late 20 years, the policy of the belgians lead to the death of nearly 10000000 people alongside the holocaust. the genocide of the congo population is considered to be one of the grimmest pages in the history of mankind. with the headlines anaki international, vladimir putin says, the west to diminish russia strength using the terrorists and former soviet republics. but strike with us would rather destroy taiwanese electronic chip industry in case of a chinese at the fact that that's the message from a former us national security adviser with the federal reserve must decide whether to continue raising the interest rates to save the banks or title inflation prices rise, but consumers, according to the u. s. labor to pop with

stories and updates incoming by the hour. here at ortiz national headquarters in moscow, it's so good to have few minutes. so the west is attempting to diminish rushes, strength, utilizing terrorists and former soviet republics, to strike the nation. that is the message from the russian president vladimir putin visiting the nations eastern city of land with now kenneth c. of course, all the problems began after the collapse of the soviet union. it seemed to me and the people of my generation that the u. s. s or collapse is a pity, but nevertheless, the basis for a confrontation between the u. s. s. or on the new russia and the west disappeared, everything seemed to be fine, but it turned out not to be so it turned out that the geopolitical interests of our partners turned out to be much more important. and pressure immediately began to

shake russia. they began to create a 5th column inside, sent hordes of international terrace to strike us and worked along our borders. as a very strong comments that from the russian president vladimir putin. let's cross live now. swati correspondent this steve sweeney. steve strong points, as i mentioned, can you bring us some of the highlights of what vladimir putin at this? yes, well the president was visiting this, had a cop to plant in the city of illinois dare. and he was asked questions about both ukraine and the economy now on the economy. he said the russians defied western expectations. they of course, were expecting g d p to fall dramatically, but it didn't. and the sanctions have in fact. 5 inoculated russia's economy against this external pressure unemployed, but he is historically low, he said, but he said that the western companies that left russia after february 24th, also thought the economy would collapse. but this has now been picked up by

internal actors. they've been helped by the russian state now they've replaced many of those companies. they've either bought their assets and m. yeah, they've kept the economic infrastructure in life. but this was thanks to help from the central bank investment from the central bank and the government. and he also talking about the situation in ukraine. he again, as we heard, he said that the latest developments that we're facing now came about after the collapse of the u. s. i saw and he said that the west has always been really been interested in its own geopolitical interests about financial interests rather than any kind of ideological differences. and the strong statement that he said was about the 5th column that the west is being tried to create inside russia with holds of terrorist being being sent. but he was also talking about the situation that we're facing at the moment. and he said that russia has really tried to

improve relations with ukraine since the collapse of the u. s. s. all but that all changed off the 2014 a euro might, and coo and for 8 years. russia has been trying to solve and resolve the situation in doth don boss peacefully. but the west of course, has not been interested and has scuppered all of those attempts. to resolve the matter, and he said, roches. my focus with was those ethnic russians, the russian speakers within that particular policy of ukraine. but those that you have been massacred and exterminated. and he said that while russia is a multinational country, it cannot abandon, and it could not abandon those russian speak, isn't it? how to duty to protect them. but he said that while the west intervention, as he said, is geopolitical for russia. it's a matter of life and death, and he described as a struggle for the survival of the russian federation. all right, how to use steve sweeney. thank you. to the finalize now,

the ukraine conflict where russia is wagner group was your portly taking control over the northern part of the industrial zone of amazon that is in the city of our trauma school. so known as back and verified footage, circulating online apparently confirming russian control over the bus stop mass plan. in fact, that's where the landscape commanded ukrainian soldiers for defending that city back in december. now the as on plant is one of the city's main strongholds and it provides the area with an intricate web of underground mines useful and defensive operations. now, he forces a report to have lost the vast majority of their experience fighters, 1000 is killed or wounded, basically, leaving inexperienced draw for you not to take up at the place. you can read more about that online at r t dot com. so washington is adding fuel to chinese tensions over taiwan with

a former us national security adviser. i think that america may destroy ty, ones, electronic chip industry, if china in they got control of those factories and research facilities and they'd be the opec of silicon ships and control world economy. now let's face it, that's never going to happen. i mean, the united states since allies are never going to let those factories fall into chinese hands even if there was successful, evasion of time on well as china is taiwan and enjoys the greatest share of electronic chips in the world. similar message began circulating in the us a few years ago. 2021 u. s. army war college paper argued that taiwan should threaten to sabotage the plans themselves in response to an invasion in order to deter any attack from a happening well. meanwhile, tie when he's chipped manufacturers seek to deepen relations with the e. you still assessing the plans for a multi $1000000000.00 plant in europe. the move would help

