to my annuity. oh, it is animal. a, you know, not a problem with the french president welcomed saudi arabia's crowned friends during his 1st you trip since a standalone or a high profile journalist kelly. that's us. human rights activists. flash out of micron for wooing the prince to get energy deal multiple this hour with 2 areas of one and riches 3 horsepower environment. nobody 5 the area with teen oil and gas fields, or where did it's covered and more coming will be one of the biggest. all course i can going who energy sector avenue marquee takes an exclusive look at russia. newest energy project, which flies in the face of a reported price cap on russian oil imports by g $7.00 countries plus

with our corresponded reports from a danielle peoples republic city near the front line as he helped deliver humanitarian aid to civilian coming under ukrainian. shelly with after 4 pm here in moscow and you're watching our t international. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program, which france is the latest you member state to woo saudi arabia's crown prince who's come to paris for talks that says european leaders are desperately seeking alternative energy suppliers to replace russian imports. however, human rights watch dogs are crying foul over the cording of the credit of the saudi prince. i feel profoundly troubled by the visit because of what it means for our world and what is means for jamal shogi and people like him. the visits by m b as

to france and joe biden, to saudi arabia, do not change the fact that m b s is nothing other than a killer ball to get more on the story. now we're going to cross live to archie, contributor rachel marston. rachel, can you break down the controversy surrounding this visit to france? sure, yeah, if environmentalists thought that they were the only ones who'd be getting a short end of the stick with this energy crunched, they're now joined by human rights activists. mac, home, french president amendment michael, he's constantly evoking the importance of human rights in different contexts. like for example, how paris is the birthplace of the universal declaration of human rights? and also how the defense of human rights is woven into europe's fabric. but today at the presidential palace appears, mohammed been selman, effectually known as m. b. us crown prince of oil rich saudi arabia directly tied by western intelligence services to the murder and dismemberment of washington post

columnist and activists, and prominent saudi government critic jamal cash o g, who is learned inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. in october 2018 french presidents have always been pragmatic, casually setting aside lofty values when they clash with french economic interests . and frances big problem right now is that it's caught up in europe's energy crunch in the wake of u sanctions on russian gas. so it's on supply. now, frances nuclear energy was on the verge of a program decline when about half of the reactors of the commission were at a commission before paris. pretty much didn't about face earlier this year and lobbied brussels to reclassify nuclear energy as green energy. and that worked out, but questions remain as to whether those reactors and the liquefied natural gas that france has been importing from russia ever since. the start of this conflict

in ukraine in massive quantities, whether that will be enough to power france through the fall and winter. now in assigned that france is in a week position, it scrambled to secure an energy cooperation and supply deal earlier this month. between french energy dot jaya, total energies, and you're a state oil company. so france sees the trouble that germany economies in scrambling to fire up coal plants and maybe even nuclear reactors again, now as worth recalling to the whole reason for the german russian gas deals and pipelines in the 1st place were. so germany could exit nuclear in order to please environmentalists whom after restarting cold probably won't be too happy about a nuclear revival either. and it's also interesting to know that germany actually criticized france, fur reneging on this whole nuclear deprogramming. even though now it's starting to think maybe it should be doing the same thing as well. so things are getting pretty

bad and it makes sense. the m b s gets an invite to the eighty's, a palace now as an energy rich country. now human rights optics, b dams obviously, but of course desperate times call for desperate measures and desperate fis bombs with m. b s. u. s. president joe biden. he would know something about that. he set that precedent earlier this month. we'll see if the fits boats continue, the fis bumped to or through the wes for and b as continues still m b as didn't give biden any of the oil production guarantees that he was looking for when bide made a trip to the middle east. mac, called biden, and other western leaders. well, they're making a really big show right now for their own citizens. that's obviously who the audience is about trying to mitigate this energy crisis. look, we're doing our best. we're doing everything we can. we're knocking all the all the doors. but the results so far i've been pretty medley. now what's interesting is that there's one thing within their power to do to resolve this whole crisis. and

