such as a country that are gone, gone, the billions says to salute what i see. these genie bosses know, group you lation says due to the gumbo sub ah, and the latest odds of censorship, of russian media that you targets all these parent company with another round of sanctions. ordering a freeze, all the company's assets in europe un condemns a terror attack on russia's humanitarian offices in the central african republic, which left the head of the mission seriously wounded. and r t sources claim that us manufactured and supplied drones were used in ukraine in recent try some russian territory despite washington saying that the u. s. weapons have not been used. it targets in russia.

ah, mid day, saturday and rather snowy moscow. my name is peter scott, and welcome to 30 minutes of news and analysis on you is timing the screws on media freedom since latest package of sanctions, freezing aussies european assets in an effort to silence russia. earlier my colleague fiorella, isabel discussed the developments with ortiz when a call center. 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 their sanction in ours he's pan company are not to be novice the in europe. so basically brussels is season funds and assets belonging to our c as well as some other over 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 affects 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 rush out where it hurts according to them. so for example, they're really targeting the rosters military industrial complex. they're looking at export restriction when it comes to technologies that contributes rushes, military takes 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 industrial 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 to, for example, that hasn't worked, we know that there was a pole in germany recently where people that still wants to watch it. so find a way 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 re posting lots of videos. so that's what they're not happy with. and they're trying to make sure that it's shutting down by cutting any funds that are made available to our see, 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. the 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. earlier we spoke to former ca, analyst and ceo of berg associates lie johnson, and he believes that the west is showing its weakness by sensing alternative

viewpoints. the you cannot handle the truth, they keep projecting their own weakness their own faults, their own inability to sub maintain proper armies and field. the ammunition to keep them supplied. governments that engage in this kind of conduct are reflecting their own weakness, their own impotence because they have, they are 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 beholden to the west, so 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 i've 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 intrude. 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 b without a oil and gas. or if they want to become grownups and start dealing with russia in a respectful way, and have proper relationships. on the same day that you targeted russian media, germany's foreign ministry rushed to protect press freedoms. then it could not be, quote, switched off, and that's in reference to 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 journalists below can no longer follow comment or criticize us. we have

a problem with that. moving on of un has condemned a terror attack on the russian humanitarian mission in the central african republic . and he left his chief in hospital after possible exploded in his hands on that particular incident. oh, we obviously very much hope. oh, that is german mixer recovery oh we have not been asked or in any way to assist with the with the investigation. we obviously condemn for these types of her, of attach the local police in the central african republic, continued to comb through the scene of the incident that injured her, the head of the russian mission in central africa. mister dmitri city, if understood from what we know, that the local police have found pieces of evidence,

things like notes that were part of the package that exploded in the hands of mister c t. and they are right now, as far as we know, the only authorities that are investigating this and the russian foreign ministry has re urged them at some speed with regards to finding out who is behind us and gathering some of the evidence, but missed the cta. evidence to have been a person of, of great influence, especially with regards to warming relations between bang ye and moscow of recent years. russia has really been a partner of choice for many of the conflict laden countries that are former french colonies that have really decided to turn their back on and on friday because of the way paris has treated their governments. and they, in the way they felt that they haven't been listened to over decades following this attack unless that dimitry city, a quick statement was issued by

a russian business, lynn and co founder of the private military group. wagner, 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 can continent and open the doors for the french to day, he got another package. despite all the instructions for observing security measures. dmitri city, being in an emotional state, open to the parcel. there was an explosion before losing consciousness. dmitri city managed to say that he saw a note saying, this is for you from all the french, the russians will get out of africa. the rest and foreign ministry have come out with a favor and then go on further to say that this was not only an attempt to to so other relations within the central african republic, but to do so with, with that malicious intent by those that do not wish for peace in the region

and the warm relations that bang ye and moscow now enjoy. we strongly condemn this criminal act, which is clearly aim to guest activities of the russian house in bungie and more broadly, a guess a successful development of friendly relations between our 2 countries. lest the city were fed to be a moderator of some side between some of the local rebel groups and government forces. and this is the role that he has said to have played in 20 lane team for a manually averse with the current situation in central african republic. and that's what has led to so my speculation as to who could be involved. but a man who knew mister city well is his colleague in the russian house who also told as the following thing, if i went home, there isn't any good in what happened. 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 on our with him. we hope he gets better, so we need his help in our work to bring peace to the country. we hope state and law enforcement will conduct the proper investigation and punish those responsible for the attack. these people are enemies of the central african republic. we count on our governments and those ready to assist us to pay the way for peace. many thanks to those who have been asking about to me to his condition, look, we hope he will recover as soon as possible. what we know so far is that the police continued to gather evidence at the ration house that security has been ramped up at that particular facility. and that the investigation is ongoing. but doctors have fed that mister city remains in critical condition in hospital,

