ah ah, russia does not intend to tolerate western countries feverish and will not allow them to steal the money it earns for the export of oil and gas rushes. tom diplomat says it to the ear, that is what the life and gas applies with its threat to cut all ties with russian energy. beth, as the commodity has become a major stumbling block in relations between russia and the you, the situation is very fragile right now. there are senior officials from the you when you red cross is what is left for the people who are trying to negotiate and negotiate with the nationalists built inside the steel. the russian military announces temporary fires to evacuate civilians from the besieged as on stahl deal

. factory and arguable industrial complex bears in the last pocket of ukrainian nationalist resistance in the city. in the parent attempt to rewrite history, ukraine begins a mass dismantlement of monuments to soviet soldiers lead thought to free ukraine from nazi occupation during world war 2. with in france, labor day rallies defend into violence classes between demonstrators in place with gas and water cannon deployed. as people try to express their concerns about economic hardships following the re election of president, my club with prison live direct from our studios and moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. and we start with news just in to

our newsroom, this, our too powerful explosions have been reported above the western russia city of belgrade, near the ukrainian border. now this footage purportedly shows the blasts on the night from sunday to monday. i witnesses say that the explosions triggered car alarms and shook windows. in the districts, there are reports that a ukrainian military plane had been flying in the area and was shot at by a russian air defense system. the regional governors has said no casualties have been claimed so far. all right, you leaders have not shied away from condemning rushes suspensions of gases, supplies as quote blackmail, but that's after you countries froze russian state assets on a massive scale with much of those funds consisting of payments for oil and gas. russia's top diplomat says moscow will not tolerate that was russia does not intend

to tolerate western countries and will not allow them to steal the money it earns for the export of oil and gas. hungering, have fed 9, you countries have agreed to russia's request for gas payments to be made in roubles, even those governments have not publicly declared their compliance. in contrast, poland and bulgaria have taken a strong stance against russia and moscow has halted. gas applies to them or to go to donald comments now on the growing tensions over gas between russia and the west . weaponized gas, no, not an unconventional is fixing to, but the one you might use to cook or keep the house warm. now it's in the percent of the road between russia, europe, and the u. s. the u says moscow is shaking down the block gas crumbs announcement that it is unilaterally stopping gas deliveries. to certain jo, member states is another provocation from the kremlin. but it comes as no surprise

that the criminal use of fossil fuels to try to black. my last back in march, in response to the use aggressive sanctions. russia announced a key change in how the blog will have to start paying for gas in short, in rubles in detail. the customer now has to open 2 accounts in a rush and bank one in euro's the other in roubles. the payment comes into the 1st account, then the bank converts euros into roubles and transfer them into the 2nd multiple experts have said that for the e u, the change is negligible, but it's now the us that's going out of its way to blow this out of proportion for working for other nations like korea, japan cutter and others to support or effort to help the europe and allies threatened by russia with gas blackmail and their energy needs and other ways. oh, well look who's talking? washington surely knows everything about weaponized energy resources. because the us has actually been doing it who years like when at tried to get europe hooked on

americas much more expensive l and g, because it's supposedly freedom gas. the united states is again delivering a form of freedom to the european continent. and rather than in the form of young american soldiers, it's in the form of liquefied natural gas, a shift like that for europe would have been equal to shooting the kneecaps of its own economy. but for uncle sam, there's no place for sentiment when it comes to making the big bucks. same goes for the nude stream to gas pipeline project from russia to germany. when the u. s. stopped just short of sanctioning its own allies to derail the construction of pipeline could have easily tamed the ridiculously high gas prices and helped europe with its energy crisis. but trying to tackle russia is surely much more fundamental on america's pyramid of needs. the actions we've taken to date have already had a devastating impact on the russian economy. and even if you are goes down with it

. oh, so bit for years the us has been turning oil and gas into a weapon of mass economic destruction and so have some of western allies, but all at their own expense. we've seen from new proposal, brussels, the a, the international energy lobby is putting for the template plan to break the you away from dependency on on, on russian energy. some of the idea is quite sensible. others are pretty ludicrous, like people reducing the thermostats, nor heating systems by one degree. but all of this is very much a theory very, very much. what be does well, which is basically come up with ideas and produce papers and create committees were very, very long way from anything really happening. so i don't see any real changes very quickly. other than more division, politically, which makes you look weaker every day. the e u has planned to reduce natural gas consumption in an effort to build up reserves

and cut supplies from russia. one german thing tank has claimed that that would be possible only with significant restrictions on industrial production and power generation. if the storage tanks are to be filled according to the plan specifications and at the same time deliveries from russia ought to be cut so severely. this will only be possible with significant restrictions for industry and power plants. the proposed plan is to squeeze the use economy. well, gas is it redirected into storage with factories and power plants to stop operations. we heard from richard warner, a governance and sustainability expert at dent monfort university, who says such measures wouldn't negatively impact ordinary people. if the european vessels do as american requesting, which is really what's happening here. because previously we've heard from the european governments of business impossible. we need the russian energy. but if

