ah ah, ukraine's president and fellow senior officials have reportedly embezzled at least $400000000.00 of western aid to the country. that's according to the latest revelations of investigative journalist seymour hersh. the use chalk diplomat postpones, is plan trip to china. these says because of a positive cobit test, as european officials call for brussels to have a more neutral stance, amid tension between washington and b. j. to interesting. it's still incredible to see what this looks like inside. what goes up must come down. we take

it inside the very capsule, the turbo russian film crew, up among the stars, to shoot the world's 1st feature film in space that does today marks the 62nd anniversary of mankind. reaching the cosmo. a coming to you live from the russian capital. this is the r t international. i'm rachel blevins, here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski and fellow senior officials have been implicated in the embezzlement about least $400000000.00 from western funding ads. according to the latest bombshell report from pure lists are prize winning journalist seymour hersh . one estimate by analysts from the central intelligence agency put the embezzled funds at 400000000 dollars last year. at least another expert compare the level of

corruption and key of as approaching that of the afghan war. although there will be no professional audit reports emerging from the ukraine for a $100.00 per gallon. is the price that the american taxpayer is being footed with to facilitate kiev transporting gasoline quite a half the amount and from what we understand over $400000000.00 are estimated to have been embezzled by zalinski and his cronies. now the report also goes on to say that ukraine is buying russian oil. what is interesting about this is that apparently ukraine claimed back in bring in 2022 that they had ceased all purchasing a russian products. but they are not telling the truth, apparently not being directly purchased from russia, but purchased from 3rd party countries with these front organizations that they've

set up for the purpose of bundling money and hiding funds. it sat around the country bulgaria here is one place where this is taking place. there are other for on organizations that have been set up for the purpose of embezzling funds. embezzling mind it's intended to spend on weapons. seymour hersh describes a kind of the outlines and the methods of ukrainian corruption in his article. many government ministries and key of have been literally competing. i was told to set up front companies for export contracts for weapons and ammunition with private arms dealers around the world. all of which provide kickbacks. many of those companies are in poland and check here. but others are thought to exist in the persian gulf and israel. i wouldn't be surprised to learn that there were others in places like the cayman islands in panama. and there are la lots of americans involved, an american expert on international trade told me now zalinski dismissed 10 officials in order to appease the united states. and these were officials who were

so blatantly corrupt and showing often bragging about their corruption and the amount of taxpayer money from the united states. they had consumed that it was vast . it was felt that zalinski let them go. now, some of the meetings between zalinski and his top military staff have been described according to seymour hersh, something out of a mob movie from the united states. apparently, they were angry quote, he was taking a larger share of the skim money then was going to the general. and apparently there has been fighting between zalinski and his inner circle about how the lute gets divided. now the article also goes on to describe that quote, there is a total breakdown between the white house leadership and the intelligence community that apparently there are quite a bit of disagreements within the biden administration and within the us intelligence agencies about how to conduct operations. anthony blank en, apparently does not want to hear any criticism of ukrainian government. he

dismisses all going to things like corruption and other problems on the part of zalinski and his allies as being boat pro put on. meanwhile, it appears the biden administration has no real plan for the conflict for resin, resolving it, or we're moving ahead in any way. at the same time, there are u. s. troops stationed in poland and ukrainians are being trained in how to use f. 16 fighter airplanes from the united states. many are looking on this new report from seem more version saying this shows what many people have been pointing out, is the case all along. ukraine is a very corrupt country and a lot of the millions and billions of dollars that are being poured into ukraine by the united state. that the expense of the american taxpayer is not actually going for military purposes or humanitarian operation. but in reality is going to line the pockets and some very well connected people who have seen this conflict as an

opportunity to make lots of money for themselves. earlier american radio host and political secure st. randy credit go talk to over the findings with my colleague in the studio and says he's not all the surprised by the claims. well, it's like a clod ringing in that casablanca st. i'm shocked. there is gambling going on here . it's it's, it's no shock at all. it's, it's not surprise, we've known, i think people, it's an open secret that tis government is corrupt. that the, he's corrupt that he's been rake and money off the top from the very beginning. what seymour hurst, it was really lay it out in a way that hasn't been seen before. the only problem is will the western media, the compliant media, actually pick up on it. i mean, you got a smoking, a bigger than a smoking gun here. my seem or her, she's an impeccable reporter in best investigative journalists in america over the last 50 years. so when he says it, it's true. all right,

