and in the process, arms control appears to be dead in the water. more troubling times with china has called on the way to stop abusing unilateral sanctions and do their share in de escalating the ukraine crisis saying dialogue. the negotiation are the only viable solution to the conflict. india takes the floor at the un general assembly, say the interest of both russia and ukraine must be respected to achieve peace that says the key of rejects the possibility of speaking with an exclusive interview to going under brown, renowned investigative journalist seymour 1st breaks down the u. s. sabotage of the north stream pipeline, which he recently exposed in a pop chill report that's been denied by washington. that's the rationale for the

mission to make sure that europe we're senior, keeps on funneling supporting nato. and i'm following arms into into what is clearly a factory war against russia. and moscow says, ukraine is preparing to evade the neighboring self proclaimed republic of transmitter or russian peacekeepers have been station for more than 3 decades to prevent a military escalation. ah, good morning from our international students in moscow and welcome to the errors most vital stories worldwide. i'm fiorella is about china has called on the world to prevent the ukrainian conflict from escalating, asking world leaders to resume a piece dialogue after it's foreign ministry publishes a 12 point plan piece solution to the ukranian conflict. within the proposal,

it condemns the west is unilateral sanctions that it puts on other countries. china pauses feel i shall, sanctions unauthorized. but he went. security council relevant contra should stop abusing unilateral sanctions and long arm years diction against all countries. so as to do their share in the escalade, in the ukraine crisis, and cray conditions for developing countries to grow their economists and better to life. so there people, a statement has a several layers of logic. if you see the flow of the logic, it's quite agree clear. on the 1st of france, it calls for all countries to respect the sovereignty of all the nations and abandoning the cold war mentality. and the 2nd layer is about the crisis itself. it calls for seating hostilities, resuming peace talks, resolving the humanitarian crisis, and protecting civilians and prisoners. and also it focused on the post

a fact brought by the crisis, including keeping the nuclear power plant save, reducing strategic risk, facilitating grain exports and stopping unilateral sanctions keeping industrial supply chain stable and also promoting post conflict with construction. so it's a layer of promotion of, you know, based on the basically, based on the grounds of talks, but also different layers of idea. given the current to situation, china has been always, are calling for peace. and china has been always saying that it wants to play a constructive role in this regard, including it's me mentioning that the dialogue and negotiation are the only visible solution to the ukraine crisis. and the international community should stay committed to promoting talks for peace. so not only the 2 sides, but also the entire international community should support the peaceful resolution

or political resolution of the current situation. the china believe that any kind of the unilateral sanctions that is unauthorized by the u. s. security. a council. i will should be opposed and also in a statement it says that that the unit actual sanctions and maximum pressure cannot solve the issue. and doubt can only create new problems. so how china handle the current issue is not posing sanctions and not providing weapons by calling for a, a political resolution just as beijing calls for a peaceful conflict resolution. the indian representative at the un general assembly has also advocated russia and ukraine come to the negotiating table on terms that will be acceptable for both sides. to the, as the general assembly mocks a yo, the ukranian conflict, it is important that we ask ourselves

a few pertinent questions. are we anywhere near a possible solution, acceptable to both sites? can any process that does not involve either of the 2 sides ever lead to a credible and meaningful solution? has the u. n. system and particularly its principal organ, the un security council based on a 1945 vote construct not been rendered ineffective. we will always call for dialogue and diplomacy as the only viable we out. while we take note of the stated objectives of today's resolution, given its inherent limitations in reaching our desired goal of securing lasting peace, we are constrained to abstain. thank you. that comes as the un general assembly passed, a western drafted resolution calling on russia to withdraw its forces. $141.00 countries voted in favor of the motion after 2 days of debates and new york 7

nations including russia, bella roost and syria rejected the document while an additional $32.00 you and members, abstained among them. china, india, and iran. the hungarian foreign minister has also stood up against western arm supplies that have led to an escalation in the conflict in ukraine. it became already pretty obvious that the need are delivery of weapons, nor sanctions. those measures do not save life. to the contrary, they contribute to the prolongation and the risk of escalation of this war, and they bring more suffering. and we do not want these regional war to become a global them. meanwhile, president alons came back by western leaders, has stated he is opposed to holding discussions with russia's leader kev says that won't make any deals with moscow preferring a military option. instead,

ortiz marina close. that river has the details in this, in a court, the speeds or messy divorce, where one side refuses to speak to the other to reach any sort of settlement that this score would likely grow and dry gone at cost to both parties involved. and it's this parallel we're seen on an international scale in ukraine. right now. our best negotiators and diplomats are soldiers. negotiations with moscow are currently impossible. we will not participate in any talks. if russia goes for willful war crimes, even in this than what is the point of talking to a country that voluntarily worsens its negotiating position, the only desire is to destroy the racist monstrosity with a terrorist country. negotiations only through the sites of the defense forces. we latoya, we are ready for a dialogue with russia, but with a different russian precedent. she and this position has been officially signed then to law. it seems the ukrainian government is not only not interested in peace

