an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. with the world pays tribute to the late soviet leader and mikayla yield gorbachev for ending the cold war. it overlooks a number of key consequences from his policies, such as the eastward expansion of nato, alleged the conflict in ukraine, the russian defense ministry. it's a key of forces obstruct, a radioactive waste processing, building up erosion, nuclear plant, as a team from the u. s. nuclear watchdog is on its way there, and it's lighting concerns over what conclusions it will draw you is reaching its

limits on the weapons available to send to ukraine according to the blocks foreign policy chief about the mid media report suggesting that us may be running low on stocks, food, although the claim is currently rejected by the pentagon, with broadcasting from our international new center in moscow. this is our t good to have you with us. i'm going to know the of the loss leader of the soviet union. mikhail gorbachev has died. the 91 year old passed away in moscow central hospital after a prolonged illness. let's take a look through his legacy now in our special coverage here on our team. aah!

mikhail gorbachev overhauled the soviet union's foreign policy by introducing the new political thinking doctrine which thought relations with the west and brought about the end of the costly cold war. gorbachev called for the world to be seen as united on interdependent instead of divided into communists and capitalist countries. he saw the balance of interests of different nations as a way of solving international problems. universal values had to be recognized 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. the russian officials have been expressing their condolences with the kremlin spokesperson. dmitri pess golf, also highlighting gorbachev. quote, romanticized view of the world order. sexy 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 they would be an internal romantic period between the new soviet union and the collective wes, this romanticism was not justified. will that the romantic honeymoon century did not walk out? i'm not a bloodthirsty dennis of our opponents, shouted seneca with miranda, which though impressed colon marine oh, let's expand on that. lot of point following mikhail gorbachev swirled altering decisions. the nato military block expanded to the east on conflicts were seen in post soviet countries. another consequence, some ledge from his overseeing of the clumps of the soviet union is the ongoing crisis in ukraine. and after the fall of the ussr, the post soviet space erupt, it with so called color revolutions. the 1st state to face such an uprising with

georgia. back in 2003. the rose revolution took place in the country trigger. and after it was claimed, harlem entry elections reg, daily mass protest pro guides in the state where people demanding the resignation of the then president protesters eventually storm the government building, force the president to flee, and proclaimed the revolution. a few days later, position leaders came to power the tulip revolution was witnessed in the central asian country of kurdistan, as well. after a parliamentary elections in 2005, the opposition started protest calling for the results to be in the vote to be held again. 1000 storm the capitals government building with the opposition seizing control. it ended with the formation of a new governments on the resignation of the president. but not all the revolution worked out for those pushing change in 2009 in moldova. the opposition angered

election results turned rallies into rights destroying the parliament, building on the presidential residents from showed off with romanian flags and ending to join the neighboring states. the ban leader claimed it was an attempt to accuse bucharest provoking the crisis. the vote was conduct again. c balance of power in parliament didn't change significantly on those and other consequences of the fall of the ussr. along really with any sort of nuanced discussion about them, has largely been absent from western mainstream media reports which have been remembering. mikhail gorbachev in headlines today on quite a different reaction in the chinese media, a bitter ease. there are criticize the last soviet president for what they say are numerous mistakes the beijing global times. for example, said he catered to the u. s. on the west with

a principle on ruin the domestic economy and also accused mister gorbachev of being naive. an immature russian lawmaker alexandra kinston told us why gorbachev policies lead to internal conflicts in the post soviet space. unless one of gorbachev main and major mistakes was his policy of complacency, his sincere belief that western foreign, helena's, we're really interested in an equal, a mutually respectful dialogue as why he implemented his, i dare view thinking not securing any official decisions. non enshrining agreements in specific document, he took them but their word, the key factor in the collapse of the soviet union was of course, the rise of into ethnic conflicts, spots of which began to appear with alarming frequency in different parts of the soviet union. on the national fringes, gorbachev phase, perhaps the most deceived, most popular domestic ruler in the west. this is quite understandable in the

