an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. ah, these 411th grade, we learned that national socialism, ninety's, were good. they were heroes of ukraine. are corresponded, uncovers neo nazi propaganda and ukrainian school textbooks. as he travels to the city of struggles in the countries on regions with nato admit, it had been planning to expand its military presence along russia's border years ago, before the war and ukraine began completely ignoring moscow with a betrayal of the afghan people. that's now locals, have branded us plans to transfer $3500000000.00 of pros and afghan assets to

a swiss bank. we hear from couples central bank with the decision of the us to transfer one part of that amount to a swiss bank is totally illegal according to international law. and not so happy birthday as the ceo. as the cia marks it's 75th anniversary, we look into the agencies track record of flaws and conferences with just after 1 pm here in moscow and you're watching our international. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. now we start this news hour with the latest developments from ukraine, where battles continue in the heart of region. he had previously announced it completely took over the city of coupons, claiming russian lead forces had left the eastern part of the city. but fighting is reportedly ongoing, and russian troops are understood to contribute continue to hold defensive lines

along the all skull river, which runs through the settlement, controlling the eastern part of coupons. i made battles following a ukrainian counter offensive in the region. ortiz more, i'd gas d. f reports from before behind the front line. in the her san city of scuttles, the russian national guard behind the front lines. they wage a different kind of war. fresh intelligence has come in, you pinion nationalist. part of a sleeper cell has given himself away. national gods sped, snares. get the go ahead. over. so anything illegal lead loan is nothing. i stay down. keep your hands behind your head. hire fast to look out for something back there by the gate and the the move for you was the border. you even what is it you have?

i have no idea. i didn't even look, get a safer caregiver . good. the are to defy grenades to f, one grenades 0210 rounds of 545 caliber ammunition. if it is popular we have them up. ok. and they he ass rifle. it's already rusting. it's probably been here for a while. in almost every case, the excuse is the same. someone asked them to watch a weapon or a bomb cash for a couple of days. in almost every case. it turns out they lied. ukraine is waging a massive terror campaign in areas it has abandoned or lost. he of has opted for car bombings, assassinations, and tara almost entirely aimed at civilians. those ukrainians who dare side with

russia. it can be a death threat, a bullet, a bomb, or a tactical. misha sca dots far from the front lines and of little military value was recently targeted by a barrage of ukrainian tortuga me selves to whose short down one wasn't. he said, oh, yes, there was a long grass colossal alister now, but i was asleep. but it was a feeling of political. the idea of stella near lasonya where you find him written one of us can last. i didn't usually if either 1001 is for wakefield by data mining could do it for simulate you. you're welcome to use, typically, eventual if i, on the curb rectified volume from nick the for me, the steps that are often used in the eyes of ukrainian nationalists, the locals, deadly seem was to accept russian control. they adjusted to a new life. and for key f, that is unforgivable. ah,

it may seem surprising the school rather what was found here, epitomizes rushes argument that it had no choice but to act. schools were being turned into temples for radical nationalism. these are some of the textbooks that have been removed from the seroquel of ukrainian students. for example, here in this textbook, that 5th grade, the textbook, we learn that the made on revolution was the right and just thing. and this was written by the people who were behind the my dad revolution. they went straight to the kids in another textbook. they seized 411th graders. we learned that national socialism or nazi's were good. they were heroes of ukraine. here you have own bah, propaganda posters. these will nazi collaborators, yet kids a towards that they were heroes of ukraine, that russia has always been

a drag on ukraine and has always abused ukrainians. we learned that i'm on to k, which was a hero of ukraine. these zonati collaborator behind the deaths of thousands of jews in, in just one instance that has been verified and proved. we also found the number of course we're so essays written by students. 11th grade, this again, they were made to write essays about step on barbera. step on by better who is people normally collaborated with nazis and offered them their help put in money. since lou massey could $60000.00 polish civilians to make way for pure blooded ukrainians, that's of course includes indoctrinating the young pumping them full of hate before they know any better. but that is now the past. 30 am until j a. so we'll keep it all in an archive. we won't destroy the books they will be kept to.

