sure to remember. so how do you get all good news because your home just only the 2023, the bronze new year has already arrived in most parts of the world with countries across the globe, celebrating with stunning fireworks and stake lines. looking ahead, we discussed the main social, political and economic trends that will define the future and will the new year bring a new weld all up. as more countries look to was a shed, multi polar structure relations offered 2022. so cracks and in the long standing unipolar world, the

world welcome very happy new year to you. it's 9 am on the 1st of january here in moscow, and this is our national. now, starting with the new year where most of the world is on to the new calendar, within countries around the globe, celebrating with light shows on spectacular firework displays. stunning pyrotechnics appeared in the united arab emirates, reportedly breaking into the guinness book of world records. also, the brazilian capital was celebrating with thousands of spectators watching the night sky from the beach while trying to break the new year with a spectacular light shone celebrations were seen. hey, when the russian capital went thousands of people flooded the streets, congratulate the new camera on display many rounds of western science and putting economical pressure on moscow. russia was able to stabilize its economy. see, the steve sweeney brings this report on the capsule. ah, we've all seen,

the sensation is headlines. moscow's ground to holds and completely shut down. life in russia will never be the same again and the country has once more retreated behind the iron curtain wall. i'm here in the capital i with the opportunity to show you what life is really like have on the ground on a spoiler. it's very different from the so called iron curtain portrayed in the western media. first of all, no, we're not hit by some kind of social media blackout cut off from the outside world . a good vpn gets you everything you need. i'm even up to speed with the light is going on in our what square of the february 24th. the news came flooding in about shots of businesses leaving the country in some kind of mass exodus. if you believe the headlines there were no shops left in russia at all, but that's not quite true. many of those, the deadly did. so at great cost,

but more than $1000.00 foreign companies are still doing business haven, russia. starbucks has simply rebranded itself as stars. and mcdonalds has a new owner and a new name. but it's pretty much the same. i, we're still loving it. we spoke to people in the streets and asked them if they'd noticed any differences. i keep entering our main electron transit and then winston horn. once we found a placement for them, they started to support ration brands and maintain quality. coca cola doubled with us, coca cola is gone, but we have a replacement as in the local brand, aubrey color school, a lot of beverages. so good ones have appeared since coca cola left russia and i almost see no difference without mcdonald's either on it. i don't expect that brand to return, and i think the russian version face the pool stop is quite delicious. this is lisa . we managed to partially substitute for the brands that latin for furniture, for example, ikea. we've replaced a portion of their products. it will be silly to deny the patter sanctions on the

russian economy. of course, things aren't quite as they were before the special military operation. but at the same time, it's not quite as the west hope, i think ramped up the pressure. remember biden as a result of these unprecedented sanctions, the rubel almost as immediately reduced to rubble. well, soon after the military operation began, the rubel did indeed tank 30 percent to the dollar hitting record lows. but the situation was stabilized. it's now $65.00 to $70.00 roubles to the us dollar, meaning that russia's currency is now stronger than it was before the military operations began. in fact, according to bloomberg, the rubel is the best performing currency in the world this year. but now, as the situation has stabilized, so has the west 3 allies, asian, but it's over played its hand. take the economists, for example, back in february, it was reporting dubin gloom,

that the collapse of the rouble was continuing and compounding the isolation of russia. yet just months later in august, it was asking the question, how does the ruble continue to defy expectations? well, maybe the answer is a simple one. perhaps those expectations shouldn't have been lowered in the 1st place, but not to say that there's no awareness of what's going on in the conflict though . it's a topic that is not just disgust 80, but also exist in the public's way. across the city, you will see billboards adorned with as ed logo post, as like this one, declaring glory to russian heroes. different pictures, different places of different folders, of all run a q, r code. how to find out more information for her, a serious discussion about how best to support those on the front line. this new year will look different for many russians. a lot of towns and cities have scrapped by celebrations altogether. here in moscow, a compromise was reached,

a city wide boat was held, the outcome well atone down celebration without firewood. but the mare says it important to keep those traditions alive. to day, when thousands of men husband's fathers and sons are fighting for the independence of our motherland. when blood is being shed, when hundreds of thousands of civilians are suffering, we also face a choice in the name of the economy in the name of compassion, to abandon these holidays. or to spite the tragic circumstances to still remain human. people who had here to their national traditions do not lose their spirit. they do not get discouraged. they believe in victory now with tears, but with deeds. they support those who are on the front line to day. so yes, there have been some hiccups along the way, and for many life will never be the same in roger again. but rushes,

