enemies of hungary, last time he said that we never had opponents there are so many opponents of brusselsinternational media and ukrainian president zelensky, the opponent, you understand, and probably in brussels these bureaucrats have also heard these words, which, relatively speaking , can be translated into a boy’s mind and language, how long, how long will brussels tolerate similar, similar policies, similar statements and here is a similar movement of the hungarian president, well, fortunately, or unfortunately, they have already endured 12 years, it is already quite a long time, because since 2010, when viktor orban returned to power, he has been running the country with constant debates with brussels, with the european commission, with the european parliament, he blames the brussels bureaucrats at every opportunity, and he accuses them of saying that you are opponents of hungary and you are probably biased towards hungary. therefore, all these sanctions are violated there for the legislation on non-distribution of pornography lgbt and so on and so on, in fact, this is not the case

not that the rhetoric out of brussels is changed just this week. the you forged ahead with the 7th round of sanctions this time hitting rushing gold imports and several individuals who have defended russian interests amid the conflict in ukraine, including members of a russian motorcycle club called the night wolves and actor vladimir mash puff who appeared in the hollywood film, franchise mission impossible, starring tom cruise number states have agreed to reinforced prolonged e u sanctions against the kremlin. i welcome that it sends a strong signal to moscow. we will keep the pressure high for as long as it takes brussel seems to be scraping the bottom of the barrel on new sanctions options, as it runs out of ammo. it also appears to be giving a bit more thought as to whether each new shot risks, recoiling right into its face. the russian metals company v s m. pio abysmal was reportedly yanked off the sanctions list at the last minute or the fear that we're block russian titanium supplies to france, headquartered jet maker, air bus. for example.

that is, they were very sick and no one paid any attention to them in brussels.re, the most important events can occur in two zones, when the german economy starts to fall, that is, industrial enterprises begin to decline, and this will change the political situation in germany when a similar situation occurs in france it is the second country when it turns out that in poland economic problems make further anti-russian policy simply impossible and the balkans the balkans where e. this is a multi-year economic depression with a closed production with destroyed jobs and a lack of prospects. it should result in some important events and rising food prices. rising prices for electricity for heating, uh, that's it. this can set society in motion there bulgaria romania well hungary already has an independent administration from brussels therefore these zones hmm brussels is now ready to allow european companies to buy russia the necessary food in order to mitigate these problems. yes, they are not ready to introduce any serious sanctions in the seventh package, because

we will keep the pressure high for as long as it takes brussels seems to be scraping the bottom of the barrel on new sanctions. options as it runs out of ammo, it also appears to be giving a bit more thought as to whether each new shot risks, recoiling right into its face. the russian metals company v. s. n. pio of his mouth was reportedly yanked off the sanctions list at the last minute or the fear that we're block russian titanium supplies to france, headquartered jet maker, airbus, for example. the block is also backtracked this week on other existing sanctions that had gone against its own stated values and priorities. the you decided to extend the exemption from the prohibition to engage in transactions with certain state owned entities. as regards transactions for agricultural products and the transport of oil to 3rd countries. none of the measures adopted to day or earlier target in any way. the trade in agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilizers between 3rd countries and russia. what russell's is trying to maintain an anti russian ideological posture. it st

so e y decisions imposed by brussels. the resolution comes up to some top european officials, including germany, chancellor called for the right to veto, to be scrapped. brussels is currently withholding billions of euros in recovery funds and credits from hungry, of concerns of corruption in the country. budapest based economist and research on maria art and believes more countries will soon take a hungry is defined stance. yeah, i think the hungarian government, those 2 are any of the numbers we think are a national we can add a believe in union made decisions about people's had a p. and it is only the sanction. but they have decided, well, for me park the hundreds of millions of people in you, more and more other voices can be heard which are in favor of stop paying get a sanction cody c and g b a. so it can be that one or later under the pressure people, more countries can be in the can talk you later by 100 heavy rains have caused flooding and the result capital of russia. the city of sultry, local officials report i

however, the brussels functionaries.hey refused to do this, according to experts of the country, who opposed the proposals of the european commission, preferred not to spoil these relations with brussels and voted in favor, as at this stage of the world a new mechanism is only advisory in nature, with the help of which the center will be able to impose a reduction in gas consumption will begin to operate only when complete cessation of supplies from russia the joe biden administration fears that a shortage of gas in europe could hit the united states, according to cnn the situation is serious in brussels for operational coordination of actions, a senior adviser to the us state department on energy security was sent in case of a noticeable shortage of gas in the eu, fuel and electricity prices will skyrocket all over the world, including in the united states in this case , biden's chances of being re-elected for a second term will fall practically to zero, one of the first tasks of the envoy of the state department will b

