what about with ah, yes, on joining russia that saw the referendums and don't boss them through the regions ended with locals voting to proceed from ukraine. we hear from people on the ground on how they feel about the current progression. no one forces us to come. you can feed yourself, people can voluntarily, i'm so happy i'm about to cry. i'm really happy. we've come a long way and i've been waiting for it for ages with western countries. label the referendums, a sham and refuse to recognize the result. pushes ambassador to the un accuses then of double standards. a recognition as such takes place only if approved in the

west indies. critics have reference in the upper roger and coast on regions. we're at one time at the forefront to support customer with no referendums were held in kosovo, told also coming up underwater, explosions caused unprecedented damage to the north screen pipelines with the swedish and danish authorities. then it could be a sabotage with one minute past 9 am here in moscow. my name is peter scott and wherever you join us from, welcome to 30 minutes of news analysis here on some international. and we kick off this wednesday morning as millions across for regions in ukraine votes decisively in favor of joining russia. he brings you the latest on the referendums in the dumbass republics of the nets and luc guns going to other regions as upper osha and

kept on will final results in the done. yes. republic indicate just over 99 percent voted to join russia with an against republic showing 98 percent voting in favor. in the regions as upper osha and casts on the polling results showed 93 percent on 87 percent respectively. voting in favor of joining russia with the highest turnouts in the polls was in the done yes. republic where over 2000000 people trust the votes of a 1600000 voted in lieu guns, while in both phones, upper upper osha regions. over a 1000000 went to the polls. you know, we spoke to the presence of the bricks. international forum who was part of the international monitoring team in don boston, she says the mood of people that contradicts the western narrative. i found they tell people about only let hearing that they are and there are gunpoint or having go controlled by that issue. and i really found that they are very 3,

they are participating. and i think them like gave salivation and festive and lee really giving message to the world that there is no fear nor any pleasure. and they are taking their own right un dish and government did not participate. they only provided logistic and infrastructure to the i long lance and don't stick people to conduct the building. when you come to dial grounds, then you will understand what is that he entity from my united nation office. you can not say everything. so this is not what they were in. international media is going on. i mean, most of the time they're the fake news during last 9 months we observed that so many fake news circulated to there are by the rest and media to we stand word hold on surprisingly, the votes was the key item for discussion at the un security council meeting, where the u. s. denied the legitimacy of the referendum enforced at russia's

ambassador to remind the west of its own history with break way regions. recognition as such, go takes place only for proved in the west. in general, the western version of democracy has deteriorated. into a dictator of a liberal minority over conservative majority figured out his critics of reference in the dumbass, laportia and curse on regency were at one time at the forefront of support for cosello's independence. no referendums were held in kosovo toll. only a declaration of independence adopted by the provisional self governing body in excess of its powers was but back then, it was enough for the west to recognise castillo's independence in your citizenship . well, the un security council, the 15 member body that leads the united nations, convened the meeting today in the security council chamber. now, immediately russia spoke up at the beginning of the meeting, making clear that they objected to the fact that vladimir zalinski, the granting president, was given a platform to speak via video link to the un security council meeting. they said

clearly that this was simply turning the un security council chamber into a place to put on political shows to serve a geopolitical agenda. it did not fit with the rules of the un. russia made clear their objections. then we heard from rosemary decarlo, the under secretary, we heard from zalinski who then address via video link and then and when members of the security council spoke, it was very clear that there were differences among the major countries. now we heard from both russia and the united states, both permanent members of the security council here is the clear differences between the 2. we know the outcomes of these sham referenda were predetermine in moscow. they in no way represent a legitimate expression of the will of the ukrainian people. i'd like to say that the referendums were conducted transparently upholding old electro norms. more than 100 independent international observers from 40 countries observed the referendum. they gave their opinions to the media,

but unfortunately you won't have this in western media story that might be carried out with weapons provided by the united states. this is what anthony blank and said shortly before the un security council meeting. will the us still allow ukrainian troops to use us weaponry to defend against russians in those territories, no matter what the outcome of these referendums and this, these possible annexations ukraine has the absolute right to defend itself throughout its territory, including to take back the territory that has been illegally seized one way or another by russia. now, the nato. she also made clear that while nato countries are supplying weapons to the government that they do not consider nato to be part of the ongoing conflict. they consider this to be a fight between ukraine and russia as well. nato is supportive of ukraine. they are not directly involved. regardless,

that was the context in which the un security council meeting took place. now the un security council is tasked with making sure world peace continue and deescalate and conflicts. but it seems like, as russia pointed out, the un security council was just using the platform for grand standing, just as a place to put on political shows to demonize russia when real danger to world peace and the possibility of this conflict escalating too much greater heights. are hanging over our heads as a result of the response of the united states and its allies to the referendum. daniel lazar journalist and author accuse the us of double standards when it comes to referendums. more double standards and in america approves the some election, some referenda that go that, that go its way and, and disapprove of those that. so that's simply the way it is. no, america pursues an obvious and gross double standard. the kosovo parallel is