memoirs of his associates and his assistants had stated that since 1989 had coverage of the reaction from abroad and the west law was more important to him than what had got inside his country. but one in this beautiful fact is that mikhail gorbachev through lead to the ends of the soviet union. the r t documentary team has been recalling one of the most important historical events of the 20th centuries and not bricked on runs through the day. ah, you never dreamed that the use of hardwood collapse when you said that, alice, we weren't about to leave. we work for the union. but it will be help for the end of soviet power for everything to turn out wonderful. everything to lucrative due to the current situation. yup. you're going to show you for

uniqueness. i'm resigning as president of the usa so that the buller switches rolled up our sleeves and st with yet yoga wish to fall semester. yeah. like i said firmly for the autonomy and independence of the peoples and sovereignty of the republics. while preserving b. u. s. has our, is the state and the country's territorial integrity ah, events have taken a different path. ah ah ah.

all right, let's move the program on now to the latest developments in the ukraine conflict, the russian defense ministry. saskia forces bond or radioactive waste processing, building up the zappa rogia nuclear power plants on tuesday. the m o d states that one shall hit the building, but radiation levels have remain normal. there have been numerous recent attacks the nuclear plant on, on the nearby city of inert guitar. a drone was also reportedly sharp done by the russian military in the region on wednesday. you can see here what's left, all that remains appear to have come down close to another drone anti kit, the city administration in enter the dark, the building sustained considerable damage. local officials say no one was hurt. in the instant the attacks come on international atomic energy

agency team and it's traveling there from here, something at russia has been requesting for some time. moscow sees it hopes the mission will help stop ukraine's called nuclear block. however, ukrainian officials want the international nuclear watchdog to put all the blame for the situation. when she finished the blended. 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. so very little more. 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, a global watchdog amnesty international came under fire for its criticism of ukraine. earlier this month, it published their reports accusing the ukrainian military and violating humanitarian law. no honestly claimed the military is putting civilian lives by placing its military assets close to civilian infrastructure, the report on human hearing, which led to the issuing apology. now, independent experts are set to review the findings towards a former senior security policy. ellis, in the office of the u. s. defense department, mike maloof told me the investigation must be impartial because the alternative would become strong. 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 that 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 europe and perhaps the world because of the 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 and to encourage ukrainians, especially this to quit firing on it. it just makes a logical sense. i mean, the policy of, of the ukrainian 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. the french prime minister

has worn citizens, they could face to our power cuts in their homes this winter. so as the energy crisis grows amid the anti rushes, sanctions for you one day that we are producing less electricity. and there may be moments if it's very home, where we can have a problem to supply electricity as fiscal. in such case, we'd cut off by a rotation neighborhood by neighborhood bucket for no more than 2 hours. one does well, that statement comes amid scales, problems warning now they won't provide major french based utility, n g with any more gas. after the company failed to pay for the energy transferred in july gas from say, the flu won't be resumed until the french for pays in full for all the energy delivery dot prompted. claims back from paris. moscow is using energy as quote,

a weapon of war. well fears abroad, power shortages have grown again after russian energy, john gas. from this, we halted the gas supply to germany via the north stream one pipeline. due to scheduled 3 day maintenance work about adds to the already existing issues in europe, which has seen yet another hike in inflation. a new record, in fact, of 9 point one percent. let's get the views of economist on political commentator. i get hammer on that. i can welcome to you. what do you make of the sky high inflation in europe? what is driving the figure up? we had to wear more options. why the inflation is so high. it starts quite a few years ago and it was on purpose that the e c. b run mainly by. busy southern european countries who are always in debt and

danny wanted inflation and they wanted more money out of the e. c. b. so they were printing like hell and now it starts that this money that was printed without any thing against that is taking the market. and the market of course reacts with increasing prices. number one, number 2, that some are task politics made by the corona. politics was to destroy some, some supply chain. so many products were not available and the sausage of products make the increases the demand for the product and best increase in the price that is the 2nd driving force of the price. the 3rd is that in already 2000. well, that's how beg, threatened us that he will take away the fossil fuels from the germans once he is

