a belief systems ology are removed. it was very impactful. when someone finally came along with no fear, no judgement, she heard my story did not seem to challenge with a lot of mayor potent and she, she paying harold's the start of the 4 thrush, a china energy business forum, saying the economic partnership of their countries is needed more than ever, i made pressure from the west politicians from 2 ethnic groups in russia. slam comments from the pope who said soldiers from those minorities are the cruelest on ukraine frontline. china stands by 0 coven policy, despite western criticism, that's as beijing says, that certain social media users have been distorting the fact to stir up, protest ah,

just after 5 pm here on the russian capital, and you're watching r t international. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. now strengthening business ties and developing new ways of economic cooperation. that's the agenda of the 4th russian chinese energy business forum, where seizing ping and vladimir putin discussed further cooperation. i made pressure from the west. but to get more on this right now, we're gonna cross live to our correspondent fiorella, isabel fiorella. take us through what's happened and what we can expect from the form. right, so the 4th russian chinese energy business war. i'm kicked off on tuesday in moscow with president windermere, poon, and president shooting ping, addressing the crowd and acknowledging the ever growing cooperation between the 2 countries. in spite of western pressure and outside international, challenging landscape. despite the complexity of the international

situation, relations of a comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between the russian federation and the people's republic of china continued to develop in a positive direction. china is willing to work with russia to forge a closer energy partnership. promote clean on green energy development and jointly maintain international energy security and the stability of industry supply chains . the, the, the event focused on the existing mutual contracts between the 2 nations and also on trade and economic development. deputy prime minister alexander novak also specified that the 2 nations are already using their own national currency and their gas contract. he also spoke about their attempt to. 2 rely less on any sort of western currency trying to find new economic payment system that is not with.

he also mentioned that russia was pakistan and catholics and are looking to make an energy alliance with these 2 nations already having a great economic relationship with china. in addition, in terms of the g 7 trying to impose a russian price gap on, on oil, the russian president and the russian politicians have all said that they find this absolutely unacceptable. and that days will simply stop supplying oil 2 nations who refuse to take their advice and who continue to push this russian price caps. and of course, this will actually be more beneficial to russia as they have replaced the european market with china and india as well. as other eastern countries, but the e u, who has long relied on affordable russian gas is going to find itself in a precarious situation. likely, especially this winter are to pharaoh isabel, thanks for bringing us those details. now in other news,

the head of the catholic church, pope francis has labeled 2 ethnic groups within russia, the cruelest soldiers of the ukrainian conflict. when i speak about ukraine, i speak about the cruelty because i have much information about the cruelty of the troops that come in. generally, the cruelest are perhaps those who are of russia, but are not of russian tradition such as the chechens, the variety and so on. the pope's remarks led to a huge push back in the 2 russian republics. here's what i had to say. how can a spiritual leader, whose dice this includes the majority of the peoples of the world, allow himself to reason so primitively only as mich issue to hear an assessment from the head of the catholic church about the cruelty of specific nationalities, namely bourgeois and chechens, protected civilians is at least very strange. we don't have to go too far into history to recall that the capital of a european state,

the city of belgrade or an entire state like olivia were bombed without the participation of the barriers, chechens and other people of russia. political analyst, alexander povich questions whether the pope stands could have come through about through influence. he certainly couldn't have known this for a tax. so i think the poll, i'm when unwillingly become a channel of the key x propaganda. it was the goal to actually try to a film and some sort of ethnic, i'm arrest or ethnic division within russia, or was it just simply misunderstanding all what russia is and rush is a multi ethnic stay? you know, the pope, you know, it has kind of forgotten once a people from the catholic tradition i've done for centuries. i mean, they've done the most heinous crimes and i'll give genocide to the inquisition torture. just in the 20th century we had instances like the independent state of.