very similar to this. that was the, is the golan heights, which israel seized $973.00 and in contravention of international law and expelled the, the arab population. and of course, wouldn't dream of holding a referendum today to determine that that regions future condition. so it's, you know, the america picks and chooses to which elections and which referenda likes the west is accused russia, conducting the referendums, quotes as good points, while ignoring ukraine's threats. to punish locals for taking part in the votes. in the relentless shelling by key of ortiz egos don't have sensors. this report from if you look guns as the counting the votes is now over. it was a very emotional day for all the full regions that were taking part in the referendum, as all of them overwhelmingly chose to say yes to russia and well, no to you, craig, but see you have to understand that the parisian course on are relatively new to

this family of well regions that were seeking to join their big brother instead of the da nets can look on people's republics. they have walked a very thorny and difficult road towards this day. there were fighting for the right to be heard. of course, it's all about the people here and well they did not shy away from sharing their true emotions with journalists, yelton. and i'm really happy if come a long way and have been waiting for it for ages. nick gordon called earlier to renew and forces us to come. you can see it yourself. people can voluntarily. i'm so happy. i'm about to cry yet the meridian empress. i think the ref ransom was more than successful and completely for joan in russia. i voted much daily, so we've been eagerly waiting for this for the 8 years we've had war here in the don bus. so i knew that was there's a desire to see changes to have stability certainty in your life. a desire to just

live a peaceful life and see your parents come and care free. it is fair to say that the vote here and in all regions happened and gunpoint, but not in the sense that the western medium, our western politicians might lead you to believe. but rather at guns pointed from the key of sight at the people at the polling stations at the booths as a, even here in logan's people. and i just, the polling stations were shelled relentlessly by the key of military. our people had to interrupt the voting. they had to hide and bomb shelters, similar a similar situation and similar picture in many other regions in other regions, taking part in the vote. so for the key of authorities, this is something this vote they are recognizing it of who's there cooling at a sham and in fact they have threatened every one taking part in the vote, no matter how they're aware, their mind and heart sways are in favor of yes or no, they've threatened to everyone taking part in the vote with the legal action with

the prison terms if they were ever to get their control over these pods. again will next, the heads of all the full regions. they will have to make a bidding in front of latimer putin on behalf of the millions of people who voted in favor of yes to join russia to make that happen as quickly as possible. of course, as always, will keep your dated on all the latest on the events in the dumbass republics and breakaway regions, and what the future may hold for them. the on the water explosions that have caused the leagues in an old stream pipeline system could be inactive, sabotaged with us, according to the swedish prime minister, who commented on damage to the pipelines which has resulted in a sharp drop in pressure. the incidents promote unexpected reaction from poland, former defense minister science, the u. s. are joining me in the studio now live in our teeth,

marina course river. marina, thanks for joining us this monday morning. now obviously there's a lot of speculation as to who is behind why is the suspected arts of sabotage. what can you tell us? at the moment all signs are pointing towards the united states, but of course no one wants to hear that side of the story. there are quick to blame russia as they have been doing all along the west and europe have been saying that russia is weaponized in its energy assets because of course, the european union is receiving 40 percent of its gas supplies from russia. and even though it's been getting reduced flows of it since the beginning of the conflict, phil was getting some gas, at least an operations have been halted at the north stream a one pipeline because of some technical issues arise and from western sanctions. but again, right now, no one is interested to hear what someone else has to do with it. they are blaming russia. ukraine, of course, jumped on the bandwagon with the ukraine presidential advisor,

straight away accused in rush of an act of aggression saying that russia finds the cause pre winter panic and increase in gas prices, which we'll talk to in a minute. but in an interesting twist, so this whole story is that a top polish official suites it out saying thank you america for this incidents. let's have a look. there is no shortage of pipeline capacity for taking gas from russia to western europe, including germany. thank you. usa, this is probably a signal from russia. this shows what means of mechanisms the russians are capable of resorting to, in order to further de stabilize europe. they're also the foreign ministry spokesman was dumbfounded by the streets and she outwardly asked, is this an official admission of a terrorist attack? what is going on? why are they tweeting? thank you, america. and this comes out an interesting time. because on tuesday, we saw a german magazine spiegel claim that the c, i had to warn germany about possible attacks on gas pipelines in the bold succeed.

