this is why we've been pulling some very, very beginning of this for, for, and much, much needed seems fine for the sake of civilians wherever they are in gaza or in israel. i'm for the immediate, the use of old hostages. and also this is one of the most bang for a parts of this for when children are kids or injured severely injured, many of them, so psychologically cards. it has been a war and children, many, many, many children helping kids during this. during this, for the old heart wrenching, especially when we speak to mothers and fathers and felix to help us because they can come for the children and tell them, look, it's going to be around. it's because it's probably not going to be a right the children and also have seen what know trying to anywhere in the world shipment missed their children, laughter or children. ok, so safe in golf. o and no one is safe in garza monthly even a to it goes and there is no such thing as a full cold save. so on the human material, these statements about such

a zones. the existence. i'm just kidding, and they in fact the lives of civilians out a serious risk. despite the civilian toll of israel, say the strikes washington has justified these attacks. this is not cross the red line that the president laid out, you know, several weeks ago. this is the 2nd incident in less than 2 weeks where we've seen a pretty large civilian total on what was supposed to be a physician straight. it is a difficult situation. if it is true that you have this side where a moss is hiding inside of school, other militants are hot inside of school. those individuals are legitimate targets . but at the same time, they are imbedded near civilians. israel has a right to try and target those civilians, but they also have the obligation to minimize civilian harm and take every step possible to minimize civilian parts. we're looking here at the situation in which a genocide has been taking place for nearly 9 months or over 30. 6000 people have

been confirmed dead. vast majority of them for the admission of the us government itself or women and children were over $10000.00 people are missing under their russell, what parents it is, cannot or are not allowed to actually of to of find them and, and give them proper burial or tens of thousands, a wounded or made were a population is being spar. so for mr. miller or sullivan, or matthews, or, or, or lincoln, or anybody. come after all of this, i've tried to play this cindy game about, well, you know, we cannot wait to speak about any particular story unless we see evidence what the evidence we have already been seeing this evidence for 9 months. no say it i did so which by the way is my refugee camp in gaza. and that is my school in the us are in the know say right, refugee camp has been a side of numerous such a mess. of course, the big aries massacres, the, the residential towers, massacres,

the central market massacre, even, even this very school, it was actually hit a month ago and it, people were also killed in the exempts under the exact same circumstances. so for the americas to continue to play the city name, the game as of the are completely and aware of the fact that as well as lloyd from the very start, by the way, even the americans themselves are saying that is what is have a task many civilian areas, using our weapons with no proper intelligence. or we'll just say, what's us up next are to speaks with the head of the russian house and the central african republic. dimitri city by the village. hello. welcome to the big interview program, our guest, today's me tricity, head of the russian house and the central african republic. hello, oak mitre. well,

me to you. hello. don't tell me. where are we? where we're at the russian house in boy. it was open 2 years ago. who said that i say, yeah, it is. oh, okay. uh, what is the russian house is cuz that's a soon as possible. it's a cultural and humanitarian space. we have several buildings here. the russian language school, a cinema in a small conference hall where we also stage place, side of the conference that goes into this here. of how the sick background found a spectacular look as good do have events here supposed to see it, right? yes, there are always a lot of events here here something that is example of what kind of events it was of. it was all this morning. for example, we had a journalism competition. its purpose is to promote the development of journalism in the c a r and to show the countries point of view on current events. recently because of certain events, the image of the c a r has deteriorated considerably because is available, they must have disappeared because they're glad they. why so many who cause the to

it is that because of the serious events that took place here. the fact is that journalist from all over the world came to the c a. are they still nothing but war again? now it's over and there's peace in the country and they get it. it's very important to show the central african republic in times of peace to show as development. the country is waiting for an influx of investments and an increase in the number of tourists. that's all, that's the job of a journalist to improve the countries image based upon move out of a discount. but after that, the hard people in the sea are especially bank. we're really interested in a russian house. and the events take place here was of in more was organization. yeah, silver, silver, you have a good amount. yes. of course they are very popular opponent. let's take the journalism competition. as an example, we've received a large number of entries. this demand is due to the fact that the people of the c a are want to see their country grow again, to develop a no fee. it is scheduled cool. what other events do organized for years of getting