busy croatia while you no longer with the support of the catholic church, you had a genocidal. bought a 1000000 orthodox christian service and the vatican was never really distance. and so on. the 1st that the vatican should set his own house and order you for condemning anyone for anything, including suppose it cruelty for which they really haven't offered any any proof. anyway, it's yet another day when something other than football is making the headlines at the world cup spanish fans unfurl a flag with the emblem of ukrainian neo nazi as of battalion. shortly after, however, the flag was confiscated by representatives from fifo journalist. esau lee brought us this report from cutter, or been saying all throughout this world cup it, i wouldn't say the fault will being overshadowed by issues off the field, but certainly then taking a more prominent role, not by accident,

perhaps without the western media seeking to use this wild card as a bull horn for promoting their own causes. and in the latest episode of control to see if you've seen this issue from the spain game where a group of fans wave the as of battalions flag. of course, a neo nazi group. hugely controversial group whose existence in the ukrainian military forces has been a source of real concern to those in moscow and policy makers. there. now you think that everybody would be united in supporting the security at the stadium who removed that flag, who instructed those people not to carry that flag, but not everyone sees at the same way roman xhylia and he's a former ukranian national team football us actually spent time playing football in spain, and he was one of those who took the facebook in

a post that he has since deleted. praising at the battalion fee for are the victims of russian propaganda. i hope that the ukrainian football association and the ministry of youth and sports will also respond to such shameful behavior of the fee for representatives. and for those single celled organisms that prohibit our flag been raised in the stands, i hope they will apologize. and finally study the real history of the issue, not according to the kremlin back media. now those claims might ring hollow one looks at the history of this particular football player romans, those really are taking the social media before to praise the as of battalion. he's posted pigs with an image of stephen ben dera, who is of course, one of the big neo nazi collaborators who groups like out of battalion, look up to go with great respect and also a post. he posted himself a photo ah, posing with the numbers. 1488 of course more symbolism there by

with regards to nazi type of sympathies that sir, unfortunately many in those ukrainian armed forces a seem to have when he was playing in spain. as i mentioned before, you're playing for a club called at c, f through a few and broader. and while he was at the club, he was kicked out for holding extreme political views. and in fact, in one game that he played in the spanish league, the game had to be called off because, or some of the fans of the opposing team would bring him so much because of those that far right, beliefs that he holds on to now, of course at this time, chief, i've managed to stop the waving of that neo nazi flag in coordination with the, the organizers and the security at the stadium. they to been kept busy by other issues. for example, iranian riots as a supporters of the riots is in iran, also trying to wave slogans and banners. and increasingly,

we're seeing the security at teams here at the stadiums. cracking down on that, especially ahead of that iran usa game lights are on china's affirmed, it's sticking to it's 0 coven policy. despite mounting criticism from the west, china's foreign ministry responded to our t about the western attention to anti locked down protests within the country. if those countries, politicians have time and energy, they should take care of their own affairs. first, to resolve their own problems. protesters have been pouring on to the streets across china, demanding an end to and t. cobra locked els, but the government insists the policy is effective. in preventing the spread of the disease accusing some social media users of distorting the fact to stir up anger. some western countries which had previously clamped down on anti lockdown rallies at home are now condemning china's approach as they speak out in support of the chinese protesters, dagger austin's laws as a democrat,

i can only say that the freedom to express one's own opinion is important and i can only hope that authorities in china respect the right to freedom of expression. get mentioned is ogden. there are people who say that we have a corona dictatorship and germany. ladies and gentlemen, this is malicious nonsense because it reflects not only contempt for our democratic and constitutional institutions, but also an insult to us. all the western mainstream press has been gushing with sympathy for victims of government, coven crackdowns, and their cheering on protesters spilling into the streets. and referring to the quote, remarkable bravery of the protesters fight against draconian state loc downs. well, you know, just as long as the people protesting against these, coca crackdowns are in china. but if the citizens demanding to preserve their basic freedoms, to assemble, to work, to move around and to decide you know what to inject into their body or not happened to be in the west. well then the western media treats them like

a bunch of nut job conspiracy theorists who are a threat to society and deserve to be suppressed and marginalized for having the absolute gall to resist government policy. ah ah ah lulu, what was the last time to any one witness to massive, nearly unanimous outpouring of support in the western mainstream media for anti cove mandate protesters in europe for example, who took to the st. every weekend in places like here in paris for weeks on end.

where was there support for the freedom convoy in canada, who supporters wanted nothing more than to restore equal rights as a federal government engineered a 2 tiered society with travel and work prohibitions for those who failed to comply with government job mandates. all while prime minister just intruders government declared martial law to stop these protesters from taking to the streets and ordered the freezing of their bank accounts. using protests to demand changes to public policy. is something that i think is, is, is worrisome when their own fellow citizens are standing up to government oppression. the western process is quick to denounce them as lawbreakers. but when the same phenomenon is unfolding in china, well, you know, you can't stop the spread of freedom, right? just ask german state broadcaster deutsche valley is an extraordinary moment in