total isolation on its collab, i predicted by the with a seemingly file to materialize. well, as a 2023 begins, people around the globe are looking ahead to a positive year as not the 12 month switch. so pros has military conflicts over certain pandemic and a deepening economic crisis alley. i discussed the prospect small the new year with a panel of gas. i'm not being a pessimist. no pessimist is somebody who is irrationally negative. who is just always dower when there is no need to be just when i think i have figured that the human race has somehow exhausted, every possible means of destroying itself, or it's cultural reads and or it saturday. i'm disappointed because there's a new way. no, i think things are going to be much worse. and, but the only thing that will help most people is the diluted effect of the social

media platforms which allow people to recess and to revert from reality can go into la la land and take pictures of their food. while society collapses famous, the astrologer nostradamus, he made many interesting and unusual prophecies, as we know, he said, to predict the 3rd world war being on the horizon next year. what's your take on that? and does it look like tensions between some of the worlds and major powers are reaching that critical points? i say the possibility of potentially for a forefront war facing the united states, especially because it's out there with it's a gemini, stirring all of the sub has created the mess and in 2022. and i think it's, it, it just doesn't know how to help itself, and it's going to continue on that path. and it's going to create even greater tensions or in 2023. and we got to be watchful and any think and there can

be something out of nowhere that could absolutely cause a, a catastrophic event, a cascading events that could lead to, to this war front war that i just mentioned. they stem from the middle east to the, to, into, in the pacific to, or of course europe, europe could in a 2nd war next year. and that, what is that war? that is basically cope casa, both serbia, the vatican, the world health organization, the world economic forum, the un, again, a reconfiguration and realignment of power structures that we've never seen before . and most people per usual have nary a clue. so watch carefully and be where there was a now it's been recently for example, that like b t, b bank, one of russia largest banks, has currently developed a new payment gateway that goes between russia and iran. allows people to lose

money more or less instantly between the 2 countries. that's where we're moving. the dominance of the financial system, which at the moment is controlled by a private company called swift, which is basically how most move our money to and fro around the world. now that's gone. now we've seen that gone. we're going to see, i think, a whole bunch of new and exciting companies from china, russia, india, iran, all of these as everyone was saying, or the new company, these new companies that will be stopped in this new multi poder waldo. that will start developing really exciting payment technology that we've really been stopped for in the financial industry for generations now. as time square just mars the new year. let's rewind to some memories. americans will remember from the last one, president biden was able to make the highlight reel. that's a great essay, more inflation. super. so who are the prime minister in no matter what their call do?

101215 step on the bus black. anyway, i'm not concerned about with concerned about i think the context is that whether or not they're pulling back from fallujah in the, i mean from the, the care side inflations worldwide problem, right? because our war in iraq can impact on oil, which russia is. do we do? she was more in ukraine. a retrogression, my son. what guess what we got a lot to do with me. we go back

a long way. she was 12 hours 30, but anyway, a very much with his wife structure bridges. my caps. i, there's a man, i hope we're on the same side. you know, so he's russian, i don't care who it is. got some real bisection that we call them guns. i ah.

looking back now 2020 t was a year that so cracks form in the long standing muddled unipolar world news all day in every month i showed the balance of power shifting and i knew a shed. well daughter rising. well no, no, she loves it before our very eyes, the world is changing and really becoming multi polar. however, some countries are trying to preserve their teetering germany at any cost using a wide range of political, military, economic, informational, and other methods and means. since the end of the 2nd world war, it felt like the world was ruled by a very few power, seemed concentrated in the hands of the global north and represented by the g 7 group of economies, all singing to the same west than him. but this year and you,

horace is rising, the biggest new block is coming up and with a tidal wave. this is briggs 25 percent of the world's t, d p. that the court of the was gross domestic product and 40 percent of its population. when measured in land was, it is a quarter of the world, this is what you and i, and the rest of us have been waiting for. a multi polar world is rising. and along with it many more keen to join in african biggest country by land mars and the continents biggest guess export algeria once in. iran is also key. and it was right here in south africa that president settled on the plaza, told us about saudi arabia's interest as well. egypt and turkey allured and pondered why it's the spirit driven in co operation and inclusiveness,

heightened in trade, finance, supply chain and smuggling fracturing here no one is more over another with in the group. and there's no meddling in each other's business or the tasing how they should handle their own, a face each with equitable global governance. radio, not a new world is coming. 2022 was the ear the word dollars aisha went a bit of ira just as the geopolitical landscape is changing with new regional powers. emerging, the global financial system is getting rid of a make over trip example major his painful rush energies with national currencies and even $50.00 to $50.00 splits between global and new that. and if the plans of shanghai corporation of an invasion come to life will always see these tran accelerate with alternative payment system. also on the horizon, the reliance on the dollar as the instrument supporting the world economy.

