so did you study you focus door in that i knew bullshit. key styles can other people not. i mean, you know that with some part of your price here. sheesh though, especially with this question my bread of work. you know, the reason i'm asking you so slay on some of the you should be where you true. but which does really share with you and you also get them word or with anyway, you'll see when you go out there, what if shooting that somewhere along with your virtual new? cuz when i'm displayed on from late earlier february loops julia too much left actually can let me just give you one year 20th unless it was double blower, leave sure still would leverage the global good will display of weight with this is our

future. and the most important thing is the future of my grand daughter's, though she uphold the heart. my mother is russia. my father is rushing well, i am rushing to here and i think we bring you off the special corporate just to don bathroom publics and to ukrainian to regions begin voting on whether or not to join the russian federation. also in the program, the e you chief threatened was to take action against rome if the election there this week and the result and the government taking the country and quote, a difficult direction engines ranch it up between canada and india off the auto refuses to stop canadian seeks conducting a referendum for a separate seek home london. the western indian state of couldn't job with well, it is a pleasure to have you with us for this program from moscow. of course, this is odyssey international. we have our special coverage with today's

referendums on whether or not to join russia old. no, it's all starting and don bass and in the regions beyond voting is now well under way. ah. so let's show you on the map you're on the program. the referendums are being held in 4 regions. you can imagine the 1st 2 right here, the new guns and the donates republics. they basically declared themselves as independent back in 2014. that was after the government in kiev was overthrown. now

people are also costing that balance in these more western regions. is apple orgy region the hudson region as well? now, the voting comes after days of intensified shelling of residential areas confirmed by that of ukrainian forces or the russian back to local authority. say key f has been trying to scare people ahead of the vote. meanwhile, moscow says it will support the people's will and decision now and for now. right now, all does seem quiet. we are hearing no reports of any shelling of any of the polling stations right now. just bring up some of the latest pictures from polling stations in the don bass region. now, people in both donetta can do against republic, say they've been waiting for this moment ever since the government was overthrown in the country 8 years ago. that of the my dan qu. now i went to our correspondent roman called to ref, looking at how the war turns on yet to republic is hoping this referendum vote could eventually bring about for safety reasons. the 1st 4 days

of the vote will take place on the streets right next to people's homes and especially designated areas where people can come and vote right now we joined especially referendum commission who are walking around the street here in dunn as canada, people are coming over to them to get registered and to cast their vote in this referendum to join or not to join russia. now i spoke with the member of the commission on us this year and she is shared with me how the people have been taking everything that's been going on today. and i said of her teachers of our job is to get around the residence, find out their opinions on the ref. random people have been waiting for this for a very long time. were walking along with the referendum committee along the streets of the next walking into people's houses, asking them if they want to cast their ballots. whether they want the nets,

people's republic to become a part of russia or not. once again, wringing another doorbell here. let's see if anyone's home uses you quit or my father is from the curse region. i was born here. my grandfather is from russia. all my adult life. i have been under the soviet rule. i studied their work that i'm very glad. honestly, my heart sings in fact, you're in ukraine after all, no one cares. everything is for the rich. but after all, i do hope everything will be good cuz i don't have much done. we've been waiting for this for a long time. i will be happy to vote for the reunion. russia is a great country. i'm a ukranian myself and living in ukraine under soviet rule. i was glad that i lived in such a country, and now i do not accept the current ukraine. i can't accept it, considering what they're doing. i'm very happy that others that is sort of the least joy. this is the only thing i feel. finally,

we waited now the referendum will be held. it will become easier than if we were patient nervous, afraid, and let's hope that everything will get better. and this is a very cigna 2nd event. for all the people have done boss. many didn't fully believe and probably will want precisely because all this time would try to believe and hope. you see that a huge number of people, grandmothers and young people come to vote for a unification. it seems to me this is the same impulse of the united people that self, that will want to be together with russia in 2014. i was also here. it was a single impulse of all the people is huge impulse. the referendum will be held over a period of 5 days. this was done for safety reasons, because ukrainian nationalists forces continue bombing residential areas of the nest for the 1st 4 days. ah, referendum will be held at people's homes. there will be stations just like this

