a book with something like that, and then rico with granger. lisa had them with the eastern economic forum and says, is 2nd day in russia's far east with more than 60 countries taking part in hunting asian economic cooperation on the agenda. moscow says that defects in a turbine that pumps just to germany via the north stream one pipeline can be fixed and mit until russian sanctions and israel's military refuses to further investigate the killing of an al jazeera journalist despite the idea. admitting

that the soldiers may have accidentally charter with a very warm welcome to you is just gone for in the morning here in moscow, mine is peter scott and wherever jordan is from. welcome to the program. now the 7th eastern economic forum is being held currently in rushes of far east and city of vladivostok with participants for more than 60 countries on regents taking parts around to $4000.00 delegates and media representatives are expected to visit the forum, which is focusing on a transition to a multi polar world and developing economic cooperation in the asia and pacific regions on thursday, the penultimate day of the event president buddy may present will address a plenary session along with leaders from other countries. well, to get more on this, let's cross live now. to ortiz asana boycott. who is the form asana?

can you tell us more about the event, please? well, good morning. i must go. i'm joining you from not exactly, from blind, somewhat from the island of russian. the russian island, that's the official name for the venue of this forum. and it brings together looks like we've got some technical issues with ox, sauna. we're going to just turn another guest now and try and get us on a back for you shortly. so we're going to cross live now to ralph, see me, mayor. all the film producer and member of the groceries democratic party of germany oversight wrong camera, the welcome to the program. ralph. now, when you look around, the forum will see impression. you get the, can you tell us a bit about it the well actually i believe that this is the time the

divergence getting together after certain tensions that we have seen around the globe. and especially now i think it is important that we all get together. and talk to each other. now i think that a new word order is on its way. we are probably watching it been given birth at the moment. so from me as a german, it is very interesting to see how it is going to happen because i believe it will be rather different from what one has sought in washington and new york and california about it. so i'm very curious to see what is happening here. so just from what you've just said, these are the attempts by many in the west to isolate russia are really being played out before that you're there now. sorry, i didn't get, you know, sorry, yeah. you know, there's, there are many attempts by the west to isolate from russia following the war and ukraine. for those 10 don't really seem to be playing out,

judging by what's going on in the forum. the well actually i believe that the ones who are isolated as route to some vest, some countries who chose not to participate in these negotiations. and this discussion said, i don't think that the rest of the listen to them much longer. so that's why i made my way here because i think we need to talk to each other and find solutions and the come involved. now you've switched on this in your response to my 1st question and the focus of the forum is a possible transitions, a multi polar world. do you see that playing out or do you see there's a real shift in power from the gemini in the west and in america a more balanced. so power system in the world. yes, absolutely. and i believe that has to do with a decline of global capitalism. we saw a financial crisis in 2008, 2009,

and that has not been solved. obviously, a lot of that's dep bubbles. i actually bursting at the moment, especially in the united states of america, but also in europe. and i believe what we see is a real shift of power to the peoples republic of china to russia, to bricks, states. and also, i must say, as a german, i'm intrigued by the idea that our export. we are one of the largest export nations until now really have increased our export to the people's republic of china and russia by 29 percent. why we have decreased our export to the united states of america and european friends and neighbors by the same amount $29.00 or 20 percent . so we see a shift of economic power, which is usually accompanied by political ships as well. well, we're also seeing a shift in the distribution of energy as well. at the moment. i'm just going to move on to that now rather than talk specifically a little bit about this node stream one by the situation around it got from says

that it's western sanctions that it's preventing the maintenance of the theme. and so by siemens says that maintenance isn't actually been sanctioned on. it's willing to help. what do you think is going on here? well, i believe that the rest road has actually shot itself into its own foot. so the sanctions only harming alone industries. and especially in germany, we say that the 1st big companies, major companies like calculate who is doing tissues taller. tissues are going into decline and they'll actually, they are bankrupt now. so we are fearing the sanctions that were meant to russian federation of the russian economy are actually on the hurting ourselves. and that is why i call for stopping it immediately. i always say we need to up not stream to

