a a, russia's foreign minister breaks down the reasons for the global food crisis as he stopped by ethiopia during his tour of african countries are due to the oh absolutely. and that that was the reaction of the risk. we should those sanctions undermining the availability of food on demarcus mon, i've been orchestra wagner just as the new vision this note about that. but the name itself is what people didn't. politicians, president, 5 minutes is a general only good night

r t gets an exclusive look into the inner workings of a high profile russian private military agency during it's classified operations against ukrainian forces in gun box with hello there, you're watching our to international. my name's donald quarter. welcome to the program. now 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 prop speaking in ethiopia on the last leg of his tor, across africa. europe systemically, during the last, almost 10 years was creating barriers on the way of bringing to european countries cheap and access little brush english. they have suffocated the old themselves with their own films. the 5 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 visa that in the last 5 days. and this is where he finishes he's to, we're on the continent here in ad is harbor mr. oliver of met the countries leader and he's ethiopian counterpart. and just like every way during he's african 2 or mr . la bro, 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 side 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 territory of the russian embassy here in ad is ab ever miss oliver of and he's, if you up in 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 la rob addressed 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 the multi polar world. and this is what lobby visit here on the continent stands for. and this more than world is something mr. la grove talked to lot about in his speech in front of the ambassadors they wore old in which despite h all vis. multiple i re, to where is still trying to impose its 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 miss oliver of speech. and yes,

the and situation of ukraine did affect additionally negatively affect the food food markets, but not because of, of the rush of special operation rather due to the absolutely in there that with the reaction of the risk which announced sanctions, ah, undermining the availability of food on the markets, it's a period of history where little have to choose either to go though, and the current rich, the west throws to, to move back saying that the world must bear on not by international law, but by the rules the coin than the suppression rules. based world order, and if you analyze the behavior for a western 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 a one something you have to a b. if you don't obey, you would be punished earlier sergey lab rav made stops in egypt. uganda and the congo received a warm welcome at every location. despite the us earlier claiming that russia had successfully been isolated by western sanctions, a former nigerian presidential hopeful told us that the western concept of unit polarity is now crumbling. i especially or not, and this led me to love was clearly indicated to worship activity in africa until you can see how warming you, what's the cpd chipped, and you can see also how it is it you appear quickly. it is would do rise of the multiple all the way i seem to be clear on it. but this time to give, i've got

a lovely field so that we can also begin ward, a new global community on global appears with my own capacities. i mean was a global community horse you will be included with the, with a p s. did you leave them well by what you like to do for to decide to. ringback pool is one, we must are sick, as you can, you have a level you did really not do room is wound up as what you could by the way, you know, has to be in line with what do ones so, so that was where i believe africans are better or more secure with the organ ocean and a fortune done and whist. now we go to the latest news from ukraine, thrushes defense ministry says it's high precision weapons have killed 200 ukrainian soldiers in the southern city of nichol. i have russian missiles are said to have targeted a concrete factory where he has troops had set up

a base. moscow also says it strikes have destroyed for ukrainian military command posts in the past 24 hours. and in the nipper patrol, st region and arm stockpile was targeted and more than a 100 rockets for western supplied, high mars launchers are said to have been destroyed with a 120 ukranian troops. also, having been killed, meanwhile, and on boss the multiple explosions have shaken the city of done yes. as local authorities say ukrainian forces targeted residential areas there using nato supplied. heavy artillery for 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 on boss. while we're gone sc authorities are saying that the allied army has taken control of the key gorski power station in the yeske, who grants ca,

official, se ukrainian forces mine to that area before retreating. and now a clean up operation is underway at the facility, which is in fact europe's largest thermal power plant. among the russian troops involved in the operation are members of the wagner group, a private military company, an rti is more i'd gas d. f reports from that area where he got an exclusive look into their operations. ah, there were no sea fruits leading to where we were doing that 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 the regular group. they're known as the orchestra wagner. just as the musician, very little is know the bar but, but the name itself is one that keeps western politicians presidents,

prime ministers, a general 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 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 muscles is that gonna is recruiting and is making it known. and not just them give to his love to fear the world's most talked about. the enigmatic private military company with

the whistling sound you heard was not an audio artifact. that was the sound of you, katie and plus gama rockets disgorging hundreds of band p. f. have one mines which characteristically flutter down to the ground, banned by the ottawa anti puzzled outline, could bed which a crane is party 2 weeks now. they have attempted to stall, or at least slow the orchestra's advance spike carpet form in the countryside with band butterfly mines. and other things besides his, her supplies left behind by ukrainian troops nationalists as they retreated from clean the oil. you may see this very thin 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 policy,

it would never use that, it would destroy what the ensemble sappers 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. with these who is a rare opportunity, could you please do not hugely take kindly to outsiders. they work alone, where they operate. cameras are almost always absent. keep the conditions that they work in our permanent health hazard, artillery and mortar jewels. here our deputy and endless had minutes stood or passed without an impact nearby