melanie's ian. we will replace them with textbooks that russia has already started to supply. and i'm sure there will be more supplies in the future. the school somehow kept its heritage the museum here choose history as it was unmodified by political trends and nationalists, dogma, ukrainians and russians, learning and living side by side in peace and harmony for generations. but i want her show you something as we found here, a little girl. 3rd, 2nd red went up to our driver and gave him these picture of her. and the soldier on the rainbow life here is going to be very, very different. more i'd gas give ah tea from scott dusk, kill san region. ah, nato has revealed. it was planning to increase its military presence on russia's

borders years before the conflict and ukraine erupted in february. that's despite moscow's warnings to the alliance, not to cross its red lines. we're talking about the biggest overhaul of our military structures since 1949. the planning for that started several years ago. but now we're renting it with more on how nato reneged on its promise not to move one inch to the east hears fiorella, isabel nato, is a defense alliance. they said, however, it turns out the blog had planned to expand its presence eastward towards russia's borders. years ago, long before the current conflict began and ukraine, it seems nato's defense chiefs didn't hold back, emphasizing a need to sustain and increase allied support to ukraine. the addition of finland and sweden and highlighting that nato will back ukraine for as long as it takes

with one collective priority. collectively, we must deny russia the possibility to change today's rule based international order. yet if you look at nato's official policy with russia and the promises from western politicians, things read a little different. nato enlargement is not directed against russia, nato, as a defensive alliance. every country that joins nato undertakes to uphold its principles and policies. this includes the commitment that nato does not see confrontation and poses no threat to the russian federation. we set out to build a good relationship with russia. if we maintain a presence in germany, that is a part of nato, there would be no extension of nato's jurisdiction for forces of nato, one inch to the east. it appears that the west is peaceful words have it exactly followed their actions as russian president vladimir putin pointed out,

back in february. them when we have been promised that they would not push nato's infrastructure eastward, even one inch every one is well aware of that. they said one thing, and they did another, as we say, in our country, they cheated us. they deceived us and put in isn't the only one. many western analysts and journalists have long admitted to nato's arrogant and toned death policy towards russia over the last quarter of a century. warning that continued expansion eastward would not end well. it would be extraordinarily difficult to expand nato eastward without that actions being viewed by russia is unfriendly. even the most modest schemes would bring the alliance to the borders of the old soviet union. and what have these actions of expanding eastward actually accomplish for the west other than higher energy cost and a potential dark winter? well, it looks like european nations have rapidly angered their own citizens into mass protests against nato, and it's disastrous economic consequences. ah,

yeah. so all nato nations promise not to cross russia's red lines, promise not one inch east, and promise that they posed no threat to russia. a detailed paper trail of their options shows the complete opposite. their most recent admission vindicates russia, but also shows that the block hasn't been transparent. and that pompous attitude has not done them any favors economically or with their own increasingly outrage populations that claim that nato was crossing all of these red lines. just think about it. if it was reversed, the united states wouldn't tolerate it. not for

a moment. nato has, has never been a defensive alliance. it has always been an alliance of aggression. people can just look at a map of nato expansion, post cold war, and see that all it has done is expand toward russia's borders. the collective west had a choice. they were at a crossroads where they could have chose to begin to construct the relationship with the rest of the world. but instead they chose to attempt to assert themselves upon the rest of the world, including russia. nato expansion up to russia's borders is just one part of that story. we can see a western wide aggression unfolding all around the globe. all during these decades . us to set to transfer part of couples assets to a bank in switzerland, central bank of afghan, has condemned this decision as illegal miss mila had let the rightful owners of the frozen assets or the afghan people. we had this money for foreign trade payments.

the decision of the u. s. to transfer one part of that amount to a swiss bank, establishing an institution, they're to disperse the money to hand it over to some private organisation, setting their own rules for political purposes. it's totally illegal according to international law. how can they refuse to transfer that money to our central bank? this is a betrayal of the afghan people and the people's will and consent was totally ignored. and the afghan central bank was not consulted. we denounce the u. s. decision that the u. s. says it will not release money directly to an afghan institution, as there is no guarantee that civilians will benefit from it. when the taliban seized power and ghana stand, the u. s. pros, around $7000000000.00. the countries, assets, it has since ordered that 3500000000 be used to fund litigation by 911 victims. meanwhile, afghanistan faces a severe humanitarian crisis. on saturday, hundreds of afghans protested against the u. s. plan to send some of those assets

to us with bank. demonstrators waived banners with slogans, blaming the united states for the countries humanitarian crisis. they called for the immediate release of the assets and the prosecution of soldiers who committed war crimes. and if the dentist and the americans have no rights to seize or $9000000000.00, simply they have violated human rights. and again, it is unfair if they don't give us our money back, we are a poor country and fight a terrible situation due to very low per capita income america sees and then $1000000000.00 from. now they see they will transfer a 3500000000 to a swiss bank. we are a southern country under taliban rule, and our central bank is fully functional. we demand the united nations and other world bodies influence the united states to transfer the money directly to our government. so it can be then again, people. during the last 2 decades, the americans did not serve our nation and they instead betrayed us by bombing our

homeless and massacring our people. at a large scale they killed our children, attacked our wedding parties, and bombed our funeral. we appealed to the united nations to convict american and british military generals and bring them to justice. our order winning journalist martin j says that the u. s. has imposed these hearts restrictions to gain leverage over the taliban. i think the case of the still mother is just one more element of your boxes. the initiative that binds, taken with ministration, to transfer the funds to switzerland and home. the money in the account. not likely in the short term that the money's going to be transferred to the conditions the reg applies for the money to actually be transferred to kennesaw, very strict indeed they're playing the gemini calls are also saying to the afghans of the taliban. look, let your central bank distances so politically from you let your central bank agree

