[000:00:00;00] the, [000:00:00;00] the, [000:00:00;00] the arts he examines how russian forces are repelling the premium offensive on the front line and the calls for public. the package that joins a long list of countries rejecting the west demands to choose between the us and

china, saying it won't be caught in the middle. the us wanted to paralyze us with sanctions and threats with our nation was and paralyzed. perhaps during the threats and sanctions into opportunities. the wes tries is across or wrong with sanctions, but has failed. dr. statement. fire one's president as he continues his tour of latin american countries, stopping in nicaragua for building bridges and gaming clouds across the globe. and the 26th annual st. petersburg international economic form kicks off in russia's northern capital. as over 17000 participants from 130 countries. i totally major economic event. we bring you special coverage right here on our, to the coming to live from the russian capital. this is archie international. i'm rachel

blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. and we begin with the latest regional complex in new frame, as russian forces advance and various strategic directions, according to russia's ministry of defense, they said that over 7000 ukranian soldiers had been killed or wounded in battle since june 4th. 6 the defense ministry added that moscow is targeting sites that hold key has reserved forces for an mercenaries, camps, and weapons and equipment. depos are to seek where she's on up. exam is how russian forces are holding the line a little across the front line. ukraine's troops robust the counter offensive has commenced and rush i sped as no effort to nip that in the bud . these girls the refutation of

a sniper rifle. and now a 152 millimeter caliber packs, a might see punch. the lies on the southern front chief has so far, pendants hopes on crushing rushes defensive lines there, but to no avail. he outside the town of lisa jones, ukraine is pushing relentlessly to but all, to a similar result. the big guns of the backbone of keeps offensive. so counter battery fire is vital for russia. a man that's our group is coal sniper is because we were very accurate,

the shooting hating and destroying and, and we talk it's we even receive the challenge from the ukrainians for now to review. but we didn't accept it because they were very cunning. the key to success is to work as fast as possible to work in a cohesive team. that's good. everyone must perform that you just quickly and not to interfere with the others of one's self within the don't pass artillery fire accounts for an overwhelming majority. it tends trenches into school, which stuff gets melts. my incentive rate's everything in its path here. artillery has proven once again that it is indeed the god of war makers done over closing from the don't pass oxy. don't make us choose inside the room, pakistan which has during the long list of countries who rejected the west calls to

sever ties with china, in an effort to punish washington's opponents. we have a history of being a close collaborative made with the us. we have no intention of leaving, not focused on also has the reality of being in a close collaborative made who's china. and until china suddenly came to everyone's threat perception. that was always the case. pakistan is definitely feeling the heat there and i'm sure it's just a total coincidence. the pakistan also just took its 1st shipment of directly shifted, rushing crude oil a few days ago. and, and here's the key part. they've paid for it in chinese. you want, so i can only imagine that the u. s. is probably not too thrilled about that, and this is all happening by the way, under prime minister should by star reef. and he's considered the more pro wes prime minister of recent years. you have a more on con, who's no longer prime minister, and there's

a lot of speculation as to why he's not, and he is always cited, you know, anti pressure from the west against him. so the fact that this is kind of a shared position in pakistan right now is, is quite interesting. this pushed along with the, with china. and um, and this is also coming after years of us aid, which former us president donald trump suspended. and he just, you know, being the business man, he is, he didn't feel like he was getting his money's worth because he likes to delegate. like he delegated to turkey. everything that was going on in syria, which allowed the us troops to withdraw ultimately as why this campaign promises it with pakistan. he was expecting them to do all america's dirty work against the taliban. so he wasn't too happy that that didn't work out for them. you know, i've gotten the stats and you know, the single for us for our minister also recently spoke on behalf of other countries in the south east asian region saying that, you know, they also would really like to sit out all this us, the china drama and they're telling china in the us, look, guys,

take it out into the parking lot. have, listen. i've seen members these including obviously sing and falls. want to maintain good relations with both the us and facing the one make us use. we will refuse pictures these kind of look like hostage video. so even washington's allies are getting a little bit concerned about whether we're missing here the getting the sense that washington is looking for a fight with china. and they're also trying to talk them down from the situation and we have um, christine, like out here who just tried to do that recently. decoupling and the sort of the polarization of the world would lead to less economy growth. so i think then this is something that should be by all means avoided to all right,

so not all of washington's allies or former allies want to play the fields and want to do business and deal with china and the us. some of them are squarely choosing account. we have south korea and japan. um, so there's us leverage there because well, one of the reasons could be that there are us bases and those countries, it's kinda hard to play the fields when one of the guys of sleeping on your couch. so, you know, they're, it's, they're not billy, no mates on every level at this point, washington right now, even with all of these calls to avoid conflict, it seems like things are still escalating between washington and beijing. what more can you tell us about that? well, we just heard that tony blinking, the secretary of state, is heading to beijing this week. and there were even some unsubstantiated rumors floating around earlier this week that the u. s. was thinking of evacuating its citizens from taiwan, which would indicate definitely an escalation in the wrong direction if you want to try to avoid conflict. the state department flatly denied it,

