a ride to meet that week. our at that point, did that with a washington offers moscow, a dealer secure the release of to americans, reportedly an exchange for convicted arms dealer victor boot. ukraine goes from begging bowl to the judges, bench with kiev now demanding charges be placed against several us banks over russian financing. 2 areas, one in russia is extreme boston environmental norman criteria with pain, oil and gas pills, or what it is covered and more coming for being one of the biggest appointments in going to energy sector. advert. while g stuff is reportedly aims to establish price

tapping mechanism on moscow, oil exports rushes biggest oil company is beginning a new project in northern siberia and cancellation of us. how speaker nancy pelosi trip to taiwan would signify. a big group for beijing says washington, as us china frictions continue with good morning. it's 9 pm in los angeles. 7 am here in moscow. wherever you are, welcome to the program. i'm purely is about with the top stories this. our washington is proposing a trade with moscow for the release of to american citizens. the deal would reportedly involve russian arms dealer, victor boot basketball, player, brittany griner, and convicted spy paul whelan. earlier. the white house that the u. s. is preparing to take the quote, extraordinary steps to bring the americans home. we made a substantial offer to secure the release of paul whalen and brittany griner. the

president and his team are willing to take extraordinary steps to bring our people home. the report that we're hearing is that there's the possibility of a prisoner swap with victor. oops. the russian arms dealer who's been held in us prisons for quite some time being traded for brittany griner and paul whalen. this is quite an exciting idea. it would certainly be meaningful in the lives of all 3 of those individuals. now, at this point that we've heard us secretary of state antony, blank and touch on the matter and say that it could be that he would soon be discussing this with his russian counterpart. here's what we heard from blanket i plan to raise an issue that's a top priority for us. the release of americans, paul wilson and brittany griner, who been wrongfully detained and must be allowed to come home. we put a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago to facilitate the release. our governments are communicated repeatedly and directly on that proposal. and i'll use

the conversation to follow up personally, and i hope move us toward the resolution. now there's been no confirmation of this from moscow. nothing from the russian side about this deal. now, just a quick run down on the individual being discussed in this potential prisoners swap . victor boot is a russian, ours dealer, an entrepreneur. he was arrested by the u. s. f b, i tape recorded having a hypothetical conversation that led to conspiracy charges. he's been serving us federal prison. now brittany griner is an american basketball player who was convicted on trial, essentially at this point for possession of marijuana, bringing drugs into russia. and paul wayland is the convicted spy. it was an american who has been convicted of spying against russia serving a prison them. so the idea is that these 2 americans might be traded. and if this happened, it wouldn't be the 1st time that such a prisoner swap. so play that we can recall. there was the incident where russian

pilot konstantin yara shank go, was released and traded for trevor reed, who was a national of the united states. earlier i spoke with civil rights attorney, robert petite, who believes that the public outcry that greeted grinders case has pushed whitehouse to initiate negotiations with moscow. what, when sina said, there's my social media outcry. i'm pushing for the release of miss griner. her celebrity status, of course, is part of it being a member of the african american community and a member of the l. g. b t q, community, here, america. and look to many people are spinning appointment while emphasis on her release. i think the russian side, actually getting more from this deal, brittany griner was to so not drug trafficking, but according to her testimony today in court, accidentally for getting a, a cartridge that belongs to a vague and her bag that was illegal in russia respects the sovereign do you fear nations? i think that's a big difference between that and being

