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a diplomatic solution with hello, i welcome to our international course thing alive from moscow. i'm right mommy and it's great to have you with us. take a look at today's top stories. during a joint press conference with a russian counterpart of south africa for the minister has underlined the country's independence and addressed its relations with russia. we as africans need to resist, is this impulse of wanting to direct a double standard form of international conduct toward us that what i do is okay for me, but you cannot do it because you are developing country or you are africa. that is an abuse of international practice. wellness have you immune your school of africa, itself must determine the ways to solve problems on their continental. we share

a partnership for accelerated growth and wish south africa speedy development. we talked about conflict resolution in african, for example, in countries like molly, sudan and mozambique. the international community is obligated to support the paths african countries have chosen for themselves. russia will contribute to the resolution of conflicts in flash points across africa, including the training of local peacekeepers a few months, but so while his old horn, those are the conference inventory, says this report at the beginning of this meeting between the 2 foreign ministers, one of the things that the south african foreign minister mentioned right from the get go was the, i actually, the neo colonial, the anti neo colonial, rather legacy of the soviet union. and the amount of aid that the soviet union gate africa throughout the 20th century. she said that she wants warm relations between russia and south africa and african south africa to continue to develop in the way

they have since that time as well. we also heard at this press conference about what exactly they are going to do to deep in cooperation. we heard that specifically in the sphere of atomic energy and infrastructure. those are 2 areas that russian south africa are going to deepen their cooperation in the future lever . i've also mentioned that russia is dedicating itself to a further helping peacekeeping efforts in conflict zones across africa as well. now another thing we heard what that was mentioned here were upcoming joint military exercises between russia, south africa, and china. this is something that washington has taken issue with. it's called it provocative, but both foreign ministers basically said that every sovereign nation has the right to decide who it's going to conduct a joint military exercises with. so obviously that's that stance that washington has taken on these upcoming join. military exercises has displeased that these 2

countries, as well as likely other other countries who find themselves in the same position. let's take a listen to what they said. this williams. we do not violate any norms of the law of the sea. so i don't understand the mixed reaction from the medium. america believes that only its forces are allowed to conduct exercises anywhere in the world. so they are engaged in exercises within the framework of in those strategies, right next to china. and this does not cause a mixed reaction in the media. our exercises are transparent and russia, china, and south africa has made all the information public was blows. a asked them about these claims by the united states that russia is somehow weapon ising food, and that the actions of russian president vladimir putin are somehow ah, harming the african economy. i was able to, i asked both foreign ministers about that as well as the kind of pressure that washington has been putting on african countries that dare to say that they're going to have warm relations or even cordial relations with the russian federation

in terms of um, the south african foreign minister, she focused really on the grain deal, the ukraine grain deal. and the fact that i'm, that most of that grain is not even going to the countries that need it the most, it's actually going to western europe. so the south african foreign minister actually called on journalists to find where exactly that grain is going. she said, it would be really nice to see some sort of investigative report into that. to understand why that's happening. as for survey leverage, he laid the blame squarely at the feet of the west, slits at the west. let's take a list of what he said for a minute. it's them good. we have repeatedly provided confirmed facts, proving the problems and the food markets began. long before russia's military operation, according to the us, we turn everything into weapons, oil, gas, sports, and so on. i handed over a text today that sets out the situation in the food markets. after the you and hed

proposed the initiative, we immediately agreed. and now we've implemented 2 agreements about the grain deal, which is somehow being implemented. but everything goes to the you and not to poor countries. as for russian fertilizers and grain, the un didn't help the west remove obstacles to our exports. and indeed, there is no line about food and grain in the sanctions. but there are points about bands for ships to enter ports where a ban on our banks using swift. but the west continues to insist that food is not under sanctions. all the important issues are being sidelined, those now and surprisingly on the number of topics that were discussed was of course, the ukraine conflict, which russia said it's always open to negotiating an end to war, at least a ceasefire. and it's actually a key of that laugh rov explained which has a flat out rejected any sort of negotiating. and he pointed to the fact that vladimir zalinski had a made it so that it would be illegal in ukraine for ukrainian officials to

