ah, a a town of shocked yours in the republic of done yet comes under attack from ukrainian forces for a 2nd day walking, a huge fire, a message to the post hedge a monic world. what he may have putin is scheduled to speak of the annual session of the valve, the international discussion club today. shortly after he wants an increase in go global conflicts from forced to scale back up plan report, say the u. s. administration funds to reword it's priced cap on russian oil. i mean growing risk financial markets on deal on most reassures twitter

stuff over job cuts after they were left along that his purchase of the company might see the tech joint in global influence with from moscow to the world. this is our t international. my name is peter scott needs the top stories at 3 pm. moscow time . welcome to the program. we start off with the town of shots, your skin, the done yet for public, which has come under ukrainian shilling for a 2nd day. oil dep, fuel tanks were left in flames at the key of forces fired 3 missiles from a high mazda rocket system. that's according to the republics joint center for control and coordination. as of yet no injuries have been reported. a previous strike also hit an oil depot, which caused a series of explosions and the large fire, which then spread to neighboring residential buildings. the place also engulfed a railway station, but was brought under control and also led to local residents,

been evacuated. some local residents described the situation to was moving blah, blah very well. there were 2 explosions since the 1st was smaller and the 2nd was louder. the tank exploded. i didn't hear the strike itself have a feeling that they blew it up on the sports. but the time a good out, everything was on fire. did kill this building? a drone flew and hit a tank of gasoline. my wife heard the explosion. the tank was clearly full. he did not explode it just his very strongly in colt. foyle. meanwhile, over in the united states, a candidates for the senate has been blacklisted by the ukrainian governments uncalled an inflammation, terrorist for a narrative that flies in the face of washington's plans for ukraine. and i do want a better answer because the state department is funding it. i've been on the website for the center for countering dis information, which has my name on the list and says, i am an information terrorist who should be charged with war crimes. and that does

put me in danger. people on it have been attacked and killed. i got a package today in the mail that she had rattling noises in it. that said something about ukraine, and i had to call the police because i didn't know what was in it. they are killing people. were now joined live by downside independence. candidates for u. s. senate in the states of new york down. thank you very much for finding time to speak was today. thank you for having me. i'm glad to be here. well, it was pleasure to have you head now to start you from the beginning. you reports on this list by ukraine's sensor for dis, counseling, dis, information, and you described it as a list. what do you think you've been cold and information terrorist? well, because we have a narrative which frankly is wearing thin in the united states. and i think you saw

that by the response to 2 of my staffers who confronted congresswoman alexandria carzillo cortez over her continuous funding for the ukrainian military. for this, what we're calling a proxy war against russia that that video went viral. tens of millions of people watched it. and i think the overwhelming sentiment in the united states is that this war must be ended diplomatically with legitimate security concerns of both russia and ukraine addressed. now, i'm just gonna pick you up on one of your interviews. you said that the u. s. is basically funding a country that restricts freedom of expression. and of course you've ended up on this list. do you think that your country is sufficiently concerned for your safety now? no, not at all. and you know, senator schumer has refused to answer inquiries both from myself and

a former un weapons inspector. scott ritter. we're both new york state residents. we're both on this list and read or raise the question. given that i'm an opponent of schumer is this some indirect way of silencing me at least, or putting me in danger at the thankfully. so far as i know, knock on wood, know, american has been attacked in the united states on this list. but there is only about an hour from my office, a camp for a band arest youth. so i don't think it's, you know, the wisest thing to do. if you're interested in security to start throwing these terms around information, terrorist things like that. well, i hope you're not looking over your shoulder too much over that. no, you did touch on this and you'll see your 1st question. obviously, washington is spending billions of dollars on lethal aids,

humanitarian aid to ukraine. how sustainable do you think it is for the u. s, under the countries of them. i tried to keep up this level of support. i mean, it's no secret that the u. s. europe, you care all facing huge domestic problems. how long do you think can key to keep it up? well, i think part of the problem is they intend to face problems. i mean, you remember the cop 26 and they said we basically every, they want everyone to get used to not having any energy and not having any food. we're supposed to reduce our so called carbon footprint. so i don't think they're particularly concerned about the unrest as long as everybody who is unrest. it doesn't talk to each other. and i think that's part of the reason for the censorship. and also look, i think the congress in the united states, frankly, is largely unaware of how overwhelmingly opposed americans are to our