they're now on the u. s. pressure buckling and they are saying, okay, we have to ban russian oil imports maybe the end of the year. then that will be a serious, very significant negative impact on the economy on economic growth. in fact, on the standard of living. because the energy inputs are an integral part and necessary input for almost all types of economic activity in europe. and yes, ordinary people will feel this. it will be very painful. food prices will rise, energy prices, everything will go up. we are entering a period of accelerated stacks, lation, where the economy slows down and contract, and inflation goes up and ordinary people get squeezed. ukrainian nationalists have been trapped for weeks in variables, lifestyle, steel factory, the last pocket of resistance in the city. the russian military has announced

a unilateral cease fire and efforts with the un and red cross to evacuate civilians from the industrial complex. and this is recent footage from the area russian lead forces have been transporting civilians to a nearby village where they are provided with food accommodation and medical care. those who then want to travel to areas controlled by kids are being taken care of by representatives of the u. n. of the red cross. some of the civilians who have managed to escape the fortified factories say they were forcefully held by ukrainian as of a battalion. radicals if she wasn't shown as we tried to leave 2 or 3 times even by bust back when there was no shelling, but they always brought us back. they didn't let us leave, we were all outraged. how could they keep us there? if we are the ones you chose to shelter there we were scared. so we just ran as off members came to our bunker and said, yes, we opened the apartments, we went inside, they swore at us calling us our pro russian city. they said they found russian

flags in almost every apartment, but that's only what they told us. to be honest, i didn't have a russian flag in my flat, but i didn't have a ukrainian one either. few of my relatives did, but some of the czar fighters who came here very still very aggressive towards us civilians. russian army doctors have been providing medical assistance to local residents. in this footage, you can see military surgeons saving the life of a civilian, allegedly wounded and showing by ukrainian forces in the town of who guns people was. republic ortiz, corresponded with gusty of reports from mario pal, where civilians are being evacuated from the as of salt factory. mary, you bill has fallen silent. the quad fields almost alien, but it holds a unilateral sees for established by russia is thou in its 3rd day, broken only by ukrainian nationalist snipers within the adults feel industrial soon

. russian and allied forces have been ordered to hold fire. for a 3rd day. there are no air strikes, new artillery barrage has even infantry must seek permission to return fire also that a brittle evacuation deal can succeed. the situation is very fragile right now. there are senior officials from the un here from the red cross, as well as russian officials all trying to negotiate and negotiating with the nationalists still inside the as of steel. industrial complex because the situation is so fragile. journalists have been forbidden from going anywhere near that. that is one of the conditions that the nationalists have put forward to keep the press away, not to feel what is happening. so that is the,

the talks that are ongoing between them and various officials closer to the as of steel, industrial complex. but as i say this, this is a hopeful sign of the see suarez now. i beat an effect for over 24 hours. the city hasn't been leased quad since the battle began. more than a 100 civilians held by ukrainian nationalists for 2 months have been able to leave the as of steel complex. many more still believed to be inside. but this quiet has provided us with an opportunity to visit areas recently liberated from nationalists . this is another armored personnel carrier that was captured by russian forces from as of nationalists, ukrainian nationalists. this imperfect working condition other than the tires, replaced those and off it goes. but this is an a very interesting machine, a btr, 82 k, because the pumps here are from italy. the engine is mercedes from germany and all

the thumb. well hey, imaging and video cameras inside the electronics are all marks in english. now the interesting thing is how did these come into the possession of ukranian nationalists as of nationalists, which until recently, even many western countries considered a radical organization. yet nato instructors and nations quietly train them captured documents and pictures show, and supplied ukraine with high tech equipment that they knew would fall into the hands of ukrainian nationalists. nationalists, and mercenaries. here at the edge of the vos, as of steel industrial compound, we found the body of another ukrainian nationalist killed during the fighting. he had i. what's interesting about him, if you have a look at, he said it's think it's long, it's very dark,

uncharacteristic of ukrainians. most likely, one of the many foreign mercenaries fighting on behalf with ukrainian nationalists here. but of course, be interesting to see a full list of just how many nationalists of parish the foreigners, and how many still a lot of inside the vas as of steel industrial compound. russia believes that hundreds of foreign fighters are we've, as of nationalists inside mary, you pulls industrial zones many far right radicals from the americas and europe. white supremacists, send war junkies for 2 months. they have also been, persists that reports that among them active duty, nato instructors and even offices who may well be according to room was part of the civilian evacuation. deal more at gas d of r t from mary. you po,