actually have any sort of negotiating going on with the russian side. so we heard a bit about that, but that's basically a rundown of the main topics that were discussed at this press conference. here in pretoria and image sleigh african opinion, the usaa sets a said, is you an invoice to the continent. this amount of the recent visit bother you. at 1st we figured zambia and senator was she attempted to portray last go as an forbidden issue for africa, which is more in, within the station of food is exacerbated food insecurity and caused untold suffering. and the global economic head winds caused by the actions of a single man president who is creating an unnecessary dram on africa, economy. american government right now, he's trained to rescue dirty swiss here in the african continent, and sometimes to change the opinion of the grand countries in about the war

in the ukraine. this is the 1st thing. you see mozambie, curry and kenya and other countries are the quality countries are part part of the members of the security council of the united nation. so this is the 1st reason that the secretary, is it mozambique to mozambique and other countries to, to try to change did the opinion their african government trust in the russian or russian government. this is all right. can say right now, because the western countries are coming here are coming here and they have to confront him as a few years ago and tried to make things a development of the piece that said there. but we don't see anything under carriers. we receive always wars in some parts of the african

continental. so this is the 1st reason we're, we are looking for the other friends, the fact you chris cody. so it wasn't, this isn't a corruption, was in the ministry of defense and what needed things to be the worst part from scandals in gulf. the armed forces is the beginning, the cleaning conflict. you create a media are accusing the offense from a fil, buying overpriced food frequently. and so just having fun to do. price is $2.00 to $3.00 times higher than the current rates. for instance, eggs, which cost around $19.00 you a sense in shops will both for $0.46. the deal sign in december is estimated to be worth $30000000.00 in defense minister alexei risk in the coff denied the allegations, but announced the mincie would laws, internal audit ortiz caleb molten as well. this comes on the heels of yet another scandal. now it's now being reported that the national anti corruption

bureau as just arrested, the minister of infrastructure in ukraine. and it is reported that he may have received a $400000.00 bry in order to secure contracts for machinery and equipment. so this is what the ukranian president recently sat on the issue of corruption. yeah. want you, i want this to be clear. there will be no return to what used to be in the past to the way various people close to state institutions or those who spent their entire lives chasing a chair used to live. i think law enforcement officers who protect the law, the interests of the state, and ensure justice. now his comments about what's going on in the past are quite interesting. when you look over the pandora papers, it's become obvious that zalinski got filthy rich as a result of these corrupt practices. but now as zalinski is making these comments

and as a big conference is being held in, denouncing the issue of corruption, it's important to understand the context. there is rising discontent in the united states. u. s. public is not thrilled about the fact that their tax dollars are being spent by the billions and what appears to be a very, very corrupt country. here's some of what we've heard from us. officials regarding the billions and billions of dollars being handed here by washington dash, one of the things that i really was focused upon. in fact, i raised it was present zelinski himself. i said look, if you have a scandal, if you miss of mr. misuse these, these resources, it's gonna, it's gonna st. close the support in the u. s. and he got that. and then we had a later meeting with a lot of their defense officials and, and government officials. they're doing detailed software. they're keeping track of every spare part that comes into the country. were sending over an inspector general from the pentagon this month. so i came away very impressed by the level of

accountability. now some of the very same officials that were in that room are reassuring this figure from the united states so that there was no wasting of us taxpayer money are now under arrest and it appears they were doing just that. there is quite a bit of legit concern among the u. s. public about the fact that billions and billions of dollars are being given to a country that is notoriously corrupt. and one looks at the recent statements by zalinski and you know, convening of ukrainian officials to make statements and found the podium against corruption. you could almost look at that as an attempt to reinvent the cranes image. because beneath the surface, people realize there is a very big problem and that lots and lots of money is being poured into kia by washington with very little accountability. the question now is how long will the american public continue to tolerate this and read as he sees then as early as foot

