ah, with i have to say that russia is forced to suspend our involvement in the new start treaty, russia suspenders participation in the start nuclear weapons treaty with the united states, but it is not abandoning the effort. that is the message from vladimir putin who acute as washington of planning to conduct its 1st nuclear tests in 3 decades. warning. if america does that, russia will follow suit. now, the west seeks to transform the local conflicts into a global confrontation. that is the warning from the russian president that he deliveries or to annual address to the russian parliament essentially zeroing in on youth crime. the russian foreign ministry demands, the american ambassador show up and explained the sabotage of russia's north stream

pipeline. while a former us marine leaps to r t, a letter from a former nato officer, we saw a suspicious u. s. naval crew in the area for the pipes were destroy. people now are realizing slowly, as information that's trickling out, that everything that they've been told by the american government has been alive with all right. setting the record straight from moscow and bringing you all sides to today's top stories. welcome to your news or not. it is a breaking news to kick off this. i was program as russia will suspend this participation in the new start nuclear treaty. but it's not departing from the agreement. president vladimir putin made that statement in his annual address to the national parliament for they would signal, but would it would need a representatives. the u. s. is sending signals and putting out ultimatums to

russia. they say you, russia must implicitly do as we have previously agreed to, including the new start treaty. while we the us or do whatever we want to us. they say there's no connection between the new start treaty issues and the ukrainian conflict or other hostile actions by the west towards russia is over there as if there is no loud statement that the u. s. aim is defeating russia. strategically? certainly. so it's either utmost cynicism and hypocrisy or utmost stupidity. anything we can't call them idiots though they're not stupid. they wanted to feed us strategically and also want to continue to inspect our new killer objects. in this regard, i have to say manage that russia is forced to suspend our involvement in the new start treaty the with you and out of that i thought in your cars while that my dad gasdio was there watching the speech and takes us through some of the key points, the president speech went on 2 hours now,

5 minutes to give credence a brushes and leave head of the government, the ministers, the prime minister, various activist leaders as well as military figures that were business leaders here various organizations without a tremendous impact on the left, but of course perhaps the biggest revelation with consumers is russia and spending participation. very important not, not pulling out the problem, spending it participation in the start of the treaty between the said that is in effect 2010. let me hear the size of the various reasons for meredith. one of the reasons is that it is simply lost power off the russian lectures into written starting

treatments. russian inspectors are denied infections in the united states. but the reason that there is also the practice of the united states, the various western leaders from now now come out and they said that they want to rush off of a spreadsheet defense. you created a chief defeated, something very few countries recover from the law by the president, evidently as a very serious threat. another. another thing that he mentioned to reason information eligible is preparing the stage to attend the decades during which the world has been free of nuclear density nation. the privilege of diminished in the sense to prepare. i carry out unclear tests and tests, but only if these are the states carries those as 1st,

as russian with the intelligence that has been shown to the president from prison. glad amendment has shown that they perhaps would be the gist of what he had to say is that relations with the west, i now have been torn to shreds. there is nothing to stand on. and the busha sees through all of these high through about democracy and peace if you assume it, but just would stay a short door. i would like to emphasize that even before the special military operation, keith was negotiating with the west on delivery of air defense systems. plains and other heavy equipment, and we also remember attempts by the key regime to acquire nuclear weapons. and they were publicly stating that the u. s. a. need a were rapidly deploying their military bases and secret bio labs near our borders during their maneuvers. they explored the theater of future military actions,

and they prepared the key of regime to be controlled by them. ukraine, enslaved by them for a big warm. and now they are admitting it admitting it publicly by openly and with no shame. russia, president of swiss, that russia did everything, everything that it could to avoid this conflict, especially military operation in ukraine with who years. 4 years european need, who he does as well as the government here that believes to be fully controlled by laser. these leaders lied to russia for years live and they stole about the crates peacefully had said that he spent those years. i'm big weapons of the crate, the breadth of which we are only. now this is you will to says the various nationalists need as neo nazis would trail in western military colleges.

love of, of were taught how to wage war against the russian federation rule. with the understanding that the school would happen in math has been the western plan all along. vladimir putin also said this conflict between russia and ukraine isn't between russia and the people of ukraine. but brother, those that have taken it, taken at hostage any further increase in the number of civilians killed in the devastation that lies firmly with the side with nato that has seen her that has she necessary to supply and to pump the country full of destructive weapons when you are you im not of the mill crane, but we're not at war with the people of ukraine. so i've already said this many times. the people of ukraine themselves have become hostages of the key of regime

