let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. developments only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical. i'm time to sit down and talk with the referendum zones, stating from ukraine, enjoining russia, draw to a close on the final day of those people and they don't bass were public sent to other regions. the authorities in case i'm making it abundantly clear that anyone who is dropping ballots into ballot boxes at the referendum will be prosecuted with no mercy. the media politicians claim the referendum that being conducted at gun point residents and before voting regions. a facing were lead push, selling conflicts to replies with 17 people are killed including

11 children as a devastating school shooting rocks of central russians with more welcome. this is dorothy international with the latest world news update is good to have you with. well, let's look at the latest on the referendums that are taking place in the republics have done yet. and new can scan to other regions, capital g a and kits on its final day of voting is locals, decide on whether they want to become a part of russia. ah .

well the 4th day of voting so all for regions passing be crucial, a 50 percent milestone, according to local official. that means that moscow will now recognize the results is valid, and the biggest, at the highest turnouts in the polls has been in the don't yet. republic were around 1500000 people cost their votes, and then the guns republic participation remained steady with over a 1000000 voting while and the custodians apples here. regions turn out is roughly the same at 63 and 66 percent, respectively. as he spoke to some international observers who gave that assessments of the voting, we just cross the border and directly a rose to this 1st point of voting before to see when the russians stuff are quite a lot of refugees from this territories here. starting from us. so we already

had a chance to visit our point of holding their stuff. and what we saw there was, according to the normal standards of elections earlier artes were mon cause, or if he's been following the vote in don, yes. so guess we belated from the polling stations, well after or 4 days of the referendum, which was held by mulberry referendum groups that were going from a house to house, asking people to co terrans who we saw a really high number is actually at least 86 percent of the voters here that as people's republic half cast their ballots. and finally, on the 5th day of polling stations like this ones have opens up. and so of course this is absolutely free will, of course to turn out in old regions that are holding the referendum has been really great. everyone has passed their 50 percent

a threshold. and that means that the referendum had been declared valid on the old territories in don boston's upper osha and in the care san as, as well people. it turned out to vote in the referendum here in the next people's republican logan's hind here. saunas a pearl yet despite the fact that ukrainian nationalist are constantly trying to disrupt the voting process by constantly firing their artillery against that peaceful civilians, we all receive reports on a daily basis for civilians being killed off. a critical civilian infrastructure. damaged at this point says thousands of people are still without running water without electricity. now, as several people have been arrested in the various regions for a trying to organize terrorist acts as well, according to local officials in logan skins, upper osha. well, here in done that hska as well, like i said,

ukraine constantly shells the city. they fired a cluster munitions in their several districts here in don. net sca and they spread the so called anti personnel betsel mines. they're very unnoticeable on the ground on once a person steps and then on them they will be main for life. so for at least more than 7 people have become victims of these battle mines. well, despite all that, people are still coming out to vote in very large numbers in don boss in don't ask alone more than 86 percent have voted. as for the results of the referendum, i hear in done ask, at least in finance people's republic, we are expecting a preliminary statements a little bit later in the evening today. while the official numbers will probably come out on wednesday morning. and we are expecting more people to

join to caster volts. now local authorities have declared today at day off, so people have no excuse and not to come and to cast their ballad. the referendums have been widely dismissed as illegitimate by many western politicians with some claiming a vote is being conducted. quote at gunpoint. it comes with the regions that a voting have faced constant threats and shelling by ukrainian forces our teeth egleston of expense. t of 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 in cave are making it abundantly clear. but anyone who is 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 caves, eyes here and be condemned with the stigma of being a so called russian collaborator, 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 that whiny, i am so angered by this, but this is wool. that's all i can say when you know, craig, we owns living in ukraine. we are living in the la guns republic at it. and we do hope they won't be able to get the hands on us. the last and sure all these threads

could have been a bluff grand standing at an international level, a trick in ukraine's domestic policy game. but key of itself shattered all hopes of that. by cracking down ruthlessly on the population of the areas abandoned by russia's forces, 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 annalee in a book ow did cave's own propaganda when she suggested the real situation with the vote here resembles a poorly written r rated movie. and it does, yes. people have 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 fed, to violate international laws. you know,

the public areas in the don 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 outcome. the problem is that they haven't come up with any evidence of this show is the evidence that people are being forced at gunpoint go and vote there, isn't it? about a quarter, 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. 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 their divorce papers with ukraine once . and for all. i'm again done of reporting from the la guns people's republic ot see with the voting soon to wrap up. we'll keep you updated on the results on what the future holds for these regions.

