very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk with as the world pays tribute to the late soviet leader mikhail gorbachev for ending the cold war. some highlights, a number of consequences from his policies, such as the eastward, expansion of nato, on the conflict. a new cray also add on the program, the russian defense ministry, se ukraine. i was struck, i radioactive waste processing, building up the zappa rogia new club as a team from the u. n's, nuclear watchdog. the adults way, there are a mid rising concerns over what conclusions it was role also ahead

getting away from dependence and from the west is now the number one task and for our energy cooperation with iran. it is developing progressively, along with nuclear energy and nuclear power plant. the foreign minister of our run on russia whole talks in moscow now say the scales cooperation between both countries and nuclear energy. with wherever you're catching the program from today across the globe. welcome to moscow and then use our and archie. i'm getting o'neil. we begin with breaking news. the last leader of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev has died. 891. he passed away in moscow. central hospital after a prolonged illness. let's take a look through his legacy and our special coverage here on our team. the who's

who's when mikhail gorbachev overhauled the soviet union foreign policy by introducing the new political thinking doctrine, which thought relations with the west and brought by the end of the costly cold war . gorbachev called for the world to be seen as united, in dirt dependent. instead of divided into communists, the capitalist countries now he saw the balance of interests of different countries as a way of solving international problems. universal values ought to be recognised above all others, whether they be religious or national. the soviet leader also wanted to see the world free from all nuclear weapons by the start of the 21st century. russian officials have been expressing their condolences with the kremlin

spokesperson, dimitri pest golf, also highlighting sugar, which helps coach romanticized view of the world water. 2 sexes, her delight, mikhail gorbachev is a statesman who will forever remain in the history of our country. many argue about the role he played, but the fact that he was an extraordinary person, a unique person, is unequivocal. he is known, remembered and will be remembered. all over the world gorbachev gave impetus to the end of the world war, and he sincerely wanted to believe that that would end and there would be an internal romantic period between the new soviet union and the collective wes, this romanticism was not justified the romantic honeymoon century did not work out in the bloodthirsty notes of our opponents showed itself. there were any there which though in, among some of the consequences of mikhail gorbachev. splitting decisions were the expansion of the nato military block to the east. some also point to the conflicts

that erupted in the post soviet space after the collapse of the union, one of which we are seeing today, the ongoing conflict in ukraine where. ringback those consequences and indeed the nuances behind them have been largely ignored by the western mainstream media, which has a praise mikhail gorbachev in its headlines, did say, well we can cross live now to geoffrey roberts, professor of history at cork university college for his take, you're most welcome to the program, sir. how did mikhail gorbachev rule? and his rule in the collapse of the u. s. s. are impacting the current world's order. would you say? well, especially in this just said in his statement, a huge, huge impact on cost of world politics fundamentally changed because of gorbachev that we live in a poster contest world. it was gorbachev the books,

freedom and democracy, not just a russia eastern europe. it was go, go, go to the cold war reduced instance. it's actually interesting, michael, a lot, a lot safer place in your introduction to this discussion. we're going to have you made all sorts of points about negative legacies of gorbachev in relation to nitro expansion and the current divisions in the world. you're crying and so on. but i have to say, i have to disagree. those will go, but chose like this is, those were the legacies of the people who kind of after you go, because vision or, you know, an integrated single well, right? living in the home is still irrelevant vision, even though it seems very much. and so, as far as i'm concerned, you know, the positive headlines go just getting in the western press. i welcome to say, like, you know, i haven't said i could also understand. obviously, the view from russia might, might, might be a, might be different or

a fact is different because of course, there were many negative consequences of gorbachev political, economic problems, many negative consequences of the why, you know, colonies in constant solving one of those as well was some here say that over transactions triggered nato expansion to the east. is that something you agree with? and you think of as somebody predecessor did that more so, if not, which of those policies triggered such a step from the western military block? i to time to go, which was in both. he was in power. he was making the decisions know when he finished the kind of night expansion that has occurred. so i don't see you later hope to see the expansion was the responsibility of the wes. no, of course your successes as as leader or roster. actually if you're saying

about president to see did everything they could to actually go shows vision of august post called coldwell world into a reality what i could integrate roster in cheat here. i think what they could to create a new european inclusive security system that i found it didn't fall because of the legacy which left them. they failed because of western intransigence. many here would say that conflicts a recent conflicts erupting in the post soviet terrorist tree that the gorbachev president presents. he did provoke then, and are you saying that he has, he has no impact on them or less than others that came after him? well, let me go, which of did what he could to my tiny existence of the soviet union as

