[000:00:00;00] ah, ah moon, as the orchestra wagner, just as the musician, looters know the ball, but the name itself is word with politicians. quote, the department is a general, a really good night are to get an exclusive chance to join the russian private military company. the wagner group currently taking part in operations in ukraine. preparing for the worst this 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 saving plan. also had one

day, they asked me a question. are you wish wish i should you much more? and when did you? i'm from. i should have you gone? does president spells out his foreign policy abuse, after tops with russia's foreign minister, who's in the african country on the latest stop of his tour of the continent? ah, good morning, it's 6 am here in moscow from wherever you're tuning in. i'm carol isabel with the top stories this our starting 1st with the latest situation in ukraine, where tea a forces have again targeted a strategically important bridge in the city of harrison, which is currently under the control of russian forces. local authorities claim the structure wasn't damaged as the city's air defense systems intercepted the attack. the incident is just one of kids. 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 vladimir zelinski confirmed ukrainian forces have started a counter attack in the region as russian lead forces continue to advance and the don bass lou ganske authority say the allied army has taken control of the key lay gorse power plants in don yeske lou ganske officials claim ukrainian forces mind the area before retreating, and now i clean up opperation of the territory surrounding europe. largest thermal power plant is underway. among the russian troops involved in the operation are members of the wagner group, a private military company, or cheese, more gas, the of reports from the region where he exclusively accompanies the group on an operation. ah, there were no sea fruit leading to where we were going. but then again, the people we were visiting, specialize in forging parks,

where there are none. the factors who took this village, good enough where they go there many different names, then owners, 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, but keeps western politicians, presidents by ministers and generals, awake 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 for 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. the 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 enigmatic 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 my rockets disgorging hundreds of band appear to have one mines which characteristically flutter down to the ground. stand by the ottawa anti personnel mind could which ukraine his party 2 weeks now they have attempted to stall or at least slow the orchestra's advance by carpet forming the countryside

with band butterfly mines and other things besides his surprise, left behind by ukrainian troops. nationalists as they retreated from clean of oil. you may see this very thing. wire, careful, careful back over there. something that shouldn't even be here, a man, 50 anti personnel non. what you can signed a convention pharmacy, you would never use that, it would destroy what the ensemble sappers can remove, safely. they do what they can't, or what they deem could be a trap. they blew with thomas said for a 150 seconds is going to be quite the by were $0.04 a piece. was a rare opportunity. could you please do not hugely take kindly to outsiders. they work alone, where they operate. cameras are almost always absent. see who conditions that they

work in. our permanent health hazard artillery and more to jules. here are deafening, and endless had minutes to not pass without an impact. nearby they go. 120 millimeter mortar seemed far in ukrainian positions. they've got to be fuss, white, 3 before enemy counter battery for kicks in. g of has thrown everything it could spare at the ensemble premium special for as units. the nationalist battalion i's dotted at the elite 10th mounted assault brigade, all arrayed against the thousands of mines and avalon troops,

shells and rockets. nothing's health. the orchestra marches on silent, secretive and relentless to a symphony. the sooner they can hear what gusty of archie, from whom, the lawyer that he, it's people's republic and e. u. countries have committed to a 15 percent reduction in gas consumption until next spring. although the small pret shows that the energy serv saving plan is voluntary and comes with a pretty sizable chunk of acceptance, it follows russian energy. giant gas prompts 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, you chief ursula van der leon praise the blocks moves 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 refuse to cut their gas use agree that those who have had no choice and no alternatives should really well. yeah, ration their supply. so there's really no solidarity at all. embraces 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 economy. 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 egg on 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 that freaked out over attending maintenance shut down of the nord stream on pipeline. and is now panicking again over gas problems. reduction of delivery volume by 80 percent starting tomorrow. so to give berlin hands the blocks member 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 jeremy did by launching headlong into green energy. but then a dodged a bullet when its success fully lobbied brussels to reclassify nuclear power as

