[000:00:00;00] ah, ah, gary and businessmen played for told with rushes, danced prom 2 days off the moscow stops applying gas to bulgaria. over the country refuses to pay and roubles. we have locals to a bearing, the brunt of the fine lash to fly, expect it to have a catastrophic effect. prices will grow up more. that's the way it will be. i think it will be extremely bad for us, but what i'm waiting for is the government to resign because we cannot expect anything good from the current one cus, pounds, the fees russian assets to fund. he has war effort, but maintains a freeze on after money to fight a un warning. millions in the country, faith salvation is horrible. you have bread one day and the other day you

don't. this is all because of the americans were wandering around, were broken up with you guys have witnessed all these recent events, how the americans made our lives miserable. and today we're paying the price of their bad policies and plans on to new video of to $911.00 hijackers partying with a sound, a national with alleged ties to reality. intelligence is released find us media relations between the countries reach gray complaint with a very welcome to you. this is all the international with the latest news update. it's good to have you with that resume talks with gas problem. that's the message from the bulgarian deputy prime minister after a meeting with top business men and sophia, they play the talks with the russian gas company comes off the bull, gary of thought to russian energy imposed 2 days ago. what we discussed and what we

suggest according to my employees, is that the government do everything possible to restore talks with guess from and deliver the contract. well, just to give you a sense, there is no emergency when it comes to immediate gas supplies in bulgaria, despite the fact that russia has stopped those supplies. but to give you a sense of how problematic it could be in 2020 ohms, 3 quarters of all of the gas that the country in port it came from russia. so this is a big deal, at least in the long term. now there is that pressure, mounting politically for the government to try and reverse this decision to acquiesce to that demand from russia to pay for the gas in rubles, rather than in euro's or dollars as it was paid for previously in the long term bulgaria can. of course, look to get deals elsewhere, but right now, immediately it has to work out what's going to happen or it could see severe

economic blues to the country. poland has now also seen its gas supplies directly from russia being halted because it too, is refusing to pay for that gas in rubles. and that is something that is concerning, not just the politicians, but people on the streets. no, i think it will be extremely bad for us, but what i'm waiting for is the government to resign. i expect new elections and a new normal government because we cannot expect anything good from the current one . i expect it to have a catastrophic effect. prices will grow up more. that's the way it will be. i think this is the government's job to consider and resolve the problem. that's what they are going to do. in fact, they will resolve it. that is, it has become clear that we can get gas from europe, but at a higher price. so i do not believe it's an appropriate solution if gas is halted from russia. let's not forget that many you countries will pay in roubles to get gas from russia despite the imposed sanctions. as i understand it, we will not do so. lucille,

it is difficult for me to imagine how we will continue to live with such increases . i think that this will lead to an increase in poverty or the impoverishment of society and general people, it will be, it's a harder no. gra surprises will ruin greece. yes, i think that the rising prices of worrying soul, but we believe that we will deal with it and that these increases will be quite bearable for us. now we've heard for a while you countries calling for an end on dependency on russian energy and in the last 2 months or so. since this don't that warn ukraine that those voices have been getting louder and louder, demanding an immediate hold to buying any fossil fuels. whether that's coal, oil, all natural gas from the russian federation. we're even hearing voices who was saying exactly the same things, such as top or politicians. ursula on the land and use it brow all suggesting that

russia is ready to use gas as a form of blackmail. interruption of gus applies to poland and bulgaria is raising tensions a little more. that is why we must avoid dependencies that make us vulnerable. we have to get rid of the dependency of russian fossil fuels and for that we need maximize massive investment in renewables. so poland is one of the countries that's really being particularly vocal about this ban on all imports of russian energy. in fact, the country has gone out of its way to criticize other. you countries that don't want to do that straight away, such as germany know germany, which has a very high dependency on russian energy said look, we are going to try and reduce it. however, doing it immediately could lead to a recession. it could lead to mass unemployment. it could lead to poverty in our country. what's not good for the german economy will have something that will resonate potentially across the rest of the you. so some have questioned whether

this payment in rubles could be a breach if you sanctions, but officials and ambassadors saying that the advice that's come from the european commission has been pretty unclear on this. at some point. so the last few weeks the commission has said, look, if companies want to open accounts with gas from bank pay in euro's or dollars, and then that money is converted to years, that would be completely ok. it's also come out and say, no, this does breach a sanction. so companies are in a situation not feeling particularly clear. it seems that poland is still buying gas from russia all be now it's happening to do it from germany. which kind of gives you a sense of where some of these other nations, like germany have been coming through and form, is that they just not ready for the consequences of turning the taps off to russian energy. just now austria is a former minister of foreign affairs. karen,

