[000:00:00;00] ah, ah, known as the history of wagner, just as the musician looters know, the bar, but the name itself is one good keeps western politicians of the department of general or with he gets an exclusive chance to join the russian private military company. the wagner group, partly taking part in operations in ukraine, preparing for the worst of winter europe commit to a 50 percent cut and gas consumption until next spring. but on a voluntary basis with numerous exemptions to the energy savings plan. also, i had one day they asked me a question, are you wish? wish i should you much much i'm,

when i'm through my should have you gone to the president spells out his foreign policy abuse. after talked with russia foreign minister, who is in the african country, on the latest stop of his tour of the continent. ah, good morning, it's 5 am here in moscow from wherever you're tuning. and i'm fiorella isabel, and here are the top stories. this our starting 1st with the latest situation in ukraine we're care forces have again targeted, strategically important bridge in the city of harrison which is currently under the control of russian forces. the local authorities play and the structure wasn't damaged as the city's air defense systems intercepted the top. the incident is just one of the many attempts to destroy the bridge with it being targeted an average of 3 times a day. it has previously been struck several times. the incident came after water

mirrors, the landscape, confirmed ukrainian forces have started a counter attack in the region as russian lead forces continue to advance and the don bass lu gasket. doroty said the allied army has taken control of the keel le gore's power plant in done yeske. landscape officials claim ukrainian forces mind the area before retreating and now a clean up operation of the territory surrounding europe. largest jermel power plant is underway among the russian troops involved in the operation are the members of the wagner group, a private military company. our t is more garcia, reports from the region where he exclusively accompanies the group on an operation . ah, there were no sea fruits leading to where we were going but then again, the people we were visiting. specialize in forging parts where there are none.

the factors who took this village good enough where they go there many different names. they're known as regular group. they're known as the orchestra wagner. just as the musician. very little is known about that, but the name itself is one that keeps less than politicians. presidents by ministers, a generals, a lake at night. we turn out something called the wagner. the e u has announced sanctions on the russian private military company van as the church of the wagner group, as we know at 1st to have popped up in ukraine. the british defense ministry says more than a 1000 fighters from russian private military contractor. the wagner group are being deployed to the country. russian mercenary wagner is recruiting, and is making it known. and not just them give to, has learned to fear the world's most talked about. and the magic private military

company with the whistling sound you heard was not an audio artifact. that was the sound of you pay the and plus the mine rockets. this gorgeous hundreds of band appear that one mines which characteristically flutter down to the ground. stand by the ottawa anti personnel mind convey which ukraine the east party 2 weeks now. they have attempted to stall, or at least slow the orchestra's advance by carpet form in the countryside with band butterfly mines and other things besides his supplies left behind by

ukrainian troops. nationalists as they retreated from clean of oil. you may see this very thing. wire, careful, careful, back and over there, something that shouldn't even be here, a man, 50 anti personnel non. what you can signed a convention pharmacy. it would never use that. it would destroy what the ensemble sapaulas can remove, safely. they do what they can't, what they deem could be a trap. they blew who thomas said for a 150 seconds is going to be quite the by we are forced them say piece was a rare opportunity. could you vision, do not usually take kindly to outsiders, they work alone, where they operate? cameras are almost always absent. t who conditions that they work in are

a permanent health hazard. artillery and mortar jewels here are definite and endless. had minutes to not pass without an impact nearby they go $120.00 millimeter mortar team flooring that ukrainian positions. it's got to be 5123 before enemy counter battery for kicks in. uh huh. g of has thrown everything it could spare at the ensemble. gradient special for has units, the nationalist battalion, i's dotted. at the elite tense, mounted assault brigades, all arrayed against them. thousands of mines and avalon troops, shells, and rockets. nothing's health. the orchestra marches on