because the pipeline that could deliver the gas without a new technical problems and nothing else. so i'm here to actually off that from the russian government to help us, but they're not stream to vibrate and you're not the 1st german person so cold for north team to, to have been opened. now we have seen some protests across europe regarding the cost of living and storing energy costs, obviously, on the continent on some predict that there will be more social unrest of the commerce as when approaches and people find it more difficult to more expensive to heat their homes, do you think the public opinion in europe in germany will affect the use foreign policy? yes, definitely. we see huge demonstrations already in the cities of cologne and, and like, think and, and other parts of our country. at the moment. this is an east and west of germany at the same. it is not that we have only a strong load of the opposition in saxony and eastern germany. it is across germany

that people are afraid of a decline and standard of living as well as a cold winter. so we are very much avail that even though the gas is still that the tanks are full now by 85 percent. so okay, we can reduce a bit of our heating habits and so on and to get through this winter. but this is not the end of the story. we need gas for our production. and if we see not only social unrest, but also people losing their jobs, and then we see a situation that can easily escalate, which i want to avoid, of course, but we probably cons. so we talk about very dire consequences and in germany, and i even called for the toppling of the government for charles. because i believe that he cannot solve these problems. printing money at the moment to, to level off and, and to, to give people the, the hope that they can get through this. but i don't believe that he will manage

and at printing more money will only increase inflation burleson very easy. economic girl. understanding that one has to have coffee announced that that huge package recently a rough, teeny mail author, film producer and member of the grassroots democratic party of germany. thank you very much for your time today and enjoy the rest of the eastern economic forum. thank you very much. thank you. my apologies there for the technical difficulties we experienced in that the previous story i'm even on now. the last remaining turbine arts no stream one has failed to meet industrial safety requirements. that's according to a statement from russia's gas, from which has shut down the pipeline to germany. if what it says and maintenance purposes. defects in the turbine engine are said to threaten the safety of the compress. the station gas from says that machine,

oil leaks are common defects in the siemens produced engines used in north stream. now. siemens energy, on the other hand, says that they normally do not affect the operation of a turbine and can be sealed on site. the company is also said, it's ready to help. and that maintenance was excluded from sanctions. however, earlier criminal spokesman dmitri p. s. gov said that the suspension of the pipeline was caused by western sanctions and emphasized that foreign restrictions are preventing the remaining turbine from being repaired to problems with pumping gas arose to, to the sanctions imposed against our country and against a number of companies by western states. including germany in the u. k. there are no other reasons that would lead to the problems with pumping. of course one mobile unit remains operational and it malfunctions and breakdown occurs there. and this leads to pumping, coming to a halt given that the sanctions remain in place, given that they make an absolute mess, legal, unpractical, in connection with

a maintenance of all components. now we can hope that it is somehow possible to put it in order for this single unit. but of course you can see for yourself that the system had different opportunities to reserve gas. now, because of the sanctions, these opportunities have disappeared. that is based on this one unit which already needs serious maintenance. of course, the very sanctions that prevent maintenance, which prevent units from being moved without appropriate legal guarantees which prevent them from giving those legal guarantees and so on. it is these sanctions that western states have imposed to have created the situation. we see now. well, as europe continues to suffer the reverberations of its sanctions on russian energy, the german capital has been robbed by some protests crowds taken to the streets venting anger at their governments. enough is enough, is the main slogan of those protesters, flemming the policies. busy of coalition partner, the greens, many waving flags and brandishing banners and denouncing politicians unmade so

rally the latest in a series of processes have seen 1000 states the streets across the country after inflation shots for its highest level in almost 50 years. in august. many protesters are voicing anger that they can't afford to pay rocketing energy bills. i was wanting to make a policy that leads to the economy, breaking piece by piece, leaving hundreds of thousands of people afraid of losing their jobs in a position that they do not even know how to pay their energy bills in winter. while also aware that such policies are being made at their expense that they do not accept it. but how could you know as a foreign minister? why this disastrous policy of this traffic like coalition work in terms of social policy and foreign policy. the greens continued into the disaster situation of this traffic light government. therefore, it is absolutely necessary to have organized protests, both from the latin nation light. it will, the technical issues with the nord stream pipeline may further exacerbate the

