is the candidate status in 2022, the the be. naturally, we cannot agree with the replacement of international law. the cycled hold up based on the rules that some countries themselves declare, they themselves constantly change. the address is a round table session during the 2nd day of the so after the summits in st. petersburg, emphasizing the confidence gloating role in the world as well as its colon values with russia. on the southern side on luis, we're going to live in boston for missing splunk. sewland marie is co roosevelt about african sovereignty, and the confidence base from washington boys. there was

a lot of pressure applied against african countries by washington. they tried and even threatened them not to work with russia. they were also personal threats, but after it didn't budge, africa said that it would do what it wanted to do it. the government in india faces and the confidence both in parliament, the estimate crashes in countries northeast and as the price of washington creek slaves over to use and propose $16.00 about price comp. washington is expected to remind the western training for an oil tanker who knows the rules of escape. the life of us go out in st. petersburg, we're covering the russian african summit here on oxy throughout the day,

as well as the top stories from around the world. as always is great to have your company on the final day how one of the most anticipated forms of the here is in full swing russia. after the summit, 2023 big topics, important issues, all coded being hammered out in the expensive expo for marina. in some business, and i don't see there is making sure you don't miss a moment, but my says, let's give the full to the main. the mom heading it. mr roy associate the yeah, we continue our special live coverage here from our of the international studio at the russia, africa summit. 2023 and the vintage of the north. of course this is in petersburg. the rain is chilled. it's a bit more light drizzle out there now. but you know,

the 1st day was so gorgeous here a 2nd day. cats and dogs doing what we can't. it has not spoiled a mood here in any way. i can tell you that old morning, for example, a primary session has been underway at this summit here. in fact, it's been going on for quite a long time. we've just about so comments from, from nearly all the heads of states and the official ministers from old as ross of african countries here. and then who didn't have to kind of get involved to say, okay guys guys, great, great, but let's take a break. so they're going to pause for a while, then they'll resume it and we will be punching through in and out to give you the latest and live comments from the continuation of us special coverage here at the russia. i forget somebody now i have now got a very, very special guest in my studio here, the head of a real south and for central and south africa run. claudia, whose job joining us. it will not seem to natural. it's great to see you today. thank you. very, very much for coming in and spending some of your time with us. i just want to get straight to the point if i made for give me just but for just hammering it out here . the state of nuclear power cooperation between russia and africa. right now,

what stage is it in reality? first we thank you very much for having me and the yes, great to be back in st. petersburg investment. and we have progressing nicely in africa. so we've got egypt suite. we've got 4800 megawatts under construction currency. and in sub saharan africa, we are progressing so you must realize that needs have projects on, on projects that happen over night. these various key needs the infrastructure that needs to be put in place before you can actually move forward with it, with the projects. but we're seeing a lot of countries that have been working on this new exam for success over the last decade on our stages where they can stop procuring use that power and new more and more. and you kind of countries coming into the mix. what about, what about egypt? egypt is it is a big deal. no, i don't know my exact numbers here, but it's, it's not one nuclear facility there. i mean, it's more, isn't it, or what is being built that? so it's full. 1200 megawatt wind. okay, that's right. so it's full big units rides full big units. okay. i know this is,

is it, is it, is it nearing completion in egypt and what would it do? the egypt side side, it's not nearing completion of those points that's it's early age as a stages of the construction. but that's really, it will change the price of egypt. i mean, that's 4800 megawatts a keen base light and it just, that means anything down stream from that's, it's is green. and so, you know, you can build an industry around green power and it's sustainable and affordable power. how do you, how do you get to, i guess, distributing this energy across africa. i mean, i kind of imagine what kind of infrastructure might be needed or, i mean, it isn't simple or is it a complicated process? it is a complicated process and you know that that's one of the things and why small modular act as a company company, so much more popular, small mode you the react is okay. i've never heard that before. it sounds, it sounds like scott's right actually right now to carry on, right? sorry. all right, so, i mean, traditionally large scale new to pop ponds,