a arms dealer of mr. about was going to know. so i think russia comes out on the better end of this trade. but given the nature of the publicity around this is change. the use, the willing to make this suave care says it wants washington to hand over effective multi roll f. 16 fighter jets instead of single roll 8 and attack planes are ti contributor rachel marston, explains how ukraine has gone from begging for western helps to busing. around its patrons, the west has been bending over backwards, trying to accommodate ukraine's requests since the outside 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. calls for sanctions resulted in the u, 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 were beast companies and richer that are in meet them. ready were arc armstrong, m a r and nance been war agreement. 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, luke oil and v told teams 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 who ukrainian government has just published. a list of russian propagandists featuring prominent us elected officials, journalists, and academics who even dared questioned a conventional western narrative on ukraine. and these figures on the list include republican senator, ram paul, former rep, tulsa gabbert, a democrat from hawaii, university of chicago professor and international relations theorist. john mearsheimer, an pulitzer prize winning journalist, the land green walls. 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 and 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 zelinski can achieve the impossible, actually succeed in cleaning up wall street. now to the latest from ukraine, russia's defense ministry says to high position strikes of kill 200 ukrainian soldiers in the southern city of nic alive, russian missiles are said to have targeted a concrete factory where camps troops had set up a base. masika also says strikes have destroyed for ukrainian military command post in the past 24 hours in the den net profit, throw of screech in an arm stock pile was targeted and more than a 100 rockets for western supplied harm. hi, march launchers are said to have been destroyed with a 120 ukrainian troops also killed. meanwhile, in the dawn bass ah, multiple explosions of shaken the city of don. yes, as local authority 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. the neighboring city of yazzy nova taiyah is also being relentless. he shall buy calves, forces, artes, roman, the closer of reports from the ground. ah, the city of yes, in nevada is shown on a daily basis. shilling continues right now. as i speak. it's adjacent to the capital of our nets, and the people here are injured and are being killed every single day. right now, i'm going to speak to some of the people which were wounded by ukraine and military just recently moral for dinner. i was feeding dogs that day when the shelling began and the mind started exploding somewhere up the street. but then one exploded just near me. i did not even feel it. i don't know how i survived lusted her bubble of

terror, valuable. i lost my legs. i was in the yard when the shilling began. i got up in the morning on 2 legs, and the next thing i knew i was in intensive care with one of which i was brought there in a tank. i've been in hospital since may, but now i'm going to be discharged and i want to go home, which i really want peace. i want the the money spend to buy weapons to be spent on ordinary people. posted near dinner recently. it's civilians that suffer not the military. the showing goes on every day to day. for example, we have a new person wounded, a man who went out to throw out his garbage and got hit by shrapnel. it goes on and on on a daily basis. it's been happening for 8 years, 8 long years of shilling. they are showing peaceful people. it seems that they are not even aiming just ravaging the city. there are hundreds of elderly people here in eastern nevada who have absolutely no access to food, water, or electricity,

and they rely on humanitarian missions. in order to survive hard to day, we brought some food vegetables, fruits, canned goods. of course these people are also relying on others who live here use in the mother who will deliver this food to them. no, he said get what vala, many hide in basement. my house has been constantly hit by bomb fragment. so we try to help people to buy medicines, to deliver food, to new people help by transferring money. we are holding on getting stronger. we believe that everything will be fine with the union. yeah. well howard thrift sir. yes. in nevada, it had to be cut short because really heavy shilling began and just to be safe, we decided to drive back to her desk. however, our mission today was complete as were delivered food and medicine to the people of

use in nevada, from uncle, for a hearty dentist people's republic. meanwhile, dying ask officials have announced a draft agreement on the establishment of a tribunal to try mercenaries fighting for ukraine. however, some have already been sentenced, such as british fighter 8, an athlete who faces the death penalty after being accused of mercenary activities . as one has been knocking on every single door in an effort to escape the sentence, but as still little help from his very own government. i'm just calling to see if there's any update on my situation. all right, my case. i mean there's no, that's why i'm trying to get an update and something we, we, we all get continuing to suppress which we think we need to speak to. you know, like,

the thing is, this is huge. quantity trickle. it's quite difficult. it's quite difficult situation in facts we are trying to we i love me every week i've been speaking to the foreign office in asking them to help my situation to like to try and organize some sort of negotiations or diplomatic efforts to to help me return to my family and you know, i've, i've made multiple attempts to them like every week and, you know, it's, it's the same, same thing again. they tell me all this work going on, but there's never any. it's all talk in no, like physical, like, like visibility. it's the same thing from that. it has been from the very beginning

that we're working, in your case, your top priority, and this is what ukraine said. they said, i'm a top priority yet. i'm still here and i've seen friends who go to the exchange. there's been free free exchanges since i've been in captivity. friends have gone, but yet as ukraine say, i'm a top priority and i'm still here. and it's the same with the british, the british government. i asked them like that. have you thought about trying to at least contact to be a meditator at least if ukraine doesn't want to speak? maybe you guys can like be a meditator between the 2. and they says like, no, we don't want to do that because detail is not official. and i said to them, like, yes, the depot might not be official. however, you guys speak to the syrian y, p g and syria, who aren't sufficient. i was there in 2017 when britain sent representatives from, from the government to work on it. and they speak with the steering court curtain that certain curds like what the g,

