[000:00:00;00] i the moscow says it capture ukrainian, neo nazis must have faith justice and thus cannot be exchange for russian prisoners of war. after fighters from ukraine's notorious as of battalions surrender invariable that's, as russia says, that more than 260 ukrainian soldiers, mostly from the ads of battalion, have given up their positions in battle. the field factory in the port city of mario. meanwhile, here whitewash is the surrender as a supposed evacuation. western media outlets are marked for relaying the narrative coming out of here by releasing inaccurate videos without proper fact

checks. we'll take a look at a number of examples and washington seeks to expand its own authority for investigating alleged crimes abroad. despite long criticising attempts by the international criminal court in the hague, to probe alleged us war crimes in the middle east. the broadcasting live direct from us studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us now as hundreds of ukrainian fighters from a besieged factory in marble. surrender to don bass. forces russia as parliament suggests, prohibiting your prisoners from ukraine's nazi as a battalion from being exchanged stork. i said, sir, my ceased of our position regarding the nazis here must remain unchanged. criminal

nazi prisoners should not be exchanged me and these are war criminals and we must do everything to ensure they are brought to justice. russia's defense ministry has announced that more than $260.00 ukranian servicemen, including from the neo nazi as of battalion, have surrendered from their positions in the embattled seal factory in mar, you will be captured. soldiers have been taken to areas in daniel, under the control of don bass forces. moscow has guaranteed the prisoners of war will be treated in accordance with international standards. were honestly a list of either of the surrender of the militants, of the nationalist is av battalion and ukrainian service men who were surrounded at the as off still plant in mary you. paul began yesterday. as of now, $265.00 militants have laid down their arms, including $51.00 who were seriously wounded. all of those in need of medical care were sent for treatment to the hospital in nova as asked in the donna's people's

republic. so you can see the military column of the dentist, people's republic, hand rush up, both made up of civilian vehicles like dozens of buses. they go all the way downhill over there, all the way down the street, also military vehicles and of course ambulances, including the intensive care vehicles as well. because, well, there's a lot of injured among those who are still hold up on the has of south steel seal works, which is just beyond those houses. right now. they're staying put, they're expecting, they're expecting, we're expecting a hundreds of people, hundreds of neo nazi fighters to lay down arms and well get on the buses. those who are injured, they will be taken to a hospital and they will get treatment. there are those who are well still fit, those who are healthy. ah, well, they will be put someplace else with russia waiting for more nationalist forces in marble, just surrender. some of those who have already laid down their arms have decided to

help the community while in captivity or 2. you spoke with one of those volunteering at a local hospital. but i was able to clean up the garbage was the floors carry food and also carry patients. we clean up all around the hospital and the street outside to change the look of the place we didn't want to fight. why should we, i don't need it. at 1st we thought about escaping. but then we heard that a conscript soldier tried to escape, and as i found him and shot him, we decided to wait for the right moment when we could escape. when our commanders had all left, we were left alone, not far from the school. so she went there and the russians were there, we surrender to them. and they brought us here. once when we were at the school, the commander told me that i needed to move a tractor. while i ran to start the tractor or they left somewhere, i started up, they drove out and waited for them. then and i'm a personal care drove up and, and as a fighter got out, he asked me who i was told me to move 3 minutes away and 53 times,

then told me to lie down on the ground. he came up, he started hidden me and wanted to burn my ear with a lighter. he twisted my fingers and stamped on them with his feet. he said he would take me to his guys, so they would throw me into a p. w me, i didn't know what they would do next. there was just taken out of the track system despite ukrainian troops laying down their arms. western media has portrayed the event as an evacuation that's relying on the words of ukrainian officials who said the soldiers have quote left the plant with the support of numerous ukrainian and international organizations. they made it no mention of the involvement of russian or done yet the troops, we heard from investigative journalist, vanessa billy, who says the establishment media is a narrative, is crucial for the west for trail of the conflicts. this is an indication of the importance of this war to the last, you know, this isn't the existential war on so many different levels. there are now some

mainstream major outlet, particularly in france. that is, and i think the new york times is addressing the war crimes committed against russian prisoners of war by the ukrainian forces, particularly the as of an idol battalion, for example. here instead of course, we see a very civilized operation. we see russian soldiers as harring to international law to geneva convention tree thing. they forget soldiers, ukrainian forces with medical treatments, taking them to hospital, treating them with respect and dignity that was not given to russian pe, o'donelly's. and the fact that worse than major is ignoring the difference in the behavior of both sides is indicative of their hypocrisy. and

