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[000:00:00;00] a yes ah, with core to ukraine house can find the head of the country's largest melissa 3 to 60 days. hard to read about those i clamped on religious figures with traditional ties to rush it intense live reaction on that. coming up also with its allies. they want to do everything in their power to preserve their privileged position in the world. speaking to r, t rushes deputy, impossible to be un takes aim at western powers,
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accusing them of having an insatiable thirst to maintain global with india is flagship airline. and since it will continue flights over russian aerospace, this slide pressure from western partner on a new report, claims central african republic is in a dire situation. as nearly half the population faces severe food insecurity. the countries presidential off as a resource hungry outside actors must take some responsibility for the nation. or land is ritual gold dime? yep. so iron man is an oil. this should have made the population of the central african republic prosper. unfortunately, we have some nations are plunging. into part with bringing you the global use. rhonda live from moscow. i'm you know, neil and this is our t international. our top story,
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the head of ukraine's largest monastery, which has been up the center of the crack, done by authorities or ritz traditional ties to russia, has been confined to high risk. for 60 days. the sentence was 100 done during metropolitan pabo 2nd court appearance for the 1st was halted due to an illness he had suffered. this was the albert's reaction to the ruling. yes, mr. being in trouble is like i didn't do anything. i know this is a political case because i was told to switch to the key of backed orthodox church of ukraine, but i said, no, i was threatened. the security services of ukraine came to me and said, a criminal case that should be opened against me, and it was only, i don't know who planned it. i'm not going to figure that out because it's not my style to settle accounts. the metropolitan now has to wear an electronic tag for the next 2 months. his lawyer said the abbot will appeal and that due to health concerns,
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the also states where he's been confined to high. so rest is not fit for human habitation. r t senior correspondent broadcast he took us through the background to miss situation earlier. this is the culmination of government policy in care of which has been to dismantle the ukranian orthodox church, which ukraine has made no secret that seizes to pro ration and to independent the we catches, of course, that the ukrainian orthodox church is the biggest religious grouping in ukraine, so this was no simple task for a president vladimir zelinski as well as his administration. he's, he's bacchus metropolitan pabo, the head of the key of the chips. lava was detained earlier today. he was taken to a court hearing. he felt poorly was taken the hospital of enforce fully by ukrainian security agents. taken back to court,
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we knew that he is being charged on 2 counts. one is sparking and finding into religious hatreds and enmity. the subject matter of the evidence we haven't seen, but also with rejecting the premise of the russian aggression, which in kevin, whatever ukraine is seen, something is as gospel that russia is, that the aggressive should be resistant. everywhere of the scenes from the mon sees the key of which of a lover, ah harrowing for many orthodox folk from not justin in ukraine. but all over the world, their sending shudders through worshippers. v. as in such that supporters who's against the eviction and the takeover of for you kids, what have you quince largest monasteries is that they're there. they're praying, they're trying to resist without violence. and you have ukranian nationalists also at the scene. radicals who haven't the slightest interested in religion, but
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a just happy to be somewhere where, what they deem what are being called pro russians are being evicted. you have seen showing people praying on their knees around them, dancing, radiant, dancing, nationalists, sorry, radicals, chanting insults, the threat of things that become moist. describe on air and dancing about the jewish, not this teacher that has been very little common from abroad, from various religious organizations. and rights movements about what is happening, it is being studiously ignored. we can say that with the degree of accuracy because there has been said so little common. also we have heard from the ukrainian government, which again 1st has since 2000. 1 and 18 made it a policy to try and replace the ukranian orthodox church,
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which jesus independent and unruly and far too per russian with the orthodox church of ukraine which, which is a very different thing in, teaches a very different religion. although claiming to be the same they, they, for example, teach, the ukrainian should never have children with russians, that ukrainian should only intermix with ukrainians to keep the blood pure. we've also heard the presidential advisor come out and comment on what is happening, saying now is the time to eliminate the unruly clergy. a unique chance when everything could be resolved very quickly and painlessly was during the 1st 3 to 6 months of the war. then it was possible to simply physically clean out many pro russians. today it is a little more difficult. but again, a little harder does not mean impossible. and today we must use legal and tough means to sweep them away. you credit and government, as i said, has been added for years. and in recent months of the past, off for you. so these,
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these efforts to clamp down to pressure to dismantle the ukrainian orthodox church of only ramped up. you had a zelinski launch in grades using the ukranian, s b u, the security service to target ab raid search various monasteries, various members of the clergy, their homes, their workplaces will over the country. a v information turned ah, was a result of that has been scanned. and we can say that judging by the fact that the s b, u hasn't come out and shown anything damaging. nevertheless, they've been at it. they've been trying to find dirt on the ukrainian orthodox church in order to shut it down once and for all. and these, as i said, ease the culmination of these efforts. will that cross 2 independent political analysts, alice, some drew, bruno alice, under. welcome to you. the monastery has been the focus of much attention for some
