a with russian troops take control over most of the ukrainian city of murray. you pull civilians begin to leave the basement and receive aid after weeks with an investigation reveals a legit funds by the ukrainian security service to assassinate zalinski, political opponents, delegations of torture, the detention center. we speak to the author behind the investigation on the us. it won't return the frozen russian assets of private individuals, but to the owners, even when the conflicts in ukraine and 1000 take to the streets of belgrade to

protest against the government. vote to suspend russia from the un human rights council. a committee alive from our headquarters here in moscow this saturday morning. this is all international. i'm pizza scott's and we start this our with the ongoing war in ukraine. the russian military says is prevented an attempt by key f to destroy a hydro electric power plant in the southern city of get a song to ballistic missiles were apparently shot down by russian defense systems. fragments of the missile fell in a residential area. damaging houses with several casualties reported. the russian defense ministry stated the failed attack could have led to uncontrolled flooding of multiple settlements in the region. here has not yet commented on the incident. we heard from one man whose house was damaged by the strike. this is

my house at 7 in the morning. my house was hit by our glorious ukrainian military. i am not a military man. i am a civilian. i work as a grain truck driver. i love my country, i was a patriot after this. i say, thanks mr. zalinski. and in the city of murder, you pull, which is almost being completely destroyed. civilians are starting to leave the basements that says russian troops have taken control of most of the port city. many people have been trapped in shelters with little food or water since the beginning of march, and humanitarian aid is now making its way through. at last our teas roman costa reports from the city. well, once again, we are here in myrtle. once again, we are delivering humanitarian age. things like food medicine, hygiene cards, and basically anything else that people here have been lacking for the last,

almost 2 months. as you can see, many parts of the city are devastated. people are on the street, there is no electricity, no running water. and of course many she, when it's area and missions are here now trying to help these people out at a distance you can see people are registering with. then you don't ask people's republic authorities over there, people are receiving humanitarian aid from other organizations. i hear we can see a field kitchen where locals are lining up in order to get well, there are daily meal, some drama, moderate rule, but while it, but more than normal, my were near to mediately with digital shock value. what did you have to watch is logan that he built? those are actually losers value. would you do with idea? would you put the what though is a clear book which daughter were young in the world? the digital phone? good news, the, the way it does, boy, what do you need did?

what would the yield of the room while you little annoyed the one you store, you know, lead to about the warranty? what good bridge we associate generic gun is a royalist for is gelatinous immune dongle shipped from long island. dr. mary gillian, busybody. bomb allah. you do not a bog. doraville darling. acosta. origins thrash number, viola, postilion through sheila's punter. i la. donna, senior problem villamor. john mcdaniel clinton will continue working here until the situation is finally over. and of course, like many others will continue bringing necessary items that people here need for among costs or have already done as people's republic. a new report has alleged the ukrainian security services use, the detention center to torture prisoners of war and ukrainian suspected of having

pro russian sympathies. the report contains testaments of people who shared their experiences of detention in one such prison. they use the lighter to heat up a needle than put it under my fingernails. the worse to us when they put a plastic bag over my head and suffocated me. and when they held the muzzle of a collection of rifle to my head and forced me to answer their questions, it was like a small guantanamo. i was told if it wasn't for my 2nd pass, but i'd be killed. i don't know how much of that was to influence and scare me. oh, how much it was real. currently, the s b u is rounding up. any one accused of sympathy for russia. so anyone who speaks russian, anyone who is, is thought to be in support of the russian offensive inside ukraine is likely to be put into this torture prison and interrogated and beaten my investigation contains testimony from 2 men who were tortured inside

the s b. u. headquarters and a sports complex or gem attached to it. and they gave me accounts of an extreme torture. beatings were where prisoners were bleeding from their mouth. one man had a high needles stuck under his fingernails. he said that there were 2 men from bella, russia who were tortured to death. so it's clear, and it's been documented not only by myself, but by amnesty international and united nations that the ukrainian security service, the s b u. tortures prisoners, the ukrainian secret services use of torture in prisons has been previously covered by the united nations. and amnesty international reports, and according to those documents, the s p u has a number of compounds in several cities across ukraine where people have allegedly

