is often very dramatic development only personally and get into this. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time to sit down and talk with the day for the voting in the don bus. zophar origin has some regions just hours away that are special coverage. international observers share their assessments of the referendums to join russia. ok, honestly, i expected to see a different situation in people panicking. being scared to vote, but i see voters calmly coming to express their will. it's clear to me that people have been waiting for this for a long time. as residents take the polling centers and get a song, the region comes under heavy shelling by ukrainian forces. local authorities take

here is doing all the con, to disrupt the referendum on thousands of protesters in germany demanded the government's resignation of the energy crisis in many calling to open the notes stream to pipeline and meet rising energy cost with it's just on for am on monday morning and a new week's getting underway here in the russian capital. i'm peter scott. so i'm ready joining us from welcome to 30 minutes of news and analysis here nazi and we kick off this morning with a special coverage of the referendum in the dumbass and 2 other regions. as the 3rd day of voting wraps up, locals are deciding whether they want to see from ukraine and join russia. ah.

well, the referendum in the la guns republic is now recognized as having taken place. as officials say that turn out on the 3rd day of pulling is 76 percent with over a 1000000 residents casting their votes and then done yes. republic. the referendum has also passed the 50 percent milestone of $800000.00 voting on the future. we got the opinions from international observers who visited a number of polling stations over the 3 days. what i have seen, it says pretty good is going. all right. you know, in western media, they say all the time we, as soldiers are, they're trying to force people to fall. well, i didn't see that. okay. honestly,

i expected to see a different situation and people panicking being scared to vote. but i see voters calmly coming to express their well being confident in their decision. i have them and please to say that i have visited about 2 stations, sofa. and my impression with those stations is that there's quite a free and fair process that is going on. the citizens in both stations are being given an opportunity to express how they would want to see the situation of their cities to me out. and the i given freedom of expression, there's no meddling with the process and there is actually explanations that are being done for those who do not understand how the process is to unfold. so i think so, further from what i have observed in both the stations, the addresses is quite transparent. i didn't want it cuz i like that there are multiple polling stations at the referendum, so people can vote at any convenient location and don't have to go

a long way. i see that people can choose freely. i haven't seen any violations of the procedure of ethan milk life. it's clear to me that people have been waiting for this for a long time. the been vital calling there were 2 polling stations in the loo, ganske republic, and one in mary. you, paul, that in my view don't fully comply with international standards to that's because they are located outside and the ability to vote confidentially wasn't provided since there are no boots on in mary you, paul government services explained to us it's for security purposes, but still that's the only violation i've noticed so far, no gun there were quite a lot of people at the stations, regardless of the time of day or weather. for instance, in lieu ganske, we saw a q standing in the rain near a pulling bus and also acute, near the drama theatre late in the evening. we talk all right, on turnouts, in the have san region, has also passed the 50 percent mark, despite taking place amidst intensifying attacks by ukrainian troops. 2 people have been killed in a high mas rock at the dock on a hotel the according to several local media reports, one of the victims of the attack is former ukrainian lawmaker alex se giraffe kirk

. he had been in opposition to the current ukrainian government since the 2014 my done uprising. and i see news crew also came under fire as it was staying in the hotel that was struck. the building was heavily damaged and the roof collapsed as a result of the missile attack. it's was not the only italian, a region where living is a referendum continues with blood alcohol or through gra, after the armed forces of ukraine destroyed all the bridges connecting the city of harrison with the rest of the region was shelling residents began to use river crossings. to reach the opposite bank of the de nipper ukrainian troops, however, continued shelling people and the fairy which transported goods and civilians. one

bethany. and there was another incidence in the russian controlled parts of the separate osha region. as a car exploded in mel. it's awful city center while voting on the referendum was taking place. there authorities say the explosion occurred as a result of mishandling of explosives by ukrainian saboteur who was killed in the blast earlier. 2 other blas occurred in the same region in the city of better dance . local authorities said improvised explosive devices were used in what they described as terrorist attacks by ukrainian forces live now to political analyst, alessandro bruno center, welcome to our t. m. u. now there, there are concerns that the referendums may seriously escalates the conflicts in ukraine, depending on the outcome of them. how do you assess that risk? well, i mean, i do see the risk because the certainly the ukrainians or the west has not expressed any favor about these referenda.

