aah with with with russia and the republic of the congo stressed their resistance to block meal in foreign affairs, that is the message coming after russia's top diplomat lunde's in the country on the 2nd leg of his african tour. allows western countries apparently attempt to pressure the arab league, demanding its members break times with russian. foreign minister leverage also receives a warm welcome from more than 20 representatives. all the organisation restricting the flow, russian energy, joint gas problem sais. it's taking another gas turbine offline from maintenance,

cutting the already reduced energy flow to europe by almost half the move resulted in on the immediate spike in europe. scouts price with bribing to defect r t gets access to a number of files from an f s. b sting. operation showing a failed attempt by key to get russian pilots to switch sides with wherever you're capturing the program from today across the globe. welcome to moscow on to our international these rhonda. i mean to know me. russia and the republic of the congo stand against political blackmail on being dictated to over global affairs. that is the message coming from the countries after russia's foreign minister arrived in the african nation earlier to stay, ellis, we both stand st. democratization of international relations for quality of all nations and global dialogue in line with the un shorter,

who stand against dictatorship, ultimatums and black male in relations between sovereign countries. quicker. our stance on the russia, ukraine crisis has remained unchanged since it's already. it relies on the position of the african union. we never want to how, what the wolves actual to the fire, from the outset, we want to keep a dialogue with both countries to look for a way out based on the go she ations compress. you don't. yeah, the foreign ministers also said they how they expressed interest in developing military economic health cur ties between the nations. besides bilateral relations, the officials also exchanged views on global events as well as the ukrainian conflict. the per cupboard long running crises such as the sun off between israel and palestine. the terminal and fragmented libya with both stressing the need for including all political powers to reach a settlement there. sure go up. ralph touched on in the central western african nation on sunday evening was greeted by the congo louise leadership on monday,

he held talks with the president than a substitute and a guest. so i handed him a personal letter from the mere political analysts. from the near bring democratic republic of congo, feels russia's diplomatic push in africa, could win over support. you'll see the comment of people on their social media and the new deals with you see how people are really thinking about it's a very good opportunity for the african not only for may be like a very, very positive sign for the russia come come back in africa or something like that. so it's also because of the context in which we are going to the most of the country if you pick it up and then what country later, mccracken got 15 issues with security. it's really giving hope. people expect more in terms of security and also got r t for example,

leadership and also in terms of, you know, big un, they feel like you have more positive disorder in terms with this affordable russia . so it's really give him a sense of a home will definitely come rejoined men and walked on in general. well, the talks in the republic of congo mark the 2nd leg of rushes, top diplomats african tour on sunday. he was in cairo on the 1st stop of his 4 country trip. after congo he travels to ethiopia and uganda. now the tour comes, the american politicians have been ringing the alarm bells or for what they call russia, quote, spreading influence on the african continent. something washington said would jeopardize u. s. interest. during his visit to egypt, striegel of ralph entered up the west already attempted to sabotage his meeting with members of the oblique shoes had he met the when i was on my way here,

protocol was shown to us that was distributed among the diplomatic co by the secretariat of the league of arab states. this protocol concerned the protest made before the league of arab states by group of western ambassadors from the united states, frost germany, great britain, and a representative of the e. u. it demanded that all arab friends, firstly, condemn, and secondly, reject all actions that russia is taking. it said it was impossible to sign any documents with us or take any pitches with us. you've been so you despite allege western attempts to put pressure on the arb league states, that meeting in cairo was conducted in a friendly atmosphere with rushes, foreign minister getting a warm welcome from more than 20 representatives of the union. archie contributor rachel marston has been analyzing what it is about africa that fixates the u. s. on the you. so much africa has long been taking for granted as a western stopping ground humanitarian aid. and the global war on terrorism have

