[000:00:00;00] a minute, when you sit down with a headlines right now, one off into national, the indian foreign ministry slams a new b, b c documentary about prime minister the rent dr. modi saying the piece it handled promote, say, colonial mindset quote, a brute fundamental american back. those words from the russian embassy in washington as the u. s. is set to transfer confiscated assets of russian citizens to key a quote for the program. less than 10 percent of western companies have left russia since the conflict, the roughly the new right?

those results from a swiss university started pushing us interested. so, but china is strong ties with africa. that's how the continents media is describing the us treasury. secretary is all of a sudden surprise 11 day with studying the record straight from moscow. it's time for your global headlines went off international, and it's just so good to have you quote, the bbc is peddling a narrative. again, those words from the indian external affairs minister as a new documentary is released by the channel that some a calling a hit piece on the current prime minister. is anything this film or documentary is a reflection on the agents and individuals that are peddling, this narrative. again, it makes us wonder about the purpose of this exercise and the agenda behind it. and frankly, we did not wish to dignify such efforts. the buyers like a subject to, to,

and continue colonial mindset is blatantly visible. bbc's to bart documentaries. see these called in there. the more the question. whatever that means has been slammed by india labeling 8 a propaganda apiece. the documentary is above the 2000 to which arthritis and marines are more. these are all in the violence in his home state. now. so the 2000 to withdraw thrive for the worst. our community lives that india has ever seen. nearly 2000 people had lost their life. it's also true that initially the blame was been on mr. moore, the were not being able to cobb the while and the supreme court of india has rubbish. all those allegations, in fact a special investigation steam and 2012 has also given mr. moore the, the clean chit, the document re failed to mention any or that. in fact the documentary therefore,

so you can government report that claims that are in the us prime minister and then chief minister or withdraw noreen the more the had proactively stop the police from preventing the riots o human dri has lots of question marks and not so loophole is constituting, it does not mention these basics. the supreme court would act or the s i t theme findings. this saw report in fact was prepared by a team that was headed by the then foreign secretary of the u. k. jack straw. but the question, why does the british government holding an inquiry in india, india, or british colony, at least not often 1947. indians are outraged bbc's propaganda series on prime minister modi is aimed at denting his image. so they can as a state,

broadcast or cast doubts on india's current foreign policy. our stance on russia or our trade deals with middle east is upsetting the west. they're all hands on deck, the ssl back fire and not the 1st time that the west has published such reports that rico for colonial mindset in there for long has been complaining about the coverage that it gets in the west and press take for instance, that time magazine or divider in chief, but india also gives it back again. and again, take a look at this previously recorded bbc interview with mr. moore the he's was there more relevant than ever? so i would say it is a human or a john try to please just the human being over the top. we will, but it is not breach of the mandates, but the brits, they were worried about human rights when millions of indians dying during british rule take for instance,

the sudden massacre or the being all famine where millions of indians the dying from starvation. while the brits were busy transporting in green to the u. k. no apology utilities, by the way. you can't possibly blame mister more. the for not being willing to take a lesson a morality in human rights from them. in fact, india, under the leadership of mr. moore, the, in the last few years, has been extremely fearless. believe his example of india defying west and sanctions and pressures to condemn rochelle is offensive in ukraine. but it looks like the west and the u. k. i simply not getting the point, but india has reiterated that he doesn't want other countries. paul king then knows in dallas matters, ukraine's presidential office says a lack of coordination in the ukrainian security services led to the killing of

a key of delegation member off of the 1st round of peace talks with moscow last year. it's off the report by the wall street journal said the ukrainian national security service, the s b. you murdered denise korea on the claim that he was a traitor with an adviser to ukraine's president soleski has confirmed he actually wasn't one. well, he's not a russian agent. his mother happened due to the fact that there was no unified coordination between the law enforcement agencies. there was sudden, claims against him that was not enough time to settle these claims in a dialogue format. they shot him dead in cold blood, dumped his corpse on the side of the road in the center of kiev, and accused him of spying for the russians. this was how you cranes security services rewarded. denise kit iv in march of last year for is invaluable help as an informant. before and right after russia launched its military operation in ukraine, s b. u agents pulled up and ordered the military intelligence agents,

