[000:00:00;00] a when you sit down with a headlines right now on our feet, that's victor booth gifts. it's 1st t v interview in an exclusive to our t spending 11 years and it says the west has lost itself in spiraling valued. what's happening in the west? just the suicide of civil officials, so they stayed, residential areas were targeted by p. of course. it's using nato weapons, also, subs, blocking roads in the north. of course, a vote leading to the capitol christina stolen protested the arrest of

a former police officer from the area and opening a new chapter in relations with gulf states. the unprecedented diversity of china's president of saudi arabia sees deals agreed on everything from nuclear to military . and of course, the inevitable, moving away from the dollar in energy trade with good to happy with us for this i was broadcasting from moscow. this is angie so newly freed russian citizen, victor boot has warned the danger of the west losing itself in pursuit of its own values. it all comes off to boot was released from us custody where he had spent more than a decade behind boss. now he was free and very high level of prisoner exchange between moscow and washington. back in 2012. he was sentenced by us authorities to 25 years behind bars on charges of arming terrorists and firing to kill americans.

within our 55 year old is always we deny those accusations. he was traded for american basketball player. brittany greiner, who had been convicted of drug offenses here in russia. and the russian citizen gave his 1st t v interview exclusively to r t. and he claims america's strength is being threatened from within their head. malcolm. now, you know, in fact and knowing many maids, i figure out who sharing way more common mid america is very much sim miller. look, it's a sin size if they have a, it's the same kind of this and when you talk to them, there is nothing they even to beef about. we are naturally, you know, born not to be enemies. and whenever this conflict, it's a leads you not every, you know, american, i met in a prison who is a from rural area,

was very easy to deal with. she has no problem with russia. and he was curious about russia, despite old propaganda, they losing their christian values, losing their families. they're losing literally their contract. it's not anymore the same country renew america who used to be a model for entire world. and lead a be an example in all like they say, a shiny town on the, you know, sparkling town on a heel. and this is of course, pity. it was a strong country who was really age. you know, industrial might, you know, this one and look for city for 2 years. the industrialization, drug problem crime waves. you can understand and i feel more empathy to american off of as experience than i would feel any hate. what would you consider as the most important event all the years that is passed and in prison? i wish events are international. well,

there's no name international supporting. oh okay. bye. well, it's, i guess i would be in her history as a starting point. it's a tony point of russia, find them stand up out with nice, proud, strong, 14 years ago. when you are, if you would have known that it's going to happen with you, i mean, you're going to spend 14 years away from your family, from your mother land. what do you have? what would you do something differently in your life? it's difficult to leave under calling social ha. but if you listen in your heart, no, no, yes, you go, no. sometimes you get into trouble. but you never betrayed yourself. you know, in this inner peace give you enough things to go through everything. why? because you don't have a conflict inside of you,

doesn't matter what you have decent to include because you trusting your heart your trust in callings of your blood, your trusting and you know, fighting who you are. so what was your life like being held behind bars for more than a decade in a maximum security prison in america? you find the answer to that and more in 2 exclusive interviews at victor boot has given us here at r t. you can see the full interview or tomorrow all day sunday, otherwise, here on this channel and archie dot com. well, there's another american who's currently serving a 16 year sentence and a penal colony in russia. that right there is mr. poll whelan detained in moscow in 2018 convicted of espionage. 2 years later, the former marin express frustration surrounding the recent prisoner swap specifically decisions taken by that of the biden administration. i am very disappointed that more has not been done for my release, especially as the 4th anniversary of my arrest approaches. i was led to believe

that things were moving in the right direction and that the governments were negotiating and that something would happen fairly soon. i was arrested for a crime that never occurred. i don't understand why i'm still sitting here and accommodate, as of alleged that the release of brittany griner rather than poll whelan was more in sync with the current us political agenda. and while former officials in washington called the trade a defeat for the u. s. the white house, the spokes person, took the time to lay praised on the released american. as the president said this morning, she represents the best of america. she is an important role model and inspiration to millions of americans, particularly the l g b t q i plus americans and women of color. the boot for greiner 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 that to swap brittany griner, a basketball player who openly hated country for them and known as

a merchant of death? what a stupid an unpatriotic embarrassment for the usa. this is all politics again. why was she chosen and not all well in purely politics. again, she fit the stereotype of abiding political base of support. right. so he wants to cater to them. he, he's free. he's brought home one of their own. it's entirely political decision because certainly ok, she's a very talented and successful, amazing basketball player, but aren't all lies equal here we all be equal poll. well, i'm not a great basketball player as far as i know. and, but isn't he also have rights as an american citizen? why did they choose him? well, again, this is purely, it was a political decision why she was chosen and not him. he's someone who is most likely we can probably guess is probably probably a conservative. so we can leave him in, in the prison to moscow, but let's say the l g b t was, they've the lesbian basketball player. that's very important part some details now

