right, we still have some common ground, the the with over 70 percent a valid counted the ruling party of georgia is officially leading the rates taking at least 53 percent of today's parliamentary vote. also ahead if the regime in iran were to make the mistake of beginning a new year round of escalation, we will be obligated to respond israel valves to strike around yet again, if to run responds to the idea of overnight attack which talk to a radian soldiers killed the also this, our molly considers ending a deal that's allowed a canadian gold mining company to profits in the west african country for decades. that's after the russian president spoke out against the exportation of developing nations. by the way,

the just after 9 p. m here in the russian capital and you're watching r t international. i am your host donald quarter. good to have you on the program. now we start in the south caucuses, where, according to the georgian central election commission, the ruling party is leading the race with at least 53 percent of the votes. that says over 70 percent of the ballots cast today have already been counted. the official results are expected to be in on sunday, but now we're going to get more on this from our correspondence shape all is who is reporting live from the george and capital up to please see so shay, what's the latest you could tell us from the thick of the events there in the george and capital of the well yeah, well the page are closed indeed and i'm going to give you some numbers now the uh,

the electoral commission preliminary date, he says that the final vote or turn it was over 58 percent and they also report the according to the results, more than 70 percent of the pallets have been counted. now that gives the georgia dream, a 52 percent of the votes are close to $53.00 know probably as changing the the they claim to proceed. 90 seats, that means they would like to see the 150 in the countries apparently, but the won't have official results until sunday, but georgia and 3 definitely a topic. the polls here in georgia. well, previous selections in georgia say they've been really marked by violence. how's it looking so far? this time around the world generally, and we've been here on the ground all day. generally things have been quiet.

there's been some minor score falls. there's been some fall of boxes, some scuffles and fights really between different factions, but nothing really of, of huge nose. now that could be due to the fact that the cookies prime minister had recently signed the decrease on the which the seizure of the locking of any state facilities, etc, could be punished by several years in prison. and that's us, the george and speaker of the parliament's here said the opposition with the support to a foreign n g o z, a firm funded n g o's, could be planning to challenge the legitimate result of the election. let's have a listen to exactly what you have to say. we see signs that there are preparations for october 27, to re pete the scenario of 2020 with non governmental organizations. and the opposition sought to change the government in an democratic way. the goal was to

declare the parliament illegitimate. stop it from convening and to force snap elections. well, some interesting details. he brought us from the capital. uh shay. but what can you, what else can you tell us about how voting has been going across the entire country? the yeah, i mean there's been, again, generally through the big for an out a very important election for georgia. of course, a typical election for the country and been sold a search for the corporate product of georgia. dream that it's basically a referendum on more or piece that we've had the various functions that used to be older, of causing provocations at various points in the, in the day. but again, nothing really major in anywhere that there was a difference with the officer thomas develop boxes. those results from that locality or from dr. particular polling do their station where, where voided and put truck today. we've had people being very,

very positive with us about being happy to talk with many people who speak russian and english. and we can actually have a listen to some of them giving us their views on how they voted and why they voted that way. this is the biggest day, in my opinion, in the life of the republic we are for peace for freedom. we will not obey any one . we all want to live together. i came to the elections because i believe that everyone, all citizens of georgia should go to the polls. because this is the most important thing for democracy. everyone should choose their voice, their party. russia is our closest neighbor. we must be friends with everyone. i think it's important for the economy. we are happy with our government. we love our homeland. we want the best for it. i believe that only the press and government can guarantee us peace, freedom, and prosperity. that is why i came to go to them. pretty much every time george has

had some sort of significant political event going on. i mean, the west seems to feel like it has to give its opinion or even get involved directly. i mean, there's been times where they've threatened the country with sanctions. so what about this time around? what's been the reaction is to this country's election so far from the west? the, well, it's been predictable. i think it's no secret that the west uh on happy with the, the governmental program of georgia, dream, souping and power here. since 2012 and they have been quite vocal in that and they're very eager to talk about election interference in the united states or anywhere else. but they seem very happy to interfere by their inputs, if you like, in the solving elections here in georgia and known, the less than jake sullivan was very clear and very adamant. and very fortunate in his comments before the vote that even taken place that some of the stuff we've