in its western masters solely who've actually occupied the country in a political, military and economic sense. or even if no one thought about the people to it, they were prepared for slaughter and eventually turned into expendable material. you are the responsibility for inciting the ukrainian conflict. for the escalation, for the increase in the number of its victims, lies entirely with the western elites. and the key of regime vladimir putin also spoke at length about social and economic consequences of these conflicts. in fact, most of his speech was devoted to those. he said the very potent thing, the, the people here applauded. that was, that much of wouldn't repeat the mistakes of the past of the soviet union, for example, alluding perhaps to what the soviet union did, which is spent far too much on weapons arms and not enough all assume people on or on the economy led me approved and said that we will spend only within our means

you have said the sanctions which the west believed would shatter. the russian economy of that didn't pan out. the russian economy remained strong with the g. d p increasing only by 2.9 percent. i believe he said, o 2.7 percent rather than the 1020 percent of some western experts at the forecast is the had predicted he'll to frank, the medics soldiers volunteers to pick the builders. the leaders who are now active on the front lines at, in russia's new territories historic territories. he said that it is thanks to them . the victory for the country. a he's assured was over there was the original purchase from new york to west is deployed. not only a military informational, but also an economic front against us, but nowhere, nowhere has it achieved anything and will not achieve anything. anti russian

sanctions are a means for their goal. as the western leaders themselves declare a direct quote to make our citizens suffer. that's their humanism. numerous times the audience stood up to applaud what the president had to say. one of those moments was when he stood up and brought up famous quilt. and that is a russia has a historic rise to be strong. and the people here again stood up, standing to those words, the president said, again, the victory russians future is dependent on the actions. every single person, the said he believes to say that the vast majority of the population is behind the special military operation behind the cause that the government had said. and she also says that the desire historic obligation to see this through let's take

that further. now, of course, we'll have to ox on a boy to the host of ortiz world apart, that she was always good to see you. you know, you're typically front and center when the russian president makes an annual address. and this time he really touched on some big issues affecting the russian federation. what to you on a stood out the most. well, thank you for the complimentary story. i think it was a wide ranging speech as predicted, focusing 1st and foremost on russia's domestic development. the president said is pretty clearly that he sees the role of government not in adapting to watching pressures in western sanctions, but rather taking the russian society, the russian economy. russia as a country, as a state, as a civilization to a whole new level of development. and he talked about how for many years the russians were dependent on the western advice for how they should leave their lives and authentically believe that the west has good solutions,

technological and democratic solutions to offer to russia. that belief was clearly relinquished over the last couple of years, but the president said that he believes that one of the greatest efforts, one of the greatest achievements that happened to rush over the last couple of months over the past year is the turning of the russian people towards what he calls authentic, real embodied leave page her. it is not some ideological or rhetorical concept, but actually feeling and leaving your connection to the country. and he was i thought, very emotional and very personal when he's saying not only the russian soldiers, but also the volunteer school. go to the front lines, the medics, the educators wrote constructors builders. you know, there is a huge effort here with the russian society to help the newly recognized for

regions of russia that used to be part of your brain before. and he also said that the government will make everything possible to make sure that within the current daycare until 2030, the average quality of life. and these new regions will be the same as across russia. and i think that that was in the mark difference with the western concept of unity, because we're hearing a lot of words about how the west is united against russia. but it's sort of the unity of the leads who want to defeat the russia. as they pointed out, but that effort is not necessarily supported by the society of those countries. and i think it's very clearly demonstrated in many polls taken across the european union and across the united states. so to me, that was the most important highlight that it's true,

it's the most difficult time that russia has been through and it's more than history. but russia believes that it is destined for its own future and is determined to develop on its own terms. it wants to continue doing that and it wants to be partners with many other countries including western countries, but on equal terms on sovereign terms, on the condition of mutual respect, both to each other's interest onto each other's history. on it, they were a number of issues that put in touch down to point i appreciate you giving us some of the highlights that now one of the key points that came out towards the end of his address was that russia has suspended its protest participation in the new start treaty, how do you think on that this move will be interpreted while it's a, it's a major bombshell drug right at the end of the day address,

which i think will be on the have lines of most western publications to morrow. now, this is a very important treaty and one of the very few know the only remaining arm treaty arms reduction treaty between russia and the united states was signed back in 2010 and expanded by both putting into bite and administration until 2026, and let me put in said that what's important is that russia stands is participation is not withdrawing from the treaty. it's still interested in capping the development of nuclear potentials, but he said that he believes it's impossible to do in the current circumstances when both washington and the wider west open. we talk about aiming for the defeat of russia. he said that until that position is abandoned. there is no point of negotiating, a continuation of the treaty simply north realizable. but there was also one other