couldn't, says akins amount. seeing an approved into corruptions is a way showing western allies that ukraine can be trusted. this is a people for nice burke and they are trying to whitewash their, their broadness, of course, the western propaganda uses this as an example that there is some kind of monitoring system and it can be, you is doing some investigation. they want to convince the world that they can be trusted. oh, but i think and also in the same time, most window or i'm sure evolution started and the real corruption, we do the highest possible in a level the neural all people knows to, to grade. it was o corruption, ukrainian armies using their power to put these black margaret beasley is going want they're all pockets and enduring. but everything was done to used to meet or to brought to prices. and, and this is,

this is also touching the very core of the conflict in rain. so what we see here is a show for the western audience that you can rely and we will check that none of these will happen again until it happens to morrow. again, the wagner group is confirmed that it has a repeatedly called american special service agencies who tried to organize assassination attempts. here's a good response to our teas request. more than once, we've caught armed groups and employees of the american special services who tried to harm the wagner group and organized assassination attempts. each time we gave them a kick in the butt, fed them lunch and dinner, and let them go in peace. there are plenty of video materials. well, the question that he posed to him was, why now is it that the united states has chosen to label, designate wagner as a criminal organization, and a mr. precaution,

head of the private military company. wagner said that the question touched it. he had a lot to say about. he started off by saying, look, what is good and evil. for, for the united states, it goes against his interest is evil for russia. anything that goes against him, its interest, is also evil. he said, you can play double speak or you want, but when you look at pod facts, russia and the united states are sworn enemies. and also, if you look at reality of what has happened rather than talk a disgusting rights and good and evil use as the united states remains, the only country in the world to have dropped to, to nuclear weapons on cities. civilian cities that have started was the world over iraq, libya, syria, many other countries. he, he listed it, he said, look, we're wagner has done is around the world and tried to put out these fuzz started by the united states. he says, wagner used merely a company,

a private military company. there isn't a state, but in the mind of the united states, i. e, these criminal organization, mr. preggers and said that if wagner is a criminal organization, and if we go by what both sides have done. so wagner and the united states that would make the united states a criminal syndicate. he says that the, the wagner couldn't touch, he went on to, to, to mentioned how it is that the united states rule. he says the united states exists because of an unfair share of the world economy. that it controls from money that belong to the countries. but that the united states ends up with, he says, look, look, any country, any entity, any state that resists the united states, is labeled on democratic, eventually criminal. any state that confronts or entity that confronts the united states becomes a terrorist state or a terrorist entity. he said, look,

we have no problem with the united states. we won't, we don't chic partake. what is american? what we want is to keep what is russia and that he says, we're not prepared to give up. he went on into details, as was mentioned, that there have been assassination attempts by us sponsor groups as well as bio employees of united states intelligence agencies aimed against the wagner group. he says, there are plenty of with video, and his organization is the possession of plenty of videos that would prove this one african say the u. s. con label. the wagner group has an ontario strip since america's themselves have mercenaries in ukraine hill fighting against russia. the death done in us, one of the great threats to the western world is in a way, wagner, who has set out in a way to conquer the interests of some western countries. in particular, france, england,

and certainly the united states wasn't navine. the united states is an allies with several actors. the u. s. cannot label longer as an armed terrorist group, while the same united states maintains mercenaries in ukraine who fight against russian forces me if the mercenary is a terrorist group. then what about american mercenaries? is that the russian salon will have a monopoly, and most the recent, the world amends on the same americans and british, flooded iraq with private military companies. the black waters and rangers. it was private companies that destroyed iraq. but did russia label those companies as war criminals? then why today this relentlessness attack on wagner? gamma is clearly to deter any country that want to call on the expertise of this group. these all the implications. because we have already stigmatized and categorized them as terrorist groups look k these, they thought that in russia, ukraine that were held embellish. shortly after the coffee began to bide harvey

gray with no intention of diplomatic solution, but was admitted by the head of the queen's main info director. in his latest interview, the main task we set for mr. careers was to delay the process in order to buy time since he personally knew to people in the negotiation process, who represented the russian side was this is quite a revelation. hey, we have a senior, ukrainian official, openly admitting that it was participating in peace told with russia in bad faith. kev's defense intelligence chief has said that he tasked the negotiator there. he said and his curve with heading to bella luce, i'm just 4 days after the lord to the special military operation, to delay those discussions. now, he was very clear that it was in order to buy time, but what did he mean by? they swell, korea had been asked to use his contacts, to slow down the tool so that the ukraine armed forces could take action to quote, repel the enemy. remember, this came a time when western countries with drawing up sanctions packages against russia and

