the the top headlines, anaki international, but a top on russia. it's war hit on new year's eve. that's what the countries and ministry of defense says ukrainian forces about fighting, using the drones before the russian military, neutralize the key weapons making a factory. now into 2023, but what will the new here britain in the program we tackle pressing social political, economic trends. but we'll define the upcoming month will the new year for and around a new world order. 2022 certainly sold big cracks, emerging and a long standing uni polo system with new geo political alliances coming to the for

the alright, so over the top story of this hour and the main headlines of the week. welcome to the weekly. this is asi international. so we started out in don bass, where a hospital in the lucas region was shelled on new year's eve. local official started the attack was carried out by ukrainian forces using american high mas rockets of the following footage. from the city of my, as you can see, the extent of the damage done according to authorities are 6 people were injured and still no comment yet coming out of kiev. though not the crew did managed to get to the scene very quickly. you can see some of the damage done to the hospitals interior. also a few patients being prepared for evac. and along with a 6 people said to have been injured other sources a report in one fatality as well. although we cannot confirm that the meantime though, here's what one hospital work. i had to say of warning though, you may find some of the images disturbing, but i've got

a lot about him in the rocket stroke during an operation. we drug, the patients who stomach was open out of that and sent them for further treatment. thank god, all the medical personnel survived in the operating room. a all there is the human body. when the rubble is cleared, it will be understood who that was. the hospital was struck 3 times. this suggests that they wanted to kill as many people as possible. we kill on the front and they kill here behind the front lines. unfortunately. meanwhile, rushes armed forces say they prevented a quote, terrorist attack on the country by ukraine's military, the russian ministry of defense states. it was planned for new year's eve, but was prevented by preemptive strikes on a facility making drones and launch sides. when we get more details, you will get them to. for the meantime, nato chief against oldenburg has once again called for mo weapons to be sent to keith. he says that strengthening ukraine's military would be, quote,

the fastest way to peace nato's most dominant member. of course, the u. s. has provide tens of billions of dollars and assistance for key f despite some emerging opposition among various american politicians. one of them, the kentucky govern, a candidate jeffrey young, a democrat, believes that stolen books should be sent to jail for complicity in mass killings. nato secretary general yen stilton burg is a mass murdering war criminals who should be in a prison in the hague, facing 30 years without parole. the u. s. is in trouble. one party is pro war imperialistic 100 percent corrupt far right wing and pro censorship. in stark contrast, the republican party is pro war imperialistic 100 percent corrupt far right wing woman hating the abortion issue and pro censorship. well, i was actually a speaking with your author of those tweets jeffery young. he join us a bit older in the program. he explained why he thinks the head of nato is complicit in war crimes in ukraine. you also conveyed his views about us

involvement in this conflict. this propaganda since february 2022 until today is the worst. pro war propaganda i've ever experienced in my whole life. i'm 66 years old. so i think that my tardy democratic party and the republican party are all victims of systematic anti russian propaganda over a period of decades. and i blame mainly that propaganda for the way that my party members in washington vote for continued noah cherry assistance to the public government in ukraine. simply look at the statements made by us government officials over the years saying that, you know, our main objective must be to weaken russia. we can marry economy

creat regime change in moscow. so it's, it's quite open. it's not even a secret in the west that those have been the goals for many, many years. and what's happening is that the united states did not expect the kind of military action that has occurred. united states was over confident and thought that it's still the biggest power in the world that's no longer the case. it's a multi polar world now. and russia is one of those powers that has stood in the way of western imperialism. how

across 11 time zones, from clinic grad all the way to cum chattooga. a people in the world's largest countries certainly hit the streets to welcome in the new year. because celebrations in russia right here in the russian capital. despite many rounds of western sanctions, putting heavy economic pressure on the nation over the past year, russia has somehow managed to stabilize its economy. taking us through it all is unties steves. when we will, seeing the sensation is headlines moscow's ground to hold and completely shut down . life in russia will never be the same again. and the country has once more retreated behind the iron curtain. while i'm here in the capital, i with the opportunity to show you what life is really like have on the ground. and a spoiler is very different from the so called iron curtain portrayed in the western media. first of all, no, we are 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 square of the february, the 24th. the news came flooding in about shot, some 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 that didn't leave, did so at great cost, but more than 1000 foreign companies are still doing business have in 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 know is any differences. i give it that there are many lem conference at a no worse than the horn. once we found a replacement for them, we started to support ration brands that maintain quality. all of the little of coca cola is gone, but we have a replacement of the local brand debris called a lot of beverages. good ones have appeared since coca cola left russia and i