that is to well lift their own sanctions on their own energy supply. all right, archie, contributor rachel marston, thanks a lot for bringing us those details. but to get more on this story now we're gonna cross live to our expert guest. doctor mohammed also bon, a former senior advisor to the minister of energy of saudi arabia. dr. thanks lot for joining us on the program. thank you. now, micron is obviously under a lot of fire for inviting the saudi prince. what do you think about this criticism that he's taking from human rights groups and kill her writing me? those heal memorized groups are happening or applying to stand up. when the united states invaded that and killed many millions of people and nobody say anything at that time. also when they went to afghanistan, they had the same thing by kidding many 100000 people

and syria and your name it. so and, and i was on something that proved to be false by the c a that he did, and then the late and then on the weapons of mass destruction and it proved to be wrong. so human rights group basically had her book crowded and they are trying to show that dad is still alive, but nobody is believing them because they are always sided with the western point of view. of course, france has come to saudi arabia and as well as greece for this help, do you think rehab is going to extend

a helping hand to the you as the west is facing the energy crunch. i mean, what can the saudis expect and return when to be sour, the ground things, how much said wench paris, to greece the last 2 days. and they had some agreement and some signing agreement would be a good government including the one on hydrogen that so that a is willing to have a joint venture, a hydrogen plan. would that in saudi arabia or anybody's. that would finance and shop for the energy sector in the, in the eel and the, and i think my cut on where today's one issue,

which is in keys us action. but if we increase our production, we can do it on a nice that's on the last can to, is doing at the same time or would one decision. and since the oil market is fungible, what if you take from either amount, if it's still france, then the sam situation would continue to be euro now is paying a high price for the sanction that they put on the ocean or it. now we see that guys is getting into the show that the euro is facing. and i think the during winter, the coming winter season would c e o is frozen. and if they want to be reminded by the ice age,

i think they said their mom and dad will be the mom and when they feed the ice age considering nobody or maybe naming that they're protecting them bottom. well, based on these meetings that we've seen, do you think saudi arabia is ready to forget the grudges of the past and all these allegations of human rights abuses from the west? again, saudi arabia, an increase cooperation with the west, is all about money or do you think there's more to it? no, so debbie has started a long time today for sci fi, not only it's local economy, but also for a diversified the sources of economic corporation. it doesn't depend on the united states alone does. it depends on the you you remember when there's a bite and visit the salad that be implicitly they ask that they,

they cannot be alive to the united states and russia and china at the same time. so the onset of being given by, i'm hammered based on that when we added new york, that we said that at the united nation and will, competent with the or tentative, of course, we don't agree with the gratian. but at the same time we would see you'll have a settlement to this problem and not sure. all right, dr. mohammed also on a former senior advisor to the minister of energy, saudi arabia. thanks a lot for joining us on the program. once again. thank you very much. ok. while g 7 oil consumers are reportedly preparing to put a price cap on russian imports by the end of the year, the country's largest oil company has launched

a massive new project in siberia ortiz. maria phenomena took an exclusive look at the site in russian's extreme. know beyond the polar circle with the arctic ocean, just 500 kilometers away. this is where russia extract much of its oil when they says, well, stock oil project that cover is supposed to 2 areas of one enriches extreme hostile environmental northern siberia. with 13 oil and gas pills or what it is covered and more coming will be one of the biggest all projects in global energy sector ever. it's entire we source base amounts at $6000000.00 tons of premium oil rush is the largest one company rog snapped is behind this multi $1000000000.00 project. the company c o has dubbed vos salt 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 damn the only project of such scale in the world. and it is also the only project capable of having a stabilizing effect on the energy market. drill in here, it's not a thing, but it is happening across the dock oil failed room, powerful. all rigs are totally russian made and they can more 6 kill. i'm going to be well very fast. and also called project a. the fact that for years 100000000 tons of oil annually by 2030, not only the project ambitions, but also eco 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 measured so that local animals can easily pass. and denise was especially important. the oil run in in these pipes is claimed to be over the premium quality that is strictly checked in numerous or more to read on every stage of production than your premium was store could great different from russia. swag shame, having urals it is lighter, much easier to refine and what's more important. last sulfur, it smells oil. how, by the way, hand it is yet to be named, then you will receive its name or brand after it's finished versions, formula is ready before that it is referred to by the place it is extracted from, like van car, key cluster of the big project. this is the banker's central parts, 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 search for. this is

where the ready oil is more than those are there wars and from here it goes to the pipeline. but it is that's a little break. so 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 bank or cluster. almost 800 kilometers of trunk lines to be built across rushes. nolan timely peninsular, as well as a major oil terminal on the coast of the courtesy to deliver the oil to the buyers . ah, a here with