do you think we can expect from brussels? i think the decision maker on the pain in have already that use to this behavior of the hungarian government government by their own men. and they will try to convince him i am sure to ease this position but, but i, i don't know, of course for the future we bring, but i think it is a not ready to, to give up this position. so we can expand why a strong opposition can have an opinion and don't we can also think of some book. see, i mean 100 is actually a new unit or do older than the majority of the population according to relate that opinion. both are in favor of the membership, but the hindsight changing then we can also be that those who are gas it will gain a bigger share and then begin with that happen. but definitely not to be the only problem in the, in the beginning. because as you see, as everybody can see, there are increasing passions when they are. and this is only the government that we haven't seen as the at the cation so within the society. then be able to see it when th

reaction from brussels. welcome to al jazeera, so will brussels be relieved, or will they welcome the news out of the united kingdom today? or will there be a sense of worry, considering there is still an ongoing confrontation with the you over trade and over the northern ireland protocol. there certainly will be a sense of course it will not say it doesn't need to comment on this, but also brussels have to consider talk to different issues over the last 6 months as we all know pretty well. but anyway, it is certainly a relieved that this protocol that on my protocol, which the foreign secretary and i'm just wanted to back to put into question to re open the no, we left close just i hope my social person wants to go and that there's not an artist not be on there again for some months ago, but we shouldn't forget to say that even if he is also his daughter, who has also brought by actually the bad thing for you is that you don't, has been in this entire peter, she and certainly from russia does unite, and thi

but brussels did not allow road transport to be resumed.ere is also a sea route; no restrictions affected it at all, but at the same time combine it with road transport. in this case, it will be problematic. as for cars? of course, there is a lot of soaking here, all the ferries that were built or well, they drove to kaliningrad still road, that is, logically. why are trains now on the ferry, if you can travel by land, and the capacity of the railway infrastructure is quite high in the leningrad region, there are about 9,000 freight trains. here, we have won very strong road freight transportation and export of imports from europe. therefore, it is very difficult to reorient them. on june 18, lithuania, on the recommendation of brussels, stopped allowing trains and trucks with goods that were on the sanctions list to kaliningrad the european union this affected about half of all deliveries, including building materials for a number of food products, most of them began to be redirected to transportation by sea at the same time, seeking to li

enjoy now by dw brussels correspond marina strauss, and also by maria de meritus. she's the interim director of the brutal think tank and brussels. welcome to you both, maria. i want to start with you were talking about lower growth as well as ramp it . inflation. isn't that a dangerous mix for some e members? how concerned should we be? it is indeed a dangerous makes us very awkward position to dana, where policies that are honest, make us have to take and decisions they have to make will actually pulling up the directions. but that's the reality. we are having inflation that is coming in finally from to begin with from energy prices. unless we, we saw the energy crisis, that problem will not be able to manage inflation. and if we don't manage inflation, then it will be very difficult to sort of the problems that come with it. marina inflation projections have been lifted from what they were in the spring. what have rising cost meant for european countries living in europe, it has become one of the topic people talk most about maybe even the most dominating topic

the czech republic, however, insists on amending the brussels proposal in particular. prague would like to see mechanisms for an exception to the recommendation to reduce gas consumption, while as the energy crisis worsens, the european commission has the right to move to a mandatory reduction in demand and vote. for this should only most, not all, of the 27 eu countries russians believe that getting a job now is no more difficult than it was in 2021. this was shown by a massive two-week superjob survey of 5,000 people from more than 650 locations, job difficulties were rated on a ten-point scale in july. the figure dropped to six and four tenths by almost a whole percent on july 21, which was six and a half. that is, that result is essentially comparable to the current one, it should be noted that we are talking about about the average, a for age groups. there is an even more favorable value below five. this applies to citizens aged 27 to 32 years. experts emphasize that the relative stabilization of the labor market is taking place against the backdrop of unfavorable