so and the, even though the outcome was highly predictable, that they would vote in largely overwhelmingly, in favor of joining the russian federation as the crimea a few years ago. that said it, it does make the risk of an installation the, at this point, any attack that the creating forces launch against the referenda region with her on or apology and so on. will be treated as a direct attack on rush and soil. so the, the response will be probably proportionately greater than it would have been otherwise until recently, and risks escalating the conflict on both sides. in fact,

i know i've been trying to figure out what the end goal is, is it to reach us on the russian side or to concentrate as i suspect? and that's one of the reasons i also think that there was a call to arms of reservists is to send the service through the referenda areas to protect them as russian territory. i think that was the real goal. so and that will determine we need to see where the, what the goal is to define these areas and just be satisfied. and as i always suspected, because if you see them, when you join all these together with premier, i me have very highly protected and they have russia maintains gains, a very strong control over

a very strategic part of the black sea. so but how to secure now these goals will be the strategy i'm sure that the coming weeks and months will tell us exactly what will unfold as a result of these referendums. now it's no secrets of the see that these referendums have been condemned in the west as a sham and the refuse to recognize the results of them. as you've mentioned, we did speak to a non of a number of international observers at the polling stations. he did say they were transparent with no medlin, but how do you square these 2 circles with the referendum on the one side, you know, russia, you know, will recognize the results. and maybe a few other countries for the west says, says there are some, what do things gonna happen? well, if the west is there, a sam, the past 8 years of history from 2014 on provides an

ample picture of the problem. and the ukraine had the 8 years to resolve this issue. there were the minster chords to try which would have kept these territories in ukrainian control. had they abided by these controlled. and then in the end, there was no way to get ukraine to abide by these agreements. even though president the landscape was elected with the, with such a platform, that was one of the goals he promised people. so when we don't notice, i don't know the circumstances why what has prevented the landscape. we can speculate, and there's plenty of reason i would want to mention now why he's sort of had held hostage has been held whole to john and therefore has been conducting atrocious policies for his countries in the, in the,

in the end. so that said the, i think the putting, putting this buffer is no longer a buffer zone. these regions will now be russia. so set the next step in trying to on moscow's part to try to discourage ukrainians from attacking or launching series the tax further because they know that the, the qualitative level of response will be much higher at this point. i mean, i've never seen a war. perhaps you can tell me if you have in the past 50 years conducted by the west, whereby the capital and the president of that country say fully in power are able to host foreign leaders, travel where the use of those countries can go to disco. text restaurant bars because that's exactly what's been happening in ukraine and key f and the in the

western part. it's almost almost life as normal in baghdad. we didn't see such. the president was removed immediately, as were all his top officials, and the city was many cities were downgraded to prehistoric levels of infrastructure without running water. without tricity, ukraine has an increase of the running water and air conditioning. i've seen people do interviews from their homes in ukraine throughout without, with, with reliable power. this is very have usually in the wars on, i think this is where, what could happen now in case of an attack in these regions, we will have russia attack infrastructure and really send them the war message deeper perhaps. well, it's certainly quite a lot to dig into the alessandro, and i'm sure we'll have you on again very soon as the,

the fall out from these referendums becomes clear. but we've got to leave it the let's go, analysts. thank you very much again for your insights about excuse me, of dumbass have been considering their fate since well, before the referendum things changed back in 2014. when the, my done uprising divided ukraine with those in the east of the country who rejected the outcome of the crew subjected to suppression by key. if you can see how the body q unfolded and divided the country and our cheese documentary my down the road to wall ah, sharing with my dom protests were initially held in support of european integration, but was soon hijacked by ukrainian nationalists. slogans were directed against the

russian speaking population, ukrainian, ukrainians, ukraine above all december 23rd to the lowest peaceful year in the history of the united ukraine is coming to an end. the year of my dance movement is gaining momentum in key series in the shows up, i believe what needs to possibly many western politicians, ambassadors and leaders, a foreign state supported the might on protests. as president victor on the coach came under intense pressure. protesters were emboldened by the support from the west, acting with impunity. audrianna co, which was unable to respond with force to deal with the unrest.