$1200.00 megawatts per units. right? so a lot of a lot of goods and in advocates, somebody kind of handle that. so i mean, if you find you've got a couple of 100 megawatts on your grid, you conquer and add a big 1200 megawatts. so the, the ideas are either you're going to pull a whole lot of countries together and may be like the east african pop who west african pop who, where they could share these larger actors. or you could have more localized reactors, and that's, that's rarely with small mazda interactions coming to about 50 megawatts each. so you would put at least 2 on one side. so that's a 100 megawatts. and that's quite easy to integrates. and so chris, um and then various sizes and we've got site senior pop fonts as well. so it's floating nuclear power plant is it just gets better and better, right? carry on. so what do you know about that? all right, so we commissioned the 1st flight, so you need to pa, fonts in the world in 2020. it's called academic lemon us of. and it's that producing 70 megawatts of teen, and it's in the north of russia and perfect ross, and it actually replace a small latham of how fonts. so how does that saving the planet beside the part of

the sort of germany is that the part of russian is like super, super, super cold and to pass selected? yeah, yes, yes, that's right. okay. okay, so, yeah, absolutely. so we've, we've got the 1st one, it's actually commissioned. that's right. and we have now made, it would busy with a piece of what they call optimized. so i've seen it pop hans and, and really that's a 100 megawatts of energy that you're able to flight. so it took a 100 megawatts of energy to somebody, the lady, man, i'm okay. so is that enough? the pallet that to charge up to your mobile? i mean, how do you know it so so it's, it's a bit more than it's a bit more. yeah. so is it not for something really well more more that in a small village, i mean, as some countries in an effort your parents there and you have a 114 megawatts. um, so it's a substantial amount of power. and the key thing with it though, is it can be used in isolated areas if to be used for mining operations. and it's a lot easier to integrates and a lot less risky for countries in terms of um, of, of procurements because uh, they're able to assign them

a power purchase agreement for instance. and the purchase agreement period doesn't have to be as long because it's an asset that you can move. i'm sorry, it's really a fantastic concepts to be able to provide team based site electricity. but we take care of the spending needs to fuel. for instance. i'm so really that's the concept that's we're looking forward to developing and i think it's it's, it'll be key for african. i think it will be key for after i think that's, that's so i think that's clear that all you, i'm israel site, i'm facing any competition from, from any of the hemispheres or any of the companies that are also trying to either establish power in africa or stop you from doing what you're doing and i think we have a lot of competitors for pets. uh, you know, we've got 70 years of experience and we have really the, any vendor in the world that over the last 15 years has commissioned any to power unit every single year. right. so we are number one in the world. we're very proud of our products, and i think our reputation speaks for itself. yeah,

i think your company does what to just the final question for you. you describe nuclear energy has been clean energy. there are gonna be some people out there that said no, no, no, what about turnover and all these kinds of things? you know, i mean, how is it clean? well, absolutely, these are a c, o 2 emissions during operation. and you've got something that takes a very small footprint rods and produces a huge amounts of electricity. so that means we let the tenants do with a ton of and we isolates our image. it's a very small area, right? we have 0, so it's our mission side. it is classified now by the european union as green energy at these 2049. that's very, very interesting. i was just fascinating. read it in writing what and what the real system is doing for africa these days. it's extremely honorable, and i wish you the best of luck i wrote and call you a, the head of rosa, compressed central and southern africa. you got big pots, big projects, and from all of us here at out. so you, we, we wish you the best of luck. thank you for joining us here for this program. a

just stay where you on for a moment. all right, thank you guys. ryan, thank you very, very much. just wanted to just bring you back to the program here at all to you as we continue our special coverage. i, i don't know quarter, of course it is the man with his finger on pigeons pulse these days. he's been watching a lot of my food and on the heads of the african delegation to addressing just a plethora of primaries here. let's just cross over its own folder right now. he can take us through some of the main points from the russian president vladimir potent caught covered a wide range of topics. but probably the most important point he wanted to bring home was the fact that russia in africa have a common interest in 6 in securing and ensuring the independence and sovereignty of the multi polar world. the russian president said that these concepts can not just exist by themselves. they need to be defended. and of course, there's a long list of tasks that need to be under gone for that to take place. but the rest of the present did go over a couple of them. for example, the fact that international transactions needs to be done in national currencies.

