ah ah ah, referendums on joining russia draw to a close on the final day of voting for people in the dumbass republics and 2 other regions on to feeding from ukraine. r t convers opinions from some international observers on how the referendum unfolded. what we saw there was, according to the normal standards of elections. i. so that is exactly the same, like in russia are in france, the authorities in key or making it abundantly clear that anyone who is dropping ballots into the ballot boxes at the referendum will be persecuted with no mercy.

western media politicians say the referendums are being conducted at gunpoint residence in the for voting regions are facing relentless shelling and threats from reprisals. from here with at least 17 people are killed, including 11 children in a school shooting in central russia at least 24. those are with hello and welcome it 6 am here. moscow, and you're watching our scenes national with the latest world news updates. i'm peter scott, is great, happy with us. let's look at the latest on the referendums in the dumbass republics . i've done yet, and look guns can see what the regions up origin here, the song is the final day of voting as low because decide on whether they want to become part of russia. ah

the 4th day of voting so all for regions passing the crucial 50 percent milestone. the highest turn out to the polls has been in the done yes. republic where around 1500000 people cast their votes over a little guns for public participation, remain steady with over a 1000000 voting on in the us on as upper osha regions turn out is roughly on the same level reaching 63 and 66 percent respectively, parties,

rama cost overheard form international observers. monitoring the voting process in the dumbass group of international observers are traveling around the people's republic and to make sure there are no violations. now this is the 4th day of the referendum, and people are still voting at home. there are mo bile referendum committees walking around apartment buildings, private houses, and asking people whether they want to cast or vote for the next people's republic to join russia or not. my 1st time in don bus, i was the 1st time it was in november, 2015. the so we participated the last years in the organization and we try as well on my, on my, if you do channels like ball tooth publish. some, some news, some real news about what happens here. it's important that everything should be done, legally procedure has to be respected and i hope to hear because i,

i so that is exactly the same. like in, in rush hour in france, i read just across the border directly to this 1st point of voting before this we were under russian city of stuff. there are quite a lot of refugees from this territories here in the us. so we already had a chance to visit a point of holding their stuff. and what we saw there was, according to the normal standards of elections. following short introductions and orientation at the referendum center here in the town of thought. as international observers moved on to actual voting, now they've come here to this apartment building and you can see a lot of locals are here. they will be casting their vote in

this referendum. of course, all these people are free to speak with international international observers. if they want to, and of course these foreigners who arrive to make sure there are no other nations will be here documenting everything and hopefully deliver the truth back to their respective nations. oh yes leon. we have hope that's the most important thing. we help them. we won't be laughed and the situation improves. there's much hard work had that we still have hope watching, which of sir me, we want peace. we want happiness for our children. we want to join russia and everything to get better. new still not was i'm also, i believe will will be protected, that russia will help us because we've been showed for 8 years. what if our town is shell like the netscape? here is my child. where will we go? we have nowhere to go. where are you? are you here in torres?

this town hasn't seen active war activities since 2014, 2015. and nevertheless, we can still hear her sounds of artillery from a very far away. of course, the main hope. oh, all these people is that as soon as the result of the referendum are in all this tragedy, all this horror. oh for. we'll find the list stop from on call for emergencies. don't ask people's republic. the referendums have been widely dismissed as chums by many countries led by western medium politicians. with some say, the vote is being conducted at gunpoint on this comes as the regions that are voting her face constant threads on shelling by ukrainian forces. with don bass bearing the brunt ortiz, eager john of picks up. the story chief has repeatedly claimed ownership over the citizens of don bass, and at the same time has been doing everything in its power to antagonize them.

it's military has been shelling the population here with how it is and have you rocket launchers. planes dropped bombs on people's homes and children. and now the authorities and cave are making it abundantly clear that anyone who has dropping ballots into the ballot boxes at the referendum will be persecuted with no mercy. ukrainian lawmakers have proposed up to 5 years in prison for anyone who dares to vote. and that's just the tip of the iceberg of repression. there's a plethora of ways to lose all humanity and keeps eyes here and be condemned with the stigma of being a so called russian collaborator. this can mean a prison sentence up to 5 years. so i strongly advise the residents of the temporarily occupied territories. do not take a russian passport, do not go to referendums and do not cooperate with the occupiers. about a quarter of the population here are holders of russian passports. just under

a 1000000 people whom ukraine is eager to evict to the 21st century gulags. and that's to start with under the proposed bill drawn up in co authorship with members of the as of neo nazi group. freedom of speech goes out of the window support every whim of ukraine's government will be jailed. collaborators will be considered though citizens who have denied the armed aggression against ukraine and the occupation of its territories, or have publicly called for support for the aggressor, for cooperation with the occupiers. 8 years of war have somewhat numbed the people here to the outright abhorrence coming from caves, government which considers them its subjects. but while they're used to it, it doesn't mean they aren't hard broken. it's such a bitter feeling when your mother land turns its back on you. well, the land you had always thought to be your mother land. it's very sad. you got the