interesting development. she said that from now on russia doesn't want to sort of subscribe to these old cold war year, a logic of bilateral arms reduction. so the logic began with rationale, originated back in 96971 because the union and the united states were discussing how to limit the arms race and the of nuclear weapons, nuclear tacitus. and let me put in said that since the west presents itself as a collective west, done any new agreement on reduction of new that aren't need to take into account cumulative nuclear potential. not only of the united states, but also of france and the united kingdom. and in a way, it's off a bit of a turning of a table on the tables on the west. because if you remember, under the trump administration, americans insisted the law the china needs to be brought into any arms reduction

treaty agreements. and that it was supposedly russia's duty to bring the asian to the table. well, russia is essentially doing the same. you're saying that if washington indeed wants to negotiate with russia, it needs to bring paris and london on. and one other thing, which i think is absolutely crucial, put inside that. according to russians, intelligence, certain forms of nuclear weapons, american nuclear weapons, are approaching the expiration date. and there is a real necessity on the part of the united states just passed some of the nuclear weapons and he made it clear that russia will not start resume nuclear tests unilaterally. but in the united states, does it? so we'll russia it, it will reciprocate because according to russia cannot allow for the global strategic parity to be changed. ok, so i'm going to go talk one more question, but i've just got to pick your brain for just

a little bit more. so forgive me for this, but i wanted to ask you one of the points that putin made during his speech, he said regarding the conflict in ukraine. he said russia is not at war with the people of ukraine, but against the key of regime. and those who now own it, what does he mean? well, that's actually a pretty well, nothing new line on the part of the crumb list. they have asserted that for several years already, but especially since the beginning of the military operation and ukraine, russia sees the ukrainian conflict as the effort on the part of the west. you do whatever possible to not only preserve western dominance, but to undermine constrain the development of other centers of power, not just russia, but also china and many others. but russia is essentially a country that was i guess,

most convenient for the west to pick up. it's white and according to put you invest the believe the current leadership of your brain is doing the american bidding, selling its country future, its interest to the united states and allowing washington to wage its war with russia. its historical old battle with russia at the expense of the ukrainian people that lives and their prospects, i guess. so the, the, the i m f, the i m f is now a confirmed is an $18000000000.00 lo now to ukraine, and how will ukraine pay back the loan by essentially selling off its national assets. the host of our team will depart on a boy. thank you. that's i take this further now and join john, couple of the senior editor for issue insight and also a political analyst at joining us by throwing off into national john. great to have you on the program today. i do and do i do hope you enjoyed the speech from the russian president. he certainly did just run across the spectrum of topics as he

discussed his main points today. one of them being that at the new start treaty, john, we've just been informed that russia will now be putting it on hold. what do you think brought him to that decision? it, it's not a surprise that the government of the russian federation would suspend and it was important that he use the word suspend. he didn't use the word abrogate, remove, ring, renounce it makes sense. you know, from, from his perspective, the russian federation is not just a war with ukraine. it's at war with nato war, particularly with united states, and to have inspections of weaponry. whether or not that weaponry is going to be used. in this case, in nuclear weapons wouldn't be just the intrusiveness of having your enemy on your

territory. poking around is unsettling. and so, you know, it's not surprising when there is a cessation of the war in between russia and ukraine. at some point, they'll be returned to to the inspection regime, but we don't know how long that's going to take, but eventually it'll cycle back through because it is in the interest of the russian federation and every country that has nuclear weapons. because in the end, this is all about the cost as well. and developing, maintaining nuclear weapons is a huge amount of money. and countries would rather put that money in other places. they could join the mainstream media when i go across. so they report some day to day they, they like to talk about how that i'm approved and has cancer. vladimir putin has a body double vladimir putin is a gun fling from the west with the way he. busy walks,

then they talk about large numbers of russian soldiers dying in ukraine and you know, a lot of what pretty standard headlines out of the, out of the mainstream media. meantime, russia's president says, the west is unable to defeat russia on the battlefield is a very strong statement from the russian president. what's your take on that? i think the message from president putin is the same as the response from the government of ukraine, which is we're still here. we're not going anywhere. and there's more to comp. and he is, that's the message that, that he delivered. and when you do it, you know, the, the russian federation historically, is defined by patients and also define charged by its willingness to suffer for its goal. and, and it's with, you know, it, it has some very,

very painful history. leslie, him to go by. so it's, it's not, you know, i, i read that actually saw some of the commentary from some of the media outlets with respect to present what was the speech that was fiery, and, and tirade and all that sort of thing. you know, he was, he was merging and you know, old russia, with current russia and projecting a new russia rules. and under sanction, you should, countries tend to get turned inwards and they look at what they've been without source. they look at what they like imported, and then they figure out ways to do it differently. and it takes a while, but they're playing with, you know, he is, he's crafted a message and watching, you know, individuals in the audience. i mean, you know, they were looking, you know, they were looking as, as,