and mister korea body guards to surrender their weapons. mister korea was directed to a mini van. his security detail lay prone on the street, is the van drove away. about 90 minutes later, the military intelligence agents were summoned to the spot where they found mister korea body. turns out though, it was all a big mistake, days after he was killed, as a trader, k of was buried as a hero, next to ukraine's 1st foreign minister. after all, the guy helped keep negotiating team big time at the bellows cease. fire talks in march of last year, as they stalled rushes offensive with the illusion of good faith negotiations, ukrainian forces prepared for all our combat, according to ukrainian general today of even credited with tipping off key of about rushes military operation. the apparently told ukrainian intelligence that russian forces sought to capture and tone of airport outside of kias and to use it to bring in reinforcements that heads up gave key have enough time to prepare. the airport

was rendered useless in the in suing battle. and this tip off is remembered as a moment that could have made or broken key as war effort. if it were not for mr. curious, most likely keith would have been taken extra judicial murder dumping the body in the street and not even bothering to conduct a small investigation. he definitely has an interesting way of saying thank you to it's most willing collaborators. the ukranian intelligence service is a force onto itself. it's not fully controlled by the korean government. vladimir zelinski, therefore, is not the person who's totally in charge. the s b u seems to have a higher authority. and the case of dennis cure korea, if it killed him, executed him on a street at point blank range without any kind of trial, without any official inquiry on, on, under its own authority, they killed

a man who the government ukraine now says was actually a national hero, it suggests that the far right forces are operating as they please. in the ukraine, the government has only limited control over their activities, and it's afraid to, to exert its authority. it's afraid to bring such forces to heal. meanwhile, heavy fighting continues all along. the don bass front line russian troops are coming closer to taking the key strategic city of our trauma. also known as black mood. russian soldiers, including the don bass, established a ghost brigade of fighting to take control of the heights surrounding the village of sport and seizing those heights would open the road to severe disk. and later than our troubles, both cities pose keys ski strategic significance, i should say for any potential future push to overtake the remaining don bus territories. and all the arabic senior correspondent started on her dia has been observing russian troops that they use tactical drones in the fight for sport.

annoyed with the fighting continues on the don best front line. the village was for no. yeah. is under the crossfire of the russian forces. taking this territory opens the way to the city of saver sc. as you can see, ukrainian troops are located at 1.5 to 2 kilometers from us. here's an open spot, so i have to move fast so that the ukranian artillery doesn't fire at us. and we're not spotted by drones as there are many here. so what we provide our troops with surveillance and artillery support, and together we slowly and steadily move forward for iraq and would say euro drones play an important role in spotting the movements of ukrainian troops. the identification of targets allows artillery to shall the enemies fortify positions which gives the russian assault teams an opportunity to move forward a bit lonely. this way the artillery achieves great results with enemy trenches cleared up,

and our guys are entering them when the enemy is suppressed. now we just hit the targets as planned, and my fierce fighting goes on here as well as across the whole front line. but we're foreign mercenaries fight side by side with ukrainian nationalists, though still globally, from my experience, when we faced both mercenaries, nationalists mostly prevailed. you can judge by the fact that i am standing here and talking to you. then at least i'm in a say taking store now. yeah. and the high ground positions around it opens the way to savers for russian troops. that is an important city, just like our chillman bach moot. we're fighting intensifies as well as solid are, which was recently taken by the wagner group. it will further lead to striking ukrainian troops in the direction of love, janski's, and comp. tours. sorry, going, how dia, r t de nets, republic, russia. the russian embassy in the united states has responded to washington's recent announcement of transferring,

