ah, with moscow hits back at if you impose price cap for russian natural gas supplies was lighter, mere put an ordering his government to set its own terms for energy export. the u. s. approved $1800000000.00 of military aid to ukraine, including 1st shipments of the patriot missile defense. 70 years after the mild mile rebellion pinions are calling on the british government to compensate local for the price committed fight. their military, with our parents greatly suffered and some died in the process of the brutal

colonization in our country leadership. we have now should emphasize the importance of compensation to the mouth with hello from our to international studios in moscow, and from wherever you're tuning and welcome to the weekly with the hour and weeks most vital news stories worldwide. i'm carol isabel. moscow has responded to a western imposed price cap for russian natural gas supplies, saying it will set its own value on its energy. earlier this week, president putin reminded the e. u of the possible consequences of meddling and russia's energy policies in england. the issue in general, you know, sometimes our colleagues and partners surprise me with their unprofessional decisions you would, after all, at one time it was the european commission that imposed on us the transition to so called market pricing for gasoline. and we persuaded them i personally,

cuz we persuaded them in brussels not to do this. they said that the gas market does not work this way. it will lead to serious consequences to search and prices so that this happened right now. and lastly, now they don't know how to get out of this is shanae bush and are trying to regulate gas prices as well. really, russia case, the u. s. and you of attempting to manipulate the international energy market. then you russian legislation, freeze the state gas, ex border gas prom from fulfilling obligations under foreign contracts if they violate national guidelines. the details of moscow's price, as the nation will be determined by the end of next week. president putin criticize the usa, washington has long been trying to destabilize post soviet states and is now exerting its influence over ukraine. ortiz rory to shay and donald quarter discuss the russian leaders stark assessments with wishes causally more than that. and we

now say the u. s. is directly involved in the conflict the, unless the u. s. has been dealing with this for a long time. it's been involved in trying to undermine us an influence ukraine and soviet times. most of our opponents have always tried to divide us easily and then tried to manage the separate parts. concordia, nothing new here that the idea of ukrainians separatism was born a long time ago. but it's had you while the russian president, of course, spoke a lot about how the a west was trying to stoke the flames of nationalism and ukraine long before the soviet union even collapsed. but the russian president also spoke a lot about the russian economy. of course, he said that it's fair to a lot better than many people in the west had predicted back in march in february of this year despite predictions that russian gdp would fall by double digits. it's only actually fallen by 2.5 percent. and on top of that, indicators connected to unemployment and inflation had been kept very low as well as took a safer economy. kid that's for the economy despite the predicted collapse,

devastation and catastrophe. none of the kinds has happened here. moreover, rushes indicators are much better than many g 20 countries. this applies to the main macroeconomic indicators like g d p. yes, there is a slight drop. i said earlier that the drop is 2.9 percent according to international experts, but now it's less 2.5 percent. one of the main indicators around the world is the unemployment rate for us, it is at a lower level than before the pandemic. our labor market is stable, our financial market is stable. did you? i thought that one of the interesting things said, don joe, during this press conference, was i one of the, one of the questions from a member of the press. what was i? he asked, is russia running out of miss aisles in the conflict in ukraine, but also, ah, certain western partners and ukraine who are fighting russia there? are they running out of weapons as well? a, quite a lot was said about russia's defense industry, wasn't it? right? and it was also discussed alongside one question that another journalist asked

regarding the possibility of the u. s. supplying the key of regime with patriot missile systems. this is something that vladimir putin said, okay, let the west do that. because the patriot missile systems are already outdated. and it would take such a long amount of time for american troops or whoever to train ukrainian troops on how to use that. but in terms of the weapons stockpiles like you were talking about before vladimir putin said, there is a huge difference between the ukrainian defense industry and the russian one. because while key halves soviet, basically, mainly soviet and weapons stockpiles, they're actually already on the brink of running out while moscow has plans to actually increase its own stockpiles in the near future. we just know we whoo, suitable in january rush, we'll have a new frigate in combat service with new weapon systems. we're not being provocative, but this will strengthen our strategic forces. we will, despite these being medium range systems, their speed characteristics give us an advantage opposite. as for the patriot