actually their criminal support of criminals. and they cannot admit that the russian forces that they have portrayed as the brutal invaders are the one thing with decency and humanity. cubes defense and ministry has published a video of its army, claiming it has pushed back russian forces as the countries border near. hark of ukraine's 2nd largest city, but questions have been raised about the veracity of that footage. among other things, soldiers in the video are saying they came to the frontier on april 15th. but for some reason, the footage wasn't published until an entire month later. earlier, my colleague at unit o'neill heard from a correspondent, maria phenomena about the matter. most of western media have been very quick to spread this news that he, if sold them and they were either not very professional, not very accurate with information that were offered or, and other guess is that maybe the idea was to make people believe that it was true that the brennan forces reached the border with russia in high to complete and

pushing the russian troops back. no matter it doesn't matter. let me how close to reality toys. and it seems that he wasn't quite close to things on the ground. first of all, the days. indeed, the footage was released on may 15th, but the soldiers in the poor 30, or whoever the odd may be the actors they say a for let's take a listen with, with how to explain why i call them actors because later another video was published, showing the same group of people in military uniform carrying, you can see it right now on the screen. carrying the frontier posed the same blue

and yellow board to pose that these people are gathered around in the food to south . got astonishing is that because you can understand for morale, reasons to hang up, but actually taping it that footage of them lifting it through what seems to be a forest that surely again yeah, i think on someone decided to to, to film it so that now we can see that they were carrying these pose to the film in disease chosen a site chase that it's not a real case and it's not a real frontier. and this whole thing was not true, but interesting is that this latest be do with these people carrying the post was most ignored by west media behind spreading the news. and even after it was clear they spake, they didn't even bother to, to remove this fake news from their painted thing else. i want to put out to the reuters news agency. maria has seen questions raised for publishing an article using a photo claiming to show ukrainian soldiers on the front line it, i think it's the sumi region, but the people in the picture they're carrying pink bowl guns. so that is pretty basic stuff,

but can have huge ramifications as you were saying if it's believed yet again, this is information war that we're leaving. and apart from having a real bloody will on the ground and stakes are very high. who cares about the truth been seriously like i without justifying, oh, at saft tonight, fake news about military success is something that i can understand. you know, he placed, the aim is clear but painful picture. while you report on russians been repelled by ukrainians in similar region. i mean to me it's more like about disrespect to journalists. mm. as a whole, a lack of professionalism. and if you read the comments to this reuters tweet, you can understand the people. i mean, the ticket the same way i did. well, i never since when is a war being fought with pay ball guns, or is this the new armaments that europe and the usa is paying billions for really at reuters next time get your photos correct. do you guys need to vet your images better? those are paintball guns and masks. those aren't soldiers in combat. does anyone at

reuters ever go to a shooting range or play paint ball? so yeah, it is a shame and you can see people are furious. people are angry, but you know, the saddest thing is that this is a blood to conflict and people from both sides are exhausted. not rotors is a tire, you know, may be on, you know, for reporting on ukraine. but people, they are dying, they're suffering, and they wanted to come to an end as soon as possible, and they want peace. and sometimes i think that we, as journalists as media community, we can try to help promote peace negotiations. you know, there were several rounds of talks, but eventually sadly, stop. so we can try to do something to, to bring sides together to push them back to table. but we see the opposite. you know, most of the media, they are fueling this conflict and you know, it doesn't help chime as that leading english language newspaper. the global times has voiced its support for india's decision to severely restrict to wheat

exports due to food insecurity issues. despite condemnation by the g 7 of the article points out that the west has failed to sufficiently increase their country's wheat production to stabilize the market. now, the agriculture ministers from g 7 urge indian not to ban wheat exports. but why won't g 7 nations themselves move to stabilize food markets supply by hiking their exports? the west just wants to shift the blame to the developing economies, including india, india, the world's 2nd largest. a weak producer has been suffering from an abnormally strong heat wave leading to profit shortages and pushing up prices to record levels . in the i had earlier been expected to replace russian grain exports hindered by western sanctions. g 7 countries have stood against india's decision saying it could potentially harm developing nations licked the export ban effects. countries

like bangladesh and a poll which urgently need it. we also recommend that a concrete decision be taken on the issue of the g 7 meeting of heads of state and government to which india will be invited from stood guard. we also call on india to assume its responsibilities as a member of the g 20. this restriction would not apply in cases where prior commitments have been made by private trait, as well as in situations where permission is granted by the government of india to other countries to meet their food security needs and on the requests of their governance. while china and india are important to trading partners and have extended their strategic and military relations, boarders mutes between the 2 nations have taken center stage in recent years. the move by china to support india main. now demonstrate a following intentions between the neighbors. rajiv secret, former secretary in the indian ministry of external affairs and park new wong,