typically been used as pretext for the u. s. and has european allies to swoop in with an eye on africa's natural resources. and to give you an idea, just how much the west considers africa as it's turf tidied seclusion of global competitors. lateral has previously spoken of kind of telling exchanges between himself and both. his french counterpart, former foreign affairs minister, shaw eviler to the young, and e. you chief diplomat, joseph burrell, was room with gallagher. my dear colleague john ye, lo, drew young as well as joseph burrell. in september 2021, told me directly that russia had nothing to do in africa. neither by state means no by private means, because africa is an area of interest of the you and france sooner. the problem for the west is that it is spent years pratt falling all around africa and african seemed to be getting a little bit tired of it. france was leading an e u security mission that a cuba task force in this hell region of africa since 2020. but it was kicked out

earlier this year after it failed so badly at stabilizing the country that the missions host country malley underwent to cruise. clearly a resounding success for the showcase of what a european union military alliance could achieve, which is an objective that has long been voiced by french president, a mentor at my home. molly has since turned to increased cooperation with russia on the security front. and it's a trend that we're seeing all across africa as western countries failed to deliver . and washington is reacted, and it's typically subtle fashion to its loss of influence by bo, threatening and trying to bribe african countries at the same time, the countering malign russian activities in africa act introduced in congress back in march, targets african governance officials and businesses doing business with russia, it qualify, such dealings as manipulation and exploitation of africans sells

a lot leggy countering russian influence in europe and eurasia act of 2017. that led to the demise of the german russian gas project, nordstrom, to and from which we're all suffering here in europe. now, as citizens, a scramble for energy at high prices, it also sounds a lot like the countering america's adversaries through sanctions act, targeting iran, russia, north korea. and you know, all of this legislation effectively just deters other nations from dealing with america's geopolitical competitors. and no doubt that's by design. at the same time, the g 7 group of western allied nations pledged a $600000000000.00 plan for africa and latin america last month. so what do you think the odds are that the west will allow countries to both take that money and also to do business with russia and china?

it really does seem like an effort to compete with china's belton road initiative in the same regions. but well, it's a day late and a dollar short. it already smacks of desperate attempts to keep africa squarely in the western sphere of influence. as growing multi clarity, opens up their options. can other headline on the day russian energy giant gas problem has a nice it's the tick offline, one of the turbines that helps pump gas through the nord stream, one pipeline, to germany. the company said it was for routine maintenance. no, that means from weapons. they the all ready, restricted gas flow to europe will be cut by another, almost 50 percent. the lights been caused, an immediate spike in price is passing the benchmark of $1800.00 per cubic meter r t correspond. rachel blevins told me more. you know, this pipeline was already down to 40 percent capacity. and of course these cuts come just days after the pipeline went back online following routine maintenance.

now guys promise saying that they're going to have to take another turbine down. they say that it's due to technical difficulties and the need for even more maintenance. and we've seen really just those ongoing saga involving the north stream one where gas problem is also saying that they still have not received back that turbine, that they've been waiting on, which was sent off to canada and then held up due to a lot of back and forth over whether or not canada was even able to release it because of course the west has so many sanctions on russia that that turbine gotten to the crosshairs will now gas promise saying they did receive some documents on its return. however, those documents lead to even more questions than answers here. so there still is a lot up in the air regarding this very vital pipeline that europe still continues to rely on even the head of this news, the general mood in europe regarding energy,

where it's coming from was far from boy and to it is, it is very tense right now and, you know, you see this growing crisis, we've seen these skyrocketing energy prices that only continue to sore. and yet the response from top leaders and europe has not been to lead to any sort of meaningful answers. so far the european commission is now saying it expects countries with a block to simply cut their consumption of natural gas next month by 15 percent. now reports are saying that member states are already speaking out and asking for exemptions, saying that that simply is not a possibility. and when it comes to the real world, impact of those skyrocketing energy prices, we see that everywhere from the homes that are seeing those large bills to also the production germany specifically saw a survey of into shrill companies and nearly 20 percent of them said that they were already pulling back on production due to the fact that they simply could not

