the 1st and this is for some of the lose lose lose from the ukraine, fires. it's human rights commissioner and part for a spreading on verified information about a ledge. russian war crimes or statement being widely picked up by western media outlets. also a hit on the program, your premium, the m p save care of can't guarantee new rockets it's receiving from the u. s. won't end up flying into russian territory doubts despite washington, claiming it has commitments from ukraine against a british citizen faces extradition to the us after allegedly violating american functions on north korea. shared his fears with rti about the global impacts of such a minute. i think it's raising some very,

very war in consensus to the international community to which though, as we should or shouldn't china islam the us for its growth deep rooted, a gemini mindset america once again to cry, staging, growing influence in the news revenue catching the program from today, welcome to moscow onto the news our in our t international. i mean, and the ukraine has fired its human rights commissioner in part for spreading on verified information about atrocity. she'll edge were committed by russian troops in the country. her removal comes after her claims were widely covered by western media, are senior corresponding morocco. dia picks up the story from their day a nice week sod end month after month. the world over was barraged with stories

horrific stories of rape and unspeakable acts committed, allegedly by russian forces in ukraine and such acts of violence, raping children little girls, 11 years old, repeatedly in front of their mothers or repeat piping their mothers and faces the children. will each day more and more credible reports of re killings, torture are emerging. the cone whom you hundreds of cases of rape have been recorded, including under age girls, very young children and even a baby. it's just a scary to talk about it. but it's true, it happened. women and girls right now are facing the worst kind of fear and violence. and we know already i'm from the analysis that have been done. they've been the victims of not just murder and rape, but kidnapping. many of these stories grew to be unbelievable. and that's not

a figure of speech. people including ukrainian officials and the government stopped taking them seriously. they became an embarrassment. so ludicrous was some of the oh go. the woman behind these stories, new nila denise of a, who was ironically, ukraine's human rights commissioner was fired a year before her term was officially up. the unclear focus of the on buds men's media work on the numerous details of sexual crimes committed in an unnatural way and rape of children in the occupied territories that could not be confirmed by evidence only harmed ukraine. her stories became so ridiculous that even members of the ukrainian media, which, which itself is in war propaganda mode intervened. 18. i'm journalists together with 51 lawyers and human rights activists, and others penned an open let, calling on her to dial it down. that the graphic stories published by hubbard

months old douglas being raped with a variety of objects to royal up the people that this was a productive or, you know, decent sexual crimes during the war or a tragedy of families. a difficult and traumatic topic. not a topic for publications. in the spirit of the scandalous chronicle. we are forced to trust the official information that comes from officials in a state of martial law a priori. we do not have the opportunity to verify it from other sources. in this way, we are spreading messages from the commissioner for human rights, in fact, taking them on faith as centrally. they asked that the stick to things that actually happened. all of these stories can be tracked baxa, denisa, and that seem most specifically the social media posts made by them. and that's where all the trailed stop, almost all of her raped claims, se ukrainian journalists are without evidence or witnesses,

despite her own less than honest approach. denise, her has been a vocal proponent for an international criminal tribunal to apparently bring russian troops to justice for things that she had lie. the bath, i think we should look at yugoslavia and rolanda. these are the examples that we all know about. there is the un international court of justice and the international criminal court. we need to push for the creation of a special tribunal. naturally, the niece of a has been blind to verify reports and footage of ukrainian troops murdering, torturing and mutilating brushing prisoners of war and even ukrainian civilians deemed to be pro russia and get the human rights apparently. but these telling isn't it, when you own politicians who are bent themselves on making the russians seem as terrible as possible that they fly for being simply too outrageous.