silent, secretive and relentless through symphony. the zullie, they can hear word garcia, archie from fin the lawyer that it's people's republic e. u. countries have committed to a 15 percent reduction in gas consumption until next spring. although small print shows that the energy saving plan is voluntary and comes with a pretty sizable chunk of exemptions, it follows russian energy, giant gas prompt announcement that it is to further cut supplies to europe from wednesday. that's led to natural gas prices climbing to their highest level since march. meanwhile, e u chief ursula on glen freeze the blocks move saying it shows the unanimously of member nations. i strongly welcome the endorsement by counsel of the regulation to reduce gas demand and prepare for the winter. it is

a decisive step to face down the threat of a full gas disruption. thanks to today's decision, europe is now ready to address its energy security as a union. the only really entity on this issue is the countries that refused to cut their gas use. agree that those who have had no choice and new alternatives should really well. yeah, ration their supply. so there's really no solidarity at all and brussels. the central request that all $27.00 member states reduce their gas consumption by 15 percent. this is really all about the entire e. you coming to the rescue of germany, the blocks top economic engine, which lacked the courage to stand up to american pressure to sanction its pipeline projects with russia. and then stood idly by while that you did exactly the same thing. all apparently, without any viable back, a plan for their own national climbing berlin. me to really foolish, strategic mistake by depending so heavily on renewables when it's pretty clear that they aren't ready for prime time. so berlin, a gun by brussels, talked a good tough game about being strong and independent,

not needing any russian energy. but well, i guess was all bluster because it's still so reliant on that russian gas. it freaked out over attending maintenance shut down of the nord stream on pipeline, and is now panicking again over gas primes reduction of delivery volume by 80 percent starting tomorrow. so to give berlin a hand, the blocks number states have decided today that if brussels ever imposes the 15 percent cut as a binding measure, well in all their spirit of unity, they'll just opt out. that's the kind of unity over which you officials are all pad each other on the back today. you really can't make this stuff up. malta, cypress, ireland, and portugal aren't connected to the you grid aren't reliant on gas. and well, they want to maintain their independence and sovereignty france almost made the same foolish choices that germany did by launching headlong into green energy. but then a dodge to pull it when it success really logging brussels to reclassify nuclear power is green earlier this year. so now it figures that they can just fire up

a few more radioactive energy plants again and whether this turbulence. so as a french ecology ministry says they really weren't cool with brussels proposed dictate. we do not want to introduce uniform objectives that would not be adapted to every one's reality in which ultimately would not have an impact on our ability to export gas to our neighbors. grayson, spain had also said no to the proposal, insisting on maintaining sovereign control over their own supply and hungry is well already in king me. russian gas deals even as the rest of the you rings its hands over how it can possibly continue to keep ukraine president library zalinski happy without completely bleeding out their own economies. oh, and by the way, they really can't keep them happy clearly because he's been popping off yet today, even as the states, we're meeting repeating his mantra, that the you have to head back with even more sanctions, apparently oblivious to the fact that sanctions are exactly why the situation in

europe is this bad as much as the you is paying with service to the idea of solidarity and making a lot of noise about it in public. the reality is that the increased pressure is causing any unity to start falling apart at the seams. german economist and publisher i camera believes its ordinary europeans the will end up paying the price for the ease plan to cut gas consumption. i'm afraid that these european bureaucrats really think that they are in charge and they can take the order of ordering people. busy back to, to limit their consumption of gas. we have no chance of influencing who is going to be in the, in the european headquarter. and these people are just ruling from top to down. and this is all falling apart. it does not beneficial for their own people,

they're not only paying more for the gas. they have may get limits on what they get . and on top, they using that jobs because the companies are breaking apart. and on top, the euro is losing ground and is getting worthless and worthless, so no holiday and other things in the so foreign countries anymore. this is an uncontrolled demolition of economy with an impoverishment of the european people. russia's top diplomat has hinted that a key cause of europe's energy crisis lies in pure politics survey. lab rough stress that the north thing to pipeline which connects russia to germany, but doesn't currently have berlin's operational approval. is capable of meeting the demand just what was the was now witnessing the bus around the decision, my gas problem, that one more gas turbine of north stream one has to be taken to maintenance. and the e. u is conveying some extraordinary energy session on the matter in this regard i simply wanda, there are rules which provides secure operation of the pipeline. did i get it right?