almost see no difference without mcdonald's either. i don't expect that brand to return, and i think the russian version, tasty, full stop is quite delicious. did you see some of that we managed to partially substitute for the brands that left for furniture, for example, ikea. we've replaced a portion of their products, it will be city to deny the impact to 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. for the situation, a stabilized is 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 a west 3 allies, asian, that is overplayed at hand. take the economy, 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. that's not to say that there's no awareness of what's going on in the conflict though. it's a topic this not just discussed 80, but also exist in the public survey. across the city, you'll see billboards adorned with as ed logo. posters like this one, declaring glory to russian heroes. different pictures,

different phases of different folders, of all run, a q, r code, how to find out more information. but there are serious discussions 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. have in moscow, a compromise was reached. i city wide boat was held the outcome well atone down celebration without firewood. but the mer says that 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 adhere 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 russia again. but rushes, total isolation on its collapse, i predicted by the west a seemingly file to materialize our now to brazil, where police detained a man armed with an explosive device and a knife. he tried to interrupt the integration of a precedent, collect lou that of silver and the country's cap. also just ahead of the inauguration a little a little bit of silver, i should say. he did meet with the head of a russian delegation. he passed him a message directly from president putin, for the russian delegation chief disclosed at noon with the silver have been invited to moscow to strengthen bilateral ties. and she also said the 2 countries have a very similar vision for an emerging multi home the world. was she was in the store,

it is very important that rush and brazil have the same vision of the future of the world. a fair and multiple are world. we have ample opportunities for cooperation within the u. n. and other international platforms. and so the emotions of a multi polar world, challenging the traditional dominance of the west, it certainly became ever more apparent last year. a news news was rolling essentially every month showing the balance of power shifting in a new shed world order on the rise. when the next level before our very eyes, the world is changing and really becoming multi polar. however, some countries are trying to preserve their teetering gemini, 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 new horace is rising, the biggest new block is coming up and with a tidal wave. this is griggs, 25 percent of the world's d. 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 followed 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, entreat, finance, supply chain and smuggling fracturing. here no one is more over another with in the group, and there's no medalie in each other's business. all dictating how they should handle their own face, each with equitable global governance. radio, not a new world is coming to is that an antennae t was the is the word dollars. aisha went a bit of ira just as the geopolitical ask of a changing with new regional powers. emerging, the global financial system is getting a bit of a make over to look them ho major his painful rash energies of, with national currencies and even 50, to 50 splits between rouble and new that. and if the plans of shanghai corporation

of an invasion come to life will only see these tram accelerate with alternative him in a system also on the horizon, the reliance on the dollar as the instruments supporting the world at one minute. this is not so very promising for him to speak that that is not somebody used to them that more and more countries are shifting through or using co owner if currencies shifting still use national currencies more and more. and then the, this process. so we will be, will be gaining momentum. we have see how washing persist, hundreds of billions of dollars are fresh assets. we know promise that there will be returned. i m f day to show that tennis un. i counted 4 almost to 3 percent to the highest level since the data began in 2016. at the same time, the dollars share topic to below 59 percent at the lowest level in 25 years. but

2022 saw the momentum growth tours break is dominance and aids are freaking 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 of the history, india not big guy than 5 index position has been cleared the position of neutrality . after all, law school been an old friend to new delhi and also an old trading partner. so what india did instead was started building new banking channels to be able to treat with more school in ruby's india as appetite for russian crew also increased from one percent imports in february to almost 22 percent now, which is nearly 1000000 barrels of crude di now in the ongoing 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. rather than try and pleased a one as a limitation of what this idea does, the final got you know, somewhere and we need to get the approval of the waters. i think that kind of it all we need to put behind in the us foreign policy has been very, very clear that is to promote its own interest 1st. so despite western pressures and more of judgments, india has been very clear that it's not going to be dictated by anyone. so as to 2023 gets on the way people around the world are of course, hoping for a more positive year. it does follow a previous tough 12 months of mass. protests milli,

military conflicts are all limited, deepening economic crisis. so my colleague nikki aaron discussed the prospects for the new year with a panel of guests. 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 doesn't look like tensions between some of the worlds and major powers

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 says, germany stirring all of this up 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 tension. so 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. and 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 see in a 2nd war next year. and that what is that war? that is basically co, kosovo. serbia was announcement recently, for example, that thanks to be bank, one of russia's largest banks has currently developed a new payment gateway that goes between russia and iran and allow 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 of us 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 saying, all these new company, these new companies that will be in this new multi poder, while we'll start developing really exciting payment technology that we've installed for the financial industry to generations now. the 2022, so no end of instability and the energy market. commodity prices all over the place