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time. we've seen scuffles outside attempts of the fiction. now the head of it dragged off to court and put under high stress all essentially because the monks, they're just want to continuous stewardship. they've held at the holy site for years and years. how do you see what's unfolding there? thank you your hand so i think, well, the, it's very useful to understand what's happened today with the arrest as part of the last piece. perhaps the most dramatic piece of what's been happening for some time . now the more i mentioned earlier, it's with the ukranian you orthodox church has been split into now that they use it used to be connected to to moscow. and even though he is the center. busy you might say it is the center of orthodox russian orthodox christianity has been
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since the prophet or the age of latham here convert to the conversion. and i'm 68. i believe. what this did the orthodox church of ukraine is a creation by placing the po shinkel in 2018. then it is a clear policy to one to put one more divide and conquer step into the creation of the ukrainian identity that they're doing everything possible to separate russians from ukraine's, including the you know, another, a similar example is the way they spell here. i say key f, that's the historic name, but ukrainians now and the, the western prices being told to do so. so it says keith, so we, it's the, it's really trying, there's been an effort since we're intensified since 2014,
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but it's been going on for some time. the creation of 2 separate ukrainian identity because in effect it's very difficult to see where ukrainians and the russians it requires a process which like of a better word is artificial. you mentioned that division there between our divide, that seems to be widening with things. ukrainian things, russian, although there's so much overlap, isn't there with what's happening now with this church on the, on the reaction or lack of it from the west on this clump down. is that what key of is hoping for? and with, with eye to any huge, i'd cry, this is going to continue or do you think this is the extent of it that they've got there? jewel in the crime,
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this site. and now things will quiet on this regard. that how do you see this going forward? no, unfortunately, i don't see this is just simply dying down. we see religious. when you start to touch a religion, you start to get it really deep into the psyche of the people and you, you, you penetrate their houses so to speak. because and i think it the religious do i can't lease it in some cases, the most dangerous, but it is the ultimate consider. i mean, every time there's been a religious divide and forceful, you know, by, by design and that there was, by government design. this is usually followed by much greater conflict in, in a society. we have the situation in great britain with the 8 who decided to switch sides because the catholic church was no longer convenient for him. and then the, the,
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the protestants after that. and then we have she and so me, but the court them a bit different, but this is an attempt to create that kind of division. i'm sorry to interrupt, but the resentment alessandra is going to is going to linger, isn't it? you've got the push that's lacking the very essence of who they are. their culture is being attacked. dot just doesn't go away overnight because a court sentence is enough, but to 60 days home arrest it, it won't. but it will accentuate these differences and create more anger, more tensions, even within families. this is why religion is such a if you want to create problems, it really religion is a great tool because it penetrates a really cuts across policy one but religion gets closer. so it is another way to create sanction and to keep problems. let's say there is a peace and eventually that will be
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a peace agreement. this will be one of the lingering issues to keep tension and, and divide. yeah, we will, we will watch this sat incident very closely to see what the ramifications of it. thanks for giving us a sense of what they may be. alessandra bureau independent, political, endless life on rti. thank you. ah, no events surrounding the church in ukraine have resonated an ethiopia that is where the largest orthodox christian community outside of eastern europe resides. ethiopian orthodox priest, kansas, miss gab from holy trinity theological university, and other, other fears the crayton, could feel an optic in violent secret, even to any bird, to come in suzhou, never when it, oh,
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meeting. not contingent on the lot of the christians, much to the missions shooting the martin being one of those who shot international challenges be safe if under persecution, by government or mission is show kind of how to do or something. it's not going on for me. on my piece this, this is not the point, it's not, it's not the most. it is not something that you have to try it out. it doesn't, it doesn't define what, what do you mean by, you might, might use different kinds of expressions. and of painting you can do
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what the fox news is that he will course who doesn't want the people to be gone and who doesn't want to go to my feet in the bus to get started. but it's not allowing us to look because i'm not, i'm saying this is the fact that we have to go to us for some reason we not physically. meantime, you can decide what to do, why and why they begun them from doing this. so it is so obvious. so please, are they not in the intervention of that? but who doesn't want us to be in communion? we've got no one else to be real good. if we keep on prayer and do something this, because this is one of the know, you know,