involvement in this conflict. and the more that we can get that message across to them, the more i think we have a chance of getting the policy changed now and staying with the theme of those supplies to ukraine. obviously some of them have an adult in the adult battalion which was previously labeled as neo nazi by the west. but that somehow seems to have disappeared from a lot of the reporting now. and the battalion itself, those claim that the influence of new naziism has greatly been reduced. but do you think the west is turning the closer west? it's a bit of a blind eye to this, or is it just a farts of war that weapons and open the wrong hands as it were? you're being very diplomatic. i think it's worse than a blind look the as a battalion just came and did a tour of congress. they met with 50 to 100 representatives. the congressmen were selling little trinkets with the battalion logo. you know,

and i don't know if they all have collective amnesia, it can't be that they don't know that this is a pro nazi organization. so i think it's the very bad. it's very opportunistic to use them for some mysterious and i a but i also, as i said, i think that this, this can be broken by the american people speaking out. and do you think that more widely speaking there is a risk of these weapons ending up in the wrong hands? not just, you know, in ukraine book in europe as a whole. absolutely, i mean, of course, i think they're in the wrong hands and ukraine. but in europe, i mean, isis, i understand a large percentage are being sold on the dark web. i know c, b s even got censored because they interviewed someone who said 70 percent of them were not ending up in the hands of the ukrainian military. they had to pull a documentary when, when c b s is being centered. that's rather extreme. you've said

previously that you think the chances that you know, what are the chances you think america would reduce supplies to ukraine? especially if the republicans were to make gains in the mid terms. i think it's very likely unfortunately, i would hope it would be for. busy more than monitoring st reasons, you have the certain thing we have to cut the budget, we can't afford it. that's. i would be happy for that. but i would hope that people would have a more enlightened view that perhaps the united states should consider changing its relationship to the rest of the world. other nations being independent and developed should not be perceived as a threat to us. that you said previously that you would be quite keen for the u. s . to withdraw from nate. so how do you think that would bode for, for the us itself? obviously the military, industrial conflict complex is,

you know, a big benefits of supplies and then over in europe that might leave europe, you know, without its biggest ally. well, that's why i think the whole. busy entire national strategic architecture needs to be reorganized, as has been proposed by the leader of the schiller institute. how good step loose. why is the russia an enemy? who, why is the world defined that way? i think we have to take a step back and reconsider everything. perhaps the enemy of mankind is poverty or the enemy as an asteroid that might coreen into the earth. and we shouldn't. we should reorganize the entire thing. or no, there's been a lot of talk, especially recently of, you know, the, the chance of a nuclear conflict between ukraine and russia, both sides, i would say, are guilty of that. what do you rate that chance at the moment? that's a very hard to say. i would like to say that it's low but the,

the possibility of an accident when you have these nuclear drills being done by nato, and then the response from russia and the rhetoric that we see. and frankly, the what i would call a shocking lack of conscience in certain intelligence and military enclave is i don't know what to call them factions in the united states. i'm wondering where they say this is too much. we're gonna step too far. no, no speaking more about you personally, dionne. as far as we know you were bod, from debating your opponent, took schumann, the new york senate race. could you talk to what happened please? sure. first of all, since i'm not with either major party, i'm an independent candidate on the low bruce line. i had to get triple the signatures of everyone else to get on the ballot. the 1st time in history, it's

a new rule. and i'm the only person who succeeded at turning in over 45000 signatures gathered in a 6 week period. so i demonstrated broad support. the television station spectrum knew was said that to participate in the debate, which has schumer and my republican opponent. you have to have 15 percent of the vote in the opinion polls. well, we got a hold of the 4 opinion holes. they don't allow people to choose diane's there. as a candidate, my name is not in any of the polls. so it's clearly somewhat ring. i would say, and i'm, i think they're rather terrified of having me raise certain issues. when i saw the questions being planned for the debate, there is nothing about what i consider the 2 major issues, which is potential nuclear war among super powers that's not even discussed. and hyper inflation. and the cause that most certainly surprising give you,

received almost half a 1000000 signatures in not the thing with the cream. it's diane, it's obviously not too much of a stretch to say that the mid term could re paints america's political muck. what is your assessment of a possible bed, su nami, this year? well, if there is fair elections, which is also a big question in the united states, i think that red su nami, is extremely likely. and unfortunately, the parties tend to be unified on matters of war. but i think there is really a faction around former president trump that wants out of this conflict. you may have seen that congressman goes star from arizona actually offered to hold peace talks. he sent a letter inviting both putin and lensky to arizona, saying that he said, i'm not a diplomat,

