ah ah, russia's foreign minister breaks down the reasons for the global food crisis says he stops by ethiopia during his tour of african countries. rather due to the absolutely medical reaction of the risk. we should those extensions of undermining the availability of food on demarcus, then known as the orchestra wagner. just as the musician valued has no the but the name itself is what keeps west didn't politicians. president 5 minutes is a general already good night. we get an exclusive look into the inner workings of a high profile russian private military agency during its classified operations

against ukrainian forces and on box. plus, amid europe's energy crisis. britain urges to warring governments in libya to reach an agreement to resume oil exports as the north african countries struggles with the fall out of the west, 2011 military intervention with just after 6 pm here in moscow. and you're watching r t international. i'm donald quarter. welcome to the program. now on to our top story, europe has suffocated itself by creating constant challenges to the supply of russian gas. that's according to russia's top diplomat, sergei lab, rob speaking in ethiopia on the, on the last leg of his tor, across africa. europe sustained me could have during the last, almost 10 years. was creating barriers on the way of

bringing to european countries. cheap and acceptable. russian, gus, they have suffocated the old themselves with their own films. the buy proofs for pipeline was from russia. now they're looking for alternatives. is he o p a is the 4th african country, the russian foreign minister visited in the last 5 days. and this is where he finishes he's to, we're on the continent here in ad is ab or mr. oliver of met the countries leader. and he's ethiopian counterpart. and just like every way during he's african 2 or mr . law here was greeted and accepted as a highly respected guess. there was a special coffee ceremony as we were explained with fresh green grass on the floor, symbolize and prosperous dynamic vibrant relations between the 2 sides, loss of traditional incense and also the gas symbolically shared traditional f e r p. in brad, there was whole so another ceremony here on the tertiary of the russian embassy

here. an ad is ab ever miss oliver of and he's, if your be and counterpart wanted to endemic trees, here is one of them a, to support the ethiopian government green legacy initiative. and here in the russian embassy is where miss lover of address the ambassadors. all the african union, it is a very influential continental buddy. united, 55 countries. moscow has always been saying that it will do its best to strengthen africa's position in more than multi polar world. and this is what laboratories visit here on the continent stands for. and this more than world is something mr. law of talked to lot about in his speech in front of the ambassadors they wore old in which despite eight's old, vist multiple, i re, t the west is still trying to impose is position and punish all those who disagree . the policy that mr. law of called a colonial policy in human,

a moral and very dangerous, something that here in africa they understand very well. here are some of the most interesting points of missile oliver of speech. and yes, the situation and ukraine do the effect additionally negatively affect the food food markets, but not because of the rush of special aggression rather due to the absolutely inadequate reaction of the risk which announced sanctions undermining the availability of food on demarcus. it's a period of history where little have to choose by the to go though and the current which the west throws to, to move out saying that the world must be around not by international law, but by the rules. the coin them expression rules based world order. and if

you analyze the behavior for worse than cortex in international arena, you would understand that this rules differ from case to case. there is no single criteria. there is no single principle except one. if i want something, you have to a b. if you don't obey, you would be punished earlier sergei lab rav made stops in egypt. uganda and the congo received a warm welcome at every location, despite the u. s. earlier claiming that russia had successfully been isolated by western sanctions. but to get more on the story, we're in a cross live now to political and economic commentator adamo garber the 2nd. he's also a former nigerian presidential hopeful thanks a lot for joining us on the program. now just to how, just, how significant do you see this african tor, by russia's top diplomat. what kind of cooperation do you think is now possible

between these 2 countries? i think it will be a very fantastic operation. if you go back to history, you will see that africa on russia have a very, very fantastic relationship, says during the cold war, you knew a continent that with colonized by the west on, did you do all walk? you don't russia, you know, we do use a saudi collaboration with partners where the principal members in the global, committed aware, actively supported of the can lead us propeller, british amount did the colonization continued. so we have this long history with russia, and it's been a really wonderful history. and it is very good to know that we are in having a new order for small and so to see which was on our own congo. because even after the end of the cold war recovery, men still heavily knew all night. so it is with the rise of the multiple all the