. and western sanctions on russian energy supplies that a spike, sand fluctuations, and the sector is expected to get even a rougher this year because of any u. n. g 7 price cap on russian oil. moscow says it simply wasn't played by the western rules and will ban energy exports to any country complying with the price calf. 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. things are really not looking very good here in france right now. and moscow's response to the g 7 and european union's price cap on russian oil. that is to ban deliveries, to countries that abide by the cap. does even kick in until february 1st. and the useful embargo on russian oil also hasn't been fully felt yet. because there's also a grace period there until january, so ships don't get caught out at sea, but already there are some signs of trouble here. hey,

you know the fairy tale of cinderella, where she had to be home by midnight, or else her magic carriage turned back into a punkin? well, french drivers have until midnight on december 31st before their own pars risk getting bricked turning into pumpkins because of sticker shock at the pump. because the discount that a live driver's here friends weren't even aware that the government had built into the price of fuel for the past few months to help offset the rising cost of energy is coming to a crashing halt. at that point, the prices are set to go up by $10.00 to $0.20 per liter for everyone, except about $10000000.00 french citizens who will qualify for the help that's replacing it. in the case of workers who make less than $14700.00 euros per year, who will need to fill out a government form to get on all whopping $100.00 euros to cover the entire year of energy price heights for 2023. meanwhile,

french factories are already planning to ring in the new year by not reopening after the holiday. citing skyrocketing production costs, one manager of the company that produces isolation material, told the french press that he seen. i 100 percent increase in material costs and 500 to 700 percent spikes in energy prices. oh, and this, the french energy transition minister. i guess, penny alina, she tweeted on tuesday that if you hear home with wood in france, the government will now offer you assistance of between 50 and 200 euros. the state acts against rising prices from this tuesday, december 27th. if you want temper to help you warm up, you can benefit from assistance ranging from 50 to 200 euro's. it was just so surreal. this tweet that you think you're looking at, a parody account, but nope, and apparently the energy transition minister, i guess, is going to help france transition straight back to the cave mandate. hey,

maybe the government can type in a freed bag of marshmallows so that at least french citizens can all feel like they're having fun. camping out at home rather than huddling around the fire. like they're back in the stone age. maybe we can even like, since production is troublesome right now, because of enterprise may weaken light start bashing on rocks in the fire to hobbled bad. it's hard to believe that this is supposed to be one of the world's most developed countries, which at one point prided itself on its nuclear energy independence. before we get to this, when the perception that when russia is being sanctioned, left right and center, i'm not able to this point. so this, the service phones are from the russian president from the russian federation douglas center quote straight. that's not going to come in here and play your games as if now the oil and gas or the energy as controlling won't in washington, especially the european countries have the ones that i have to suffer from dis decree by the ones that are really sticking to russia,

i'm going to give you african budman. she's only the western countries that are more of an to gotcha. yes, it would benefit from the resistance of russia that are going to suffer from russia to china, where during his new year's speech, chinese president jim ping addressed one of the most pressing issues his country faced in 2022 and cold for unity jingle or jenco ga, the nor the from our colossal effort we overcame unprecedented difficulties and challenges which were not easy for everyone. now the prevention and control of the epidemic has entered a new stage. everyone is working hard, persevering, and the dawn is ahead and in persistence in unity is our victory. really recently china accused or western media outlets of misrepresenting the situation of the country after its strict anti cope with measures were lifted. and now a number of nations that previously urged beijing to remove those barriers themselves, imposing travel restrictions on chinese nationals open out to correspond. marina

caught her ever and her take on this. it's the case of damned if you do damned if you don't know the china is relaxing. it's shred, 0 covert policies after 3 long years, which had 1st and foremost at the expense of its economy. but for the sake of its people, what's the media are having a field day with headlines like to be for, did you know about as of may this year more than 1000000 people have died from call it in the u. s. we learned that more than 1000000 americans have now died from the disease, a milestone. we didn't want to think about, but new was coming in a panoramic that's far from over. that's more than any country in the world. now, did we 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. for american singled out and forth to be tested more than

other world travelers. no time 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 it's clearly against journalistic ethics. just a few weeks ago when we saw dozens of protests across various cities in china against the country, strict coven measures western leaders were keen to push phasing to compromise and meet the protesters, demands calling season, paying an authoritarian dictator. china has to figure out a way forward on dealing with was covered a way for that answers the of the healthways, 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 they're 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 co had lockdown policies. i support that, well, what happened? you got what to wanted, didn't you? and now people are a change in their soon applaud and china's original success in containing 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 prisoners, nor democratic president, we have racist, and they've existed, they tried to get elected resumes. the 1st one that has an amazon chris, this is we're a credible year president is most needed, as he explains what we should and should not do. this is no time for donald trump

record of esther xenophobia her circle, then a phone fast forward to this. if you've been to china get ready because the culverts haas are back even for those. so have them vaccinated. so what was the plan, or is it more of a make it up 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, it's reckless and a threat to the world. but maybe it shouldn't be about let in countries sort no problems out themselves. with a marina culture ever wrapping up his alley program here and auntie international from me role res, to show you the entire use team here. thank you for sharing your time with us here at moscow. we will be back a soon with more of your headlines for the meantime. this is asi international from the russian capital from ah,

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