is it was the language of the just today we had a dance content. there's a small school of russian folk dance in the russian house. there was a performance in adaptation of the famous russian fairy tale. the hump backed horse in the single language got uh the phone man, no jumped the deal. cool. you said that the russian health offers russian language classes were locals, interested in the russian language or football. i don't good lose the color, the local people have a long history with russia. during the soviet union, many teachers came to the country about 800 soviet specialist worked in local schools. that's how almost all ca, our residents over the age of 50, learn russian school zone. as you can see, the history of relations between the 2 countries is really long. unfortunately, this cooperation with the soviet union stopped in the 1980 is it only begin to recover after 2010? when did the idea of opening the question house come up?

we came up with the idea in 2021. on the me the don't see, i don't know how to evaluate the results of the work is the russian house that you folks involved with them is always, this is oh, never with it, but i, we have done a lot, but there is more to do it seems to me that the russian house is growing and moving in the right direction meal. we have many projects in the russian languages, in great demand. we're working with russian universities to bring russian language teachers to the c a r. talk to them all to. so the demand is really great. is so 30, uh yes, the demand is great. there are 2 areas worth mentioning. the 1st is military and a lot of ca, our citizens, go to russia to get military training. now, there are about $400.00 of them in military educational institutions in russia. and every year, another 100 people go there. they need the russian language. and you know, as the 2nd area is regular civilian education, about a 1000 people from the c a r r studying and russian university. next year that will

be an increased quota. because every year, more, more students go to russia, a visit, don't to avoid our see our smoking. can we say that really strong cultural ties have been established between we see our impression onto another to be something else we can that we see. yeah. because of them now there is great demand, uh, the demand for was that the young kids have identified the cultural connections with russia because the people in the sea are very interested in russia. that's why there are strong ties between the countries. and now we're trying to strengthen them. they said they always know what a special buck local mentality can you think about anything to put the suit in, you know, the people who are like to learn new things. they're also very tired of war. now they want their country to grow and develop. their desire for development should be harnessed by improving the partnerships between the countries. so simple and that it a little bit. how long have you lived here in dental? since 2017?

can i speak you to the how did you end up in to see or no, uh, the zip i was selected, if you will, and sent with the initial reconnaissance mission. is that the other thing, ms. jones? i guess. yes, this is just the, the mail in uh i'm don't get your, your, your student or were you already working because it is a disaster. you said, you know, i was already a specialist. they were launching a project here and i applied for it. so i was sent here on my 1st assignment as a russian specialist. at 1st i worked as an interpreter, but then my responsibilities expanded a bit of the 1st uh, the map show me a hand please. what happened to the dispute dispute that he just did that he this uh, there was an attempt on my life right here in anonymous package containing explosives was sent to my address. so plus, i suppose, in law it, if i could, if you take it that way as and why no real estate bought duke, who did it,

and how did it happen to, according to the investigation, the package was sent by a spanish person and it came from the name there? no, it wasn't an envelope. was your name on the? yes, it was an envelope with my name on it and russian. it was a d h l envelope with information about me on it delivered here from bethany about it. and how was your shipment's name on it? oh, really? yes. dimitri c t russian house. uh, i see the complex so i got the package and was there a return address listed or nothing? they didn't know their names, but they weren't real names. i think. yes, good to chat with you. i got the package here and what happened? did you open it? what happened down who also spends over uh, i opened the package and there was a hard drive inside. when i opened it, i was a little because before that there were threats against my son who lives in france with my ex wife. and that's why i wasn't thinking at all when i plugged the hard drive into the computer and it exploded in my hands. i was wounded in the arms and

