ah ah ah, breaking news in the latest act of censorship against media, the e u targets our teens, parent company with another round of sanctions ordering of fries of the company's assets in europe. the united nations has condemned a terror attack on russia's humanitarian offices. in the central african republic were the head of the mission was seriously wounded. our t sources say us manufactured and supplied roles were used by you prayed, in recent strikes on russian territory that despite washington's claims, that

u. s. weapons have not been used to hit targets inside russia. ah, hello from our to international studios in moscow and from wherever you are catching the program. welcome to the hours. most vital news. stories worldwide and fuel is about. we start with breaking news. the e u is tightening the screws on media freedom. a new sanctions package is freezing our teas, european assets, in an effort to censor criticism from russian media. i discuss the latest updates with archie moreno call server. all this is now the nines package of sanctions and they are supposed to be hard hitting as the european union has called them. and basically what we're seeing with our t is that they're sanctioning our parent company and not to the novice, the in europe. so basically brussels is season phones and acids belonging to r c,

as well as some other of its panels. and not only that, they also want to make sure that there are no funds or economic resources made available to them, whether it's directly or indirectly and not only affect entities, but also people associated with the company. this is what's interesting and also another aspect to this is that there are more russian channels being sanctioned as well. some of them have just one news broadcast every day, for example. and what else do we know about this latest round of e u sanctions? well it's a huge list of. busy not only people being sanctioned, but also different industries. so for example, we have now the latest, the number is up there. $1386.00 people who are sanctions in total and $171.00 organizations. and they're really wants to make sure that it, it hits russia where it hurts according to them. so for example,

there are really targeting the rosters military industrial complex. they're looking at export restriction when it comes to technologies that contributes rushes, military takes the abilities and also its ability to work on certain technologies. they're trying to, we can russia when it comes to its military. there is also and other and the energy sector, for example, no new investments can be made by a foreign companies within roches energy sector. there's also a v, a sion and for example, more banks have been added. and what's interesting, they're cutting rushes access to drones. so not only is the direct exports of drone engines now forbidden to russia, so to other countries that may circumvent this. and then for example, through other countries, exports it to ross so, so that's also not allowed. so this is a multifaceted attack on russia. absolutely. and through different industries, but particularly the military and dust real complex. this is what they're really

focusing on. and they want to make sure that russia is weekends on the battle ground. and some experts have already come out and set it. for example, with the freezing of the assets when it comes to our table clearly what they've done so far by binding the channel on soup. for example, that hasn't worked. we know that there was a pole in germany recently where people that still wants to watch and still find ways to watch it and you and i know that you can watch a r c, not just on satellite cd, but you can go online and people have been posting lots of videos so that's what they're not happy with. and they're trying to make sure that it's sub found by cutting any funds that are made available to r t or any ways in which russia can circumvent the sanctions and is remaining up and running that. and also the military aspect is very important. that's what they're trying to do to weaken it, but also the same time, this is what we're talking about. european union has been saying all along that it's all for freedom of speech. well, this doesn't look very much like freedom of speech when you're trying to completely

shut down the other angle of the story. we're joined by former c. i a analyst and ceo of berg associates, larry johnson. welcome. i fear, rolla. what do you make of the latest sanctions on our parent company, including the freezing of its assets? western desperation. if ukraine was winning the war, as the propaganda in the west continues to insist, united states and europe would me taking these measures. it is a sign of weakness on their part and just the fact that to send all the we're going to layer on the 9th level of sanctions is just underscores that sanctions are an ineffective mechanism, particularly against a country like russia, which has technological superiority in many areas has an abundance of natural resources and frankly, doesn't need anything the europe or the united states has to offer in order to

maintain that edge. i continue to remind people, it was the united states that had to beg russia for help and getting to the international space station because the united states lost its stability to the field proper rockets. so this kind of attack is born out of frustration. it is the west who's running out of ammunition and missiles, not russia. you see that there's a continued theme being echoed in the united states and throughout nato, that russia is just about do if they're going to run out tomorrow, precision missiles, and then what happens? russia launches more strikes and effective strikes. malaria you bring up many great points and it's no secret that are t carries an alternative viewpoint on what's happening in ukraine and across europe . what do you think this acid fries means for the future of our tea in europe? do you think that western viewers will keep watching regardless of such sanctions?