and he also said that the united nations need some serious reforms, actually, specifically the security council, which still does not offer any sort of political representation to the african continent. this is something that vladimir put in said was a hold over from the era of western colonialism and that russia is going to continue to support africa as it does now and will in the future. and its struggle against this kind of neo colonial pressure. we're seeing in the 21st century really he did it for decades. we've consistently provided support in africa as hard struggled against colonialism. unfortunately, some aspects of colonialism has not been eliminated to the states, and it's still practiced by former colonial powers. she's my sons of africa, family defended an independent pos of development so that people often to the cost of that our lives. these ideas of freedom, independence, sovereignty a very significant even now in the current difficult conditions of international type events. when a trudy multi part of the world order is being formed and the era of hedge and many

of one or a group of states is heading into the possibly, naturally, we cannot agree with the replacement of international law. recycled order based on the rules that some countries themselves declare. they themselves constantly change . it is not clear as to what these rules are by whom they were created. it is clear that they use by individual countries for their own selfish interest, and they change them to suit themselves with the main thing is that russia in africa, united by, in a native designed to defend genuine sovereignty, the rights to the original pomp of development and political, economic, social, also, and other spaces. now another point that the russian president wanted to get across, and really another point that this entire russia africa summit really demonstrates is the fact that the applicant compliment is rapidly developing into a giant world wide political and economic force to be reckoned with. and this is something that russia wants to aid in the process of development. and in the end, right, and the russian president said that russia is doing that in many ways already.

specifically, in terms of securing the supply of food and agricultural products to the content and from russia, despite all these western sanctions that are making and they're quite difficult for russia to do that. but nevertheless, the russian president mentioned that 11500000 tons of russian grain were sent to the african consummate last year. and uh, for the period of 2023 that we've been through so far already, 10000000 tons of russian grain had been shipped to the content. and so we're definitely going to see before the end of the year, a giant increase from last year. and he also said that russia doesn't only want to aid in terms of food exports to the content, but also in terms of humanitarian aid. between 20222023. russia had under gone 11 major humanitarian aid projects in the african continent. then this is something that's going to grow and continue, and going back to that topic of africa growing as

a huge political and economic force around the world. the russian present also mentioned that a major indication of this are the large amounts of multinational organizations in africa that are growing and international pry, prominence, and one of them is the applicant union, which russia says should be part of the g 20 east. the cms family and this designed to be independent defense sovereignty and actively participate in the formation of a multi part of the system based on the equality of states. i'm sure that russia and the african states for the standing solidarity with each other. i'm going so i'd like to note that before i use the african continent is becoming a new sense of how it fits political and economic roles a growing. and everyone will have to reckon with a subjective reality. the initiative of a number of african states to resolve the crating crisis is indicative that because previously any mediation, emissions with monopolized exclusively by the countries of the cycle develop democracies. now africa is ready to help solve problems that seem to be outside

desired. if it's primary interests, the authority of african regional structures has also increased markedly for most the african union as an expression of the opinions and aspirations of the entire macro regional you on the russian president also talks about house. russia is continuing to cooperate with the african continent in terms of defense, cooperation to ensure the security of the regional situations on the continent and also cultural cooperation is another area as well. so a lot of good indications that africa, russia cooperation is going down a good road route, particularly uh where's the media coverage of the event has the same but the full, the number of heads of state attending the summit compared to the an old girl conference 4 years ago was, has proven moscow's international i solution. will that 49 out of 54 countries invited did send delegations right here to russia is northern capital. some of let's have betrayed the gathering as an attempt by must go to reassure african fox

news off the suspending the black sea grand initiative. despite the summit of course, being planned for quite some time already. i think it was saying the food and has said in the past 24 hours, that tons and tons of russian grain will be sent to africa for free. is the west impress talking about that? no. is the western pharmaceutical establishment discussing that? no. of course that not now just a short time ago, russia is a foreign ministry spokesman, i'm or is a hot of a. she took some time during of very busy schedule here to sit down with us. we discussed that number of topics including was something called the west colonial as policies and how the continent of africa has remained steadfast in the face of pressure have unless you said something to the effect, told the european countries, the color noises have become the cold in the absence of i'm sorry, can you, can you explain that for me? ah, by supervisors to them, but i thank you for pointing that out in notice sitting my thoughts. i'm absolutely