. and that will only be the 1st stage. the construction will go on after the terminal starts functioning until it's able to process at least $100000000.00 tons of oil a year. dish over one more a year ago, there was a see here since then an artificial plot of land has been built a unique structure in the i matt take implementation of the time year region. well now the policy being submerged. the depth is more than 20 meters, time is a harsh region for both work and housing. the projects for exigency to the northern sea route is a competitive advantage, has a drastically reduces costs for transport in the oil and lower as the projects dependence on politically unstable supply chains that makes the oil more affordable and reliable for customers around the world. class. the company says that 98

percent of all the equipment here is domestically produced. when according stanon, 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 equivalents 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. mason ocean, our t reporting from timer peninsula in rational than siberia.

germany faces social and economic turmoil as a result of cutting down on russian gas imports. that's the warning from 7 german mayers and a letter to their countries. energy minister. the path taken by the federal government to disconnect from russian energy sources is not the right path. stopping gas imports from russia would mean an explosion in the cost of living, which would lead to social instability and unrest that could spiral out of control . and while germany is divided internally, the e. u stays united in the face of a gas supply shortage from russia. at least that's according to germany's economy minister. these statements came on tuesday when you government deliberated over a draft european law that would require member states to ration gas to protect countries against supply cuts by moscow. the main proposal was to cut demand by 15 percent with mandatory moves across the block if necessary. however, while germany,

italy and some other member states rely heavily on russian imports, spain, portugal and greece are less dependent. that shows that your mistakes through my job because europe is able to find union unity. i'm giving a strong sigma also in the day we're the flows of decimals to run or reduce them to another 20 percent to coaching and to russia. you won't split us, of course, a lot of compromises in this text. well, this is the way how europe operates. doesn't make sense that each of the association, yeah. shady measures just for the sake of sunny day, i believe. but when it comes to an under security, he receives mainly individual, the national governments responsibility. well, to get more on this story, we're going across live now to dr. andre thomas hallson, german attorney and law professor in south africa. thanks

a lot for joining us on the program. once again, dr. yes, good afternoon, donald jim, listeners. i wanted to ask you about these statements from e u countries saying that there, you know, united and they have common goals. meanwhile, some countries, mainly hungry, specifically, continue to oppose an e with margo on russian gas. what it, what does this say about their unity a, this is a voluntary decision. it's an appeal for the $27.00 members that to try and save 15 percent of that gas consumption. this is extremely difficult, especially because the reservoir, the, the storage for, for m and g, r to be empty or one for only when moving fast towards winter. it is not possible logistically to, to reverse enormous, enormous logistic chains. germany, for instance, is dependent on, on gas on pipe gas from russia to about 60 percent of its consumption. and of

course pipe gas is a lot cheaper than liquefied natural gas, which has to be re gas. if i do need huge installations to do this. the, the, at the moment, industry bosses and experts all are quite and panic about this was i said before hungry is one of the, or probably the foremost you're, you member say it continues to impose an embargo on russian oil. do you think he's going to eventually, or this country is eventually going to succumb to you pressure or do you think other countries are actually going to follow budapest example instead? well, you pressure could mean political suicide for government goes all $27.00. you remember states our parliamentary democracy is based on multi party systems and, and if people have nothing to eat or if people cannot get to work anymore, or if, if they have to come once a day for an hour to a communal shelter that's heated to warm up for an hour,

and this is the emergency plan for germany. then they might very well the adverse leave and the vote in a different leadership. democracies have particularity that you can replace your leadership quite easily. and what's your assessment of the sort of unity effect of these countries in their decision making process? do you think that smaller countries can win from what brussels is talking about? well, the e u is work in progress. it's a very delicate and very well balanced system, where originally the treaties made sure that the smaller countries cannot impose their will on any one of the large countries. but also that the large countries cannot force one of the smaller countries as weighted voting and the council. and this, this fragile balance is not suited to, to forcing on popular decisions or arbitrary or mostly driven decisions on