one where residents are able to come in and vote. they provide their documents, their passports, they get set registers and cast their vote, which lead cert letter gets put in into this box again. and it will be counted at a later date. now, once again, the voting is done in this fashion in order to prevent further tragedies of the past 24 hours. at least 7 people had been killed right in this center, hobbs and as kansas scores had been wounded all over the next people's republic, now balling, stations will open on the 27th of september. this will be the final day, and of course, are local residents are holding the outcome will be positive, and they will be able to join russia. roman casa, have already done as the old republic and other region voting on whether or not to

join russia today is zappa orgy. and the following for it, showing queues at polling stations and hassan animals topple of military and the police are ensuring security. all voting stations were swept for explosives before they open it, despite the potential threats people being came to cast their ballots. and as we understand everything is calm there for now. yes, the shell is the revolution. i believe that only with russia will be able to revive our region, raise the economy, medicine education, revise. the industries that her son region was famous for in soviet times and give a new impetus to our economy. i cast my vote for joining russia, mac, and yet, so mr. finally were together, and finally we are at home. the mood is excellent. i want it for russia, from my home, from my motherland. actually young, i want to come back home. i just want to come back home with

a lot of them on it's always been a russian city. they say that for a person, the native language is the one in which his mother read fairy tales for him in childhood. they write to me in russian, where now had one of the voting stations here in kept a song. these have been set up all over the city. long with these members of the electoral commission are going flat to flat house to house collecting people's votes. because despite the fact that already thousands of people who have san city in the province itself have voted, there's been a lot of intimidation that been threats acts of terror. and there is ceaseless of course bombardment of your song with, with me, solves, with rockets by the ukrainian military. the ukrainian side nationalists have also threatened people. they have told them to stay away from looting stations for. busy their own safety taken at face value. it is believed that they want to target these voting stations to keep people away away from the referendum way from expressing

themselves nevertheless. so far things have been. com. security has of course been beefed up. there is a lot of tension, but as i mentioned, thousands have already voted in more and more abusing with every hour. now today a rally was staged in central monster right there. that's red square. all those people in attendance are backing the efforts to protect those of the dawn bass, while another russian regions there were shows of support for the referendums currently being held. people gathered near red square waving flags and banners and the events being attended by representatives of public associations, political parties, and of course civil activist. but i did speak in just a short time ago with a professor at the institute of european studies in belgrade, stephan guy, which he believes the safety and well being of don bass. residents is far more important than the reaction from the west. regarding the referendums,

i don't see what kind of other sanctions are going to be imposed. i mean, west is fully involved in a proxy war. it is arming one of the sides heavily and i think that there will be increased protest similar to what we've seen in 2014 with the frame in case. but i don't really see any kind of escalation that we haven't seen so far. of course, the west will be very disappointed and there will be a lot of a lot of, i would say, a vein barking by the politicians that are already discredited within their own societies. but i don't believe that russia and especially people who live in these areas, should be particularly worried about the western reaction. i think that they should

be concentrated on the future. i had them and rebuilding our lives and of course of infrastructure that was shattered. and of course the rebuilding our functioning side of the awesome new trauma that started out with the euro. my done, if not even with the breakup of the soviet union in 1991. now of course your daughter international, we will keep you fully up to date with the very latest news. it's a 5 day referendum at the end of the day, ultimately deciding the fate of several 1000000 people on special coverage will continue. ah, the you chief ursula vandella is targeting italy. she's warning italy of consequences. should it vera away from liberal democratic principles ahead of