and just a reaction to add or piece there by murat. conservative talk radio host, steve gill, believes media outlets in the west are slowly beginning to question more. the narrative coming from give you the allegations that this lady was putting out there were horrific. what's even more horrific as if they were just outright buys and intended to create a propaganda scheme that would drive people up and, and create an anti russia mentality around the world again, based on lies, there are plenty of reasons to question the invasion to question what ukrainians have done in the war as well. but there's been so much propaganda that you know, getting the truth out has been almost impossible. but i do think you're starting to see some recalculation in the u. s. media, at least among some to, to be a little more skeptical of the, the stories and the propaganda that's been pushed out. and again, this is, in this case just been repeated without any verification or any basis of truth. we saw that with the i suppose it ukrainian soldiers who had had marked

a russian warship and they were supposed to all wiped out, turned out not to be true. you saw with the ghost pilot ukrainian fighter pilot that it shot down what it does in russian fighter jets turned out not to be true. and yet the u. s. media and other world meet you just repeated those things, ad nauseam. hopefully we're starting to see the truth start to eat out of bed and, and perhaps maybe he'll not only the reputations of those countries involved. but also the journalist who've been either duped or been complicit too powerful explosions, have rocky, as all sea port city of burdens. video emerged on line showing a large column of smoke rising into the sky. local authorities claimed the bluffs where the result of mine clearance works conducted in the area after the ukrainian army retreated, bertie janski's, not fully under the control of russian forces. while in western ukraine, this photo purports the show. a strike on the city of nevada,

where according to kiev officials, a railway tunnel that runs through the mountains before they used to deliver at western weapons on supplies to ukraine was targeted by russian rockets, local official, say 5 people were wounded in defense ministry, housing. he had commented on the allegations the threats of a larger scale war has been raised after a ukrainian member of parliament admitted on local tv that his country can't guarantee newly supplied us rocket systems won't end up targeting russian territory . now, despite commitments to the country made to washington, we undertake certain obligations, but no one can guarantee where the rocket will fly. there already or washington agreed to send a new 700000000 dollar military, a packet to ukraine, including a number of advance rocket launchers that can hit targets up to 300 kilometers away

. the biden administration though, has agreed to supply rockets for that with a maximum range of 80 kilometers. that's still, however, double the range of its how witcher's, which washington has been supplying to kiev on, would be enough to hit russian territory as we can make out here. there's some 70 kilometers between the russian city of car called and rushes belgrade, located near the border. the pentagon said cave has promised that those weapons won't be used to strike russia bouts, despite the us defense secretary, previously admitting they had little information about arms distribution in ukraine . anything they are doing on the territory of ukraine is defensive. in this context, the on the formal assurances that they will not use these systems to target russian territory in terms of our ability to track the weapons that are going in. as you know, we don't have any forces on the ground. so that's, that is difficult for us to do. well,

there's also supposed plans now that by the administration is going to send long range drones to ukraine as well. are to contribute a ritual. morrison can expand enough for us. washington is increasingly going all and found the conflict in ukraine was still pretending that it's not really involved. now reuters is recording that the by the administration is wanting to sell for and q one c great eagle drones to ukraine. they can be locked and loaded with up to 8 hell, fire misses each. the move raises a lot of questions. like, for instance, how washington could possibly still argue that it's only helping you to defend itself with defensive weapons when these drones are theoretically quite capable of offensive attacks. they can fly for at least 30 hours. autonomy eslie giving the long range strike capabilities, which would represent a risky new development in the conflict. and who exactly would be piloting these

unmanned aerial vehicles. according to writers, the plan would be for american personnel to quickly train ukrainian operators to fly them over the course of just a few weeks. but how is it possible to really prove who exactly is operating a drone is filing remotely from behind a screen that could really be located anywhere on earth. we've already seen how this can work during the cia drone strike program targeting jihadists in countries like pakistan, somalia, livia and yemen a major credit project, a former president, brock, obama, american drones flying at bases in africa. and the middle east were piloted by american operators who could have been sitting a world away. a few years ago, former cia deputy director of operations, jap, divine, told me just how much he absolutely loves drove. and i told him that i'm pretty sure that i know why they can certainly help to thicken the funding for and to