to a few conditions that we lay down. and then we'll let you have the money, you know, and we will trust the central bank distributor. accordingly to the very, very desperate corners of the country, this is a way of controlling countries is a way of getting the telephone to itself in order sunday, march, 75 years since the creation of the main u. s. foreign intelligence agency, the ca, while us president joe biden has praised the agency, is the bedrock of national security. are corresponded. ilia trego takes a look at. it's often flawed and controversial record. just how old is what supposedly the world's most powerful intelligence force. it may seem the c, i a should date back to the early years of the u. s. itself, but in fact, it's even younger than the man who's currently president. the agency only appeared after world war 2 and failed at what was most expected of it back in the days to

predict the conception of the 1st soviet nuclear weapon, time to flick through the archives thing. on the basis of the evidence. now in our possession, it is estimated that the earliest date by which it is remotely possible that the ussr may have completed its 1st atomic bomb is mid 1950. but the most probable date is believed to be mid 1953. the words of one of the 1st central intelligence directors from 1948 silenced by the sound of the soviet union's 1st nuclear bomb test. in 1949, as the agency celebrates his anniversary, veterans will probably speak of their own glory, like former director, my compare did. a few years ago. i was the c i, director, we live, which it,

it was the hostile. it's like we had with entire entire training courses. if it remind you of the glory of the american experiment, the word glory next to lying, cheating and stealing, perhaps that sounds okay. if your head of the cia glory i was through throughout its history, the cia had multiple failures. it has also been shaken by large number of scandals and disclosures. surround the operations, it has conducted a significant number of these operations were attempts to topple legitimate governments, heads of states, both successful and unsuccessful. what's more glorious, a rather long list of the agencies, mistakes or cases when it was involved in some of the. busy worlds nastiest practices, nothing to do with america security going back to failures,

sticking to nukes. the next thing that comes to mind is how the c, i initially didn't expect soviet warheads at americas doorstep and cuba. we all know how they got that one terribly wrong. staying with the 19 sixties and cuba, the failed bay of pigs invasion should rang a few bells. events that turned out to be a surprise for the agency include the 1973 young key, poor war in the middle east, or the 1979 revolution in iran. the seventy's, the late seventy's, were high point for the soviet union. the u. s. was in terrible ha, oh state. i think after after the combined setbacks of the being run out of the se, asia soviet influence in africa and, and goal with through their cuban clients was growing. and then we moved in to 19,

we went through the carter period, which was a long period for ca. beyond that supposed low period, even the breakup of the soviet union in 1991, came out of the blue for langley. but most notably the ca couldn't predict and prevent 911. the intelligence community struggle throughout the nineties and up to $911.00. to collect intelligence on and analyze the phenomenon of transnational terrorism. the combination of an overwhelming number of priorities, flood budgets, and now it's know, the structure and bureaucratic rivalries resulted in insufficient response to this new challenge. but surprise, surprise, deal with intelligence said they found weapons of mass destruction in iraq hoops, deliberate or not. that was a mistake too. and moving on to the most recent past. oh, that's painful. what did the c i do about the taliban resurrecting in ghana stand last year. we're back to where we were 25 years ago. afghan gorillas have defeated

a superpower and made their country and inviting hostile for a new generation of aspiring terrorists. and the ca will have very few american spies on the ground to assess that threat. be it solid. been logged in with his archive or the taliban and it's 2021 resurgence. it's widely seen that washington is still dealing with the consequences of how the c i a flooded of ghana stand with weapons in cash in the 1980s. all to try and deal the soviet union a fatal blow. i had a $1000000000.00 a year ahead. new weaponry. i had $250000.00, more or less fall and part time and afghans willing to stand up and fight. but there are many more archive pages to be flipped through. the scope of controversies the agency has been subject of is truly impressive. ranging from allegations of

drug trafficking, when backing the anti communist contrast in nicaragua to claims of widespread portrait in secret prisons all around the world and the cast physical american legislation, bands, human torture, but only on us territory. subsequently, there is no american law forbids using these measures outside of the u. s. these measures include experiments on people using various medications, hypnosis and other physical impacts. naturally, these are issues that should not be a part of intelligence agencies, scope of activity. oh, what a reputation sadly, and even makes you want to replace the word intelligence in the name with a few other words full soup on to ca has perform functions throughout the past decades that show it is not purely an intelligence agency, but in the instrument of the u. s. aggressively imposing its policy and collecting