elections this weekend where right we can candidates are expected to win. we'll see the outcome of the elections. we have just elections and sweden to if things go in a difficult direction. i've spoken about hungary and poland. we have tools there, she saying basically hey, if they want to be wise guys, we have tools you commission, president ursula vander line, spends a few hours at princeton university there in new jersey and starts talking like tony soprano like some kind of mob boss. what kind of tools should or could she be talking about? well, we've seen how the e u has used financial blackmail against member states by threatening to withhold funds and harassment by branding them as authoritarian pariahs when they don't adequately adhere to the agenda, dictated by the unelected bureaucrats and brussels for italian vice prime minister mateo sal vini part of the conservative coalition that's favored to win in the election this weekend was outraged. 5 underlines remarks. what is this a fret,

shameful arrogance. respect the free democratic and sovereign vote to be italian people, a couple of euro deputies from selves. these league party have also now demanded that the european commission clarify what vander line was, meaning when she was making those remarks. we've already seen how the u. the self styled arbiter of all things democratic treats its members states that don't fall in line with what it considers to be acceptable. just last week the you moved to cut hungary funding under the pretext that it was no longer a quote full democracy. well, ukraine isn't either, and vander lane keep saying how badly she wants it in the you. and how keith is fighting for european values like democracy and that european business cash and just freely flow in wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that ukraine is on board with the use anti russian agenda. we're as hungry as ignored the blocks anti russian sections,

so called undemocratic hungry is actually set to pull its own citizens to gauge how they feel about sanctions. that's obviously more than he said for other you countries who have had no qualms in downloading the increased costs of sanctions, policies cooked up in brussels on to their own citizens and warning them of looming energy rationing blackouts and de industrialization and then giving them absolutely no say in the matter, which is why we're seeing an increased number of protests across the block from france to germany, degrees to the czech republic. they have no democratic outlet to express themselves on this issue. remember what german foreign minister and alina bear box said, added democracy, conference of all things in prague earlier this month. have a listen. we stand with ukraine, as long as they need us, no matter what my german vote to thing, but i want to deliver to the people of ukraine. and this means every measure i'm taking. i have to be clear that this holds on as long as ukraine meets me. me, me,

me, i, i am democracy. that's the kind of lingo he get constantly from taught. you officials from bare bach to vander lane. sometimes the truth just comes out and judging by the remarks democracy in the minds of e. leaders is apparently something that only exists within the narrow confines of what they allow the little people to do. or to have diplomatic relations between canada and india had become more tense. with the canadian government allows, seeks living there to conduct a referendum for a separate seek homeland in the western indian state of putting job. a correspondent is a little join sharma on the 19th of this month, 7 men from the sea community in ontario and canada, bought us updated in a retroactive. what was this referenda? it was essentially seek group saw and what it for whether or not the india and job

should be a separate country, a canadian citizen, not india is trying to decide what should or shouldn't be done in india. i find the one issue over separate state for the see community you all call a star is concerned. talk the difference in how that india and how the canadian seeks you would. i thought of canada because it's more from a political positioning. now in india, the issue is somewhat dead. the main question is, why should it be get to live in canada? the indian government has taken all objection to it and expressed the canadian government for action, so called, call a stand referendum as a farcical exercise. the farcical exercise was held by the extremists and radical elements supporting the so called call stand referendum in canada and elsewhere. we find it deeply objectionable that politically motivated exercises by extremist elements are allowed to take place in a friendly country. remember, canada was

a hot bed of qualifying separatism from the 1988 also led to one of the dentist or a dice in canada. 1985. he saw all the de mom was called on, who was the know? so someone it comes and leaves, it comes up and down. he comes up again. and if he has taught us anything, when it comes off, he states the toll media tax people use their lives, especially in the community. now, despite india expressing its concern, bay keowee to canada, this is what the canadian government white canadian nationals have every freedom to express their views in every manner possible. as long as it follows the canadian laws on right to freedom of expression and right to free each in assembly nano denny is building what's happening in town is already closely as long as california separate just exists in the fall sense of canada by law k guys between the 2 countries will naturally bankers in britain look