in brussels, they decided to raise their salary bild. he writes that more than 60,000 civil servants and officials will raise wages by more than 8.5% by the end of the year. this figure is fully consistent with the level of inflation in the european union natalia goncharova news. attempts to isolate russia within the framework of unesco have failed , alexander kuznetsov, russia's permanent representative to the organization, said on the air of our fifth studio according to him, the west uses humanitarian platform for political purposes and turns a blind eye to the destruction of monuments in ukraine and as you know, during the special operation, not a single world heritage monument on the territory of ukraine was damaged. well, unfortunately, certain political preferences also come into play here. although the unesco secretariat should not have them, the organization's charter clearly ascribes to international officials to take, and not a biased, neutral position, but in reality this is far from always the case. for example, how many tim

when it successfully lobbied brussels to reclassify nuclear power as green earlier this year. so it figures now that it can just fire up a few more of those decommissioned decomposing radio energy plants again and i guess whether this turbulence, so as the french ecology ministry says they were not cool at all with brussels, proposed dick tad, we do not want to introduce uniform objectives that would not be adapted to every one's reality in which ultimately would not have an impact on our ability to export gas to our neighbors. so grace in spain had also said no to the proposal, insisting on maintaining sovereign control over their own supply and hungry. well, it's going its own way. it's already inking new russian gas deals, even as the rest of the u rings. it's hands over how it can continue to keep ukrainian president virus zalinski happy without completely bleeding out their own economies. oh, by the way, that's kind of a trick, delano because they really can't keep them happy, cannot be please, he's been already popping off already today. even as you states for meeting re

welcome jack. power couldn't brussels money, drug was well respected in a you circles. what are they making of all this turmoil? well it's, it will be a huge headache to see a leader change. i think it's safe to say that here in brussels and indeed across the capitals of the european union, mario draggy is an extremely popular figure. firstly, because he's come across a stable. secondly, because not only has he towed the e u line country to many of his predecessors, he's actually advanced in greatly participated in a lot mainly because of his history as the president of the european central bank. he understands europe. he knows how it works. he knows either you works and also he's extremely pro european, i think the broad support that he has actually felt in italy and continues to feel has extended here in brussels. we saw, for instance, him attending that visit to keep alongside jolla shows the german chancellor and french president emanuel micron. he's been extremely strong on support the ukraine . in fact, he was one of the 1st leaders to really come out strongly at

the european union has agreed to cut back on natural gas at an emergency meeting in brussels. russia is slashing deliveries. moscow saying it needs to carry out maintenance work on a key pipeline and that a complete stoppage is not on the cards. you officials don't believe either statement. member states reaching a deal to voluntarily reduce gas consumption by 15 percent from next month. as europe's energy ministers met in brussels on tuesday, the urgency of the challenge they faced had become increasingly obvious. russia's announcement this week that it would cut supply of natural gas through its main pipeline to germany, to just a 5th of capacity meant a bad situation. had become even more dire. a collective agreement to reduce gas consumption has been long needed, but brussels initial demand for a mandatory 15 percent caught had caused uproar last week. as a result, the text agreed by the member states has multiple compromises. dairies no other option, then gas savings, unless the woo gets rate of dependency on russian gas, the prices remain high. if we succeed, that prices will d

i mean what i said before and i said again that brussels was waiting for an answer . is charles michel traveling with the gold ring of russia, well, this will probably be the answer, sanctions should put pressure on russia and not return to europe with a boomerang about it before the start of the meeting of the heads of foreign policy departments of the eu member states, the austrian ministry of foreign affairs, alexander schallenberg, said this is how he answered the question about why there is no gas embargo in the seventh package, according to him, this embargo is not being discussed because this restriction would affect europe. to be realists even if it is emotionally unpleasant well, but the ukrainians do not like this realism of course the europeans do not like it, we are against it together to victory the european union the european union agreed on the political the fifth package of aid to ukraine through the european peace support mechanism in the morning, the president of the european council, charles michel, announced this on twitter, then during a press con

thank of the jap, paris in brussels. and take a look at some or source making headlines around the world. there he was, president joe biden has tested positive for coven 19 the white house that he was experiencing very mild symptoms spokesperson added. the president would continue to carry out his duties and have started a course of the antiviral drug packs. love it. japanese media, se the countries nuclear regulator is likely to approve a plan to dump irradiated water. the coolant from their fukushima nuclear power plant would drain into the pacific ocean a since a 2011 nuclear accident. their operator tapco has used the water to cool, melted to react to fuel longer in foreign minister pitter see archer is traveling to moscow to discuss buying more russian gas congress ruling fetus party said the move was to ensure the countries energy security. it comes as a european union works to end its reliance on russian gas following rushes, invasion of ukraine. russian gas flows through the north stream, one pipeline into german