been unofficially detained, unfortunate for having pro russian views. we spoke to the author of the report, done co and who said sort of purchases should have consequences. we need to see reporters asking the lensky, where are these prisoners who have been disappeared and we never, and we've never heard from again. and if they've been killed or tortured, as they obviously have their need to be, these are, these are crimes that need to be, there needs to be accountability for them. this sort of torture fits a geo political agenda in support of the united states and european union against russia. and so well the u. s. and you claim to be supporting democracy and, and for freedom it's obvious that you know, anyone who's unlucky enough to end up in one of these torture prisons may not come

out alive. so there's a very clear double standard, and this has nothing to do with human rights or democracy. it's all about us empire . the us says it would not be returning the frozen assets of private russian individuals back to the owners even when the conflicts in ukraine ends. the correspondent rachel blevins has more loading was part and parcel of medieval warfare. you came, you stroll, you left. but even with the introduction of new weapons, a technology, it appears as the practice of looting is just as much a part of 21st century warfare president is actively looking at how we can deal with the fact that as we see these assets, our goal is not to give them back. our goal is to put them to a better use than that bike. i'll be careful and what i say today because there's an ongoing kind of policy process around how we end up dealing with

that question. but rest assured that the goal is not just to sit on them for a while and then pass them all back. the white house has been officially stated, the total worth of russian assets seized by the us and its allies. but in addition to more than $300000000000.00 in foreign exchange reserves, they also include yachts in real estate and other countries. but now washington is saying that it has no plans to return the private private individual back to their owners even when the conflict in any other circumstance that would be considered. and the person who did it would be charged accordingly. but it seems as though when you are america, you can do whatever you want and then do it over and over again. after all, it was washington last year, the prose, $7000000000.00 where it's not. dana stands assets. after the taliban came sweeping to power. that couple the crushing sanctions lead to a humanitarian crisis that is put millions of people at risk in response,

trying to call out to her policy from the us without the consent of the afghan people. the u. s. willfully disposes of assets that belong to the afghan people, even keeping them as its own. this is no different from the conduct of bandits. this latest example has once again laid bare that the rules based ordered. the u. s . claims to champion is not the kind of rules in order to defend the weak and uphold justice, but to maintain its own had gemini. and that's not all following the 2003 invasion of iraq photos there, showing us soldiers posing with gold bars, which the u. s. military quickly claim was part of a $500000000.00 stash found on the truck during a routine traffic stop. however, it was a different case for the, for us soldiers who are arrested after and they were use, you're trying to steal $1000000.00 worth of assets from saddam hussein's palace in baghdad. just one month later. as for what happened to all of that gold?

well, we may never know, but the us didn't stop there. back in 2011 or rock submitted a letter to the united nations calling on the us to return $17000000.00 in profits from the sale of a rocky oil, which washington had originally promise would be given back to the country for reconstruction effort. all indications are that the institutions of the united states of america committed financial corruption by stealing the money of the iraqi people which was allocated to develop iraq. and that it was about $17000000000.00. the department of defense itself admitted in a 2011 audit report that it had lost more than $6600000000.00 worth of iraq's oil and gas money with a special inspector general for iraq reconstruction, calling it the largest active fund and national history. plus, there was only after 18 years of the u. s. finally agreed last year to return more than 17000 stolen artifacts to iraq after they were looted from the countries,

museums by the u. s. military, another oil rich country that has received similar treatment is syria. but in that case, former president trump never hit is mode it when it came to plans for serious natural resources. we're keeping the oil. remember that i've always said that keep the oil . we want to keep the oil $45000000.00 a month. we secured the us military still has troops station in syria's northeast region. as report suggests, the oil continues to be smuggled from the country with the help of those us forces . and on that syrian president, bashar assad says there is one major reason. it's about money and it's about oil. of course, we are angry. every syrian is angry. this is looting. it was the same in libya with the u. s. and the u. k. freezing nearly $50000000000.00 worth of the countries out in 2011 and then refusing to give the money to the libyan people following the overthrow of mo, mark adolphe and venezuela were the us for more than 3 $140000000.00 worth of the