just like during the last call it the bad old days of the soviet union, where the soviet authorities tried to prevent people from reading, literature and other news. there was a some is dock, there was an underground movement and so people will. ready reach out to find r t. i've noticed in all the years i've done a lot of television. i've done all the major american media, abc, cbs, nbc, all the cable channels, fox news, and are done the b, b, c. r t is the only news channel we're i've been asked to come on and you don't interview me in advance to find out if i'm going to say what you want to hear. you let me speak what i think. and i think that is a remarkable tribute to r t. so this is a desperate attempt by the west to try to keep their people blinded in an ignorance . but what's going to happen is reality will in truth, one of these days,

ukraine will collapse. and russia will have its victory. and at that point, the west europe, in particular, is going to have to decide whether they want to continue to freeze in the dark, be without oil and gas, or if they want to become grownups and start dealing with russia in a respectful way. and have proper relationships. well, you mentioned the state of the conflicts and geopolitically. what do you make of the timing of the sanctions? well, the timing of the sanctions come with news that number one ukraine is begging for more armor, more ammunition, more tanks off more vehicles. and the west kept supply the ability of the united states industry to produce ammunition sufficient to maintain ukrainian artillery in the field for even one week is at its limits. so

what is exposed is enormous weakness on the part of the west, the, the sanctions regimes. if you look at it historically through all, you know, sanctions against iran, sanctions against cuba, they're ineffective. and they're a bit affective in impoverishing cuba. but russia is not cuba. russia has vast natural resources, which is really that's in the heart of this, that's what the west las after. they want to have the control over rushes resources, and tremendously resent the fact that president putin and his government are refusing to submit to the west and allow themselves, frankly to be raped. well, you mentioned the economic attack on russia, but the e. u has tried to justify these sanctions by claiming that are to spread this information. so what is this really about? is it about so called propaganda, or is this about something else?

there is a movie, a few good men here. they can't handle the truth was one of the famous lines out of that movie. the you cannot handle the truth. they keep projecting their own weakness their own faults, their own inability to maintain proper armies and field the ammunition to keep them supplied. and just that's funny name there, there has been renewed propaganda. me, me coming out this week that president putin is on his last legs that there's going to be a coup that he's got cancer that he has heartbreak of psoriasis. you know, it's ridiculous. and again, i emphasize governments that engage in this kind of conduct are reflecting their own weakness their own impotence because they have their powerless to stop russia from working with other countries like india, like china, like south africa,

even brazil, to form an independent group of nations that are not the hold to the west for mercy, a analyst and ceo of burg associates larry johnson. thank you, larry. thank you for your role. on the very same day, the targeted russian media, the german foreign ministries, that freedom of the press cannot be switched off, commenting on the suspension of twitter accounts of several us journalists. freedom of the press must not be switched on and off at will. as of today, the journalist below can no longer follow comment or criticize us. we have a problem with that. twitter has suspended the accounts of around half a dozen journalists, including report from the new york times, washington post and cnn. while the company c o u on must accuse them of safety regulation violations, us media are fuming at the move to not suspension of the twitter cans of

a number of prominent journalists including the new york times. ryan mac is questionable and unfortunate, neither at times nor ryan had received any explanation about why this occurred. we hope that all of these journalists accounts are reinstated, and the twitter provides a satisfying explanation for this action. last night, gar, carrying little exceptionally was followed by crazy stalker thinking, it was me later, blocked car from moving and climbed on to hood. any account docs in real time location. the info or any one will be suspended as it is a physical safety violation. this includes posting links to sites with real time location and full. well, if you look into the details, there is a lot of outrage coming from democrats mostly at this point and they are upset about. 8 fact that these accounts have been suspended. these journalists have had their accounts taken down. they say this is simply a case of retaliation. this is an attempt to silence critics of the law mas on

mosque. on the other hand says that a car that his child was in was stockton. he's concerned about his personal safety and doc sing. what's worth noting is the him congress see that we're seeing here, you know, some voices that have been quite in favor of tech censorship. before are now speaking up in pretty loud terms. take a o. c. for example. you're a public sega and extremely controversial. i'm powerful one. i get feeding unsafe, but descending into abuse of power plus erratically. banning gen less only increases the intensity around you. take a beat, a nail, the protestation maybe try pitting down your phone. that's quite heated language. we're hearing from a o. c. they're pro tow fascism. she's quite fired up. but in the past we've heard a o. c herself calling for more media censorship. and in addition to that, i o. c has been sued for blocking our critics and preventing her critics from being

able to challenge her on social media. and now it's also worth reviewing of the role played by brian stouter. he's been a voice that is very outspoken. now again, still on mosque. here's what he said. who knows? i think that's a, that's a, that's an example of a broader question for twitter, which is if you, if you get invited to something where there are no rules where there is total freedom ever, ever, ever, but a, do you actually want to go to that party for or you decide to stay home. so that was brian's down there, talking about his concern that alon must, would not engage in enough censorship. there wouldn't be enough shutting down. i'm certain you. but now that certain views have been shut down in these journalists have been suspended. ah, he's speaking up and referring to alon mosque as a tyrant, and that seems to be the way these voices are framing this. they're seeing alon mosque as a tyrant. he's a tyrannical ceo using his power to shut down critics,

