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ah. hello in welcome to cross stock where all things considered i and peter lavelle speculation swirl about an eminent ukrainian spring counter offensive. it is reported, washington is pushing this lensky regime to start regaining last territory to strengthen its position during future negotiations. it would seem the russians have their own plants. ah, to discuss these issues a more i'm joined by my guest, robert, and my son in berlin. he is founder of seriana analysis. and here in moscow we have maxine susco. he's the director of the center for advanced american studies at moscow state institute of international relations. a gentleman crossed up rules and effect. that means he can jump any time you want, and i would appreciate it. let's go to berlin 1st couple. ok. it's really interesting to the entire course of this conflict here. it's really been just

a babble of narratives because, well, the last couple of weeks, you know, you have the secretary of state blank and we saying in front of congress, well, we know the care regime wants to go retake a crimea, but that would be a red line a bridge too far, no pun intended. but then we hear from other high ranking officials in the western world that you know, we have to do everything we can do to get the ukrainians to be able to move forward on the front and possibly recapture crimea. so i don't know, or they tried to fake us out. is this just the fog of war or they just don't know what to do? your thoughts? go ahead. actually, when a war is sorry sir. dia de narrative warfare is the most important for period is the 1st, the 1st few weeks or few months. and after few months, you cannot really hide what's happening underground. at the beginning of there was the intention to push back all the russian forces from your brain, and this was the narrative that you're trained can win this war. and they convinced

ukraine in march 2022. at that, we will give you all the weapons and ammunition and diplomatic and political support, you need to push back the russian forces in, in your grand. therefore duke renaissance stopped negotiating with the russian side . and they even assassinate that, one of their own diplomats, which was in the delegation negotiating with the russian side. and then zalinski showed the presidential decree criminalizing talking with russia. so there was a push from b natal side for your grant. go in this war as much as it takes they say, right? so what does that mean? as long as it takes, or as much as it takes, it means that they are using the ukrainians as a meat grinder in dis, for in order to achieve the nato goals. but now it's pretty obvious after one year that they cannot push a rational forces beyond the don't by switching, for example. so how are they gonna do that in crimea? and we have to know in the doctrine osteo russians, your politics, you crimea,

is the most important region in ukraine, and if the ukrainians try with the help of nature or to capture a d, a crimea, which means to be in control of the black sea. so that the russians won't have the fleet on a presence on the black sea. that means nuclear warfare. and this is not something that i'm trying to see among, or i have studied geopolitics and i know that during the cold war, the serious of the sea power and the land power. it was, it existed in the cold during the cold war. and now it exists again and the soviet union back then they lost the cold war because they didn't have a strong presence on the waters. and now the russians, they learned just your political mistake and they don't want to be only about also c powered. therefore, they want to have an axis on the black sand, also on the mediterranean. that's what, that's why the president also in syria. so this, your political conflict could develop into a wider, i would say, a regional in the european continent. or if your credit's a try to go to it,

but if it, if it did though, if it didn't go, let me go to max here. that would be a choice that nato would be making if they want to expand this conflict. that would be a choice made by the wes lacks. well, since the beginning of the military campaign in ukraine, the special military operation, the u. s. has pursue one of the washington fun to trickles while the fro strategy towards russia. where they saw that down the one hand, they need to deal some blow to russia, political and military. on the other hand, they try to say this narrow path of, you know, not slipping into the nuclear war with moscow, but with every single sap on this. so called letter of escalation, you know, 1st, you know and take talk commercials. then you go with drones, then you go with tanks and so on,

so forth. now we're really climbing to the point where trying to walk this fine line between, you know, dealing low to moscow and, you know, sleeping to engaging itself in this, in this war. and risk in a nuclear war is becoming increasingly difficult. so i think the, the secretary of blinking remarks reflect the concern that the range of options are for the united states that they can do for you creating without, you know, kind of engaging itself into war. yes. is increasing christian only limited. and also i think of something has happened over the past month on the well state, you know, different shifts have not moved into u. s. favor. you know, he's trying to negotiate this when this child is in iranian and coming up with their own peaceful. and obviously the chinese seek to expand, you know, want to convert their economic, my team to political and diplomatic might. and you see some issues happening in the united states. so all of this put

a lot of pressure on the bite administration. and they cannot stay the same worse than they have stayed on over the past 12 months. and with all that, you know, both russia and ukraine seem to be prepared for the spring campaign with a big question of who is going to come up with the counter offensive and, and where exactly on which part of the front just want to i was wanting your respect to a recently declassified, if you feel that the u. k, will supply a depleted uranium to your grain, an army in order to be used against the russian forces. and this is very important to remember what happened in iraq when a depleted uranium was used extensively there and the bus to fix that occurred for decades. now for 2 tickets. people are born with both of the fixed but also let's remember in ukraine, the areas where does the picture of any would be used if it's used. it consists of