countries assets in 2019 and then announced that it would release $150000000.00 opposition leader one by doe and 2021 who washington recognizes the country's president, even though he's an elect, it in their criminal adventures, to plunder venezuela's gold, oil, and other lucrative resources, both britain and the u. s. are exposing themselves before the entire world as having no interest at all in supporting human rights freedom and democracy and venezuela. on the contrary, both britain in the u. s. continued to demonstrate their utter contempt towards the venezuelan people and their right to determine their own future so much for a role based order. and so much for the american constitution as the us has shown time and time again, that when it ledges to defend freedom and democracy in a country would it actually means is that it plans to seize and control the assets of the people. leaving them was a humanitarian crisis. what you're seeing is kind of like the equivalent of

a major and abusive policy that's been happening in united states for decades now called eminent, sorry, called the well basically what happens when, when, if somebody is accused of a crime, their assets without the there are there are there are convicted if they're accused of a crime, their assets can be taken and death kind of what you're seeing over here, but i'm not even sure there's an actual acute of accusation happening. but rather people property is being stolen, so it's not new, but it is absolutely morally disgusting. it is absolutely reprehensible. it goes against the spirit of american law. it just goes against the spirit of law. generally. i mean, the most basic part of law is that if somebody is accused of a crime, they're accused, then they have a trial, then they're found guilty or not guilty. and if they found guilty, yes, they might lose some property. that's part of law. but doing that without a trial isn't a law that's barbarism and attempt to quickly coach reliance on russian oil and gas

could cause recession unreal. poverty within the you. that's a warning from experts you politicians urging citizens to limit the energy use and replace private cars with public transport. that's in order to quote, punish putin. ortiz shot davinsky reports. germany main. oh, be big enough to put an immediate whole to all of those russian energy imports, which is the call from ukraine's president zalinski. but it is now asking citizens to do their bit, to stick it to president putin. now, how can they do this? well, the biggest suggestion is that they could cut down on energy use by around 10 percent . so how exactly could they do that? it starts with personal behavior. if you heat your home and draw your curtains in the evening, you save up to 5 percent of energy. if you low the room temperature by one, see it's around 6 percent. well,

germany has been one of the last holdouts in the european union in regards to that immediate band of russian energy and with good reason to at leading economic institutes. have said that if it did that, it would lead the country into a shock processional. we've heard over the past few months from german ministers saying that it would also lead to mass unemployment and also widespread poverty in the country. however, germany has been doing what it can to reduce its dependency on russian energy. at the moment it sat around 40 percent, that is down from 55 percent before the war in ukraine started. now the cutting of energy. this is just the latest of suggestion of ideas that are coming up from politicians across the u. here in france, we've heard from the economy minister suggesting that people perhaps could dial down the thermostats in their homes by one or 2 degrees. and on warmer days there is also this option. you can do 2 things ah,

control your own and your teenagers are showers. and when you turn out that would you say, take that putin. so what more could people do to stop funding putins war? well, the war and sanctions itself of already had a pretty big impact on certain products. sunflower, oil bought russian steel. so outside this idea of oil and gas, what else could people be looking to? well, it's pretty obvious also, it's precious metals. some 46 percent of global exports of palladium come from russia and germany import some 25 percent of its palladium from russian mind. so what's palladium used for? well, everything from catalytic converters to dental fillings, to electronic components. it has massive wind spray use. then let's have a look at nickel. this makes up something like 39 percent of imports into germany,

