that the american spell has been broken. because despite the binding ministrations continued, requests to boost oil offered him in soaring prices, the message from saudi arabia is clear. we will not. you drag us into your political games, have been, i to you. and i know how we manage to compartmentalize political differences from which is good for the coven, good, the current common, good to for all of us. as a result, israel has shown caution when it comes to following washington's lead in prime minister bennett has traded carefully on the topic of ukraine, expressing a solidarity with the country, but not issuing an outright condemnation of russia. instead, he's taken a neutral stance, which is seen him involved in mediation,

sending humanitarian aid and taking in refugees. but that's not good enough for the hawks in washington who's speaking the language, a weapon. i want to know why israel isn't sending any to ukraine. israel's reaction to ukraine will have bearing on future aid from the us to israel pay it forward. well, even with the harsh words, israel is not bagging, at least for now. and it's also following saudi arabia by increasing its economic ties to china as it benefits from the bell in rhode initiative. so is this just the beginning of countries turning to a world power like china, which is seen as offering stability in comparison to washington's turbulence, and could the tide returning even for the closest in the u. s. allies in washington? rachel blevins. r t. joe biden has called for russian ships to be seized, and now congress is backing him in bygone centuries. when the british king wanted to quietly wage an unofficial war, he could hire so called privateers,

to seize another kingdom, ships and cargo seemed. now it's biden's turn, made more money to help. your partner's piracy is always a good place to start. u. s. congress wants to make capture a foreign vessels legal again. and i move to counter sanction russian billionaires. these are yards steel. everything on board. share the booty with the ukranian government. the extravagant bill seems to fit jo biden's plans. find in caesar, yards, or luxury apartments or private jets. were com before you ill be gotten again. dr. at roberts, he writes, throw that overboard. prepare

a boarding party on a rush, any yacht or ho would be allowed to take sanctioned vessels, private entities and individuals with the letters of mark, signed by the u. s. president. i. e. i. e. like the good old days samaria tapp aside. florida is the new modern day pirate bay. more news in 30 minutes, czar to treasure ah mushy, till about 20 or supposedly rec. okay. she but she moved she, i need financing.