china. on its spreading further, i'm wider protests which for the most part are illegal have become more militant in recent weeks. what a brilliant example of objectivity and reporting that same sort of protests in 2 separate places may be opponents of western authoritarianism. she go waves and signs denouncing their own governments. coven crackdowns over there in china, if they want the western media to help them denounce locked downs while pretending to objectively report the news. victor gao as the vice president of an eastern, focused thinktank and he says, the west spends more time being preoccupied with china than on its own domestic problems. protests, i'm not common in china. a protest are common in many european countries right now in many european capital cities, it cetera. there are huge protests stripes of all kinds, for example. and in the united states, you have massive kimmy gum. milas is really

a curse. now they do not talk to laugh much about these disturbances, for example, and they focus on the protests in china. now i do care about the protest in the chinese cities, and i do hope our countrymen will suffer less inconvenience as a result of the imposition of the dynamics. 0, call the policy. but i also hope the protesters each other will realize that there is a higher good to be achieved for greater stability, greater house and less deaths among the chinese be will. because other had nomic the canadian government has outlined its enhanced military interest in the indo pacific. far from its borders. just inter those cabinet unveiled the strategy in response to what they called the adverse global influence of china. china is an increasingly disruptive global power. china's rise enabled by the same

international rules and norms that it now increasingly disregards has had an enormous impact on the indo pacific. and it has ambitions to become the leading power in the region. china is looking to shape the international order into are you more permissive environment for interests and values that increasingly departs from hours? ottawa says it's new military goals include military and intelligence cooperation with its allies in the region. it plans to spend over a 1000000000 us dollars on related projects over the next 5 years. and while the document addresses beijing as being disruptive in the indo pacific and official at the chinese embassy and canada denounced the new plan. foreign minister jody's speech contained a loss of negative content related to china, that distorted the truth, exaggerated the so called china threats and discredited chart. his image, which constituted a grocer, defendants in china's internal affairs. as western states try to gain

a foothold in the pacific pro western political powers in taiwan or losing influence after the pro independence party suffered a defeat in the islands mid term elections. the taiwanese democratic party has just had its worst result in the last 20 years. this led to its current leader announcing her resignation as the parties, chairwoman, the main opposition party will now lead the government, which supports closer ties with mainland china. earlier with senior research fellow at the center for china and globalization, andy moke, who says shyness, stayed consistent despite political moves by the west. well, i think this certainly is not in the interest of the canadian people. i'm the only positive i think that can come from this is the absence of a negative. we see a lot of hesitation of remarks by dutch government officials about a s m l. but i think europe in general is adopting

a much more pragmatic and realistic. why think in all of these issues, china's demonstrated a remarkable restraint and pragmatism in that it said consistently, um and you know, this is very different than we see other countries with changes in government that can lead to radical halsy ships. but china has been very, very consistent in that it is willing to work with any country in a constructive way. after years of smearing jolena, sanchez, several major western media outlets have pulled a $180.00 there. now calling for the u. s. government to end its case against the wiki leaks co founder. this group of editors and publishers, all of whom had worked with the san she felt the need to publicly criticize his conduct in 2011. but we come together now to express our grave concerns about the

continued prosecution of julian, a sorry for obtaining and publishing classified materials. this indictment sets a dangerous precedent and threatens to undermine americans 1st amendment and the freedom of the press. well, it certainly makes sense that major news outlets would speak up about the fact that a journalist who published information has been stripped of his human rights as being threatened with extra dish and prosecution under the espionage act in the united states. but what many have note it is that this statement seems to very much contradict the town of these publications earlier. and we will note that when julian assigned was being held up in the ecuadorian embassy and when he was dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy, these publications weren't speaking up on his behalf. rather they were helping to build the case by bas marching, his character running him through the mud. he has proved a highly problematic even embarrassing champion for the principles of press freedom

in the public's right to information. even mister a sanchez friends have described him as difficult, a narcissist with an outside view of his importance. it's probably too late for assange to recover his former glory. but if you could give up his futile struggle against extradition and show a little respect to the swedish justice system, that would at least be a 1st nas through step. now it's also important to note that these words from these publications that now say they support mr. dives are they echoed a full blown media campaign to essentially demonize your innocence to justify any state repression levied against him. it was a full blown mainstream media assault to justify what was happening. let's review what was being set on television at design for a decade. and some of the worlds have tried to shut we can leaks down. and today julian sanchez, the head of wiki leaks, and draco malfoy, biological father has finally been arrested. you could tell that living inside the