ah there's voting in the referendums enters the 4th day will keep you updated on how voters decide the future of those regions. ah,

the cold winter months in europe just around the corner, thousands have taken to the streets, in lube in germany. they're wanting to open the north stream to pipeline and restart corporation with russia on so the i have listed only wanted to hurt russia, but now they are harming us the citizens. and we will continue to fight for nord stream to, to be open. but innovation, fantastic. you torture your german government should hear that our objective is to open nord stream to and reconnect with the russian government as it has been for centuries. this is the only way russia and germany can bear through, wrote no more than 3 and a half 1000 protesters gathered for the rally according to local authorities. people will waive in flags and condemning the sanctions imposed on russia. and you can also see a counter protest denouncing bushing gus impulse amid the conflicts in ukraine. they were, however good unmade to leave the demonstration. it was the only protest in germany, it's thousands also rallied in the city of ploughing, demanding the resignation of the german government. processed as waived russian

flags criticizing the berlin administration for skyrocketing angie prices and also demanding the reopening of the node stream to pipeline ortiz. rachel marsden brings us more details apparently asking west hairs to jump through ridiculous hoops like shower together or with just a splash of water can take that. isn't quite getting the job done in the u. s. which is less exposed than you're up to their own e jerk sanctions and their impact on the energy market. and the economy has been drawing on its strategic petroleum reserves, which are designed to cushion any pricing or supply shocks. that's according to the u. s. energy information administration, at 427000000 barrels levels of those reserves are now reportedly at their lowest since 1984. the situation in europe is even more dire as germany's economy minister robert havoc explains b l e minor issue. we are experiencing

a severe energy crisis to triggered by the loss of energy production. austin, russia has stopped delivering around 55000000 cubic meters of gas. are the amount the con, vian, or trim wanna you are not new mass now has to be cured on the world markets. a stuff in france of more than half of the nuclear power plants have failed is causing major problems to the grid, but which has also driven prices mitigation. probably the 2 issues have triggered and external shocks noticed that his hip, the country har at a cigar. both german consumers and compromises on topic is singing a much more panicky tune than he was at the beginning of september when he tried to downplay concerns of catastrophic economic failure. by explaining through some kind of magic math, how german companies could avoid insolvency by just stopping production. like if you just play dead and don't move, you'll survive. it sounds like he got confused with advice on how to handle an encounter with a wild russian bear. rather than a lack of russian gas, the western press including forbes bloomberg,

andy economists have been warning since the summer of de industrialization and a factory exodus from germany in europe as a result of the block, suicidal energy policy. and now european manufacturers of steel, fertilizer and other industrial staples are reportedly shifting operations to the us. it looks like europe is the industrialized itself and sending those jobs to america. clearly the big winner here is a cave. it's washington. no, under the by the administration encouraged brussels to adopt only the most severe and suicidal sanctions. meanwhile, german chancellor off schultz has continued his global door knocking tour to beg for gas. this time to saudi arabia, in a race against the clock before the german economy tanks and having tried pretty much everything else with how incoming up. maybe he could just throw on a disguise a costume, go knock on gas problems door and just tell them to flip the switch on the existing pipelines to germany. that berlin was foolish enough to let brussels sanction.