made or concerns very clear about the trajectory of the democratic institutions and election process in georgia and we remain very concerned about it . okay, well, we've seen that the. 3 it has given us some sort of reaction to this, but the next question is really, how is it any of its bit? it's business of the yeah indeed. and i suppose why are they so concerned about the whole affair here and cultures? it's thousands of kilometers, thousands of miles in the united states case away. it's a so called this country small 20 of the less than 4000000 people actually uh, an ex soviet reform list. and i suppose what the concern is of the you on united states, a and e. you have now trying to ritual funding on the basis of all of some of the legislative done to georgia dream, for example, to go from the type of doing here, particularly in relation to l, g, b, t q,

a past bills to live with us. they've also passed bills to find out who exactly is funding begins. heroes who are aggressively and energetically for the opposition here. remember, the opposition is essentially a broad coalition of various different parking. some too small if even registered at a flight percent in the holding to make an impact. but a huge coalition brought together with huge funding. so georgia dream have a legislated against that. and it's also important to note that the legislation of the united states, so aggressively at complaining about, suggesting the chinese and rushing interference here is legislation essentially modeling american legislation. the for an, a just registration i think has been in power and power in united states for, for decades. so it's no surprise that the us are shifting very loudly because it's not getting its own way here in georgia. and it certainly seems that they're not going to get the wrong way here in georgia, as the georgia dream party. and it's the opposition have all stated, they want to follow a european population. what georgia dream is said,

we want to do it on our own terms, on the basis of the requirements of the georgia people. their cold show sensitivity use their religious sensitivity, as opposed to being dictated to for the e u by brussels or by washington until night. it's been made quite clear, it seems that george and 3 and we'll be looking at another term. i mean, we'll hopefully find that out on sunday for sure, but they've definitely got the lion's share of the votes so far here into these. all right, that's our t correspondence shape. both keeping his finger on the pulse of events live from the streets of george's capital to believe c. thank you. check the on other news, the rainy and revolutionary guard corner has confirmed the depths of 2 of its soldiers and israel's overnight stripe around says that the damage caused to infrastructure was limited. though with rainy and air defense system successfully intercepting a majority of the missiles. his real should not have tested us,

but have decided to make this mistake and ended up seeing the effectiveness of a raw's multi layered air defense system, even though is real. use several fighters and drones. the air defenses worked very well. almost all of design is through genes. drones and fighters were destroyed before they could take any action. it is a rewarded locations on your screen right now targeted by the israeli army, which claims a number of military installations warhead with quote, precise strikes. while videos posted on social media have shown ballistic missiles being intercepted over the rainy and capital by air defenses. multiple states have condemned israel's attack on a run south africa has called the idea of striking and unacceptable violation of a rainy and sovereignty. russia is urging to end the end of the cycle of violence and has criticized the overnight attacks for undermining regional stability.

while to get more on this now are joined live from 11 on now by high out to l. hurry reading. she's in the academic and research her in media and politics. thank you very much for joining us on the program. first of all, i want to ask you about what the runs mission at the united nation said about the us as complicity in this is rarely strikes around says that the attack was launched from a rocky aerospace which is controlled by the us. so what do you make of this accusation and the sort of ramifications that we might see from it. uh yeah, actually uh the in, in the team uh knows very well or believes that the whole award that is going on since a have a year to go up to now and the weather and bell is fine and does not live on the docks uh on the, there's a tabs on the,

on our loved and she was advised by the united states. so definitely with the broader context of these programs between it on and the, and the other team, the united states. it's a storm of that. and they go to the, the, the us is the primary responsible of these upsides different the, the, what since our america also is this, uh, its uh, reviews. and uh, so the, of the americans and the is what he does with the doping of discussing the, of the, this a doc or the, the, the, the ation of, uh, is, are in against the, against the, you know, given also the fact that, uh, they are using keys or a on the card for, for his total was by the us or so everything. and this is cindy, later talk to the to the i'm again, whether regarding the,