. it's actually made peace illegal. while all along russia has been making clear, it's ready to returns. it talks, it was russian on the eve of the ukrainian crisis, which consistently proposed to the west to sign agreements on mutual security guarantees. all of them were arrogantly rejected. we have repeatedly said that the president does not refuse to negotiate by those who do refused should understand that the longer takes the more difficult it is to find a solution that are unlike ukraine. russia has never refused dialogue and the such for diplomatic waste or resolve the conflict. this is a constant position. at the same time, a western mainstream. media and politicians have largely ignored ross's calls for peace pretending they're not happening. this stand certainly fits the narrative of russia as the uncompromising aggressor, but at what expense to later will continue to stand read ukraine for as long as you

take santo law or italy ricky, mr. proven for his. lauren too. will lose of you. i mean, obviously ukraine can count on italy because as we've shown from the beginning, even across governments, we have been there and we will be there. she said it even if both sides could somehow reach for deal like the minsk agreements supposed to end the war and that on boss. it would still be meaningless because we now know the intent to do so was never truly there. to 2014 minsk agreements was an attempt to give you a crane time. you can use this time to become stronger as you can see today, the ukraine of 20142015 is not the ukraine of to day. since 2014 ukraine has strengthened its military posture, it is now better trained and equipped, and it is the merit of the minsk agreements that have given the ukrainian army this opportunity. i needed the minsk agreements to gain at least 4 and

a half years to build the ukrainian forces to build the ukrainian economy, to train ukrainian forces alongside nato, to create the best armed forces in eastern europe, according to nato standards. so all the global it leads, talk of negotiations and peace or clain to these apparently have to happen with doubt rosters. voice been heard or even represented at the negotiations. sounds more like a kangaroo court than a real dispute resolution letter is zalinski is dependent on the west for political, economic and military survival on the willing to see how western interference in ukraine has led key of down the rocky road to war with moscow over the last decade, but it's too late to change direction as washington, once every one playing by its own rules. when it comes to our, the way we're approaching the relationship with with china, we're not seeking to contain china. we're not seeking the whole china back. we are

seeking resolutely, so to uphold the rules based international order and in, in a, in a practical way. that means insisting that countries make good on their commitments and play by the rules that we've all agree to. it seems the collective west has agreed that now is not the time for peace, no matter how loudly they claim to seek it, or how often they gaslight moscow, any conferences talks or votes without russia's voice cannot to piece bubble rather leave the cost leg down the road to nowhere the u. s. sabotage of the north stream pipelines was aimed at cutting off europe from affordable russian gas. that's according to pulitzer prize winning journalist seymour hersh, speaking exclusively to austin, returns the ongoing underground. the people doing it thought this was in a bad idea. they gave the white house some options to maybe bluff or convince of

putting that the cost is going to be very high. and but then when the white house bluebook bye talk publicly about this, within 3 weeks of the briefing, information he got and victoria knew both within a 3 week period and late january, early february of last year. both said publicly, well, we know we can stop it and let me be, let me, let me. so the news congress if, if a we will south north she wanted and the president was asked after he said that by reporters, it's a fame that is all on tape. it was a on a nightly news report disable. how will you do it? he said, let me tell you, we know how to do it. we can do it language like that. and at that point, the guys in the group were upset because it was supposed to be a covert operation. and by the time they finally, they did their job, they made it possible they, they planted the bombs with 8 of navy divers and. and then it just sat there. the bomb sat there for months was planted in june, but by wish by so when,

when the war look, you look like the ukrainians were doing ok. by late september there was certainly evidence of a serious a serious issue. it wasn't going to be a cakewalk for the ukrainians, like some people in the press road. and as their point, the group that made it possible. understood that he did it for political purposes period is not going to help the war. and what it does, what he was doing it for was to prevent germany and on the west in europe, if case, the winter came quickly from opening up the pipeline. the german government had they done the sanction they sought the pipeline. but the german government at the right to open up the new one. and that wasn't wanted by by vests rational for the mission to make sure that europe and were senior keeps on. funneling supporting nato and keeps on falling arms into into what is clearly a proxy war against sir russia. that's where you fall right now. publish on february, 8th, the report alleged the pipelines were mine by

u. s. navy divers and june, last year, the journalist said washington used nato military drills as cover for the operation with assistance from norway. according to the report, joe biden made the decision after 9 months of consultations with his security advisors. the claims have been denied by both washington and the e. u, with officials dismissing at us speculation, and even fiction. for more revelations, from the man who previously exposed us war crimes and vietnam and iraq, you can watch the full interview with seymour hersh ongoing underground right here on our tea this saturday. ah, moscow says ukraine has intensified preparations for invading the neighboring self proclaimed republic of trans. the esther or russian peacekeepers have been station since 1992. the russian defense ministry has recorded a significant accumulation of personnel and military equipment of ukrainian units