speaking of which, another talk, european official seems to be changing his tune as well. back in april the blocks chief diplomat, yoseph burrell said of the ukrainian conflict that quote, this war will be one on the battlefields in announcing more european weapons in cash for keith. but how to listen to what he's saying now when people say it is not a bluff, you have to take them seriously. a diplomatic solution that preserves the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine must be reached. otherwise, we can finish the war, but we will not have peace. summer is barely come to a close and already europe's authoritarian anti russian dogmatism is showing cracks, as it repeatedly smashes up against pragmatic reality. but exactly how far the blocks i'm elected officials will go in imposing economic devastation and social suffering before pulling from their self impose nosedive still remains to be seen moving on now is washington braces itself for mid term congressional elections.

this november, rasmussen reports poll show that the issues american votes as will mill over before filling out the balance on exactly in line with our government's priorities. issues alike, energy policy, inflation, violent crime under legal immigration are at the forefront of votes as mines that says and be see trucks, price hikes in the country, saying that inflation is at its highest level in over 40 years. with u. s. consumers struggling with the cost of energy, housing, and groceries. the whites also appears not sasha, many of those concerns. as i stand here to day, and lot of you know me well, i am more optimistic than ever been in my entire life. about america's future progress does come in as common. now if you look at our job market, consumer spending business investment, we see signs of economic progress. we're not in her session or my view. my hope is we go from this rapid growth is steady growth. and so she will see some coming down

. oh, we're going to, oh god willing, i don't think it's washington's fail to prioritize us. go to his main concerns with the reports by the simpson think tank. showing that just wanting 5 americans consider the ukraine crisis to be a very important issue. despite the media attention. thus, as estimates place the value of military assistance to ukraine in 2022 at the same as the u. s. government provided to afghanistan, israel and egypt combined in 2020 on thursday. the biden administration will send an of the $600000000.00 of medicaid to ukraine. let's go live now to civil rights attorney roberts patillo. robert, thanks for joining us. are naughty, thankful for having me now. first of all, as an american, what are your main concerns at the moment? oh, i think as with many americans going into mid term, you have to look at inflation. you have to look at the continuity of the government . are the threats to democracy that we've seen in the past over years,

as well as the rising of domestic streamers? i think the kitchen table issues are always going to be the forefront of the american people's concern. and we're looking at inflation, gas prices, et cetera. on foreign policy often ends up fairly down on the list, adding to body ministrations as been able to use the ukranian wars. kind of a stop back. i'll stop gap. ah, one size fits all. that's when asian for everything as for inflation, ukraine war gas prices, ukraine war, a lack of g d. p growth, ukraine worth become out. basically the in all be all excused for every problem that exists and things actually been effective. if you look at by this whole numbers in the summer, but apollo must have actually gone off a bit of an after been rock bottom a couple of months ago. and do you think it seems that the democratic party is storing to hear the real concerns of us votes is all just trying to distract. like you said, i mean, according to the latest polls, there is a division and in what votes is concerned about one. think of him believes that concerned about why, you know,

since our july in july present bite is approval. numbers are right around 30 to 31 percent right now they're pushing 49 percent as he's had a string of domestic victories, for example, because of the rate rise and prices and leave energy concern to little to push through his skimming. build back better plan on which had a record investment in green energy and mr. production of dressing and fight climate change. those are things that are directly attributable to the energy concerns as a result of the ukranian war. as i think they've been able to properly leverage that to be a campaign plus the policy campaign negative. on the other hand, republicans being still be parting the shadow. donald trump have nominated a series of just cartoons the incompetent candidates on that of allowed democrats to weather the storm of some of their failures and really come out with an opportunity to maintain majorities in the house. and the senate was talking of candidates. there has been some talk of the democratic party searching for a replacement for joe biden in the next presidential election with the results of

this congressional midterm, determined his future. the party think. i don't, i, i think that regardless of present biden's age i, he will still be the strongest. nominate going into 2024. recent polling is shown in was 7 point lead over donald trump, in a hypothetical, majel, as it went, lead o'rando santa than ha, hi political mitchell. and normally in a mid term legend, the party empower. i'll loses the majority in the house into sin. if you look at brock obama in 2010, they lost about 60 seats right now since i did them pressure on paystub both maintained their majority in the house and increased at a majority in the senate and think the western media has played into this in large part by presenting right russia, the ultimate cold war era. hunt for red october boogeyman. ah, but i think that has more news and information comes out that weekend. of swaying american public opinion ought to start asking more questions about this infinite amount of a the seem to be flown to ukraine with no end in sight while. and given what you mentioned before,

