aah! with the day for the voting in the don bus is up, roger and he had a son regions just hours away. no special coverage, international observers share their assessments of the referendum to join russia. ok, honestly i expected to see a different situation. people panicking, being scared to vote, but i see voters calmly coming to express their well, it's clear to me that people have been waiting for this for a long time. as residents take to polling sensors indicate a song, the region comes into shelling by ukrainian forces. local authorities say cube is

doing only can disrupt the referendum. thousands of protesters in germany demand the government's resignation over the energy crisis, with many calling to open the notes stream to pipeline and mid rising energy costs . with g alive from our studio here in moscow, you're watching odyssey, my name is peter scots with all the latest this monday morning. and we kick off with ortiz, a special coverage of the referendum in the don bus and 2 other regions as the 3rd day of voting wrapped up, locals are deciding whether or not they went to succeed from ukraine and joined russia. ah.

for the referendum in against republic is now recognized as having taken place. as officials say that turn out on the 3rd day upholding is 76 percent with over 1000000 of the residents casting their votes in the done yes republic. the referendum has also passed the 50 percent milestone with over $800000.00 voting on their future. the west has labeled the referendums as a sham and we refuse to recognize the results. we got opinions from international observers who visited a number of pulling stations of 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 when soldiers are there and trying to force people to fall to, well, i didn't see that. okay. honestly, i expected to see

a different situation that people panicking being scared to vote. but i see voters calmly coming to express their well being confident in their decision. and pleased to say that a i have visited about 2 stations so far. and my impression with those stations is that there's quite a free and fair process that is going on. i'm the citizens in both stations are being given an opportunity to express how they would want to see the situation on their cities to me out. and they, i given freedom of expression, there's no meddling with the process. and there is actually explanations that have been dead for those who do not understand how the process is to unfold. so i think so further from what i have observed in both his patients, the addresses was quite transparent. i did in my records and i like that there are multiple pulling 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 middle class. it's clear to me that people have been waiting for this for a long time debugging valcall, and they were to polling stations and against republic. i'm wanting maria portal, that in my view, don't fully comply with international standards. that's because they allocated outside and the ability to vote confidentially wasn't provided since there were no booths. and maria po government serves is explained to us. it is for security purposes, but still that's the only violation i've noticed so far. there were quite a lot of people at the stations regardless of the time a day or weather. for instance, in new ganske, we saw q standing in the rain. they were polling boss and also acute near the drama, say to late in the evening, and turn out in a have san region is approaching the 50 percent mark despite taking place amidst intensifying attacks by ukrainian troops. 2 people have been killed in a suspected high mas rockets attack on a hotel. the gap hasn't yet commented on the incident. one of the victims of the attack is the former ukrainian lawmaker alex asia, africa,

who had been in opposition to the current ukrainian government since the 2014 my done uprising and nazi news crew also came under fire as it was staying in the hotel. that was struck, the building was heavily damaged, as you can see here, and the roof collapsed as a result of that missile attack. there wasn't the only attacking the region where voting in the referendum continues. as mission bytes actually will say that ukrainian forces destroyed all the bridges. can nathan, a city of get a song with the rest of the region? well, ah, the darkest of what to look ready 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 da nipper ukrainian troops, however,

continued shelling people and the fairy which transported goods and civilians. and there was another incident in the russian controlled parts of the suffer osha region. as a car exploded in the military full city center, while voting on the referendum was taking place, authorities claim the explosion occurred as a result of a mis handling of explosives by ukrainians. saboteur who was killed in the blast. let's see where the blast occurred in the same region in the city of billions. local authorities say that improvised explosive devices were used in what they described as terrorist attacks by ukrainian forces or refugees from ukraine's eastern dumbass region are voting on the future of their homeland in the ongoing referendum. many of those we spoke to in the belgrade region of russia close to the ukrainian borders, say that they have voted for unity. richard, every we have always been together. yes. which means we must stay together. that's why we decided to vote this way in favor of unification with russia. when napoleon

just what we want our 2 regions to become a part of russia. we want to unite with russia so we can live more peacefully. we were severely repressed under ukraine from cave took everything from us, our country, our land, and our home. oh, this is of rudeness for, for the year. they reacted to anything they thought might be russian hill. if you had any connection with russia, they would take you away. ever even heard them threatening people. he took humanitarian aid from russia, so they didn't care if you would starve to death. we did a good residence of the dumbass, have been considering their fate since well before the referendum things changed back in 2014. when the my done, o'brien divided ukraine with those in the east of the country who reject to the outcome of the crew subjected to suppression by key. if you can see how the buddy crew unfolded and divided the country in ortiz documentary, my done the road to walk ah,

sharing with my dom protests were initially held in supportive european integrations, but was soon hijacked by ukrainian nationalists slogans for directors against the russian speaking population ukrainian, ukrainians, ukraine above all december 2013. the lowest peaceful year in the history of the united ukraine is coming to an end. the year my dance movement is gaining momentum in key areas in the shows up on labor needs to portfolio. many western politicians, ambassadors, and leaders of foreign state supported the might on protests. as president victor