really muddy the waters for the degree of american involvement in ukraine. how would any one know who's actually pull the trigger between the american trainer and ukrainian training the new york times recorded in may that american intelligence is already healthy ukraine to target and kill russian. gerald and washington has a history of hiding conveniently behind allies to targeted foes. so of washington was wanting to get more heavily involved in ukraine while enjoying plausible deniability. well, it certainly seems a draws would be the way to go. what other nato countries are also offing? there are supplies to key f with german chancellor shoals, pledging short ranger to our missile systems known as iris t, which berlin has admitted apparently doesn't have any stocks. all london is negotiating with the united states on the supply of american rocket launcher

systems. former pentagon security on this michael maloof believe that he was being put under u. s. d u. s. has pushed the nato countries into this predicament and and, and they are, and the european countries really are now their own backs against the wall. they weren't prepared for this. they weren't prepared for the, the escalation of, of this crisis to the point that it is right now. and it's rely and once again on the west to try and, and, and now back back fill as we call it. clearly there, they were under us pressure to do something and you get to see the, the defense minister and the defense military started cringing at that at that announcement because they knew that they don't have the, the, the, the, the equipment in their, in their stocks. they don't even have it in their inventory. a lot of these weapons are going into the hands of the as of italian and the other, neo nazi groups that,

that are now part of the ukrainian military. and we have no way of knowing how they're being used, or they could be sold for that matter and, and maybe even sold to terrorist groups. we have no, we have no way to judge what the an use of those weapons are. and these are rather sophisticated weapons, even small arms and given the volume, a weapons that have been sent. there is no accountability, and this is another prescription for disaster. china has lost all its out the u. s. softer washington. this scribe, beijing's expanding influence in the pacific region as a threat. it follows a security pock between china on the solomon islands having recently been agreed upon making the u. s. new zealand joint statement. hyping. the relevant issue has

all terrier motives and creates does information to attack and discredit china. the united states has military bases all over the world, yet it expresses so called concerns about other countries carrying out normal security cooperation. such behavior is very hypocritical and reflects a deep rooted hedge, a monic mindset. we urge the u. s. to abandon it's cold, warm, and toasty in ideological bias, stop interfering, and chinese internal affairs, and stop smearing and discrediting china. the u. s. res, this concerns of president biden met new zealand prime minister to discuss, among other things security issues in the pacific. so the meeting followed with a series of engagements last month that the white house held with several indo pacific countries. western allney's about expanding chinese influence was made clear in a joint us new zealand statement or the agreement between the people's republic of china and the solomon islands. the establishment of a persistent military presence in the pacific by

a state that does not share our values or security interests would fundamentally alter the strategic balance of the region, imposed national security concerns to both our countries. well back in april china, the solomon islands agreed to a security pack that focuses on. busy booth thing, the solomon's national security, while giving beijing the option to send forces to the state, to quote, protect the safety of chinese personnel and major projects that's raised concerns among the us. i'm. it's allies about the prospect of chinese bases in the region. well, in a bid to counter china in the pacific, washington wants to ramp up replacement of intermediate range missiles, whoever a new report by the global policy foundation that run corporation claims, most of america's allies. there are not in favor of hosting the weapons. while japan is apparently the most likely to assist the paper claims, there's only a remote chance of that happening. we'll nelson one vice sure of the shanghai

center for impact and international studies. think tank. believe john is interest in the pacific are purely economic it's not so much of a, china's in, say, in the pacific region. but more of the us, the united states needs to have an end in may. and, and this is quite warry, some actually to, to the whole world. because china is not an expansionist the country. all china has been doing is expand the country's economy, economic activities, countries in the region, do not take china as a and b and do not take china as a threat. the u. s. hasn't done anything with these countries. and except talking. so whereas china has been a, you know, looking into the actual needs of these countries in the pacific and to start