a multinational site to the soviet union collapsed into all these different starts was not gorbachev responsibility. it was a responsibility of people like it, you know, say go with actually was told it was the nationalist was committed to a multinational a soviet site. and so that wasn't his responsibility of the people who are how beneficial was his rule then to the western world. would you say, oh, it was usually beneficial for western world, of course, being in a post, it was a, i mean, obviously, you know, his program of democratization reinforced the whole con, western political outlet over all of the boxes immensely straight to that. of course. yeah, yeah, well, you know,

in relation to the economic reforms, they were very many negative consequences arising from those. jo, there was a solid economic crisis. so an effect that was the post soviet russia was very weak economically and politically as, as, as a great power. of course that was mostly beneficial to which the trust. unfortunately, the west didn't have a commitment to actually incorporate russia into the liberal democratic world as a partner, as a friend, and i was an equal basis. and that weston via this at the hook. you know, the current troubles that were facing in the world, not least in relation to your current. ok professor has straight university college core. geoffrey roberts, thank you for your time and your thoughts today. mikhail gorbachev. st rule did lead to the collapse of the soviet union that you can watch

a documentary of one of the most important historic events of the 20th century later. this our in our t. fernando. here's a quick taste. oh . with with she to archie. yeah. be going to show you where uniqueness numbers to president a with, with the fall semester. yeah. is it easy?

much, not a lot. nobody me and that is a you with all right, let's move on now. it's the latest news from the ukraine conflict. the russian defense ministry, safety of forces bonder radioactive waste processing,

building up the zappa, rosie a nuclear plant on choose day. now the m o d states that one shell hit the building, but that radiation levels have remained normal. there have been numerous recent attacks out the nuclear plant on the nearby city of an erg adar. and the drone was reportedly shut down in the region this wednesday by the russian military. you can see in this video, what is left of it remains appear to have come down close to the power plant. another drone attack hit the city administration in america dark. the building sustain considerable damage. local officials say no one was hurt in the incidence. li attacks comes as the international atomic energy agency team is on its way there are from key and there are expected to reach the power station at today. mosque essays at hope's. the mission will help stop ukraine's called nuclear blackmail

wherever ukraine officials want the international nuclear watchdog to put all the blame for the situation on russian when i shouldn't just as a boy, and we hope that the visit of the international atomic energy agency is mission to this approach a nuclear plant will help stop here, provoking a catastrophe and stop it's nuclear blackmail as well. yes, it is urgent to demilitarize the plant withdrawal russian military clear, our plan to organize the demilitarized zone, both inside and around the nuclear power plant and transfer the entire plant under the control of the ukrainian state. we expect a clear statement from the international atomic energy agency mission about the violations of all nuclear safety protocols. we know that russia endangers not only ukraine, but the whole world, exposing it to the risk of a nuclear catastrophe. the visit comes after another international watchdog amnesty international came under fire for its criticism of ukraine earlier this month. just to remind you as published a report accusing the ukraine military of violating humanitarian at law.

unless the claim, the military is putting civilian lives at risk by placing its military assets close to civilian infrastructure, the report spark fury and key f, which then led to amnesty issuing an apology. independent experts are sent to review the findings of the reports. let's draw the line to michael maloof, michael's a former pentagon senior security policy analyst with the have you on the program today. and michael, i suppose it's all very well and undergoing a probe undoing all that comes without. but the bottom line is, how impartial the investigation is going to be, will it be? well, that depends on what the, the, the perspective that the political perspective that the the inspectors bring to the,

to, to the thing. the fact that they want to look at the safety of it. i think it's gonna be paramount. i don't think they're there to cast blame. although if the ukrainians would stop showing the place and sending drones, it would be more safe. and it just seems to defy logic that the, that the ukrainians would be concerned about. radiation spread when they're, when they're doing the shooting at the, at the facility. so it just doesn't make any sense to make the experts in this, in the facility or there are still in places. i understand that the, it's just that the region is occupied by russia not by the by ukrainian troops. so it, if the crane is, would just stop showing that i think you would have less concerned about us

radiation leaks. and what have you, do you think the i e, a could be influenced by public opinion such as with what happened with amnesty international and its recent report on the situation and ukraine? yeah, it can be, it's very western dominated, as you can imagine. so it's going to be, it's going to take a western more western perspective on things and, and that seems to be the crux of this entire crisis in the 1st place. is these versus west. so yeah, they may be, but i, but i'm hoping that they give them more impartial analysis of the safety upkeep of the facility. because the, the alternative would be very, very, very serious for all of your and perhaps the world because of the of radiation leaks. and it's really imperative that the inspectors ensure that they're,