b e u to secure advanced chip making capabilities. but the european commission report, li, refuse to enter trade and investment tools with taiwan. well, we can learn more. that's cross live now to nelson, one of our i club export and vice chairman of the shanghai sent up a room pack strategic and international studies. mr. wong, a very warm welcome to always good to see what, what do you make? what do you make with the former u. s. national security advisors words, i mean, does it, does it reflect washington songs on taiwan that they would find the need to destroy high ones? ship factors. well, the news about this has been circulating for quite some time actually. but what i have read most recently from the media i'll flip some of or which i trust a lot more than many others. actually it's reasonably an independent media platform . so the be all that took platform about the,

the content to buy, the former security advisor of the white house does mean a lot. and it shows really, this is a sinister contingency plan, not the u. s. but the excuse they use was quite worrying. they call it in case of a chinese invasion of high watt. this is totally out of place because i was part of china. but it does bring our attention to the fact that the world is getting further divided. and the people on the other side of the pacific or the atlantic is, is, is really taking some jobs stick actually, and plants. so this is quite one re saw actually world piece because they are comparing this with the british bombing of the french naval fleet during

the 2nd world war after frost powering to jo. jo. so this is a very warri, some tendency, if the world is going to develop towards that direction. this is very bad news or of us mr. long. there's no question that there is increasingly aggressive rhetoric that continues to come out of washington when it comes to the relationship between washington and beijing. it seems that there are people in washington, in the military, industrial complex to quite openly talking about a future conflict with china and it's always tie one being the center point of this potential culture. i mean, nelson, why is washington so interested in taiwan? while i would look at this matter from 2 angles, one is they're using this to, you know, as, as

a means to launch this technology war against china because yes, taiwan is the leader in the production of chips. so the biggest company being d. s. m. c, which is the biggest actually they, they control almost more than 50 percent of the trips from produced worldwide. but in the meantime, it also shows that the u. s. has got very little to play except that taiwan cocked. so it's the reality that we have to, to face and look at. but let's look at the, you know, the, the general picture of the competition as they call it, the between the us and china. this to our us, chinese. i think this is no longer a competition. this is not competition. competition is

a fair competition. you need to play by fit rooms, right? but if you have plans like this to, to destroy a place like taiwan. this is most competition. but mr. one, i remember quite recent please terry ontario, and please sorry. well, i think the, the chinese foreign minister recently made a very interesting a good remarks during his press conference. actually when he said the u. s. is not playing by fair rooms in terms of competition. because this doesn't reflect the spirit of, in a athletic spirit, because if you're running against each other, we understand this is competition. but then if your objective is to create an obstacle behind the scenes to topple you,

this is not competition. so that's why i think the media outlet was writing, saying this is a sinister contingency plan. right? well, i mean, nelson, before i let you go, i've just gotta get this out to you quickly. and i really appreciate you joining us here on the program today, especially on what is a sensitive subject for sure. i mean, some of the west have said that taiwan has the monopoly on chips. you're saying that taiwan essentially produces more than 50 percent of the world's chips. i mean, i was just wondering, is this a position where america can say, you know, what is an issue of national security because i guess america, the american military gets lots of chips from taiwan. if china would be fully embracing of taiwan, america could say, you know what, it's a threat to our national security, and that's why we've got to go and destroy these chip factories. or we've got to stop china. do you think the national security dress up is the kind of angle washington would use? well 1st of all,

i think it's wrong for the american politicians to say that this is their national security because taiwan is part of trying to how come a chinese part of their capability to in the trip in the history becomes the national security of the us. there was no logic to that. however, even if without this company, t s m. c. let's don't forget that the founding chairman of this company, the taiwanese gentleman, he made a very honest remarks part recently actually about the chip industry in china. he said in mainland china, that ship industry is perhaps only a year and a half to year and a half a year to year and a half behind the most advanced technology of the world.

so it's not that far away actually try and itself is catching up the mainland government. the chinese government is now a rattling up all the resources to speed up the production of chips and to develop this industry to, to be a world lead. hopefully. so it's not that far away so, but coming back to the topic of national security, i think there is absolutely no logic for the americans to say that that the production of ships in taiwan if it changes, if the situation changes, it becomes a national security of the us know me, this is totally wrong because technology is going to be shared by mankind globally . and this is why globalization is something that you cannot stop it. as you,

as you all know, nelson. here we are with front row seats to witness the loss of being new multi polar world. older nelson wong, the vice chairman of shanghai sent up a room, pack, strategic and international studies. thank you for your time. what china says the office alliance is on a quote, path of error and danger. as australia plans to buy multiple nuclear power submarines from america of aging has slammed the deal as be stabilizing for the region. there's also race concerns the deal jeopardize is nuclear nonproliferation agreement making all of the tweaking they have actually in the army, the latest join state and from the u. s. u k. n. a trailer demonstrates that the 3 countries for the sake of their own sale, political interests, completely disregard the concerns of the international communities and our will can further and further down the path of error and danger of the us. president, u. k. prime minister and australian prime minister announced plans to develop a new generation of subs that will be built in both