in the central african republic. and then he is now facing a fight for his life. us has produced an supplied drones to ukraine to targets russian infrastructure were that's according to arti sauce, as at least and despite washington claim that such weapons have not been used it russian territory. it's been determined that the avi onyx and control stations of the drones were manufactured by american company scepter works, which performed 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 some stop all, as well as the belgrade curse can varone as regions sources familiar with the story claim. the final drone assembly and test flights were conducted near polish

airports, which was used as the main nato hope for supplying weapons to give you. these are said to have been launched from the ukranian cities of odessa unclear voice rogue. the allegation contradicts washington's claims, that weapon supplies give, have not been used to bomb science 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 supplies. we are, the president said very clearly, some time ago. we are not enabling ukraine to strike the on beyond its borders. retired u. s. force lieutenant colonel colonel that's coast. he says that the use of us manufacture jones could be a dangerous step. 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. i certainly the assistance with some of the american weapon systems that are been sent to ukraine along with american operators and trainers for that equipment . concerns about special forces being forward being forward located to india surrounding countries including poland, but also the lat, lithuania, land. 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. they're, 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. or we have requested

a comment from the pentagon to those reports, but so yet to hear anything back ah, now to the latest from the conflicts in ukraine, at least 10 explosions have wrought the done yet capital overnights local authority stated a number of granted missiles were fired, it's a residential area. one of the buildings that was hit reportedly called firewall windows were blown out, the entire floor was destroyed in another. when is to say that miss r fragments also struck a car that injured the family inside. we heard from local residents about life on the siege. marines here is uniformly guard the auction. the ukrainian regime ignores all the rules and targets purely civilian areas. there are no military personnel, they're only local residence, small children leave here. i have no idea what they're doing and when it will end the 3 of our little there was massive shelling. 2 old women got so scared they st. ted. we hope someone will help us. they, i'm not a day goes by and, and ask without casualties. and destruction. and the reason for this is the key of

regimes heavy shelling of residential areas. this shelling only grows more powerful day by day. mother, ukrainian shells on fires and western weapons are raining down on the heads of civilians, residential neighborhoods, places of worship, and hospitals that have become legitimate targets of the key of regime. the shelling by ukrainian forces of this church and the centre of don't ask is irrefutable evidence of cubes, deliberate, and planned crimes. medical who's lists of targets is consuming more and more souls that the care bears for. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin has visited the command center for the operation in ukraine. there he heard reports on the progress of the operation on had meetings with commanders. when he became acquainted with the work of the joint staff of rushes armed forces. beijing has lashed out at japan, accusing it of high ping up the chinese threats while stressing their claims that it's an unprecedented strategic challenge are completely groundless. to go out and

off the japanese side. ignores facts deviates from its commitment to china, japan relations and grantly discredit china. we once again urged the japanese site to adhere to the principle that the 2 countries are cooperative partners and do not pose a threat to each other. i bring up the china threat to find an excuse for its mil to rebuild up is doomed to fail. delegation comes amid upon the military's rent spending spree by tokyo, that many c as violating its post world war 2 demilitarization policy. japan has adopted a $315000000.00 to build upon bringing his armed force investment to the 3rd highest . globally. prime minister for me, oak is shita said that the changes were needed due to the destructive activities of its neighbors as another work week. unfortunately, in the vicinity of our country, there are countries carrying out activities such as enhancement of nuclear capabilities. a rapid military build up and unilateral attempts to change the

status quo by force in the next 5 years. in order to fundamentally reinforce our defense capabilities. we will implemented defense build up program worth about $315000000000.00 in 2027 with reinforced defense capabilities and complimentary initiatives. we will secure a defense budget of 2 percent of g d p. according to japan's constitution, after world war 2, the country renounced war and the use of offensive weapons since the end of the occupation of the country in the 1950s, the u. s. has pushed upon to revise this article of the constitution. encouraging the islands, you upgrade its military capabilities. however, in a 2014 change of policy, the japanese government allowed their military to fight in support of allies under attack on nelson wong, the vice chairman of the shanghai sensor for international studies thing. thank. he says that it will show, pay close attention to japan as it builds up his military. japan is using

what they call a strategic challenge from china to increase its defense budget. and this is something that i think the rest of the world will all have to watch very closely because japan is not supposed to to do that under its constitution. and this is an obvious pushing of the envelope using something that it doesn't really make sense. it's not that china is going to respond. china should not be the only country that i respond to this happening. i think most of the countries or of the countries in the region in the, in asia are just to have a clear memory of what happened during the 2nd world war. and they should all come up to, to respond to,

