firstly, this is an exchange of prisoners between russia and the west, the largest since the cold war, we will talk with one of the released russians, roman seleznev, well, we will start with the situation in the middle east, israel is preparing for a strike from iran and hezbollah in response for the destruction of the head of the hamas political bureau, ismail haniyeh, in tehran. here is a rather alarming information picture on kanoi. hezbollah fired dozens of missiles at northern israel. last night tsahal hezbol.

the answer to this is something we can do, of course, this did not happen, and iran does not want to get involved in a full-scale military conflict in the region, everyone understands this, including even the fierce enemies of iran, let’s say, the united states of america, because we see that washington through various, let’s say so, regional players, through regional players and regional actors , are trying to convey information that, let’s not react so harshly, let’s not... and so on, but it’s worth noting that compared to last time iran refused the mediation assistance of qatar and turkey, in addition, it is worth noting that today it was announced that an attack would be prepared in the near future, and for this purpose , allegedly in one of the meetings through its proxy groups and through its allies, there was an agreement that that the airspace of iraq, syria and lebanon will be provided.

for upcoming attacks on israel. murat, what kind of blow could this be? this will be similar to what we saw some time ago, when the israeli air defense system, using allies, including, actually destroyed most of the missiles fired? i think so, but you have to understand that last time it was such a rather symbolic act, which said that i am not interested in military action, that is, tehran is not interested in this, on the other hand, it is of course necessary. it was necessary to answer again, because there is symbolism, in the middle east it plays a very important role, but it turns out that today iran must answer, and if it answers like last time, then seriousness the reputation and authority of his, let’s say, actions in the region and at the global level, he will begin to fall, and this is one problem, again i repeat that the second problem will be in domestic politics, especially the new government, which must prove itself, the new the president, who just last week... was his

inauguration, he must show that he can really protect, let's say, the citizens of tehran, i apologize to the citizens of iran and must, let's say, do everything possible for this, so the blows will much stronger, of course, because even in terms of the level of training carried out by the israeli defense forces, and in terms of how much the military presence of the western allies is growing, in particular the united states of america, britain, france, and how... these western israel's allies, they call on regional players, let's say, one way or another, countries, yes, the same nato and, let's say, to take part in supporting the defense of israel, that is, if it were all simple, they would hardly raise it so much let's make some noise, here we go we see that anthony damn, at least that’s what the foreign press writes, is talking about a possible attack by iran within 24, 48 hours to the allies in g. seven, he’s talking about this, what

do you think, how can israel’s allies act in this situation, and you mentioned that the united states, well at least in verbal terms, says that it is not interested in aggravation now. how will washington react? and you know, of course, they are not interested, especially the democratic administration, taking into account the fact that biden’s position is not very strong, yes, that is, it would be desirable for him to finish his only term, because from the second he is essentially already from participating in the potential holding of this second term, he has already left, and the situation is quite difficult for the democrats now, they need to somehow gain points, because let us remind you that in america there will be elections in november, from such situations. let's say, large-scale wars in the middle east, energy prices will change greatly, there will be a huge impact on the global economy as a whole, and accordingly it will worsen, during the election campaign this never turns out to be anything good, we can just remember what happened to

trump in 1920, when the pandemic caused great damage to the economy, in fact, and his loyalty to him fell simply because that people’s lives have become worse, therefore... russia, how to resist it, including in the ukrainian conflict in connection with the latest events regarding deliveries, and then new aircraft, and so on, that is, the americans, of course , are primarily interested in in order to resist us, put pressure on us, impose sanctions, as if to turn the world against us, then this, of course, is china, this is precisely the confrontation. the usa, and at the same time the usa

achieved everything it wanted with minimal effort. today this will not work, because if israel, let’s say, and this is what is happening, is trying as much as possible to drag iran into a regional war. of course, the united states is not interested in this, because the united states does not have an infinite amount of resources, it does not have the best internal political situation, but if this starts, israel, of course, it has always been and remains an important ally of the united states in the middle east, so we will have to support, no matter what the cost, and

support not the power of israel, but israel itself, its right to exist, to life, accordingly, that is, they will send a contingent, you think , yes, yes, and it will increase more and more. that is , most likely it’s not even that the ground forces will rely, yes, you need to understand that there is an invasion of israeli territory for now, but i don’t see such a scenario, i see another scenario when there will be maximum strikes drones, missile attacks, and that israel will invade southern lebanon for military action against the lebanese-sheid group hezbollah, only in that case direct contact between, let’s say, armed forces is possible, but i don’t think that the americans will take part in ground ...