establishing a very friendly poll stories that and so i think this is a china threat as being fabricated to serve the needs of the american government ah, not, there are mixed signals coming from the west over our russian oil with president biden, announcing it should still be bought by the west to stop moscow selling it to others on making profits. now that's a change of tone from previous promise is to cut all fuel purchases in order to destroy the word use, the russian economy. you have the, the, the, the issue is occurring. now as you have europe deciding that they're going to further curtail the purchase of, of russian oil. and there's a whole lot of consideration going on about what can be done to maybe even purchase the oil, but at a limited price. so that it has to be sold, the overwhelming need for the russian to sell it, and it would be sold at

a significantly lower price than the market is generating. now. the us been having problems weaning itself off russian oil to in the last couple of months, moscow has gone from being america's 9 largest exporter to 6, from february to march load rushes over, the export, nearly doubled, surpassing for a 1000000 barrels to the u. s. face the major oil price crisis ups, home let's cross live now to economist and or sir michael hudson or 3rd of the big super imperialism that just published destiny of civilization. you're most welcome to the program. michael joe biden seemingly has no publicly encouraged the buying of rushing crude big cuz it's going cheap. how does that fit in with the plan to punish russian on who do you think he meant exactly the us europe are both buying?

well, none of the plans that russia have really worked out yet. yeah, biden thought that he could convince india and other countries simply to sanction russia to and leave it without any up foreign exchange needed. but that hasn't worked because india is now the largest importer of rushing crude and a refinery. so the squeeze is very much on on your right now. and this gives russia a lot of maneuvering room for one thing. not oil. the same. russia exports heavy crude oil, an oil that's used in diesel and diesel fuel is what trucks and the agricultural machinery need that. so it is very dependent on this. and it's very difficult for india to sort of mix russian oil with other oil because there's like oil, there's heavy, you know,

the situation is much more complex than the mr. bite. and i realized, and what is really the wild card in all this is that simultaneously, we're fighting a tax on around a room. they grabbed iranian oil transports an increase. and if this continues around has the option i'm just thinking is shipping the st of hormones, stopping the whole near eastern oil trade with europe. so the situation is very delicate right now, and it's in the united states is trying to provoke a total interruption of trade all with europe. yet thanks for breaking down that explain all the differences. what do you make of the increased import, quite significant in ports of russian oil to the u. s. like?

well, russia needs the crude oil is some good refineries are specifically set up to handle russian crude oil. and if it doesn't work, the russian crew don't lead, simply have to close down the refineries and they don't want to do that. the united states is make it made it clear. it is not going to make any sacrifice at all on the conflict with russia. all the sacrifice is to be made by europe and by latin america and africa are going to be squeezed by the higher prices. so we're dealing with and how much of a shift is this then from the biden rhetoric to quote, cut all ties with moscow? obviously if he was living in a fantasy world, he was hoping that he could just beat other countries and tell india and china and other countries. will you please commit to the same economic suicide that europe is creating to sort of help us fight russia?

because we don't like russia. well, other countries are saying, why should we commit suicide uniforms to walk? no us economy. and then we will replace europe. and america is not able to dictate the world many. and you have heard the big bombastic statements as well as i have those nations that have said they're rejecting russian energy. do they actually believe it is possible? or is it all about making load political statements? i think it's more political statements. the fact is, if they reject russian energy, they're going to create a crisis. another economy that is even worse than you've seen so far. but they're not going to be able to produce a fertilizer for agriculture. other crops will be down. they're not going to be able to heat their buildings so far. they're giving lip service and saying, well maybe in 6 months we'll stop, but they don't expect the united states to be able to hold on that long. so i think

a lot of we're seeing a threat to russia. we're negotiating purposes without any real ability to enforce isolation of russia. well, thanks very much for coming in the program on taking us through that we do appreciate it michael michael hudson economist under with or live in r t a british citizen is facing extradition to the u. s. from saudi arabia, after allegedly violating american sanctions in north korea, washington claims he illegally shared knowledge of crypto currency technologies with pyongyang during a conference there. christopher douglas sentences wanted for allegedly conspiring to violate the international emergency economic power act, specifically conspiring to violate united states sanctions on the democratic people's republic of korea. by working with an american citizen to legally provide crypt, currency, unblocked chain technology services to the democratic people's republic. of korea,