roberts and you don't see the republican party gaining any ground in the defend amid sends, given where you sent about their candidates. well, we have low candidly hearse, a walker, who is running for senate in georgia, who was a mentally ill person. he was admitted in a book to having 12 personalities. you have dr. asa mehmet, ours is running for senate in the state of pennsylvania, who's a former gang show host. so because the republican party have bought full in on this, the kind of mag conspiracy theory version of politics is gonna be very difficult for them to, to make up round by do think that of some of the human rights concerns that have been positive by international press will mollified and explained better by the russian government. you might see the support for and continued sanctioned to support for our continued aid be reduced. for example, many people in the polling that we've done here in the state of georgia, one to the mid terms say to lead that, think the war in ukraine. it's about bringing brittany greiner home and they, if she was brought home, they would no longer support american bar sanction to on support american

involvement in the war. those are some of the examples of things that can happen, that could change with wavy election going forward. but save that, i don't the republicans having an opportunity, i will. some of the more outlandish candidates if nominated? well sir, i sent a rob patillo. great to have you take it in as of queen mid terms. and a concern is of he is concerns of us votes his thank you very much for time today. thank you. ah, la china and india call for a peaceful talks to resolve the ukrainian conflicts ahead of the end of the 77th, un general assembly session in new york. some western leaders continue their anti russian rhetoric and pin the blame for the global few crisis on russia. ortiz kelly moping has mal at the un general assembly. you would think everyone expects to hear the same normal rhetoric about bringing peace to the world and stabilizing global hotspots. but instead we had western leaders using the platform for something very different war, chosen by one man to be very blunt, permanent member of the united nations security council invaded its neighbor.

russia has shamelessly violated the court. tenants or the united nations charter president partners made over nuclear threats against your precious aggression, has severely ex, escalate to defeat food security, energy and financial crisis because of the actions of one country. more than one and a half 1000000000 people in more than half of the us member states, find themselves at greater risk of poetry, starvation, an in depth this don't exactly match calls for peace. now does it. now some countries from the non western block seem to have not been very impressed with the western narrative. they use the platform to emphasize that they feel the priority should be dialog. yahoo! so we must seek cooperation and oppose confrontation as we face a host of global challenges. we should jointly oppose group politics and block confrontation. one india is on the side of peace and will remain family day. we are

on the side that respects to you and charter and his funding principles. we are on the side that calls for dialogue and diplomacy as the only way out. well, western leaders didn't stop there. they've called for russia to be isolated or more precisely claiming that russia is already isolated in the international arena. well, does this look much like isolation to you with? well, only if you mean by international arena, the western powers, which is what they usually mean when they say that anyway, this time, those who don't go along with the western narrative brought up some recurring themes, grain, exports, fertilizers, and other essential items being blocked by u s and you sanctions with a global food crisis on the horizon lab,

or i've pointed out that this fits a pattern of us behavior threatening countries and imposing sanctions to get its own way human youth. nato has declared our country an immediate threat on the way to total u. s. dominance and has identified china as a long term strategic challenge. at the same time, the collect to west, led by washington, sends a frightening signal to all other countries without exception which anyone who dares to disobey can be next. lab. rob emphasized that russia is willing to talk at his press conference. he said it is always better to talk than not to. however, western leaders just proceeded onward, but they are anti russian allegations and podium, pounding, and unbiased observer can clearly see who is bringing instability to the world. and who is it? most people in the world want peace and an end to the conflict. but based on what we saw at the un general assembly, it seems pretty clear that not everyone wants that fail, mopping artsy, united nations new york. plus how the world is lookin, as.