a big 120 kilometers more. that seemed really ukrainian because it thought to be thought, well before enemy counted, battery 5 kicks in. uh huh. g as has thrown everything it could spare at the ensemble. gradient special forces units, the nationalist battalion, ida, and the elite 10 mounted assault brigade, all arrayed against them. thousands of mines and avalon, troops, shells and rockets. nothing's helps. the orchestra marches on silent, secretive and relentless to simply that only they can here work as d a r t from clean the oil that he, it's people's republic give says it wants washington to hand over

more effective multi roll f. 16 fighter jets instead of single roll a 10 attack planes are 2 contributor rachel marston explains how ukraine has gone from begging for western help to bossing around its patrons. the west has been bending over backwards, trying to accommodate ukraine's requests. since the outset of the conflict and some of them as been pretty wild calls for weapons resulted in european union countries giving away their own to the detriment of their own national security cause for sanctions resulted in the use sanctioning its own gas supply to the detriment of their own citizens and industry. ukraine president vladimir zalinski had even asked the west for a no fly zone over ukraine, which could feasibly have led to a direct arab war and conflict and shoot out between nato and russia. thankfully, he didn't get that. the message constantly being peddled by zalinski towards the

west is that its efforts aren't enough. it's never enough. and now ukraine wants to go after prominent wall street establishment figures personally, alleging war crimes against ukraine by executives of j. p. morgan chase city group and hsbc. according to one of zalinski economic advisors in order all of these companies, richer route that are in meet them. ready were arc arms, b, m a r and nansen war are criminals. so basically you want to to see them prosecuted for war crimes, is what you're saying. exactly. the same adviser had previously contacted heads of the financial institutions to tell them how to run their companies demanding that they refused to engage with companies that sell in trade, russian oil or gas, or in russian energy chairs like gas prom ross, snuff flu coil and v toll team zalinski is threatening to pursue the managers of

these wall street companies, personally, all the way to the international criminal court, which the u. s. doesn't actually recognize. in fact, the united states passed the head convention ox in 2002 during the global war on terrorism, which allows the u. s. to liberate any american or a citizen of an allied country held by the court. presumably, much to the disappointment of some that would probably also include wall street executives the same. impunity with which washington sparks foreign conflicts, including the one currently raging in ukraine. also means that zalinski is facing an uphill battle in boston around american financial interests. ukraine also apparently wants to participate in american cancel culture now and cancel prominent figures. it dislikes an entity link to the ukranian government has just published a list of russian propagandists featuring prominent us elected officials,

journalists, and academics who even dare to question the conventional western narrative on ukraine. and these figures on the list include republican senator, ram paul, former rep, tulsa javert, a democrat from hawaii, university of chicago professor and international relations theorists. john mearsheimer, an pulitzer prize winning journalist, the lang greenwald. meanwhile, over here in europe, ukraine is telling the you to ask of russian citizens filling up visa applications, whether they support rushes role in the conflict in ukraine. different polls show that over 80 percent of russians still support the war, they should not get access to the free world. it'll be interesting to see how far the west actually goes in allowing team zalinski to call the shots here in the west . maybe zalinski can achieve the impossible actually succeeding, cleaning up wall street. earlier i discussed the ramifications of ukraine conflict,

western economic sanctions, and the mainstream media's anti russia onslaught with author columnist and political cartoonist ted roll. it's all different when it's your country just as you doing the thing that you say other countries shouldn't be doing. hypocrisy is rampant in international politics as well as domestic politics. and you know, it's, it's all, it's, it's so extreme though, in this particular case that, you know, it's kind of depressing and transparent for anyone who's actually paying attention the, the united states media was really actively complicit in the war against afghanistan . and i would say, even now, with the effect of the sanctions on afghanistan, they're pretty much being ignored or shrugged off. you know, the, all the, all the rhetoric is always brought back to, well, what are the taliban doing? you know what, what united states is keeping afghan government money. so yeah, though it's, so there's no comparison in the way that these,

these 2 issues are framed or covered by the united states, mainstream corporate media. well, i wanted to ask you about one of your cartoons. it's called the if we were on the other side of the ukraine, russia crisis showing how the u. s. would have reacted if missiles were aimed at them from a nearby country. and that exact same situation as actually happened before, back in the early sixty's, obviously with the soviet union deploying missiles into cuba. and the americans didn't like that. i mean, do you think they've forgotten historical lessons here? well, most americans don't really remember historical lessons in the 1st place in order to forget them. so it's not really actively taught. and you know, historical context is just not presented in american news account. so nobody ever says, well, ok, so in $962.00 during the cuban missile crisis. this happened. but this is a different scenario. it, 1st of all, it's not a different scenario. and it's impossible to imagine the united states, tolerating, for example, mexico or canada, becoming anything less than friendly to the united states in any way if the soviet

union were still around, would canada be allowed to join the warsaw pact with a bill out to talk about joining the warsaw pact, no. want to bring the conversation into the realm of sanctions. i really want to hear what you have to say about the facts that of course, we've seen unprecedented western sanctions against russia since the military operation in ukraine was launched. do you think they're going to be successful and can europe and union countries survive without russian energy sources? well, the sanction seemed to be very effective at hurting the western academy and driving up inflation and energy prices in the united states and it's western allies. you know, i've just moscow for, i've been here for 24 hours since i got here, does not look like it's on. it's nice economically. the only surprise about the sanctions failure is that it's really unraveling so quickly. i mean, here we are in the middle of the summer, you know, eastern europe isn't not in dire need of heating oil. and what's going to happen