while crypto currency expert chris in the travel to north korea in 2018 to participates in the conference being spoken about the following year. a fellow speaker out the event u. s. national virgil griffith was arrested by american authorities under the same charges. christopher no faces mister griffith incidentally was sentenced to over 5 years in prison. christopher himself is in saudi arabia after being arrested at the border. earlier this year. earlier i managed to speak to chris, he says, as a british citizen, he never thought he would be subject to american law and a close to global issues. my main thought in the accusation is that it's groundless . seems to give you some color before i travel to north korea. i'm a british citizen, i'm not american. i checked all of the guidance from my country. i checked the un

resolutions on north korea to check that i wouldn't be breaking any law laws or any sanctions, laws whatsoever. the, the british government, which is where i'm from, have not charged me with anything. they haven't found me guilty of anything. i was detained due to interpol read notice that was issued by the united states, and saudi arabia does not have an extradition treaty with the united states. however, that doesn't mean that i won't be extradited from here. so the process now is essentially waiting and submitting our defense, which we've, we've done to, to see what the outcome is really as, as a british citizen, i had no idea that i would be subject to american law if any other country in the world were to perform similar acts where they say that you can be convicted for a crime that i wasn't committed within the territory of the country and b and this the act, the correct that i'm being accused of. clearly clearly states that it only applies to us citizens. so if i can be extradited for this crime,

i think it raises some very, very boring concerns to, to the international community as to which laws we should or shouldn't a day. in my view. you know, if, if i am extradited, then we should be teaching american law in every single school in the world. because we will clearly, clearly subject to it. china and russia have pledged to work on a united approach to global challenges in what the 2 states call a newly emerging multi polar world. monopolizing the definition of democracy, imposing values and interfering in the internal affairs of other countries under the guise of democracy and human rights as unpopular and will not succeed without china as ready to work with russia and the international community to promote true democracy that is in line with the national conditions and public opinion of all countries, authorities in such a difficult, critical time that the world is going through today. a comprehensive, strategic partnership with the people's republic of china remains among the

priorities of the foreign policy of the russian federation. the experience of joint work shows that our ties have an inexhaustible potential. and just to give you some background where there were speaking there, the annual conference of russia, china cooperation, focuses on country threats, from military alliances like at nato or orcus, western sanctions, policies on the alleged damage it creates in the global economy, was also the skills will escrow live now to victor, guerara victors, vice president of the center for china until mobilize ation thing. thank you very welcome to the program. so you have the chinese foreign minister saying there, there's a need for a quote, real democracy. an interesting remark. your thoughts are not uncommon ever be achieved. ethan. first of all, no country in the world has a monopoly on democracy. as a matter of fact,

democracy should suit the special circumstances of the country as it is applied to . therefore, hall should decide the system for any country should be the people of its own country. and therefore, i think for a big country like china, of course we need democracy. of course, we have democracy in our process. however, our democracy is very different from that in the united states, offer many other churches. why? because we have our different civilization, went about different history, where are different socio economic cultural challenges. and therefore, we embrace democracy on the way and, and we promote economic and political development with our own special tasks. we call it democracy with chinese characteristics. therefore, i think countries need to respect each other, rather than using their version of democracy and use other country as if they have

a monopoly of democracy. that's not the case. and that should not be the case in the world up to date countries due to respect each other rather than try to overthrow each other. i'm looking at some interesting figures here. victor, the democracy perception index 2022. it was released this week at 83 percent of chinese people believe they live in a democratic country topping the list as well. the u. s. which of course, types itself as a global beacon of democracy. less than half only 49 percent of those where us said that their country was at the mark, receive your initial thoughts on those. well, 1st of all, in china we do have a very active system. and that explains why, in the matter of 43 years, john as completely transformed itself. why now china is already the largest economy by purchasing power parity.