on a coach came under intense pressure. protests were emboldened by the support from the west, acting with impunity. while you on a co which was unable to respond with force to deal with the unrest has voting in the referendums and says, the 4th day will of course,

keep you updated on how voters decide the future of those regions. ah, the germany is trying not to escalate the conflicts in ukraine, not according to german chancellor, olaf shoulds who was asked why the country would not send a battle tanks to support. here we are supporting ukraine. we are doing it in a way that is not escalating to where it is becoming a war between russia and nato because this would be a catastrophe. well, our souls also noted the importance of cooperation with allies on the matter, adding it was the best way to react to a very dangerous war. where though, the western officials that seemed to disagree with his non escalation policy, with officials from nato states expressing thinly veiled willingness to use nuclear weapons if necessary. any use of nuclear weapons will be met with catastrophic

consequences for russia, that the united states and our allies will respond decisively. and we have been clear and specific about what that will entail the ship. i think brewton must also understand that the atlantic alliance is a nuclear lines for credible deterrence. we need both the means and the political will to implement nuclear deterrence if necessary. of course, live. now, to el rasmussen, executive vice president of the razor center. welcome to our t. l. thanks for joining us. now, the german chancellor show salts has said that berlin is try not to escalate the ukraine conflicts into russia, nato war. what do you make of that statement? we do know the german germany has been fairly hesitant initially to send support to keith or peter, i think i really think, i think mr. shalt is getting a lot of pressure, obviously, from other natal certain other nato members to provide it. and we've seen the quite

arrogant and insulting comments from the ukranian side about that. but germany has done a lot like he said, and they've provided a lot, but i, you know, historically, i think germany is quite i think they're quite concerned. as far as, as far as expanding and extending beyond the ukranian into, into european proper area the and across into germany would be a directly impacted potentially. also, we know that the, the german business community is really, really not supportive of the sanction. and many, many german businesses are going to go bankrupt as a result of this. i'm sure he would like to see things and as soon as possible. otherwise, mister schultz may be looking for a job as well, but absolutely germany, very hesitant to, to commit and provide additional weapons,

especially on the tank side. while many seeing these referendums in the dumbass and other regions as an escalation of the conflicts. and there's been a certain amount of, let's say, nuclear saber rattling on both sides. for example, bucking june the commander, the german air force did war. and the nato could use nuclear weapons against russia . it has to be stressed that that would be in response to any new or used by russia . what do you make a disable rattle and how likely do you think that this conflicts in general could say nuclear? well, it could. there are the concern that we're probably the closest we've ever been to turning into a nuclear conflict that let's hope not. and, and i, i listen to and read the transcripts of president summons and, and miss elaborate at the u. n. there was no mentioned to me, the president putin didn't say that they would defend russia and they've got

weapon that they have a new get the that they could. but he did not directly say nuclear they the person that actually the people most concerning that have heard the, the nuclear saber rattling the most obviously, jake sullivan, just recently from the us and we know lives, trust commented on that. we also know just before the special military operations started, mr. lindsey, during the nato security conference, actually mentioned becoming a nuclear weapon state again, you frame. so i think nato and i have a much more of a concern that nato potentially would, would use tactical nuclear weapons prior to russia doing that. but if, even if it's tapped to nuclear weapons on either side, it will. i think they're,

they're, they're, they're kidding themselves. they think that would not escalate quickly. so strategic level and that's very very and it certainly is unless hope doesn't come to my favorite not to leave you the l rasmussen, executive vice president of the center. thank you very much for your time today on those developments. thank you. as washington braces, so for midterm, congressional actions this november rasmussen, reports poll shows that issues american voters will mal over before filling out that balance on quite in line with the government's priorities. issues like energy policy, inflation and violent crime and illegal immigration, or the forefront of votes as mines. that's nbc trucks, price hikes in the country saying that the inflation is at its highest level in over 40 years. with us consumers struggling with the costs of energy, housing, and groceries. the whites also appears not to share many of those concerns. as i

stand here today, 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 her session, her my view, my hope as we go from this rapid growth is steady growth. and so she will see some coming down or new. oh god willing, i don't think it's a washington's failed to prioritize us votes. his main concerns with the rasmus and report showing that just wanting 5 americans consider ukraine crisis to be a quote. very important issue, as despite the immediate attention it's receiving while the stimson think tank estimates the value of military assistance to ukraine in 2022. the same as the u. s