ah, the central russian city of a shaft given shock off their 17 people were killed including 11 children and more than 20 others were wounded. and a devastating school shooting. a warning the following video, which shows people trapped in the building during the attack is distressing. oh i see with my 2 to to my own to find you what's has i think she very much could find my enough . he's in killers. joking this is a 10 down. mm.

former student of this school a 34 year old man named are shown because on so if he actually lived just 250 meters away from here. and according to his neighbors, they say he was a calm, quiet, lonely person. he was rarely seen with any sort of friends when he saw people in the street that he knew he would just pass by them without saying hello. now, as for the actual reasons for why he carried out this attack, there are a number of theories because we heard from the russian education ministry. they said that he was actually diagnosed with skits a friend. yes. so, it is possible that there was some psychological aspect to this that may have caused him to take that step to commit this mass shooting in this school. but we also heard from kremlin spokesperson dmitri pess cough, who said he might have been a member of a neo nazi organization. because after all, he was found by russia's investigative committee with a swastika on his shirt. unfortunately, we may never know the actual reasons for why he decided to do this because he

committed suicide after killing all those people. and the russian investigative committee has not reported yet that he left behind. and he sort of stated reasons or notes as to why he carried out this horrific attack. russia's investigative committee has determined that at least 17 people were killed in this attack. and that's mostly children. students who went to school that day, expecting a day like any other, they said good bye to their parents that morning, not understanding that it was their last good bye. i mean, surviving students had been talking to the media, telling stories about how they were barricading themselves in classrooms to, in a desperate attempt to escape the bloodshed. and so these are classrooms that became made shift fortresses filled with crying, fearful children who are gonna have to live the rest of their lives with the trauma of what happened here. and the fear that it might happen again. president putin has

granted russian citizenship to form a u. s. security contractor edward snowden. following his request, you eso authorities that still won't be whistle blow it to be returned to the country to face a criminal trial on espionage charges. our. our position has not changed. mister snowden should return to the united states, where he should face justice as any other american citizen would on us get some background on a snowden story. now working is our private contract to in the national security agency. he revealed secret information gathering programs conducted by the agency in 2013 the documents with ild voss domestic and international surveillance operations. he spent over a month and a moscow airport terminal and applying for asylum in 20 countries, including russia, where he was granted permanent residency for miss c. i officer raymond mcgovern say's the u. s. media blames that edward snowden for his revelations. while the security services continue to violate human rights,

he put his own conscience above the regulations that violated our constitution. unfortunately, are our media, our major media, the established media isn't under the heel of the government. so whatever government guidance comes out tomorrow morning, you could expect all the french and the chronic media to show yes, she violated the law. he let secrets out. those secrets were that the government was violating our essential rights under the 4th amendment of the constitution. he should be applauded for that. he should not be brought to trial. the big thing that seemed to me is what mister poaching was. it was to reveal those saying there that nobody else would take him is the quintessential political. as sy lee, they are international lawyers. mr. poaching happens to be

a lawyer that guarantee that countries take in political refugees and that's for us to decided to do. you already have a history of prosecuting whistleblowers for us intelligence analysts. chelsea manning who leeks diplomatic cables about the was in afghan installed on the rock to the wikileaks website within 2 to 35 years in prison in 2013, but her sentence was later commuted. wikileaks confounded julianna's songs could face up 275 years in prison in the united states under the as been our former assistant secretary of the us treasury and wall street journal associate editor pool craig wilbur's. say that any one he tells the truth in the us becomes a suspect to, to express some very dangerous for people as william benny live on. now, as edward snowden lug and as william saw,

this is the facts in united states that are contrary to the official narrative. new book suspects. there is no democracy. it goes democracy to function work requires an informed population with the population. there is no source of information, but also the media all gives them of special lives on the us is not fooling anyone. that's how the indian minister of external affairs commented on the u. s. presidents decision to send military aid to pakistan. very honestly, it's, it's, it's a relationship that has an either ended up solving pocket on, well,

not shoving american interest for someone to say, i'm doing this because it is fall. counterterrorism, when you are talking of an aircraft like a capability of the f 60, i don't really, everybody knows where they are deployed and what is the use and what is that capable. so, you know, you're not falling anybody by saying these things. what india few mean india is very unhappy or was the f. 16 deep by the us. the foreign affairs minister when the doctor s. j. shankar has planned the bite and administration's proposal of providing nearly $450000000.00 worth of fans and military assistance to box time. not every time us provide these veterans to baka song day use against india, f. 16 f,