but they didn't speak the same way about jack dorsey. and jack dorsey was running twitter and silencing many conservatives and other critics of the status quo of they defended him. they didn't speak of him in the same language and terms, and let's review how they spoke of jack dorsey compared to how they now speak of a law mosque is relevant there. a private company can make the own independent decisions in line with a published terms of service. so i don't know what happened here, but if he'll a muscle doesn't fix this within the hour with an explanation by morning i'll be on capitol hill to morrow to monday. that he behold in front of congress. now let's recall when donald trump was still the president of the united states, after the january 6 events was banned from social media. there didn't seem to be a huge flurry of outrage about that. the fact that a sitting president was being silenced by a major social media app. ah, however,

this recent round of the dance is got the european union wang and getting it's opinion. here's what we heard from the european union. nice about arbitrary suspension of journalists and twitter is worrying. eas, digital services act requires respective media, freedom and fundamental rights. this is reinforced under our media freedom act. ellen mosque should be aware of that. there are red lines and sanction soon the media freedom act. talk about freedom of speech and suppression of freedom of the press. what about the fact the european union has locked and shut down russia, media outlets. ards, he has been silenced by the european union for quite a few months. we've seen suppression of russian media outlets across the countries and by the you itself. so that hypocrisy of all of this size just very, very easy to detect. we here are very selected outrage. these folks were calling

for all kinds of tech censorship, but now that alon mos someone who doesn't seem to be in their camp is the one making the rules. they're crying foul and screaming about tyranny and suppression. it's worth noting how these things are playing out. the united nations has condemned a terror attack on the head of the russian humanitarian mission in the central african republic. the official is currently being treated in hospital after a parcel bomb exploded in his hands on that particular incident. but we obviously very much hope that this gentleman mixer recovery we have not been asked or in any way to assist with the investigation. we obviously condemn these types of attacks. we've obtained exclusive footage from the crime scene or local investigators are now 15 through forensic evidence. local police have described the

incident as a terror attack with moscow's foreign ministry condemning the incident. some locals have come to the hospital where russian official is being treated to show their support. i more so so misuse, georgia, we've come to donate blood for a transfusion. for dimitry. he came to the central african republic. he fought and did a lot for us. he came to save us, and today it's our turn to visit him in the hospital. he's on the russian humanitarian official dmitri city, opened the explosive package in his office. images from the scene also show a note left on the table. it's written in russian and says, this is for you from all the french. the french foreign minister has denied allegations of involvement in the bombing. the russian businessman and co founder of the wagner military group says the note came along with the package and echoes similar threats. in the past. on november 11th, dmitri city received

a package from togo with a photograph of his son who lives in france. it contained a note saying that next time he would get the head of his son if the russians do not get out of the african continent, and open the doors for the french. today, he got another package. despite all the instructions for observing security measures. dmitri city, being in an emotional state, opens in the parcel. there was an explosion before losing consciousness. dmitri sitting managed to say that he saw a note saying, this is for you from all the french, the russians will get out of africa. among the other things that we know is that unless subrogation has sir, has lobbied the russian foreign ministry to launch an investigation into this particular incident. but he also goes further to say that he would like to see france in particular, being declared as fades for the thought of terror by the russian federation. from what we do know, the parcel itself was sent from low may the capital city of toll. it was also

delivered by the h l. this is what we understand from our reliable sources on the ground in, in central african republic. but i thought it was very interesting. the statement that emanated from the russian foreign ministry, we strongly condemned this criminal act, which is clearly ain't against activities of the russian house in bungie and more broadly against the successful development of friendly relations between our 2 countries. what we do know is that less the 13th dmitri settee, that is, has long been in the central african republic. and from about 2019, he has been a moderator in the conflict. the ongoing conflict between the central african republics authorities, as well as the many rebel groups in that country, by senior buying a bunch of i know dmitri, he works for the benefit of peace in the central african republic. he works around the clock for the betterment of our society,

those who want to bring chaos and make our country vulnerable, do everything to stop our society, achieving peace locals. no, dmitri, everybody knows him. people ask us how dmitri feels, and i can assure you that our hearts and thoughts are now with him. we hope he gets better soon. we need his help in our work to bring peace to the country. we hope state and law enforcement will conduct a proper investigation and punish those responsible for the attack. these people are enemies of the central african republic. we count on our government and those very 2 sisters to paved the way for peace. many thanks. those who've been asking about to me trees, condition, we hope he will recover as soon as possible. the country itself has really been in the midst of, of instability since the civil war that occurred in 2019, despite the former colonizer runs, deploying some 1600 troops to that country, to restore peace and stabilize some of the conflicts. we have seen in that region