from don bos, where at least one person has been wounded off ukrainian shelling of the don't have to city center was according to the local officials. now it comes as key resume shuttling across that some of the donors republic from the early morning hours we understand launching thousands of shells including one supplied by nato countries. one local school in gwinnett city was damaged as one of the local bus station and a number of residential buildings. well, earlier on friday, one person was killed 2 more wounded and other times with key of launching more than 200 shells on the residential areas. mc target with a house hit by shelling which was completely raised to the ground. many apartment buildings and cars were also damaged. so russia pointed to the ongoing shelling off don't yet. can the latest un security council meeting concerns were raised to about om supplied? the key of winding up in the hands of terrorists most goes on bus. it also said

ukrainian forces have been using western supplied weaponry to be killing civilians . because when he did have done yes, could a real massacre with the use of western weapons has been taking place into nets can recent weeks at ukraine forces pushed by western countries who are trying to literally destroy the city. they conduct daily attacks on residential area and see where there are no military targets. when we go crowded, places are being hit during rush hour. there have been significant crandall chaser and destruction. louis was just before the un security council meeting began in manhattan at the un chamber. i'm just before it began attack on done as he had already begun. so the remarks made by the russian ambassador were quite relevant as he was describing what was going on. he described attacks on civilians. he described a how the forces, based in cuba, how they've been using the weapons provided to them by the united states, the crimes against civilians they have committed. here is some of what the russian

ambassador sad when addressing the un security council. so did you, persona was among the supplied weapons, the u. s. high mars multiple launch rockets. systems are particularly noteworthy and we know for sure and key of in washington have repeatedly indirectly confirmed this is that american specialists are involved in the operation of these installation. the sort of the targeting with the high mars is conducted with the help of u. s. military satellite servers, while u. s. military personnel on the ground coordinate with the intelligence forces, the representatives of keith themselves have admitted that not a single attack with a high more system has taken place without the consent to the united states. now, the russian ambassador, describe the atrocities being committed against civilian and how the united states claims that the weapons it provides are very accurate and precise. and so if that is the case, our, all these civilians being killed. if the act weapons are as accurate and precise as the act states, claims they are, it would seem that the number of civilians killed in ga, gnats,

cameron's and other places eyes. perhaps intentional. he went on to say that rushes carefully documenting the war crimes that are being committed and says that such crimes do have legal consequences. furthermore, he went on to describe what was the point that was raised throughout the meeting, which is the danger of his weapons, that the states is supplying to the criminal government and possibly flowing into the hands of criminal organizations, terrorists, and other groups. there could be a security concern and could pose a danger, not just to russia and ukraine, but to many countries throughout europe. again, the, when the major difficult topic is a weapon sent to ukraine or being smuggled around the world, we have already warned about the risks of weapons falling into the hands of terrorists and other criminal groups. this is not speculation. here it is warning a concern expressed by european states themselves and the problem of theft of weapons from ukrainian military warehouses appeared a long time ago. the situation has already got out of control weapons intended for

our surfacing on the black market. not only in europe, but also in the middle east and africa. now, when the representative of the united states spoke before the un security council, he responded as is typical. when u. s. leaders respond to russia, he simply dismissed everything that russia said, despite all the evidence and the careful documentation dismissed at all is just this information. and it's also important to note that russia brought forward experts to speak before the un security council. some of those experts were able to speak, but others were blocked and prevented. russia wanted to bring forward a number of experts to testify before the 15 member body that leads the united nation about the dangerous flow of weapons and how, you know, the us, they. busy unloading all these weapons and how it could have global security implications that could threaten many countries, not just russia and ukraine. so that was the meeting that took place in the un

security council chamber. well, it's another case of open mouth insert foot for the use top diplomat, after insulting africans who have expressed support for russia. joseph barrow said that they don't know quote where don bass is, or even who is vladimir putin. russia is able to the fled, blame to east reality and to find an audience in some parts of the world. i have seen in the tv screen, it is an african young people on the street. obama go with bill board saying boot dean sang, you have saved a don bus and now you will save us. it's a really shocking. well, you can see that these people don't know where the don buzz is. maybe then don't even know who is 14,

but they are getting more relies on districts. while these comments by joseph burrell, do not surprise many on the continent. and they explain why africa keeps looking eastwards for corporation as well as development. these come as well as the burrell really and not just racist, which offends many on the continent, but they also come to be expected the kind of cake thought that have led many european countries to come up africa, divide a people support conflict and only really come to africa when they bring the cameras and aid europe is never really held africa in terms of is development and for what they have taken from the african continent. one would imagine that they would give back, missed the burrell and the history of commons, really put, paid to what we on the continent. that was what you thought. we've wondered, what kind of skills you would need to have in order to become a policy chief. let alone in the policy chief,

