ah ah, russia does not intend to tolerate western countries thievery and will not allow them to steal the money it earns for the export of oil and gas brushes. top diplomat says it's the new that is weaponized in gas applies with it's a threat to cut all ties with russian energy. that's as the commodity has become a major stumbling block in relation between russia and the you the situation, he's very fragile right now. there are senior officials from the un here for the red cross is what is why for the people who are trying to the new shape and negotiating with the nationalist still inside the as of the russian military, it down to the temporary cease fires to evacuate civilians from the besieged, as i'm stall factory in multiple, the industrial complex bears the last pocket of ukrainian nationalist resistance in

the city. in an attempt to rewrite history, ukraine begins a mass dismantlement of monuments to soviets soldiers who had thought to free ukraine from nazi occupation during world war 2. mm hm. and international workers day turns violent him a number of countries, including france and germany, where police use tear gas against angry protectors and making number of arrests with broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. right now you leaders have not shied away from condemning rushes, suspensions of gases, supplies as quote blackmail, but that's after e u countries froze russian state assets on the massive scale with much of those

funds consisting of payments for oil and gas. russia's top diplomats as moscow will not tolerate that. what is the decision for a state the simple thing is happening today, but critics of our actions, everyone who has been condemning us in recent days for some reason do not want to talk about it. we haven't robbed of our money more than $300000000000.00 taken install. and most of that some had been received for the supply of gas and oil. and according to your rules, gas problem was supposed to keep the money in its accounts in western banks. and when they decided to punish russia, they simply stole it. russia does not intend to tolerate western countries thievery and will not allow them to steal the money. it earns for the export of oil and gas . hungary has said 9, you countries have agreed to russia's request for gas payments to be made in roubles, even if 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 supplies to their marchese. gotta start off reports now

on the growing tensions over gas between russia and the west. weaponized gas, no, not an unconventional is fixed and above the one you might use to cook or keep the house warm. now, it's in the percentage 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 your member states is another provocation from the kremlin. but it comes as no surprise that the kremlin uses 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. we're 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 for years. like when i try 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 off 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. today i have directed my administration to impose sanctions on north stream to act in its corporate officers. these steps are another piece of our initial trench of sanctions in response to russia's actions in ukraine. the 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 be it. 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 of 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, you has planned to reduce natural gas consumption in an effort to build up reserves and cuts supplies from russia. one german think tank has claimed 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 while gases redirected into storage with factories and power plants to stop operations. we heard from richard varner, a governance and sustainability expert at demo for university. he says that such measures would 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 us 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 contracts and inflation goes up and ordinary people get squeezed. the spokesman for china isn't foreign ministry has penned to the responsibility for the ukraine crisis, squarely on the u. s. government. the u. s. bears unspeakable responsibility for the outbreak of the ukraine crisis as it broke its promise and continuously pushed for nato's eastward expansion. in a sign of moscow strengthening time with beijing rushes that natural gas exports to

china have increased about 60 percent since last year. well, conversely, on the backdrop of strained relations with the west, russia gas applies to western nations, have been reduced by around a quarter. then last week, russian state gas export gas prom suspended supplies to e u. countries, poland, and bulgaria after they refused to pay in rebels. the one that we can cross live to benjamin chow, a professor at the paris school of business. i thank you for being with us here in our international to kind of wrap our minds around this. so, china's foreign ministry has accused the u. s. now of provoking the ukraine conflict through nato's eastward expansion towards russia. what's your take on that? china has been neutral in, in the position about the you can crisis but has been insisting that many times that nato knows. so the u. s. has to face ground the,

the security concerns raised by russia repeatedly, also thing that, especially for the john declaration of russia and also china. when the president put in a right page, a thing that china standby oppo russia to, to not support the expansion of nato. now, if you get to the business side of things, rushes gas exports to china have increased about 60 percent since last year, where the supplies of the commodity to western countries are down only by around a quarter. do you foresee even further strengthening of russia's economic ties with china, or a global shift towards this type of a relationship? duke energy collaboration between china and russia is extremely promising, especially in the long run, although it is very challenging to increase exports to china into the in the next