you know, from the moment the escalation began on october 7, i said that this conflict will not be like all the others, these are not the confrontations that lasted 2 weeks, a maximum of a month, within the framework of the arab-israeli, or rather, it will already be the palestinian-israeli conflict, and that was something else, the region has long been overheated in many ways, because the region needs a new form and architecture of security, and the problems are old and these are the challenges, they cannot be solved by what... there is and that architecture global security, the world order, some new mechanisms are needed, unfortunately, the middle east can come to this new and stable future, yes, bright, so to speak, only through a conflict that will one way or another destroy all the remnants of past institutions of the past world order, that is, in essence, what

is happening there now is the destruction of the old world order, as for the possibility of a ground operation, i believe in it, i expected it a long time ago, and somewhere since january... because netanyahu is coming which means the usa, he negotiates there, everything is fine, he

is supported, and like clockwork, he is still there, a missile arrives, quickly everyone says that this is hezbollah, and that means we will punish it, netanyahu flies back, urgent meeting, that everything is over, the red lines have been passed, they are hitting beirut, but again, it is not possible to raise this to such a level that the international community accepts this as truly israeli self-defense. therefore, in my opinion, it will be, and this will not be the war that is happening with hamas in the gaza strip, after all, hezbollah is much, let’s say, more disciplined in this regard with more combat experience, let me remind you that hezbollah participated in various operations in the middle east in the same neighboring syria, against various radicalist groups, in addition, in terms of numbers, according to various estimates, it reaches up to 150 thousand people, together, let 's say, with loyal... shiite groups, which in themselves are not hezbollah, but are, let's say, political

branches of various lebanese shiite factions, this is on the one hand, on the other hand, of course , from the point of view of filling, hezbollah has much more modernized technology , their weapons, they have heavy equipment and weapons, their missiles are much more, let ’s say, effective in terms of high-precision, so from this point of view, of course, this war will be more catastrophic and many even... russia is one of the few players that has a fairly adequate, positive approach, and russia calls on all parties for peaceful regulation. because he understands that any events that unfold there, involving this escalation, attempted political

assassinations and so on, and an attack on sovereign territories, on the embassy, ​​will not lead to anything good. russia, as it were, has repeatedly stated this. russia tried and is still trying to reconcile, let’s say, disparate palestinian factions, because it makes it clear that in order to achieve peace, a united front on the palestinian side is necessary. russia saves enough. let's say , the best possible relations with israel, with the current israeli authorities. even if we look at the region, russia is trying, repeatedly calling on countries for various peace initiatives, then russia has repeatedly participated in the normalization of relations. now there are active attempts to restart normalization between damascus and ankara. russia actively participated in the normalization of relations between tehran and rriadom in due time. in the end, of course, it worked out. as if chinese mediation, but no one is leveling the role of russia either, in general russia plays a fairly

positive role, but it is worth noting that today there is real pressure on, let’s say, israel, well, we can say that only one side has this, that is washington, but as we see, even they cannot cope, and in order to resolve this conflict or reduce the degree of escalation, it is necessary, of course, to have instruments of influence, but taking into account what is now beheaded much... temporarily, and the hamas movement, and there is very great disunity among the palestinians, and in israel not everything is clear, because there is a political crisis in many ways and, let’s say, relations with the west are quite complicated, all this leads to that not a single global player, including, unfortunately, russia, has the opportunity to directly influence and somehow stop, of course, we will continue diplomatic, let’s say, our assistance in order to somehow calm the region, because well, this is our , so to speak,

this is the fifth studio program, we continue, in just a few minutes we will talk with roman seleznev, one of the russians released as a result of a large-scale exchange, the largest since the cold war, well now we will continue to talk about the situation in the middle east, we have connections

with the head of the non-profit organization bureau russian-lebanese cooperation roslivan, mohamed nasredin, mr. nasredin, hello! yes, they tell me that we have some small problems with communication, now we’ll try with mr. nasredin contact again. let's look at the information picture, hezbollah is firing dozens of missiles at northern israel, tsahal hezbollah are exchanging night strikes. i see that mr. nasredin is in touch with us again, tell me how you assess the situation in lebanon, we see that hezbollah and tsahal are actively exchanging enough.

i’m looking, for example, at the information board of the airport in beirut, while flights are arriving and departing, apparently, the air harbor is operating as usual, how would you characterize the situation at the moment? lebanon? i wanted to tell you, everyone has been warned, starting almost from october 7, when this war began, israel is in the gas on lebanon, the whole west, all the friends of israel, everyone has been warning for almost 10 months now, they are starting to warn theirs every day citizens to leave for lebanon, this is one of the pressures on the lebanese people, pressure on this resistance, pressure on the lebanese state, that’s why these, if you count, for almost 10 months, every day,

france, america, england, canada, australia, everyone. and even the ukrainians warn everyone every day and ask their citizens to leave lebanon quickly, but the war has been going on for almost 10 months, it’s on the border, on the border, like lebanon defends itself from the israelis, and i myself consider this, this is like a request so that they leave, so that every day they try to scare the lebanese and citizens who are not lebanese...

