ah, a a lot of mir potent and shaving pain heralds at the start of the 4th russia, china energy business for i'm saying the economic partnership of their countries is needed now more than ever. i made pressure from the, with politicians from 2 ethnic groups in russia. slam comments from the pope who said soldiers from those minorities are the coolest on the ukraine front, lights and fif a representatives, confiscate to fly, got the world cup, the ukranian, neo nazi. as all potassium, it had been unfurled by spanish fan story. their teams match against germany

with just after 7 pm here in moscow when you're watching r t international. i'm your host donald corridor. welcome to the program. now the head of the catholic church, pope frances has labeled to 2 ethnic groups within russia, the cruelest soldiers of the ukraine 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 or 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 lead to a huge pushback and the 2 russian republics. here's what they 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 on the ethnic issue. to hear an assessment

from the head of the catholic church about the cruelty of specific nationalities, namely booths, and chechens. protecting 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 in the entire state like olivia were bombed, without the participation of laborious churches and other people of russia. what a gal analyst alexander povich asked why the or whether the pope stance could have come about through foreign influence. he certainly couldn't have known this for an attack. so i think the poll i'm when unwillingly become a channel of the camps propaganda. it was the goal to actually try to a film and some sort of ethnic on arrest or ethnic diversion within russia. or was it just simply misunderstanding and what russia russia is a multi ethnic stay. you know, the pope, you know, has kind of forgotten what. ok,

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 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. strengthening business ties and developing new ways of economic cooperation. that's the agenda of the 4th russian chinese energy business forum, where she's paying and vladimir putin shared messages for the need to further cooperate a midwestern pressure. r t 0. isabel has all the details of the 4th russia,

china international energy business for him, took place in moscow on tuesday and kicked off with russian president vladimir putin and president teaching thing both addressing the event and acknowledging the ever growing cooperation between the 2 countries. in spite of western pressure and the challenging political international 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 and green energy development, and jointly, men, chain international energy security on the stability of industry supply chains. the forum focused on maintaining agreement between the 2 countries and also expanding on trade and economic development. several announcements were made deputy russian

prime minister, alexander novak noted that russia and china are already using their national currencies and their gas contracts, and are actively seeking independence from western back swift and try a new form of payment. they are also looking to a potential energy alliance between russia was pakistan and catholics. and the 2 latter countries already have a positive relationship with china. and as far as the g 7 countries in their attempts to put our oil cap on russian oil, russia has stood firm against this. and this attempt to impede it from beeping the profits of its sales, saying that this is unacceptable, and that they will simply stop supplying to countries who actually push this agenda and spite of how low the prices may go. this is, as of course, russia has other markets in china and india which have high demand. but the e u is finding itself in a precarious situation with the winter coming. it has no other options for

affordable gas that it has relied on heavily for a very long time. ah, another day, another headline having nothing to do with football, coming from 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 cotter, or been saying or throw. this woke up it. i wouldn't say the foot will being overshadowed by issues off the field, but certainly them 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 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 and 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 as a battalion fee for our, 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 has taken the social media before to praise the 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 that by a, with regards to the nazi typo of sympathies that so unfortunately many in those ukrainian armed forces seem to have what he was playing in spain. as i mentioned before, he was playing for a club called at c, f. true, who and the broader. and while he was at the club and 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 funds of the opposing team would bring him so much. because of those that far i believe that he holds on to now of course at this time chief, i've managed to stock the waving of that neo nazi flag in coordination with the cuts out the organizes and the security at the stadium. they to been kept busy by other issues. for example, iranian riots as a supporters of the riots as 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, a usa game lights are on drills between the us and israel simulating strikes on iranian nuclear facilities have gotten underway. it comes just a day after a list of sensitive sites circulated in the media,

reportedly showing what iran considers its top targets, but to get more on the story now we're gonna cross live to our correspondent maria finacialow, who's in jerusalem right now to get the details maria, can you tell us more about the recent tensions and what's happening in the region? yes. hi, dawn. iran and the usa bitter enemies for decades. we'll meet later on tuesday on a scene for peach in call. it's probably the most politically sensitive phase. so of the theory world car, but even before the game starts, the 2 countries already had a fight with the, your rent and states media calling for the you asked to be kicked out of the years . games for pasting the rent in flag on their social media platforms without the islamic, the emblem on it interesting is that these very highly anticipated much comes the same day as america joins these rarely air forces here in a row, to launch massive military drills,

largest in years that will last for 3 days and will simulate offensive strikes against iran nuclear program that has been a long war in a row. it will also include long range flights that these really pilots might need to take to iran. jerusalem says that these military exercises are clear message warning to test her, and this is what these rally air forces curnow and former chief of staff of these really air force is special operations, told us before on this matter. they iranian nuclear centers in bunkers, under ground, buried deep underground. the training should be how to attack from the air, with fighter aircraft to bunk and to penetrate the bunkers would derived ammunition. and this needs lots of training to be accurate.