can i so please bill gary is dependent on russian gas and ports remained strong. and occasionally by guerria, it is evident that there has been this very strong connection to the russian guests employed by various definitely a case at stake. also given the the rather low purchase power off the average for gary citizen. and i remember that in by the area we have seen over the last 15 years, at several instances, social unrest because of high electricity bills because of high utility prices to topic that is very close to the everett i've given citizen, i would say, and i can also imagine that officials are especially sensitive to the topic because they're very, very specific history. recent history elsewhere in europe. yes. another country spain seems to be caught up in an energy tramp without jerry or one of its main gas

suppliers threats thing to suspend imports. the whole of energy importance is not only causing havoc and spain, but also morocco, one of spain's chief trading partners, and the neighbor of algeria relationships between now jerry and morocco took a dive last year off to algiers. cut all ties with his african neighbor along with one if it's pipelines. and it's now spain that supplies more morocco with gas, which still comes from algeria. austria is a former minister of foreign affairs carrying. can i still again, say algeria resources are limited? julia has been a traditional supply of natural gas for spain, much more for spain and italy done for instance, francois is sometimes difficult, sometimes very strong relations. but julia has come back on here. john looks from an e. u point a few like if i may be a little bit ironic, people are looking on the map and say, well, we don't want to have for gas from russia,

so let us look for gas somewhere and you rehab it north africa. so cheerier has gained some extra duty and everybody speaking a jury on once again. but let us also bear in mind, sure. it has all its production limits. it's. it's a country that as an oil producing member country of optic is, is facing its chill, logical limits. i have no insight in its current potential as a gas producer gas, ex florida. but i know that it has been facing the limits in particular when it came to toy production with the last years. ah, the german government is refusing to back a motion that would make the 8th of may the official day to commemorate its liberation from the nazis at a commonly celebration in europe as v. victory in europe day,

which marks the moment in 945 when germany signed an act of unconditional surrender to german states all ready commemorates may 8th as the day of freedom. but on thursday, a majority of the german parliament failed to support a proposition from germany's left party. russia commemorates defeated the nazis on may, 9th, commonly known as victory day. 11000000 soviet soldiers who led to the fight to liberate to europe from fascism died. and during the 2nd world war, let's not get the reaction from a deacon. they may form and pay from germany's last party, which initially proposed to celebrate may the 8th in the country. thank you for joining us on the program. it's good to see. so the day of liberation from naziism as a down to the a significant anniversary, full germany. what's your understanding of why exactly the current government has refused to celebrate this day as an official events. it was a very startle day when our former president of germany bishop from bio sick a 1st time in german history,

mentioned the 8th of may as the day of liberation and the till them it was the day of being national be of a defeat or anything like that, but from that moment on it was official that this day was day of liberation from the fascists and the war. of course also. and i think when the officials and the authorities in germany of go behind that point of our former president shut from from provide seka. this is something to be ashamed off of this, this significant days already being celebrated in some of germany's federal states and met him. but the problem will palmer and since 2002 and brandenburg. a since 2015. what happened?

the high country already adopted this day. of course, a celebration. we had this celebration in germany in several ways. it was no official. like is i'm they, oh, i christmas. but the left and the democratic parts, germany. a postulated that for this day, thinking in russia where i was in moscow, it's the 9th of may. but in germany, it's the 8th of may. and this tradition was hard to be to be fighting through. and now it's a, it's a big battle of propaganda. in our german television, i think also in the russian television, it's also a media battle. and for the moment the, the,

the battle of far tears for emotions is last for the russian side. because the, the pictures from the eastern part of grain was not published in germany. the thousands of people who were killed there is not so a present in the official knowledge or anything like that. so in the moment they tried to, to, to, to succeed and succeed and to have a victory after the next victory in the over the, the public. the public knowledge is the public emotions and that in this chain, it's one part to,

to try to avoid to, to mention the great meaning of the 8th of may or which is also responsible about for that in germany. we can talk in the, in a certain kind of free without the, the, the success of the russian army. perhaps we could not have this interview. we could not have a, b, a r d, and the said to f and the other media. and therefore, we should be thankful father for the freedom and the 27000000 people who were murdered in german name. and i think we should also continue in respecting the big events, the big,