at the same time were getting reports that a few weeks ago there were site things of american helicopters along the some of the roots of the pipelines and back in june. we know that americans were boasting about conducting underwater drone experiments in the exact same place where one of the blasts occurred. and this, of course, the icing on the cake. the us president joe wyatt, and back in february. this is the warning that he had given back then. it is true that blowing up north stream does not help vladimir putin. he would not do that. why would he? but that doesn't mean that other countries wouldn't consider doing it. they would consider it and we know they have considered it because at least one of them has said so in public, if russian res, reeves tanks and troops crossing the on the border of ukraine, again, there are no, there will be we, there will be no longer

a nor stream to we will go ahead. how will you do that? exactly. since the product and control of the product is within germany's control, i promise you will be able do well, maybe they did. well, maybe they did em will oversee marina. europe is in the midst of quite a severe energy crisis at the moment. prices had been skyrocketed. how do you think that this, sir, the damage to these pipelines will affect consumers over? exactly. you mentioned, skyrocketing gas prices on the news. on tuesday prices rose 10 percent, but if we're taken to account the whole period, so this time last year for compare it gas prices in europe have risen to 100 percent since september 2021. we have families in europe panicking whether they'll be able. busy to keep the heat in on during the, during the winter, and that the russian embassy in denmark issued a warning as well about the energy security in europe this winter. let's see the

statements. a sharp drop and pressure was recorded in the north trim. one announced him to pipelines, then pam m. a line of 3 of the pipelines parts was destroyed and gas was released with this gas transmission system coming to fly and the prospects for its possible use in the interest of a sustainable energy supply for europe's industrial transport. and social infrastructure is now at risk, especially when it comes to the start of the hitting season. and it's unclear how long it will take to to fix these leaks. some are saying weeks, others are saying months and some i've been saying that years and with winter fast approaching families are very worried that they will not be able to to stay warm. but again, we have the german energy network, a regulator who is saying, even though the market situation is hence that germany and the you have alternative supplies for gas and that there will be okay. i will tell we'll see, we'll see what the impacts of the damage these pipelines house on the energy situation in europe. marina. thank you very much. saldate the victory of

a fall rights coalition in italy has caused shock in some parts of the media. while you chief earth love on the lion warned of the threat to democracy, posed by what she described as an autocratic trojan. horse philosophy contributes a. rachel marsden brings was more details. it was barely a few days ago. the european commission president ursula vander line in her american style state of the european union address, spoke of the need to defend democracies from autocrats. we will not allow any autocracies trojan horses to attack our democracies from within sundays victory of georgia maloney's populace. right, when coalition in the italian parliamentary elections has underscore, the fact that a talker sees trojan horses that represent a threat to the democratic will of the people of e. u. member states are indeed already inside the big u bar. actually they're running it and yes, they're foreign as in foreign to the country whose citizens have just exercise

their democracy. italy will not leave the e u, but will block necessary reforms. the you must not be naive when dealing with the new government. it's our district, italy, of course, is a cause for concern. parties in this coalition have said and done things that should make us vigilant. this relates to russia and to financial and economic issues. but we need to give her a chance. it was woman, elegance of these are on certain times and at times like this, populace movements always grows. but it always ends in the same way in catastrophe because they offer simple short term on system problems which are very complex. this is an all sort tarion model that is contrary to the pillars of european construction, which is the basis of all prosperity. there is he said that the european establishment is having right now because the italian people chose a government that lacks the u seal approval. shows exactly why its grip on power has been slipping as proven by recent parliamentary votes in france,

italy in sweden and municipal elections last weekend in the czech republic, where the populace party 117 of the 27 largest cities. rather than acknowledging what these recent votes represent, that is the rejection of the use policies, including anti russian energy sanctions, which have created the current energy cost of living crisis. and telling europeans that their democratic expression of will is being heard and adjusting their policies. in course of action as a result, what's happening instead is that the notion of democracy itself is being corrupted by those who claim to defend it. the western establishment is undermining democracy by defining it is something that can only result in an outcome that they approve. and qualifying pretty much anything else as the result of some sort of foreign meddling. when the obvious foreign meddling in italian elections is coming from brussels and be echoed by its ideological foot soldiers across the block and

brussels interference in the supposedly sovereign affairs of other countries isn't even limited to elections or to its member states. serbia, which is still a candidate for you membership, made a deal with moscow last friday in new york, merely to have foreign policy consultations amid the crisis in ukraine. now any country should be free to do what it wants in its own best interest that just seems normal, right? democratic. but the e react like a toll control freak. it's a very clear sign of their intention to strengthen their ties to further strengthen relations between serbia and russia. and this is raising serious questions. we are taking this very seriously and we are following this up. there isn't even a formalized relationship yet between serbia and the e. u. and already brussels is acting like a jealous controlling boyfriend. russell's authoritarian pension for imposing its will on member states under the guise of protecting and defending democracy, proves exactly why it's losing hearts minds. and now elections.