economic crisis within the u, where the euro has fallen below the dollar for the 1st time in 2 decades. some european politicians are starting to acknowledge that the sanctions against russia aren't working and the lifting them will benefit, frustrated europeans, millions of germans will likely be happy if their electricity costs go back down. it's clear that sanctions are not ending the war in ukraine. gas prom is using its record high profits to build gas pipelines to china. oil exports to asia have already increased. russia does not need the west to buy its raw materials. that the german industry is collapsing without cheap energy sources. and who is the laughing 3rd man in this fight? it's the united states who's hydraulic fracturing industry is making a profit of $200000000.00 on each liquefied gas tanker. we are destroying our own industry and our middle class. this is madness. for there seems to be a shift underway in europe, as people start waking up to the cost of the anti russian sanctions that the

establishment has saddled them with. the number of austrian citizens who support the sanctions is decreasing and now at 40 per cent. that's according to a new survey that cos well energy and inflation, of course, which are also driving up the popularity of the right wing populist freedom party and austria that supports respectful dialogue with russia. in the czech republic, about 70000 people hit the streets over the weekend in protest of rising energy costs that are expected to get even worse as winter sets in. in italy, hundreds of people burned their utility bills in naples on sunday reported to 1000 protesters in colonial demanded that the government prioritized their energy needs over ukraine. and now prominent politicians are starting to sing the same refrain. former italian deputy prime minister mateo sal vini is calling out the damage being done by misguided european policies. do we have to defend ukraine?

yes, but i would not want the sanctions to harm those who impose them more than those who are hit by them. a prominent french political figure is also speaking out former ecology minister sigel and why yell, who ran against nicholas? how could he is the socialist party candidate in the final round? the 2007 presidential race and more recently served as current president, emanuel mack holes ambassador for arctic and antarctic polls is calling for peace and dialogue, saying that, quote, sanctions against russia back we assessed and badly anticipated are turning against us. us. meaning the french people, and she's not the only voice emerging in france among the political class lead me to more lucy, every one knows that war propaganda has driven by fear that the 1st event mentioned was the bombing of a maternity hospital. when mister zalinski was doing the rounds of the european parliament, it was this incident that brought the peace process to a halt. she thought he was unable to give the names of any of the victims in,

but in the age of smartphones, we would have seen them say, quasi, it's grave to challenge the discourse imposed by the media media. i do it for many other subjects. i'm sorry to say there is an accepted narrative that is imposed by the media of posey and people like say, gleam royal and me are challenging this practice at a press conference in berlin. well, german chancellor, all i've shoals is said that his country plans to stop importing russian gas starting in december and will continue to support heave, basically germany like the rest of the you thinks the can just treat russia like a booty call for gas whenever it needs or wants to, and without consequence, but the optics of denouncing rushing gas while also begging moscow not to turn off the gas tap, are obviously problematic. so germany is apparently going to stick to importing russian liquefied natural gas from china, which will cost much more,

rather than just being honest about its needs and best interests and those of its people. now we're back to our top story. they saw with the 7th eastern economic forum, gaining pace in russia's fall, east, and city of bloody vall, stock, a wide range of topics hover already been so so far and more is yet to come. well, to get more on this, we're going to try to cross live against our teeth ox on a boy co, who's the 4 on our, on a, please tell us more about the events and hopefully you'll get cut off the time. well, very wor, welcome, proven myself. or the russian island to be precise, because this form is taking place at a little island far, far away from the forest and russian city. it brings together thousands of candidates from around 70 countries. and it was surprising is that it's not only be asian gas who are being welcome here, but also a number of visitors from,