set to be rolling in the money again after the government decided to scrap the cap on that bonuses is all part of a far reaching plan to deregulate london's financial industry. the new british finance minutes, the quasi quad thing, claims that move will enhance the city's competitiveness among other global financial centers. we need global buyers to create jobs here. invest here and pay taxes. yeah. no power is not in frankfurt. i know in new york. oh, the bonus did was the push up the basic salaries of bankers or dr. activity outside europe. we are going to get rid of it. yeah. so the cap was introduced in 2014 all across the european union when the u. k. was still

a member. it limited the bank bonuses to a 100 percent of basic salary, even to 100 percent, if approved by shareholders. and this measure was meant as part of an effort to curb unjustified risk taking off the shocked of the 2080 comic crisis, which of course ended up with tax payers bailing out the failed banks. now although lifting the cap is designed to attract the best bankers to london, slow down the rise of the basic salaries and stimulate financial activities in london. some have accused the government of being out of touch and rewarding those who are already too rich. so that said, who are the winners from this budget? bankers, city fat cats, fossil fuel giants, be extremely wealthy here with a lose as every one else at a time when ordinary families having to choose between heating and eating. this government's focus on giveaways to bankers and corporations is totally the wrong priority. funny,

i really thought we'd reached the bottom of the barrel with boris johnson. i was wrong. i'm not sure i have any blood left to boil. all right, crossing live now to journalist off should return to joining us if the program of from moscow a very good even if you option, you've been watching the story. i know you up to date on all of this. britain faces are a cost of living crisis, the inflation not energy bails all these issues. they still decided to lift the cap on the bank because bonuses are your thoughts. i know all of a stone was a regular on going underground. i forgot another wolf of wall street ends because okay, you were just listening to some voices outraged my kwasic watching a new buddhist finance when it says budget, which scrapped the bonuses. but you couldn't remember. ok, 10000 may be facing death because they won't be able to heat their homes this winter. the latest statistics are 20 percent in poverty. in britain,

4300000 children in poverty, according to the jose roundtree foundation. and that's the highest in 25 years. but tech quoting, and i got to say it was the quality was irregular, almost irregular. i met him on a number of occasions and he would have admired the fact that he really believes in what he's saying. when he says, let the bankers and as much as they want, because it'll trickle down. in fact, i'm surprised that luxury goods make as like a l, v m h and reach more. she has to go up. because of course, the detractors of quite a change. the idea that it trickles down is actually rich people by your upson county watches and things that aren't really that british, i mean, rolls, royces and british adding more. so it's obviously theoretical. it's based on quite things, deeply held views. and unlike the politicians, he's doing what he always said and wrote about, he was a co author and with bremen still his trust to said british workers are the laziest

in the world though they will, they care about his football and pop music. these are the views that these politicians believe in a democratically elected by british population at large. he's doing what he always said, that the bank is, and as much as they want to, regardless of the core, you gotta imagine option a certainly with it, with the inflation. the energy bills are currency issues. the bank of england is now warning that the power is going to further dive as, as the autumn progresses into the winter. it's looking very, very blake. and here we have the bank is essentially looking at lining their pockets all over again. option. what do you think the average brit feels about this? well, law, the average british person doesn't want less trust as prime minister. we can be sure of that. but then no british prime minister for years has had the majority of the population on their side. as you say, the pound has dipped the risk premium on sovereign default default swaps

has increased massively. there are huge fears in the city of london because it seems they do realize that if you're caught masters of taxes and then bail out and spend so many billions on well is trust, his former employer shall oil subsidizing them at the expense of future borrowing. that's not really is this not really that great. and as you see the ruble increase as the highest performing currency since february these, these aren't statistics. that elite, of course, in britain want to know when i was just going to say that the fact is with aquatic, knows it or not. the war on russia through ukraine takes many guys, is it benefits? britton's largest manufacturing company be a systems which makes all the weapons. and now this is further strangulation of the pool. again, the idea is to remove money more and more to the talk of society, even if the erotically, the idealism is it trickles down. have frederick. hi,