23 years because energy exports from russia to each phase, resorts constraint, logistic bottlenecks, and also political issues one estimates that gets prom could probably supply an additional 28000000000 cubic meters by 2025 only oppression of the 155000000000 cubic meters once she has applied to russia in 2021. but in the long run, it will be much less of a problem. and why is that? because russia and china assigned to large energy deals this year, the capacity of the power of us a barrier pipeline is 38000000000 cubic meters per year. guess problem is also planning and at around to china via when gaudia, we've a plank capacity of 50 beating cubic meter per year. this to be built in 2024 and in production, 2027. up from 38000000000 cubic meter per year before the ukraine crisis this year . so there is also a side, a boy is to route to carry up to

a 10000000000 cubic meters per year. adding up is 98. so it is 2 3rd of the 1155000000000 cubic meters applied to europe in 2021, which is now 1st is a coffee year. we have less guess production, but there is a huge potential to grow to because china has already made a pledge to well, to cut carbon dioxide emission by 2025. to achieve that, china, it is a total of 650000000000 cubic meter per year of natural gets into $1021.00. china already consumed 370. so it means another 280000000000 cubic meter is need a per year. of course, china also this diversify energy imports for and it's a crude reason and also leads to compare prices as well. so lots of room for growth in there. one of the things that we're watching very carefully is how things are

being paid for. moscow has insisted that western countries start paying for russian gas supplies and rubles, and now gas prom has cut, poland, and bulgaria after they refused to comply. how could this effect europe in general? are they facing a crisis here? yes, i think we have seen the russia is already cutting. energy is applied to poland . so and no, there is no point in force you to continue you receiving us dollars or 0 in and other countries, a callous or, or be note the for research of russia has been, has been fries, you know? so i think it is a sensible thing for russia to, to have to have to secure the, for research in their own bank account before being able to sell something. they don't want to sell anything for free, of course, and the return if,

if europe does not agree with this kind of payment system, as we have already seen those of the a, an example of cut and gas. so this might have a huge impact to, especially germany who need a lot of industry demand forecast. one thing that we've seen is that the you is trying to switch to saudi gas. although gulf countries demand higher prices than russia also gulf countries have said that they can't really meet the demand. do you think that europe could cope without rushing gas at all? i think into the stopper is simply impossible. the, in the long run, it is not cost effective. i think right now we are playing a bluffing game from, you know, because maybe you do ripping countries and a to wanted to have a pet park in a position with russia to try your balance as the ukraine crisis is

closing in, in the next few months and so on. so in the long run, i do think it is, you know, you can, you can now mclee a sensible for europe to, to cut, to guess import from russia. right? benjamin child, a professor at the paris school business. interesting to hear your thoughts as we move forward through this entire crazy time, preciate it thank you. now ukrainian nationalists have been hold up for weeks in a besieged factory and marble, their last pocket of resistance in the city. meanwhile, the russian military has announced a unilateral cease fire in an effort with the un and red cross to evacuate civilians from the sprawling industrial complex of this is recent footage from the as of stall steel factory. russian lead forces have been transporting civilians to a nearby village where they are provided with food accommodation added medical care . those who then want to travel to areas controlled by chia are being taken care of

by representatives of the u. n. and the red cross. some of the civilians who have managed to escape the fortified factory said that they were forcefully held, thereby ukrainian military troops from the neo nazi as a battalion. if she wasn't shown as we tried to leave 2 or 3 times even by bus 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 who chose to shelter there, we were scared. so we just ran off 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 resolve fighters who came here very still very aggressive towards

us civilians are kick, corresponded with our garcia reports from the factory and mario bull, and explains the initiative for evaluating civilians. mary, you bow has fallen silent. the quad fields almost alien, but it holds a unilateral seas ra, established by russia, is now in its 3rd bay, broken only by ukrainian nationalist snipers. we leave the jago cl industrial zune . russian and allied forces have been ordered to hold fly 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 a senior officials from the un here from the red cross, as well as washer 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 there. 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 sun with the see suarez now. i beat an effect for over 24 hours. the city hasn't been least 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 quad 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 air, very interesting machine, a btr 82 k, because the pumps here are from italy. the engine is mercedes from germany and all the thermal 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 nationalist, 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 vast 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 states, it's think it's long. it's very dark on characteristic of ukrainians. most likely, one of the many foreign mercenaries fighting on behalf we've ukrainian nationalists here at what of course be interesting to see a full list of just how many nationalists of parish, the foreigners, and how many still alive and side the vase as of steel, industrial compound russia believes that hundreds of foreign fighters, i'll wave as of nationalists inside mary. you bulls, industrial zones. many far right radicals from the americas and europe. white