as mostly getting political people do. they were absorbing with what they're going to need to go out and south. and for president putin, he's a politician. and so you outlined his vision, he outlined a lot of domestic goals. and now it's a matter he's got to sell it to the people that elected john. i wanted to ask you before i let you go, it's so good to have you on the program here. what reports came out, i don't know, several months ago, basically saying that after a month of russia's special military operation, they were already a delegation of view of ukrainian officials and moscow officials who were ready to sit down on the negotiated table. reports came out of washington and london under boris johnson at the time, essentially scuffling those talks. now biden is currently in war. so he's going to be doing a big speech that there's been this big announcement we are covering yesterday. essentially, it's like a john shopping list, the new weapons that are going to be sent to ukraine in the coming months. it's thousands of anti tank missiles,

thousands of anti aircraft missiles and post and i've never seen a weapons list like it in my life. many people are saying it's only going to work to prolong. busy the conflict now if indeed that is an accurate portrayal of where we stand today. why on not the cooler head to run the countries in the world? why are they not calling for everybody to get her on a table and bring this to a peaceful conclusion to end the conflict in ukraine? why is it all about pumping more weapons into that poor country? i would suggest that there's a bifurcation of the message. you are hearing or as a state heads of government in those countries that are supporting you. craig, make the case that more is better and the more you put in to the effort the faster the result is going to be in ukraine's favor. but they are also talking about your

hand. some of them are criticized for by their colleagues and they need in terms of and ok we, we are talking about this, this arithmetic that we believe is going to do to end the conflict. but there is going to be at some point of a dialogue and there has been dialogue throughout the past. nearing year does friday, there's always in back channel official, unofficial. and some of those back channel discussions have forged developments, whether it's not, you know, from prisoner changes were whether rigorously agricultural commodity transport that present air to want a turkey a, had a, had a role in. so you know that they, their argentina discussions, but there's no question that for now the minority voices among heads of state and heads of countries that are supporting ukraine is for to flush it. but let's, let's back away and let's have dialogue and let's try to force dialogue,

why it may be lessening what goes into ukraine and putting more sanctions on the russian federation. just just, you know, sanctions toward the russian federation have been impact. oh, but they haven't been crippling it. and so there we go back to what i began with president putin's message. we're still here, we're not going anywhere and there's more to come. a little bit of and from the ukraine side, and particularly again, those countries that are supporting you. craig, in the middle, their message is for me and we're going to go a 10th round of sanctions sunset, which is likely lead to 1112, and 13th because russian federations gonna survive those. and at some point when there's going to be a discussion and whether it's an anchor led by president air to want, whether it's in one of the middle eastern countries. but there is going to be a discussion because at some point though, it, it pretty much all the parties involved,

the teachers are going to look at how much money is being spent with them. how many people are dying, how much destruction is taking place. and thus far, those countries supporting ukraine's are looking at nearing $500000000000.00 we combined during the last year, but that's a heck of a lot of money. and the russian federation has spent a lot of money to. pluses. got $340000000000.00 and central bank assets that have been frozen outside the russian federation. so you know, they're good. we will see unfortunately i'm more more carnage inflicted upon both countries to be sheila, but in the end directory is going to be a dialogue and it's some little somebody is going to be who, who gets their 1st one in. because whoever gets there 1st is going to be the one to force the other one to come to the table. and if one of them agrees with president

putin are present, zalinski, whoever agrees to show up somewhere hadn't been invited, going to be an enormous amount of pressure on the other one, to show up and have some kind of a discussion. that's where the fascinated commentary that from john catholic, a senior editor for the issue inside and a political analyst as well. joining us here live on auto international, a great pleasure having you on the program. thank you very much. is, are the of alpha into all the united states and the conflict in ukraine by sending weapons has now prompted the russian foreign ministry to summon the american ambassador at moscow. at the head of the american diplomatic mission has been told to show up. and also explained the sabotage of the north stream pipelines with russia noting that washington shouldn't interfere in an objective investigation of the incident. the united states must provide explanations about the explosions on the nord stream, one in nord stream to gas pipelines, and not interfere with an object of investigation. tr,

identify those responsible. meanwhile, a former us marine animals, a blow, a sent to us, a letter from a nato officer who prefer to conceal his name and job title of a phase of possible retaliation. the source described a u. s. naval crew that fit the description and location of those who could have committed, but being behind that of the sabotage of russia's north stream pipelines in the baltic c. i had a leading administration role in the june 22 ball tops, military exercises near borne hall mile in denmark. a u. s. military helicopter arrived carrying a group of men who were supposed to be u. s. navy anti mind personnel. the thing i found odd was that they claimed to be there to search for underwater mines. however, they lack the equipment for such exercises. their equipment consisted of the latest navy issue, deep diving underwater re breathers, and some small hard box cases. we called them, pelicans. they took their boat off.