we're seeing very clearly to do that this time to give africa a level playing field so that we can also be involved in the global community. and global appears with our order, which is on our own capacity, as if it was a global community. i've posted to where we are being treated with a 2nd class or class. did you need a wall? well, by what you like. you do that you decided, oh yes one we must accept. as you can, you know, very clearly from the lateral you think very clearly that new rule, this will or not as what i book it by the way, you know, has to be in line with what do you want? like you, how many clear examples december are going to be that he's going to, you cannot use a plugin. it is, you know, dictatorship because there are 2 ways to some degree, a certain point on the lifetime. what now then they were put away. so they were supported them and go, i gave them a guy who i didn't want to do with what the government of you guys do it. well,

you guys time. so, so that is why i believe that's a bit more secure way to be done with one connection. what's what you were saying there. one of the things that the russian foreign minister served a live rob underlined was the fact that now that europe is cutting russian import short, brussels is going to be looking for alternatives in africa. how worry, do you think african should be about that? it is. look under the sun again. you see it is just when to be the same. tim doors will comment is all based on that on a claim. so just particularly does that, where just supported by the you got it. i gave the very many africans for the proposal, extracting natural resources, though with you and tell valjean to your like, do we just to see, of course we know how to where it's 22 africa right now. i'm to the best of my knowledge. i'm sure it is very little because they have like maybe 25 years of time

to be able to build of a guy. i really have no community. what of course it was a whole extract this year. she one kind of religious where you just pick away every wood from africa on i 9 of course. ringback throw them in aid with, with disease and hong guys vision the given them it so that he's not department for to to the birth of my knowledge. i do have a way that now we have a new demography much that i've so thought that i will become homeless. underwear told degree sequences of live and now descend generation. i didn't syntactic in shipping the opinion on policy making in one place for didn't want us to do what roger was with julian to call and see how you do to be with the with want to be with, with martha. we have a new question. i don't, didn't, it's, and it was no sensible of a good leader that we told, or of course, you know,

the media used to be in the going to do what you see. why would you need you, mitchell? lead us our lives or shake hands with me is the law group clearly indicated it well kind of what it would partner you. you know what happening if, when a new brand is not been established, never going to know what the 1st time, what is your emotional support point don't, don't hold of it. can you tell me, you know, i've got, well, we have $20000000000.00 with over time. so we need to look into these and i'm sure all of our privacy as you go from there. what i'm, what i just didn't very good because you have many of the lead up. we know exactly what to do. but we go with the ways of a whole really, i think in a development background, very progress like, like russian. alright. economic and political commentator former nigerian presidential hopeful dominic guard, but the 2nd thanks lot for joining us on the program. introduce. now we're

going to the latest news from ukraine. russia's defense ministry says it's high. precision weapons have killed. 200 ukrainian soldiers in the southern city of nikolai of russian missiles are said to have targeted a concrete factory where t s. troops had set up a bass. while scott also says it strikes have destroyed for ukrainian military command posts in the past 24 hours. and in the network patrol, screeching an arm stockpile was targeted and more than 100 rockets for western supplied, high mar launchers are said to have been destroyed with 120 ukrainian troops. also having been killed. meanwhile, in done boss, the multiple explosions have shaken the city of done yet as local authorities say ukrainian forces targeted residential areas there using nato supplied. heavy

artillery. re civilians are said to have been killed and at least 3 others wounded with the cities infrastructure, also sustaining heavy damage. that says russian lead forces continue to advance on the ground and done boss with lou ganske authority saying the allied army has taken control of the key le gorski power station in done yes. who guns, officials, se ukrainian forces minds that area before retreating. and now we're clean up. operation is underway at the facility, which is europe's largest thermal power plant. among the russian troops involved in the operation. there are members of the wagner group, private military company, and our team will ride gazda reports from that area where he got an exclusive look into the groups operations. ah, there were no safe roads 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. they're known as regular group. they're known as the orchestra wagner, or just as the musician, very little is known about that. but the name itself is one that 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. russian mercenary falconer is recruiting, and is making it known. and not just them give to his love 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 . fabian plus the my rockets disgorging hundreds of band appear to have one mines which characteristically flutter down to the ground time to fly. the auto anti personnel mind could which ukraine the east party 2 weeks now they have attempted to stall or at least slow the orchestra advanced by carpet forming the countryside with band butterfly mines and other things besides his,

her 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 promising it would never use it. it would destroy what the ensemble sappers can remove, safely. they do what they can't. well, what they deem could be a trap. they blow with thomas said for a 150 seconds is going to be quite the by were 1st time say this was a rare opportunity. could you vision, 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 mortar jewels here are definitely and endless hidden units that are pass without an impact nearby up they go. $120.00 millimeter mortar seemed flooring that ukrainian positions and got to be fuss. 123 before enemy counter battery fire kicks in. g of has thrown everything it could spare at the ensemble gradient special for as units the nationalist battalion, ida, and the elite, had mounted assault brigade, all arrayed against them. thousands of mines and avalon troops, shells, and rockets. nothing's helps. the orchestra marches all

