ah, ah, berlin makes fresh accusations against moscow as russia temporarily shuts down a key gas supply route to germany for scheduled maintenance. that's a made a fuel crisis caused by the backlash of western sanctions. it's also this our yet another forward position where american and 777 houses will base. here you have the number of shells these, the code, if charge tabitha will blood by almost direct impact r t investigates a hastily abandoned ukrainian army position where us made heavy weapons were apparently used to shell done. boss, us tries to pin the blame for the crisis in sri lanka on russia. that's the south asian countries president confirms. he's stepping down and made widespread riots

over the country. economic turmoil a . it's a beautiful day here in the russian capital and you're watching r t international. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. now there are fresh worries in the european union after russia halted the flow of gas through a key pipeline to germany called north stream one for 10 days. due to scheduled maintenance, germany's vice chancellor says european countries need to agree to tighten their belts and attempt to get through. expected shortages over the pipelines. maintenance was agreed by all sides in advance and will last until the 21st of july . north stream one flows directly from russia to germany through the baltic sea and has been crucial for berlin. last month, russia reduced the pipelines load by 40 percent after saying that some key hardware was needed for the gas route, and it was being held up by western sanctions. the pipeline accounts for around

half of germany's gas imports as our team. rachel marston explains german economy minister, robert havoc express concerns de russia when use gas applies as a political weapon. amid the program maintenance shut down of the north stream, one pipeline which normally transports gas from russia to europe. havoc said that solidarity is more important than ever solidarity for what collective suicide it's easy nations, their weapon ising, their own energy policy, putting their own gas supply in peril with anti russian sanctions for which we the citizens are paying the price of the pump. here in france were on the cost of a massive heat wave right now with up to 40 degree temperatures forecasted over the next couple of weeks. france even has a statutory holiday in june every year in memory of the nearly 20000 elderly who died in care homes from a similar heat wave in the summer of 2003, but french economy minister. but we know lemaire hardly inspires confidence that our leaders have any clue what they're doing. let's prepare for

a total cutoff of russian gas today. that is the most likely option. we have to anticipate and to put ourselves in order of battle as of now, except that we're not ready for battle here in europe. let's face it havoc proclaimed that he cut down his shower time. yet again. like that's any kind of a solution for supposedly developed nation while german cities are planning to introduce warm up space is this winter amid the need to ration energy? you know, those things that you see in depression era, hollywood movies, you know, the in, you is really jumped out of a plane here without a parachute, when it went gung ho sanctioning its own gas supply from russia. the proof, the fact that this plan maintenance shut down of nord stream one is sparking hyper ventilation by you officials who fear that russia could use it as an excuse to reduce gas delivery to europe or extend the shut down beyond the 10 days. the italian oil and gas company, any reports that daily supplies been cut by a 3rd of the usual volume. austria's energy company o m v also report

a reduction by nord stream, one operator gas prom of 70 percent when sanction russian energy, the eas top economies went along with it. but now is panic sets. and in russia turns off the top even temporarily. we seeing the bit off more than it could chew. it's kind of like that teenager who runs away from home, gets halfway down his own street and starts panicking over some foolish decision journalist and political analysts. luc reggae told me that it's becoming harder and harder for european officials to justify their sanctions against russia, to their own taxpayers and voters. all the politicians in europe. i trying to explain the, the, the very, very difficult things that we can go through in, in the coming months and years. probably all in it, we getting into recession. we have a 10 percent inflation in, on average, you're a point 5 or 8.9 percent inflation and i'll do the worst hit will be

germany. that's terrible because this is the locomotive all european economy of european industry, even if they could find out gas to replace crash and gas, this would have to be paid, not in, you know, anymore, but in dollars. and we don't print dollars a year. so it's gonna get worse and worse, you have a voice is coming by this princess. but also for example, sequel. and what y'all in france was set for one, something crucial that be the conflict in ukraine was not our conflict. and that she could not understand why we impose sanctions dot harmless, much molden russia. so it's getting, you know, very difficult for politicians to explain this and that they are trying to prepare a sway before rationing. that will probably come in the old lay on a german princess has accused berlin of hypocrisy and double standards over its approach to doing business with russia as opposed to other countries. yeah,

