aah with a with with the way for a number of years, the west has shamelessly siphoned and exploited. ukraine's resources encouraged genocide and terror in the dom boss and actually turned this country into a colony. russia's president vladimir putin, slums, western. busy powers for creating hot spots and city. new praying across the world . also added the program today. a high level prisoner slop russian business men. victor boot returns home after more than a decade and u. s. custody and exchange for american basketball player brittany reiner on serbia. consider sending a 1000 troops into kosovo for hundreds of police officers in the breakaway region.

take control over its serv, majority district. ah, life, moscow, this is our t. my name's unit illegal. in 30 minutes of news and views stark. now. the russian president has taken aim at western countries for their a, quote, shameless exploitation of ukraine, both historically unto they. vladimir putin remarks came as he address top defense, department officials, up the shanghai cooperation organization. commonwealth of independent states. the position you celebrated for a number of years, the west has shamelessly siphoned and exploited. ukraine's resources encouraged genocide and terror in the damn bass, and actually turned this country into a colony. and now cynically uses the ukrainian people as cannon fodder as a battering ram against russia. continuing to supply ukraine with weapons and ammunition, sending mercenaries and pushing it on a suicidal path. i'm convinced that the nature and scale of modern threats places

increased, demands on our co operation. it is necessary to work together to form a more flexible and stable system of security cooperation. adequate to the current challenges where it cannot be based on some mythical, unwritten rules that no one a seem not on someone's dominance and monopolies them, but only on international law and respect for each other's interests. in terms of the video address that vladimir putin gave earlier, and that the kremlin made public that focused on quite a bit more on the kinds of external threats that the west is posing to the region. vladimir putin said that the meeting between these defense ministers of the shanghai cooperation organization and the commonwealth of independent states could not have come at a better time. because right now the west is doing everything. it can to dominate other countries across all spheres, economically, ideologically, politically, et cetera. because according to the russian president, this is

a result of the unipolar western world order in decline. a multi polar world is emerging. and according the russian president, there's nothing the west can do to stop it. but you load so normally with new challenges are emerging and powerful, geopolitical shifts are taking place. the shape of a truly multi polar world is being born when the new centers of development are being formed in asia, africa, and latin america, which are increasingly defending their national interests, protecting their sovereignty and the right to their own path of development. it is simply impossible to ignore the process of the way history is developing, say it to him. at any rate, the west's attack is to hold on to its global position are presenting external, regional, and global threats to the ration community. according to the russian president, the u. s. and its satellites have chosen to forcibly expand nato and try to thwart any sort of alternative strategies for the development of countries, economies and societies. by spreading color revolutions that to stabilize the nations in which they take place. so basically,

the main takeaway from the russian president to these organizations was to continue cooperation and integration on the same basis of mutual respect that has been seen for years prior. okay to another over a headline stories today on use of a high level prisoner swap between moscow and washington, russian, businessman victor boots, who had been in a u. s. prison for 11 years, has returned to his homeland. he shared some of his thoughts after landing of an airport in the capitol on thursday night. i was woken in the middle of the night and told to get ready. no additional information was provided. the most important thing is that i got there. victor boot was sentenced by us authorities back in 2012 to a quarter of a century in prison allegations of arming terrorists and conspiring to kill american citizens. he denies all those accusations and moscow sais, his case was politically motivated. mister booth will exchange for american

basketball player, brittany greiner, who had been convicted of drug offenses in russia. the swap was conducted in the united arab emirates, of the months of negotiations. looking at the other participant in this fall, then professional basketball or brittany greiner had been detained by moscow. airport customs officers back in february for a police thought on cannabis oil vapor parking, which is in her letter in july, she pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges. despite saying it was an honest mistake runner was sentenced to 9 years. she filed an appeal which was rejected by a russian court. meanwhile, there's mounting dissatisfaction among us politicians, a boat, the prisoner exchange, republican congresswoman, marjorie taylor green, even call for a job biden. to be impeached over it with donald trump and former national security adviser, john bolton, both slumming, the deal,

the boot for griner prisoner swap is not a trade. it's an american surrender. this is not what american strength looks like . terrorists and rogue states are smiling. what kind of a deal is it to swap brittany griner, a basketball player who openly hated country for the man known as the merchant of death? what a stupid an unpatriotic embarrassment for the usa. the president of the united states and his feeble administration gave up a russian arm steeler. meanwhile, a marine and good american paul whalen, has sat in a russian prison for 4 years to rot all for years. the u. s. had been pushing the narrative of victor boots, being a so called merchant of death, his lawyer steves to so spoke to r t a by the case sand. his client's release. 15 years ago, the u. s. government devised a plot, if you will,