86 f 100 and for saw fight does all of them have been used against india? the latest, for example, was f 16 being used in the, in the 2019 after the bought. what strike, why do it? india is a strategic fashion or all the u. s. many years. so why bored america? knowing very well that this deal with bach a san is going to put one of itself close friends, make de la wallace, which now india has made it very clear to americans that in the other not warmed f sixteens being operational. it is a big headache for india, a headache. india does not want. we discussed india's concerns with a policy unless you say pakistan's main aim is the fight against terrorism. a. but in terms of the eastern, the tree,

the number of the systems and the india, but this is far greater than this. so i don't think it's a matter of concern for india terrorism as you know, lingering, focused on, achieved significant success within it. and the full a also goodness and improvement in the us. however, the check is not completely valid, which is why a general and box in particular needs to maintain a credible and reliable counters and give the ability that is by gaining operational capability of 16 years. and in that case,

the concerns are unnecessary and irrelevant because you're aware that a during the last one is meanwhile, india's minister of external affairs say that the dependence of the country on russian defense equipment, as well as its strong relations with moscow, is not linked to india's unwillingness to cooperate with the us, he says that relations with russia strengthen significantly in 1960 s, as the us did not want to supply defense equipment to india. this was not due to a lack of trying on india's part. i know 1st hand what great efforts were made over those years to try to make the us understand that it was in american interests to have a strong united, independent, prosperous india. and so we do, and we had a little busy job at the partnership where rush,

i give everybody that is number one and therefore the basic shipment and the phone number. and those of our fighting black homes are all off. so we had a strong promotion and was the systems coming to force the last for many years for the 5060 years? so our friendship with her, so we're doing in a later ratio was back to the sixty's. when america was i know completely august time and i know the box on the other parts of the world. we're not really a fan. so i think that is the reason why we went because the americans did not have the bus. and michelle was very forthcoming. us iran has accused us of using the recent unrest to try to destabilize the country. it comes off the people to the streets following the death of 22 year old kurdish women,

martha immediately this month of office. she fell into a coma following her detention by the morality police. he's on, he's cynthia nunez with more as evidence, largest anti government processed in a decade have been spreading across the country. the west continues to poor fuel on the fire. the mess rally started in response to the death of a young woman who died after being detained on accusations of violating they slum 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 press asterisk have cheered them on. and now terence is claiming that this sentiment has been seized upon by the western powers that don't wish iran well. the u. s. has long attempted to undermine iran stability and security to no avail. it can't hide his 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, saying 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 in 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 u. s. 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 women know chunking desk, the dictators, and that a strengths, the regime. we get the message that i thought is not make it public is in power. in america i, i'm not saying as far as is something that public is in poverty, no one is faith. this i rang and born acts of his sweat. so 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 her 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 fund that voice of america. she has also

to date report the glue 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 islamic 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 like bowing processors or the french yellow bass movement with many of those protests are shocked by the authority with robert boyce ah ah ah and even more so we sam, you state selling muslim women what to wear or rather what not swear by banning 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 is because we've had our licenses to revoke the cross much of the western world as have numerous other russian channels. the speed with which washington and brussels sponsor the misfortunes of their rivals and push for their downfall while pretending to be objective only further exposes they on the hypocrisy of invert, the vice chair of the libertarian national committee says that the u. s. government funding of activists sets to silence one side of the story. i think it 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 at the state of live every other country in the area and has also in the past, we have a puppet government in iran is, i mean it's impossible to believe 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 the press of 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. if you say this is what i think the law should be, she wouldn't be getting that platform. so we're having eventually 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. 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. replace government controlled speech. many thanks, by joining us here on our tea international this morning. we'll be back at the top of the hour with

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