that way of being urged to violate the rules as particular german representatives of doing. as far as i'm concerned, germans are famous for being committed to rules. how can they cool for the violation of rules on which dependence the security of people, when it comes to the north stream to it, is completely ready to make up for the demands of europe, which needs this particular fuel. however, it's close for purely political reasons. sir, galen roth luz speaking from uganda during the 3rd leg of his african tor ugandan. president praised russia as a partner in its struggle against colonialism and in a joint press conference. both men confirmed the refusal to contribute to the polarization of the world. when there was the cold war, one day, the awesome new question. are you perused or for hours? i should you must, you mustn't come when you do it. where do you think my, my men job is to be pro somebody?

i am from i should have an idea with or other people are good and how the lives with my own interest is people think it. ready really stupid question. is your question sure to my your report east or bro, as i am through my sort of symposium he can't is present, gave the only right answer when asked whether he's a pro western or pro eastern politician. an answer which you can expect from a serious political figure. but unfortunately, right now, these instincts have colonialism emerged in the politics of western countries when they demand the whole world, take their side umbrella against all the others. we also discussed the root causes of the unfolding energy and food crises, african friends understand that the origins of that have nothing to do with the military operation. when it comes to bilateral relations. we agree to keep that in mind and look for opportunities in the energy in food sectors, which wouldn't depend on the whim of western partners. for his, for minister is an on a gas here on the side. stress is all the time the delegation has been accepted at

the presidential palace. this is where lobrado met both his counterpart and the country's leader. we'll go and do a long term strategic on economic park. no russia, that was one of just a few countries supported a gun. this independence from bridge empire, gandhi's highly dependent on russia's grain, the global food crisis that followed western economic sanctions against russia was among the key topics on the agenda. well, russia is very active here on the african continent. the west express has concerns about that and he's trying to put pressure on all original players working together with moscow. or gander is the 3rd country minister lobrado visits as part of his african tour. next comes, is he op, that's r t correspondent, maria for notion of from the ugandan capital earlier lab. rob was in egypt and the republic of congo as part of his 4 country trip. after uganda,

he travels to his final destination. ethiopia. russia's top diplomat also spoke with representatives from over 20 arab league nations. it's a visit that hasn't gone down well with the u. s. state department, a spokesperson, claiming that the tor demonstrates how isolated russia is. it is becoming clear that russia is recognizing that his own actions have caused it to become a we have good relations with russia. all countries of africa have sovereignty and are free to choose their own policies, a quicker or stance on the russia. ukraine crisis has remained unchanged since it's break out. we never wanted to how, what the was as fuel to the fire independent global affairs analyst own p ocoee law. many says african nations are happy to engage with

any partner. they just don't like being dictated to i think it's very kind of by country by generally it's very positive because, you know, i think i needs as many tape i can get as many security. but now it's can get western countries tend to impose their values and i've been on up to 10 countries. russia in china are just larger for trade and for atlanta. so it was in countries are willing to meet african countries that you inquired in the same way that they are willing to meet with the rebate cause and notes and not pitches without a bet on human rights and detrimental, homosexual people, for example, and be willing to take the kind of the same time, the not crease to them and the piece last. and i think everyone is welcome to take enough. the kind of life is enough because despite the was sanctioned on russia, its economy is said to be coping well with the challenge that's according to the

international monetary fund. and the latest world economic outlook rushes economy as estimated to contract during the 2nd quarter by less than previously projected with crude oil and non energy exports, holding up better than expected. domestic demand is also showing some resilience, thanks to containment of the effect of the sanctions. the i m f has upgraded russia's g d p estimate by a remarkable 2.5 percentage points. that's despite the sanctions being impose with the intention of isolating russia from the global financial system and damaging its economy. soaring energy prices have also provided extra revenue. oil prices are rising from $80.00 a barrel at the beginning of the year to currently more than $100.00. and now let's cross over live to jack ross. miss a professor of economics and politics at st. mary's college of california. welcome . so jasmine, as thank you, what do you make of the i m f latest report and how has russia been able to benefit