in government. and now he is in government and this is exactly what we see. so without an alternative energy policy, that is the patient you have for the brother. price is the main office for the i they just, they have that we hear these figures don't we on and you know, it doesn't sounds like very exciting, but it affects the ordinary citizens considerably. how does that manifest itself? are people feeling the impact now? because when inflation hits prices go up, but they very rarely go down afterwards. the people severely, the people already have very little this from their disposable income. they can spend on on any products now. but number one, number 2, as everybody knows,

the germans are mainly a society of rent renting people who rent their, their homes. so this rent are skyrocketing because of the gas prices, electricity prices, and so on. plus the inflation that already hits income. and so many people are really getting poor now and do, do not know how to survive with the little disposal. so income we are among the poor in europe. the government is the richest by far, but the people are amongst the poorest in europe. and so this inflation is severe for the society and it really divide up the society and could lead to, to riots. and i can, i just want to touch on that other issue gallons problems halting of its delivery to france. do you think the move by the russian gas company is justified? we need to take into consideration course that the french utility provider did not pay for the gas delivered from russia. well, it is,

of course it is justified because if the european tell them we don't pay you, we would pay euro's. but those euro's we freeze right away. so basically not a good rule would supply anything. when he told you, you won't get paid. i mean, that's totally normal and guess and then europe is not the, the, the only client forgets problem. they can sell the gas wherever they want in the world. and india and china, they demand the guess they want to go. they pay for the guess. so it's totally normal that you don't supply anything anymore. the people don't, don't, don't pay. i care as always. thank you for your time. i k hummer economist on political commentator on our team. thank you right now, the you have council down agreement with russia on issuing simplified visas. that's us. european ministers are divided over the idea of

a total ban on russian tourists, which has been opposed by countries such as hungry, the netherlands, and licks and burg. here to take all not of our tea contributor, rich marse. so what the e 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 the russian tourist supplying for a visa will have to wait up to 6 months for visa processing as opposed to the current 3. and they'll be charged 80 euro's for the visa instead of the current $35.00. they may also be subjected to more probing as to the reason for their travel. and it's also important to know that this is a political consensus that's been reached. it's not yet legal taxed. also, the european commission is going to have to figure out, joseph burrell says, what to do with the russian visas that has already been issued. now the blocks 27

foreign ministers spent the past 2 days. unable to come to an agreement on the full ban on russian tourists that estonia latvia and finland had been demanding. so you countries that share a board with russia and which of already adopted their own bands for which the ease chief diplomat, joseph burrell, just said in a press conference today that they have the use blessing to implement so much for speaking with one united you voice apparently anything goes in the you, when the unilateral actions of member states target russians. burrell also said that the, you won't recognize russian passports issued in territories of ukraine, controlled by russia. hungary opposed the proposed ban and germany and france had also been circulating a memo, calling for the quote, need to strategically fight for the hearts and minds of the russian population. and suggesting that the band would hinder those efforts, winning hearts and minds. god, you're kidding me. you slap the average. russian was sanctions multiple times and

now you want to seduce them. sounds a bit like an abusive, toxic relationship, or maybe like a bad french romance movie. by the way, is the average russian even know or care that you think it's fighting for their hearts and minds. when all that can be seen is animosity. and what are france and germany doing to win the hearts and minds of their own people as they insist on maintaining sanctions on their own energy supply that punish the average citizens with sky high energy bills and threats of crackdowns through rationing. he of had been lobbying you nations to impose the strictest ban on all russians, regardless of the tourists individual political position. visa v v. ukraine conflict. figuring that would put pressure on moscow to abandon its objectives and interests with respect to ukraine. because apparently they're resorting to targeting the average russian in the street. now in the ease since there sanctions

on every other aspect of the russian economy have been such a whopping success. so basically, it's another, questionably effective symbolic half measure. see how that goes? the e use weapons stockpile for ukraine is running low. the situation was acknowledged both by individual member states like germany on a wider level by le blocked foreign policy chief. i'll tell you loosely, was supposed to do to be an endless 3 for defense. how can we pull the members state, buying boy women, because we are the bleating our stock. we up revising shows many capacities for your credit that we have to refill our stocks. i'd serve a title. osman is that, and as germany's defense minister, i have to be honest does, in the case of deliveries from boone as their stocks. we have now reached the limit wednesdays of a piece of mimic else. also worth pointing like the u. s. could also be facing