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. grace in spain had also said no to the proposal, insisting on maintaining sovereign control over their own supply and hungry is well already in king. new russian gas deals even as the rest of the u rings. it's hands over how it can possibly continue to keep ukrainian president library zalinski happy without completely bleeding out their own economies. oh, and by the way, they really can't keep him happy clearly because he's been popping off yet today, even as the you states were meeting, repeating his mantra, that the you have to hit 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 you is paying lip service to the idea of solidarity and making a lot of noise about in public. the reality is that the increased pressure is causing any unity to start falling apart at the seams. and german economists, them publisher i camera believes its ordinary europeans who will end up paying the price for the e use 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 that to, to limit their consumption of, of gas. we have no chance of influencing who is going to be in the, in the european headquarters. 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. they 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 the economy with an impoverishment of the european people. and russia top diplomat has hinted that a key cause of europe. energy crisis lies in pure politics survey. lab stress at the north seem to pipeline which connects russia to germany. it doesn't currently have berlin's operational approval. is capable of meeting the demand just what was the works of. we're now witnessing the bus around the decision by 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 to the pipeline. did i get it right? that way of being urged to violate the rules as particular german representatives are 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. for the children survey lab, roughly speaking from uganda during the 3rd leg of his african tour, 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 court of law one day they asked me a question. are you pro ish or pro wish i should you must, you mustn't come when you do it. why do you think my,

my many job is to be for somebody. i'm pro i should have and i did with or other people are good and how the lives with my own interest is people think it really stupid. has a question. is your question? sure to my you're reproduced or bro as ampro my sort of symposium. he can't, is present, gave the only right answer when asked whether he's pro western or pro eastern politician. an answer which you could expect from a serious political figure. but i'm 40 right now. these instincts have colonialism emerge in the politics of western countries when they demand the whole world take their side and running 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 and 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 stresses all the time. the delegation has been accepted at the presidential palace. this is where labranz met both his counterpart and the countries leader. we'll gone days, a long term strategic on economic park. no, russia, that was one of just a few countries supported the gunners 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, the rush 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 your pm. that's our t correspondent, maria fin, notion of from the ugandan capital earlier love rob was in egypt and the republic

of congo as part of his 4 country trip after you gone to he travels to his final destination of ethiopia. russia's top diplomat also spoke with representatives from over 20 arab league nations. it's a visit that hasn't gone down very well with the u. s. department of state 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 and we have good relations with russia. all countries of africa have sovereignty and are free to choose their own policies, quicker or stance on the russia. ukraine crisis has remained unchanged since it's break out. we never wanted to how, what the rules as fuel to the fire independent

global affairs analyst own p ocoee. dr. mean a does 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 need, there's many trade pipe, not it can get as many security, but now it's can get western countries tend to impose their values and i've been on up in countries, russia in china are just larger champ, are taped and for 90. so it was in countries are willing to meet up again. can't do that equality in the same way that they are willing to meet with the rebate cause and notes and not pitches without their own human rights and detrimental, homosexual people, for example, and be willing to treat the kind of on the same time, the not peace to them, and the peace was, and i think everyone is what it comes to taking up the kinds of life is enough. and despite the west sanctions 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 is estimated to have contracts 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 g d p estimate by a remarkable 2.5 percentage points. that's despite the sanction being imposed 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 rising from $80.00 a barrel at the beginning of the year to currently more than $100.00. jack ross miss a professor of economics and politics at saint mary's college of california says that anti russian sanctions have the opposite effect to western countries.

intentions 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 was when this thing began late last year. and the sanctions were on the table with us. they didn't think him through very, 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 to 15 percent. of course it's been much, much less than that, maybe 64 to 6 percent. and not, not that much different, probably from what we're going to see in europe. so the whole idea of the sanctions was to deny russia revenue, especially from its commodities exports. well, that didn't happen, but actually revenue increase because the price increased. but because revenue increase the rubel, the currency did not collapse like the,

the sanctions were supposed to make it. and because that didn't collapse, they didn't have to raising banker, 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 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. so other russian economy continues to develop, even as it's pressured by unprecedented western sanctions. the west itself is increasingly feeling the consequences of its own policy. the price example of this is the united states, which is on the verge of recession despite president biden's belief that it will not happen. i wish rather to stay. and so she will, she shone,

coming down. i wish well, there's no official definition of a recession. it's commonly seen as an economy shrinking for 2 consecutive quarters . the white house seems to disagree with that instead, proposing to take a, quote, holistic look at the data. the biting administration says in this case, the country is not in the recession, even if the g d p ends up falling in the 2nd quarter of the year, also g. d p in america shrank 1.6 percent in the 1st quarter. us treasury secretary, janet yell and claims rising inflation in the country can be controlled the current rate sets at 9 point one percent the highest number in decades, which is putting pressure on american consumers with food energy and rents continuing to get more expensive. even cnn, which is generally seen as a pro democratic channel, hit out a joe biden for apparently misleading his countrymen. you can't fake this. no, i was just. i was laughing to myself with the in my view thing that caitlin