afford it. now, surely, there are a lot of people in europe who are thinking that they just can go forward like this, but the prime minister of hungry is the one who's actually speaking out. here's what he had to say about the situation in the war of the western strategy is based on 4 conditions. the 1st is, the ukraine is not alone, and it needs anglo saxon instructors for the country to win the war with russia using nato weapons. the 2nd is sanctions which should weaken russia. the 3rd is the aftermath of sanctions, which we should have handled, but russia could not. the 4th element is peace that we could have built. instead, we are sitting in a car that has punctures in all 4 tires. it is absolutely clear that the war cannot be won this way. so there is still a lot up in the air here, especially when it comes to looking at how this latest cut to the north stream one pipeline is going to affect the overall supply. and of course, how europe is going to respond to it. but across the atlantic, americans have no reason to worry about

a potential recession. that's according to the us treasury secretary, who said the slides slow economic growth, there are jobs for those who want to work. this is not in the economy, it's in recession, but when a period of transition in which growth is slowing, and that's necessary and appropriate, john, ellen also said, rising inflation in the country can be controlled. now, despite the rates surging to 9 point one percent in the past month, the highest it's been in decades. miss ellen's optimism is insured by everyone, including a former advisor to brock obama, said a recession is almost inevitable. pressure on american consumers indeed continues to increase with food, energy, and rent becoming ever more expensive, and with jo biden's ratings reaching at another all time low ortiz kill us up and has been looking at the public support for the president. polls indicate that the biden administration is not popular. 59 percent,

almost 60 percent of americans seem to disapprove of the job. the joe biden is doing. and that is consistent with other polling data that has been taken. an interesting poll that came out earlier this summer showed the 28 percent of americans felt that it would, at some point be necessary possibly to take up arms against the american government . that's how alienated that they feel. now, this discontent has manifested itself on the streets of america. here's a recent incident where a heckler confronted 1st lady jill bite. the now joe biden has provided his critics a series of bloopers, of which they control him on the internet and point out his flaws. joe biden seems to have quite a habit of reading off instructions either in his notes or in a teleprompter. not being clear what it is he's supposed to be speaking about and saying, and rather what it is that our instructions,

he says things like now take your seat, repeat the line. now make further comments and he continues to do that as he speaks . there are also some other notable blobs where he talked about the selfishness of . ready us troops in saudi arabia, for example, but at the end of the day, the driving factor behind jo biden's unpopularity is be inflation. which is that a 40 year high, the rising cost of gas, the rising cost of food, americans are just not happy with the buying in ministration. and it's performance . yeah. generally does come down to the economy, doesn't it? well, editorial director for the reactionary times news uncommon tree side, julio rivera leaves jewel biden's presidency. went down hill right from the off. if you look at all the failures of the budget and ministration has started on day one with his executive orders, you look at the border crisis. you want to whole a border construction. immediately after he won the election, he was running around in the media, talking about the possibility of legalizing up to $11000000.00 illegal residents

that cause the search to the southern border, which we're still dealing with. you talk about the energy crisis in america. you know, he tries to blame the conflict that's going on in ukraine for the rising price of energy in america. but the truth of the matter, if he was handed an energy independent country, i think the route of the economic crisis, the america facing it, and really every sector has to do with leadership. i mean, joe biden is incompetent. the democrats have become economically incompetent. joe biden deserved his poor poll numbers. bottom line. ok, deadly updates on the conflict in don bass for civilians have been killed by ukrainian artillery shelling, targeting the loop ganske republic, according to local authorities. the officials also accuse ukraine of using us, supplied high mars missiles systems. the fire at the city of al shift on the russian defense ministry said its high precision. missiles destroyed,

an amunition store for the highmore systems as well as american supplied howitzers . they've done yet. republic, russia, lead forces are now conducting a clean up operation of a local power station. the offensive continues and artillery units and neighboring new guns kind of been using shells filled with leaflets which urge kiev forces to surrender. our t sar gone had dia went to see one such battalion inaction fighting is raging on the dom, bass frontline with artillery playing a crucial role. ukrainian forces are bombarded daily, including with these a $122.00 millimeter shells packed with leaflets. let on an intense artillery battles are currently ongoing between our lu ganske forces and the ukranian military. what shufa shot, the lugens republics militia forces are now shelling the ukrainian army and new noisy battalions with leaflets. shells calling for surrender and explaining how to