but i can't sit by and allow this to continue. without certainly would have been quite a summit in arizona. now one final question in a word, den quickly would you say that the comments, main obstacle, what is wrong? so wrong this year. what's the government's mainly? the current democrats. yeah. what's, what's been the main issue this resulted in the shift to the right this year. really, i think that they have somehow cut off from the people. they don't hear what people are saying and that that has to change ok, well down the se in dependent candidates for us senate in the state of new york. thank you very much for your time. today's been a pleasure having you naughty. thank you. the annual meeting of the vol died, discussion club, grub, so in moscow today, thursday, after 4 days of discussions under the topic, a post hedge,

a monic world justice and security for everyone. but in the future is expected to address a number of important global issues. the forum, let's get more details from ortiz. asana boy called the host of the worlds of pol program asana. thanks for joining us. what can we expect from vladimir putin speech today? and how is this year's conference been different from previous years? well, hold that discussion club was sent back in 2004 is one of russia's leading platforms for international exchange and international engagement. and it's become quite a tradition for the russian president vladimir putin to address this forum. but these here gathering is really different from the previous years because many of the delegates agree that the year of 2022 became a real inflection of if you will, at bifurcation point in the global crisis of governance. now these crisis has been

building out for many, many years, if not decades, but it really came to the for early this year with the western refusal to accommodate thrushes as the central security interest. and to stop turning ukraine into essentially a battering ram against moscow that they've been pretty long talk, send an effort on the part of russia to try to persuade the west to settle this issue diplomatically and to stalk militarize in ukraine through sending armstrong for sending their military advisors, but unfortunately i came to noy away as you, i'm sure, remember russia launched its military operation in february 2022, which changed everything in the world not only economically but also politically. and one of the major points of discussion here at the forum is how the world

will be able to exist in this post hagey morning era. now when i, when i say postage morning, it sounds like a very low to turn. this is something that not just to russia, but many countries around the world are dissatisfied with single handed, one sided, privilege, economic and political privilege that the west is still trying to port for itself. the believe that everybody else should be in servitude to western interest. that everybody else should develop according to western guidance and with western interest in mind. and it's true that russia was one of the 1st countries to resign . dad had it has man, has seen a lot of support in other parts of the world, not only in china, which also faces sanctioned a policy of containment from the united states. but for many other parts of the

world, india, south africa, latin america, and many of the delegates from this country are present as well. they do not necessarily support russia foreign policy, but they all are united in the need to develop a new world order that would be more balanced, more pluralistic, more colorful and more respectful of various countries interests and developmental pass that differences and their values. and i'm sure this is something that lied to me and it will be asked about it on the eve of these, for some of the old die members told those that they see a rushes goal at this point of time as protecting, surely protecting national security interest but also by doing that, ensuring that a new world order emerges and you will go to that does not have to be chaotic. i

mean, we're heard recently from the u. s. secretary said anthony blink, and again reiterate this old american point, that if it's not the united states as leading liberal and it will disintegrate into case, this is not something that the rest of the world and the known western rest of the world agrees. there are many new forms of corporation emerging, for example, within the form of the breaks or organization, you know, dealing with each other in local currencies, establishing new ways of circumventing western dominated system. but many of the participants here also stressed that in and of itself, that new world is not geared against the west. because in many of the people of western countries, they are suffering from this unfair arrangement as well. they see the degree deterioration of their living standards, the disintegration of the traditional social and cultural values that sustained humanity for many, many centuries. if not millennia,

as they believe that if the west and the rest can come together in a mutually respectful way, then we can actually, you know, create a system that would be beneficial for all. but as i, as i'm saying that i'm also where the, this rather when nuclear confrontation is very much on everybody's mind. not only because of the recent announcements from the russians, defense ministry, about their suspicions of ukraine trying to develop an nuclear dodie bond. but also today referred for some news from political that the united states has made a decision to speed up the modernization of its tactical nuclear capabilities in europe, which may escalate this conflict even further. but hopefully, a something we will hear more on that from vladimir putin who is expected to address this form just about an hour. well on a board co host of ortiz worlds of policy. i hope you keep us posted as volume

efforts and addresses about our discussion. cool, thank you very much. saudi arabia's energy minister has slumped a release of emergency or reserves as a manipulation of the markets. now soft joe biden announced that he was releasing his final 15000000 barrels on the market from u. s. strategic reserves. less gosh, live now to archie, contributor rachel marsden for more. and what can you tell us about this latest oil spots between saudi arabia and the us? well, saudi arabia is accusing theme america, world police that trying to police global energy markets now, not just through attempts to cap sale price of russian oil, but by other means as well be put out of defeating the emergency stuff, had depleted. it used it as a mechanism to him or renewed it markets well,