confiscated assets of russian citizens to ukraine. there is not only an obvious disregard of generally accepted legal norms, but also a breach, a fundamental american values which erroneous lee seemed unshakable. first of all, those related to the protection of private property rights. however, such dangerous precedence serve to discredit the united states as a bastion, a free enterprise. the u. s. department of justice earlier stated it has seized the assets of russian entrepreneurs amounting to more than $30000000.00. however, that is the tip of the iceberg, as washington has frozen the $300000000000.00 belonging to the russian central bank . i can april 2022 biden proposed a congress authorized felling assets the belong to russian citizens. however, a move like this does contradict us law, which does not the middle thirties to sell foreign property. well,

let's cross live now to economists and political analysts. i'm joining us live on this program from moscow. great to see you today. so thanks so much for coming on the program, just straight off the top of your head. i mean, what do you think your opinion all this the seizure, the freezing and selling of russian assets when it does seem a bit like a well, a unilateral move by washington at the unit lateral move is very dangerous. in many senses. the most important thing is if you are not guaranteeing property ownership anymore under the u. s. law, then you destroy the fundamentals of all democracy and free market economy acts that the united states and all the l. e. one to be we have, we in germany have not forgotten that germany was sanctioned by sanctioned, by the us to. so doesn't mean that germans would be, could be c in the us to could be that french, british, chinese, japanese,

whoever could be then, if you, if you make it like a game, if you are, sees or not. not because you did anything wrong because these people didn't do anything wrong. it is just because they belong to another nation who are all far enough or far enough from a specific nation. and that makes the government to seize your essence to steal it from you. and hand it over to somebody else. this is a big, big warning and this could lead. and this is a very dangerous step for the us to. it's a double sided sward. if they really do that, then they will lose so much trust. silently. nobody will tell them that they lost the trust, but they will lose so much for silently that many inhabitants from the lease will move away from the u. s. 2, because it will be too dangerous to keep any property in the us or in the, in the hands of where the u. s. can,

can put their fingers on. so i think when they really are going to watch this step, this will hit back tremendously and with this could be really the end of the, of the convincing system of the u. s. market to me or the u. s. freedom or the u. s. democracy, i can let's, let's take, let's take a broader look at this, just a moment if we can, long before the conflict ukraine began. a number of western media outlets would describe ukraine, either as one of the most corrupt countries in the world, or the most corrupt country in the world. if we, if we look at this just for a moment, if 1000000000, so dollars worth of russian assets a seat and then sold, or i should say, given to ukraine, where is that money going to end up? well, it will definitely end up in the hands of zelinski the bite and klan and their bodies

because they are controlling ukraine and they are taking everything what they want in the ukraine at the minute. that's my opinion, but i think here are deeper problems. maybe there is some precious metals who are going to be stolen from the us and they will never hand over any precious metals to the ukrainians. i think the, the biggest problem is that they may have already sold these precious metals, and the owners cannot get them back because they are already stolen. so i think this, this measurement, what they take is already to, to protect the thiefs in the us from being open and from being discovered. i think perhaps this is, this is part of the motivation. so many countries are certainly away from the western hemisphere these days. i like bricks, for example, there are there old dumping the dollar. they're moving away from that dollar. they're investing in other currencies or gold. for example, i guess as

a hedge to protect themselves because that's you said a few minutes ago. no country knows if it could be next in the firing line, economist and political analyst, i can always great to see you. thanks so much. you're welcome. so less than 10 percent of western companies operating in russia have actually left since the conflicts started in ukraine. and that is the result of our recent study by a swiss institute. and i was discussing the facts and figures just a bit early here in the studio. with marina cost alpha a lot of numbers at you right now. so basically we have, so it's less than 9 percent of companies left of russian. and if we break it down, there are the majority of those who remain our german american owns and then japanese, the companies that did leave this study found that the reason they left is because they had lower profitability anyway. and they had a very large workforce here. which is one of the reasons why they decided to leave