a senior lecturer in the departments of politics at the university of bath, says india's decision to restrict to wheat exports is understandable as the government reserves food stocks for its own population. i don't think that the chinese reaction has any impact on india as a decision. and i don't know, i suppose your process or chinese why they think they would like to support the indian position. but the indian decision has been taken because of various considerations like less than anticipated. we tar. ready the heat wave and but we have said that the commitments that have already been made will be honored. and the india is prepared to export wheat on a gunman to gun basis if we get

a request. and we will. busy busy we will consider it a customer has been working to improve the china in the immunizations exposure along the dispute. but if you look at these foot crisis issue, it has to do with continuing concern body. chinese coven, regarding us sanctions on russia. because the u. s. sanctions on russia is not just censuring russia is sanctioned the entire world. the u. s. senate has been working to expand its a war crime legislation to give us courts jurisdiction over more international cases. washington has said it's a response to russia's military campaign in ukraine. ortiz rachel blevins, comments the united states congress is considering a new bill that would give american chorus powers to pursue individuals over allegations of war crimes committed in other countries. and they don't even have to

be us citizens, perpetrators committing, unspeakable war crimes, such as those unfolding before our very eyes in ukraine must be held to account. we have the power and responsibility to ensure that the united states will not be used as a safe haven by the perpetrators of these heinous crimes. the new powers would expand the 1996 war crimes act was one really important distinction. americans no longer have to be involved as a victim or the offender, but at the suspect, steps that on us soil, they can be tried in court. and there is no statute of limitations, meaning that the charges can never expire. while this change has been proposed before, it was always struck down in the past, over concerns that it would allow us to get a little too involved in other countries affairs. domestic prosecution based on universal jurisdiction could draw the united states into conflicts in which this country has no place and where our national interests are. slight. however,

you as lawmakers appear to have had a change of heart, and they say it's all because of ukraine. well, american politicians on the freedom to target anyone in the world, they still don't want the world to put their soldiers on trial. any attempts to do so by the international criminal court have been met with severe backlash over the years, with the bush administration, even signing a bill into law to allow the use of military force in order for us personnel who are detained by the a. c. c. while the u. s. is in party to the court anyway, the trump administration actually went as far as going out sanctions against i. c. c officials back in 2020 all because they plan to investigate the u. s. and its allies of, or allegations of war crimes, and i can't stand. so what justification did they give for those things? the president will not allow american citizens to be prosecuted by foreign bureaucrats. and he will not allow other nations to dictate our means of self

defense. so it's ok for america to pursue and prosecute foreign citizens around the world as they see fit. but if america is alleged means of self defense, violate international law. and accountability is strictly off limits. american exceptionalism at its finest. in washington, rachel blevins, r t. u. s. senate plans have come as the state department has launched a new program to analyze evidence of a war crimes and ukraine. the state department has said that the program will initially cost $6000000.00 and will examine satellite imagery as well as information shared on social media. russia denies targeting civilians and has alleged that some suppose the scenes of war crimes in ukraine have been staged from on this. we can cross live to international law. professor francis boyle, thank you very much for being with us here in our international thank you. best all

my friends in rti appreciate that. so is the us justified to expand its jurisdiction over international cases, particularly concerning russian involvement in the ukraine conflict or is this it overage? is america overreaching its balance? well, when i read the proposed legislation, i had to smile that there was so much hypocrisy involved behind it. we have large numbers of war, criminals and gender siders already running around the streets of the united states of america that the united states government knows all about because they did their work crimes and genocide in cooperation with us. and then let these people into the country with the visas. if you take a look at this legislation, there's a special provision and there are done on purpose so that the attorney general

could waive of prosecution of war criminals and genocide. years that have helped the united states. let me give you an example from my own practice of law, the israeli general, it famous here, rome who supervised the massacre and sovereign and should tear on 303500 completely innocent old palestinian men, women and children. these railey government was going to appoint him as their military attache to the united states. i sent a letter to the legal adviser to the foreign ministry saying that if you did that, i would show him one or 2 send your war criminals somewhere else. we did convince the canadian government to reject him when israel offered him as their

military anti shake. it didn't matter. israel sent him anyway, and i did sue him on behalf of several women who were next of kin. and of course, the united states department on state issued an official diplomat certification that your rhone had diplomatic privileges and immunities for committing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. so that's the way the system works over here . israel is constantly sending a war criminals in genocide, years over here to the united states. either is triple mads or to go to school by harvard. my elbow mater or whatever. and nothing is done about it. and indeed, if lawsuits are filed, the united states government will log in or the lawsuit on their behalf and get the proceeds dismiss. and it's not just israel's war crimes ice involved