systems, they are old and do not work in the same way as our s 3 hundreds. but nevertheless, those who oppose us consider the patriots as defensive weapons. well, okay, we'll just keep that in mind. and there will always be an antidote to them. those who do this are only prolonging the conflict. our goal is not to prolong the military conflict, but on the contrary to end this, we strive for this and we will continue to strive for this. it approach to latigion . now that was another very important moment. we just heard there putin emphasizing once again that russia wants to see an end to this war. this is something we've heard reiterated by russian officials for a long time. now they say that the west is to blame for this conflict being drawn out because it's given a blank check when it comes to weapons and munitions to the key of regime. putin also said that this policy basically directed directly contradicts what the russian government wants for both sides to sit down at the negotiating table and find a diplomatic solution. this year, russia gdp has declined, but only

a fraction of what had been predicted due to increased western sanctions. we heard from independent journalists through were they who says the ears economy has suffered more from its sanctions than russia. gus, while we were told by the germans, by the french, by our leaders in the west and our sanctions were necessary to bring car a russia to we sneezed, but we are on our knees and energy wise. it to the situation is tenable. we have minus 10. lastly for us it's a terrible winter. i mean he rushes minus done is quite frequent, but here people stop to realize that we had a huge problem of energy. no, sure, no guess, no, no one, no, no solutions for oil all within months on been and long term solutions, not before years from now. our economies in tatters everywhere. i mean factories closing the cost of life is increasing. we have fall 10 percent,

12 percent inflation. oh, we can't get energy. this is terrible and they don't have an answer. oh, so our economy, things out us and rushes seems to do well. a ukrainian presidential adviser has called for the targeting of the rainy and weapons factories over the country is a legit armed supplies to russia which both moscow and turan have denied iran plan. introduced me, saw a drawn supplies for russia blood in leaf cumulate. the situation of international sanctions, important to abandon none the walk in sanctions invalid to young resolutions concept and move to more destructive two's liquidation of plants. a rest of supplies. moscow says, care hasn't presented any evidence of it's allegations that the russian military has been using arabian supplied weapons to rand did admit to supplying a small number of drones to russia, but stress,

the shipment was delivered prior to the conflict in ukraine. iran has also strongly denied selling any missiles to russia. professor at the university of toronto, said mohammed mirandi says kevin, seeking to expand the war to other parts of the world. it says a lot about the regime in yet. that not only do they want to create some sort of world war 3 like environment in europe, but they want to, the regime wants to expand the war to other parts of the world. the iranians have been importing weapons and technology and exporting weapons and their own technological capabilities to russia for a long time now. and if western countries when exports to saudi arabia and to this way,

the regime for the russians and iranians have every right to export their weapons to one another for the regime in care to call for a military operations against iran is very dangerous. of course, i don't believe any one is going to listen to his demands. there's nothing else that these western countries can do with regards to sanction. and a military option would mean a severe retaliation by iran against countries. oil rich and gas which come countries in the region that host american and braces the fight of ma, ma, war, veterans who stood up against british colonialism in kenya in the 1950s is far from over. this week they asked the canadian president to demand compensation from the u . k. government, which westminster has pledge several times,

but has yet to fulfill. i v o, we are calling on to carmen, galvan munson kenya to ensure they keep on press and the british government. so that the mom, all that strengths and their siblings can receive compensation well in advance. the british governance agreed in 1959 to pay the compensation than pledge to do so again in 2003, and once more in 2007. so the concerned parties should sit down and come up with a conclusion for the veterans. we don't know why it's taken too long for the agreement to be implemented. we are requesting to be paid the full amount from the world bank 3 trillion dollars. in the 1950s, the canadian people rose up against the british colonial rule. in response, the british army confined some 1500000 kenyans to detention camps and launch military operations, torturing and killing thousands of suspected mal mile supporters. it was later revealed, the british officials tried to cover up the crimes with mamma activists still