thank of the judge at paris in brussels. let's take a look at some more stores making headlines around the world. you as president jo biden's tested positive for coven 90? the white i said he is experiencing very mild symptoms. spokesperson addie that the president would continue to carry out his duties and have started a course with the antiviral drug packs of it slang has 6 time prime minister, but it will become a single has become the country's new president. he was sworn in as a ceremony in the capital, colombo after lawmakers elected him the previous day. imagine politicians are controversial choice because of his closeness to the out. the previous president, japanese media reporting that the country's nuclear regulator is likely to approve a plan to dump it radiated water. the coolant from the fukushima nuclear plant would drain into the pacific ocean. since the 2011 nuclear crisis operator tapco has used the water to cool melted reactor fuel on gary and a foreign minister peter c. otto's traveling to moscow to discus

our corresponding jack park there in brussels. well, italy is one of the countries in europe that's been experiencing a heat wave in recent days. there's also been a prolonged drought in the north of the country, and the soaring temperatures are making the situation worse. farmers there are facing the prospect of crop failures due to water shortages. the po river usually supplies enough water to farms, but it's severely depleted at the moment. d w max tundra traveled to the region to see how farmers are coping a marina full of stranded boats, fields of drooping sunflowers and everywhere fountains with no running water, scorching temperatures of up to 40 degrees, half in plaguing northern italy for weeks now and threatening. some people's very existence like the regions, rice farmers, just advantage on these plants are completely dead. they won't produce anything. there will be no crop here. so in epa, 15 tons of harvest lost in this plot alone. the farmer simply couldn't provide enough water. stefano grippy is the head of the code

we asked our correspondent in brussels, jack parrot, what they make of druggie being squeezed out as prime minister. well, i think terry, there's a big sense of disappointment, especially in brussels, maria druggies resignation. he was certainly seen as a safe pair of hands here. he was seen as an experienced european politician. he understands the european union. he was very pro european and he knew what was going on here, especially regarding his role as the, the president of the european central bank, which he held for many, many years and was seen as somebody that really understood how to get things working. we've seen in italy some pro draggy protest. people are on the streets, obviously here in brussels, in the european union institutions they cannot say. or they cannot make comments on the, the sort of machinations of national politics. but i think it's understood that he was seen as a pro european somebody who understood the workings and also on many of the big relevant issues in brussels. he was on the same page as many of the leaders on in other capital, specifically, franc

meanwhile, brussels is already discussing the seventh. believe that the adoption of sanctions by the european union created a problem by provoking an increase in oil prices. this is a completely wrong judgment ever since we adopted sanctions and banned oil exports from russia. as you can see, oil prices started to decline after reaching. today the same level which was right in front. at the beginning of the war, the eu countries are trying to have time to buy russian oil, before the embargo on it comes into force, the market recorded a significant increase in transportation volumes in may and june, tankers called at russian ports. almost twice as often as a year ago, but it is obvious that you will not stock up on fuel for the future . this also applies to gas in the european parliament expressed fears that there may not be enough reserves for the winter. it remains only to save with the so -called energy sobriety plan already developed in france it involves responsible energy consumption for businesses german authorities urge citizens to

he's the executive vice president of the racial center in brussels . we have gilbert carro, he is an independent political analyst, and author of memoirs of an ex pat manager in moscow during the 19 ninety's annual gown suite cross to janice buchanan. he is chief editor of m b media. i gentleman cross sack rose to the fact that means you can jump any time you want and i always appreciated gilbert. let me go to you 1st and brussels that i paint too much of a pessimistic picture in my introduction. the end to brush is 300 year relationship with the west because the sanctions, at least the american ones will probably never colton. go away. europe, we'll see how it goes. they are very, very much divided and is that as long as they are divided, those sanctions won't go away. the split is real and it's meaningful. and i don't see it mending for at least a generation. is that hyperbole on my part gilbert? well, i think it's exaggerated, it's really a bit early to say, how long this rupture will last a reorientation by russia towards these, towards the tours,