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not all western powers are hypocritical to lashawnda moscow's proposal to station nuclear weapons on the territory of its allied bella. bruce, as the us has long positioned its nuclear arms in nato countries near russia's borders. that's what moscow's deputy and buster to the u. n told r t earlier. the west is trying to act within the concepts of rules based international order, where it's all, it's all alone sets the rules and seeks that the others should implement these rules. they want to do everything in their power to preserve their privileged position in the world to preserve the well being of the so called golden 1000000000 by any price. they are not hesitate to acting very much colonial or neo colonial logic in deploying nuclear weapons in the western countries for many years for decades already. and then when the russia analysis, similar,
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lance simply announces they already stopped hysteria. many developing countries, especially weaker developing countries. there, of course, aware of the possible consequences of the criticism also of washington economic consequences, political consequences, financial consequences were during a un security council meeting on friday, rushes on buffets heard their bustling. the bench pointed out that russia had long demanded the u. s. withdrawal. the nuclear weapons in house, in other countries, he said moscow cannot sit idly by as nato countries conduct drills on how to use atomic arms. what i see is this should you, it's so do last. russia in the ninety's took all measures to withdraw nuclear weapons from the territory of the former gala, urged americans to do the same to abandon the thinking of the cold war period to return all of us nuclear weapons to the territory of the united states. us weapons
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are deployed in the netherlands, germany, or turkey and other nato countries. recall that poland also agreed to participate in joint nuclear exercises. this is exactly the area that the measures taken by the president of russia are aimed at the 15 member body that leads the united nations. assembled to discuss the issue of tactical nuclear weapons being deployed by russia in del groups and galleries, agreeing to host those tactical nuclear weapons. now, many us aligned countries used this meeting as an opportunity to simply attack russia to blame russia for the conflict in your brain. to a huge rata of various things that we've seen throughout western media over the past months. however, when russia took to the floor, they pointed out something that many countries have failed to acknowledge in western media has worked to just simply not mansion,
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which is that the united states has been withdrawing and getting rid of nuclear agreements. and he went over in detail all the withdrawals of nuclear agreements that we've seen from the united state or in the, from there we went on to highlight how u. s. policy as been aimed at trying to dictate and control other countries and escalate tensions around. the world. zeppelin is thrown at the kimball western countries are simply trying to impose their own rules on the rest of the world. beneficial only to them in order to then demand this strict compliance from other states. they themselves, of course, do not consider themselves bound by any obligations. such inherently neo colonial jews are aimed at ensuring the person of the so called golden 1000000000 at any cost. neither we know our colleagues from developing countries can be misled,
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and he more the apparent hypocrisy of the united states in demanding that russia not be able to deploy active or nuclear weapons to bel ruth. while the united states and its allies have nuclear weapons, that was made clear by the remark buying the been the before the council overall meeting highlighted very big differences between major countries represented on the council. when it comes their interpretation of world of that, russia made clear that the united states is acting in a way that is provoking conflict rather than seeking resolution. and not really enforcing any of this rhetoric we hear about a rules based global. ringback order something else we're closely following today. clashes are, again, being seen on the streets in israel as mass rallies continue against controversial judicial reforms. the demonstrations are happening despite the prime minister, postponing those plans earlier in the week. the mass protests have been raging for months already on monday, prime minister,
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netanyahu pulls the legislative process for the plum to allow for negotiations on a compromised reform package. but demonstrator jones satisfied and are demanding their total pain. and the issue we will. israel's also been called at a rampage against human rights, its new government in particular. those comments coming from the head of a prominent international rights grouping with the current state of the israeli government and the tax on the judiciary. in particular, we see that this is not a human wise complied government. this is a government that's actually on a rampage against human rights domestically against its own people. in israel. the controversial reforms are aimed at the limiting the power of the country supreme court on allowing the government to select judges. it also seeks to graham parliament, the power to override supreme court decisions and limit judicial review of laws predict,
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say it would seriously affect the system of checks and balances in the country. however, the foreign ministry is set back as human rights watch is criticism, healing. israel as an example of democracy. the remarks are an amazing example of how bias she in the organization of israel is a strong and vibrant democracy. the demonstrate is over the last few months or an impressive example of it. hundreds of thousands of people are manifesting in the streets, no violence protected by the police. this is how real democracy works. it is yet another example of an organization that targets israel on anything without the minimum understanding of fairness. while earlier we spoke to side our account, washington bureau chief for the jerusalem base palestinian daily l could. he agrees with h r w assessment. but phase israel will not be held accountable. in any case, anyone has always been a human right there. abuse rampage in, i guess the palestinian, you know, i mean,