10 percent of the words green and the words wheat. so if these are weeds, farms are poisoned by the depleted uranium. that means 10 percent of the work population could go on hunger. and this is also foods warfare that is being launched or landing, which really room, i'm glad you brought that up because it's a truly extraordinary development. me. this is how much they care about ukraine. this is how much the west cares about your brain. isn't it? soil for generations to come. i think it is extraordinary. i you know, i want know what future historians will say. what kind of regime allows your people to be use as cannon fodder and you have your backers, so a soil and destroyer destroy your, your land. i mean, this is, it's almost to the point of madness. i mean, that even america, how can a military victory be achieved when you've killed your people and destroy your land?

if it doesn't make any sense to me, it goes. but it's not surprising in serbia, for example, under trump, they burned the wheat fields in serbia and we know that the within surveys one of the best in the world. and then at the u. s. 8, which is one of the branches of the ca, of course they send genetically modified wheat. see it's to the farmers into is to sure of the euphrates. so this is not only about your politics about also about controlling the foot basket of the word. and that's one of the reasons why the u. s . ok. patient forces exist in syria because they want to take the oil and the wheat of syria hostage and embargo it with the, the syrian regime or with the russian side before they retro from syria. ok, maxine i'm calling this this program spring offensives with an s in there in parentheses because the, the media loves to focus on the cam bridge and what they should and shouldn't do in

the machinations inside the presidential powers and all that. they love that kind of stuff, it's all personality driven. so much policy driven. there's very little analysis. but in there, there is widely believe that there will be a rush to an offensive in spring and with a partial mobilization force right now that is a considerable force. when we know that the ukrainian side is having a very strong difficulties and keeping their, their true levels, fly ok with russia isn't even tapped into that yet. so, i mean the, when, when we talk about offensive russian certainly have possibly that in mind as well go ahead minutes. i do think that the, the, there's the possibility of the russian offensive or counter offensive on how you read it. but also i think we've seen over the past couple of days we, i personally read it as a witness. i intend to build

a qualitatively new kind of deterrence against the west with discussion of the deployment of nuclear arms in belarus. i think it's a clear, it's a clear signal and it's clear in terms of the new terms and the west. there's this understanding that the, the terms that russia has used in the past have not worked. and it has not deterred the west from engaging into support for key f. so now that is, that card is put on the table. i think we mentioned that know that this new terminal for this is storage of the nuclear arms would have to build july. so this also kind of, if you see a clear timeline, it's not mentioned, you know, just it just for the sake of it that it sounds to have some meaning to it. and that student to say that, you know,

the west should be careful about increasing its own support and what type of support again, what's your role brought up the use of uranium up to potentially that is sure. a big, big concern. so that, that's, that's number one. number 2, it has to do with rushes on actions on the ground. and that, of course we, we don't know how far it may go and where exactly. clearly, i think for now russia 6 to cement the territorial gains it has achieved in the past couple months. the boss, i will not exclude. going back to square one in the sense and bring out the idea of the nasa vacation and the militarization. because these of course, are quite the terms, but that old met. okay, well let's call a spade a spade here. ok. in my humble opinion, denot vacation means that the wind speed regime has to go. that's how i interpreted

ok. that's what i was going to say. you can interpret this in multiple ways, including, you know, that the toppling of the regime. but then again, it's just not just lensky and his administration per say. it's a broader concern with different nationalist groups. and i think so, obviously a lot of you know, under clarity and a lot of vagueness so far. and that's why i think, going back to your 1st question that perhaps make secretary blinking of bring up all this was somewhat inconsistent statements. but it also reflects that the situation on the ground is that good? that could be intentional. intentional father more it's because it's, you know, who do you rely upon and then, you know, it is basically to fake you out. and i think that's all part of this on narrative as well gentlemen, i'm going to jump in here. we're going to go to a short break. and after that short break,