do it in the right way to save their lives. the joint forces are now advancing on the dom boss front deep and the dpr ukrainian forces have few options to choose from. they can surrender, withdraw or be completely destroyed, what the acadia drones and reconnaissance devices accurately located enemy positions which turn into targets for artillery financing improvements. of course, we're trying not to miss and we're doing very well with the artillery fire coordination is working just fine. at present, it is difficult to advance further as keeps forces are using cluster bombs against villages and frontline cities as rush and lead forces approach. the advancement continues in the direction of severest solid r and r thomas. and just keeping attention on don bass, russia claims key of forces may be plotting to carry out a chemical incident in the ukraine control than yet city of slavery ounce. in order to frame moscow, the modell edge is $100.00 tons of hack, same at

a local factory could be targeted, which would put the local population as well as surrounding areas at risk of poisoning. artie has gained access to files not according to russia's security service exposed, failed plot by ukrainian military intelligence. the operation involved attempting to steal moscow's military jets by offering a pay off to russian pilots to defect. but instead, russian f s b officers were on the other end of the line, re a finance that takes us through the bought the fur in exclusive extended report. not. they say all is fair in love and war. and it seems, keith agrees, it's army, has been losing territory weaponry and personnel in russia's special military operation to the great disappointment and surprise of ukraine's western partners whose support and financing have been enormous. so he crane has been trying

alternative ways to reinvigorate its army. and provide treason in the enemy camp. they put a price tag on every russian combat piece handed over to the ukranian side by the russian military key. it was generous. hundreds of thousands of dollars for different types of weapons. warplanes fetched the highest 3 ward and 1000000 u as dollars. but when there were no volunteers, keith took the initiative itself. for months, the ukrainian military intelligence services have been trying to contact a number of russian combat pilots. why? to persuade them to still rush and fight debts and lend them in ukraine. homer for us and the most important go of this event is a piece of military hardware and the person who has defect it to our side. for lawrence, explain to you that our google is an airplane. you understand this perfectly well, and we're ready to pay for it. it's written in our parliamentary website that we

will officially pay a $1000000.00 for such things that we can negotiate with you or not. the median, i guarantee you to reduce the mere global because if i these actions i had to show my negative attitude towards the leadership of the country and motivate the flight crew to betray the motherland. initially of course, i took it as a joke, but after a period of talking it became clear that i was dealing with representatives of the ukrainian intelligence service and their western partners also is proposed to get passports of european states. a comfortable life abroad was promised. but we all understood that this was impossible, and we had no friends among them. the ukrainian side thought they were talking to paula's what they didn't know was that the russian f as b was aware of the operation and was monitoring all communications. how did they find in context ration pilots for what ukrainian intelligence can obtain information about russian services from the internet,

photos and uniform with military equipment in the background, some comments on professional topics or their reason to turn it to the user. the act on the sophisticated way they present themselves as foreign journalists, analysts, and recently don't even hesitate to speak on behalf of the russian media and state bodies. we see this activity and take appropriate measures. in most cases, people from key if introduce themselves as well as who they were ukrainian intelligence to earn the russian pilots trust they acted and professionally exposed the identity, their whereabouts and also shared some strategic confidential information. not good, but they believe so much in the possibility of organizing a hijacking that they reveal the layout of air defense systems, altitude maps, and lots of other useful information to us. this information was taken into account by armed forces in the course of the military operation. especially while using high precision weapons. there was a professional pilot taken part in negotiations from key

a side to with his russian colleagues. he discussed technical details of the flight and safe corridors including precise maps and schemes. young oklahoma, even though i gave you a route so that he would fly outside populated areas because there are a lot of man pad square and it will be difficult to warn them the system. we have a spy, we can give a command so that the air defenses don't work. it is 100 percent possible and i wrote to you about man pats will give commands for brigades to band shooting a targets for one hour in one direction. and the other. that's when russia security force as discovered, they were dealing with specialists with exclusive access. bush will, will make 3 entry points for you one and the character varia. the other one remains the same as before and we will make one south of dennis. when he cross our border, the contact line, your call sign will be 730. you say $730.00 warm c plus and will will know it is