litigation against the contra leadership. they're not nicaragua, and i followed many others. so if we get down to these plans, specifically, they include conducting investigations in foreign countries. is it really possible to maintain objectivity, particularly in a war torn countries such as ukraine? well, of course there's nothing objective about united states government investigating work crimes. that's why the, you know, the fox in charge, the hen house went to the united states government, investigate a war crimes in iraq. where under bush senior, they are killed about 200000 iraqis, 800000 of whom were all completely innocent civilians and of the 100000 military personnel. many of them were out of combat soldiers,

not legitimate targets of attack, or in the iraq war 2 by bush junior, where they exterminated may be one point. $5000000.00 iraqis and bush and all the rest of is neocons are running around here. scott, free in the united states. i've tried to go after them abroad in canada switch, learn global and poor malaysia, africa. it's very difficult. so would the us actually investigate the alleged war crimes by ukrainian troops and such as those reportedly committed during the current conflict against russia or even over the past 8 years in the don bass? or is this just, i mean, are there alteri motors here is this, is this a dog and pony show? what are your thoughts? yeah, it's a public relations exercise. a part of what we are law professors called law fair using law as

a tool for her. i'm not denying that war crimes might have been committed there by ukrainian forces and russia forces. this happens all the time in war, but this is not a good faith investigation by the united states. no, this is. this is law for using law as a tool of warfare against the russian federation. certainly, that's the way i interpret it. so if you take a step back, if you think that this might be an extension of a broader us sanctions war on countries, it sees as hostile such as russia, and let's go down that road. iran, well, we already know the united states government has waging economic warfare against russia. so this is law affair. you have economic warfare you have launcher. we've also seen the united states government commit acts of war against russia by giving

you crane targeting information against russian generals. and also giving you crane targeting information against the moscow and, and sinking the mosque. most clearly, in my opinion, were both acts and war. i know spokesperson, pest strikes best call earlier today. cues the united states government of committing acts of war against the russian federation. that is correct. all right, francis boil international law professor. interesting to hear your thoughts. thanks for being with us here on our international. sure. thanks. bye bye. or now the e commission has reportedly published a guidance on how member states can pay for russian gas as the block pushes forward with its economic blockade against moscow. warning that opening ruble accounts could violate sanctions of the reported guidelines advise maintaining payments in hard to currency while letting russian entities convert them to roubles. you

members, bulgaria and poland were earlier cut off from a russian gas supplies because they refused to pay in roubles to comply with the request by moscow, france, germany and the vakio have reportedly agreed to pay in euro's with subsequent conversion to rub rubles. meanwhile, italian officials have even said the country is ready to open. rouble denominated bank accounts to keep the gas flowing. at least prime minister has underline that the countries trade with russia remains in a gray area and does not currently violating the sanctions. they've no official pronouncement what it means to breed, to breach sections. it's not nobody's ever said anything about whether robles payments, breach sanctions or not. it's such a great song here. while e leaders debate about complying with russians to terms for gas payments and rubles

prices have surged. that sense the use struggles with apparent shortages of natural gas supplies amid the blocks attempts to cut energy dependence on moscow. russia, as president putin has warned that if the you completely ends russian fuel imports the blocks economy could crash. i've got to keep the rejection of russian energy resources by europe means in the long term that the region will have the highest cost of energy in the world. it's apparent, as russian energy resources become destined for the areas. increasing economic activity will also move from europe to the regions. this choice of economic suicide, of course, is an internal matter for european countries. we must start to pragmatically and proceed with our own economic interests. first. bernal cumby, the leader of environmentalists for nuclear energy, is convinced that there is no way for the you to cut its russian gas imports without going into a deep economic recession. it's an apparent paradox,

but the situation for europe is that it is heavily dependent on it's the price of gas and the gas to get the blood flowing in the blood vessels. it is vital, therefore, there is not really any choice than to accept the conditions that are opposed by russia, even if publicly they continue to condemn many countries. that crafts have no call, no gas or oil. europe has little energy resources. 40 percent of the gas imports in europe is coming from russia. so you cannot just strike that away. do you need to continue to purchase rush and gas? whatever is the means used to do it? it is needed. if it's not done, then it means energy will be lacking, missing. and year goes into deep economic recession. that does it for me, this hour i will be back in about 31 and a half minutes with another phone specialist, your new stay with us. this is our international

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[000:00:00;00] with welcome to world to part. there is a pearl of russian folk wisdom that says good fortune would never have materialized if it weren't for a misfortune. the warning ukraine seems to gram and grow. so just thinking about anything positive coming out of it, what is this dark cloud or rather a manger geopolitical storm, also had a silver lining to discuss that i'm now enjoined by steve. it's charlene economist and on there a research fellow at the university college london, professor kim is great to talk to you. it's a fairly rare treat for me these days to speak to western thinkers. so i'm particularly appreciative of bad. thank you. one glad to be invited and particularly knowing this will be on, on it, is it so anybody who sees that subsequently with your western orientation,