to create a crime of this retired russian citizens living in moscow. committing no crime against anyone. they target him simply because they didn't like what they thought he had been doing in previous years and, and at victor sentencing. and i don't, it's hard to believe or this talk crime that nothing ever happened with. and no one was ever heard. and no one was ever done at the sentencing. the u. s. government, prosecutors ask that victor be sentenced to life without rule. meaning he would never be released that's, that's the, that's the insanity he were fortunate that the judge and victor's trial judge gentlemen made some very important findings at his sentencing that were really strong and supportive. and pointed out several of the things that undermined this merchant deb narrative that had taken

hold in the us. the 1st thing i did was i gave her call. she had been retired at the time to my great surprise she, she not only spoke to me, but she stood by her words and was willing to go public with her views that the sentence that she was forced to impose on on victor was way too high and she would have given him a much lower. ready sentence, if she had the ability to do so, i'm surprised the survivors because you know, you don't, it's not like the older you get, the more, the more likely you are to suffer some sort of ad slavic illness. a sudden and victor was getting up there in years as well into the fifty's now. and you know, you just don't, you can't just so you just don't call 911 there. they don't have actual physicians . you know, they don't ship you off to a hospital unless you're in a coma. so he had several serious elements. but victor is exceedingly strong.

man. he knows how to take care of himself to protect himself. he made sure to, to the extent that he can eat properly. so there were times when i was concerned that he would, he would even survive to make it to the swath. steve, as i know, i both know of free prisoners receive presidential pardons before they were released or t corresponding kill him up and has been looking into the roots of victor boots or to after almost 15 years in captivity. at the i sting operation frame on the sham trial, and in addition to that solitary confinement and difficulty even being able to visit his family. victor boot is now free and back home in russia. the negotiations were kept secret, and even victor's wife had no idea what was coming. so let's review the details of this high profile case. well, back in the 1990 s. western leaders started psyching up the public against him. the

british home office labeled him the merchant of death and hollywood movie demonizing, him called lord of war, was even released in reality. victor is the son of a book keeper. he served in the soviet military before starting his own cargo company. u. s. officials alleged that he ran guns for al qaeda and that he was involved in supplying weapons to various sides of african conflicts and across eastern europe. these are allegations he has repeatedly denied while us leaders seem to have no problem supplying weapons to some radical groups. it seems like after this, hollywood movie was released. and after victor's name had been dropped by various officials, they felt it was time to grand stand against him. victor had his assets frozen, but there was no law at that point under which they could prosecute him for his international business dealings. so u. s. officials decided to go to the f. b i. a sting operation was set up and eventually he was entrapped in thailand.

so under cover f b i agents pretending that they were members of the fark rebel group and columbia approached him and had a hypothetical conversation about a possible arms deal. no crime actually ever took place. that's what told me when i interviewed him back in 2019. this is a 100 percent qualify as a political prisoner because i'm healed off my nationality and i was denied to corporate side and i'm standing up. didn't do anything else, and we'll fight for my innocence. i misstated bossman couple years ago. make a cab gonna keep him. as example, as a model was

a boy for whipping. so other russians would be more polite, the corporate with us when they go off. there are up through us leaders clearly had a motive for grabbing him after he was dragged to the united states from thailand due to an extradition agreement. he was then allegedly offered a deal to bring forward dirty laundry about the russian government and president. well, they've been during pre trial during the trial what they've been through the public defender, they approach and said, well we're going to get through it all. your primary green car conceptual you there . if you know that some dirt about food turn and how car this regime saw. so i said, no, you can't do the person for all the deal. that's why i went through the trial. russian authorities offered victor support throughout the lengthy legal proceedings, and they also described how us officials abducting him and dragging them to the united states from thailand was an example of how they felt they have license to do whatever they want in the international arena times to us there is no doubt that

they have abducted russians citizen in the 3rd country. we have a consular convention with the us and we have a treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. under these agreements, the u. s. should inform us of any suspicions they may have about a russian citizen. yet they failed to do so. this was the case and a number of instances with victor boots konstantin yet shan't go for them. and a number of other people who are transferred to the us with the tacit approval of 3rd countries. now, victor is journey home did not come easily. the negotiations took place at a time when relations between the usa and russia are anything but good. needless to say, a lot of hard work has gone in to making sure this russian citizen could finally return home and be with his family caleb, martha. archie, new york. want to show you this now in the program. a must of blaze which rip through a sprawling shopping center in moscow suburb firefighters bottle to contain the