so what do you think the wes will be able to pick up on l? well, they just, you know, hide it under the carpet brush over it and maybe look a different story or will they actually have to, you know, say something about it. well, that is reporters that are ensconced. west reporters in k kia will rank it under the carpet because if they don't, then they'll be thrown out, all right, and they will get fired a at c n, n and m s at be see if they report on it just like they didn't report on the north stream bombing explosion by the u. s. of norway. so i expect that to just go along with it to get along. i mean, well, you know, we look at so how the news is reported. know we try to repair aussie, we try and ripple all sides of the story as much as we can. we know it could be, it's different on the other side of the pond. and as we know, but this corruption or this specific corruption of $400000000.00

would affect the key of military for example. i mean, is it slowing them down to think well as he doesn't care events, i don't think he cares at all. he wants to keep it go and he's got his orders to keep this going. don't negotiate. he's basically a puppet of the u. s. nato and nato course is u. s. and he's just going to do what they say to do, because he's basically in a box. so i guess he's rake and then a lot of cash in the process. i doubt if any of it's going to be lower ranking the military personnel, the foreign policy to postpone the plan trip to china, saying you've tested positive for cove it. but the cancellation comes amid rising controversy over recent remarks by the french president who called for the e. u to have more autonomy from the us and the more lenient policy towards china. the head of the european council weighed in on the issue and express support for the french leaders views. there is indeed

a great attachment the remains present and the manual macro has said nothing else for this alliance with the united states. but if this alliance with the united states would suppose that we blindly systematically follow the position of the united states on all issues. no, there has been a leap forward on strategic autonomy compared to several years ago. first of all, sha michelle is totally wrong about there being a big leap forward in strategic european autonomy compared to several years ago. the fact that they all blindly followed the u. s. agenda. ukraine and brow beat. anyone who dissented, like for example, hungarian president, victor or bond is proof of just that. and it's been unity above all else. and all it's really change so far is just the rhetoric. the actions haven't changed at all . so we'll see what happens on that front. but mac was dared to diverge from that western unity at all costs doctrine by floating, this idea that hate, maybe we should be thinking for ourselves and taking our own best interest to consideration whenever washington rings are asking, hey, you know, want to go on a joy ride met some stuff up over in your own backyard. michael is now saying that

unity is important for china as well, and that beijing views taiwan through that particular prison. you said express concerns over washington, global economic gemini, and over european nations, becoming it's quote, baffles something that the conflict in ukraine seems to be salaried. and now the e u has over dependence on american gas and that macros own complaints about that and about its impact on european industry are falling on deaf ears over in washington. so you think that not whole had hit some kind of a 3rd rail judging by the reaction to his remarks, but he's really just advocating for a return to the classic position of former french president shot the gun, an independent balanced approach between east and west. now to say position that was prevalent even during former french president jacques, she's mandate up hill 2007 or after that. former french president nicholas

acquisition, re integrated france into native command. but it was she last position that kept friends out of washington's war in iraq. but now you, diplomat, are telling the western press that in light, what's happening in ukraine? democracy have to work more closely than ever totally nori. the lack of thoughtful western opposition to washington's agenda in ukraine actually contributed to the conflict heating up in the 1st place. and another diplomat says that quote is not the 1st time that michael has express. views that are his own list and do not represent the position. yeah. who elected you? at least michael was elected by the people and there's some accountability to them . and so is your council president shut me, shall we support smack, hold your macros, remarks, and who at least knows something about running and you, country as former prime minister of belgium. meanwhile, the washington hawks are livid capitalism. we need to find out if

a manual mat crohn speaks for europe. after his 6 hour meeting in china, he told reporters that europe should create distance with the us and should not get involved in supporting america over china when it comes to taiwan. rubio also threatened to drop ukraine in europe last, se, quote, maybe we should basically say we're going to focus on taiwan and the threats that china poses. and you guys handle ukraine in europe. yeah, my whole and the you should really take them up on that call his bluff. yeah. leave ukraine. caea. watch how fast peace breaks out at a time in the state department. he's saying that it's not the right time yet for peace as if it ever will be kind of have to wonder. so rubio is making my call look like kind of a 3 dimensional chest grand master with a statement like that. so next stuff you chief diplomat use a brock has been slaves to star and the next act of the travelling good clown, bad clown, china, and which one willy play, be good clam cough or the bad clinton cough. the delegation for relations with

china has their own very specific request in that regard. you will have to correct some illusions about where the you stance. he should explicitly insist that he, you opposes any unilateral change in the taiwan strait. oh, so what side will burrell take yours or america's plot twist barrel has cove it and has to postpone his visit. i'm not joking. he just announced it on twitter. so it looks like china will get an intermission break here before the you circle back to them for it's next act. no doubt the suspenses absolutely kentland m unverified footage has emerged on line, allegedly showing a ukrainian soldier being beheaded. the ukrainian president was quick to accuse russian soldiers of the atrocity, branding them as ease. however, the russian presidential spokesperson along with the head of the wagner, private military group, both condemned to violence though said it was important to verify the videos