from the west, from australia, from friends, from germany, from the united kingdom and from the united states. and it's surprising because as i'm sure, you know, this conference takes place in the aftermath of the please, the serial rating relations between the east and west. not only between russia and the west sober. they weren't planned but also between china and washington and some of your a, p and allies. there is an increased naval activity in the trade of taiwan and the fear that the tensions there may erupt into kinetic conflict. nevertheless, some of that will be definitely discuss a bit of the palace today, but the focus of this conference is primarily as it has always been on the economic corporation. and this is also a testament to how differently the east and west understand the so called people to asia. you know, 15 years ago this was

a very popular phrase among the americans there. bama administration talked a lot about it. but for the american sense, where the watson is in general, it's more about putting pressure on asia and sending more troops to the region for the russia, it's primarily about economic development and not only regional development. it's also about domestic development. we are here at a very vast land mass as russia has in the far ways, but traditionally it was undeveloped, economically, logistically, politically, as well as in terms of human resources. they're relatively few people living here. so some, 15 years ago, the decision was made to put effort into bringing up this region of russia and also using that moment to develop corporation with a it's a rush assistant neighbors. and i think that's trinity paid off handsomely. they because this region is an unrecognizable,

it's booming with energy. it's booming with development, and it also brings a lot of eastern attention here. now, as you know, a couple of days ago gas from has we suspended it's gas supplies to is to, to western europe because of the technical malfunctions at the north. no stream one pipeline. and i think this is one of the issues that delegates will be focusing on the law because it's not just a political decision. it's also something that changes the whole basis of the european economy. and many people here wondering what the eurasia development of eurasia, the interconnection of this whole continent down take place without europe. because europe has made a decision to extricate itself, not only from russia and into social social. but there's also talks about liberating a european corporation with china,

and there are big questions about the weather in europe can stand on its own team. now, on the, from this conference, volume important, the russian president was also asked about some, well, at least according to russian view, inconsistent energy decisions. and this is what he had to say. a ship of some countries made huge mistakes. looking ahead and making decisions guided by noble goals, which then became impossible to implement and lead to adverse consequences. if you firstly receive cheap brush and guess, and then you could have supplies and immediately turn on everything. then this creates enormous problems, including with coal generation. this is of course, not the best option for solving global problems in europe. now, the reliance on the so called cheap or i should say affordable russian energy sources wasn't just a political fall. it was the whole basis for the european and especially german

economy. that foundation will somehow have to be replaced, so it's not only about getting through the upcoming winter, it's really about how the european economy will be functioning. but to be honest, that's not our part of their russian concern. i mean, many of those energy supplies have been redirected to both china, india and some other countries. and again, that's a testament to how differently the east and west understand the goals of most politics and safe policy because the russians and the chinese are very proud about leaving died people out of poverty, it investing in the infrastructure and developing human capital. whereas what we hear from western capitals is from western policy makers, is that they are ready to subject their populations to suffering. they're ready to reside over steve deterioration and living status for the sake of seeing that policies realize. and who will we'll have the end of time hotel. indeed it

will. asana we got there in the end. thank you very much for bringing us the latest from the eastern economic forum. that's ortiz, asana boy, reported live from just outside of austin. thank you. but stimulants? such as unfettered men are among those america is supplying through its military overseas. now, if the claim made an investigation by a bulgarian journalist, the pentagon is accused by de leon a guide ton jevar of transporting $47.00 tons of control drugs to soldiers worldwide. which more than 5000 kilograms were delivered to troops in kosovo from 2018 and from between 201820. 23. over 9000 kilogram cent romania and 2000 to estonia. that's according to public documents from the united states. transportation command and other documents published by the u. s. department of defense shows it's applied on fed minns with almost $26000000.00 to