this is not so very promising for him to speak, and that is not by use of them. the more and more countries are shifting through or using cur, alternative currencies, shifting still used national currency more and more and then the lease process. so we will be will be gaining momentum. we have see how washington, fist hundreds of billions of dollars are fresh and assets. we know promised that there will be returned. i am of the day to show that trenice un, i counted for almost 3 percent to the highest level since the day to began in 2016 at the same time, the dollars share job to, to below 59 percent to the lowest level in 25 years, but who sounded honey to saw the momentum grow towards breaking his dominance and age are ringing a new fear or daughter when

the conflict in ukraine started, western leaders said that anyone who doesn't sign up for their sanctions will be on the wrong side. all the history india did not pick sides and 5 index position has been cleared. the position of you trying to see after all law school been an old friend to new delhi and also an old trading pot. so what india did instead was it started building new banking channels to be able to trade with more school in ruby's india as appetite for russian. crude also increased from mainly around one percent in ports in february to almost 22 percent now, which is nearly $1000000.00 barrels of crude di now in the own going geopolitical shift as far as india is concerned, its view or more school is not defined by how western countries see it, we have to be confident about who we are. i think it's better to engage in the

world on the basis of who we are rather than try and pleased a one as a limitation of what this idea does define us. you know, somewhere, and we need to get the approval of the waters. i think that's it. all we need to put behind in the us foreign policy has been very, very clear that is to promote its own interest. first, for despite western pressures and more judgments, india has been very clear that it's not going to be dictated by anyone. most go has also said it will play by the western rules set to cap the price of its energy. russia has banned the exports of crude oil and petroleum products to any country complying with the measures imposed by the west. we are prohibiting supplies of russian oil and petroleum products to foreign legal

entities and individuals provided that the contracts for the supplies directly or indirectly apply a price kept mechanism. european priced cap on russian oil exports has been called a violation of international law by moscow. the caps at $60.00 a barrel is designed by western foreign policy to limit most goes the ability to fund the conflicts in ukraine. how are the prices of energy products have risen across the board since the announcement? earlier we spoke with a number of experts about the matter. china and india were the main targets a base price gap can remember, usa who we secretary ellen, are traveling in asia, trying to convince paging a delhi to, to agree to comply by it. and both at capitals made it abundantly clear that they will not because they both being for the magic rather than political. and because both towns raised huge oil consumers and equally huge oil imported. they

need the oil to survive, and for that, for them, it's really a question of gaping their economies going. it's not a question of politics, overt signaling. it won't make any difference to russia. believe me, or russia has exposed already new mach case, and the increasing consumption all russian oil to china and india. and also, pakistan is the negotiating outward the russia on and polar club portion, crude oil, and trying to make a few changes into refineries. before we get to that, this been the perception that when russia is being sanction lifted in time to, i'm not able to respond. so this, there is forms for from the russian president from the russian federation. douglas said that her quote straight does not going to come in here and play your games as

if now the oil and gas or the energy is controlled, won't be in washington, especially the european countries that the ones that i have to suffer from dis decreased by the ones that are really sticking to russia, i do to get up in bed. mom, geez, only there was 3 countries. i'm more of, i'm do that. i shall yet still benefiting from the resources of russia that i want to stop. during his new years speech, chinese president shaken peng address one of the most pressing issues his country. faced in 2022 the cove at pandemic and cold for unity ging, watchin gl georgia, illinois. the from our colossal efforts we overcame unprecedented difficulties and challenges which were not easy for every one. now the prevention and control of the epidemic has entered a new stage. every one is working hard, persevering, and the dawn is ahead and in persistence. and unity is our victory. recently,

china, our case western media outlets have misrepresenting the situation in the country off to a strict to anti cove measures were lifted. now, a number of nations that previously urged paging to remove those barriers are imposing travel restrictions on chinese nationals and mit renewed fears of the virus. spreading ortiz, marina calls, or if i takes a deeper look into the issue, it's the case of damned if you do damned the if you don't know that china is relaxing its strength. 0 cove at policies after 3 long years, which it says that and forms at the expense of its economy bots for the sake of its people, was from me the are having a field day with headlines like these for did you know that as of may, this year more than 1000000 people have died from called it in the us. we learned that more than 1000000 americans have now died from the disease and milestone. we didn't want to think about, but new was coming yet. pandemic that's far from over. that's more than any country

in the world now did was see the same hysteria in the media as we're seeing now with china. of course, not as the us took the headline lead in the number of deaths and cases during the pandemic or american singled out and forced to be tested more than other war travelers. no, china is asking how come a small number of western media have deliberately hyped up and even misrepresented china's covert policy adjustment, and yet avoided reporting on the deficiencies and heavy price paid in their own countries called response. this is nothing but double standards and is clearly against journalistic ethics. just a few weeks ago when we saw dozens of protests across various cities in china against the country strict cove measures, western leaders were keen to push bathing to compromise and meet the protesters demand. calling susan, paying an authoritarian dictator. china has to figure out