origins. so your tourist is footage is horrible. first of all, we need to check its credibility. then it can prompt checking whether it happened and if it did where it was, and who did it. yep. was my bill it, they read you. i've watched this video. it is bad when people's heads are cut off. but i have not found anywhere that this is happening near bach moot, or that the soldiers of p. m. c. wagner, participate in this. washington has praised its relations with warsaw, saying ongoing talks are based on democratic values, but that comes against a backdrop of u. s. and e u criticism in recent years about poland, authoritarian policies, poland is a valued ally, a partner and a friend, and we have an enduring relationship based on shared priorities and democratic values. you see what's happening,

everything from bella roost to poland, to hungary and the rise of the toilet terran regime in the world. and this president embraces obit fucks in the world. when you look at what's happened in places like hungary and in poland, that obviously did not have the same democratic traditions that we did. they weren't as deeply rooted. and yet as recently as 10 years ago were function democracies. and now essentially have become authoritarian. the polish prime minister is in the u. s. for meetings on economic and defense cooperation between the 2 nations. fast as my previous damaging statements from european officials. critics like french president emanuel mac wrong who last year called the polish p. n. a quote right wing anti semite, who bans l g b t people. those words were in reaction to polish laws, restricting l g b t writes and contradicting western culture. the visit is taking place for war size, increasing its nato armaments. the p. m. told the u. s, vice president,

that is country quote, wants to become the bedrock of european security senior research fellow of the global policy institute of one that george sam wiley believes the reason for the sudden warm from the you asked towards the polish prime minister is his russo phobia well, of course he hasn't changed any of those values now, but the issue really with poland is that as far as the united states is concerned, it is the most loyal, most forthright and most predictably and rely heavily into russian nato member state. there is so of course the united states and particularly under the brighten administration, which detest is domestic policies, both of the social conservatism and even his economic nationalism.

good detest all of that, but he loves absolutely loves his russell phobic and boosting for nato policies are around. so that's why he comes to the white house. he's warmly welcome and in bed to this ties brazil's president lula da silva, is on a visit to china. the south american nation's biggest trade partner, various topics are up for discussion on the 4 day state visit. brazil's ties with china are growing at an accelerating pace trade between them already had a new record last year of a $150000000000.00. both parties are all set set to sign a number of agreements, as well as to discuss possible mediation over the war and ukraine. ah, the international monetary fund says to of europe's top economies, the u. k. and germany are expected to decline this year. while russia sanctions

head economy is actually expected to rise, the u. k and germany are the only g 7 nations with the negative g d p projection from the i m f for this year. it says advanced economies overall are expected to see and especially pronounced growth, slow down to 1.3 percent in 2023. in contrast, president potent has claimed the russian economy has been showing positive trends this year. feel a movement on the whole. we can conclude that the russian economy continues to actively develop within the framework of the new growth model. according to results from april. russia's g d p will increase significantly in real terms. it is expected that by the end of the 2nd quarter, this year we will observe a different situation due to the backdrop of rising oil prices as additional oil and gas revenues start flowing into the budget for the 1st time in a long time,

inflation was below the central banks target from the point of view of citizens, low inflation is positive because it leads to an increase in real income in the i m f report says russia as real g d p growth will be point 7 percent this year and slightly higher. next year, russian unemployment rates are predicted to remain low to at about 4 percent in the coming years. inflation in the country is forecast to decrease to 70 percent this year and below 5 percent next year. earlier r t is chief economic observer, took us through the trends. so for protection, it's important to shield the state against external dangerous to one of the measures this the unification and consolidation of the state. so that basically this decision make us work together because the societies also in a way is unified because if there's internal delay division,

it's very difficult to succeed in the economy as well. so the 2nd thing is the strengthening of the military. now because you cannot develop your economy if you are a tech and so on. the other thing is cyber security. another aspect of protection. then we have social security for the protection of the families in a social sense. and the last thing on the protection front is the protection of traditional family values, which for russia is very important. and there's a big difference. if you compare to the situation in the west, i promise you that there will be another letter p, which is promotion for most. yeah. so in terms of promotion, the president of letting a put in put in place of work last infrastructure. so you see it every day you live in moscow, it's just brilliant. and then there's digitalization project and then the other aspect yes, fostering of high class education building on the subject model which was quite solid to me. and the last aspect here for promotion is promoting

coalitions with frankly, international, safe and so all of these kind of things, protection plus promotion gifts of this kind of performance, which surprises everybody today marks the 62nd anniversary of the 1st person in the history of our planet who made a flight to outer space mankind's era of exploring the cosmos was born on the 12th of april, 961. and since then, russia celebrated the day as cosmo not next day. good afternoon, the soviet union announced it had launch would make number 2, what were was like, well, the same thing