convinced that it is true because we see all the indicators the west was formed as the community of countries that traditionally held the monopoly lee and they were the ones who ran colonies, friends, headquarters in africa, the u. k. had fallen as in asia, mostly such as india or south east asia, spain, porch or go to the netherlands. what? well, the united states. they never really had big colonies, but they were into slave trade. they exploded people they bought and sold people. and they basically controlled the land that belonged to the native americans. and they also treated the states around them as colonies. so the west for centuries was formed around this idea that they

are exclusive because they have the power because they are the strong ones. so they can take advantage of because they have that power. they don't need to justify their actions. they need to be can just reap the benefits of their aggressive exploration of the planet. that was their collective logical. it became their collective logic. and it is amazing that in the 21st century, their former colonies, in africa, asia, and latin america became not just a defendant, solver in states with their national symbols in borders. and they became members of the native nations. but they became and defended because they make solver and independent decisions in their countries. in the recent year and a half, there was a lot of pressure applied against african countries by washington. they tried and

even threatened them not to work with a russia. and they tried to work through the i mass and they threatened that they with withdrawal investments. they were also personal threats. but after it didn't budge on the effort, this said that it would do what it wanted to do. and it will decide who to work with an african knows a rush, this historic role and the role of the soviet union in. no, it was the role that the west play didn't ask for. it got the soviet union 11 to be hide plants, infrastructure, energy, and it just left old that to african countries a to use as the a sausage or the west only took things, the resources slaves, it took the future of the continent. and of course, they remember all of that, so these tried for their independence. and so what happened to former colonizers the countries of the european union, they lost their sovereignty,

they lost their independence. they now report to washington in the united kingdom because london in washington are basically united a menu from so they lost their independence and they became colonies. so they are calling is of the united states of america. they even have a name for this community of call and is this cold made. so it's not doing the european, union's nato, and this community of colonies call me wealth of colonies, wants to grow the united sense. so once to see more colonies in that community, they are not satisfied with europe. they are looking at asia and all the global regions and everybody sees and understands that. so it's not just a figure of speech. not just like some metaphor. it's a real fact. and we see that that is true because it is a nice chat with maria. it's a hot of a right there. we had

a good bit of dancer as well towards the end of our discussion. and i told her, you know, thanks for being a straight shooter. and she said, well, roy, perhaps you know, you should be less diplomatic and your job was a international television youth is that you should be more of a should a straight cuter. so that's i thought it was a straight shooter. you know? anyway, we'll do some more straight shooting them here. i'll continuation about special coverage. the for sure. africa 2023 summit in some petersburg yet still so much to bring to you and will be returning very soon. the goal is to say the for as covering the russia for this summit, this and beats that will head back that throughout the day. but now it's being used and it's just international new to india. a vote of no confidence against new vendor load is government is sent to we have in the countries parliament, it's been cooled by the main opposition alliance,

which says the prime minister has banned to deal with a legit and ethically motivated finance. and the eastern states of mine, and when i all teeth run to show my face up the story or the opposition has moved or no confidence motion against the movie government over while and in money for this is going to give the opposition to chance to corner the more the government in the india and fall on the to what is no confidence notion, it is basically meant to test whether the government of the day enjoy the majority of the house as football them to democracy. a government can only see 5 or each come on. the majority of this is the 2nd time that the more the government list them. all the insights on the self will be facing the know confidence motion of the 1st one was in 2018, which we want to explode, say extremely likely that he's going to bring this want of what it seems he's don't

meant b j b has the numbers in the little house, which is the looks of all where the motion has been built in the northwest of motion, in fact has been built in by cool. and this is gardner of go bay. and it has been accepted by this. the color of the house and also the rules once the secret accepts this, it has to they have to setting the bees and dine with the 10 days. what that means is that the nor confidence motion of the indian fall them in is very likely to come in the coming be. but very, very unlikely that the symbol of these government is going to news. there's no confidence motion or this motion would be bossed for the positions. these are their nose and is to we need it or the need to make the government through its numbers or it's majority which they to you only have what it's this we page it will explode.