and china was not in the last asked about these reports has circulated on online in the united states, but, but i do need to talk to someone to call. i do not know the relevance situation. you mentioned, however, what i do know is that the one that us side talks about standing up with the table on what it really does is use time on as pawns and can and folder in order to serve the strategy of using tell you want to contain china, the united states has even formulated a plan to destroy time on. it is believe that out, so i want compatriots will clearly understand the us when hom, time on and sell it away. all right, so everything that we've been seeing from the us in china has been not very good in terms of the tension that's been created. there's a lot of posturing going on, but we also remember this bible wounds, finger pointing accusations flying round about beijing, helping russia, which they denied. they said, look, you know, but if it gets to a point where there's a risk in terms of a potential world or of course,

at that point we'll get involved. now too. there's definitely been some back counterpart backstage behind the scenes diplomacy going on as usually happens with these situations. so this blinking trip this week may just be the china in the us bringing things to the very front of the stage and publicly signaling at least some kind of a normalization of relations. the west has failed to break russia. those are the words of cuban prime minister of mineral cruise spoken during a meeting with father we're putting in moscow, i had a visit in the international economic form in saint petersburg. besides discuss, mutual cooperation between russia and cuba, as well as unilateral western sanctions was target and both countries. and this is new start. what is the might, is this by lateral cooperation should develop in all the areas on which we have agreed. and i am sure that this will happen. they include energy, tourism and some other priority areas. we know that the legal sanctions by cuba has been living under,

has been going on for decades. and yet the cuban people are coping with it. for our part, we will do everything so that our economic cooperation helps to overcome these outward difficulties of freedom. able to show them the cool, i want to assure all cuba sandstone. so the position to unilateral western sanctions against russia. i also want to assure you that we are against the attempt of the west to isolate russia from an international organization. is that a lot of the same time as a whole and promoting rest of phobia as if everything that comes from russian is bod says i must add that the west has failed to break russia. that route we see it as a real mongo strength. just one moment there, but if you are on an president, abraham lacy is also expanding ties with latin american countries as he has stopped up in nicaragua. as part of the 2nd leg of his latin american tour out of raleigh in the nation's capital, raised the stress, the futility of american sanchez and highlighted the shared values of the ron in and venezuela and people. i mean,

you call me cause what the us wanted to paralyze us with. sanction. some threats with our nation was in paralyze, which i do have during the threats and sanctions into opportunities and has made great progress. the shuttle should know that the new global order will favor those who resist the western gemini, to the pursuit of independence, freedom and justice. and that is what really unites ball than the uranium companies . well and revolutions arrived in the correct nation for what makes the significant economic sanctions, by the way is the issue stance towards the restoration said that the approach to san diego. and did he graduate president for his bar?

there's when he comes to the pressure of his guns, we under the pretext of human rights and democracy. this is very much life its own . and the rhetoric maintains towards the assignment again is actually one day. and then we'll proceed send for you with the west, which doubts its democratic values should respect the silver in will of the people who vote in their government. but unfortunately, western nations do the opposite. they live democracy and human rights and who have seen many times how the west tramples human rights all across the globe. the americans over on monday,

beginning with the 2 sides and we $1000000000.00. this is defiance of the website. so this is the see as we all so we see the x original country, situated at the drawer is known as an error tray has rejoining the east african block. the inter governmental authority on development as it seeks to rebuild ties with its neighbors. the country left the block back in 2007 in protest over a string of disagreements, including the decision by may bring a few,

be sure to play troops in somalia to fight the militant group officer box era trip broke away from me if you will. be at 1993 and for a 2 year border war with relations between the 2 nations remaining fragile until the 2018 piece agreement. the country has been subjected to the u. s. and you said she has over alleged human rights abuses with your troops, return to the for the east african block now consist of 8 member states political economists yard. so it says that you're a trios seeking new allies, is due to western hostility. is this a good decision far as you, as well as the regions by the time and use a try, no relationship with each here about the buyers. and then uh, you know, enter your eyes extremely in the information that it's only not visiting china. and most course that's we do any good. and then also i think the african union that they have less,