one you. i am so angered by this, but this is wool. that's all i can say when you know crane we owns living in ukraine. we are living in the la guns republic at his. and we do hope they won't be able to get the hands on us danasia dust, arnold. and sure all these threads could have been a bluff grand standing at an international level. a tray can ukraine's domestic policy game, but keep itself shattered. all hopes of that by cracking down ruthlessly on the population of the areas abandoned by russia's forces. the little girl is right now that she says that we are an armed by the numerous ports of the so called filtration activities carried out by the ukranian security services and on neo nazi formations in the territories left by the allied forces as part of their regrouping thousands of people are affected by this. it is frightening to imagine what the queen an armed forces had to into, than now. where 1st and foremost, talking about these people been killed. as citizens of the don boss flocked to the polling stations in the millions. it's not just ukraine that remains oblivious to

their plea. germany's tub diplomat annalynne burbock. ow did caves own propagandists when she suggested the real situation with the vote here resembles a poorly written r rated movie and it does. yes. people are voting with a gun pointing at their heads, and this is exactly what touch referendums are about. people are shot at raped, and then obliged to vary to all a soldier onto the kalashnikov, is standing right next to them. if we now accepted and let it be, then it will be repeated in other places. it will serve as an invitation to further violate international laws. you know, public areas in the dawn bass are being shared by the ukrainian military. every day . he was under cover hitman bomb pro russian officials and liberated regions on a regular basis. diversion groups are also active behind the defensive lines, but the german foreign minister chose to emit all of that. it doesn't fit ukraine's

heroic facade promoted so hard in the west. they're locked into this narrative and it's so been ongoing since 2014, that the people of the mass have no agency of their own, that they are essentially ultimate owns, are doing bidding. so that was obvious. and that's how the west will interpret any election or referendum out of the problem is that they haven't come up with any evidence of this. show us the evidence that people are being forced at gunpoint to go and vote. there isn't the final, in the most decisive day of the referendum is here. and it's about to show just how many people have decided to personally sign the divorce papers with ukraine once and for all hamburgers done of reporting from the la guns people's republic. or see the voting soon to ruffle will of course keep you updated on the results and what the future holds for those regions.

ah, in other news, officials say that 17 people were killed, including 11 children and over 20 others wounded in a devastating school shooting in the central russian city of jeff's. now you can see people bringing flowers and toys to the school entrance morning. those killed in the tragedy are wanting the following video, which does show people trapped in the building during the attack is distressing. oh, you could you look with

them when we went out to a magazine case is everywhere. shoes lit on the stairs. we were very stressed. i've been shaking for a very long time, which couldn't it's not on my do to very to me on viking. she vouch kid by mom. i love you very much. i thought she was joking, but as it turned out, she wasn't. ah. with grade did with 7 year old kids, armando debt, that actually was very scary. everyone was screaming and panicking. we were in a classroom with the door locked,

someone came and knocked on. it was something metallic gun most likely for mm hm. despite pressure from the e, u member states hungry will not close, it's bored as to russians. that's according to the countries. a foreign minister who says his government will continue to issue shanghai visa, torsion nationals. is a somewhat more complex, a slow procedure compared to when there is such a treaty. but even when there's no agreement, it doesn't mean we don't issue visas. of course, we will continue doing so in accordance with the procedure. several eastern e u. member states, poland, estonia, latvia and lithuania, had been denying entry to russians. even with shank and visas and what germany and france have spoken out in opposition, finland which borders russia has decided to quote,

significantly restraints entry for russian nationals. but not every want villains, parliament agrees with that decision. good. the go about gone ladies and gentlemen, please understand that this type of action is only possible with emergency powers. can we sink any lower when the shank in axis and individual rights are already being flushed down the toilet thing? this kind of arbitrariness seems more like a political preparation for war. if anyone at home does not know yet, this country is currently being run from outside finland. and it is clear that nato wants to wage war against russia on our soil. i asked, is there any one in the government who thinks of traveling to the e. u for a group of people is no longer a human rights. finished journalist janice put cannon says that these restrictive measures have a different aim thus to provoke moscow to close its borders for westerners and build a new iron curtain. corso is against all these principles. what we have heard over and over over again since last decade that there is a human rights,

we need to keep our borders open. welcome, or if we choose and so on. and suddenly when we are talking about russia, it's no international obligation. suddenly doesn't stand totally different, the gender going on with the russian and russian population. it's a pro cation for russia to close its borders from the western people. because russia doesn't have anything to hide. and russia could offer people safety, warm, decent life. and when people come to russia, they would see the truth. and that is what the global is our cradle. i suppose speaking luck with the people and politicians from the boarder regence of finland, and to where it's russia. and they are afraid they are seriously afraid. the outcome of this, but what is the benefit? what it can be? it's just building a next iron curtain between finished people and the russian people in the same time