they're not recognized by anyone in the world. so it's, it's hypocritical for the british government to tell me they can't speak to the depot because the official, but yet, i know they speak to the saying, why fi g, even though they're not official? ah, wow. the group of southern riches economy is reportedly aimed to have a price capping mechanism on russian oil exports in place by december, 5th, right shall, largest oil company is beginning a new project in northern siberia, r t 's, maria fin notion, i guess as an exclusive lot from the site in russia's extreme north, beyond the polar circle with the arctic ocean, just 500 kilometers away. this is where russia extracts much of its oil. when they says well, folk oil project that cover is supposed to 2 areas of one enriches extreme hostile environmental northern siberia. with 13 oil and gas fuel door, when it is covered and more coming will be one of the biggest all projects in

global energy sector. adver it's entire was source base amount at $6000000.00 tons of premium oil rushes. largest company rog snapped is behind this multi $1000000000.00 project. the company c o has divorced off and noah's ark for the oil based global economy. and i see a few in russia given its energy potential and a portfolio of 1st class projects such as boston, oil can fulfill long term global needs for affordable energy resources. and it certainly is an arc of salvation like noah's ark was stuck. oil is the biggest down the only project of such a scale in the world. and it is also the only project capable of having a stabilizing effect on the energy market. drill and here is not a thing, but it is happening all across the oil field, loan powerful, all rig quotes, and russian made, they can more 6 kilowatt going to be well very fast. and also called project

a. the fact that they produce 100000000 pounds or annually by 2030, not only the project ambitions, but also you can friendly. for example, it doesn't burn the natural gas extracted along with the oil. instead, using it to produce green energy for the projects needs. and make no mistake, animals are safe to the pipeline runs at a certain height above the ground measures so that local animals can easily pass. and denise was especially important. the oil running in these pipes is claim to be of a premium quality that is strictly checked in numerous laboratories on every stage of production. and your primary restore current grade differs from russia's flagship heavy euros. it is lighter, much easier to refine and what's more important law sulphur. it smells oil. by the way, hand it is yet to be named,

then you oil will receive its name or brand after it's finished versus formula is ready. be full that it is referred to by the place it is extracted from, like van car, a key cluster of the big project. this is the banker's central pause, how as they call it here, the oil fields kitchen. this is where oil is extracted from the liquid palm from the on the ground. this is what this complicated net of pipes service for. this is where the ready oil is stored in those are there wars and from here it goes to the pipeline. is that fluid breaks during the implementation of the roster coil project . the station will be the starting point for the transportation of oil to the north . from the bunker cluster. almost 800 kilometers of trunk lines are to be billed to cross rushes, no than timely peninsula, as well as a major oil terminal on the coast of the courtesy to deliver the oil to the buyers . ah,

a with ah. and that will only be the 1st stage, no construction will go on after the terminal starts functioning until it's able to process at least $100000000.00 tons of oil year. this will cover william or a year ago there was a see here since then, an artificial plot of land has been built a unique structure in the climactic implementation of the time year region. now the

pals have being submerged. the depth is more than 20 meters, time is a harsh region for both work and housing. the projects proximity to the northern sea route is a competitive advantage, has a drastically reduces costs for transport in the oil and lawyers. the projects dependence on politically unstable supply chains that makes the oil more affordable and reliable for customers around the world. plus the company says that 98 percent of all the equipment here is domestically produced. when according fannan, we're at a new facility, the polar power plant. this is the heart of our new project. it will provide the capacity for the start of the vast stock oil project in the future development of the oil fields. we use russian turbines. these are the 1st turbines of this kind produced in russia. there are no equivalence of this equipment with similar capacity in russia right now. this is ours, it's new and it's russian, and that is awesome. but foreign partners are also welcome to participate. as you,

as you are the project, lives on and develops as planned, inevitable difficulties are being overcome. but we are full confidence that all the tasks will be completed. we need to do this before the big flood. we will be glad to see our friends take part in this noah's ark construction project for the global economy. mation oftener r t reporting from timer peninsula in rational than siberia and now on to the netherlands, were local farmers have resumed, protest against the government plan to introduce new green laws that will affect their businesses. some of the protesters of block rose by dumping manure on highways and even set some of the piles on fire. the activities have been rolling for the best part of the last 3 weeks after the government announced it plans to cut nitrogen oxide and ammonia emissions by 50 percent. farmers claim that this