russian. foreign minister said, love rob has said she has, has taken every possible effort to hide information about foreign fighters taking part in the conflict on the side of ukrainian radicals. he would sit duexis quickly will stay in the situation with the resistance at the is optional factory and mary, you, paul, and the stubborn hysterical desire of zalinski and his western patrons to withdraw all of those people and send them to ukrainian territory is explained by the fact that many people are there who can confirm the presence of mercenaries or active western military officers on the side of the ukrainian radicals. we go to king has made desperate attempts to rewrite history as it begins the mast dismantlement of monuments dedicated to soviet soldiers who had given their lives to liberate ukraine from the nazi occupiers during world war 2, with more and commentary hears are teased on quarter as war rages on and ukraine, a destructive frenzy against the countries anti fascist past has spread like a plague memorials to soviet soldiers who fought and died to for ukraine from the

nazis are being desecrated in mass. oh, i should we be at all surprised, after all russia said it launched its military operation because of the worrying number of people who still glorified naziism and ukraine. and since the operation began, key of the attempt to whitewash world war to history have been kicked into overdrive like when ukraine's government removed and profusely apologized for a picture of former japanese emperor hero. he toe that it posted in a video on twitter. our sincere apologies to japan for this mistake. we had no intention to offend the friendly people of japan hero. he toe was depicted alongside adolf hitler and benito mussolini. since they were,

let's not forget the leaders of the axis powers in world war 2. but just because tokyo, which now supplies key of with military equipment founded offensive ukraine, decided to rewrite that part of history. he has also decided to and its participation and a historical initiative of the commonwealth of independent states, which was intended to protect the memory of courage and sacrifice demonstrated by the soviet people during world war 2. and for some reason, that's something ukraine doesn't want to do, interview showed, oh god, me, great, historical memory is being destroyed by the hands of ukrainians. but is the people who rule ukraine, who are destroying it, the main country, their rules, ukraine is the united states. so the main goal is to pet russia, ukraine against each other, to destroy historical memory, to inspire the younger generation into believing that russia has always oppressed ukraine, that upon vent era was a great ukrainian hero. it is for this purpose that they want young people not to

know the history of war to so they do not know that russians and ukrainians are brothers. a lot of ukrainians were heroes of that war. my father included. and now the west is trying to divide us, arguably the most absurd was ukrainian president vladimir zalinski is attempt to like in russia's military operation in ukraine to the extermination of the jews at the hands of the nazis movies named arizola. we are in different countries and in completely different conditions. but the threat is the same for both us in you, the total destruction of the people state culture, and even the names ukraine, israel, on february 24th 1920. the national socialist workers, party of germany, was found in the party that took millions of lives destroyed. entire countries tried to kill nations 102 years later on february 24th. a criminal order was issued to launch a full scale russian invasion of ukraine. needless to say, some israeli officials were not impressed and reacted with outrage bore as always

a terrible thing, but every comparison between a regular war as difficult as it is and the extermination of millions of jews and gas chambers in the framework of the final solution as a complete distortion of history. so lensky is government, hasn't been alone in this alarming trend of re writing world war to history. though, for the past 6 years, russia's un proposal to combat the glorification of naziism around the world has been met with only 2 votes against the u. s. and ukraine. at the same time, washington says it's cancelling this year's annual arlington cemetery ceremony. that commemorates the meeting of us in soviet troops, shortly before the nazis defeat in 1945. no doubt, a startling trend of historical revisionism is growing throughout the western world, one in which the soviets who liberated the concentration camps of eastern europe, are called oppressors and the ukrainian neo nazis who glorify a past of anti semitic nazi collaborators are called heroes. will show who show now

they are instilling in ukrainians that hitler considered craniums as arians equal to himself. but there was nothing like that he considered ukrainian subhuman. upon mendera himself was arrested by the nazis because he advocated ukraine's independence. hitler's goal in ukraine was enslavement, extermination, and the settlement of rich ukrainian lands by german colonists. sooner or later people will see the light. people will understand that ukraine and ukrainians were just expandable for the goals of the west. serbia has recently been gripped by a wave pro russian demonstrations. thousands of people have taken to the streets to express their support for russia may be conflict in ukraine with crowds of demonstrators waving russian and serbian flags. and holding up pictures of russian president vladimir putin. they shouted, the slogan, serbs and russians are brothers forever. referring to the traditionally close ties

between those 2 predominantly slavic countries. dumb john finance, vh leader of the serbian pro russian movement peoples patrol. so the serbians support for russia has resonated throughout the world a little bit. as i put i did, i was the center leader of the raleigh and support of the russian people. as i said, a try, the initial rally, service and russians of brothers. and we do not necessarily need to be pro russian oriented. we provide direct support to the people. we consider ourselves as self organized. the escalation of problematic issues occurred after the migration crisis in 2015 after the outbreak of the war in syria. the government leadership did not do its job properly. we're very involved in all of the current events. many of our journalists and volunteers were in ukraine in 2014. we know very well how the war began. there. nobody sense, especially in the western media. there from 2014 to 2021, 10 to 11000 people died by the hands of the ukrainian military. now,