blaze. after it spread across a reported spine of 7000 square meters, thick smoke billowed into the early morning sky in the city of him. with the buildings, roof collapsing, authority say at least one person has been killed. its own clear up. this stage was started, the police official said it may have broken out in a home improvement retailer. i made slumber, bel aerosol paint being stored there. the damage including the mall, its contents. nearby park cars has been estimated about half a $1000000000.00 serbia seas. it's considering sending a 1000 troops into kosovo after hundreds of police officers in the self declared republic took over parts of the serb majority region on thursday. sada, which you recruited, has continued with the legal actions aimed at occupying the north of kosovo and

mentor. here belgrade will consider the return of 1000 members of our security forces to the area of kosovo metal. here, in accordance with resolution, $1244.00, the serbian government also alleges cost of the police committed crimes, again served majority areas in the breakaway problems, including stealing wine stocks from a vineyard. local reporter nicholas gilbert sent us this report from belgrade night around 9 o'clock and evening will be over 200 armed men. came to the, not the most. was it sort of live. we get over dave. medical also presence of indian army or regular military forces being yeah, we were present theater in valley cohorts in order parts which is a violation of resolution $4.00 to $4.00 of united nations and of every other agreement signed by serbia. and this is the 2nd provocation of the day,

or even 3rd, because during the day we already had the one incident in the so each one of the 4 municipalities in the north where most certainly we had a station where police forces of sofa also entered kindergarten when where children were over sleeping and they interrupted the work or also indelicate sort of serbian and club near article that they took over 40000 please. there's a wind from local, turbulent producers, wind. and they also banned construction workers for, for, from putting on and bathing the road, leading to only serving left in the region. the prime minister of so called course of course, is continuing kids provocations and use intention to violently solve the

problem of believing this deuces of so called possible a month ago. and to try to impose that he's real on them due to the fact that he needs to organize your elections, which we'll boycott as things are for now. all right, let's switch gears not because african languages they have been receiving a renewed prominence in nigeria with the from and setting out an educational policy to promote the study of local dialects in schools. now, the recently approved bill is aimed at shifting the focus from english to native languages in the west african nation. students are to focus on developing their skills in their mother tongue during elementary school, and then combine it with english only later on. however, the initiative has been complicated by the huge number of local languages which will require the government to adopt school books and other educational materials.

we heard from the nigerian school director who expressed and overall positive view of the new measures when i had thus instruction from the government. trudy official gazette, i was so blood or in us that she had to the family as wills. no, he said the primary gentle socialization. that is the 1st school that a shide is born into that the side is introduced into. so starting our colleagues, d, monta monta language. starting the 1st teach of the education of his shot with the use of the model language that he soon bud evil out as the case may be is the best that should happen in the education

sector. we also spoke with the head of an jury in teacher's union in lagos, who expressed appreciation for the reform to wayne. you 3 or to reduce off what at on it is so natural or does it it has understanding on the side of the student. is it we are killing the potentia in our younger generation by him voicing another language as a medium of communication. no doubt there was landed so that they can favorably compete in time of, you know, seeking job internationally. that when you understand english, or you understand french, or you understand jama than thou, apart from your local language, that where has your chess, you know,

to secure job across the globe. what you cannot give what you don't ah, ah, you as a secretary of state anthony blank, and i said is basically a don deal for sweden and finland to join the nato alliance. i'm confident that nato will formally welcome finland sweden's member soon since the nato summit in madrid, both countries had taken significant concrete actions to fulfill their commitments, including those related to the security concerns on the part of our ally turkey. well, sweden has refused to comply with nato member turkey's request for it to extra di, 2 people suspected of ties to a terrorist organization. stockholm say that doesn't have sufficient grounds to believe the men in question committed criminal offenses while i graze on them and they won't allow sweden to join the lines until it conducts those extra additions. anti war activist, sorry, f, laundry safety us housing, properly address turkey,