international norms and laws. this policy is hedge, a monic, and aggressive towards other countries. well, happy birthday ca. lebanese banks are too close for 3 days from monday after a series of hold ups by depositors demanding access to their frozen savings. financial collapse took hold of the country 3 years ago, forcing around 3 quarters of the population into poverty. here's our teachers saying i add with more with instead of dishonesty, banks are being stormed in lebanon. several have been attacked by depositors demanding that they receive their savings. customers are threatening to set banks on fire, to use weapons and further escalate the situation so that the rights will be upheld . a little more de and darlin, we are the depositors outcry association, and we are declaring war and these liberties banks. after 3 years of peaceful means, our demands have not been met. on the contrary, the government is trying to impose

a law to control the capital and legitimize the embezzlement of the depositors fonts. we are not going to remain idle. they're trying to turn us into criminals, but we are seeking to uphold arise as we are trying to get our money back up. the said all the escalation is creating panic and confusion among bank workers and has prompted the national banking association to completely shut those establishments for 3 days. the interior ministry has called for an emergency meeting to discuss these events and work on a plan to stabilize the situation in the country. no one has any good. the depositors need to be careful. it is important that nobody instigates them to destabilize the situation and the country. we know there are powers prompting the customers to do so. the security service is investigating such organizations, but the details are confidential. what the thumb old woman or what is crisis has been ongoing for 3 years. and lebanese government still can't find a solution to guarantee depositors rights to their own money. people keep on

escalating the situation to defend their rights. because of this, the country has entered into a period of instability in a thought variable which done the storming of the banks, lebanon has been impacting everyone seeking to uphold their rights is turned into a nationwide problem destabilized in the country. and it seems that this is their only chance as the government has failed to find a solution who saying i yod, r t, a root. the biden administration recently highlighted the importance of controlling the global digital asset sector, while calling for gaps and crypt crypto currency regulation to be identified. british crypto expert chris ems claims the u. s. is trying to control crypto currency and seeking to monopolize bitcoin ams is on the api i's most wanted list for allegedly organizing a crypto conference in north korea and helping the country of aid us sanctions. after being accused of helping pyongyang develop block chain technologies to transfer money across borders, he was detained in february and saudi arabia. but later released as we had decided

not to extradite him to the united states. i spoke with him actually earlier in the studio to get more details on the story. ah. you were detained in saudi arabia, the u. s. f b, i wants you because you were in north korea and some sort of block chain conference, give us the story. so i was indicted by the by the f b i back in the end of january this year for violating us sanctions that are only a pickable u. s. people, as you can probably tell from acts and on a north american british. and so that was the long parade of trying to leave saudi arabia where i was at the time where i was detained for 8 months based on an in supposed read notice. and the f b i most wanted listing i was in jet the time in which president biden visited saudi arabia. i don't think it went well for him at all. i think that, you know,

the, the days are gone in which the us can fully and cajoled countries even like saudi arabia, one of their closest allies. and so i think that, yeah, you're absolutely right. that played a very big part in, in my freedom to me being his, we can see today what exactly happened at this conference in north korea. so the thing is done absolutely nothing. this is the crazy thing, right? it's, you know, there's really stories of meeting the sanctions dodging mastermind. it's only cost me money. i never made a penny. i think the russian federation has a huge opportunity right now to embrace crypto currency to regulate the space for regulation in order to make sure that you know, sort of money laundering and any sort of crimes east the crypto, but to really use it to engage in trade with the world because essentially that's what crypto is dawn. it's designed to liberate the world from and to create calmness and free trade. and there's a lot more than just bitcoin, right? so, you know, we have, we have stable quincy box,

one to one on any weak will encrypt the currency. but that would be like us dollars roubles year. right? those things are of genuine genuine. the right remittance methods that can be used by anyone. but the great thing is that can be used by anyone. no one can stop them, which is exactly why i believe the u. s. targeted me in the 1st place. we're seeing that we tried to control control crypto currency we're seeing. they're trying to monopolize specifically bitcoin right now. the, the, one of the things that they don't really understand the underlying technology, it's encrypt. so we wouldn't say multiplied it. we said the centralized, right? the centralized community of people, the fed up with this narrative. we're thing these, the sanctions where basically we're being told who you can be friends with, who you can invite to come to your house. you know, if, if, if i live in london, i can't get my friends to moscow to fly in and see me. and people are fed up with it because we live we, we live in this multi part of what i believe already. the internet has changed the world phenomenally. and what we would call encrypts

a web to we now meeting into web 3, which is just going to enhance that and open up the well to even more possibilities the. now, before we wrap up this news, our just some breaking news. in 13 people have been killed in the latest ukrainian artillery attack on the city of done yet. that's according to the city's mayor. of course, we'll bring you the updates as soon as we get them. that said for this our stay tuned for more news and just about 30 minutes here on our to international ah ah ah

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