. and now again, we have the world economic, our form and dollars taken place. and we know that behind the scenes, officials have been talking about how much longer they can continue isolates in russia. this is the 2nd year in a row, when the russian officials are not attend them because of the western sanctions. but behind the scenes, people are talking and saying how much longer can withstand by isolated russia, especially since it seems that russia is not, ah, doing that badly actually. and the sanctions, i know i haven't ever desired. the fact the sanctions didn't have the kind of immediate impacts that people in the west thought that they might have. russia is largely isolated from the west. but of course, it's not isolated from the rest of the world. the global south has neither condemned russia and it hasn't sanctioned russia. didn't europe try to several toys with russia? absolutely, it did, and it's still trying to, but it seems that it's not prove impossible because we have another study. this one is not from switzerland. this is from brussels,

or it's the brew golf thing tank. if we take a look at exports and, ah, when it comes to russia, exports in goods. here we have graph number one, rushes trade balance for select that countries. if you can see the numbers there, it's still 4 times more right now than it was in it's 2020. for example, if we take a look at the same graph because he can break it down by countries by goods and in the european union, it has the same the same outlook. then if we move on, take a look at fossil fuels, so exports of fossil fuels. so the light blue at the bottom shows the e u and russia, even though of course we can see a drop slot. if we compare the numbers to 2019 or 2020, for example, we can see that russia is still making more money than it did even before the special military operation began. and that's again, because russia not only are we seen increases in prices,

but also russia is making more money because of countries like china and india. we're seeing that relationship develop further. and also, we have seen russia investing in some african countries for several, if it's for several years now. and in general, russia's budget has, has gotten more money recent video use to, despite the actions by unfriendly states and the anti russian sanctions. over the past year, russia managed to extract as much as 535000000 tons of oils. it's 10000000 tons more than the 2021 figure. the exports have risen by 7 percent, and the state budget income from the oil and gas industry has increased by 28 percent. and the ear remains the biggest buyer of, of fossil fuels f still. so we can see that even though they want to cut off russian, isolated completely, it seems that they can't, and they can't stop other countries from doing business with russia. when all the world is much bigger than the west,

that we have countries eager to do business with russia and fill in those gaps that the e use leaving behind. and as we can see, those gaps are not that big as they originally wanted to. because european companies and american companies are still doing business with russia, that might say they want to leave and they're say we're leaving and for a loud statements like that, but fact speak for themselves. at least, facts are from western thing tanks 20 part of the hour here at moscow. so surprisingly enough right now in africa, you'll find the us treasury secretary, janet yellen. she is on an 11 day tour of the continent. i making stops in senegal, zambia, later south africa, yellen described the visit as a step towards further economic cooperation. the united states is committed to building on africa, significant progress in economic development over the past few decades. africa, successful mean success for all of us and the united states is here as

a partner to help africa realize its massive economic potential. well, in contrast, african media outlets have been saying the true purpose of janet yet on the trip is to promote washington's interest over the already strong ties the continent shares with china and russia. let's learn more. here's our africa correspondence, catabolic tucked, the us treasury secretary, jim g. ellen will touch down in the west african state finagle this friday. it's all part of joe biden's in patient and campaign promise to give more focus to africa over the next 2 years. yelling message will mirror that of how calling you as secretary of state anthony blinking, who was on his african safari last year in august, yelling will highlight the stripe. the continent has made over the last couple of decades. was also emphasizing that the united states is a partner and a friend to the continent. the irony here, of course, is the african continent has developed in spite of america's absence and neglect.

africa would not be weighed in today without the massive chinese investment in infrastructure. and mineral resources, but the visit is also part of a larger context of influence on the continent. the us government sees the growing influence of other super powers, namely russia and china as a threat to american interest. here the view of the official u. s. africa strategy. the people's republic of china by contrast, sees the region as an important arena to challenge the rules based international order. advances own narrow commercial and geopolitical interests, undermine transparency and openness, and weaken us relations with african peoples and governments. russia views the region as a permissive environment for paras startles, and private military companies, often fermenting instability for strategic and financial benefit. the 3 country