a way forward on dealing with was covered a way for that answers the cause the health needs, but also answers the needs of people. locked down is not a policy that we support here. but obviously there are people in china that, that have concerns about that and their protesting that. and we believe they should be able to do that piece for i think we're seeing the chinese people speak up for more freedom against the coven lockdown policies. i support that, well, what happened? you got what you wanted, didn't you? and now people are a change in their tune. applaud in china's original success in. ringback concerning the virus and saying that now it's a disaster, even japan, which was asking china to relax its quarantine measures just a month ago, is now afraid of chinese travelers and in america. as always, the double standards are comical. remember when the by the administration will sneer in trump's china travel back at the start of the pandemic as racist. no republican president nor democratic president, we have racist, and they've existed,

they tried to get elected president, is the 1st one that has an amazon chris. this is, we're a credible year president. is most needed. that explains what we should and should not do. this is no time for donald trump record of hyster xenophobia historical jennifer. you fast forward to this. if you've been to china get ready because the coven tests are back, even for those who have been vaccinated. so what was the plan, or is it more of a make it off as you go along kind of approach, as long as it's against china? who knows either way, it's clear that in today's reality, whatever beijing comes up with, it's wrong. it locks people up authoritarian. it opens up its reckless and a threat to the world. but maybe it should be about letting countries sort their problems out themselves for his weight and members of parliament has voted to

dissolve. the interim government formed on the west and bread leader, one guido, was all set to leave office on january the 5th next. coming off the years, a propping up what some of called a puppet of the west aim to oust and replace democratically elected maturer ortiz. caleb, more pain brings is more on gray dose eviction. that is waylon opposition has voted to remove juan guido, as the leader of itself declared interim government. now this is a significant blow to us efforts for regime change in venezuela. a policy that was quickly followed by europe. the usa has tried almost everything possible to remove the socialist government of venezuela. there been 2 attempts economic sanctions. none of that has worked and now the false president that they'd conveyed recognition on the expanse of them as well as actual leaders as come crashing down . who can forget when humanitarian aid became central to the regime,

change narrative about that as whaler. the story was that venezuelan leaders had lit a food truck on fire to prevent food from being delivered to their own people. mast thugs, civilians killed by live rounds and the burning of trucks carrying badly needed food and medicine. this has been maderos response to peaceful efforts to help venezuelans, countries that still recognize maduro should take note of what they are endorsing. we denounce majoris refusal to let humanitarian assistance reach venezuela. what kind of a sick tyran stops food from? get into hungry people? the images of burning chalks, filled with aid, are sickening. but later the facts came out. we learned that it was actually the anti maduro forces who lit their own food truck on fire, in the hopes of provoking an uprising. and let's not forget the q attempts and conspiracies to kidnap that as well as legit president and replace sam with mr.

guido inside a glittering miami high rice representative sort of in his well known position. sat in the room don't, with summarized sorts, and listened to a pitch. they had been appointed by opposition leader who on grey dough to explore all options in there. you aspect quest to asked when, as well, president nicholas maduro. but a language of the agreement left no ambiguous, t on the objective. an for ation to capture, detain or remove nicholas maduro removed the current regime and installed a recognized when, as well. and president, who on go, i don't. venezuela's assets around the world had been frozen billions of dollars have been stolen outright. as part of us efforts to weaken the government, washington offered a reward of up to $15000000.00 for information leading to the arrest of nicholas madero maduro remains wanted on the us state department website on the basis of widely disputed claims about drug trafficking. only a few years later, we have u. s. officials now willing to shake his hand after all these years and all these

efforts of demonizing him and calling the dictator a quick and shank between 2 world leaders is going viral. former secretary of state john kerry seen shaking hands with venezuelan leader nicolas my doodle. oh, that it now with it live with. but what about the pony america? picked one guido. the person that you recognize as the leader of democratic leader in venice. and he's not here. what do you think about this of one way they'll hear by whom memory problems more like rising oil prices. venezuela has got lots of oil and the ukraine conflict and subsequent sanctions. backlash now driven the prices

sky high. desperate to import. washington put a big crack in the embargo they placed on venezuela, chevron. the only american company allowed to continue operating in the country was told they can go ahead and start pumping all this democracy rhetoric doesn't scream as loudly as the u. s. economy. venezuela has got well and the united states needs it, so it looks like finally one guido is out of the picture. caleb martin r t new york. many thanks for joining us. they are not international. on the 1st day of the new year, we hope you're feeling fine. we're back at the top with

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