happen vicious, we decided that we didn't want to buy anything else from the russians. the americans force us to turn off not assume to which has since gone bankrupt. it was our decision claiming that evil of russians don't sell us anything is just keep bankruptcy because we have been explaining to people for weeks that we can get anything from them because he can not buy from criminals. but the funny thing is, we're willing to do business with other countries that use criminal methods in the same way. i remember saudi arabia or china, where we grew, are sent to concentration camps. for some reason nobody is talking about that. so the moral treatment is only dished out whenever it's convenient. for me, there is a lot of ideology behind this. can we afford so much ideology? and the question i'm asking is, who benefits from all this high level the scores? vince bickley. meanwhile, it's been confirmed that the required equipment to natural gas turbine will be returned to germany by canada, where the hardware has been undergoing scheduled repairs. the move requested by berlin was met with outrage in key f. as i explained more in detail in my following

piece. last month rushes state energy company gas prom was forced to reduce the flow of gas along north stream, one by 40 percent. why? several turbines essential for the pipelines, proper functioning, were under repair in montreal, and were blocked from being returned on time because of sanctions imposed by ottawa . so after a bit of begging from berlin to avoid making germany's energy crisis any worse, canada sidestepped its own sanction. something kiev was apparently crossing its fingers would not happen. if god forbid this decision is approved, we will undoubtedly appeal to our european colleagues that their approach must be reassessed. because if countries do not follow decisions they have agreed on about sanctions. how can we talk about solidarity, of course berlin would rather not insult its ukrainian proxies. so the german chancellor has been accusing russia of using das as a political tool, instead of you know, admitting that the west is shooting itself in the foot with its own sanctions. to

day we have to admit, russia uses energy as a weapon. no one actually believes that russia is reducing its gas supplies for technical reasons alone. for its part, moscow is reminding everyone that it has never failed to carry out its energy obligations. we completely reject any hints or direct statements that the russian side is using gas or oil as a weapon of political pressure. there is a certain routine with gas pipelines and such work is carried out every year. russia is consistently fulfilling all its obligations in a still able to guarantee the complete energy security of europe, sidestepping sanctions, making up stories to avoid looking hypocritical. it might just be easier for everyone if you're up stops trying to play hardball with the very country that's long provided most of its energy needs. meanwhile, mass protests in albania, over social and economic issues have hit the capital city of toronto. demonstrations broke out amid rising fuel and food prices as well as allegations of

government corruption. protesters are demanding the resignation of the countries leadership after inflation reached double digits and fuel prices rose by 30 percent . ah, sir, like as president has informed the governments that he will resign on the 13th of july days after protesters stormed the homes of both the premier and the president . some of them swam in the pool light and beds and crowded the corridors of the leaders houses. demonstrators have continued to occupy those residences, accusing the government of responsibility for severe shortages of food, fuel, and medicine. in recent months, the protest her say they will remain at those locations until the leaders reside. but here's a closer look at the events surrounding the latest chaos in the country. with

ah ah, moderately the c p babies are not so certain and the political stability as gone. so who fires even a couple of ministers you were recently appointed have been designated. so it's

going to need to be an unstable. wanted to go to division and unstable economic supervision as we speak, go on field, a new residential police, the speaker taking on the duties as the active president and leaving the v was all based off and all party government, which would be most probably take place after the 13th of this month. so the people lockwood dignity. 6 people are roaming around the president's house. we probably gonna be good for use of the tv of recent residents of the pride, but it's the at the same day. so myself, other special government residents is i'll be in the room by the purpose. does fingers crossed for a better tomorrow he had, he's through lunk up. this is john voss reported to you from colombo silica now us secretary of state antony blinking is once again pointing the finger at moscow. he

sang that rushes military campaign and ukraine has caused rising food in security around the world, including in sri lanka, thousands of kilometers away. we impacted this russian aggression play out everywhere. it again may have contributed to the, the situations we were concerned about, the implications that it has around the world. now, russia has denied washington's accusations, saying that western powers constantly blame moscow for events that have nothing to do with it. the k arctic events and 3 longer or combination of months of protests sober and unprecedented economic downfall and emerged in the south asian country long before the ukraine conflict erupt. it. the crisis has been attributed to the covert pandemic which, deprived to the island nation of vital tourist revenue. human and labor rights lawyer dan colic says western capitalist interests are actually to blame for 3 long turmoil. but cap and in sri lanka is the result of western capitalism run amok. this has nothing to do with russia and everything to

do with the failings of western style capitalism. but of course no one in the west wants to admit that. so they blame russia. western style capitalism unfettered capitalism has shown itself to be a complete failure. we've seen this in the united states, in terms of the pandemic, where we've had the worst, the most number of cases, the most number of deaths of any country in the world. meanwhile, the super rich had gotten $4.00 trillion dollars richer, and we're seeing this type of economic injustice throughout the world again, including in sri lanka, this is not inspired by russia. this is inspired by people's own demand, their own suffering. and the west has no one else but themselves to blame, but of course, so they go and blame russia. the us secretary of state has praised former japanese prime minister sions are bay during a surprise visit to tokyo,