in the chest the is exploded. only know long. does it ever stayed on the do i go see you hospitalized range of? oh really? yeah. i was in the hospital for a couple of months. that is, it gives you more and a couple of months. yes. that's quite a bit. yes, i had a wound on my tongue. have you got from you to the percentage? yes, i'm used to it. i'm learning to live with a prosthetic, but it's okay. yeah, there's think the french might have been behind this home phone and there are certain suspicions because when the experts examined the explosive substance that was inside, they found it was used by the military. it was not easy to make such an explosive. you need laboratories with good equipment level if you want to keep it looks it was the bible for this. there aren't many specialists if there wasn't anyone local this besides this, the no, it wasn't anyone local. it was specialist, very well versed in explosives, maybe french intelligence or american intelligence. or maybe the americans used

french connections in africa to do it. and i thought of him, so you don't know for sure. right. and also some cash. but we don't know for sure, but i think is a bar dust investigation continue. that doesn't, don't get the bill. say we may. yes, the investigation is ongoing. i don't have high hopes for this investigation. by the way, there was an article in the american newspaper at the time when the documents were leave. i think to discord a. so disclose the polls. yeah. so the chemo and you have a specific one of the documents said that the c, i a would take measures to eliminate russian specialists working in africa. i think i was one of the targets of that operation. oh, is it post? is it found that it seemed to say there's a program on true freight that this situation could happen again in the future? so there's a bit they're going to, i'm calling because we are taking precautions. this was done to intimidate us and make a stop working in africa. but we can't do that. we've only just started and there's

a long way to go and we're now restarting our relations with africa. so stopping and dropping everything abruptly is not an option. and say no good, that's the only thing for you to put in on the bottom. and then it comes to argue not scared of anything that the, i mean, the threats comedy waiting on the, not the thought. no, no threats don't work. so much fun with that's the topic of france. i believe after spending several days here, it seems to me that the people bank, we don't care a friend so much. how do you explain this and do you agree with my observation? he's always this. is that going to accept on that? yes, i do. the people of the central african republic are tired of france because originally it was a french colony. later when the so called d calling to zation process occurred, france still controlled such key areas of the country's life as the economy and social sphere. it's even in the name of the local currency, the ca, frank. so the abbreviation stands for french colony in africa, measures to make no the, let's take it seriously. i didn't know that. uh, yes,

exactly. they've already changed the expansion of this abbreviation, but i don't remember what it stands for now. okay? the change the abbreviation, but at one time it didn't stand for a french calling me in africa so that the colonization only happens on paper or book here. right? so fast is that right? that's right. in reality, the local infrastructure was barely developed. that's why the central african republic remains one of the least developed countries in the world around that there's almost no infrastructure that you have to ask about instructional tool. that's a very interesting point given that the countries rich and natural resources. however, it's one of the poorest economically also, so that you'll have that on and don't allow the people who do phones if you couldn't make good. so yes, exactly. to do both. yeah, you think this might be the result of colonization and a french process. there's only 2 local say it was done intentionally to preserve the country's mineral riches for future generations of the french so that france could use these resources in the future. but the plans failed and the people of the

country continued living in poverty. what was the final straw for the local people in their attitude towards france? what's the point was from supposed to lead to the advisor? there were many events. the piled up 1st, the 2013 crisis, which was provoked by france. second. then the french lead operation, st. doris meant to stabilize and calm the situation in the country. uh, what is the economic project that you're running in a c, r s and have as if it's a sort of the president's request. we have created an investment platform. this mechanism consolidates all requests for russian investment. we adapt them to the needs of the central african republic to avoid misunderstandings, resource mismanagement into a centralized all requests and proposals. you'll see us very soon the i'll just as but from work that some of the consumer will know that we maintain communication with all the ministries here. we even signed an agreement with the prime minister

to attract russian investors to the c a r. the country is at peace now and in need of development and investment with all the land is uncultivated, but it has a lot of resources, as you mentioned, if you have, if you have a for the silicon, was it the all right? let's see, have you ever heard of this land has not been cultivated, but it's rich and waiting for those who would come here and work with all as well. so that's why we decided together with the president to create a platform with a centralized database to promote c, a r and russia. one of the it was you, have you already reached any technical results? the several delegations have visited us with russian delegations, representing companies in the russian delegations in the medical field in agriculture, as well as natural resources. we've signed various agreements and some delegations have already started working here. the c a r is now looking for ways to develop