were discussing the supply of weapons to ukraine. yet ukraine security forces seemed so concerned with a peace talks that they kidnapped and killed korea. dumping his body on the side of a road in the ukrainian capital. now of course, all of this comes as ukraine and their western packet accuse russia of not acting in good faith at the negotiating table. i am extremely concerned how russia has been acting at the negotiating table. actually, i don't trust what russia is doing at all. any negotiations needs to be real. they need to be a meaningful. they can't just be a fig leaf full russian re armament. and for the recruitment of soldiers and moscow, of course, reject such allegations and accuses ukraine's packers of mischief. and let's not forget that a russian sees far proposal for the orthodox christmas was rejected earlier this month. all this guys going line doesn't seem like the collective worst once piece.

i mean, all these tactics are they, are they in fact fix for these war games? you thing will x, remember that it is here is an a been a legs is peace process, has been sabotaged by the direct intervention of western leaders. most notably, british prime minister polish johnson who is settled, told to lensky that piece is not an option during one of his visits to the ukrainian capital last april. now this came a time when there was a you reported to be a tentative piece there on the table between russia and ukraine. and, and he told us lensky reportedly told zalinski to break off those talks. now the, you, the unit united nation, 60 general antonia gutierrez, just last week said there is no serious chance of piece or was during his address to the world economic forum. at the same meeting, of course, western leaders were talking about or more arms and selling more arms or more weapons or to ukraine. so for while russia has consistently underlined its commitment to peace, it appears others are not negotiating in good faith. we do know that the minsk

agreements, which came to bring peace to the dumbass, we're not signed by the west in good faith has been pretty much admitted by the then leader of ukraine and the agreements main sponsors, germany and france. hes a reminder of what they said. the 2014 minsk agreement was an attempt to give the crane time he crane. yes, this time to become strong as you can see to day. the ukraine of 20142015 is not the ukraine of today. since 2014 ukraine has strengthened its military posture. it is the merit of the minsk agreements to have given the ukrainian army this opportunity. thus the time the prudent thought was an asset for him, turned out to be in fact an opportunity for the ukrainians. with his latest revelation appears to undermine the west claims and was very save his questions about with the pigs is really on. it's a gender at all, although i will correspond until the rover says that while russia sat down ready to

strike a piece deal in march last year, ukraine was lying time in a similar mood that failed midst agreements. my remember the times in march quite well and i reported about all these so called negotiations. and we have seen that you can always was planning on time. the russians were at the place we're waiting for us. ukrainians announced to come they delayed, then for hours for days, so that ukraine part was playing for time. this is nothing you. we have this map to thing from a, from, from a chancellor miracle which she opened. he said that with the music agreement was only 2 by time. the medical story was an interview in the german side, but no german news outlet. after that asked questions, put this topic on the, on the roll. nobody did it, and this is the same western use will not come with this and what, what he said about what playing on time. and they will still say russia is the one who doesn't want to talk. but what we see, right?

no, they don't what they don't want to negotiate anything. and we see from the past that music agreement was only 2 by a time and whatever they proposed to rush end of march last year. anyway, we, we saw whole march that you will all the groceries that they will always play the u. s. has imposed sanctions on 10 iranian officials and one entity or it sees as human rights abuses while suppressing nationwide protests that causes ease for ministers adopted a similar packet of functions on monday. however, they still haven't blacklisted the revolutionary gods cool. despite hostile rhetoric tools, the will that are station does your honor the reigning regime with its revolutionary garza terrorizing your own people day after day. it's therefore important that will launch a 4th patch of sanctions against it. thompson, i think it's time to we. europeans reflecting our responses to this policy of state