silent, secretive and relentless. to simply that only they can hear black gasdio, haughty from clean the oil. that he, it's people's republic rushes gas. prom has blamed western sanctions and the company policies of siemens for the forced reduction of gas applies to europe. gas prom says siemens is failing on its obligations to repair russian turbines, which significantly complicates the operation of the north stream. one pipeline, the region utilities, except for the anti russian sanctions were imposed, we had no problems with obtaining the repaired engines for replacement. the situation today is completely different. back in may, we expected one repaired engine from siemens, but still haven't received it. with the sanction situation, risk preventing the return of the turbine engine to russia while sending other

engines for repair is also on the agenda. moreover, there is an issue with an engine not working due to emergency failures. you should, your siemens is not working to eliminate these problems and compress the turbine trouble has led russia to cut down on its gas deliveries to europe. the load of the north stream one pipeline has dropped down to only 20 percent of its full capacity . and now, europe is witnessing a record spike in gas prices which have reached $2500.00 per 1000 cubic meter. despite the fact that russia has long warned about the need for pipeline repairs, the west continues to accuse moscow using gas as a political tool. we know that there is no technical reason to do so. this is a politically motivated step, and we have to be ready for that. and exactly, for that reason, the preemptive reduction of our gas demand as a why strategy. to get more on this, we're an across live to economic consultant and educator. i mean a job,

thanks for joining us on the program. now your countries have been stressing that they want to cut down on russian gas not for economic, but for political reasons. and now they're claiming that russia is using economic issues as a political tool. what's your reaction to these accusations? actually, these acquisitions are actually becoming very childless from the european union. not all the countries actually are agreeing with this. the polish energy minister and also the spanish energy minister did not agree with the energy reduction agreement that was made on tuesday by the council to cut down energy consumption by 15 percent. and all these things are actually because of the actually the u. s. is worried that when the winter comes, are going to be issues. and there are also blame in russia for this. and russia

should not be the only thing that should be blamed for these actions. because he has his own policies to nuclear power, to its consumption, of course, for energy. all those decisions that were made by the u. r. parts of this problem and russia should not be blamed for this alone. why do you think that you is ignoring gas problems, warnings, and explanations about these technical issues with the pipeline? well, as you should see means actually broad. the turban, actually strict stripped in canada. and i don't know why they're actually making these things to be political. and they know that actually a german company, which is shame it seem as he's actually in care of this problems. and the issue that's going on right now was actually get the, those turn the turban back to russia with all the sanctions i guess from cannot

actually there's an issue with the customs documentation and with all the sections, actually this is what's making the whole thing a little bit more complicated than usual. well, on that note, how do you think that you actually expected russia to keep delivering enough gas, given that the supplies are now restricted by europe's own rules? yeah, they said the russia is being blamed not just by their opinion and also by so many other countries, including countries in north africa for what's going on with the, with the economic situation and with especially the, the whole economic situation is being blamed on the energy prices that are actually being blamed on rush and you is actually playing these games right now. and as i said, not all countries are agreeing with these with these things. but some of the, some of the countries are actually blame in russia on these things. what,

what do you make of any sort of reasonable explanations for, as we said, siemens breaching it's technical maintenance obligations, which gas problem is accused? the western company actually seem to be not break any, any obligations to actually fix determine. it's actually trying to bring it back to russia, but the, you, with its function is actually making it difficult to actually get back to turban to russia. and as i said, this is becoming a childish game. i mean, the turban is being fixed. russia is being blamed politically or but the sanctions are actually making. it's hard to get the turban back. terrific. all right, economic consultant and educator. i mean a job. thanks for joining us on the program. thank you. we go now to libya, we're more than a dozen people have or have reportedly been killed and wounded in firefights

between local militant groups. meanwhile, britons envoys, the united nations, has called on the warring sides in libya to restore oil production and exports. we urge libby an actors to refrain from the politicization of state institutions, including the national oil corporation. libyan people need to see the full resumption of oil production and the equitable distribution of the states oil wealth. that was a statement voiced at an international meeting on the libyan crisis. the united nations itself is warning of a dangerous situation in the northern african country as civilians there are becoming increasingly caught in the crossfire. liberal situation in libya means highly volatile. with an increased number of clashes in and around tripoli, they can amik situation remains dire. in addition,