after peace has been established here, and the situation has stabilized. all that remains is to develop the country. so motivated is a indeed, well, let's continue our interview. and in the 2nd part, we will discuss the military issues. the view from here is wonderful. what is the support us? he said i'll, this is the former residents of emperor, are bukosa. one of the last one's built in 1978. a few years ago. this place here in the outskirts of been going was the only area controlled by the government. indeed, the government control just 10 to 15 percent of the countries territory. well, 90 percent was under the control of arms groups and was all the roads. all the provinces were divided between 14 different armed groups. a gift bill need to and how did the government begin control over oldest search for or what brought the change about the bunk? do you see a are in 2017 and the c a r in 20? 24. are 2 different countries. when i came here in 2017, the government couldn't even fully control by going. uh,

not even the capital. not even the capital. no. for example, the 3rd districts known as p k 5 was barricaded, it had its own government. several small armed groups handled all the issues in p k 5. and this mind you is within the city limits of ongoing. it's the capital's central district itself and, and the, and still the police internal security forces and the armed forces didn't have any control over it. it wasn't able to change them down for somebody to call. yep. just remarkable. so what changed the situation on from a lot of joint efforts were made? i think the assistance of russian professionals helped change the situation a lot. working together, we established dialogue with the leaders of all the army groups. somebody in the city to the for specifically, wasn't involved in this is i was, i led the process,

but there were other people as well. it went through a freight though, what does the establishing dialogue even mean is difficult. of course it was scary, but i wasn't so much scared as i was thrilled to take on the challenge that inspired my work. and i wasn't alone. there was a big team. i traveled a lot. i made my 1st contact with the leaders of armed groups in 20172018. back then i had a partner valerie's carlos. there were 2 of us. then other people joined the mission. they negotiated with the leaders of other arms groups to come. i mean, they, they, they said it was a showing they did, there is the oldest, separate produced results. and then more as we did, did we managed to bring everyone to a meeting and cartoon. it was not easy. and it took us several attempts to achieve success. how many leaders took part in that meeting? loans and all of them we secure to court them. there were representatives of all 14

armed groups. as a result, the cartoon agreement was signed between the government and the leaders of the armed groups. it gave the state partial control of the provinces in exchange for giving representatives of those armed groups, seats in the government. it worked for 2 years. but in the end today, we know that large sums of money were transferred to those arm groups to fund their new attack on the government and disrupt the presidential elections in december 2020. and so in december 2020, so major armed groups withdrew from the car to him, agreement and joint forces to form a new rebel movement called coalition of patriots. for change or c p. c. they demand a change that is a change of the government and president, and they launched and offensive on the capital city and who was funding them system down, let me see what we believe that france was very unhappy with the situation improving in the central african republic and we believe that certain french entities gave money to fund this. rebellion must be allowed the rebels to buy weapons and

equipment to have any proof may be witness accounts. the thing one? yes, yes, we have proof. some people were receiving money from switzerland, presumably from french networks. the money was re routed through camera room payments were initiated in switzerland. on the, the, in preparation for the interview, i read a lot about sure, including some wasn't publications. there brace the question of the role you play as a part of the russian expert force here. i suggest to take this chance to dress all the rumors. what is your function among the russian experts? it is a waste of western journalists, right? all sorts of tales about me, of course, they exaggerate a lot when it comes to my role. i am responsible for humanitarian and cultural projects. i also oversee the effort to disarm disbanded armed formations, the political aspects, and government relations that you are in contact with russian experts on the ground . right? really? that's right. i don't really deal with the military side of things. i deal with