trying to seek justice till this day. somebody might ghetto, the som, that has been capping by the world bank for mo, mo, should be released immediately. some of us are certainly very all, as you can see, others have died and we're only surviving by the grace of the lord. honestly, really suffered at the hands of the british and kenya. it was for our parents greatly suffered and some died in the process of the brutal colonization in our country. the leadership we have now should emphasize the importance of compensation to the mal mal. oh, some of the remitted veterans couldn't even walk to this meeting. they are very old and seek some i've lost a memory as a result of the torture underwent dirty cooling off period. so our president should feel for the veterans and pressure you could government now to west africa were burkina,

faso governmental forces have taken control over northwestern territories, previously held by insurgent groups. this as a result of anti g hottest operations aimed at securing the countries bon, my province. a local reporter picked up the story. hello though. 330 kilometers long way of looking at possible. i'm of government control for 3 months now is back to the country will size that waving again on the public administration offices who a military operation called the rail. hell, which been in local language who recover your belongings. village is the what are the motel? yeah. well, and we got there from the public official and busy with the buck to get to congress years on the gown,

the army stuff g major cameras was in the last weekend who the late the good job. busy a victory? well some bible cannot be here in work. i do, it's full of pollution in which 40 said already will kill. and one of the sites we found an important quantity of logistics of theories where they are seized by the item before the good news of the fix. one thing is to keep out. the other thing is to keep the area under control of government troops, or if there is a lot to do to come to the goal, we want it for me, it's clear that the army is moving forward with more power because this is the 1st time since 2015 that a territory is recovered and officially announced by our authorities. i think that morally, this is good for the people of burkina, faso wife and all that done. as we can see,

interim leader ibrahim trial ray is committed. he is giving his all to convince people who think this is not true, that it's their imagination. you can't force someone to believe in what he doesn't believe in. but those who are on the ground eye witnesses, they see what's happening. since 2015 burkina faso has suffered from scores of geo hottest attacks that have killed thousands and left around 2000000 people displaced according to the country's army. 39 terrorists linked to the islamic state and arcadia have been killed in operation since the start of december r t sat down with burkina faso, the interim prime minister, who says the national security remains a top priority, and the country welcomes increased partnerships with russia. is that what are your priorities now? is it perhaps in the secure to sector? we some good? yes, definitely. currently security is a priority and burkina faso and we talked about it. but in addition to the security sphere, we discussed other areas as well because the problem of security is complex with

many parts. we hope that starting from now we will begin to resolve it apart from that, it's necessary that our relations develop because we're all interested in winning as close to sing. russia could become an ally for book, an official in the fight against to help us. we for swims, were progressing, we would like it. we would like russia to become our ally here, as well as all our partners. and we know that russia's a great power and a frushell wants to can help us in this area. washington has approved $1850000000.00 of additional military aid to ukraine, which includes a u. s. patriot missile battery. this announcement was made following president lensky recent visit to the u. s. still, as his visit was his 1st trip abroad. since the start of the conflict and an address to congress, he expressed gratitude to the you asked for a weapons already provided, but asked for more. the u. s. has been said, it will supply patriot missile system to cab. russia criticize the visit and weapons require, same zaleski, was more interested in securing arms than piece labor rights lawyer and author,

dan paval x. as the u. s. has profited greatly from it. supplies of heavy weaponry to ukraine, or think that the u. s. is happy to give that money, whether the patriot missiles are used or not. it's also a matter of putting money in the coffers of the defense industry. us criminal institution, i'm forgetting which one, but that they are now sounding the alarm bells that they expect these weapons and hands of criminal elements by the ministration has no interest in handling. and how do we know this? we know this because the democrats voted down in a house committee, a republican proposal to audit the weapons that have already been sent to you. great. so we know that the u. s. has no interest in being held accountable on any of those have also question why the u. s. should keep up the heavy support of ukraine. fox news anchor tucker,