from the sanctions? well, i think when, when this thing began late last year and the sanctions were on the table with us, they didn't think him through very a very clearly what could be some of the ramifications and some of the negative consequences. i saw estimates that it would cause a contraction, the russian economy 12, the 15 percent. of course it's been much, much less than that, maybe 64 to 6 percent. and not, not that much difference probably from what we're going to see in europe or the whole idea of the sanctions was to deny russia revenue, especially from its commodities exports. will that didn't happen, or actually revenue increase because the price increased. but because revenue increase the ruble, the current, she did not collapse like the, the sanctions were supposed to make it. and because that didn't collapse, they didn't have to raising bank a, russia didn't have to raise interest rates and shut down the russian economy. so

all of those indicators did not actually happen in the way that the advisors or thought it would happen in terms of, you know, western sanctions club. you know, it doesn't come through in the western media that well, but most of the world is not on the on board with the sanctions. it's mostly the g 7. and i would add that people aren't aware that the sanctions have been really physically taken in effect, especially in europe. you know, there isn't really know sanctions on gas. oil doesn't happen until next year. so why do we have the price increase as well? because you got the global commodity futures, speculators who are driving up the price and expectations also in the u. s. industrial. good sanctions. certain things coming from russia needed for steel production and u. s. or they've been quietly exempted so that the sanctions are, are a paper tiger they, they're not really in effect. and why should the rest of the world go on with something when there's so many exemptions in europe and in united states with

regard to the sanctions. but basically the sanctions have not worked very well if their major objective was to really shut down the russian economy. even even western corporations leaving did not have the effect that they thought it would. so . so are we actually any closer to the west, admitting that the sanctions aren't working as they intended been to all, they'll never admit that and no, always argue that they are working and we just need to give it more time. oh, you know they, they need to wait to the winner. and then the argument is, well, the real intended the sanctions was to deny russia access to a certain semiconductor chips in a electronic, you know, materials needed for its war production. and that's just gonna take time the, there are going so you know, short term objectives, shut down the russian economy and deny it revenue that has not happened. and they'll argue that a, well, you know,

the real purpose of the sanctions has yet to be effected. right? so given that such thank sions, on energy are harming, many of the countries are pressing them. why, why do western thank countries keep calling for more? i mean, they're, they're, they're calling for more and more. well, because the not working basically, you know, you know, doubling down on, on what needs to be done. i mean, you, you, you even broadcast the roads zalinski say more, more, more sanctions are. well, if they are working he would have to say more and more more. but, you know, the sanctions, as i said, are, are really on paper still. and the reason why you have shortages is because of global commodities speculators in his global futures market is going going on. you know, they just didn't think this thing through very, very well. i don't know what economists were advising biden, but they sure didn't know what they were doing and just said, just and just ask you how did,

how it hardly coping from the effects of the sanctions. are they doing anything to placate the effects? well, in the united states and in europe and in japan, the only solution to the inflation due in large part because of the sanctions which, you know, exacerbated the global supply chains that hadn't really healed since the cold effect. right. they went right into the sanctions and just rec, them even further. but the only solution to this that they're proposing is to have the central banks raise interest rates in precipitate a recession, which is happening now. the u. s. economy is slowing very rapidly in the last couple of weeks and, you know, tomorrow the fed will raise interest rates again significantly. we are, as i've been predicting for 6 months, we are in a technical recession already. and by the end of the year, we'll be in a bona fide recession. and so we'll europe and you know,

which way europe and japan nealus goes japan go. so the g 7 is in trouble here in terms of the sanctions there. they've been shooting itself in the foot with the sanctions and actually the negative impacts on, on the u. s. in europe and the g 7 are probably at least as great as on russian. while thank you, jack, that was jack ross, miss professor of economics and politics at st. mary's college of california ledger only in the interests of democracy. that's how a former c i achieve has justified his agencies meddling and for an elections which he admitted has taken place. i don't mess around. i am. i'm in the early for a very good cause i interested him. okay, thanks for being here. x. c. chiefs james wilson named greece and italy as both being targeted in the late 19 forties in an effort to prevent communists from coming to power. at the end of world war 2,