act is right, and this is the way to to run an economy give to the rich, thanks for the poor. will then go back to the core. i think somebody saying it say it's the trouble. the continue supply trickled down option it almost out at the top one percent just once again, kind of competing their own. the bank of england warning about a pre diet, looking a bleak economic outlet option. i don't have much time left. but what, what is the short term look for the or economic situation in the u. k. these days? well, the pound or the bag giving the will desperately trying to put up interest rates in an idea of shoring up the pound and curbing inflation, which i'll give you won't be as of a bigger, bigger problem. but basically thousands will die because of the cold. and because even though this trust is put into action, a subsidy to fossil fuel companies, prices are still 100 percent, nearly up on what they were even with the cap in energy rates than they were before . russia moved to responding to the publications from nato,

and there's going to be mass strike extra invalid. so britain may affect the re closed down when it comes to work up. are this winter journalist option retents? the always a pleasure. thanks very much. and i thank you for joining us there. we're not international. we don't know where the money goes. well, that's been the frank admission from global affairs, canada government department that hands out the countries aid after it was caused by a conservative m. p. about how its cache is spent. world wide does global affairs, canada console, public safety candidates, terrorist entity list prior to providing any funding related to its grant agreements with international and non governmental organization. the level of detail of the information requested is not systematically tracked in a centralized database. or let's give you some clarity here. canada's for an aide, spending has been steadily growing over the past 20 years. it's up from

$2000000000.00 in 2002 to nearly 7000000000 last year. and among the main recipients of the a, to be an afghan, astonished the lebanon south sudan and molly. however, a recent survey found, but more than half of canadians quiz. think that this aid is inefficient and ultimately going into the pockets of those who have been corrupted. well as cross live to author and political activist eve angler. joining us here on the program on our team to national a very well and welcome to you every year. the canadian taxpayers see around $7000000000.00 of that money go abroad. now the government admitting it doesn't even know if that aid well, exactly where it goes. it been a day, it could be going. it's a dangerous hands at the cotton admission. would you say? yeah, it is. but well, we know what canadian aided, even when it's going into, it's often going into dangerous hands right now. we have haitian police that are funded and $100000000.00. the canadian native gone to over the past 20 years that

are killing protesters. we have many examples in palestine right now, you have protests against the palestinian authority, security forces, and canada has been tens and tens of millions of dollars according to policy and security forces, oversea issues, occupation, the west bank. so, you know, the government is open about the fact that they fund dangerous organizations with their aid money. a major objective of canadian, a policy is to advance canadian geopolitical interest. and i've called it the 8 intervention principal, or wherever the us and canadian forces are killing people. you will find sniffing around 688. so in the mid to thousands it talk recipients of canadian a was afghanistan, iraq, and haiti. what did those 3 countries have to do with each other?

all 3 of those examples us are 80 and troops had had really clearly intervened. so it's nothing new that canadian, a money is, you know, goes to a violent wal mart candidates for an aide, money. it will foreign policy out your say is just thought of washington's foreign policy even wanted to ask you quickly. a poll from the summer show that almost 60 percent of canadians think foreign aid ends up in corrupt hands or dangerous hands . you're. you're joining us from one tree, or is there any sense that people are increasingly concerned or demanding accountability in the end of the day? is there any chance the public mike get it? i don't, i think the vast majority public doesn't understand that. what canadian 8 is about, i don't think most canadians understand that. kin aid is not about helping people, but canadian aid is about advancing your strategic and corporate interest. that's the primary objective of meeting a. been that way since this establishment can enable the colombo plan in the early

19 fifties. so i don't think the public, you know, the public. if we're going to get into problems with, with spending problems with canada spending way too much money on a military. it's a bigger problem than spending too much on 8. 8 is just one of the tools the key in government uses to advance if you are political interests, which of course are, as you put it very closely aligned with washington geopolitical interests. and you know that the u. s. empire, that's the mean a problem with canadian, it's not about doing what they say it's about which is, you know, helping or children, or helping you know, disenfranchised people around the world. well, he said helping geostrategic purposes, and otherwise i even go, i wish we had more time for this author and political activist, thanks very much for joining us. thank you. i thank you for joining us here for this program. what are you into national from moscow.