near the border with trust mister the deployment of artillery and firing positions, as well as an unprecedented increase in flights of unmanned aircraft, of the armed forces of ukraine over the territory of the trust mr. republic. the implementation of a plan's provocation by the ukrainian authorities poses a direct threat to the russian peacekeeping. force deployed legally entrenched mr. the defense ministry added that its forces will provide an adequate response. if you crave makes them move on trans nestor, which broke away from moldova in 1990. meanwhile, balls of an authorities have begun withdrawing from dozens of agreement, signed between the nation and the post soviet commonwealth of independent states. while davis prime minister has also called for the removal of russian peacekeepers from the region with moscow later criticizing those remarks. we have to achieve

one fundamental goal, demilitarization. everything else comes after that. it's important to integrate our citizens, their politically and economically. but demilitarization comes 1st, it depends on many things, but at some point it will be done. we have quite tense relations with moldova already. at the same time, the moldova government seems to be making an emphasis on everything. anti russian, falling into anti russian hysteria. such lack of a constructive approach will hardly help moldova itself. and of course it harms our bilateral relations. the regions population is comprised of ethnic russians, ukrainians, animal, jo vince in almost equal proportions falling a 2 year military conflict between them, aldo, via nationalist government and local forces in 1992 moscow, aided in brokering a p steel, under the agreement, russian forces remain there to provide security for military objects, some locals there shared their views on the government's actions,

in others will do it. when that should not happen, we live normally here we have a normal army and a normal government. i heard that moldova is demanding the withdrawal of russian troops and demilitarization in short to disarm us and then do whatever they want with us because it is public, i mean, every republic has the right to protect itself. so i think everything should remain as it is. i would not like the russian troops to withdraw because they defend our interests. a civil and i have a negative opinion towards demilitarization because 1st of all, these our troops, they protect us any. i would not like it if russian troops left because when they came here order and peace was established. if they leave, it's going to be the opposite. although as former president igor dawn who is also the main opposition leader in the country, has slammed the current government's policy and has called on the nation to avoid these stabilizing the situation in transfer. this comes as moldova faces political

turmoil, with thousands of residents, protesting against the government and high energy costs. a political analyst told us that mulder was rhetoric, is aimed at pleasing the west and ukraine. my book is within you. you should demilitarization of trends. nestor is on the one hand, the official position of cheer snell. but on the other hand, such a declaration in such a tense time causes great residents because the modern government does not always voice such a position. the fact that they return to the term demilitarization, which implies the withdraw of the russian peace keeping contingent from trans nestor, is perceived both in moscow and theresa pole as a provocation. this was unexpected and suggest that just now is not afraid to use such a term and it's dangerous and can lead to consequences. but one way or another, most of the population of moldova is in favor of neutrality and does not support re

solutions. according to the latest polls, i believe that the current government of moldova wants to show loyalty to the west and to kiev, as things are going very badly for them in social and economic spheres. the use the theme of war to show society that they are doing something useful solving some serious problems, but they are creating these problems themselves. that's the way i think the government wants to keep its rating from falling by whipping up fear. nigeria, africa's most populous nation and biggest economy is gearing up for presidential elections this saturday. here in our tea, we're bringing you our special coverage of one of the continents most significant elections this year. with over 93000000 people are registered for the upcoming vote. with 18 candidates to

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the u. s. is losing its influence. i saw, did you, you know, we talked to the think him as a departmental, she just, i found a very strange. i'm not sure about we have, i see the schedule said did you before m casias? it's not them to call it a to look at. i did just say, you know, insurance that we have gone up can be an article continent. you realize that in it the partnership has not to do as the one site especially you know, i'm, so that's it. did you realize that become a point, you know, not cheap to continue go to salt, because like i said, the chinese i family, french, jessica, continental for shutting. i do russia. i'm stopping also send it to shows to be too, too africa. so america, not like it used to be before. watch our coverage of the nigerian elections throughout the coming days here on our tea will keep you updated on all the latest

with before we go news just in from the don bass front line russian troops with the wagner group leading the assault have taken a village of bed of cold scott, north of the ukrainian city of our deal mosque, this development further deteriorates the situation for the ukrainian forces inside the city as it makes with ovary supply more difficult. this comes as the ukrainian president said on friday, that the situation in the east for the ukrainian army is very difficult. those are the top stories for this our, for more up to the minute updates head over to r t dot com. and don't forget to follow us on odyssey rumble and gab, thanks for tuning. and we'll see you at the top of the hour. ah

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hello and welcome to crosstalk, where all things are considered on peter lavelle. the great decoupling has finally occurred with russia. suspending is participation in the new start arms control treaty. russia and the west have gone their own separate ways and in the process, arms control appears to be dead in the water. more troubling times i had crossed shocking decoupling. i'm joined by my guests had see intense mania. he's a complete consultant and a retired u. s. foreign service officer in paris, we have job brick mall. he is a political commentator and endure shot to we cross to christopher alley. he is a political analyst and researcher, or a gentleman cross how close. in fact, that means you can jump any time he want and i would appreciate was got a tenant ten's mania 1st. tell me what, you know, i'm, i'm.