everyone. so the e u has already lost. i would say one quarter of its original hot, originally the heart of the you, is it or the germany, france, and england and england left in the brakes. and the official language of the english is thereby become basically obsolete. because the, the, the big english chunk is gone and, and there may be other attrition. there may be other breaks. it's like a fax it for france. france is becoming increasingly wanted. president mccaul was probably the leader with the greatest foresight already at the ambassadors conference on 27 august 2019. that's over 3 years. basically said that the, the era of western had germany over the world has ended. and he warned, isn't best for those 2 to become to,

to get acquainted with the thought that there are other powers that we are, that we have moved into a multi polar world all ready long before the military operation. you correct? all right, doctor andre thomas house and german attorney and law professor in south africa. thanks again for joining us on the program. i pleasure. now we're going to go to the latest news from ukraine. russia's defense ministry says key of forces are sustaining significant losses with the latest deaf toll reaching at least $200.00. as a result of high precision russian strikes on ukrainian military positions in the her son region inside the done yet people's republic. oscar also says its missiles have destroyed 9 ukrainian military command post in the past 24 hours as well as 6 ammunition warehouses. comes a day after more than a 100 rockets for western supplied highmark. rocket launchers were said to have been destroyed with a 120 ukrainian troops. also, having been killed meanwhile,

and one of the largest cities in the people's republic named gord lapka, a machine building plant has caught fire as a result of ukrainian showing cubes. military has reportedly struck the plan 20 times fracturing a gas pipeline there. so far, no casualties have been reported. now the mayor of girl, of course, says that a bred making plant and a residential building were also damaged by ukrainian attacks the neighboring, the neighboring city of us in nevada is also being relentlessly shelled by keeps forces as our teeth roman coaster reports from their 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 in the military, just recently, loyal for dinner. i was feeding dogs that day when the shelling began in the mines 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 last interval of terror valuable. i lost my leg. i was in the yard when the shelling 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 is 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. i really want peace. i want the money spend to buy weapons to be spent on ordinary people for sitting there with 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, which looked it goes on and on on a daily basis. it's been happening for 8 years. 8 long years of shelling. 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 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 the sued to them. no, he said, that's what vala so many high din basements. my house has been constantly hit by bomb fragments. so we try to help people to buy medicines, to deliver food. can you afford people help by transferring money? we are holding on getting stronger, but we believe that everything will be fine with the union. yeah. well howard

thrift sir. yes, in nevada 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 on call for if hearty, the nest people's republic. washington is proposing a prisoner swap deal with moscow for the release of 2 american citizens. the agreement would reportedly involve convicted russian arms dealer, victor boot, who was doing time in the united states. and americans basketball player, brittany greiner, who was on trial for drug smuggling charges and imprison spy. paul whalen. earlier, the white house said the u. s. is determined to bring its citizens 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 mutual exchange of russian and american prisoners on the territory of the 2 countries was previously discussed by the presidents of russia and the united states. these negotiations are being carried out by competent apartments. a concrete result has not yet been achieved. at the same time, we consider it necessary to take the interests of both parties into account. during these talks, russ and victor boot is a convicted arms dealer who was arrested in thailand in 2008 and later extradited the united states. in 2012, an american court sentenced him to 25 years in prison for arming a terrorist group and conspiring to kill us citizens. brittany greiner meanwhile, is currently on trial in moscow for possession of marijuana and bringing drugs into russia. while paul whalen, a former us marine convicted of espionage, is currently serving a 16 year sentence and a russian prison. earlier u. s. secretary of state antony blanket and said he would soon disk,

he would be soon discussing the release of these 2 people with his russian counterpart. i planned 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 use the conversation to follow up personally, and i hope move us toward a resolution as of yet, there's been no confirmation from russia on the details of such a deal. but if a prisoner swap does happen, it wouldn't be the 1st time this year. back in april russian pilot constantino sankoh was traded for us. national trevor read we heard from a civil rights attorney that the reason the u. s. is looking to strike a deal is because of the public outcry for britney grind.