but they were very passive and that and that around actions. so now they becoming more of a certain in the region, us till the making some changes to position orient. yeah. there is a possibility on all office making views towards the west on size. the hurricane has yeah. doesn't seems to be changing. so it's is nice looking for, you know, a last and you are nice and you know, the bicycle is too big and more credits. another episode of the godfather series, that's how hung gary and prime minister victor or bon has responded to the news that the hon gary, an american businessman george soros has decided to hand over his business to his son or bar posted a gift on twitter of a clip from the guard father showing fictional mafia boss vito corleone kissing his

son and heir michael. western politicians have reacted angrily to the post, accusing or wrong of spreading. conspiracy theories. don't always on conspiracy theories are likely part of go for the 3 predictable and probably just disgusting, mister albany to shame for europe. look at the sweet and then tell me who's the mobster for more or less? let's cross live now to george sand. wiley. a senior research fellow of the global policy institute, george's grades have you on the program today. all right, so this is just a tweet, but why do you think that or was treat prompted such a reaction? or band has been the best in the why. of washington and brussels for many, many years and have always looking for some new outrage on for bonds, but to get very in big and it's about remember of in oregon wasn't invited to the

democracy summit, which is quite extraordinary. i believe hunger is a member of the nato in the youth, but was not invited to attend. and, you know, organ or bomb has opened. the said that he's supporting donald trump in the 2024 presidential race. so naturally when he sends this out of it causes a lot of indignation. and when the subject of the sources comes up, then the inevitably is the subject of anti semitism rears its ugly head. yeah, there's always, uh, an excuse to know, is there criticism that's for sure. now, speaking of criticism, this is not the 1st time that oregon has targeted george soros. so do you think that his concerns here are legitimate? because it is because of grow we, we know that there have been over the years. many attempts at staging some kind of

a color revolution in hungary and brussels once or bombed on washington once or by and gone. and the various a n g o one or bung don and then we had um, samantha powell, who visited uh, both of dish very austin face has to be a few months ago. and was this boss thing uh, $20000000.00. i said it was a lot of money on various uh, civic organizations. and then the whole, the only reason they disperse is money is not because they care anything about anything. civic. uh, they just want create organizations that would help talk a little more about, you know, get, get, mobilize the public, you know, try and stage as many demonstrations and protests as possible against or bucks. and that have been some, i mean there's no question these uh, disbursements all having a political effect in hungary, right? it's definitely a rinse and repeat when it comes to their approach to it. now why would you say that relations between oregon and the west are so difficult? what do you think is behind the current tensions to?

well, he has really gone against the grain on what is really of the opposite of the west today, which is russell phobia and whipping up the the west and mobilizing it against russia over the ukraine. and he is absolutely distance himself from that. he says that the sanctions policy is absolutely not. he think supporting ukraine is not because you can kind of win this for your brain cannot defeat the nucleus superpower. and that there's an absolute necessity for an immediate cease fire and some kind of, honest as now this is of course, and this from uh to uh, nato, which uh, you know, will, is ready to fight to the last ukrainian on the basis the somehow the more arms we send, the longer this will goes on, the more likely it is, the rush is going to sit down and the go shaped them after the preposterous

a theory which has no evidence. but that's the nature of rational and or by says, no, it's not going to happen. you just simply wasting money, ruining you were being an economist and helping to kill more and more ukrainians. and obviously this is uh, the quote close to good, great deal of consternation in washington and brussels. absolutely, certainly a lot at stake here. unfortunately, we're gonna have to leave it right there. but george sand. well, a senior research fellow of the global policy institute. thanks so much for your time and inside. and the 26th annual st. petersburg international economic forum has kicked off and russia's northern capital. here on r. c will bring you special coverage throughout the week. the, the key theme of this here, st. petersburg economic form is solver and see that includes tax,

culture and national traditions. around 70000 people are attending russia's biggest economic event, including leading economist companies, heads of state ministers, finance years and scientists earlier artes union o'neill outlined the key aimed this years for him. a very warm welcome to space at 2023 and this and petersburg, international economic for them. people have been streaming in all morning for day one of the influential event. now, why they're coming here at people from more than a 100 country delegates from those countries as well as you've got thousands of participants here talking about the big global issues affecting the world. and of course, at russia, not the focus this year is on at the american bar. the global side is

a big issue, of course, in terms of at feeding the world in terms of, of getting those renew ties between russia and that area as well. just to give you a sense, there is a move away from, from e u countries from nate. so towards, at the middle east, of course i mentioned the global south africa asia sites on central america as well . big number of guests coming at for that. the sectors here that's being spoken about, you're talking about the i t at tourism financial. of course a lot of folks around here at talking about how they can develop with the rest of the world as well. and i agree business pharmaceutical industry. so you can imagine for the next 4 days until saturday, there is a lot to discuss and we're going to keep the discussion team going for just joining me is the host of ortiz world, a part r t corresponded. i've signed up for you. i've sent it a lot going on today. business is the theme, but the over writing an issue face solved,