he's the executive vice president of the racial center in brussels. we have gilbert carro, he is an independent, political analyst, and author of memoirs. i'm an ex pat manager in moscow. during the 19 ninety's and logan suite, cross to janice wood, conan, he is chief editor of m. b media. i gentleman cross sack rose to the fact that means you can jump any time you want and i always appreciated gilbert. let me go to you 1st and brussels that i paint too much of a pessimistic picture in my introduction. the end to brush is 300 year relationship with the west because the sanctions, at least the american ones will probably never come and go away. europe. we'll see how it goes. they are very, very much divided and is that as long as they are divided, those sanctions won't go away. this split is real and it's meaningful. and i don't see it mending for at least a generation. is that hyperbole on my part gilbert. well, i think it's exaggerated, it's really a bit early to say, how long this rupture will last a reorientation by russia towards these touristy to

so there's really no solidarity at all in brussels. the central request that all $27.00 member states reduced their gas consumption by 15 percent. this is really all about the entire e. you coming to the rescue germany, the blocks top economic engine, which lacked the courage to you stand up to american pressure to sanction its pipeline projects with russia, and then stood idly by while that you did exactly the same thing. all apparently, without any viable back a plan for their own national economy. berlin made a really foolish strategic mistake by depending so heavily on renewables when it's pretty clear that they aren't ready for prime time. so berlin, a gun by brussels, talked a good tough game about being strong and independent, not needing any russian energy. but, well, i guess was all bluster because it's still so reliant on that russian gas that freaked out over attending maintenance shut down of the nord stream on pipeline. and is now panicking again over gas primes reduction of delivery volume by 80 percent starting tomorrow.

ah, brussel says the coming winter will be spent without russian gaps and. busy calls on the blocks members to rely on other sources of energy. also this out with our american and british counterparts really want to turn this war into re real one is advantageous for the u. s. and the u. k. were sitting far away in an exclusive interview to our team rushes foreign minister, sergey laval, chairs his take on what the u. s. and new k r planning for ukraine. and the european union, plus, with our correspondent, is in the thick of the action. amid the latest ukrainian shelling of the lugens people's republic as key of forces launch and offensive to retake territory there and mass demonstrations. re john and sri lanka after the acting leader is elected president in a secret ballot by parliament with protesters burning his effigy as security forces are on high alert. with just after 7 pm here in moscow, and you're watching r t international. i'm your host donald quarter. welcome to the program. european countries will have to rely on nuclear and coal power this comi

bbc live from london and yevgenia shadlovskaya extraordinary meeting in brussels in the european union agreed to reduce gas consumption while russia reduces supplies through the nord stream strike on the black sea coast russian military fired missiles resort village zatoka hryvnia falls unemployed more what is happening to the labor market in ukraine and let's start with an urgent message: naftogaz is in default for euro sheets. the press service of the company reports this, and as they say in naftogaz, there is money in the accounts, but the cabinet of ministers did not allow it. to make a payment, so on autovaz it is announced that the government has defaulted on naftogaz, what does this mean, what will the consequences be, we will talk in detail in a few minutes . the eu in brussels agreed to reduce gas consumption and start accumulating reserves in order to be ready for the fact that russia may completely stop supplying gas to europe at any time. moment so, at the meeting, the ministers agreed that the countries should voluntarily reduce gas consumption by 15%. and do it starting f

obviously here in brussels, in the european union institutions, they cannot say. or they cannot make comments on the sort of machinations of national politics. but i think it's understood that he was seen as a pro european somebody who understood the workings and also on many of the big relevant issues in brussels. he was on the same page as many of the leaders on in other capital, specifically, france and berlin. now, italy is an important you member, stated, shaped european policy on ukraine and russia dragging himself made a high profile visit to kit not long ago. could italy's position on the war now change under a new government? yes, i think that's very likely, especially when you look at the positions of the tennessee that you know, the league party, the far right policy. they have a very different position. you're right. he was a really strong proponent of ukraine and especially when it comes to the u. accession process. he was one of the 1st need is to come out and say, listen, we need to off the ukraine, a realistic pathway to joining the european union.