visit starting in seliger will also include zambia and south africa. and it comes fresh of the heels of the with africa, solid held early in december, president joe biden, houston over 40 african hands of things in washington. and during the summit, his administration maint deals and commitments to the tune of some $15000000000.00 over the next 2 years to the continent. which pales in comparison to the chinese quantum. like many african countries i ever, than we are, is struggling with debt. and it's defaulted on it's dead re payment in 2020 is one of many african countries to apply to the g. $24.00 is nearly $13000000000.00 worth of debt to be restructured. and that the common framework mecan ism of the g 20 china holds a 3rd of zombie as dead. but despite that, the west lane has been to vilify the east the giant, even though the majority of zombie as that is held in western institutions in africa,

southernmost country. a growth resistant economy is being further hampered by the growing intensity of power. despite south africa's woes, yellen is expected to push that old. i'm applause and his cabinet on the pace of transitioning from coal to clean energy sources. the united states is one of 5 countries. that's promised south africa a point $5000000000.00 to ditch cole from greener energy sources. but there's no such thing as a free lunch and weary africans will be looking out for the pre conditions that the united states government is so well known for the government. for our p, jonathan north from africa to asia, but the us national god is reportedly providing training to ty, ones, forces, as washington's concerns over an alleged chinese threat continue to grow. now, according to media reports, the military trading started in early 2022. when a tie when he's president commented on the u. s. national guard, and ty pays defense forces,

cooperation. the u. s. national guard is able to be mobilized ultimately the discretion of washington. but also the u. s. national guard has been playing a role in training the ukranian military as well. soldiers have been trained under the special program since 2014 by nato allies, to boost the combat readiness of ukrainian troops. a cooperation between kiev and the national guard reportedly still remains very strong as the conflict can 10 years or less learn more in cross lived out, the nelson, one vice chairman of the shanghai sent up a rim packet. international studies, also an expert with the val by economic form nelson. always great to see you. welcome to the program. what do you think of these statements about the u. s. national guard involvement? i guess in taiwan that they're going to be helping to maintain peace in that part of the world. well, i mean, this is always the the narrative. i think the us has. ready towards sending out

consultants a military consultant to trying other people, you know, the guards or the military in other countries. the relationship between us and taiwan in terms of their military cooperation. that didn't happen overnight. they're being doing this for many, many years actually. and we have to be aware that why this neil is quote unquote is leaked out quite recently. and this is something worthy of note is because the secretary of state entered a lincoln is going to visit beijing. and i think recent play running up to this upcoming visit of the us secretary of state to beijing. there are so many news coming out every now and that. and now it's about the

national guard training, the pie one military. and also there is a strengthening of us japanese military cooperation. and then there is also conflicts between china and india on the border. and then the u. s. pointing it's been, goes that china, all these are actually acts to, to build up some pressure before the meeting between the, the u. s. equity state with his chinese counterpart. so this is, this is why there is nothing new actually, but we have to bear in mind that the u. s. is doing so many things around the world is jumping around the world. doing a lot of things that is perhaps counter productive to itself because there are so

many problems domestically in america already for sales and you're absolutely right. there are also many problems domestically in america, sorry for jumping in, but as you say, they are involved all around the world and well, perhaps the world could use a bit more peace and sudden hotspots. i wanted to ask you, so the national guard you say they've been trading tie when he's troops or us advisors have been trading tie when he's true for many, many years. let's, let's bring in a comparison here, because do you see any link to the situation in ukraine, given that since 2014, the u. s. national guard has reportedly been playing a key role in bolstering ukrainian defense capabilities. we all know the situation in ukraine today. if america is trading soldiers in taiwan, what do you think china has to look forward to in the short to near term future? well, 1st of all, i don't think that chinese government would have any unrealistic expectation

of the us. because from what the chinese government has been saying, we do not only listen to what the americans say, but what they do because it is quite obvious that on the one hand, the u. s. without the white house has been cutting beijing that we do not support independence. taiwan. we recognize the one china policy, but in the meantime, they're also, you know, creating a lot of taishan across the taiwan street. so, you know, all these fabricated china threat is that come from nowhere actually when we actually know exactly who is provoking the piece who is destroying the piece in, in this part of the world. but i want to take this opportunity to comment that