supremacists send war junkies for 2 months. that 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, div haughty for a mary. you po, russian. foreign minister sir galen rob has said keith has taken every possible effort to hide information about foreign fighters taking part in the conflict for the korean cy. he would suit thoughts this quickly was the young and the situation with the resistance that the as austell 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. meanwhile, ukraine's president's lensky and an interview with greek television has expressed

praise for the ukrainian armed forces. as of a battalion, despite having embraced neo nazi ideology, including using an emblem derived from hitler's very marked there is also the dissolved battalion, which does not consist of volunteers. but as part of the national guard of our state to day, they are part of the armed forces and all of them are an official army of our state, mary, you, paul, is protected by professional soldiers. it is protected not only by the as of battalion, whoever the volunteers are. we are grateful to them, but only professional soldiers can defend his off still and marry you paul. with such courage. ukraine has made a desperate attempt to rewrite history as it begins the mast dismantlement of monuments dedicated to soviets, soldiers who had given their lives to liberate ukraine from nazi occupiers during world war 2 with commentary. here is archie 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 yeah. oh oh, yeah. 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 ad, off 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 in 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 something ukraine doesn't want to do your mind, you must oracle memory is being destroyed by the hands of ukrainians. but is the people who rule ukraine, who are destroying it up when the main country, the rules, ukraine is the united states. the main goal is to pet russia, ukraine against each other, to destroy historical memories, to inspire the younger generation and to believing that russia has always oppressed ukraine, that upon ventura was a great ukrainian hero. it is for this purpose that they want young people not to

know the history of will we're to so they do not know that russians and ukrainians of 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 founded. the party that took millions of lives destroyed entire countries, tried to kill nations 102 years later on february 24th, a terminal 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. war is 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. zelinski 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 passed of anti semitic nazi collaborators are called heroes. was yahoo,

michaud now they are instilling in ukrainians that hitler considered ukrainians as arians equal to himself. but there was nothing like that he considered ukrainians. sub human, just upon mendera himself, was arrested by the nazis because he advocated for ukraine's independence. hitler school and ukraine was enslavement, extermination, and the settlement of rich ukrainian lands my german colonists. sooner or later people will see the light. people understand that ukraine and ukrainians were just expendable for the goals of the west. some demonstrations on international workers day on sunday, descended into violence with riot place using tear gas against aggressive protesters. ah, the heavy clashes erupt it in paris where police fired tear gas at angry crowds,

thousands gathered to protest against inflation and low wages in the country. as activists urge you just the government to do something about plumbing living standards, as well as environmental issues, opposition leaders used in the demonstration to mobilize people ahead of next month's parliamentary elections. putting pressure on the recently re elected president amended micron. we heard from a local reporter who explained the situation well, now for many demonstrators have reached the end of the routes. there are so many people in the square head. now as you can see, everything is calm, but 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 or 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 the beginning of the procession.

the demonstrators 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, we're also affected. the police began evacuating people from the square. so far, all this is happening without the aggression the police withdrawal rep for without exception and no one should remain in the square. still very quiet me to buy me said they're pushing everyone out. the, the several arrests were also reported in the german capital, and protesters collided with authorities with berlin police officers using gas in an effort to disperse the crowd. it's not only you that saw violence classes on the 1st of may. and if somebody were, and $160.00 people were arrested during the demonstration, branded illegal by the authorities, central areas were friends off as the turkish cities administration sought to for,

to large gatherings. but the measures reportedly provoked clashes between groups of protesters and police. locals had taken to the streets to express their anger over an economic crisis caused by mounting inflation that you knew for this hour. i'll be back in just under 30 minutes of another phone. fresh book say with us are to international with .