. government provided to afghanistan, israel and egypt combined in 2020 on thursday the by the demonstration will send another $600000000.00 and miss 8th ukraine area. i spoke to civil rights attorney, robert patillo, who says that the biden administration is using the conflicts and ukraine to deflect from domestic issues. i think the kitchen table is always going to be the forefront of the american people's concern. and we're looking at inflation gifts. what's that cetera on foreign policy often ends up fully down on the list. i think the body ministrations of been able to use the craney wars. kind of a stop back of stop gap are one size fits all explanation for everything as for inflation, ukraine war gas prices, ukraine war, lack of g d, p growth, ukraine work become, oh, basically the in all b. o excuse for every problem with something has actually been effective. if you look at by the whole numbers of the summer, with the cold winter months in europe,

just around the corner, thousands of taken to the streets in lumen germany demanding to open the notes streams to pipeline. and restarts corporation with russia multi, i least, they 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 fantastically georgia. you are a 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 rudolph a more than 3 and a half 1000 protesters gathered for the rally. according to local authorities. people were waving flags and condemning the sanctions imposed on russia. and you can also see account to protest denouncing bush and gus in faults amid the conflict and ukraine. they were, however good unmade to leave the demonstration. but it wasn't the only protest in germany. it's thousands also rallied in the city of poland, demanding the resignation of the german government processes waved russian flags criticizing the berlin administration for skyrocketing energy prices,

and also demanding the reopening of the knolls gene to pipeline. archie contadino said rachel marston brings us all the details, apparently asking west chairs to jump through ridiculous hoops like showering together, or with just a splash of water. bam, take that, pu. isn't quite getting the job done via the machine we're experiencing a severe energy crisis triggered by the loss of energy production. russia has stopped delivering around 55000000000 cubic meters of gas. the amount that came via nord stream one new gas now has to be procured on the world market in france. more than half of the nuclear power plants have failed is causing major problems to the grid, which has also driven up prices mitigating the 2 issues have triggered an external shock that has hit the country hard on both german consumers and companies. havoc 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. sounds like he got confused with the vice 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 accident 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 biden administration, encouraged brussels to adopt only the most severe and suicidal sanctions. meanwhile, german chancellor off shoals 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 from his 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 top european official seems to be changing as to as well. back in april, the blacks chief diplomat, yoseph burrell said of the ukrainian conflict that quote, this war will be one on the battlefield. 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. 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 on elected officials will go in imposing economic devastation and social suffering before pulling from their self imposed nosedive still remains to be seen nepal loaves to become a fully fledged member of the shanghai corporation organisation. the country's ambassadors said, as he shed moscow and cut mon dues planned to develop a mechanism for mutual agreements in their respective national currencies. begin making began him less a booking for a not in

a bank in general. and then go over that with the recent shanghai corporation organization summit, china and russia agreed a road map to expand trade in local currencies. last week, india announced that it is to trade in rupees with russia, after developing a payment mechanism, enabling it to do so. on last month check in russia signed an agreement for economic cooperation that will see the russian rouble used in bilateral trade between the 2 countries. the earlier we spoke with nepalese journalist our own, but how talky who says that u. s. dominance and the influence of the dollar are in decline given the fact that russia still does not engage a integrated, deeper manner within their power. i think eaves, we hate towards these, you know, local currencies in the city, i think, or it will make her the,

the moscow stop listening to paying, you know, thing was like to engage with nipple and maybe try to create its presence. it's not been economically now, the wall is like multiple r b s dominance, and it's superpower is declining over the years over the decades. or partly because of china's rise to the global forum and the name of the dollar i use and can be seen among many, many countries in the wall. and including, including russia and china, the now trading un and rural. and we're seeing lea, i think russia and india also had this understanding to do business in rural and while china and india, coal for peace talks to resolve the ukraine, conflicts ahead of the end of the 77th, un general assembly session in new york. some western leaders are continuing nancy, russian rhetoric and pin the blame for the global food crisis on russia. r t kellum

often has more the un general assembly. you would think everyone expects to hear the same normal rhetoric about bringing peace to the world and stabilizing global hot spots. 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. on the united nations charter president boatner's made over nuclear threats against europe. russia, aggression has severely ex, is escalate to defeat food security, energy and finance and crisis because of the actions of one country. more than one and a half 1000000000 people in more than half of the u. member states, find himself at great risk of poetry, starvation, an independence 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 dialogue. no hustle, realty. we must seek cooperation and oppose confrontation as we face a host of global challenges. we should jointly oppose group politics and block confrontation. long india is on the side of peace and will remain firmly that 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 sanctioned with a global food crisis on the horizon lab or are pointed out that this fits a pattern of us behavior threatening countries and imposing sanctions to get its own way. human nature 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 collective 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. an 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, the based on what we saw at the un general assembly. it seems pretty clear that not everyone wants that caleb martin r t united nations new york. lots of wrapped for now. i'm peter scott's on the be back again at the top of the hour with all the latest news and views here on oxy international. i'll see them. ah, ah ah ah

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ah ah. hello and welcome to cross stock. were all things are considered. i'm peter labelle, while the military conflict in ukraine is far from over, the political fate of this country will be determined at the ballot box of the next few days. regents of ukraine are said to reject cubes, rule enjoying the russian federation. once part of russia, moscow will defend the will nato escalate its war on russia. ah .