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and it is great that we see demonstrations and, and israel in pursuit of reversing lease and judicial reforms from time to time. well, we see some statements there. i managed to give a spokesman last week or the week before to say some strong words. again, it is really abusive, but it never really go beyond that. i don't know how israel will be held accountable as long as it is being protected completely by then active america. i mean, it really should be held accountable by let's say, cutting off aid. then i say supplies israel with $3800000000.00 a year. and arms on own so that that's quite a leverage that they can use. i don't see that this car and we'll be accountable. i don't see it's really reversing course. i see. unfortunately, that will move forward and will probably implement these sit educational reforms. ok to an issue that's being talked about for quite some time. now the head of india
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is flag shipper line has insisted it will continue to conduct flights over russian or are spaced this spike pressure from western partners. the head all or india either mentally defended the company's decision, saying it's simply a matter of economics. if that's the way the winds are blowing and it is most economical, if we prevent certain carriers from over flying certain places, it doesn't necessarily stop people moving. it just changes where they're moving through. i think the chief off and india, i hate defendant, the right off air india to fly through russian skies in this selves on the pool to interview to the telegraph. the journalist with the telegraph, who interviewed mister wilson, he basically was giving him the logic that if you're flying or russia, then you're basically helping russia fund the war in ukraine to which sha, mr. wilson raised strongly, ah, have rubbish all those cleans. in fact,
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i remember most of the west in a line, they have quoted flying through russia, ukraine as well as bended, who was, and essentially, what's that done is it has made the hours longer. it has made the dig, it's more expensive. needless to say, more feel well already has a shortage of feel, was not insisting li, all source ever and line. they've approached western governments saying that any airline which is flying through the russian sky should be prohibited for landing western soil. now when they seeing you that india and china, they companies have an unfair advantage. foreign airlines using russian air space on flights to and from the us are gaining a significant competitive advantage over us carriers in major markets, including china and india. this situation is directly to the benefit of foreign airlines and at the expense of the u. s. as a whole,
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with fewer connections to key markets, fewer high paying airline jobs. so you're paying as far as a, a east to west, the route from east to west is concerned. the best possible way is flying through the giant territory of russia. what does it it makes a shorter it makes it cheaper. but as far as india and china are concerned, they've not signed off to the sanctions, so they may be able to use this route. but interesting how in a sense of entitlement, they think that it's so key for eastern airlines to suffer as much as western airlines and why perhaps it's dying to think the other way. the army conflicts and more natural disasters mean this situation in the central african republic remains dire this year. that is, according to
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a new report by the us agency for international development. the document claims more than 3000000 people in the c a r in need of humanitarian aid, and predicts nearly half the country's population will face severe food insecurity in 2023. the nation's also crippled. the paper concludes by conflicts between military groups which displaced almost 60000 people in january alone. and the press secretary to the central african republic president told us it's still possible for the country to be impoverished despite its wealth of resources, because of the thirst of external states. for africa is natural and riches. most of all, our land is rich in gold, diamonds, iron, manganese, and oil. when it comes to agriculture, we can grow cotton coffee and produce wood products. this should have made the population of the central african republic prosperous. but unfortunately, we see how some nations are plunging our country into poverty. it has not gone
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anywhere. we still live in an unstable situation with the crisis, rebel groups and military formations. a president says those are the reasons for the continuing poverty in the country for the last 60 years he has been facing one crisis after another. the proposed solutions have never worked. president tor dara has decided to ask some allied countries for help in combating the rebel groups. the 1st country to respond was russia. the people of c a r are really grateful for this input to bring peace back to our country. all the african countries agree that we lack technologies that we need to develop bilateral, mutually beneficial cooperation with other countries. and the un charter allows that any sovereign state, like ours has the right to cooperate with any other un member. nobody can prevent us from working with friendly countries and brotherly people. we count on technologies that will help us to use our resources. africans have realized that the c a r is ready to collaborate with any friendly country that are open to
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mutually beneficial cooperation. we have the resources you have, the technology's. let's sit at the table and discuss how we can move forward together. today, the central african republic has become the object of slander and lies it is associated with war, but it is not true. the c a r needs investors. we are open to any cooperation based on mutual respect. and i can say that we intend to develop this way so that russian investors, economists, leading enterprises come to the c a r, so that they help us use the natural wealth. our country has including agriculture . we want to move from traditional and mechanical farming to industrial agriculture . we want to develop our minerals with industrial methods. that's what we're aiming for, but there are lie surrounding our country. western media are trying to discourage those who want to come here. we are ready to work with all businesses and countries of good will who will cooperate with us on mutually beneficial terms over going
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