it is profound purchase waste to mitigate shortages of supply. so we're learning now from western media reports and by didn't thought that he had a deal with the saudis to boost oil production in order to lower prices in the wake of his visit to re out over the summer. but it sure doesn't sound like the studies were on the same page, is biden. not only has that production have not materialized, but the devil's in the desert form in riyadh this week. the saudi energy minister said, quote, we keep hearing, are you with us or against us? is there any room for, are we with the saudi people? so clarity really isn't going to sacrifice its own revenue is just to appease washington and and since boston around the saudis hasn't really worked out well, the white house warned wall street to think about quote, reputation ok before heading off to that form in riyadh. so there's no dwindling unity, even between washington and wall street over which countries to treat like

a pariah. and while that list seems to be getting longer, as countries insist on defending their own interests, rather than simply catering to washington. now, washington is really upset that the saudis, as a member of opec plus, are calling the shots on oil prices at a time when washington goals is to force those prices down with the strict oil price cap in order to start russia of revenues. so this russian oil price cap was washington's idea. and the only countries willing to buy into it right now are the western dominated g 7 group of countries, australia, and maybe south korea as well. and at a higher price than what treasury secretary janet yell and want it. so we're talking more like the $60.00 a barrel mark instead of $40.00 a barrel. and by the way, year olds, crude is currently averaging around $74.00 a barrel. europe isn't happy with washing right now either because it needs much cheaper energy in the wake of sanctioning its own cheap gas supply from russia.

brussels is also reportedly upset that the u. s. isn't as willing to act more recklessly with its own oil supply, like you has with a gas supply from russia and figures at this high price tough won't hit rushes, revenue hard enough. so brussels is learning that when push comes to shove, washington isn't going to sacrifice its economy and industry for purely ideological purposes, to be stent that the e u has in the interest of sticking it to blind reputed. so this whole idea of the west trying to control global energy market lead by washington is pretty absurd. not like india, china or africa or the middle east are going to sign on. so the idea of a western buyers cartel at some kind of counter to opec plus it's kind of like span deceased football game that no one really seems to be interested in except for their little sleek. certainly a very complex situation. i thought the contributor rachel morrison. thank you very

much for breaking down. that froze. it must cause denied widespread allegations that once he buys twitter, he plans to flush 75 percent of its stuff less according to bloomberg. the billing is set by twitter for $44000000000.00 on friday. let's get more details from our correspondence. don colds? who's here in the studio? don, thanks for joining me. so obviously mosque is, you know, quite a show man. and he's raised a few eyebrows recently. tell is exactly how he strolled in, sits with his headquarters while the alarm musk pretty much walked right through the front doors of twitters headquarters, a with a full sized porcelain sink in his hands. and he later posted the video on twitter with did the caption entering twitter h q let that sink in. so no doubt that was a publicity stunt to build some hyper on the fact that you learn mosque is set to take full ownership over the social media corporation on friday. but while he was there,

he also rejected reports that he was planning to get rid of 75 percent of twitter staff that what he just said, that was not true. and this was a statement he made just several days after we saw a group of twitter, employees apparently write a letter, pleading with an ill on must not to go through with these plans that was published on by time magazine. well that, let's say, thoughts a lot about how those possible layoffs could affects twitch, his ability to quote the influence, the public. what exactly did he mean by that? the law. yeah. the, the word choice of the honors of this letter was definitely very interesting because alongside all these claims that ilan mosques, decision to lay off workers was, it would be reckless that it would be an act of work or intimidation. there was also a sort of tacit admission that twitter actively tries to influence people's ideas and political opinions around the world. let's take listen to what the letter actually said. elan must splash to lay of 75 percent to which the workers will hurt,

tweaked, his ability to serve the public conversation to which has significant effects on societies and communities across the globe as we speak. twitter is helping to uplift independent journalism in ukraine in iran. as well as power as social movements around the world. i must cause previous to hinted that stuff up with the have a quote, stronger left wing bias. do you think that's the case done? well, it would probably be better to say more accurate to say that they have an anti republican by softer all musk made. that's the statement he pointed towards that biased after twitter failed to censor a journalist who act openly called for violence against anti abortion conservatives on the platform. and of course, the biggest example of some sort of anti republican bias would be the platforms decision to completely banned the account of former republican president donald trump. so people have been complaining about one sided moderation on this platform for a while now. and that's likely something that's going to change if and when one must takes control of the company,

will have to wait and see how what to do is change if and when he does take control . don't. thanks very much for breaking that down for us. thank you. well that's all for me. pizza gods boats. nicky are and will be here in the hot seat at the top of the hour to bring you all the latest news and views here are nazi thanks for your company. ah, what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race group is often very dramatic, a development only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very difficult time to sit down and talk with

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