we'll continue our discussion on some real estate regarding ah ah ah, ah, [000:00:00;00] a welcome act across stock you're all things are considered. i'm peter bell. this is

the home addition to remind you. we're discussing some real news. ah, let's go back to berlin. could look at me. another big issue that has happened in the last few days is the reactive is ation of the international criminal court and a potential charges of war. war crimes against russian officials, including the president of the russian federation. how, how is it that you will, if this is in vote and i think it's a fake court. it's a kangaroo court to western driven court. they designed to go after the west enemies ok than where all the nice robes they want and help carry all the brief cases. but it's still a kangaroo court. so how can the west nature country support to support and then potentially be involved in negotiation with russia? i mean, it seems, i mean, they kind of close that off that we've seen the ukranian officials make it illegal

to deal with the current government in russia. but it seems like the west is doing the same thing. i mean, you, how can you negotiate with someone that you claim as a war criminal? go ahead. actually, i was in the ice, you see in 2008. and i ask one of the judges about when, are they gonna issue a nervous warrant against the american work criminals? so the politicians who committed oldest work crimes in the middle east. and the answer was like, they're just turning around to be the true answer. right. and they don't want to give you an answer for that anal dicey. just so much of a one year that you shouldn't restaurant in my opinion, is we can consider this bullet bulletin, sage hope politicized decision because it comes just a few days before the chinese, better than teaching bank landed in russia. truly activate diplomacy. and every time there is in one counter trying to play it diplomatic role in discount to some other parties come and tarnish just attempts right into it in 2022. it was the

brits and now it's a preventative americans a time we had the and we had the israelis as well. i'm in the the enticement, for example, against israeli. a suspect suspects for committing work crimes has been going on for years. there was no restaurants against them for any crimes, to have committed against the palestinians. but this comes also just a few days before, as i mentioned, the chinese mission. and let's remember the national security concept spokesperson, drunker b, and secretary of state, they all the fused, the chinese proposal. and in here i ask a question as an observer. ok, if you refuse the chinese proposal, where is your proposal a proposal for this? so when it comes before the diplomatic attempt, when the i see it was a decision and a restaurant and the national security council, the spokesperson, every few is the secretary of state excuses. and they sent the picture and up to

a friend. that means they're not interested in diplomacy now, and the message has been hurt in my opinion in moscow. so i suspect the russian offensive would precede any sort of an offensive from the ukrainian side because the decision has been made from the nato side that there is no way to go for negotiations with put in because the i see decision do it. do you know what does that mean if put in lines now in germany, what's gonna happen if you land sea, are they going to arrest? as far as i know, i may be wrong here, but as far as i know, any, an indictment, we can call that from the i c c, it's never been rescinded once they say it, they don't take ok. this is a one way direction here. you know, matt's this, this actually plays into my whole theory of the case is that, you know, i am glad that the chinese have offered a potential apiece propose, that's fine. ok. um, we were the president of brazil was going to beijing and he wants to throw his

weight and maybe a version of the chinese. i think that's fine. ok, but because there's no rush there is no real interlocutor that is a co belligerent and the west is a co belligerent in this conflict. as much as they deny it, there is not going to be a negotiated and it is going to be a, you know, lateral ending. and the russians will call it when they want, where they want. ok, because they have no one to talk to it. and i'd like to throw in the whole men's process here. why do you talk to politicians in the west if they're just going to lie to you? go ahead mass. well, that makes sense. i mean, it doesn't, it doesn't appear that, you know, go, she are likely with crane because your brain is not friendly and independent at her in this conflict and doesn't make sense to negotiate with western patrons. green

officials because all the previous negotiations and all the trust it was any out of the window. so i don't think you can negotiate with the table. and i think the u. s. device administration helps a lot in this process because they made it clear you don't want this negotiated solution either. so they still believe that the russian can be defended militarily for that in a way. you sold cars to the russian officials to do and you know, shuttle this conflict and produce the security outcomes as they deem and relevance of the russian security as far as the u. s. own kind of effort. i think we've seen again over the past week, the tax us attacks on iranian troops in syria and that fall shortly after, you know, the iranian cell,

the know truce if you want to call it in chinese go, she said these deal and it also kind of shows us that there is no solution to any conflict in the world that the west is not a part of that the west will be a problem and not, not a solution which complicates things as far as the i. c is concerned. i read it as yet another blow to another, international organization and other international norm. you know, us as, as much as the trust to worse the dollar currency at the financial markets of the west has been a suburban in the early months of the conflict in the brain. now we see yet another institution of being derailed. and that's just, you know, the reality that will live in that is telling us about the crumbling of the existing world order and the shape, you know, something it actually it jump in. what's your, what's, what our respect that the guest says. it's very,