what says the support diploma tech support. those are the 342 is support for the is really the patient, the forces of the so the you got doing the corporation about the nature of the is there any a doctor on it on the opportunity us officials said that the, the audio visual's, the fact that where they have disability and that the, the goal for dated with a is where it is the order to try to limit the or to, to, to determine, or to effect a specific and yes, and to avoid the nifty in a forced, or watkins all right, that was hired el rey re academic and research or thanks a lot for joining us on the program. thank you. earlier today, our middle east bureau chief maria for an auction. i broke down the regional developments to my colleague rachel ruble. a highly anticipated as really

a tac last day. the roughly full hours at around 6 am local time on such a the idea of announced that it had completed its limited operation in iran, named the days of response in retaliation for around 6 total attacks. and armies folks versus the state of the dozens of participates in fight address, return safely home of the strike and exclusively military targets across the ron, including facilities involved in may solve production and launched as well as western storage is as little tennessee as well. also targeted air on surface to air missile systems and air key facilities to expand israel's freedom of aerial operations in around the under really is photos showing the idea of chief of staff defense minister, the air force chase commanding the attack from his rouse military headquarters, intel ivy with a prime minister engine yackel. also present all objectives were achieved. the army says, let's take a listen. if the regime in the wrong were to make the mistake of beginning

a new year round of escalation, we will be obligated to respond. our message is clear, all those has threatened the state of israel and 6 to drag the region into wider escalation will pay a heavy price. off the iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at israel on october 1st. hays rarely retaliation was a matter of when the note, if with a key question being the choice of targets. and it took as well, almost 4 weeks to respond. likely, these are disagreements between to let even washington over target selection with are you asked, prefer and likely you hadn't limited response to avoid triggering a full scale war. and for the risk collection in the region, it appears that pressure from washington ultimately influence the outcome as, as well as a tax, remained limited in scope with no oil or nuclear facilities target. despite previous claims and warnings,

the targets were confirmed with washington and american officials were repulsively brief before the strikes. of course, however, an american source told reuters that's the us was not directly involved in this attack. washington suppose that these really strikes, calling them an act of self defense in response to the reading a sold, but expressed hope that the cycle of violence would end here. let's take a listen secretary austin visa and the ottoman clause commitments of the united states to israel. security invite to self defense in the face of flats from the wrong and the wrong box, terrorist organizations, and the determination to prevent any active from exploits in time since or expands into conflict in the region. well, interesting that while israel has the right to self defense, according to washington reports now indicates that the us is using all available channels to persuade iran not to retaliate or to limit its response. basically denying the similar right for tech. while he says it's not,

can see it's considering not renewing and operating permit for a canadian gold mining company that's been working in the west african country for decades. molly and government wants to boost its rep and revenue from local resources. as right now, the nation receives only 20 percent profits made of on its territory by the barrett gold corporation. this comes just days after the russian president brought up the issue of western neo colonial practices. the auto of rushing chairman him, you can bring, includes just such ideas of justice and security and possibly how does it come together with your actions over the past 2 and a half years, you syncfusion of russian troops in to ukraine? typically, what does we take with you in the field of develop the look regarding the recent events during the cove. it's by the government. at that time, about 6 trillion dollars worth of the mission. you were carried out to the united states and then sending the euro zone. they spent about 3 trillion and emissions companies had you had all these funds were thrown onto the world market as they

were buying every winter. really mine in the 1st of all, minute, as well as medicine and vaccine systems, which are now being destroyed on a massive scale to use their shelf life has expired. so they threw it all away. well, the information went on around the world. what have the world's leading economies? don't say they have abused their exclusive position in global point of view, but also, and $12.00 and euro's we're bringing nothing. and then they swept away the most unnecessary goods. you from the city? are you sending the when they're going to see you more and you will probably be the same? sure, no problem. what is that fair? we believe it is not. we want to change the situation and we are doing as much as a lot of our opponents of elk at this week's break summit. and cuz on that's on 13 nations become partners of the block. the groups members adopted a declaration to quote, strengthen multilateralism for a, just a global development and security which will be presented to the united nations. the summit also highlighted the westerns west failure to isolate russian. yeah,