mister brown does not have the wherewithal with was saying the same thing statement is not only about african, it's but people of the rest of the world to how is he able to travel the world and still represent europe on a global phase of community that consider itself need us and such comments. and like, guys is, is still a buffle to many of us. the rest of there will most of the rest of the goal. it's a jungle and the jungle could invade the garden. the gardeners have to go to the jungle. the, to be in. this has to be much more engage with the rest of the world. or that why the rest of the world will invade us less w l was not the only mind in the house. some sanity prevailed with as lim demit out, who actually represented was a new kind of europe should prevent. i do think that this arrogant tone and the

lack of respect that is heard coming from the european union towards africa is part of the problem leading to africans, perhaps thinking that salvation is going to come from russia. and that is the kind of european mindset that africans would like to at least engage with. and not that i have mentality that we've seen from mr. brown, people in africa, the european for what the. we see them as the divert aid that would have otherwise helped people in africa and the pilot on all in the drums. the one time that i've gone to ukraine following the conflict has really opened the eyes of, of the rest of the world with regard to where we are placed in terms of priorities for the european continent. the opened up and was following that conflict, well come ukrainians with open arms while africans get chase bank one, they had small little b, u boats,

and they have to make that fade for crossing again to the motherland to greece. now where there have been armed clusters outside aroma settlement following up police shooting up a teen in festival on a key just a bit earlier this week. ah, hundreds of protests has gathered, increases a 2nd larger city calling for justice claim the boy shot due to anti ro, my sentiments held by authorities. during the class years gunshots were heard, am please use t a gas to dispose the crowds. the bottom of sparked off of the 16 year old sustained injuries while fleeing from police off the claims he left the gas station without paying the bill. the policeman who fired is now under house arrest. the protest over the boy shooting, came shortly after the annual anti police brutality, protested athens. over $11000.00 people took up a took to the streets, i should say, which of course, ended up with the inevitable classes and arrests. the demonstration is held to

commemorate the death of a 15 year old, who was shopping killed by police in 2008. i made an unprecedented visit of china as president of saudi arabia this week. gigi ping praised collaboration with gulf states, but his words are also backed with sweeping action, with deals, ink on everything from the military to nuclear research security issues. and of course, decisions to move away from the dollar in oil trading. his c g t, n correspondent, junction she, chinese presidents, she champagne and leaders of the arab world have wrapped up what many describe as their highest level of diplomatic exchanges. so far a lot of statement and results came out of their 3 summits and bilateral talks. and while i followed them, i was able to see 3 very consistent themes. firstly, the friendly relations between china and the arab world are the result of deep mutual trust. china and arab countries support each other in maintaining

sovereignty territorial integrity and the right of self determination. they championed the principle of non interference in internal affairs. i was an advocate for true multilateralism in the multi polo world order. china supports the resolution of international and regional issues under multilateral platforms, like the u. n. and g 20. and many era countries stand by china on key issues from since young hong kong to taiwan. secondly, or the deep economic ties between china and aero countries, with china's huge energy market and the rich natural resources of the middle east. leaders discussed and hands and collaboration in oil, gas and clean energy, and using the chinese to an to settle energy deals. also, while china has a well rounded industry chain, the middle east has a huge need for infrastructure building and high tech upgrades as it looked to diversify away from oil. that's why many of the statements from the past few days,

often included cooperation agreement on areas such as 5 g, e commerce, automobile, medical finance, and nuclear energy as well. china and gulf cooperation council countries will establish a forum on the peaceful use of nuclear energy and nuclear technology and set up a nuclear safety center to train talents. the 3rd theme is the strong willingness between china and aero countries to explore a long term friendship. china, as president spoke of his desire to build a shared future. i'm in the new era. what started so relationship centered around most the energy has now evolved into not only industrial and investment collaboration, but also many cultural exchanges as well. either it's not about initiative such as language schools and media collaboration as they strive for an ever evolving friendship in the years to come down to see from c t n 4 r t we were talking about earlier in the program with asia. political risk analyst are ross, find gold, a fine goals as the reasons

a clear why the 2 countries are seeking to diversify that global partnerships. it's inevitable, it's inevitable that saudi arabia and china would look to expand their relations across different spheres. and why is that? well, frankly, n b s has sent, so he said that he wants to diversify the economy, diversify trading partners, day even if relations with the us were better. there's been some friction between saudi arabia in the united states. recently. i think saudi arabia would still be pursuing this, and obviously for china, they, they've been very active in the middle east for decades. said they've had close relationships with many of the arab countries going back 5060 years long before trying to establish diplomatic relations with israel. but again, i think we should really look at this as 2 countries that are diversified. they're trading partners, energy,