the sea ice sponsor right wing organizations in greece to prevent the country coming under the influence of the soviet union. the country's communist party was banned and greece was ruled by of right wing dictatorship for decades until an uprising finally over through the military junta in 1974. in italy, a communist led coalition was considered to have a good chance of success. in the 1948 general election, however, the vote was won by a centrist party, which the c i a later admitted funding. and while the former c, i a chief didn't clarify the agencies activities in both countries. he's not the 1st to make such an admission. i was the c i, director we live. we chatted with seattle is somebody who is health plan, coo data. no, not here, but you know, other places. it takes a lot of work. we will not promote democracy through costly military interventions or by attempting to overthrow authoritarian regimes by force. we tried these tactics in the past. however, well intentioned,

they haven't worked for more on this. let's cross live to john kerry, aku journalist and former c. i a and analysts welcome. john. thanks for having me. so the former c i a chief claims that the u. s. interference was and is in the interest of democracy. how can external meddling in a sovereign countries? elections possibly serve democracy? it yeah, that's a good question. i think i might draw a distinction between some of these early post war approach. post world war 2 attempts. we know, for example, that the cia is 1st covert action to overthrow not to overthrow but to to swing and election was in 1948 in italy. as you noted in the introduction, this is something that's been declassified over the years. historians have studied

it, but what we really are not talking about is what happened in iran, in the 1950s. what happened all through latin america in the 19 fifties and sixties into the 1970 s. you know, it's not just a handful of countries around the world that the cia did this in, but it's dozens and dozens of countries and overthrowing, a government or stealing and election is not democratic. i, you know, we used to say the cia, those of us who were opposed to this kind of thing that, that every country should be free to choose the kind of government it wanted. and we used to use saudi arabia as an example. you know, if you're, if you're looking from a reality poly teak, point of view, we didn't want democracy in saudi arabia because of some been latin would have been elected president of saudi arabia. so that the better policy is to,

is to. ringback leave other countries alone to leave them to their own devices. it's not up to these arrogant intelligence officers in the united states to decide what country gets, what kind of a government it's just simply wrong. besides being a violation of international law. and, and just because you mentioned this, how deeply were the c, i and other u. s. intelligence agencies involved in the affairs of greece, italy, and other european states, in particular, back in the late 1940 s. and why it before is what you're talking about as the marshall plan, that was to ensure that greece and turkey, for example, didn't fall to soviet communism. greece entered into a civil war in 1946. it lasted until $949.00. and, and it was a, it was a very difficult chromatic period for the country. here we are, all these years later. and greeks really aren't completely over that civil war there. there are families that are still divided because of the positions that people took. that wasn't a corporate action to see,

i didn't exist at the time. the ca came into being in 1947 with passage of the national security act of that year. but where we get into some of these ugly stories, it really begins in italy in 1948, and then comes to a head in iran with the overthrow of, of a democratically elected prime minister, who never recovered. and indeed, relations between the united states and ron never recovered. not only did the united states specifically the cia, working with british intelligence overthrow, a democratically elected government in iran. but it reinstalled sean mohammed, raise a policy who was a notorious violator of human rights. now he was overthrown in early 1979 and still us relations with iran haven't recovered. and, and, and because you mentioned this,

is it possible that such meddling has taken place more recently in europe? and if so, where i've been out of the sea, i for a long time, has been out for 18 years now. i, i couldn't tell you where, but i could say that, that certainly it, it's possible all that all that you need is the president's signature on something called a covert action plan. and the cia can do anything. now, we're not talking about in normal cases, we're not talking about violent overthrows, of, of, of countries. but what we are talking about is the use of propaganda. the use of hacking, the recruitment of media figures in order to, to put forward an analytic line that the cia would approve of. so yeah it's, it's absolutely possible. i don't know if it's happening in europe right now. even