highlight, it's really matter what you think it's there is. there is a technical definition to st quarters of negative economic growth. geopolitical ad markets analysts, tom longo thinks washington is either out of touch with reality or just doesn't care. joe is, is, is that there's out the launch on this. it's very clear that we're looking at we're looking at a recession and that's fine. actually the, the thing that's really worrisome is that everybody's afraid of it. it's about the mid term elections. let's not kid ourselves. the democrats are looking at an historic wide balance this fall in, in the mid term elections. there's no way of getting around that. at this point, all they're trying to do now is just trying to find away the problem and hope that they can massage the situation to the point where they can say, well, you know, experts say that it's not really a recession. if we have 2 quarters of g, a negative g d p growth,

this is the product of what happens when the echo chamber and d. c is insulated as it is from outside ideas. and that's just simply where we are here. these are talking points. these are a political the likes and strategies that could only be birth inside of and out of contract. ok. so out of touch with what's going on on the ground in reality for real people. these really defense minister has said is, country has the means and ability to contain iran's nuclear program. iran is a global problem. it is not just israel's private problem. we are able to seriously harm and delay the nuclear program. the defense minister also claimed restoring the 2015 nuclear deal would only be a delaying tactic, which would eventually lead to eat on returning to a nuclear weapons plan. transposition on its nuclear policy has remained unchanged

according to the iranian foreign ministry, which says it's purely peaceful for fuel purposes, not weapons. world studies, dean at the university of toronto side, mohammed brandy believes both israel and washington's position on a don is contradictory. this re, lease americans are in a sort of paradoxical position because on the one hand, on the one hand, they in the west, me like to dismiss you ron's capabilities. on the other hand though, they exaggerate for some this so called threat of iran, the ryans are very clear that the only deal that is acceptable to tell ron is a good deal. and maximum pressure sanctions on behalf of americans and europeans have failed. so if they think that by using sanctions or by threatening me wrong, they're going to get more concessions. they're mistaken. today they are the ones

who are in trouble. their economies are floundering their in economic crisis, their social crisis, and they have a crisis in europe. so they are in no position to put extra pressure on the wrong only in the interests of democracy. that's how a former c i, a chief, has justified his agencies meddling and foreign elections, which he admitted have taken place. we ever tried to metal and other countries elections? oh probably it was for the good of the system in order to avoid the communists from coming over. if we don't do that, i don't know. i don't mess around. i am. i'm only from very good. you know, to mind, video pharmacy, i don't really for a very good cause. i'm interested to mock x chief james locally named greece and italy as both being targeted in the late 1000 forty's, in an effort to prevent communists from coming to power. at the end of world war 2,

the cia sponsored right wing organizations in greece to prevent the country from coming under the influence of the soviet union. the country's communist party was banned and greece was ruled by right wing dictatorships for decades until an uprising finally over through the military. in 1974. in italy, a communist led coalition was considered to have a good chance of success in the 948 general election. however, the vote was won by a interest party in which the c i later admitted funding. and while the former c h e didn't clarify the agencies activities in both countries, he's not the 1st to make such an admission. i was a c, i, director, we live, we traded. we see sol as somebody who is health plan, coo data, 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 try these tactics in the past. however, well intentioned,

they haven't worked well. 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 of government or stealing in election is not democratic. you know, we used to say to cia 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 politic point of view, we didn't want democracy in saudi arabia. so the better policy is to, is to 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. well, that's it for this our, for more coverage. check us out on twitter, instagram, and all of our social media platforms. thanks for tuning in. remember to stick around at the top of the hour. ah. when you're losing a battle with little or any possibility of victory, that's when you should start to think about ending the conflict. but this is not the case in ukraine today. the longer the conflict last, the worse it is, forgive, it would seem that is washington's plan. with

doing my daily liquidity. she'll know what was shown a portion of my down, you know, pretty shy the court where you wanna put a shell, norwalk, with a cushion, not in the pony. she will surely was near please. no, i put the most of them will be stupid with the family i'm to consider. so only goes to justin. if you model it was running, the homely call you be for me think that it was for them. quit the unicoi without us because she she knew me yet. the russian speaking, se ukraine refused to accept the cruise outcome. people took to the streets of ukraine's largest cities. that had been protests in hoc of a desa. mario pope,

and zap our osha mass protest broke out in the crimean autonomous republic and overwhelming majority of crimean citizens voted as a referendum to break away from ukraine. and in march 2014 crimea rejoined russia. or chester scrimmages for in your own consumer scores misquoted which is your this year or is it there with his last to prophecies? kid is raina and belittled. overly criminal. vasa or chest of crackers. what was your name for petrol scare or dish? who's deborah was dental his port orange california with nationalists trying to surprise bro, russian public sentiment with extreme violence on may. the 2nd far right is organized the march named for united ukraine. the march ends in