the human rights situation in the country still remains of serious concern. clashes between rival militias have spilled over in recent weeks with reports of more than a dozen civilian das. this comes amid attempts by the united nations to push for an official national election. once again, as the country is still gripped in an economic crisis, the renewed fighting pits, those who support the government installed by the west, against those who support the libyan war. lord, clever half tar. does my plans for elections back in december that never took place, talks were held in geneva last month. however, the instability has continued leading to warn over resurgence of terrorism activity . that stands to have an impact beyond libya's borders. and the frustration is over more than just who will be the country as a nation's economy continues to face a massive energy crisis that has led some cities to a not power cut for as long as 18 hours

a day. that in turn has led to protest from desperate civilians. ah, a sadly, this is nothing new violent clashes and libya have been ongoing since nato supported the legal overthrow of margaret dorothy and 2011. in addition to the thousands of people who have lost their lives, in the aftermath, the un said in 2020, that the overall losses in the country were impossible to calculate with over 900000 people. still in need of humanitarian assistance. it's certainly a far cry from the freedom and democracy. former president obama claimed he was bringing to libya. all those years ago, were under no illusions libya will travel

a long and winding road to full democracy. there will be difficult days ahead. but the united states, together with the international community, is committed to the libyan people. so if not for the benefit of the people who live there, then how has benefited from nato intervention and libya. so if not for the benefit of the people who lives there been, who has benefited from nato intervention libya. well, it's no secret of the nation has the largest proven oil reserves in africa. and that opportunity for profit was clearly on the lines of western leaders who made it their mission to take out gadhafi. in fact, a new york times article from 2011 noted that the nato countries that provided crucial areas support to the rebels were also moving to make sure their companies were in a quote. prime position to pump would be in crude 20. and, well, europe doesn't want the refugees fleeing from conflict and the war torn nation in

does want unlimited access to libby as natural resources. the spokesman for the middle east and africa said earlier this year that they see libya is one of the countries they hope to rely on as a look to reduce their reliance on supplies from russia. as for the reason why the west is suddenly taking interest in libya, once again. well, the increase in clashes has led to a decrease in production out of time, one global output is already unstable. so the same countries claim to care before are showing once again that they only really care about the people of the devastated nation when there is a way to profit off of that. but again, more on the story. now we're going to cross live to hafez our go yell senior fellow at the foreign policy institute in john hopkins university. thanks for joining us on the program. so what do you, what do you make of the timing of these latest statements in the united nations regarding libya? well, this is sort of more or less, it's been

a routine meeting that the security counseling holds on libya. this time, it is basically to discuss the role of the un mission in tripoli, and also to agree on a new emvoy or a special envoy for the security council and the secretary general in libya. ed, something that hasn't happened for the last, almost a year. and that position has been vacant, and it has been substituted by the secretary general with the special advisors to him. but a number of countries and in the security council went that situation to change and for our new special envoy to be name. well, how much do you think these western sanctions have actually done to bring peace to libya when a lot of these countries that are putting that have laid these sanctions against the country actually helped to topple gadhafi back in 2011?

well yeah, i mean that 2011. it has turned out to be a fiasco in every sense of the term. i think some countries, including france, primarily and in the rest of nato, have overstepped de, you and resolution, which was simply to prove to provide an ad cover in libya ad that got translated by ne, due to an active role in changing the regime. that is the beginning of the civil war in libya, which has been escalating, sometimes goes up, sometimes it goes down. that's been the story of 11 years. the oil dimension has always played the role in libya and a lot of the parties that are engaged in the civil war with support from outside forces or outside countries have all tried very hard to gain control of the

oil revenues. that is the primary revenue for the whole country. in 97 percent of libya's revenues come from oil at dad has been the key issue. sometimes they close for all kinds of reasons. most of it daughter, manufactured reasons, they closed the oil fields, the oil production. sometimes they opened up and, but it's all been done primary for up, for political reasons and maneuvering to, to gain the upper hand. leona, the u. n. is of course pushing for new elections in libya. what do you think is the chance that piece is going to be restored there and that libya is going to become a prosperous, thriving democracy. it will not happen. i mean, it's a, it's a really, really sort of one of those 3 doric step. i will never actually materialize in the country and you may have some form of elections, but these elections will not be.