obviously being an important component of that. shoddy radiated makes other kinds of outbound investments. is party diversifying the economy with the dollars it generates from the oil trade? and china is very active in overseas infrastructure projects. and that's something that saudi arabia is offering the opportunity to do as well. to update you on your story. a patrols from the european union's piece mission and cause of have arrived at barricades that have been put up by serbs in a city in the north of the break away problems. the protest of trying to prevent a former member of the cause of the police to serve national from being taken to christina after he was arrested earlier today because he contributed nico, yo bitch, as more details. ok, so basically what a form. remember of course the police forces withdrew on the 5th of november as on the same day when the all of the service left police forces was the rest of the day

without any charges. a man basically left corso today. so if you cross the border earlier this day to go with his wife to do some private, the pairs in the city is 20 miles from the administrative line. so she answered without any, he exited possible without any problems. and later on when he returned was trying to return home. he was arrested without any charges or anything. he was just sharing cough and put into their their police station that was built a few months ago near the administrative crossings. and as local said, he is a man without any any state names. he's couriers. he wasn't even a part of the war in 1099. so he says not to be accused. and they arrest him as serbs from. also in the end, the say as an example, so serves were self organized at the moment and quickly blocked off the roads.

potentially not the gap because they don't want him to be put into prison there. so as we speak serves are increasing their president. they're protesting, they're going got street, they're, they're roadblocks and they're better kids with the numbers. it's police forces me through the base. you've been president there for several days already and have been harassing the local serbs with the excuse of securing the ability in those areas. 6 today's incident has the latest in a series of tensions between serbia on the breakaway province, which 1st erupt about 5 months ago and did give rise to phase of a military conflict that was off the local cause of on authority's rule. they would no longer recognize serbian license plates on cars. reports from today also mentioned air raid sirens sounding of the cities in the north of causing some

concerns about anti semitism in france or emerging again. soft repair of t. v hosts question the jewish guest about the traditional religious copy was wearing a, deeming it inappropriate attire for the broadcast buddha we did. i want to ask you question, which is concerning many people in the audience, it's not related to medicine. so many people are wondering why is the professor wearing a religious symbol in our studio because we're middle result go that why i, where it's every day and i make the coffee table. hospitals, what our goal transparency. i mix my where it's every day i didn't do this, especially for your show, and the other one know you understand, don't. she'll know that our salaries allergies crash. this is not against religion just what you should keep you really general to your salo. don't you understand? hold on, i'm a cohen go, i would you want me to keep my religion to my so i came from israel given to where or not to where he palm the video,

the professor grilled about the religious symbol. he, as a jew, it's on every morning has divided public opinion. on one hand, they was drawn negative reaction. disgusting, anti semitism on french t. v. a professor attacked and belittled for wearing jewish symbols. why do you wear a religious symbol in the studio? keep your jewish identity for yourself is this 19 thirties? europe shocking anti semitism on french t. v. where a professor is harassed and shamed by the host for wearing jewish symbols. it's 2022 and this is how jews are treated on national tv in france. no tall if a jew wearing a kip, makes you uncomfortable. that's your problem. not his problem. report hadn't been homogeneous in this regard. here is also coming to the front has a very strong secular tradition that is recommended to do. she added to that as 2000 and french, more than people from wearing religious symbols. well,

all of them in state school. so this video for debate where old side's doing read is that the professor in the field incredibly uncomfortable. and so many that was a sign of the wider atmosphere front regarding the jewish community. that's all from earlier, the theory showed the 85 percent of jews in front believe entity is widespread. and in fact, 78 percent of them who regulatory whereas called, kept having verbally, physically assaulted ethnic once. it's also interesting that such an uncomfortable to some hostile act take place so publicly on a french tv. after all, when it comes to french policy abroad, it's all about tolerance, acceptance, and quality, and recent example in much female running act with raising their right to where or not, where if the job it is woman launched this revolution. they say stop. i don't want

to wear the veil. i don't want the subjugation. i want to emphasize, i'll respect and all admiration in the context of the revolution they leading at home. the ration is different last year and moving saturday for flooding with bars running in a local action because she was photographed where every se job for a campaign poster. and now seems. ron's is also a nation where dbi feels rather comfortable suppressed. a really confused man about his personal religious decision and legitimate question, but many now off when parents start practicing preaching brief notion of tea from jerusalem. i could to ivy with us that's get to the latest off from the fif. oh, well cut. been cut out where morocco was core, something went upset by knocking out one of the favorites. portugal it means morocco becomes the 1st team from africa to qualify for the semi finals of the tournament.

ah, well that video just speaks for itself more often. find just me going wild with the good news. the north african team scored a single goal at the end of the 1st half. and even the introduction by portugal of superstar christiano ronaldo wasn't enough to have but the ups where you can read more about that on our website r t dot com for the meantime, we are wrapping up a this program from moscow. thank you. as always, so much for sharing a time with us on this saturday here in the russian capital. anything you've missed, you know where to go? it's r t tar. ah . ah, lisa hunter,

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