between the western people and the russia. in other news, iran has the keys, the u. s. of using the recent unrest to try to the stabilize the country. it comes after people took the streets following the death of 22 year old kurdish women, massa meanie earlier this month. as of the she fell into a coma falling her detention by the morality. police. you are responsible for enforcing the runs. the strict dress code for women is sophia nunes, with more as evidence. largest anti government processed in a decade have been spreading across the country. the west continues to pour fuel on the fire. the mass rally started in response to the death of a young woman who died after being detained on accusations of violating baseline mac republic. he job mandate as she wore it so loosely. iranian women have been the face of the past, week's demonstrations, some ripping of their head scarves and burning them while fellow professors have cheered them on. and now terence is claiming that this sentiment has been seized up

one by the west and followers that don't wish iran well. the u. s. is long attempted to undermine iran stability and security to no avail. it can't hide its nefarious designs. loosening communications sanctions while keeping maximum pressure in place, both meant to provoke instability bids to violate around sovereignty won't go unanswered. even though there is no concrete proof or at least publicly available, however, it's worth pointing out a couple of things that would suggest to some that iran isn't being paranoid, taking the u. s. decision to reverse some of its own sanctions on iran. so the processors would have why their internet access, and that's nothing new for america. they did the same thing doing 2018, brought us in iran. we worked with technological companies to help free flow of information and provide circumvention tools that helped in last week's protest. we are able to sponsor v p ends and that allows iranians to use the internet. also,

the us often begins to amplify the voice of dissidents, of course, without mentioning their financial motivations. in the case of this latest protest in iran, one particular voice has been given special attention. so he's been at the public eye. this is like the berlin wall, if the curtis will job than does not make the public want exists. so that is why it's different because clearly iranian one, i know chunking desk, the dictators and that scares the regime. we get the message that i thought is not a good public, isn't power in america. i am not safe. as far as his stomach, the public is in poverty, no one is faith. this i rang and born acts of his flat to america over a decade ago. and since then, but particular in recent base has been splashed across the course of magazines and invite that. there's a guest on mainstream media, all these tonisha mens pouring forth from these lamps republic. perhaps the most remarkable of the fact that iran was brought to this point, at least in part, by an unpaid 46 year old mother working from an f b. i safe house in new york city massey and,

and jobs in the rain in journalist who was driven into exile, fit in years ago, has helped galvanized the countries women and mass in some 10000000 followers and has social media sites. well, that's not quite true on fate. she's on the u. s. government payroll and has been since 2014. when she joined the washington found that voice of america. she has also today is reportedly received an estimated $628000.00 in federal money and to be clear, no $1.00 is challenging her activism, but all that certainly does not do anything to contradict tehrani claim that washington is invested in best obliging. i ran the protest have not just revealed washington's hope to see a regime change in iran, accelerate passively, but also the europe delusional self perception. here is their latest statement on the situation in the islam republic for the e. u and its members states the wide spread and disproportionate use of force against non violent protesters is unjustifiable and unacceptable. people in iran,

as anywhere else, have the right to peaceful protest. that right must be insured in all circumstances . therefore, we expect iran to immediately stop the violent crack down on protests and in short, internet access, as well as the free flow of information. really. but what about scenes of police violence? we suppress and corbett blog bowing processors or the french yellow bass movement with many of those protests are shocked by the authority, but rather boys ah, ah ah ah,

and even more so we sam, you state selling muslim women what to wear or rather what not to wear by bending islamic males in public and as for the free flow of information, the chances are manual view who are watching r t right now. i doing it online, very vpn. that's because we've had our licenses, we've walked across much of the western world as have numerous other russian channels. the speed with which washington and brussels pounds on the misfortunes of their rivals and push for their downfall while pretending to be objective only further expose as they own hypocrisy. less cross live now to av involve a vice chair of the libertarian national committee. ivan, thanks for your time today and during his honesty. thanks rob me on. well, the us, as we say lifted certain sanctions against iran, more specifically grunting wider internet access, you know, social media,

cloud services, video conference in, in, in lights of these protesters. these protests. so i would say that was a good thing to think freedom of speech in iran, generally speaking, freedom of speech is always going to be better than the lack of freedom of speech. the. and you know, as, as, as a libertarian is as a believer in freedom of speech, i believe that everyone, every word and have the right to free speech. the problem is, that's not what we have in the united states. what's happening in the united states is the government is out sourcing, it's censorship to big tech, allowing big tech to suppress conservative voices. libertarian voices, or any other voices that don't go along with the current government narrative. you know, some of the had multiple book, a band on various social media sites. i know that the idea that the united states is promoting free speech is nonsense. so if they out source, you know, facebook, other platforms are on. that's just basically putting the u. s. government in control the censorship. right now, the government is exercising that,