just days after the ex premier was shot dead during the campaign event. all bay did more than anyone to elevate the relationship between the united states and japan. to new heights were friends, and when one friend is hurting the other french shows up. lincoln also said he handled handed japan's incumbent prime minister some letters from the us presidents for members of our base family who have held a private funeral for the country's longest serving premiere in tokyo. but to get more on this, we're going to go live now to former pentagon security analyst, michael maloof. michael, thanks a lot for joining us on the program. the 1st thing i want to ask you is basically, after the assassination of our bay biden ordered american flags to be flown at half mast at the white house, followed by a surprise visit by the us secretary of state to tokyo. what do you make of these moves by washington? well, it definitely is a little unusual for the united states to put the flag at half staff for foreign

foreign, national but, but on the other hand, i think what i think it's all a political gesture on the part of biden, to show the closeness of and reinforce the, the closeness between the united states and japan. it was obey who actually helped create the quad, which is really aimed at china. and of course that's why you heard reports about china cheering. abe's death and there that there's no love lost there. but clearly for the united states it's, he was a close partner and reinforced the whole deed for a stronger defense, but also a stronger alliance among others. not only for a stronger japan, but for a stronger alliance. and it's of course, all aimed at china. so it is, it is a loss for the united states, and that's why you saw the you saw biden immediately show respect

to the, to the japanese embassy and also to rent reinforce that their relationship with the current prime minister. so it's, it's, it's for the united states policy, it is an important japan. it remains very, very vital in that alliance. while staying on that partnership between japan and the united states, what do you make of a recent statement that the u. s. state department made about this partnership saying that the partnership with japan, with japan is a cornerstone of peace and stability in the endo pacific region. well, united states has come in halfway around the world to assert itself and in, in china's backyard. it, it's also to give those countries as a reinforcement of security of some of some kind against against china,

which is trying to take over re resources in certain areas of, of the eastern south china seas at the expense of those other countries. even india is trying to compete in that same arena, and that's why you see conflict with them, even though those 2 countries are together in the bricks or that they're together under the shanghai cooperation organization. so there's conflict in the, in the, in the pacific. i don't know that it's necessarily going to bring stability, such for those countries, they might feel reassured, but the question is, how long will the united states even keep up its its commitments? and that seems to come and go. i do know that the administration has sought the pivot, the more in the pacific and away from middle east. and, but that's now trying to do a 2 track. and at the same time,

you see australia getting reinforced with the new arms in order to underscore that alliance. so it's there to give confidence, building and, and reassurance to those to those countries. and basically, it's just going to be a continued standoff between the great powers, china and, and the united states ultimately. well, of course that can't be ignored, that are based assassination came on the eve of elections in japan, which were eventually won by the countries ruling party on sunday. do you expect any changes to japan's foreign policy agenda and then your future as a result of that? i see i see an effort to reinforce the, the alliance of not only the alliance but also to push for stronger military build up of for, for, for japan, they want to amend the constitution. and i think obvious assassination reinforces

that male in it. and again, of course, you're going to have the sympathy vote as a consequence. and so it, it's almost going to be a mandate to try to strengthen the, the military of japan, which, which is what ave had in mind. and of course that, that fits in very nicely into the quad arrangement the united states have. but those countries in the region and in china, china is very aware of it. it's going to be a status quo for them and they're gonna, they're gonna, they, they know it's not going to, it's not going to change that much in terms of the security realignment. but it does mean that there's going to be continued attention in the, in the pacific for the foreseeable future. mike, i'm a little former pentagon security analyst. always a pleasure having you on the program. thanks so much. now moving over to the ukraine conflict,

it will now be easier for residents of ukraine and the dunbar peoples republics to get russian passports. that's after a lot of mere putting, signed a new decree to speed up the procedure. as ortiz eager dawn of explains, the process of getting a russian passport has been streamlined for every citizen of ukraine. and it's the geographical nuance that is important here and the story. because initially these citizenship privileges, they only applied to the residents of the den. that's and lugens people's republics will then breaker we regions from ukraine, which have now proclaimed independence and have been recognized by russia. then this club has been expanded to include the southern regions of ukraine, some of them which are now under the control of the russian forces in a large part. so some could draw some conclusions. may be the saying that this could hint at russia's intentions in its special military operation. although officially, russia has not made any concrete territorial claims as to which regions it would