carlson said cam has no right to demand. washington continues propping up up tens of thousands of dollars in financing historic debt to ukraine, through the historic animosity with a non soviet russia. no, no. how do we win. ringback here, what's in it for us, isn't this our country, and where do you get off talking to us like that? we hate ourselves so much to we've so little respect for the united states of america will put up with that. that will applaud it. thank you, sir. may i have another what's wrong with us? what's wrong with our leaders? while us lawmakers approve sending more money and weapons to ukraine, not all were so enthusiastic. republican margery taylor green, criticized zalinski, his visit as absurd. labeling him a shadow president of the u. s. and his country, the 51st state media analyst lionel says it's unfair to make american citizens pay for the government's decisions to keep taxpayer funds pouring into ukraine. we're

looking right now in the united state at a 1.7. think about this trillion dollar omnibus bill. american citizens are say, 1.7, true trillion for what we're wondering, where are we going to pay for our operation? what get, what is our goal? are you suggesting? does this intimate, that we are involved in a war that we are a participant in this that, that we, are we cold combatant does? is that what this means? because if it does mean that i don't think a lot of americans were particularly care for that. we never signed on to this. we're getting to the point right now where people don't really understand it. and frankly, maybe common sense may prevail. because the one issue that nobody is talking about is peace,

ending in the cessation of hostility. that's it. it is somehow absent and void from the, from the rubric of conversation. maybe i hope we're getting to that point. we say enough. meanwhile, max blumenthal editor of the investigative new site, the grey zone posted an exchange he had with delegates representing the ukranian diaspora on their way to congress. is 45000000000. not enough. no, not enough yet. how much? how much more should we give to ukraine instead of our own people? do you, do you, do you support the as of italian? no more than as of the value. there's no more as a value where we're train and recruited that into a former professional army over the last 8 years. so the neo nazis were brought into the army. no, no, no, we are not see them not a minute. so no answer about if you pray as a democracy, why did zalinski ban 13 opposition?

partial law. we've got the national marcia law sounds on democratic. why did he band the russian wing of the orthodox church? and i, so i had asked her to serving as a treasonous organization and with found, with materials that were legal and financing that the enemy war against innocent people. i oppose the assault on done yet. do you, does shelling of the people have done? yes. do you oppose that? no, no. are you why, why are civilians being killed and done yet? lugens, if you oppose that there was a small anti war protests on east capitol right at the front of the capitol. and as i was standing there, i ukrainian diaspora delegations just rolled up, started taking pictures, and i began questioning them. and you saw the exchange right there. i think it was very revealing. and these are actually significant figures. i'm not only in the diaspora but within the ukrainian government itself. i didn't know they were coming

. i didn't know who was coming. i just showed up in the capital was actually hoping to be the one reporter who actually asked critical questions of our representatives here in the u. s. on why they were going to authorize another $45000000000.00 to continue this dangerous proxy war throughout 2023. and what i found was a completely locked down capital. it looked like the days after january 6 except the offenses were lower. there were no members of congress, although i did catch a law senator joe manchin, who basically refused to speak to me. senator, do you know how much we've, how many billions we've sent to ukraine? kudos a lot more. do you want to send more? oh, absolutely. amazon, all in all, we're all in this week brought out polar opinions from european officials on the subject of ukrainian peace talks with the blame for their absence laid on different actors. ukraine can only fight as long as the united states supports it with money and weapons. if americans want peace, there will be peace. the kremlin has so far shown that it does not want peace. my

government has always sought peace and has tried to facilitate possible mediations, but it is only president putin who can put an end to these massacres. this comes after former german chancellor angela merkel admitted she signed the minced agreements in 2014 for a don bastisse fired to delay a conflict between moscow in kiev and to give the ukrainian military time to prepare for war. the 2014 minsk agreement was an attempt to give you crane time. he cried. yes, this time to become strong. as you can see today, the ukraine of 20142015 is not the ukraine of to day. we spoke to a political analyst, nick la miracle they chose, says that western leaders did everything to escalate the conflict by supplying arms to key ab over the last 8 years. nato fuel this war did us not forget that there