it doesn't include an underline the growing influence of the block cruise combined g, d, p as her past that of the g 7 countries in africa, nations have been increasingly raising their voice, is about to be in a quality created by western neo colonial measures as well, as a growing number of africans, once more of a share of their local resources that had been plundered by foreign corporations for far too long. there's also frustration over western agendas like green energy goals being imposed on africa despite the confident producing the lease on missions . a motion to get more on this were joined by a panel of guess we've got budapest, metropolitan university professor, richard warner. we've got us german economist and financial expert, thomas penn, and international affairs and security analyst, mark slow boat, and thank you all gentlemen for joining us on the program. first of all, i'd like to give the 1st question to richard. vladimir putin says that bricks is

determines to tackle western tendencies to exploit. it's quote, exclusive position in global finance. what exactly do you think the blocks members and partners can do to push back in your view? yes. well, 1st let me actually comment on that statement made by president bruton. as it goes, it is actually quite a historic moment that i think that the president of russia is regarding directly to the effect to be the mall entry policies off the u. s. has been resolved by the easy b and that's very important because these monitoring policies happy very strongly, but they have so far not really being target of international scale criticism and as being overdue. so this is a really welcome moment. now he said that, you know, the, the, the privilege position on these countries. and we know the, the us where the us dollar being the, the still the,

the most important kerosene international pricing system. and then secondly, the euro, you know, these op related positions. and he's saying that's being abused. now that actually reminds is of do something that in the 19 sixties and early seventy's, the french leaders was saying about america including the exorbitant privilege, namely to have the currency and of cause. once the us people to the little link to go the us dollar, mail obligations to exchange dollars, the gold data instead of the federal dollars system and, and that provide us the ability of but that pulls, that has now be in the, in, in reason to use and decades being abused significantly and that's what he's referring to, i believe then actually there is. so that's the monetary side that you know, the band of these via being printing money like crazy and you know, the present pretend stage this. in fact, they adopted quantitative easing policies that i originally propose for japan in

the 1995 when japan was in a deflationary situation, as economy was shrinking at you need it to expand the amount of supply, but they use it at a time in 2020 and that's what's presents what he was referred to when there was no deflation, as of the country supply side squared, restricted to government measure to restrict the supply to model is still there at the bank for the growth was, was quite strong. and they expanded massively adopting my to a to my 2nd version of q. we have policies, which is actually one of the central bank bind assets from the home bank. say there's a law scale there for forcing banks to create new, created in a dramatic scale who's on the dentist. and that is a massive of use of this and fairly physician office central banks away from central link. and that calls the inflation exactly as president wouldn't say that there was a 2nd mechanism. and that's the broader discussion that he's leading into their ad

. but there's a cause. the us is also dominant, not just abroad. and in europe, the vice position, but also within the i'm, after the world bank, it has the biggest building power determines the policies. and actually these policies of the, on the world bank over the last of 75 years or so have not been successful officially tend to help countries develop veneers sold a single case of a country actually having the size of removed from the less developed countries status to develop coffee status and that's because the policies actually designed not to help is just a big leave. oh, look way healthy. when actually the policies do the option to prevent economic development and his that was you receive a call you next plantation. and the way of time like, and i have 3 quick, 3 outline how this works. i mean his best just 2 points on this. and the, the alignment and the width, i always tell these countries comparatively long as you have to focus on what your best as, and you're good at exploiting rule materials. so focus on that. but it's ready,

established and currently has been a long time that and countries that focus on commodities exports, their currency will over time deteriorate decline we could. and at the same time behind that has the will that is have forced these countries into debt. they've always said, oh, you need more growth needs more savings. you don't have enough savings, borrow the money from abroad when the entity for the lending of us foreign currency . and that's why it comes to that, that key point that everyone's interested in and connection with the brakes. alternative kind of the ranges because the business office i'm, it will buy system at the they lend dollars, they lend euros to developing countries. and these countries now as far an external debt, while that currencies weak and all the time because of the export pauses both in the world bank. so they end up in a depth track. they can't get out and they're being exploited. and that they're just supposed to explore their own materials cheaply and they cannot develop. instead, you need a very different set up. and that's because of what china more than 10 years ago