that leaks are minimized and that there is no way that antic encourage ukrainians, especially this to quit firing on it. it just makes a logical sense. i mean, i have parker see of, of the previous statement is just numbing it's, it's amazing. and i think that this is just something that they stop showing it naturally. it's going to lessen radiation concerns. it just another aspect on this key of is demanding the demilitarization of the station basically at pushing russian forces out of the area is not likely to happen. i tend to doubt it. i think the, the russians are there by conquest of and by military action that has occurred and they're retaining the experts there at the

facility to, to, to continue running that there's, there's not that that would be, i just don't see who would come in as enforce this demilitarized zone if, if, in fact, that, that occurred. i just don't see that happening in reality. on the prob itself, russia back local official, say they have all the attacks documented and have had for some time, they say they're ready to present all the evidence. do you think the i e, a could actually blame the shelling on the ukrainian side? as you said, there, why would, why would russia shall a plant that it has its own military officials in control of right? yeah, it defies logic and common sense and, and for the ukrainians, actually, ukrainian initially refused to allow i. e, a inspectors the even come through ukraine to do that. and then all of a sudden,

lensky had a, had a change of line. and so i thought maybe, and perhaps more for propaganda value than for actual concern for the, for the safety since the plant was being sustained. and the only thing that was potentially destructive was the showing from the ukrainian side. i just this once again shows the entire logic of the ukrainian position from start to finish. and i think that this is this logic. it is just a continuation of that of that theme but luck happily. and i think and i might add that mr. newton has agreed for them to come in, so he wants events. so that's important. and i think that they will, they will, the, the inspectors will do what they can to be. as i think as, as object objective as possible. doesn't have a knock on effect just finally,

then you think the whole situation to run the nuclear power plant will deescalate because of that visit by the i. e. well as long as this inspectors are there, they can be assured this is going to be less shelling. that's for sure. unless you have some rogue military units out there that want to make a statement. and there are elements, frankly, that do not within you of ukrainian elements that don't, don't support the government. they may do something to disrupt so you can never rule anything out like a move former senior security policy analyst in the u. s. department of defense, as always. thank you, sir, for your time and your thoughts. thank 9. the iranian foreign minister has lost. i asked the international atomic energy agency during a press conference here in moscow use of bias, red temps to restart the old nuclear deal struck between around washington and other key global powers back in 2015 battle. huge and i ran needs all parties from

the g p, o a to been all their unsubstantiated political views. we need more guarantees from the u. s. a needs to abandon political stance on the issue and instead can be more to his professional requirement. this is also part of the guaranteed issue. if the u. s. side can lift sanctions and they're realistic about our concerns. and if we can agree on this, the deal will be struck yet just a reminder of the background here in 2018 that then us president donald trump quit the nuclear deal that imposed har sanctions that are currently in effect. in response, a run ramped up its nuclear program to its most advanced stages ever, but it has maintained its not seeking a nuclear weapon during today's media conference, the russian foreign minister demanded all auntie iranian sanctions be lifted and underlined the importance of moving away from any dependence on the west senior circle, mental illegal anti iranian sanctions must be lifted and we support the position of

iran and the nuclear deal. and hope the talks will conclude soon is necessary to draw conclusions from what's happening in the world. in any countries interested in the independent development should not be hostage to sanctions. globalization has shown that the u. s. navy satellites using the dollar to manipulate well trade organizations which do not suit the u. s. whole countries that are interested in their independence must take steps regardless of the dictates of the collective west. we're actively engaged in this with all of our reliable partners, including the islamic republic of iran, getting away from dependence and from the west is now the number one task and for our energy cooperation with iran. it is developing progressively along with nuclear energy and nuclear power plants. ok, another story. a busy news. they b e. u, as canceled an agreement with russia on issuing simplified visas. the decision was announced by the hungarian foreign minister. lots of european ministers are divided over the idea of a total bonham on russian tourist, which, incidentally,