that has been systematically and over a long period of time, changes between north and south, which have led to some of the conflicts that we have seen. and the area itself that the central african republic is around the hell region, which has really been dealing with insurgency for the better part of the decade. and it remains a political and conflict hot bed in the african read it. the central african republic minister for strategic investments said that paris is responsible for the attack on the russian humanitarian had told me it is from switches to like to fight games or was it from child? was this use of the lines are trying to destroy a, you know, to,

to just organize school. there is a very good talking, you know, a lot to fight against colonization, france, and also for the nation. and now today we need you to also just use the center to now to develop a country to bring peace. ah, the u. s. has produced and supplied drones to ukraine, to target russian infrastructure. that's according to our tea sources. and that's despite washington's claims, that weapons supplied to kev have not been used to hit russian territory. it's been determined that the avi onyx and control stations of the drones were manufactured by american company scepter works, which performs their initial calibration and testing at scottsdale airport. and

arizona analysis of the electronic units of intercept drones showed that the ukrainian military also used these you avi's to attack infrastructure facilities in the civil stapo, as well as the belgrade curse can varone as regions. sources familiar with the story told us that final drone assembly and test flight were conducted near a pool, which airport, which was used as the main natal hub for supplying weapons to keep the u. a. these are said to have been launched from the ukranian cities of odessa and creevy rogue . the revelation contradicts washington's claims that weapons supplied to cab have not been used to bomb sites inside russia. we have not provided ukraine with weapons that is to use inside of russia. we've been very clear that these are defensive slots. we are,

the president said very clearly some time ago. we're not enabling ukraine to strike behind beyond its borders. retired us air force, lieutenant colonel. karen, kill cowski says the drones could be a dangerous step in the wrong direction. it is concerning and alarming. and it is consistent with some of the other things we've seen leading up to this point. you know, the intelligence sharing that has been going on us intelligence and that kind of thing. certainly the assistance with some of the american weapon systems that are being sent to ukraine along with american operators and trainers for that equipment . concerns about special forces being forward being forward located into surrounding countries including poland, but also the elaborate lithuania. let me of those guys are allies there. so this is just one more step in

a very dangerous direction. providers of arms, they're making a lot of money. their stock is growing it's, it's doing well. there are, they have guaranteed contracts well into the future in part because of conflicts around the world, and specifically in due to the kind of money that's been spent on their company's products. going into ukraine and going into this war effort relating to ukraine to them. this is good business. we have requested the pentagon's comment on the revelation, but have yet to receive a response. peruse, military has been accused of using extreme violence to suppress protests against the ousting of former president federal castillo. the country's official human rights organization has claimed that the military used helicopters to shoot protesters and dropped here gas on them. in these unverified images,

you can see what appears to be an army helicopter, opening fire on demonstrators. the military has yet to respond to the accusations. the crisis escalated after deena bullard, they was sworn in as peruse, new president last week after x president castillo was removed and an impeachment vote by congress. the u. s. ambassador to peru raise the country's new leadership on her social media account, describing them as democratic. i met with president buller watty to reiterate the u. s. commitment to the defense of democracy and respect for institutions together with the peruvian precedent on the unity government. this promise to form, we hope to strengthen our bilateral relationship. the statement was released as mass protest enter their 2nd week after the country's officials announced a 30 day stay of national emergency. here's how the turmoil in peru has been unfolding. c

ah, the situation reportedly destabilized shortly after the u. s. ambassador to peru met with the country's defense minister shortly before castillo was in peach. the minister was apparently one of the military leaders responsible for castillo z ousting. a closer look into the background of the ambassador revealed she previously worked for the cia that's according to the us state department website.

independent journalist, ben norton says it's common for the us to overthrow progressive governments when it suits or interests. it's a typical example in latin america. there are dozens of examples throughout history where the working class of the region poor and working people. they elect a progressive left wing leader who represents their economic interests, who is then overthrown by the elite oligarchy, inch interests backed by the u. s. there, there are literally dozens of examples and pretty much every country in latin america. anyone in latin america knows that the united states is a very long history of organizing and supporting cruise data across the region. very famous examples include the cia coo that overthrew guatemala elected president archival advanced back in 1954. there's also the famous cia coo and she lay against already in the democratic elected president. and 973. we have all of the historical

documents proving that the cia was involved in organizing those who is of course, more recent crews. we've seen that the u. s. government has supported them. we don't have concrete evidence yet showing conclusively that the c i organized them. but it certainly does raised some eyebrows to see that a cia officer who is now at the u. s. ambassador to peru, and as they say in the u. s. is really no such thing as a former cia agent. the reality is that many people around the world know that the u. s. embassy is used to organize coups and it's used for intelligence and spying operations. and in latin america, there is a joke that you often hear people say, they say, why is that as there never been a cou in washington? and that the answer is because there's no u. s embassy in washington. 3 explosions have wrought the city of don yeske overnight. sakes grad missiles were fired at a residential area according to local authorities. one of the buildings.