the big if the big power which was spend to pre germany on that on that in that war. indeed, how do you feel about what it seems to be the governments, the, the german government's attempts to shy away from celebrating such a memorable day. especially the very sensitive time when we've been seeing, you know, nazi activity on the rise across europe in recent years. i think am i am? i was 33 years in the social democratic party. i was in the parliament also father s p d for the party. oh, really pant. and i think the, the, the, the is talerico point that yesterday a german parliament decided that german tanks could be used against

russia. again, after 45. 0 has in a very sad sense, something to do with the, the handling of the age of me. that was your assessment of be increasingly anti russian rhetoric that has been spreading across europe over the past 2 months. and of course, reaction to the conflict in ukraine. do you feel it's justified at all? oh, i am. it's well known in, in germany i am and some of my comrades and my cook, my ex colleagues in the bonus tag. i think that the nato, this is very aggressive military alliance has a really provoked and in

a certain kind. oh, they wanted to just destroy the good friendship between the people in germany and the people in russia. and i think that there are some economical interests from the, from the u. s. o, where the german politicians are not. am anticipating enough from the pentagon and the white house to go their own way. so i think that this is a big success for the aggressive power isn't and spin doctors in the pentagon in the white house. that in the moment,

the relationship in the, the, the piece wanting a part of europe is, is disturb, is destroy, did a dame format, m p of germany's left party. thank you very much for your time. we appreciate that . and let's go to the latest on the conflict in ukraine. now, russia's defense ministry, as his forces have destroyed a ukrainian torch. can you ballistic missile, learn to which have been used to ta get residential areas in the ukrainian city of cousin on thursday, several missiles were apparently find at a tv how that were intercepted by russian defense systems. no casualties were reported in that us. hi, monica was also commented on his own strike against military, so i think he has, i rushed defense ministry as it used high precision missiles to destroy a ukrainian weapons factory. and the city care of officials claim a residential building was damaged in not attack with one person killed and at

least 10 others injured. now, as russia presses on with his military operation in ukraine, a new asking the british media has painted a bleak picture of years of global instability as a result of the war has come to mid western efforts to keep fueling the conflict with weapons supplies from 2 kias, but even some traditionally pro ukrainian commentate to the now questioning the ramifications the war ukraine has experienced sit back in the past few days. a senior ukrainian official announced yesterday that russian troops had taken part of the khaki region. yesterday, russia announced that it has captured the entire care san region. no ukrainian advances, not good to day is another grim day for ukraine. and as much as i understand your anger, dear ukrainians, i'm going to report what's happening. my, what you would like to happen that are times will come hopefully. but right now russia is crushing the ukrainian defense in many areas. when we,

while they toast chief, say the warm lights to are gone for years. again, salt and berg is still promising to arm ukraine with high tech military equipment used by the u. s. lead block. so we will continue to put the maximum pressure on president truth in a to end the war by imposing sanctions, by providing a co nomic support for those of military support to, to ukraine. i'm in need to be prepared for the long term, but it's a very unpredictable i'm from the job that situation in ukraine. but there is absolutely a possibility that this war will drag along a loss for months and years. so we are now a natal natal allies are preparing to provide support over long periods of time and also help ukraine 2 to 2 transits or move from the old solvent

era equipment to more mold on nato. a standard was i found they so supplies to ukraine include arms that amunition and defensive equipment, like anti tank and anti aircraft missiles, systems, us lawmakers and post a new bill to facilitate the lending of currently unused american military equipment. to clear, washington says it has already sent more than $3000000000.00 worth in 8 to ukraine . and so find and has requested the congressional approval of another 33000000. however, the u. s. president maintains his country doesn't want to get directly involved in ukraine and is not fighting a proxy war against russia despite the disturbing rhetoric coming out of the criminal and the facts are playing for everybody to see. we're not attacking russia . we're helping ukraine defend itself against russian aggression. so it shouldn't come as a surprise to any one that he is hiding behind the record of peace. because as we saw in iraq,

as we saw on saturday and honest on at the united states likes to play an honest broker. when in fact it has been and nothing but an honest broker. i think that's pretty obvious this. this has been the long term objective since possibly as early as 991 with the, the unified unification of germany, the expansion of nato. ultimately, ukraine has been the week under valley of russia, as has been identified by the united states for quite a long time. and really the, the u. s. objectives in this war, i think, may be 3 fold, ultimately to strengthen america's position in its unit polarity moment to weaken russia and ultimately be stabilized. europe at the cost of ukraine, of the us economy has shrunk during the 1st quarter of this year with the countries gdp displaying its was performance since the recession sponsored by the cobit