move would significantly harmed their livelihoods and simply put them out of business. and the dutch protesters have found support across the atlantic with canadian farmers gathering an ottawa to back their european colleagues, concerns. oh, hundreds gathered near the dutch embassy in canada's capital to voice or anger about amsterdam policy protesters many struggling to deal with the new burden of taxes on russian fertilizer chanted no farmers, no food outside the building. canadian agricultural consultant, r. e. van winkle told us that those pushing a green agenda failed to understand how the agricultural business works. i think the green agenda is something that's very attracted by

a group of individuals who maybe aren't far removed to understand the whole system worse. and. ready wait for me to, to see the decisions are based on what some people feel is greeting and what maybe isn't so very because they only see the negative impact of the basel lives. i think maybe the western world has become so complacent in what we've done and how we conduct business. amongst other things. there's many other places with very fertile land and. ready need to produce a lot of places like, like russia or threat to them as they are still ru orders. they're hard to work in letting entrepreneurs go

forward. i think we put people in such financial scares, you can see people maybe access the industry. we're going to see. ready people not dare invest in an industry, and i think, you know, people look to other countries do maybe her similar career there. i don't understand where this was beneficial to anybody who and cancellation of us. how speaker nancy pelosi is plan visit to taiwan. would be a victory for china. that's the warning from senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, according to 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 the us house speaker would follow through with her plans. it

would be the 1st visit to taiwan by an american official in 25 years. this comes amid growing concerns over tensions between beijing and ty, pay over the possible consequences of policies visit. and while some us officials are fearful of a potential conflict with china, other politicians such as former us national security advisor, john bolton, and senate foreign relations share. bob menendez are apparently certain she shouldn't be deterred, are in fact 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 king will conduct. it's a way we want to conduct it. can we send a constitutionally denominated official to china? are we going to back down because gigi paying is shaking his fist. if we can allow

the chinese to dictate who can visit taiwan and who cannot, then we have already seated, tie one to the chinese. if they can veto every one in the world who wants to come to taiwan, then taiwan will be isolated. so i think she has an absolute right to visit, and i think the support of taiwan is important. is a sort of political performance by nancy lucy in washington, washington is jane hawkish, or lucy santa should you know what i mean by prison? by didn't saying that the military, this thing will be a good idea to is there is almost very little chance, a situation where we escalate may true that a terabyte of the u. s. and the child chinese, i want to see that happen. i think these are smokescreen to pay for more art in terms of between 2 talks of the 2 leaders today. and especially when they meet in person, possibly not in position,

although no flights. so it's clearly on the tape or by the, by the chinese come this friday, which, which hot, which i know you surely respond fields fiercely. lucy, really miss it. china, taiwan, because there is simply no way for the chinese to back and another visit. attracting the attention of the international community is the crown prince of saudi arabia's trip to europe. the visit, the 1st since a global outcry over the murder of saudi dest, dissident in its symbol 4 years ago, saw him arrive in greece earlier this week, and he travels to france on thursday, during a meeting with the greek prime minister, the top saudi officials said the 2 countries will sign a key energy deal because grease itself with 2 or 3 agrees with what she pulled, viewable energy, that we're going to start doing you about that today. also, we'll walking about to hydrogen and help to increase as

a help you to harder g and doesn't give junior for both of us. the greek and french leaders are among the few western politicians. i've visited the kingdom since the 2018 murder of thought, a journalist, so mark shogi, who often criticize the crown prince. u. s. intelligence has blamed the prince for the killing, although radia has denied responsibility, joe biden, who promised to make saudi arabia a per riah back in 2019 travel, the saudi arabia last week to meet with top officials. radia had rashad has been under pressure from the u. s. and e to export more oil as western countries seek alternative suppliers of energy. former great diplomat and ambassador leo, need us present up ballast. told us that negotiating with russia is the only way to resolve europe's energy crisis. the only way to go ahead is to sit down in a neutral country like switzerland for western countries and

moscow and try try to come out trying to find a practical solution. which of course would involve the lifting of sanctions because it, it, it doesn't work for europe. and when i say europe, i include russia. so can cause, i think that russia is, is part of europe. these agreements that have been signed, for example, ones that will connect to electricity from saudi arabia and it's not going to help much also to reach this cannot happen overnight. it will take quite a long time. and i don't think that this is a solution to reach all the energy crisis that europe itself has created as, as created by putting the sanctions on russia. the best solution would be to the west start serious discussion with.