a u. k. and australia though with u. s. technology. then you subs fueled by weapons, great, highly enriched uranium and could enter the service in the late 20 thirty's, or even early 20 forty's. and the australian foreign minister that was asserted the vessels will not be nuclear. so they won't violate the countries and c, proliferation commitments about size. the u. s. has praised a controversial new deal, calling it quote, a prospect of peace. stand that the inflection point in history where the hard work of enhancing the church and promoting stability is going to affect the prospect a piece for decades to come. the united states can ask for no better partners in the pacific or so much of our shared future will be read or so just to explain it briefly. orcus is a security packed between australia, the u. k. and america, which the countries claims stabilize. is the indo pacific international china specialist andrew along what he says,

the august nuclear sub deal under mines piece in the region have a listen to this. why louise? lucky so as far as the united states office is concerned, obviously because it is nuclear, propelled it nuclear on summer reads, it's likely to send a signal to other countries to go to say. and obviously as the child is foreign ministry, a statement says is going to erode the kind of loan deal vehicle corporation deal. and then it was also send signals to other countries to nuclear on themselves. and it would break the whole global effort to the nuclear lies. obviously the small, peaceful apiece we initiated because it is a marines even though not. ready nuclear armed it is a nuclear propel using bill military purposes. these are submarines. these are not motion ships. so obviously that the use of nuclear power,

all propel systems for military means. of course, it is a violation of the lawn probation treaty because the next there is that you can use nuclear energy, all sorts of things for military purposes to africa. now whether you as a secretary of state anthony blinking is set to visit ethiopia, and these are the by ministration essentially hoping to strengthen its influence on the continent. in fact, believe it or not, a blinking is the 4th u. s. diplomat to rush to africa. this year alone, earlier the president of ada craya, however, accused washington of taking an, an constructive approach to the conflict into gray. so you get to pick a, put you on that and exactly what is blinking up to. and africa is our correspondent, catabolic touch. the elections are saying that they're looking at this route and their relationship with if the o p are in a different way. and that's what they're hoping to establish a re fashion, to re imagined relationship with. if you are considering if size and influence,

he is more from molly fee. what we're looking to do is re fashion our engagement with the appear. we would like to be able to have a partnership that's commensurate with their size and influence and with our interests and commitment to africa. this is also part of the dynamics when you look at the 2 year war that happened in the northern te gray region. this war was that that was fuel, if you will buy a peace deal upon the prime minister of ethiopia shaking hands with mister wakey, who is the president of at a tree, just north of yoga. and it was that p deal that really unsettled the great leadership as it were. and it was the start of much mission ations that led out timidly to conflict, which is said to have displaced nearly half

a 1000000 people and killed hundreds of 1000 small but less of weight. he has his own views with regard to why the americans are involved. and he says that he blames washington for what he calls being and constructive at a time when it was much easier to have reached a peaceful solution here small from president as i, as of work. the crucial question is why this war was launched in the 1st place had a time when a peace agreement was signed. in our view, this was not really a t gray people's liberation, france agenda, but essentially the agenda of washington. the sad fact is perturbed and anxious as they were by the advance of peace between eritrea and s t o. p. impeding and scuttling it became the duct obsession. but mister blinking will move from if you'll move towards the new year. now that is a very interesting country and it says that it is right in the middle of the hell.

and this a hell has been a hot bed of conflict over recent years, some 20 years, in fact, of islamic insurgency and just general extremism that we've seen from various groups who have interest in who controls the area. now is important to, to acknowledge here that the americans are hoping to reach a relationship with a country on the hill. even though they've had a 20 year participation as part of a global force. and as the american was on its own, but they have been unable to bring about the fed piece. now the real question is, why would they be successful now? we spoke to and if you, if you have a political analyst who thinks that western powers have for some time already proof and there are inefficiency of solving security problems and issues in africa. as

a conversation, initials are also working up there, which is up and trying to be assertive. pointed out, especially now with this in the order of africa, country in west africa, because he's also saying that, you know, africa is to be, should, should, should get hold of his own destiny, of the gosh, would gravitate towards the wish as well as the east africa should put his national interest at the hill at the hill, dealing in equal terms with russia, with china, with america, with england, with the european, any like. so i think africa is on a, on a tremendous trust model. it's transformations in terms of economy as well as in politics, trying to, you know, make friends week old, with, with the west or east, the french u. s. and other interested in power in this, i have this, i have. what we're seeing is that there are 2 groups which are on the rise like