written development for the for them. can you maybe brick, soft on why that is the, the big feet? because i think around the world, there is a sense of exhaust trends from the way things have been going up until recently. these uni polar western dominate, that's modelled at a cruise privileges benefits primarily to itself. and we see these big development then it's only about this here, but i mean, i think we've seen it for the last day care so that many countries want to develop on their own terms. and they want to that own piece of the international pie. and they want to see the world not as a sort of melting. paul melted to america, there were some specifications, but rather as a mistake, where each society, each country can afford that own solutions develop according to its own, to their own paces or according to that own cultural specific ations. but the discussion wouldn't be not about what those pieces need to be,

how they should look like whether they should be like the west or rather, you know how we can exist in a mutually beneficial in synergetic manner. and this form is still pretty much international because many parts of the world are represented who mentions latin america. you mentioned the africa asia has huge representations. russian regions, various russian regions are representative here. there's going to be a lot of discussions, a lot of debates today, a lot of contacts made as well between and not just international countries, but particularly russian as well. so for those russian companies, it's perhaps a daunting step into perhaps the territories that they weren't sewell favorites, but that's becoming more and more the common themes. so that's going to be something that's going to be of a foremost importance going forward. actually, day one always has been about local development and about local businesses, small,

medium size, big businesses. but this time around, russian businesses have no choice but the to develop and depend on themselves in order to move forward. as you know, russia is under very significant the, their western sanctions, which forced many companies to come the watson connections. but they're looking for ways to develop here in the russia and also to establish new connections with the rest of the world with africa, with asia, with many other regions. but do is in a different way in a way that respects local populations and leaves. and, you know, benefits and profits here. russian entrepreneurs, businesses have gone abroad, often they, they've, they've gone into industries. they're not because of sanctions. perhaps it was forced on them, i think was plate so was a necessity. is the mother of all invention, that money that knowledge is coming back. no interruption. what, what's the opportunities for the world's biggest country but something like that. i

don't really know which, but also capital people uh, new ideas. uh, yeah. is that, you know, it was a hard choice for many of the businesses and some of the businesses here have to choose whether they want to develop here domestically or whether they have to go abroad. then the was made that choice, very sharp, but a lot of companies that certainly most of the companies representative here and made a decision that, you know, russia still have lots of potential and it's not just some assets potential. i mean, this is a huge me reach of country not only in terms of minerals, you know, oral gas and metals, but also human potential and human capital. i mean, we, russia is leading in many technological areas. it's a country with very advanced public thinking, a logical services. you know, it has lots of people for working and trying to get a substitute,

some of the products and services that we use to get from abroad in our developing them here. and, you know, developing them uh, with a potential of exporting them around the world. on the 1st day of the forum, several regions are presenting a variety of unmanned aerial vehicles, long ling lighters, prod, euro crafters, and even small helicopters at the sound of this tamara regent. attendees can even experience what it's like to pilot one. adding a little taste to the summit was the moscow government stand where you could catch an android serving up some delicious ice cream with a variety of flavors to choose from, such as mint chocolate chip and vanilla. the cherry on top is how it delivers it too. and a miniature subway car, but the best is yet to come. the, the way this year's guest of honor made

a special entrance of the forum for the traditional all male dance performance. the show which lasted more than an hour, included the delegates dressing all white clothing and even utilizing props. here's what some representative at the event had to say about cooperation between their countries and russia. each year we've seen the remarkable results being recorded by this part of them. and this year we're having about $15000.00 participants from all of the worlds coming to st. petersburg to see modes of interaction. you may have thoughts of collaboration on friendship and to see how to builds are global economies and see how to increase and improve means of livelihoods for everyone. now she is reading the countries the other countries, and we can see it very clearly that all the nationalities, the lot of here and they're looking for a economic development from russia. if it's a handful of pressure,

they want to have, you know, prosperity in the countries, the rush of us know about them as an extension of studio. and i believe that the in the future, the more we see um like same pick to go steps when it comes to north, south res, gloria door and into connectivity. and that's it. to a drain ways and highways between the persian gulf, russia and east made the end to see the, the more the importance of county such as to y'all and now, but on. uh, we'll be on the other end of, of speaking on the sidelines of, for a russian order for newer and vice president of the russian judo federation for us rosenberg. explain the challenges russian support is facing on an international level. especially in the shared anyone related to sports in russia is feeling pressure. be that from sanctions or restrictions. but i find all this to be completely on lots on something that's unacceptable by any international standards which should not be happening in europe or in international sports federation. of athletes fall into the categories, people who should be removed from politics,

just like cultural figures. what's there to save?