when the winter comes, we were expecting this to really start to hit november and december. it's all, we're already seeing the effects present biden's already having to try to talk down the possibility of an eminent recession or maybe the possibility that the u. s. economy has already entered recession. so, you know, the effects are, are there. i don't, i think, you know, russia saw it was coming and was prepared this is the latest pictures from the iraqi capital of baghdad, where hundreds of anti government protesters have stormed the heavily guarded green zone in the city center and broken into the building of the iraqi parliament, none of the law makers are said to have been present there during the attack. according to media reports clashes between protesters and security forces are ongoing. demonstrators are furious over the nomination of an iranian backed pull politician for prime minister and government officials have called on the protesters to disperse peacefully. the classes are reportedly organized by

supporters of a prominent shia cleric. initial reports indicated that a number of protesters had been injured after being shot by security forces will of course, keep you updated on this story as it continued to develops. ah, to libya, now we're more than a dozen people have reportedly been killed and wounded in fire fights between local men, militant groups. meanwhile, britain's envoy to the un has called on the warring sides and libya to restore oil production and exports. we urged 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 statement you just heard was voiced at an international meeting on the libyan crisis. the united nations itself is warning of

a dangerous situation in the north african country. as civilians there are being increasingly caught in the crossfire. the overall situation in libya means highly volatile. with an increased number of clashes in and around tripoli, they cannot make 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 colleen a 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 cuts 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 has 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 in libya. well, as no secret of the nation has the largest proven oil reserves in africa, and that opportunity for profit was clearly on the minds 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 air 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 say 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 that 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 foreign policy analyst, tough as i'll go yell says that if western countries want to end the conflict,

they just need to keep their own promises. i think they need to live up to their own promises. i mean the national security council in new york at which the support of both of the day united states, england and france and the rest of the european union have pledged that they will take certain steps. chief among them is to prevent outside those from supplying arms. for example, into the various libyan and malicious, both east and west, that has not happened. a supply of weapons continues from countries like the u. e, for example, which has played a very damaging role in libya over the years. and supporting, for example, our allowing an american citizen like after to engage in sort of with a military rebellion without any consequences is a serious problem. but there are a number of military years powers and militias on the western side of libya,

also engaged in all kinds of illegal activities, including war crimes, illegal immigrants to europe, illegal drug trades, illegal financial transactions. if the united nation and the united states and europe do not seriously take that their own pledges, i mean this is not something that is a wishful thinking. this is a debt on pledges over the last 11 years as long as the country is allowed to in this way without any sticks to hold these people accountable, the country will continue to drift. a cancellation of us. how speaker nancy pelosi is planned visit to taiwan would be a victory for china. that's the warning from the senate republican leader. mitch mcconnell, as quoted by a bloomberg reporter earlier china, told washington that policies visit to taiwan. plan for august would have serious consequences. beijing says it would take forceful measures if you house speaker

follows through with their plans, and that would be the 1st visit of such an american official to taiwan and 25 years . this also comes amid growing concerns over tensions between beijing and ty, pay over the possible consequences of policies visit to taiwan. and while some us officials are fearful of a potential conflict with china, other american politicians are apparently pushing for a serious confrontation with beijing. you know, the whole idea that we're worried about chinese rhetoric shows how misplaced our policy is. this is a question of how america conducts its own foreign policy. and thank you very much . decision ping will conduct it the way we want to conduct it. can we send a constitutionally denominated official. busy to china, are we going to back down? because gigi and pang is shaking his fist. if we can allow the chinese to dictate who can visit taiwan and who can not,

then we have already seated. tie one to the chinese if they can veto every one in the world who wants to come to tie one, then taiwan will be isolated. so i think she has an absolute right to visit, and i think the support of taiwan is important. victor gao is the vice president of the center for china and globalization. ne told us that nancy pelosi trip to taiwan would seriously undermine us china relations. the proposed a visit to taiwan by nancy pelosi will really blow up the china us relations and inflict huge detriments to both with chinese people as well as the american people. this whole episode demonstrates once again in very graphic terms, that the united states is challenging. the one town policy by words, as well as by deeds. now, for the recall of the united states, acknowledges there is only one china and taiwan is part of china. from

a chinese perspective, we have made it known to the united states that nancy pelosi, a speaker of the house of representative of the united states, should not and cannot go to visit taiwan. otherwise, pub, is it to will trigger a whole series of consequences. and the united states will be solely responsible for the all the consequences in whatever way possible coming out from har proposed visit to taiwan, china, serious about it, i hold the world will listen to that. and i hope all the other countries will watch this as a life episode unfolding before our eyes. meaning that china stands firm on matters of principle. and this one, china policy is a matter of utmost importance to china, and china will not allow all toler.