by pressuring facebook other and other media to tow a very specific narrative. well, the narrative in this case will be supporting those protests against the government in lights of the death of the young lady who was in custody by the the radiant morality police. now washington says he's supporting free speech and denies claims . that is a mean to be stabilize the iranian governments, and these process are huge. would you make that statement by washington? that is not aiming to destabilize the reading government. i think its would be just impossible to believe. i mean, the united states in the past did have a puppet government in iran, you know, under the shower until about 979. so the idea that the united states is not trying to de save lives around when they've worked the save lives every other country in the area and has also in the past, we have a public government in iran is,

i mean it's impossible to believe. do you think this in any way could possibly seen as undermining the cause of these women in iran? obviously they're protesting, you know, for more freedoms and basic rights as we would see them in the west. but knowing that that is in some part, been facilitated by the relaxation of these us functions. what effect do you think that would have on there? cause i think this is basically a ploy to try to get the u. s. government and control censorship. see if everybody in iran is using say, facebook, the u. s. government can force facebook to bad or not bad, certain types of speech as they've already done in the united states in the united states. they've already leaned on facebook to ban conserved his speech to ban libertarian speech to ban anything that goes against the welfare state. so what they're trying to do is they're not for any censorship. if they run into your bell, be amazing. they're trying to keep their censorship. not the other guy, censorship. now we mentioned in the package before this, this car. it's

a mess. the alina judge, she's in a rainy journalist and she's not political refugees. she's got millions of follow was in the west on social media, and she is in portrayed as an independent voice of the iranian people. but it turns out that she does work for the voice of american. she does receive, you know, money for 4 dots or do you think that undermine verticals in any way? or is she just look to be able to have this voice in america and speak for those in iran who might not be able to voice the concerns like she come? i think is good for anyone to have the ability to speak. i think government funded speech is always problematic because government funded speech itself promote certain views and suppressed with other views. now i can guarantee you that if her views are the opposite, let's say she was speaking in favor of very traditional islamic law, which is also a type of free speech. she said, this is what i think the law should be. she wouldn't be getting that platform,

so we're having essentially is the u. s. government and us media picking and choosing the winners of a debate by making sure that only one side is ever heard. and the other side is simply invisible. and that's not exactly free speech that's very controlled speech . what we need to do is get the government out of speech entirely and all regulations on all platforms and all government involvement in the platforms and let real free speech that's market driven speech replaced government controlled speech are certainly an interest intake. i've been involved via the libertarian national committee. thank you very much for your insights today on that situation in around. thank you. thanks for having me on the us congress has reached a preliminary agreement to send ukraine $12000000000.00 an additional aid us along with the potential supply of a raft of new american missiles. not combs, as german chancellor olaf sold is refusing to spend more time to give the c things to avoid an escalation of the conflicts. 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. ukrainian president volume is the landscape, wasn't happy with the german chancellor statements. and once again blamed countries for insufficient arm supplies. hill bah, dull if you don't want to give us tanks and armored vehicles listen, no offense. but don't say 1st america than germany, then poland. yet i'm don't. every one should be responsible for themselves on them in the following year. i don't know what happened to israel. i'm honestly, frankly, i am in shock because i don't understand why they couldn't give us air defenses. i am stating the facts. you, my conversations with the israeli leadership have done nothing to help ukraine. he's got a man today, the russian army used a rainy and drones for it strikes the world will know about every instance of collaboration with evil and it will have corresponding consequences. sell them. as

of september, the 1st ukraine has received a $17400000000.00 in grants on loans from foreign partners since the beginning of the conflicts, including some $4700000000.00 in august. and most of the aid comes from the united states, which has already sent more than $15000000000.00 along with military equipments. with more than 14000000000 sarah founders co director of international actions census as the increasing the supply of arms to ukraine benefits the u. s. but not so much the you us is certainly willing to pump more and more and more arms into the ukraine. this is very profitable to the us arms industry, whether it will make any difference. that's another, entire ukraine can't account for the weapons that are already. it's the amount of weapons that literally disappear once they're over the border. it's an international scandal, the level of corruption and frames what they're using and what instead they're

reselling so and continues to demand more and more and make more and more promises . but so far it has not reversed their situation. and this is something that the other nato countries really realize that it is costing them their economy, their energy supplies an enormous amount. and it has failed to do what the us promise that it will do. that it would create a catastrophe and russia that has not happened damaging the economy in europe, can be in the u. s. interests. so we should keep in mind that they're making demand for us as making demands on all the countries of europe. and yet, it's a very heavy price that the europe and countries are, will pay for this route for now. money is peter scott's on the back again at the top of the with the latest news views on analysis. here are not.