when information campaign is being conducted against the russians, just as it was conducted against the serbs in the 1990 s, the reaction to the rally in support of russia, which we organized, was significant in the world in western europe and in our society in particular, we will continue to support russia so that the russian people understand the we are truly strategic partners in the balkans representing the serbian people. meanwhile, in germany, numerous people have protested against heavy weaponry being provided to ukraine with demonstrators saying that they will not stand aside as quote, madman drag us into world war 3. they lay down around a make shift missile representing themselves as casualties of the suppose that nuclear war war monger and liar. that is what protesters in northern germany, north germantown shouted at the country's foreign minister among nella berry buck during her speech about the ukraine conflict.

oh, i'm 150 protesters, use whistles sirens, and love speakers. when the minister was on stage, the reaction was provoked by her defense of the government's decision to send the heavy weaponry to q. that decision was made last week by the parliament now willing to join other nato members in sponsoring the war. joined state earlier germany provided ukraine with anti tank and anti aircraft systems, as well as armored vehicles. some demonstrators on international workers day on sunday to send it into violence with ryan police using cheer gas against aggressive protestors. in the turkish city of the stumble, more than 160 people have been arrested during demonstrations. friended illegal by the authorities. it's essential areas have been fenced off as to the administration sought to well large gatherings in the area resulting in violence between groups of

protesters and police. locals took to the streets to express their anger over economic crisis, caused by aggravating inflation. meanwhile, in france, the heavy clashes are up in paris where police fired tear gas and re crowds. thousands gathered there, the protest, inflation and low wages in the country as activists urge the government to do something about funding, standards of living as well as environmental issues. opposition leaders also use this rally to mobilize people ahead of june's parliamentary elections, putting more pressure on reelected menu, micron, or local correspondent reports. we know from the demonstrators have reached the end of the route. there are still many people in

the school. now as you can see, everything is calm just recently, things are completely different. the police are standing around the perimeter of the square police officers with water, canada, which is sometimes used to disperse the crowd. and also in cases where the demonstrates is behave aggressively towards the police. last year, 100000 people gathered for a demonstration. it's hard to say just how many a here today. and perhaps a little more or a little less. you have to understand that right to the beginning of the procession that demonstrates, has behaved rather aggressively. a lot of shops, restaurants boutiques were targeted, including one of the local mcdonalds. in addition, many offices of banks and insurance companies will also affected. the police began evacuating people from the square. so far, all this is happening without aggression. the police withdraw. reverend, without exception, and no one should remain in the square. still very quiet me to buy me said that pushing everyone out. pay power has

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like caleb martin as a form of blatant censorship. of dissenting journalists and outlets. if you look at the kind of coverage that we produce at met press for the past decade, we have been unapologetically working as a watchdog journalism outlet. which is how journalism is supposed to operate according to our 1st amendment, to hold those in power account to expose the profiteers of the permit war state. and we've done this from the wars in iraq, afghanistan, libya, we're living right now and an intellectual no fly zone, which is what we've named it, where online censorship of dissenting journalism has become the new norm that does a for me, this are, i will be back in let's say 32 and a half minutes more news you watching are to international say ah, ah,

a so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on, often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully, very difficult time time to sit down and talk with ah

hello and welcome to worlds apart. if there is one thing in common between the russians and the americans, it is a deep seated believe that the passage of time reveals the moral truth from st. augustan to martin luther king from president obama to president putin. and now president vibe and they all have a soul seated themselves and that causes with their right side of history. but is the divide between good and evil. indeed, so stark and irreconcilable. well discuss it. i'm now joined by charles corruption senior fellow. 1 at the council of foreign relations and professor of international affairs at georgetown university professor captain, it's very rare treat for me these days to speak to western are experts for form officials like yourself. i'm very, very grateful for this opportunity. but oh, i also have to ask you,

why did you decide to talk to r t given the in, you know, the potential academic and professional repercussions that you may face? well, i'm some one who believes that we should keep the corridors of communication, even as the relationship between russia and the united states gets worse and worse, even as the war goes on and casualties continue to mount. i think that that, you know, dialogue is always better than no dialogue. so that's why i'm sitting here, having this conversation with you. thank you for that. and the previous time i interviewed you was, i think, in the summer of 2017, when we thought that the relationship is in russia in the united states, the lowest point after crimea, and all these to the russian mythology surrounding the trumpet ministration. this

is the way.