came from russia back in 2020 nicholas used for everything from batteries, to mobile phones, to cutlery. so the reality is, if you really want to make a huge contribution at the moment, turning down a thermostat, maybe one thing having cold showers is another. but maybe you could think about foregoing that next mobile upgrade in the greek capital, athens members of trade and labor unions. so to the streets on thursday to rally against price hikes and privatization. the country is taken in economic hits with the bank of greece, could see his growth forecast a 3.8 percent and raising inflation predictions to 5.2 percent for 2022. the officials do say that could rise over in spain. supermarket continued to face shortages of certain groceries with sunflower oil milk, flowers, salts on rice, among the products in short supply emerge. authorities temporarily authorize the

rationing of some food items to prevent shops when the out completely amid the war in ukraine, under stripe by truck drivers are correspondent to spoke to people on the streets of madrid who said, living costs are outpacing their salaries, florida. oh, it's sad. politics is ruining us along boil mainly oil flour. rice, mainly the cost of living has risen by at least 30 percent and salaries are the same. gasoline and diesel have risen $0.20 at one uniform. i have to come every day to see if they feel the shows for the most common milk oil sugar. the sliced bread has risen $0.25 1st $0.15 and then 10. we worry if there is a shortage. what do we do next? and the worrying is that when products are missing, the prices go up. i'm latin and i cook more with sunflower oil than with olive oil, some times pasta rice. every time i go shopping, i become more aware of the increase in products. sunflower oil is bought from 5

leaders. i always bought it at 4 euros and $0.79. then i bought it at 6 euros and $0.79. 7.79. and today, it is worth 16 euros and $0.80 or so on, says $28000000.00 people across east africa at risk of extreme hunger due to the conflicts and ukraine. countries in this region in port 90 percent of their weeds from ukraine and russia. the repercussions of the ukrainian conflict on the global food system will reverberate around the globe, but it is the poorest and most vulnerable people who will be among those hit hardest and fastest. rising food prices are a hammer blow to millions of people who are already suffering multiple crises and make a huge shortfall and aid potentially lethal sanctions against moscow. on helping either russia is the world's top, wheat exports, a shipping around $38000000.00 tons of the grain last year alone. the countries also there was biggest supply of fertilizes, annexed boards, many chemical components needed for their production. moscow says western sanctions

are damaging global supply chains on financial channels, also affecting exports. meanwhile, president putin has already said not all countries will be able to purchase the required amounts of fertilizers this year. you said developed countries had made areas in economic energy and food policies over the last 2 years. they didn't shop, arises in food prices. we can also claimed western nations we're trying to redirect food supplies to themselves, leaving others vulnerable to the food crisis. we spoke to people in kenya, one country facing a shortage of some products and rising living costs. and some said they couldn't afford 3 meals a day because we are living in a difficult moment here in kenya. and everything is shooting up in price, getting daily bread or even meals for a day. as a miracle, there is a shortage of foods, especially for people like us who depend on hand to mouth. to russia has been highly boosting the economy of our nation and wheat from there is used in making

animal feeds, but may be that is why all this is happening. so my floor is not affordable. and especially for us who live on the outskirts of the nairobi area, we don't have permanent jobs. and yet we must provide for our own families at home . politics and war and other places like ukraine has played a major setback in our suffering. it's true, not everyone is capable of having 3 meals per day. and as you can see in my shop, i don't have much stock, even sunflower oil and read flour are nowhere to be seen. things are getting worse on a daily basis in my day, numerical affording 3 meals in a day. no, not yet. the little money i get can only sustain me for a day, then i look for another alternative. either visit a friend of mine at least, to share a little, but failing that, i will sleep hungry. will know. meanwhile, in serbia, thousands of pro russian protested to the streets of belgrade. so anger is to be