security concerns, sweden and the us of course we're talking out of both sides of their mouth house. now they're saying we have a deal. no, we don't have a deal. and no matter how you look at it, they want turkey to acknowledge that there's a deal so that this nato official membership can move forward. certainly, it's the us who is behind the steel. and it's also the united states. it was pledged to be the protector of the kurds, but as we can see, once again, they're just willing to use as a bargaining chip. whether or not this officially goes forward in a real sense. it is a done deal and it shows that the u. s. is absolutely has no interest in peace and diplomacy. busy negotiation, they are all about aggressive us war planning. they want nato expansion official or

unofficial. ok to an issue. familiar to many right now. employees of the european central bank have been left fuming after authorities rejected their demands for a pay rise to keep up with inflation. we're not happy with inflation in germany and the euro area likely around 8.5 percent this year. a lack of a pay rise means a substantial loss and push send power. this is damaging workers morale and also their trust toward the institution. well, the workers wanted a pay rise of just over $4.00 per cents, but the current inflation rate in the use largest economy, germany has been ported out or on twice. that's a mine's big difference there at the end of the graph isn't there earlier? my colleague peter scott, spoke with financial a technology entrepreneur, chris ems who noted that the same institutions, namely punks, which essentially created inflation in the 1st place. are now the one suffering. so

well, the funny thing is, although not for the stuff is the, you know, the c, b missed its own inflation targets on its employees. now seem to be paying for it. do you think it as a duty of care or the certain geopolitical factors or just out of his control? absolutely, i think that definitely is a duty of care. but there is a great irony that you've just mentioned, the very people that have caused this massive inflation and now paying for it. right. and i think when we're looking at, when we're looking at these institutions in the way they operate and run, it's really, really morally bankrupt to say, look, pay for something that we ask you to do. and that goes across everything from transport to any kind of public service, right? why should the public service worker have to pay for the mistakes made by their employer? that just happens to be a state institution. there is research as we do. absolutely. now the c, b a said that he doesn't want to increase the wages of it stuff because he's worried, as it says that it would fuel a damaging wage. price spiral. define the argument convincing. not at all. i think

anyone with half a brain cannot believe that argument. if you've got to a business, an organization, a company, and your employees are struggling to, to inflation it. you know, in my opinion, it's a moral responsibility to make sure that they can feed themselves and close their children if people can't eat and they can't feed their children. and really, i mean, they're saying that inflation is up. this percentage reality is real times inflation for people is a lot higher. you only just have to ask anyone living in europe right now, as we know a lot of people living in europe coming from that originally and, and the price, the real times price of everything from energy to food, to transport the everything is way higher. it's, you know, some people even saying it's, you know, 20 percent more in real time. if the c b were to raise the wages of his employees as they are demanding. do you think that was so set some sort of precedent for the national banks and do you think there will be a full offense where employees, employers, excuse me, would raise the the way just absolutely. that would what we would hope that would

be the effect that surely that's a good thing, right? we're seeing across, across europe, we're seeing, you know, well on the u. k. let's u. k. right now we've got nurse is about to go on strike. we've got rail work is going on. strike may not were the asking for much pizza, what they're asking is to be paid enough so that they can not be out of pocket to the bad necessities that become way more expensive because of institutions. and the decisions that have been made by, by western governments, there's no doubt about that. they will say that they were saying, look, we, we've made decisions over the last year that, of course, these problems and you are going to pay for it. well, that's not fair. is that all the notes on really the theme to that the season of goodwill may be fast approaching, but not everyone in italy will enjoy of christmas dinner this year. that's what a major organization which distributes european aid is warning the from the states that increasingly more italians helping, descending into poverty. oh,

i see what i mean. not, but you are going to be. there are thousands of requests for help from families who will be suffering greatly over the christmas period, due to the increase in energy prices. they find it difficult to eat at lunch and dinner, which is why we are giving them all free groceries at christmas. it's an economic disaster. oh, i haven't said if you can stop people are having great difficulties. we make a contribution, but people need much more help families with children finding themselves in difficulty. they don't even have the money to pay for milk and diapers. ah

. but since i have a rather difficult life, we also lived on the street my own little and therefore i had to ensure the survival of my family in one way or another. i couldn't pay for the house. and so i was reduced to living in a call with my wife for several months. ah, i cannot get up to complete it. i mean, you're here, we are starving in georgia, maloney is do nothing good for us, poor people. she's actually destroying. we can't even pay the bills. we're desperate and everything is increased and there's very little money. ah, ah, well not a touch friday's news stories are shipping up. i'll be back at the top with all the big developments as we approach the weekend. i from moscow, this is art interest. ah

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