you and will track you. but key if needed, guarantees to, to ensure that the russian pilots were real and actually had access to the jets that's key of wanted them to steal the ukraine inside asked for a video next to specific airplanes their number as agreed in advance. just for the video proof alone, ukraine shelled out $4.00 to $7000.00. then the question of how to pay the pilots emerged after all, western sanctions affected bank transactions between the 2 countries. so it was decided that cash would be handed over to the russians through delivery men and women. these sisters from moscow are the lost links in a long chain. they arrived in a russian town, took the money from their contact, and gave it to the pilot who secretly filled the moment later, rush and security forces detained, the person who had allegedly recruited the girls. and this is when an interesting

piece of the puzzle emerged. the man claimed he got the order from the notorious haste, the groves of a bulgarian journalist had of the billing kat investigative news outlet known for its close ties to the british intelligence service. am i 6 mister over grossi uh told me? well, he didn't actually explain anything to me. you just told me the name of the courier who would deliver the money by train. i'm overwhelmed with emotions. i'm furious with cristo, gross. if i trusted him as a man who would never betray me, i would never have thought there would be such a deal there. so, similarly transpired that grows, have ties with western intelligence agencies go far beyond just using their data and sources for his investigative journalism. in fact, it looks like he is a vital part of his secret operation led by you create an intelligence and not just ukraine in. i mean, is there

a feeling that ukraine was not the only one behind this operation door? obviously, the operation itself was carried out with the support of western and primarily british intelligence services. we know about group service involvement in my 6 not only from statements in general. ukrainian intelligence has recently ceased to hide its ties with the intelligence services of nato countries trying to take a place closer to their masters in washington and london. the long shadows, key of european partners was felt all throughout the months long communications. why are we doing this? so the next time guys like you could come to us and he'll, he'll the same mission. it's only possible if you confirmed that everyone is okay that you came and received a reward. you were promised by our governments. this amount of money isn't much for our governments. plus, our european partners will agree to this. the, you repeat partners were aware of another condition of the deal. a pot for money

key is also promised pilots and their families, citizenship, any european country. 2 passports were even issued. one slovak in and one romanian, the ukrainian intelligence incorporation with its allies in europe. prepare the documents for the pilots wives in advance as a guarantee ukraine promised safety. not only for russian pilots spent for their families to can one trust them. here it should be understood that as soon as the members of the russian pilots family leave russia, they immediately become hostages in the hands of ukrainian intelligence services. methods of blackmail, threats, and pressure on relatives have long ago become an integral part of the activities of ukrainian intelligence that there are no moral or ethical restrictions for them . they would simply kidnap them. the fate of another potential participant in the operation was also vague. in any crew, flying bombers, there are several people, and the ukrainian side was especially interested in the ass you 34 and t you 22.

but what to do with the navigator? here had a solution. when you could look upon it, i was asked to knock out my co pilot and what would happen to him after that is not clear, even if he would have been kept alive, hostile homeless, each houses shall come upon them. as for the navigator, we're currently working on the question of medication because there are other options besides chlorophyll and you need to know exactly when the pilot drinks coffee. before he gets on the plane. there are medicines that kick in and 30 to 40 minutes. so it's very important to calculate the time correctly. sort of more or, you know, the effects of the medication may change due to the caffeine. so it would be better to drink some water after the coffee. the drug key a proposed is hard to come by in russia, the ukraine inside all for it to provide the pilots with madison to drug their navigators. their contacts left the bag in his secret place outside

a town in southern russia, deer, and his special operation led by russia security services. that package was discovered. ukraine claimed the navigator would be safe, but it wasn't forthcoming on the details of how that would be achieved. then you get for grocer, i have nothing against him. he's become a hostage of the situation, so he'll be safe, of course, on our territory. we'll exchange him as a prisoner of war. it is a matter of time between one week and a few months then with the ukraine inside, still believing that the operation was a success and expected the russian jets to wend on their airfields. russian security forces made to big holes, came public as ave to say that the game was officially up re at the national taking us through our website. how you covered for all the latest developments on a busy news. they do give r t dot com that check whenever you can. i'll catch you again soon. goodbye.

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