see that this move is basically to embarrass the government. now, me is when the violence tosser one to 2 people that he's the 130 people have been killed so far around 60000 or people have been displeased. she will not. i'm not able to go back to school things. i'm not, nor will in money for even now, and this is what the opposition wants to highlight. in fact, all the d of the motion, the officers who will hold the beat. the we spoke with the indian historian capital, come on. he doesn't believe the all position has the support to get is no confidence boatswain. a signal for me that is that the nope on religion, the motion with more strand because they don't have the numbers. vol. defeated in any way. and don't even hop in any way. so the idea is to solve the bottom demand from boxing. any laws involved because of the rental, janelle,

or renting it will be discussed before the board. we do that for the, the star level of on demand. and what is happening in india, you know, because we have many external sources as well. now what do we have given many came to see the movie bowman did this drawing using the gun the operation. i didn't use the unit sold during for the, because i'm says dv shoes. and the big operation selected the only the people of india, the electric and is very, you know, absorbing dog. and one thing you just, what he has become very clear to they did you, is that the devil up and of the nation and did carry a personal, gave you the ability to link through each of a lot of the measures designed to, to cripple the russian economy last year, the g 7 groove of nations and now surprised cap on a russian crude. however,

with oil from the country currently trading over the declared of $60.00 a barrel payment limit, washington is expected to of mine training funds and it shows a tank and as of the rules of its game, i'll tell you concrete, the major mazda and texas, so it's a g 7 in the european union implemented a price cap of $60.00 a barrel on the price of russian oil. we did this last december and it's not like the west could make the entire world then to as well and dictate how much of a rush it would be able to charge for its oil. i mean, just try waltzing into a store and try it out with the owner. but okay, sounds good. the countries figure that their own efforts would be sufficient to deprive russian president vladimir putin of spending money and this would ultimately help ukraine. so how is that working out so far? thoroughly, not that great. according to the western press, russian notch to victory and the fight for influence over global oil markets. in recent days, when the price of the country's most coveted crew traded above

a western price cap imposed to start moscow funds for the war and ukraine, a barrel of heroes crew traded at $38.00 on march 20th its lowest level since the start of the war and ukraine compared with $71.00 for a barrel of rent that day. but on thursday, a barrel of year old crude traded at nearly $64.00 to print $81.00. that's a 48 percent reduction in the gap between the 2 western dallas are now qualifying the fact that russia has pierced its price cap of $60.00 a barrel. as evidence of the price cap strategies diminishing returns. apparently they either forgot in the west or simply ignored that russia is a key player and opec plus which sets global oil prices and can dial down supply to revenues. and i guess it slipped their mind that russia can also offset a reduction in sales to the west by diverting that supply elsewhere, notably to china and india, which the you tried and failed to get to sign onto the price gap. and it's

a good thing to since otherwise, china and india could not serve to bonder russian oil for the west. the e u. most of the 7 and australia have band are limited imports of russian crude oil and oil products, leading to a single is a console in russia's oil prices and export revenues. however, these price comp coalition countries have increased in parts of refined oil products from countries that become the largest importers of russian crude. this is a major loophole that can undermine the impact of the sanctions on russia. even the suppose the primary beneficiary of this price tap you trade in president virus zalinski. call this week and not serious. oh, the west was doing all this for him and his country. any sounds like a guy who says a state back to the kitchen every time he eats out. who is the actually wanted an even lower price kept though, which would have been an even bigger and much more spectacular disaster at this

point, which is kind of a specialty at this point. but for us treasury secretary, steven venetian also said even before the price drops, implementation, that it was quote, not feasible, and the quote most ridiculous idea i've ever heard. so now what, where are they going to do now? what's plan be, while the body ministration apparently wants to start harassing the ships carrying the oil, their owners, shipping, insures penetrating houses just to make sure they're, you know, sticking to the price cap or else what are they going to be put in jail? well, yeah, that's pretty much what washington does when it uses the long arm of american justice to go after for an entities not abiding by washington's economic playbook individuals or companies who is aid award or violate the cab could face civil or criminal enforcement actions, including fines and we will work with other countries to share information about

evasion. but 1st us officials are reportedly going to have a little word with them. just a polite reminder, so called soft tactics, which totally isn't threatening at all. to feel of the us treasury department breathing down your neck if you're part of the global ship, it is history. actually, it's exactly the kind of western culture that russian foreign affairs minister surgery, elaborate off cited as detrimental to getting russian grain out under the now defunct blacks. the grain deal concerns that were totally dismissed by the west, but they didn't even exist. but now the u. s is pretty much emitting to using it as an actual strategy against russian oil. well that's of this news our, i don't, chapman is the one i read in the that something next and we'll be back with the.