$19.00 pandemic. despite the steep decline at home job on the most to send more money abroad and military a to ukraine, leading some of the us presidents cr 6 to say he's putting america last instead of 1st. joe biden, once another $33000000000.00 for ukraine. when does it end? does he expect the taxpayer to rebuild ukraine to after the war is over? how much will that cost? just in biden wants to send $33000000000.00 to ukraine. i say, hell no, not a dime should go overseas, especially while america's economy is in decline. no more america last policies. bringing on washington correspondent rachel blevins. now rachel, nice to see you. so how exactly is to bind in justifying dishing out low money to ukraine? will the us economy is taken to some a tumble? the timing is certainly notable right now because when we look at the data,

it's adding to the increasing concerns for the u. s. economy. and yet it seems as though the u. s. government is more concerned about ukraine, in fact, right now, as president biden calls on congress to approve another $33000000000.00 and funding for ukraine. congress is also calling on by then to sign off on the return of the lend lease act. now that's a world war 2 era program, which essentially allows us companies to provide new weapons and equipment for allied countries like ukraine, without traditional government oversight, and without any promise or plans to immediately pay for those weapons and equipment . so that seems to be where congress has their focus. but then at the same time here in the united states, the latest data shows that the us economy shrank unexpectedly in the 1st quarter of 2022 with g d p falling 1.4 percent. now the main culprit here has been supply chain shortages, and that's incredibly notable because biden even said when he was announcing

unprecedented sanctions against russia earlier this year, that there would be an impact on global supply. however, even though we're not seeing the strong u. s. economy that by then as attempting to sell to the public. he still claims he is not concerned. well, i'm not concerned about recession. i mean, you're always concerned about recession, but the g, d. p, you know, from the 1.4 percent. but here's the deal. we're also had last quarter consumer spending and business investment, residential investment increased in significant rates, both for leisure as well as hard products. and it's not just by the top, mainstream media outlets here in the us are also trying to downplay concerns, arguing that americans should be instead, be focusing on how much the economy has grown since 2020, when it essentially came to a standstill. now all of this comes up,

the majority of americans have said that they are concerned about inflation remaining at 40 year hide. and they are concerned about the state of the us economy . we know that we now have the mid term elections coming up in just a few months yet, while americans have made it clear where they want their focus to be. it appears as though bite and remain focused on making sure that you crane has a host of new weapons. rachel, thanks for the see 1000 teams. rachel blevins speaking to us from washington. the us house has overwhelmingly passed a bill legalizing the seizure of russian assets in america when it can be sent to ukraine. some representatives, however, the claim, the measure is unconstitutional. giving joe biden unilateral authority to seize property in the united states without any due process sets a dangerous and disturbing precedent. the bill provides essentially no evidentiary standards for assets. seizure contains 0 measures to ensure transparency and

accountability. the bill effectively gives the president a blank check to fund poorly defined democracy and human rights programming and monitoring this vote as president biden to violate the 4th amendment sees private property and determine where it would go all without due process. the new legislation allows for the seizure of last is worth more than $2000000.00 belonging to those that supporting russia liquidated with been used to help you create, including for the purchase of weapons. moscow has called the move a legal and has promised a response. and the u. s. initiative has found support is across the atlantic with the irish foreign minister saying dublin could allow the use of a 1000000000 euros in frozen russian assets to rebuild ukraine. american radio stone. and it seems to me by western countries will only punish civilians. the united states government is going to the constitution and fries assets of

a foreign government. but it cannot turn around and use those assets that are so used to distribute to, i mean, out of 3rd party. so i would think this would need an act of congress, or we need an act official act from you'd be applied to administration and signing a consent decree to do that. i'm not sure. oligarchy. perform any other service other than i can be. i think it's a pretty picture to see. so you are, i don't know that the oligarchy have any type of influence over the russian military, over the russian government over the russian and challenges. i think it is the intention of the united states in the countries in the west to common russia. regrettably, when you punish a nation for the activities of a government, it trickles down to effect the russian citizens and little effect them as far as cost to increase. and if it will be some suffering to the people at large. and that's very unfortunate. many thanks jay company here in asi international. this friday. we will be back in 30 minutes with the very latest. we'll see you then.

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