embassy for 7 years, has taken its toll. here he is back in 2012. yeah. now compare that to today. i mean, amazing. the guy went in looking like draco malfoy came out looking like dumbledore . it a wiki lease founder julian assigns, was also arrested in london where he was dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy looking like santa claus with a manifesto. you're all not a i haven't on my right look, look at him, look in just a few years. he went from bond villain to crowd surfing habits. now, while focusing on obscure criticisms of his on his personality or his appearance, mainstream media seemed to have forgotten what he reveal review. the revelation is about real crimes and real scandals that came to light do the work, a wiki leaks. ah,

ah, a now the biden administration has given no indication that they have any intention of dropping the charges, or the expedition case against julian a sorry to the u. s. department of justice says they continue to pursue extradition and that they will continue to pursue extradition for the time being. now the u. k

. home secretary did approve the extradition of julian assange because u. s. officials have promised to treat him humanely, whatever that means. so at the moment, julianna's on his legal team is appealing that decision that he would be extradited to the united states. american legal and media analyst lionel says it's unclear why the western media is suddenly changing its tune about assange. but their previous smears against him should not be forgotten. if you listen to this, absolutely implicit in feckless commentary by today's canoe shanty. just making fun of the way he looks, you know why he looks like that? let me tell you, it's called torture. that's why you look like that, and i like to see any of those brave journalist see if they can withstand a week of this. this is something which absolutely galls me. julian assigned whether you like him or not, whether you care for his personality is

a hero. something must be happening. why all of a sudden, what changed? what information are they privy to? what sensibility were they exposed to that made them say, wait a minute. oh, by the way, all collectively, simultaneously is some kind of a choreograph fashion. they all decided, i think that maybe there is somebody to be said where he was actually a journalist. i haven't the foggiest, but i will tell you, there should be a follow up editorial as to how, how just, how imprisoned these people were. i can't believe how these journalists and they do the new york times high and mighty, and dare i say if you go back and you read what they said, their actual statement, it doesn't even provide a bill of particulars as to why it's almost like a oh come on, enough's enough. i guess he's a journalist, it was rather we look warm and tepid at best and he is tech industry is

making big strides and global markets prime minister and to render. a modi noted that the countries moved from 81st place on the world innovation index into the top 40. that's after doubling the amount of startups in the country, one being the renowned cyber security company cloud sec and another being a manufacturer called general box. a bulk check. we build a technology that can predict cyber threats before it even happened. we build unique cybersecurity data. it and using machine learning models with which we'll be able to tell when the next i but that is going to happen and out with do you have a partnership with singapore, which allows us to do called cost photo transactions. and eventually we're trying to democratize fish,

make it available to anybody bought off to work with with we're 1300000000 people living in this country, right? and if we can build something that can be useful for this population and build a useful service, that becomes a great business that human capital is our biggest advantage at this point of time . thanks for being with us here on our team international. make sure to stick around for more news because it's coming your way in just about 30 minutes. ah, with

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. mm. welcome to wells apart. an old adage has said that who rebel lee has no ears, but a full one apparently has little foresight as rising. what prices increased suffering around the world. the most excellent countries continue restricting food and fertilizer, experts in that efforts to penalize their adversaries is hunger. indeed, the best sauce for geopolitics when to discuss that i'm now joined by no. ron and

shake professor of political science at higher university professor. it's great to talk to thank you very much for your time. thank you for you on to for your invitation. now let me start with your a quite unusual academic experience, which includes having sanchez for both russian and american studies. given your understanding of both cultures. why do you think the russians and the american site so stockton, thou laugh, hey, dynamic, do you think red dust tend to be each other's dark doubles? oh, i think both of them are a great po, worse than that, this normal because united states unfortunately won't be the only great power in the whole board. but now russia is a pat king. as since her that to a very important to speech of christian potent to so than a 7. and then we on that her a conference and a multi lecture her and multi pooler system. it is normal. it's is the norm of the,

the globe is to have different powers, different culture difference validations of so i think what is united states doing is that is this than the norm of the whole global. so it is unlocked and i think that it is very interesting for the whole globe, what the lightest is doing. and i think that is also a south globe, a voice, a supporting crusher. in moving toward the multi electoral and multi polar for system. because it is sir norm, what answer is that, what should be done? and that is fair and a justice for all of us. i, you wrote recently that on the policies of the west, for example, western sanctions. ah, they're also hurting not only russia but the entire world and.