a lack of munitions impacting significantly on its own military capacity. american officials fear the assertion was made by the wall street journal, citing an army source that daily claims us stockpiles have reached that quote. uncomfortably low level over the pentagon rejected the claims when asked direct all weapons stalks for the u. s. lo and in what instances is that happening? the short answer to your question is no. we take our readiness into account before we make a decision. and so i can assure you that a number of those questions are number one. do we have the ability to execute operations ourselves? if it were ever to come to that? and number 2, do we have the requisite equipment and munitions available to continue to train ourselves at a high state of readiness. and in both those cases, we're able to provide what we have provided and still maintain our readiness is a military force or former c i. a analyst, laurie johnson believes the economic crisis in europe is likely to make e,

you citizens opposed, continued arms deliveries to ukraine. the economic reality of higher fuel prices liquid natural gas in particular, is driving businesses in the united kingdom in germany and france. they are going bankrupt or they're being forced to close. and so i think there's going to be a growing domestic political opposition to continue to expand money in ukraine when even western reporters who are tend to be a propaganda mouthpieces. or even acknowledging that a large percentage of those weapons that are being sent to you, crane are not making it to the front lines, but are being diverted into the hands of criminal organizations and black markets. so i think the citizens in, throughout europe going to demand that the government start taking care of needs at home, as opposed to engaging in this weapon generosity that has been thrown at the

ukraine. the u. s. is holding its free cobra, 1900 home testing program, finding a lack of funding. that swell approving more than $4000000000.00 of military aid to ukraine and taiwan. to discuss about let's cross to new york and our corresponding kill up my pen. hi caleb. yeah, take us through then. hi, washington is prioritizing its budget nowadays. sure. well the united states seems to have plenty of money to throw around. there's just been congressional approval for biden's, sending $3300000000.00 to ukraine military aid. there's also been an armed sale to taiwan for $1100000000.00. it's also been approved, so there's plenty of money being thrown around, but not for everything. bordering through this program will be suspended on friday, september 2nd because congress hasn't provided additional funding to replenish the

nation stockpile of tests. now there won't be any more at home coded tests that will be available to people. this program has been going on since january the u. s. department of health has provided over 600000000 people with at home free cobra tests. now, at this point, this program has been shut down due to lack of funding their stockpiling tests for what is being predicted as an autumn winter serge in cold. now, many americans are reacting to this in somewhat of a negative way. wondering why are their concerns not being put 1st. they should just say the coven tests or weapons for ukraine, and there will be plenty of funding. i should call it tests for ukraine. because then the funding would be unlimited. midst record inflation. washington has spent some $50000000000.00 on weapons where ukraine since february alone, while seizing all cobra 19 relief funding and targeting social welfare benefits for

millions of americans. now this isn't so totally surprise the other people on many were familiar with the patterns of us spending of observe these kind of actions. for example, last year, if you look at the congress's discretionary spending in $22011.00 trillion dollars was spent on military matters, whereas only 9 percent went to cover. the public health now to 2022 has been a rather top year for average americans. there have been rising gas prices, rising energy costs rising cost of food. we now have the federal reserve saying that americans should expect some pain in the future. others talk of at this point, job cod i had, but the d. c. elite seems more concerned about an international agenda of hostility toward russia and china. then about the concerns facing average american that seems pretty clear. are t corresponding to kill up not been taken us through our thanks. kim. the opening

ceremony has been held for the vos stock. 2022 military drills rushes, playing host 2 participants from china. india, syria, cause expand and others. during a solemn ceremony is raised to fly. to commemorate the start of the exercises, which involve tens of thousands of service men on thousands of pieces of equipment, combat training tasks will be performed at 9 different training rise. the extra sizes are aimed at teaching groups to operate and interact with operational, technical at levels, rushes deputy defense minister, stress, those participating are united not only by the need to strengthen military security, but also by long time friendly relations between the nation and love. as it for not, but if you're in the mood for some further news and views

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