this, to be honest, look, now we are still hoping for countries that are friends of lebanon and friends, like the arabs, so that they can put pressure on israel is for them to accept a decision to cancel this war, which is already... so we now hope that on russia, on china, on these countries that want peace, which they hold, hold and try to control

and how to implement - international law and rights, and about the situation, yes, it’s not easy, and no, i’m not ready, but... i understand correctly that you think that the evacuation, for example, of civilians is not currently required from any populated areas, including beirut , no, no, it’s just a lot of noise, they’re doing the west, and so the evacuation look, now you can count or you can... look at the schedule of arrivals in lebanon, arrivals in lebanon more than 10 times than departures, you can read now, they are standing in line

and then standing in istanbul, waiting for them here in beiruti, in dubai there are a lot of different countries from europe, so there is a lot of pressure and decline, this is what you can call a pa. mr. asridin, do you think iran will strike israel in the near future, and what will hezbollah do in this case? of course, you look, now iran is a state that has its own policy, that’s all theirs, as one might say, they themselves decide what they will do, and... and so of course we are all arabs, all lebanese, the whole world, he, as one might say, blamed israel for

this blow, which struck the dead ismail kaniya , which is in tahran, so this is a big mistake for the iranians, it was israel, and it was a big step as possible in the period towards war, here i want to tell you alone: ​​here i myself believe that we believe that this war is like we can say that according to the plan it is the main one, here it is america, americans, americans, americans, they are for defenders, defenders, this is exactly what the instigators, the instigators, i will help you, yes, the instigators, america, and so, look, and if we look at this a little, just recently we have already financed both israel with 26 billion

dollars and ukraine, too, with almost 80 61 a billion dollars is planned for the americans, i myself think the israeli authorities are this zelensky and... others in africa, others in the middle east, they are just tools of america, they are just doing america according to plan, that’s why we believe that this war is a policy, a policy , this why, because they, like the americans , want how to supply these authorities, who are against human rights, against the rights of peace, to use on... the people in any place, in any country, to control everything on the people, in politics, in the economy , resources, that’s why we believe that this war, who want

to bomb iran, is by the americans, the americans have a plan, which israel is the instrument of, they are executing this plan together, they are executing this plan together, so the account is that iran will respond, i i'm sure... she will answer, about hezbollah, hezbollah has already confirmed the head and said hassan nasrallah recently, what about the support for the palestinians, it goes without saying, it has been going on for almost 10 months, about the answer to this, like a blow that was hit by one of the heads of hezbollah, which was what problem, there was an agreement that with everyone...

this is the program of the fifth studio, now on to the topic that we have been following for the last few days, this is the exchange of prisoners between russia and the west, the largest since the cold war, a rather interesting statement on this account was made by donald trump, he congratulated

vladimir putin. a prisoner exchange deal, with trump saying there were terrible mistakes in the deal on the part of the current american administration. and we have connections released on exchange, roman seleznev, roman valerievich, hello. hello, yuri. first of all, how do you feel from a physical psychological point of view. in one of the comments, i heard you say that the realization of returning to your homeland has not yet fully arrived. how do you feel at the moment, have you been able to communicate with your close friends? of course i already have. i live with my family, we constantly communicate, everyone is glad that i’m back, i’m still in shock, i’m still in shock, i can’t even sleep, well, i still can’t believe that i’m free, that this is all with happened to me, i still can’t believe it, but tell me how

the procedure itself went, how when did you find out? that you are being prepared for an exchange, that is, i didn’t know until recently that some kind of exchange would take place, that i was being prepared for an exchange, or put her on the list some kind or not, that is, they woke me up in prison at literally 7:30 in the morning, if they showed why you are not ready, i say how you are not ready, where you are not ready, he says, well, you are going to another prison. he says, you have a new case, i’ll take you to court and so on, well , i got over it, they quickly took me, took me to some airport, there was a corn farm there and they took me from the state of virginia, they really put me in prison, but it was strange

what is in prison. there was no one but me, and they took me to a solitary cell, in that moment i heard russian voices, covering up, asking, here’s the new guy, who ’s russian or not russian, i say, well , russian, russian, of course, well, i found out who it is, who’s saying this, that’s when i realized, well , it was. after that, how did events develop, how was all this organized from a legal point of view, including whether you submitted any points of view, well, how they didn’t persuade us to do anything upon arrival, well, we were put on a plane. we

were put on the plane upon arrival in ankara, we were simply told, here you are, get on the bus, sign the documents, biden has given you a pardon, that’s it, you are free, that is, that’s all , everything that we have been told all along, that is, if there was a pardon, it turns out that the threat against you has been lifted. criminal prosecution and you, too, can now move freely around the world? of course, i can freely, but i won’t move around anymore, for fear of being caught again, well, it’s just not worth it. russia is a huge country, they will move around it, i haven’t seen many places, it’s a beautiful country.