started to say when they were turned down in the army, little things to have a bigger se, then they set off alternative development institutions. the need to structure investment banking be and you develop banking and facing and sean high as a 1000 road initiative. and that russia has been very keenly interested in involved in this. and this will terms the approach and if that is very possible and to implement the calls the on it will thank system has been so exploitative and we see now that's why so many countries are now very keen to join the brakes because they finally want to get rid of that at that and put on them and also this and the system that hampers and prevents grow and they want to read themselves and finally actually develop these countries. well, richard, speaking of alternative approaches, i want to test thomas about some of the alternatives that have been discussed within breaks itself, right? we've heard a lot of talks about di dollarization, potentially coming up with a bricks, currency,

or an alternative to swift. what forecasts thomas can you give regarding these bricks initiatives that have been spoken about? what are, how easy do you think they're going to be to implement and what challenges do you think they might run into a uh, di, think, implementing a single currency you know, like we have in the european union or in this united states, the dollar um, i think that would be a not beneficial for breaks and what we have so many different nations now. and this does union that they, they have, you know, they have very different specific needs from one another. so i think the single currency i think would be is not the way to go, i think maintaining the national currencies would be the best option for the bricks . members, uh, at least at this time, um, you would think that and eventually,

i mean, we don't want to see brooks. i make the same mistakes that the european union is made, for example, where that the united states middle, the issue of the world reserve currency is made um, once you, once you gain that statuses, as you mentioned, only previous guess dimensions, you know, it becomes like a double edged sword, especially on to see a system where, um you know, when we left the gold standard in the united states, um, basically uh, you know, people wanted to, they wanted to gold for their dollars and we basically reneged on that promise we were bankrupt. essentially the country and that's where you sell mass and inflation . he mentioned the metro dollar and we, we, uh, i mean that was really the beginning of the agreement with the saudis. uh uh, this allows us to kind of print it will. and so they start to begin to run these massive a nation. i would say wrecking deficits because it allows us to print up our currency and exports the currency and know to the rest of the world,

force it on the rest of the world. so for example, any nation that wants to engage knowing international trade, they have to maintain a massive dollar reserve and we don't if they don't want to maintain a massive dollar reserve, we know what happens to countries that, that don't want that they, they face to, you know something that you might of us know that military or there's a, there's an all out there, you know, they, they try to instigate a good color revolution or, you know, and there's an internal to, we've seen it over and over again. and i think this really gets down to what the, what the core of the univ ukraine conflict is about. i mean, the united states wanted to really contain russia because of russia free and sovereign. russia is a, is a threat to this just dollar based system. and is, in my opinion, it's a good thing, but they always see it differently. but the only for the world and for those who

wish to be a sovereign and free nations, i mean a, it's impossible to, to, you know, it just doesn't, it doesn't mesh with, with, with the current with a dollar based financial system. the idea of the dollar based system is to, to get countries tied into this system. and then as the previous guess mentioned to, to really exploit them. and russia and bricks now has made, you know, great strides towards moving the world away from that system. and it's really a, in my opinion, a great development for the, for the world hallmark. i'd like to hear some of your thoughts on this over consumption question that we heard a little talk about in earlier in the panel. why do you think there are these western nations us in particular that are over consuming significantly in comparison to the development developing world, despite ramp and inflation and poor economic forecasts in those countries as well?

that's simply because the dollars position as the global reserve currency have have long uh, allowed. and the u. s. population has become accustomed to living far beyond their means. that is why the u. s. has $36.00 trillion dollars worth of nash, just national debt. and us consumers are, are addicted to, to debt via credit card debt, health care, debt education debt. it is a debt based system. uh it is part of a quinta, central american value. and this is because of the possibility of, of you know, what is the use the you from ism used to is quantitative easing. the us simply prints more money and allowing this, this essentially also allows of the us to affectively.