u. s. congress has received a delegation from the ukranian armed forces including soldiers from the far rights as of battalion. just few years ago, washington bund weapons supplies to the units, but now the u. s. has welcomed the details of the recent meeting, emerged when the head of a ukrainian and geo posted reports from the visits online. daria calling you posted a photo showing the us of soldiers dressed in black suits along with female members of the ukrainian army who in uniform. she explained that during a one week visits the female, so just met with us congressman and asked for more on south caves. war efforts, they were also interviewed by us media outlets including fox news on the new york times votes, while the capitol hill meeting was described as the most emotional part of the ship . it didn't go down well with everyone. magnet americans were accused of being nazis and were shot and killed in capitol hill. meanwhile,

literal nazis are being emotionally welcomed in capitol hill. makes sense. republicans are the real nazis said. the leftists, who proudly welcomed ukraine's as av battalion members to capitol hill. only 4 years ago, the u. s. congress band, the supply of weapons to the ukrainian neo nazi is our battalion. today, the neo nazi is our battalion as emotionally honored on capitol hill. return to a long standing and despicable practice of honoring nazi collaborators. criticism of the visits comes as president jo biden's administration bottles waltz has been described as his own domestic extremist and a specifically referring to a former us president donald trump and his make america great again supportive the best midterm elections by didn't recently denounced strong supporters who participated in last year. capitol hill protest as a threat to the country's democracy. while the white house press secretary went

even further in make america great. republicans fit the definition of sasha. a lot of these folks are foremost, the analysts, larry johnson, who now had the consulting firm burg associates. this goes back to the dawn of the cold war with the old soviet union. you ukraine was seen as a potential area where there were individuals who were opposed to the soviets, and would be sympathetic or empathetic with the west, and were recruited in yourself a long standing intelligence contacts. and i think it really goes to families, generation of the soul and the course of that it was ok. we were willing to take people who were anti soviet without worrying about whether they were pro not. there is no such thing as commitment to principal objective principal in this country never has been. if you recall, an iranian group, the mac was identified as a terrorist organization. now the united states works closely with them. you don't have to look very far on the internet to find the. ready dos off folks marching

around in nazi uniforms. they still hold commemorations of the formation of the, the waffen s. s division that was raised in ukraine in 943 by von walked us. remember one of the, one of the reasons ukraine has been so central for us policy over the last 15 years has been because of the clinton's bill and hillary clinton. there clinton foundation received more money from ukraine than any other country in the world. and when you realize the ukraine is one of the poorest countries in europe or the poor country in europe, you've got to ask yourself, what exactly are they bought and what are they getting access to in the so we're getting to see that you have a lot of the american oligarchs who are sitting on boards of ukrainian companies or children are such as hunter biden. and finally, workers at the russian fits him all. dover have raised the alarm over the dismissal

of his director. they held a protest in support of constantine hearts at the ministry of culture in the capital. cheese now is reported in the moldova, pressed the minis, so the ministry of culture puns to terminates. threats contracts. on the 9th of october, it justified the moved saying that under government reforms, the heads of fits is on constance. holes must be appointed in a competitive process. both processes claim this is unfair and accused the ministry of lacking transparency. we spoke with the former fits a director, can see how it's himself, who says that he was appointed even before the reforms are implemented today. unfortunately, instead of rehearsals, our theater staff had to go to a protest rally the protest took place at the ministry of culture. the fact is that the contract was signed with me in 2020, and the ministry refers to the changes in the law that were implemented in 2021. in 20. 19, according to the law, the ministry of culture appointed directors,

either by competition or without competition, but in 2021. this change in the appointment of directors must take place on a competitive basis. that is in 2020 the previous law was in effect, and we must understand that the law cannot be applied retroactively those. the main stories this are, do you head over to our c dot com or our social media pages for more? i'm peter scott's on the back again at the top of the hour. a wrong one, i just don't know. i mean, you have to figure out because the attitude and engagement

equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground for a while, talking about you. but the school, i hope that i see a with a

choice issue, somebody over there also with a, with the and i do so as you know that way i don't mind ah with

ah ah hello and welcome to cross out. were all things are considered. i'm peter lavelle. at this point, it is almost a near certainty. the regions of ukraine voting to reject cubes. rule will join the russian federation, and soon moscow will protect these people. as nato's war on russia continues,

how things will escalate? is anybody's guess. ah cross sucking the referendums in ukraine. i'm joined by my guess, pepe escobar in bangkok. he's an independent geopolitical analyst and author specializing in eurasia in st. petersburg. we have gilbert doctoral. he is an independent political analyst and author of men was of an expert pat manager in moscow during the $990.00 s. and here in moscow we have white read. he is a journalist with suit nicknames, i gentleman cross across that effect. that means you can jump any time you want, and i always appreciate gilbert. let me go to you 1st. and st. petersburg, the votes are almost al, counted of the results will be in very soon what, what is the significance of these referendums? because versus how the geography, the political geography of ukraine is going to change dramatically as, as military conflict goes on. what are the implications go ahead implications.