like to will liberate, as they say. apart from, of course, the territories known as the de nets and logans people's republics. meanwhile, russia's defense ministry says its forces have destroyed an ammunition storage depot for us, supplied rocket launchers and howitzers, and southeastern ukraine. moscow also says the russian military has eliminated a ukrainian weapons warehouse which stored more than $200.00 tons of foreign made anti tank missiles systems. earlier, moscow said it has does. it had destroyed almost 2000 western made rounds for howitzers and rocket launchers inside ukraine. now focusing on don boss, russian lead forces have reportedly taken over 2 towns in the north of the daniel people's republic. i made attempts to move the frontline westwards to reach major ukrainian held strongholds in the area. according to soldiers operating their retreating, ukrainian troops continued to use civilians as human shields. and in the guns

people's republic, russian lead forces are advancing after taking control over the last key towns there. as you can see on the map, russian troops are moving further to the west to reach a ukrainian stronghold in the city of severs. russia's defense ministry says some ukrainian units operating in the area are in a bad state after taking heavy losses are cheese more. i guess the reports from the frontline, they're quite when we came here listen so quite any more not tillery jewel between russian forces and ukrainian forces were quote bags. but in the me here shows the shells, whizzing us and explosion the other side. and then return for good thing where in these, these ukranian trenches bonkers and these are bunkers full suds. again, not much of

a puzzle here. ukrainian troops abandoned their uniforms belonging scattered all over the place, but this is very far from the front blood. nevertheless. ukrainians from the front line when the conflicts began. nevertheless, you couldn't some build. these steel reinforced concrete bung has one of the place. huge doors inside areas where they slept. great in t shirts and limbs. these stretch of the front lines from the city of san francisco bar, moot, is arguably the most violent of the conflict. the thunder of artillery only ceases when the guns are destroyed. yet another foreign position where american and 777 houses we're based here. you have a number of shells. these are powdered judge canisters all bund,

by almost direct impacts. you have a number of craters here, multiple rocket launch, a system can touch it by the look of them. but we have in direct evidence that at least one cabin was the sure these are the was from the ties. you can see the burn marks here and here. and this is a, this is where the back part of the canon as it far this is where it dug into the earth. ah, he, you have the, the trenches gouged out by the supports. and nevertheless, despite the fact that it was the short the ukrainians. somehow, dow this out of here again perhaps to prevent russian forces and allied forces from capturing those in what would undoubtedly, undoubtedly have been

a p our victory. this is the 2nd time in a span of a week that we have found destroyed, artillery positions where american houses was stationed everywhere. ha shelves and powder charged canisters, shipped from us arsenals and abandoned by ukrainian troops. oh, but that isn't all. in one bunker, we found a fool memory cod with a number of videos recorded by ukrainian troops and left behind to be found if something were to happen to them. gwyn personal simple bonaparte. when i got into position the 1st time i was shooting, it was complete. shock to me, so shocking that i didn't know what to do, where to hide. nobody knew anything, nobody reported to anybody. nobody said anything. the heads were so irresponsible.

nobody reported anything to any warmth. i only heard about the dead, the wounded from the neighbors walkie talkies. why? i don't understand the tangle. there are hundreds of similar videos that have been posted on line and they're often the same. the sad story of demoralized conscripts and drafted soldiers sent without any training into a brutal fight. the fates of these men are known as are the fates of thousands. upon thousands of soldiers, conscripts and foreign mercenaries whom ukraine has written off as missing in action. and in their stead, it has thrown others into the grinder, untrained and unwilling farmers, teachers, drivers, musicians, and programmers who are more and more aware that they are being used as cannon fodder. or i'd guys via archie, from the la guns people to republic. ah, in argentina,

thousands of people have filled the streets of the capital one osiris on saturday during independence day celebrations to protest their, their government's failure to curb the country's economic crisis. oh, the countries minister of economy resigned last week as concerns over the negotiation of an i m. f. vell, out deal worth $44000000000.00 and soaring, inflation running at over 60 percent with rising dollar. prices have hit the country's population hard following the ministers resignation. president alberto fernandez, called for unity and criticize the countries opposition for disintegrating the nation. argentina, which has been struggling through economic crises for decades, made a $44000000000.00 debt restructuring deal with the i. m f. earlier this year, many protesters now blamed the i m f for having to type their belts. that's

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