well, earlier we spoke to maria de merit sees of the brutal institute in brussels. she said the recent settling of commodities prices could be helpful to your opinions facing higher energy and food food prices, especially as the summer continues. but energy demand have to go down. there are some very tough decisions that need to be made in the next winter. how are we going to meet on energy demands? and the one thing we do know is that we will not make the winter without necessarily reducing the demand for energy. so all of us, all consumers will and, and of course, the industry has to make an effort to reduce demand for the moment. we are subsidizing the cars households in terms of financing energy bills. this is course important as you may, as you may understand for the product of your households. but it also means that we are not reducing demand. we need to very quickly change policy attack here we need to find ways of subsidizing those and actually reduces demand for energy. because if we don't do that, we will not meet the energy demands. very tough times ahead

the u commission lowered its growth forecast on thursday by almost a full percentage point. brussels is now predicting g d p growth of 1.5 percent next year, down from a spring estimate of 2.3 percent. now, behind the change is higher than expected consumer price growth. the use says inflation driven by soaring energy costs, as a consequence of the worn ukraine will be considerably considerably higher than expected this year. and next. while earlier we spoke to maria de merritt sees of the brutal institute in brussels, she said the recent settling of commodities prices could be helpful to your opinions facing higher energy and food food prices, especially as the summer continues, but energy demand have to go down. there are some very tough decisions that need to be made in the next window. how are we going to meet on energy demands? and the one thing we do know is that we will not make the winter without necessarily reducing the demand for energy. so all of us, all consumers will and, and of course, the industry has to make an effort to reduce demand for the moment. we are subsidizin

some eu states prefer not to conflict with brussels.any imposition of reduced gas consumption is likely to provoke a split. completion of the issue, i recall the exchange rates for today dollar 58 rubles. 66 kop. euro 59 40 and that's all i have for now roman alexander thanks, we we continue. an important transport hub after reconstruction was opened in volgograd , the gumrak railway station is located at the intersection of the north-south corridor leading to iran and india and also connects the siberian far east with the ports of the azov and black seas, the throughput capacity has doubled for this, kilometers of tracks have been built new platforms, a viaduct and a tunnel . and alexander kuleshenko also parted passenger cargo flows, saw the changes and appreciated the advantage. until the start of train traffic at the station gumrak remain in a matter of minutes, these trains will be the first to pass through the new section of historical moments, it is here that the international transport corridors north, south and the kuzbass port

alright, christine manuel is our correspondent in brussels. she joins me now for more. christine, how our economies within the euro's own, reacting to what we thought was in approaching parity, and now it's there. yes, steve. and to that point, i have been on parody watch the last few hours. this would be the 1st time in my reporting career that i'm looking at, that you're a dollar charge and i'm seeing parity. of course, this is the story as you were talking about in the introduction. it is the tail of 2 currencies, right? you have as a soaring doll and you've got a sinking euro. of course, the dollar strengthening on, on expectations at the fed is gonna go faster and further in terms of its interest rate hikes and in the sinking euro. and, and the big issue here is genuine concerns. the fear that russia is going to cut off gas supply. so to europe and that is going to be devastating. you've got the german economy minister repeatedly warning on domestic television that the winter is going to be really, really brutal. now added to that is, of course is consistent trend

but in general, there was a so called brussels effect. so all of this regulation that is coming mostly from the european union often gets adopted on a global basis. and that also can be a positive for the tech giants because they would have a clear environment where they can act and where they know what to do. and what not to do so therefore, it does not necessarily have to be a bad thing. but when this digital market comes, i believe in about 2 years still, we probably might see some legal fighting between the tech jain and regulators young core to innovating for us out of new york. thank you. inflation is heading the hungarian government hard, especially its budget. now the right wing government is using its parliamentary super majority to pass the law aimed at drumming up tax revenues. but the idea is not popular with everybody. a large crowds gather in front of the parliament building in budapest, many of them owners of small businesses. there infuriated by the government's new tax measures, scrapping a popular scheme that let's freel

ah, with ah, brussels says the coming winter will be spent without russian gas and calls on the blocks members to rely on the other sources of energy. also this our our american and british counterparts really want to turn this war into re real one. it's advantageous for the u. s. and the u. k. who are sitting far away in an exclusive interview to our team rushes foreign minister survey lab rob shares his take on what the u. s. and u. k. are planning for ukraine and the u plus r correspondent is in the thick of the action and made the latest ukranian shelling of the login's, the people's republic as keeps forces, launch and offensive to retake territory there. and mass demonstrations. re john and sri lanka after the acting leader is elected president and a secret ballot by parliament with protesters burning his effigy as security forces are on high electron with just after 6 pm here in the russian capital. and you're watching r t international. my name's donald quarter. welcome to the program. now european countries will have to rely on nuclear and coal power this coming winter due to