to this upcoming incident. the director of the u. n. world health organization has accused era trained troops of killing his uncle, along with all the civilians in ethiopia. is war on t gray province. in al tobin, the director claimed that the international community wasn't paying enough attention to the conflict stressing that it's had spawned to health twice. this is now fated some 6000000 people. me while e foreign policy chief use that barrel has expressed his frustration one month after cease find the region. then one thing that has kept me very busy, very sorry, and very frustrated is ethiopia, not enough people talk about it. we don't talk a lot about ethiopia. yes. from time to time when their piece discussions. but what is happening in t grey's, the deadliest war? we complain rightly about what is happening in ukraine. but what is happening in ethiopia is really awful. the war stems from a long standing compensation between the ethiopian governments on the offices of

the autonomous t great region. the conflict spots a huge humanitarian crisis with more than 5000000 people facing starvation. according to the world food program. in november, both sides signed to cease fi agreements under mediation of the african union. ethiopian residents have criticized the you foreign policy chief yourself borrow, accusing him of not doing enough to help and the wall. what i understood from bureau statements is that they don't want us to stay united by dividing us along ethnic lines, religion and language. it is because they don't want peace to prevail. they are going back and fanning the conflict so that we go back to war and remain weak. but now we have peace in our country, but they go back and try to bring up old wounds so that we go to war again. they look like they are helping us to reconcile, but then you see them working hard to take us back to war. there was no time that the west stopped conspiring against us in old times or to day, let alone ethiopia. they don't want to see africa developed. this is

a fact. they could have done a lot in the past to stop the war, but instead they come and start fanning the conflict by exaggerating things. instead, they should work on preventing future conflict. there people of video understood the conflict or understand the conflict relative your policy to what they open on the way certain powers understand or perceive their conflict into gray when it comes to the numbers. so the decatur ality, sir, he said in his speech that her from 602800000 people have been keyed to force us for our forces. and d to great forces are in the process of implementing that throws. it's obvious that hero can country. so they look and union would take her seriously, you cleaned and african her country. so we can rule that even aid has significantly decreased and not, not necessarily because of the conflict from europe,

but also on the outpatient. generally given to the africa cruise military has been accused of using extreme violence to suppress protests against the ousting of form president pedro castillo. the country's official human rights organization has claimed that the military used helicopters to shoot protesters and dropped tear gas on them. and these are verified images, you can see what appears to be an army helicopter opening fire, and demonstrates as the most is yet to respond to those accusations. the crisis escalated after dinner by the water sworn in as bruise, new president last week after x president castillo. was removed in an impeachment, vote by congress, us some buster to prove praise. the country's new leadership on her social media account, describing them as democratic. i met with president bella, what to reiterate, the u. s. commitment to the defense of democracy and respectful institutions.

together with the peruvian president and the humidity government, this promise to form, we hope to strengthen our bilateral relationship. the statements was released as must protests and to their 2nd week, after the country's officials announced a 30 day state of emergency. here's how the turmoil in peru has been unfolding. ah ah. well, the situation reportedly destabilized shortly after the u. s. ambassador to peru

met with the country's defense minister, showed before casteel was impeached. the minister was apparently one of the military leaders responsible for castillo, as ousting. now, a closer look into the background of the ambassadors reveals the she previously worked for the cia that's according to the us state department websites. independent journalist, ben norton says it's common for the us to overthrow progressive governments when it suits their interest. 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 caea,

who that overthrew guatemala elected president of utter bounce back in 1954. there's also the famous, yay. who in? she lay against novelty in the democratic elected president. in 1973, 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 ca organize 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 us, there's 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 there as they're never been a qu in washington? and that the answer is because there's no u. s embassy in washington. well,

that's all for now. debby schultz, checkouts all websites, all t dot com folder, the latest breaking news on updates. i will see you right back here at the top of the ok. ah ah ah ah

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i'm african or tansy and welcome to going underground in the week of an unprecedented alliance between the communist party of china and the kingdom of saudi arabia and the gulf cooperation council. the one, the senior u. s. officials urgently met with chinese counterparts this week for so called in depth talks over tie one after the state visit of chinese president. she didn't ping to saudi arabia's capital. re add this after opec plus including the u. e. and the saudi arabians refuse jo biden's requests for more oil production to save nature nations from the ukraine proxy war. joining me for today's episode to talk about whether there will be lasting, tragic repercussions for the u. s. a. in the new geopolitical landscape is renowned expert on china's foreign relations dresser, one ging, he's the director of the institute of the us and pacific studies at the shanghai international studies university. and he joins me from berlin, where he is richard, one read seca fellow at the robert bush academy. thank you so much,

professor for coming on. so it must have been important if even a host of the world cup pazzar officials at 2 a tend to leave the world cup. what does it signify because there's been relatively little press attention in nature, nation media, where is the global south? as it is, method headline all and use bulletins of course is a very significant is the 1st time as far as i can remember that chinese talk most leaders in the go there to meet with leaders from iraq or countries. and, you know, it's symbolic, but also has a lot of substance in that. it actually shows that both sides, china and the rug countries as a strong common ground common interest go in today for which we know this was going on your career and also your competition going up united states and china. of course there is a great, a.