the troops. that despite the stimulants, which encourages alertness and physical strength been banned for use in the u. s. military. it's also used to treat attention deficit disorder and narcolepsy. the us food and drug administration has reported on the thousands of negative consequences from using unfair men including children, to fatal cases between 94 and 2020. and now let's cross live to michael muller, former pentagon, senior security policy analysts. michael, welcome to see international. now what do you make of this information cited by that bulgarian journalist? well, it's a very inter, intriguing studies. the 1st time i've ever seen anything pulled together like that, but it's based on it's based on fact. and, but that is also the reality of some 22 years of war that, that the united states has been involved in. and, and in fact,

it any addiction in war a, particularly from the us. i've actually began during the american revolutionary war and the u. s. civil war, initially with the alcohol. and then as the years went by, it progressed into drug use. why? to, to help prepare for combat to deal with dislocation and, and destruction and conflict that troops are subjected to, particularly in a war zone. so it has tremendous physical psych, psychological impact on, on individuals, particularly after they leave service. and that's why we're seeing such a rage for, for drugs in the postwar periods, at least from the us now that we pulled out of afghanistan, iraq, you know, we've been at content, us has been a continuous war since beef before,

before 2001. when, when we did desert shield desert storm in iraq initially. so it's been a very long time. and soldiers have, have, have suffered these the, these conflicts. but they're not only physically, but psychologically. and now we're seeing it and now we're seeing the results, right? see, believe that the quantities of these drugs are allegedly been transported around the world, us bases reflection of the cycle. logical imparts the, the service has taken on these hoops. oh, sure. and you know, right. and during world war 2, that's when we actually developed synthetic amphetamines. and then in viet not in, during the vietnam war heroine was the big, big thing again to lessen that, that psychological and physical pain. and we're seeing that today with,

with the truce, we sit on our advertising all the time and on our tv sets of, of the pleading with the veterans to go get help and there, and many of them are resorting to drugs and don't know where to turn and that's why there's this outreach now by the veterans administration to try and help them to overcome this problem. but this, this export, this massive export of, of drugs i think is to get going into critical war zone areas or near conflict zone areas is quite revealing. now, recently released or did by the defense department in general, found a lack of oversights, of opioid prescription prescribing in the u. s. military. how concerned would you be by that? well, it is very concerning and the military is having to deal with it on

a daily basis. and we're seeing it internally. it's just, it's just never made public. we and, and we're also now seeing a, an increase in alcohol use. again, particularly among the young troops, increase in sexual crimes. and there are special programs now being undertaken to try and deal with these realities for them the service. but if they haven't been pursued by the regular media, so it's it's, it's always hidden. but it's, it's below the surface and it's ramp it and it's very, very serious and, and the secretary needs to address the problem and, and deal with this. we've gone from bo, periods specimens. how widespread do you think the use of unfair mens is in the u. s on forces and of course they do have legitimate reasons to be prescribed for treat. sure things i a d h

d narcolepsy. oh sure there are. and this is the problem many times. it's the, the, the, the developing and addiction starts from a very innocent use. they might have, they might have had surgery or something of that sort. and so we're now we're seeing more and more addiction oxycontin and, and drugs of that nature. and it's, and these are really powerful narcotics, and it's, it's very serious narcotics. and in many times a, it isn't that these troops want to be addicted. it's just, they don't know how to get off of it. and that's why special programs once again are being launched to, to deal with these problems and it's a very tedious time consuming effort. and, and there's a lot of pain and anguish family breakups as a consequence all within the military families use. but you never hear about it publicly. well, we'll have to wait and see what the fall out of this report by the bulgarian

journalist. once again, 6 senior security policy on the thank you very much for joining us today on asi. thank you know, israel admitted that there is a quote high possibility that a soldiers killed a prominent algae, the journalist, and that concluded approach into the events surrounding her death in may this year when she was shot dead wall covering and israeli military rate. it appears that it is not possible to any critically determine the source of the gunfire, which had ms. abu ackley. however, there is a high possibility that miss ab lackley was accidentally hit by israel. defense forces gunfire that was fired towards suspects identified as armed palestinian gunmen. well, this fights the finding the military top legal office says it's will not be launching a further investigation due to lack of criminal suspicion. the soldier allegedly responsible for the killing has reportedly upon.