support for russia, suspension from the united nations human rights council. ah, you know, test is gathered in belgrade city center, holding russian flags and portraits of the russian president. according to reports, please didn't take any action. the organizes of the protest amended the government immediately stop all actions hostile to russia in international organizations. we heard from some of the protesters, also from a chat of thought with him. i came here to support the russian federation and to protest against the shameful decisions of our government. as well as because of serbia's vote against russia in the un nozzles stuck where the zealous it'd be of if serbia voted against russia 3 times in the united nations. by then there is indeed great concern from the serbian public that the next thing will be the imposition of sanctions on russia to rebuild. that would be something that would be

completely contrary to entire serbian history. not flaw, serbia must not be on the side of nato. or against russia general sort of you douglas. 1 inaudible earlier, the un general assembly voted to suspend russia from the human rights council over its aggression in ukraine. serbia was among those voting for the exclusion. however, the 7 president says the decision was made under pressure from the west. serbia, as the only country in europe that has not imposed sanctions against russia. as for the vote, our initial decision was to abstain. and then you get huge pressure that has nothing to do with personal pressure. they are black mailing serbia. now the fate of serbia is being decided whether we will be excluded from the package of sanctions on oil. over in pakistan, the former opposition party supporters a celebrating the overthrow of ex prime minister in ron khan, who was ousted by parliament and in no confidence votes. meanwhile,

the embattled politician continues to hold rallies publicly since leaving office and thousands took to the streets and classroom police. the the prime minister claims washington won the theme, removed from maintaining an independent foreign policy. the country still facing the constitutional crisis, would con, calling on people to take to the streets, to pressure the new government to hold the elections. the claims that the legit quote imported new government is an acceptable the my fellow packets tony's, this is my message for you. as long as this government doesn't announce elections, we will force them for elections. you have to carry on, protest in the streets. imported government is unacceptable. well, tom was replaced by his sha bus sharif who's not used to politics. his brother was

prime minister too, before he was found guilty of concealing assets in 2017. meanwhile, the white house has already warmly welcome the new leader. the united states congratulates newly elected pakistani prime minister shabazz sharif and we look forward to continuing our long standing cooperation. we view a strong prosperous and democratic pakistan is essential for the interests of both our countries. research fellow at the university of the whole sub saying, are mad dog believes the cons, political views on the development of his country, whence aligned with us policy, political unrest, embark hassan is basically a civil unrest. all the protests are feasible. there's nothing out. you know, we have not seen anything like in the market, is there, there's nothing that has been burned by the public. they are not ready to accept that important government, which every single pakistan is saying that it has been changed by the united states . and this has been the month of the united states through demo for the pieces that

they do not want to see any system. replacing the secular humanist democratic thesis in any particular country, even in the state like focus on which forms it's true. movement of history on the ideology, preslar because it was made on the ideology of islam. so bryan, mr. ron constance, of having an independent foreign policy and having a thought of reviving the islam and constituting it through the state level is seriously a threat for the united states. from all on any of those stories, checkouts are websites and social media pages on his peter scott, and i'll be back again at the top of the hour. but do states shoot for cross talk with pizza live out? ah, ah, misperception is very easy to make. if you're getting good at it, for instance,

if you work in the media and you know how to do it, you can do a very good job and manipulating public opinion. you can paint white and black. you can, you know, totally trust reality. and sometimes not even by lying, sometimes just by making what you want to pay or putting things in a session border or putting human emotions into one side of the story while not giving a rational analysis of the whole picture. ah oh is your media a reflection of reality? in the world transformed what will make you feel safer? isolation, whole community? are you going the right way?

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hello and welcome to cross stock where all things are considered. i'm peter lavelle, the west, his essentially declared all out war on russia. instead of calling for a negotiated end of the conflict, washington, london, and brussels are looking to sustain the ukranian war effort. thus we need to ask, what is the west policy goal in all of this crafts, sucking escalation, i'm joined by my yes, michael maloof in washington. he's a former pentagon seniors security policy analyst in raleigh. we have ray mcgovern . he is a former cia analyst, and in bath, we have bruce got gun. he is a peace and justice activist cross that rules and effect gentlemen. so that means you can jump in any time you want. okay michael, let me go to you 1st here i'm you know, what ever.