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5 dollars travelers with let's take a look at the history of the soviet union's achievements in space and 1957. the country became the 1st to launch a satellite with sputnik 14 years later, your guarantee became the 1st man in space, while in 1900. $63.00 valentina terror sco became the 1st woman she rebel in the weightlessness for the greater part of 3 days. alexi li enough to to the 1st space was 2 years later, which lasted for just over 12 minutes. and in 1986 construction began on the 1st permanently manned space station called mirror meaning piece in english. it played home to cosmo knots an astronaut from around the globe until 2001 russian. cosmo not continue to walk on joint international missions as central to prevent space

emergencies, as well as to develop global cooperation and medical commission has cleared the russian cause. we're not konstantin boris off to fly to the international space station as a us crude dragon space ship arch. he is working on a film all about him to be shown this summer. ah, ah ah ah ah. so the little still some dental affordable

workouts are a regular thing. we need our skills to be automated. it's not only solos but as a part of the team. so that whenever there's an emergency, every one knows exactly what their role is, what they're supposed to do, and no time is wasted. ah yeah, we're one of the shut, bethany, we'll try to print those. she'll office for any of those in the local bus, which is published once different guzman tradition mobile longest. and we chose english is our means of communication. we use it here when we train in houston and at the space ex training center, which on storage. but while we're diving, we prefer to use sign language as it's much easier to communicate under water that

way. ah, constantino's invoice consumption spot was very quick. he was selected in 2015. so it's been only 5 years. that's very fast. it normally takes around 7 to 10 years to be ready to go to space. ah, the 1st ever felt to be shot in space. title challenge is currently launching and movie theaters. the project is being led by a russian team. now there was such a interest in the project that some 3000 applications were received for the leading role with uli up paris lead chosen for the part. she's a renowned russian actress with more than 30 movies under her belt, and also a mother of to clim ship panko is the mastermind find the project. he's

a director screenwriter producer and even has an active role claim is busy down here on earth to being a father of 3 and an award winning movie director. incidentally, he's also the tallest russian to have been to space at a $189.00 centimeters or 6 foot to archie marina coast. managed to get a closer look at how the movie came into being me. the me or you will get all it is courses the and it's not only developed countries that have sky high aspirations. the african

continent has its own space program, which has launch more than 40 satellites. we got an opportunity to speak to some of those hoping to one day explore the frontier for themselves. ah, only i started in 2009 in the military academy before joining the tunisian air force after passing all the physical and psychological tests. i was lucky to pass these tests. i specialized and helicopters my path was not that easy to get used to planes, which was a new environment for me. the human being was born to walk on earth. so flying has always been a challenge. flying high in the sky was a dream. since i was young, i was always dreaming of flying. then i understood the meaning of the stream when i grew up and i did my speciality. i never dreamed of reaching the stars were still

on earth, but we feel the we are in space so far. we pass the medical test. 2 candidates will be selected at the end and i have to be one of them. i want, is it an asian, was to be a motivation for other women and to show them that all dreams can be achieved. it is as if it is a mission to fulfill your dreams and the dreams of a conscious continent. we will represent a nisha, but equally africa, it is a big responsibility to be an example. a space is not always a safe environment. i feel grateful for this opportunity that i consider as a gift. i thank every single person who contributed and who helped me to reach this position. when you work hard, you will always get results as tenicia and north african women were getting an opportunity to show others the you can reach your dreams. i hope i can travel to space as an auster not, but as well as a tourist in the future space. tourism is an exciting opportunity and i hope it will develop soon to allow people to discover space. a

loo. lend him a heavy of the key when my dreams started. when i was young. when i dreamt of going to space, i was small, but my dreams and my ideas were big. i started little by little. my dream was not to be an astronaut, but to be a pilot where space was just my passion. i passed the military aviation school exam and graduated as a pilot. i got an engineering diploma, and then i joined the military air units. after that came the project for tenicia, a woman to be the 1st african woman to go to space. i beat out 7 other candidates passing the psychological and physical tests. it took a lot of effort, but at the end, only 2 were to be selected. it's a pride to assault to tunisia to africa and it's a unique opportunity.