a hungry said they disagreed with. let's get into this at with our tea contributor rachel morrison. hi ritual here. it opens up a pandora's box as i would imagine, the ramifications of such a step. well the blocks $27.00 foreign ministers has spent the last 2 days meeting in prague and really couldn't come to an agreement on the full ban on russian tourists that estonia, lakia, and finland. so you countries that share a border with russia had been demanding. in addition to hungry germany and france also opposed the proposal and had been circulating a memo, calling the quote, need to strategically fight for the hearts and minds of the russian population. and suggesting that this would hinder those efforts seducing hearts and minds. please, if slot russian citizens with sanctions at every turn, you know, it kind of sounds like an abusive, toxic relationship or, you know, like

a bad french romance movie. but by the way, does the average russian even know or care that, that you think that it's fighting for their hearts and minds when all that they can see is animosity every turn. and what are france and germany doing to in the hearts and minds of their own people as they insist on maintaining sanctions on their own energy supply that punish the average citizen and business was sky high energy bills and threats of crackdowns through rationing q had been lobbying, even asians to impose the strictest ban on all russians. regardless of the tourists, individual political position, vees of either ukraine conflict. figuring that would put pressure on moscow to abandon its objectives and interests. because apparently they're resorting to targeting the average russian in the street. now, since there sanctions on every other aspects of the russian economy have been such a whopping success. but divisions within the block were obvious at the very outset of this debate and clearly were never resolved on these a winter sheet leaking,

this devices, europe needs to find a joint solution acceptable for all of mine. i proposed to suspend the agreement on simplified visa issuing an order to no longer issue multi year visas or russian citizen us algae show on here. so as of today is not the time to make use of russian tourist his money. we must send a very strong signal to russia to all russian citizens that your activities are unacceptable and criminal. since whoever supports a crime is a part to this crime, i will not be in favor on say, no russian ever for any reason. good, go, do you. so as a team we have to cross the door. she, so what the minister settled on in a majority vote at this meeting in prague was to suspend a simplified an expedited visa regime for russians. concretely, this means that russian tourists applying for a visa will have to wait up to 6 months for visa processing, as opposed to 3,

which is the current situation, and also be charged 80 euro's for the visa, instead of the current $35.00 euros. they may also be subjected to more probing as to the reason for their travel. so basically it's another symbolic half measure. and it's really hard to see otherwise ways want g r t country to rachel mars and bring us through that rich of thank you. well moreover, earlier this week, the polish prime minister stress the e. you also wrecked by disagreements over the ways the degrees of support for ukraine runs the risk of quote imploding. do you think the divisions between the countries that want peace and those that want ukraine to win by any means could one daily to an explosion of the european union? yes, this threat of implosion does exist. that is why it's so important to maintain dialogue among us to find compromises in a common denominator. the issue of support for ukraine is proving devices within

the u. the austrian defense minister has question whether block stage should be undertaking training missions along with the ukranian army. while her german counterpart claims berlin's reached its limit of weapons available for donating to give, that contradicts the most recent comments from the foreign policy chief regarding the union's readiness to supply ukraine with as much aids for as long as it might need it. due to be in union, it stands united in support of the grain and a member stage remains ready to continue support as long as needed and not much as needed. i tried to get this done and done. germany's defense minister, i have to be honest, does, in the case of deliveries from boon does their dogs, we have now reached the limit of a please don't image else. well, of now all strategic coming to you. decisions are adopted on a solely unanimous basis. however, the german chancellor has proposed ending the practice. i'm switching to

a majority vote system, clinical analyst and commented or nichol. markovich believes that along with the disagreements over how best to support ukraine, that shows the inability of the use system to solve global crisis. the only thing that these are, these weapons are doing, killing people, and they're killing everybody fighting in ukraine, including ukrainians. and definitely they're not making the situation better for anybody living in ukraine. this is definitely not the solution. it hasn't worked from the beginning. it's not working now and it's only causing debt and it's making the, our economic systems are paying for this and we're paying for this. it is showing that the european union is not at all democratic institution. the european union is incapable of managing major crisis, as we've seen these past years. they still think those who are at the head of the european union, that there are no problems that they're managing, managing everything seamlessly. and instead of taking a full back and taking a look at the situation and trying to find solutions there, thing, but we'll make more countries enter this this,

this union and without. and that means that they wouldn't be doing this without even respecting their own rules, saying that there has to be a majority vote. and more than a majority are unanimous vote. so they're just trying to get these new countries into the european union as if they wanted to get them as soon as possible. so they could set the doors and make some sort of big european union family. but what type of company we're talking about when people are chewing around european union nations, countries queuing, to get bread queuing to get coal. it's not working. mikhail gorbachev legacy warts and all examined next in or short documentary, as the soviet union's last leader passes away. 891 stay with or t ah

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