tension between the 2 middle eastern countries have recently been rising dramatically in the latest thronged are the media outlets close to the official to her and published at least of a very long list of sensitive sides here in israel that could potentially become targets in case of an open military conflict between the 2 states, the least includes to the nasa, for example, that you can see behind me also the prime minister's office and some other governmental, military and financial facilities. and also earlier, the iranian revolutionary god warned jerusalem that there will be a very firm response and reaction from catherine falling israel, murdering top iraq, an officer in syria. let's take a lesson, colonel w jeffery, one of iran, st. military advisors in syria and a member of the goss aerospace on was killed with him. make sure bomb planted by the ro side. undoubtedly the criminal zionist regime will receive an adequate response for this crime. last week,

during his official visit to the united states of america, the ideas chief of staff said that the situation with iran is right now at a critical point. pushing washington to unite efforts and to strengthen corporation, including military in order to stand against the iranian nuclear threat and the region to her and responded to that, that teaser l and the united states of america will quotation be defeated in a war they wage against iran and also earlier, the outgoing israeli defense minister said that israel has capability and ability to act in iran. but each step like this should be considered very carefully as at this would be a very dangerous scenario. so despite rise and temperatures, hopes are that to the sides, will be able to cool down and that the tensions will not go beyond air drills and food bull. peach. back to you are at ortiz, maria finacialow. thanks for bringing us those details. ah,

after years of smearing julie in a sancho 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 america's 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 extradition 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 are 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 a son 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 necessary step. now it's also important to note that these words from these publications that now say they support mr. sam's. 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 said on television at the time 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 can tell that living inside the embassy for 7 years has taken its toll. here he is back in 2012. yeah. not compare that to today. i mean, amazing. the guy went in looking like draco malfoy came out looking like dumbledore, 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 like 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 about real crimes and real scandals that came to light due to the work, a wiki leaks ah, [000:00:00;00]

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, 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 meanly media analyst, lionel says it's unclear why the western media is suddenly changing its tune about a song,

but their previous smears against him should not be forgotten. if you listen to this, absolutely implicit in feckless commentary by today's a 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's something to be said were he was actually a journalist. i haven't the foggiest, but i won't tell you, there should be

a follow up better tauriel 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 in your 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. while the u. k. government stance on the sanchez scene, twitter users call out the foreign minister for hypocrisy. after he denounced the arrest of a b, b. c. journalist in china, they also highlighted a new law, passed this year that grants police in england and wales, more power to restrict protests deemed unacceptable. media freedom and freedom to protest must be respected. no countries exempt. the rest of bbc journalist, edward laurence in china,

is deeply disturbing. journalists must be able to do the job without intimidation. i assume you've actually read the police and crime bill of 2022, james. you know the bill brought in by your government. hello. have you read the repressive laws you tories have passed in the u. k. lately, you can now be arrested and jailed if police even suspect will protest. don't like our banners find. we've shed info on social media about a protest. tory britain, welcome to north korea or on temps. former m e p and author godfrey bloom is concerned about the lack of coverage julian assange is being given in the u. k. media. well, you know, that's really quite astonishing. he's not being covered here at all. it's been barrett, it's been suppressed. the baby she hardly ever mentioned the thing. i'm not sure about this turn around, but you see what you've got to understand is the with

a trillion dollar budget trillion. dorothea budget by the military industrial complex in america. that's billions and billions of pounds, which spring cans to be scattered around to a journalist who read out the cia briefings on these matters. we have a very senior journal, is him simply sit down and read all the latest cia handouts is there's no concept or serious journalism at all and any subsidies, disgraceful. i, i don't know quite how these things are going to change. when the so much secret money sourcing around with unaudited cia budgets, china's affirmed it's sticking to it's 0 coven policy. despite mounting criticism from the west, china's foreign ministry responded to r. t over the western attention to anti lockdown protests in 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 anti cobra, locked out. but the government insists the policy is effective in preventing the spread of the disease accusing some social media users of distorting the facts to stir up anger. some western countries which had previously clamped down on anti locked down rallies at home are now condemning china's approach. as they speak out in support of the chinese protesters. dodger, i'll fence 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. 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 locked 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 happen 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, 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 it is streets every weekend in places like here in paris for weeks on end, where is there support for the freedom convoy in canada, who supporters wanted nothing more than to restore equal rights as the 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, 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. if he's 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. maybe opponents of western authoritarianism, should go waves and science 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 focus 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, or protests 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 protests in the chinese cities, and i do hope our countrymen will suffer less inconvenience as a result of the imposition of the dynamics. 0 called the policy. but i also hope the protesters each other will realize that there is

a higher good to be achieved for greater stability, great to house, and less deaths among the chinese be will. because other had nomic, canadian government has outlined its enhanced military interest and the indo pacific, far from its borders, just introduced cabinet, unveiled the strategy in response to what they call 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 this regards 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 goals include military and intelligence cooperation with its allies in the region and plans to spend over

a 1000000000 us dollars on related projects over the next 5 years. while the document addresses beijing as being disruptive in the indo pacific and official at the chinese embassy in canada, has 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 charges image, which constituted a gross interference in china's internal affairs. the western states try to gain a foothold and the pacific pro western political powers in taiwan are losing influence at that's after the pro independence party suffered a defeat in the islands mid term elections. the taiwanese democratic party had just just had its worst result in the last 20 years, was led to its current leader announcing her resignation as the parties. chairwoman, and the main opposition party will now lead to the government,

which supports closer ties with mainland china. earlier we spoke with senior research fellow at the center for china and globalization and re moke, who says china 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. i think europe in general is adopting a much more pragmatic and realistic. well, i think in all of these issues, china's demonstrated a remarkable ha, restraints and pragmatism. in that it said consistently. um and you know, this is very different then we see other countries with changes in government that