hostages that iran is now practicing packages of this new form package will affect 37, a re officials and entities including lawmakers, state media representatives and morality police heads. those on the list will be restricted in these access and will face a freezing of assets. previous packages of factors were imposed on more than 60 rain officials from similar sectors before the vote to her on had warned the union against classifying the revolutionary guards as terrorist organization on the line that they are themselves chuckling terrorism in the region. and that the move would called retaliation and could tell the future possibility for nuclear talks. the brought us the emotions of further of that back in september after 22 year old woman died in custody after being arrested by morality. police for the incorrectly wearing of a mandatory headscarf during the demonstrations. police arrested over 401-4000

people, including those with jill nationality sick authorities also executed for people and restricted the internet prevent further. unrest. professor said mohammed mirandi from the university of toronto says that new sanctions have nothing but symbolic effect and only push iran closer to the eastern allies which contradicts worse and interests. the sanction that they've declared our force worthless, they're not important. none of these people north did the people who were sanctioned on previous occasions, none of them have assets in europe. none of them travel to europe. none of them have any interest in europe. so it, it's, they're all symbolic and gradually affect the impact of western sanctions. decreases and basically what they've done is that they've push countries like iran in russia and china towards each other. and i think that is ironically very harmful toward 4 question policy. but when it comes to claiming

that iran violates human rights, europeans and americans have imposed maximum pressure sanctioned to kill iranians to make iranian suffer and their persian language, television stations. many of them in london have encouraging people to kill police officers. so for them to speak about human rights for, for most people in iran is somewhat ridiculous. you are still making trying to change the way the country is national debt. ceiling is calculated . no, because of proposed to change the national debt sitting from a fixed dollar amount to percentage of the countries g d p. the one comes with a proposal, record highs of us that mark sitting $31.00 a half trillion dollars. so as a vesta concerns a future markets, the ability to continue to chris adams gave us more details on the wowza describing the movers fraud. the u. s. plates, it's inflation based on what it calls

a consumer price index. and the problem with this index, when it's calculated, if it doesn't count for huge amounts of items when it calculates. and it also does not calculate a difference in price surge and through quantity. so what my quality is, if you buy a new car and the next year the car company comes out with another model of that car and that car is more expensive. they won't count that as an increase in price. now the trouble is global markets and in the financial analyst, and i was saying, this is the joke that it is right? so really that having to come up with a new solution in order to, to, you know, diaper, they tend attention elsewhere. and to come up with a new way to crates. in a very interesting numbers with global markets. essentially what i think they're trying to do is to completely wipe the slate clean, right? because the minute that you stop being able to measure inflation or death as we prefer, or government debt in line with actually economic right, it becomes impossible for us really to see how much money they're borrowing and how much debt the countries it. and as the u. s. controllers the global reserve

currency, which is the u. s. dollar, it's more impossible for us to add a hold of dollars in the world to see if that printing any more. so really, it said it might need some massive scam that they're probably hoping is going to reduce the concern in the global market as to how many dollars they're printing and how much debt they're accumulating. day by day it's just going to put the markets into further tomo right, because as a, as an analyst, as an investor. right now, i'm trying to look at the u. s. economy, which is basically tagging anyone trading in u. s. dollars around the world and figure out where, where will, if i deploy my capital the minute i cannot see the debt on the balance sheet. not hoping to fill me with confidence to invest money, not just in the u. s, but pretty much anywhere in the world because i'm constantly going to be in fair because i cannot see actually how much debt in real terms is out there in the market which could complete inoculate tank. well, my investment, i would go as far to say that this is fraud. i would just put this into the, into a real terms example for you. so let's say you and i sets up the company. now when

we went to invest this and raise money and we did not disclose and best is how much money or how much debt was on our balance sheet on all those. well, if our invest is found out and they report to, that's the please you and i would go quite rightly going to present the defrauding . however, in this case, it looks like, you know, we, we talk a lot on the 5 about the difference between the u. s. is so good rules based order in international law. it appears that the us have absolutely no respect for international law. and now even very basic tenants of rule such as fraud. so yeah, i think this is a highly legal act on the international state. france is that the best option for it is a substitute rush, a weapon suppliers. that's the message from the paris envoy to new delhi, also appraising by natural relations between the 2 powers. we have great corporation on strategic issues. there is some extreme level of trust in the counselor's commitment to each other. no of the country isn't hands on delivering the past technology to thing. jen forces.