book or had, i mean the wish. and i show bobby in the east, in the order of africa, which are becoming difficult to, to control western countries that have come in. but they have the surveillance, they have the information, they have the satellite communication, they can supply which strategic information from, from the skies will to speak. but on the ground, it seems, it seems. the reality is, the fact is that on the ground with some countries cannot effectively and not effectively, militarily, you know the 1000000 military address this issue. ah, what's going to have your company for this program live from moscow? the us labor department has published a report showing a 6 percent inflation rate in february of 2023 countries. economy is being shaken up by financial turmoil. bill comes off to 2 major banks, failed over the weekend. and now the federal reserve, which overseas, the banking system and the economy in general has to make a choice either to raise interest rates even further or tackle inflation by

reducing prices or consumers. president biden did try to reassure americans that money was safe on monday morning. with a former white house press secretary, john saki chimed again. that is difficult for bite him to do anything in the morning, but he did. now it's important to note the president biden does nothing at 9 am. he is a night owl. so the fact that he is doing this at 9 am, anyway, speak to how vital the white house recognize that it is for him to have his voice out there. conveying that to the american public president biden's address seems to have had little effects and not only within the us, but also across the pond. on monday, european stocks fail as of the fell off the bank stocks just worse. and in fact, the stocks continue to fall to record lows. now the dive comes despite news that hsbc had agreed to buy the british arm of silicon valley bank asian markets of also seen volatility. of course, following what's happened that america and my colleague rachel blevins. i spoke

with an economics professor who believes the phoebe crisis will damage the u. s. economy. more than most people think. at this point, what you have is a mixture of fear and panic, panic for those who have our long histories of knowing that the government always assures us in the middle, middle of the crisis, that all will be well. and many times that turns out to be bad advice, dangerous to follow if you are someone involved in finance and for the rest of us, we're waiting to see whether the proverbial other shoe will fall. how far this will spread, how deep the roots are. is this a problem of a few banks? is this the problem of the entire financial and banking sector? we don't know, but i can assure you of at least 2 or 3 things. number one,

the most dynamic sector of the u. s. economy is high technology. and that is the sector most damaged by the lay offs of the last 6 months, over half a 1000000. and now this collapse in their credit and banking system. it's going to be very hard for start ups to get the kind of financing that have become used to. and that's going to be very bad for the larger american economy. and the other one is that people and businesses looking at the united states for a haven for a place to put government money, private corporation, money, individual money that is being reduced by many phenomena. but now this one will add and that will see foreign people pulling money out of the united states because it is increasingly less safe to keep it here than to move it elsewhere. so that the

ripple effect of the ramifications of this. we are just at the beginning of figuring out where this is going to go. now, there are reports that the world's most powerful central banks may stop raising interest rate after the us the crisis. so what does that mean for the average person on the street, and how are they likely to be affected? especially if central banks do decide to make some moves in response. well, here is one of the ironies of all of this. yes, it is correct that the majority opinion was that the federal reserve adage, next meeting would raise interest rates by another half percent. and yes, it is correct. that with this blow to the american economy, it is now the consensus opinion that they will neither raise nor lower interest

rates at their next meeting. but let me explain to you. if it's not clear, the united states crashed its economy in 2020, not the pandemic. our class system broke down. as it does every 47 years. then we had an inflation. then we had an interest rate, right. we have been very, very herky jerky in our economic policy because we're literally going from one crisis to another. if you don't raise interest rates, then the inflation who is reduction was intended by doing that will now not be reduced. in fact, the federal reserve has said it is giving limitless cash. that's a quotation, limitless cash to any bank that needs or wants it to protect the depositors. well, if you give limited cash, you do so at the risk of an inflation. but if you already have an inflation,

then you have the bizarre spectacle that what is being done by the fed to contain the banking prices will actually worse and the inflation prices. and this kind of debt in situation is increasingly the reality of the american economics is it's on any hop off the out here in moscow, a participants of the international movement of russo files have gathered here in moscow. on this tuesday, i determined essentially to resist what they're calling a western campaign of rosa phobia. as a portraits from 40 different countries gathered in the bid to encourage more friendly ties with russia and present the nation in a more positive light of mother agnes. so one of the events attendees says the rest of phobia is often illogical. and such events are a good way to encourage international politics. based we can say,

disgracefully database waking. and sometimes out of logic, event aim to approach to gather intellectual and consider affinity with russia. we're out of any on 2nd in the best 16 of peace and international diana as well. that's just about wrapping it up here on asi international. thank you very much for sharing your time with us here in the russian capital this tuesday showing no signs of slowing down more news to come. we hope you can join us a couple of the me .