humanitarian issues and political issues. and what's your take on the role of freshman experts who work here have a see come on i think that russian experts have improved the state of affairs in this country. they have broken the vicious cycle of one could a talk following another 5 years apart or less. today, the situation is stable on the military gains have lost their power. they have no control any longer. is this also thanks to the russian expert support? it is a 100 percent the human as the mission deployed here, but their mandate does not give them any real authority. they are focused on protecting civilians. so you could, you expand on the default, you know, their priority is to protect civilian life. so even when they see a person carrying a weapon, they cannot know for sure whether that person is or is not an insurgent. so they

protect even in the surgeons as long as they cannot with certainty, identify them as non civilian. they can't do anything about it. they, man, their base is across the country patrol the streets, but it's completely useless. you can ask the locals about it. a lot of it, and we as it is, it is true. we visited samuel a few days ago and some of the locals were unhappy with the presence of the news commission. what was the reason for that? i called the police officer and use goodness the mainly because my new skill waste a lot of money, it wouldn't be much better if the menus could phones and we're talking about $1500000000.00 per year, or at least some of that money was invested into development projects, road construction, building infrastructure. that would mean a lot more to establish in peace in the country than the presence of a force that's just they are simply there at their base, is doing nothing. the way they patrol the streets doesn't help in any way. the un mission, under the present mandate is useless. cool stuff. so what is the russian

experts through here? what are they doing? are they training the locals and do they participate in missions? what is their function? well, 1st of all, they work and it always involves the local forces such as the law enforcement and the armed forces of the central african republic, known as the f, a c, a. initially their role was to train and now the supervisor missions, that means that once the training has been complete, russian experts now oversee the deployment of government forces in the provinces. the supervision is also a part of the overall training process, legit and all this has these training programs being a success in your opinion? well, you said you visited send you a few days ago. it would have been impossible earlier getting does any. it was a big problem. that area was fully controlled by the armed gangs, most of them towards the government. how do the locals respond to the presence of freshman staff? are they happy or frightening?

the locals are happy and they always welcome russian experts coming to their provinces because they know that it will bring them peace and justice of the case of i'm in there. i don't ment, laguna well and how the russian experts paid for their works. it's not gratis. isn't that also agreements have been signed to take care of this. this cooperative effort seeks to make it costs for you to the c a r. so other mechanisms are huge. the, the c a r has not paid a penny to the russian stuff for 6 years of work. but the bill. yeah. what's your vision of the future in this country? mitchell, now that the situation in the country is stable and there is and during peace, there's only one way forward that is to follow the path of development. since my arrival here in 2017, the population has grown by a 1000000 people, which means that our work is bringing fruit. this country will surely develop,

and i hope that russia will be a part of that. you'll see thank you very much for an interesting conversation. our guest today was meter city general director of the russian housing bank. we opened the thank you for the the, [000:00:00;00] the, [000:00:00;00] the number you need use visa, stupid loyce law here. see it to nancy, click comes in and then actually should see where it gets to. that's the only issue

. ok in genes, nathaniel. so he's going to the boys at the boys the, the most new. and that'll be for them. imagery of assess florida doesn't want that as much text them put the notes up under that to see what's printing, what was the other one that's good this is just so basically of course

we need the last name was needed. read those can, will be used to live imagine we have some more or someone who has this, we would show new people to the,

the the more expensive. and i'm here to plan with you. whatever you do. do not watch my new show. seriously. why watch something that's so different whitelisted opinions that he won't get anywhere else. welcome to please. you have the state department c i a weapons makers, multi 1000000000 dollar corporations. choose your fax for you. go ahead, change and whatever you do. don't want my show stay main street because i'm probably going to make you uncomfortable. my show is called stretching. but again,

you probably don't want to watch it because it might just change the way you the tabs army lose as 1500 troops in one day alone, according to the russian ministry of defense. this comes as training and journalists reveal in oregon traffic in scheme involving the medical officials at the moment, conditions has been created in the country where citizens can be sold like cattle. south africa's amc party reaches across the aisle to form a new government after losing a parliamentary majority for the 1st time in the 30 years. and an idea of strikes hills 40 this place, palestinians leaving dozens of more wounded, similar attacks on you and facilities,