very important. the so called rules based order that the americans brag about, like we're seeing the complete destruction of the international court order. this, for example, for decades the i supposed to pick it up is bias. if you didn't, you find your response against anyone in the united states or do you. now the o, p c, w, in syria. they are able to change the findings under conclusions of their own scientists. so we're underground on the ground in doom are in syria, and they change it in a way that gives the impression that the syrian army used chemical weapons into my in 2018. we're living in a jungle. and i want to mention this very clear that there are so many people around the board with the, which russia and it's offensive on your plan. and they would say, probably this is illegal in their understanding of international law. but why would they care if, for decades, this international law was not applied on the rest of the work, and they were smashed under the feet of the united states and other imperialist powers around the world. so they are so many people around the world into turn,

what countries into sauce and congress in actually kind the middle east. they see this as an opportunity for them to be liberated from the american hegemony. so it's not only about to russia, if it's about the legality of the russian offensive in your brain or not, the people around the world are looking for it. so the market full of words so that they can also belize and develop because they are chalk. people need to understand that the nach nation natural resources are being groped now by the americans. whether it's in syria, whether it's in libya and elsewhere. so this people, they don't care now anymore if it is offensive, are fresh right about to get all the more. so with the destruction of the north stream pipelines, i mean a destroying the natural ha, ha, ha. and trade of, of 2 countries they were, you know, i don't know, you know, i've always fun to really be q u y america should decide who gets the bill to buy, flying for english from point a to point b in 2 different countries. ok. i think maxime, that i think it's very interesting because i had to say,

because this is what makes this very dangerous because the, the rules based order is being shown to be of a far sort of fraud that it is. and, but it's on the other side, you know, we have bricks and we have these other organizations, this whole concept in it's not my idea with an idea of the world beyond the west. and i think that's what's happening right now. even the saudis would think of what have you, one of that regime, their national interest, they want to do, they want, they want room, they want some sunlight between themselves in washington because, you know, they have to take care of their own region. and i think with china being dis, a basic in an interested party did a remarkable thing in dealing with around ria go heads. i think it's remarkable how quickly ever had in that class when mounted over the past, you know, 75, a year since the end of the world war 2 has really crumbled, including,

you know, the international organizations, the trust source, them the bill order and the that exists the norms, the institutions, everything. and of course now we see the difference, you know, on the one hand to see russia advocating for the whole centric world. meaning that in a more power, scanty will say in more, you know, say in the world affairs. and that's not necessarily in rush, just own interest, right. but it also now works towards the grander goal of great the americanization de westernization of the international system. and it makes, i mean, they couldn't you phrase it otherwise. i mean, i just, you know, theoretically speaking, i had to, mom is a dangerous thing in an international system because there's no checks on it. the hedge fund gets to do what it wants to do in a multi pull. the world usually puts checks out of you and you have to build coalitions and all of that. that's when the american hegemony is just simply awful

for the international system because they can overthrow government blow up pipelines to fascinate people and never be held account. and i think, well, so i think the bible ministration has executed for tremendous lack of subtleness in american. you see that has been, you know, they now it's also kind of remarkable that they're bringing henry kissinger once in a while, as one of the last standing subtle diplomats that the american tradition has had. because the current generation of people mass, you know, it's not really express me. company we have we have 30 seconds of kovachick. i'd like to give it to you in berlin, finish it out for us, please go ahead. i just want to say that multiple words, the west will chip, it's so called democratic values, directions, and the chinese are not gonna have been in this because the western part will be an essential player in the multiple of words. the russians and the chinese are not

trying to keep them out from the international system. so they will be different polls russia than the chinese would be, especially strong parks and the, the, the rest of the what can choose which school, what day make i like this. there is nothing wrong with sharing a little bit to share a little bit. or i didn't saw it, we have one thing, my guess in berlin and here in mouse, i want to thank our viewers for watching us here r t c. next time. remember crosstalk rules. ah ah, who is the aggressor today? i'm authorizing the additional strong sanctions. today russia is the country with the most sanctions imposed against it. a number that's constantly growing up in your future list. of course, it's become a new senior,

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