was a acquitted time 2014, then nato trained ukrainian army. now the, the full fledged. busy war is not forget that this war did not start last february, but it did start in 2014 was said, habitants. inhabitants of don bass being shell on a daily basis or 10000 people died. the west never speaks about this. and now nato wants to act as a piece keeper. how can you be a pyro man and a fireman at the same time? so this, this really doesn't make any sense. the only thing we hear coming out of western europe today is war, war weapons funding. the war, i mean it's, it's, it's been, it's extremely interesting enough run through through the internet to try to find prominent europe, western european politicians speak about peace and we've got victor or been, or the prime minister of hungary, but we've got very few, a prominent of politicians in the west speaking about pieces this, it was in this what the european union was supposed to be about. peace, they can't, they can't broker piece because they're only interested in following the atlantis washington rhetoric of going to war. because that was, that was the,

i would say the, the target since the beginning. russia and china are such a deep and ties to move forward towards a just small people are world. the remarks came during a visit by a former russian president to beijing, or he met was president and seizing ping, c g t. and correspondent, son ye has more details. according to a chinese reed out after that meeting between general secretary office, cbc central committee and president shooting and the chairman up to russia, united united russia party demetria met you have the to had covered quite some ground in the range of topics. china would provide more opportunities for what peace and prosperity and own relations of the 2 parties. she had said that the long institutionalized context between the 2 parties have become a unique channel and platform for a consolidating mutual political trust between china and russia. and she said he hoped 2 parties will continue in depth exchanges on governing experiences,

development strategies, and international and multi national corporations. and on the china, russia relations. she had said that in the past 10 years, china, russia relations have was due to changes in the world and have always developed in a healthy and stable manner. she said that china, russia, comprehensive, strategic partnership of coordination or a new era is a long term strategic choice make by both sides based on their own respective conditions. and he said that china is we're willing to work with russia to deepen relations, enjoying the promot global governance in the more just and reasonable directions and on the crisis in ukraine. she had said, as always, that china continue to hold an objective and fair sense. and promote peace talks, hope sac relevant parties could be reasonable, restrained, and have comprehensive dialogues and resolve security issues. through piece talks,

we spoke and are long and international china specialists, who said beijing and russia share a common approach in the security and economic fields. the united states increasingly finds itself unable to call. busy the shots are at all times in all circumstances. as far as security is a concern is not just one country. ready or a group of countries dictating the terms and imposing those on other countries, ignoring other countries. security, as in the case of ukraine, for example. even though china is, is not joining. and there are russia in the ukraine war after all, am china, and one of the major tenant of his foreign policy is respecting other countries sovereignty. but on the other hand, china realizes that what caused the ukraine war is the perception that the russians

nationalist security was seen to be challenge with the failure of the means agreement and that the encroachment of a china security in a buffer zones right at is border and in the ukraine, of course, is away very large, 20 multiple times larger than the germany. and so that, that explains that the, the situation but on the other hand, continues with a very close economic partnership. after all, china is the biggest customer of russian energy and a because customer of russian agricultural production. and then with climate change and russia's agricultural production is going to increase with the change the weather more and more land which was under the permafrost would become more arable and would supply china much. ready needed an agricultural products, so the 2 countries can, as can see eye to eye on many different brands. at least 28 people have

died across several u. s. states and extreme winter storms extending over thousands of kilometers. most of the dead stop heard as a result of car accidents due to extreme weather conditions. a giant winter storm knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the country. with more than 1500000 people reportedly losing power. almost 3000 flights have been cancelled in the u. s. was 60 percent of the population facing serious weather warnings. one woman shared a video of her attempt to wave through mountains of snow. okay, well that was a colossal waste your time. this is how furry made it out. the snow is so thick and heavy that you can't, you can't even get through it. and those were the hour and weeks top news stories worldwide for more 247 coverage. head over to r t dot com,

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