in fact, eastern europe depends on russian gas quite a lot if russia shuts off its gas immediately . he calculations of european experts, western europe, in principle, will not have major problems in the heating season, and it will be more difficult for eastern europe, ukraine is eastern europe, and it will not be easy, and the biggest problem is that that in our na- in our region in eastern europe the system of gas pipelines is not as well developed as in western europe what happened to you is exactly what was told in the plot and now our task is poland-ukraine bulgaria czech republic - this is to maximally develop this system of interconnectors into a system of these small gas pipelines so that, as in the circulatory system , it was always possible to quickly exchange gas supplies, and thank god that this process is now moving, you see, you saw from the plot that the countries of eastern europe are starting to build these gas pipelines now our task is to get involved in this process as much as possible and to build even more interconnectors with slovakia, poland and other countries

that reach the people of ukraine and eastern europe.— eastern europe.nancy pelosi talking about _ eastern europe. that is nancy pelosi talking about the - eastern europe. that is nancy pelosi talking about the need | pelosi talking about the need to move quickly. it appears that the vote is pretty much done and clear that the met democrats have the majority of votes for that. $40 billion is the figure made available to assist ukraine. well, the number of ukrainians who have fled their country since russia's invasion in february is approaching six million, according to the un, making it the fastest growing since world war ii. and there is no let—up in the attacks. on monday night, russia pounded the black sea port of 0desa, from where, using what the ukrainians say, were hypersonic missiles. from there, caroline davies reports. as russia celebrated victory day, 0desa burned. this was one of the city's shopping centres, incinerated, by a missile strike. the ukrainian authorities say seven missiles were launched at the city yesterday, killing one person an

there's already are speculative discussion about nato's role in central and eastern europe. speculative but it is there. i documented in "not one inch" pixel baker agrees and in one of the newest document that i present a book he writes back to what allies in europe says forget what are saying about not one inch eastward, that's causing confusion. going to drop that language but it takes moscow a while to notice. and to put in the sense that there was today, that there was a bait and switch back in. when he does that putin is ignoring what happened at the end of the german unification process which was the final settlement on german unification of september 1990. gorbachev in that agreement changed his priorities. he was unable to get that non-enlargement pledge in writing. he understood the significance of it as he himself said 1990 this is from his own records, i told baker i am aware of the desire of central and eastern european states to lead the warsaw pact in order to join nato later. so this is mikhail gorbachev own notes from may 1990 picky knows it's about central an

1990, had evaluate the claims that issue such as the withdrawal of 500,000 soviet troops from eastern europe for the u.s. and withdrawal from the warsaw pact for the eastern europeans were as important and perhaps more important than it is a large? with the implication being that complaints about an alleged broken promise stem from later discontent and disillusion with the eventual architecture of the post cold war security order. another question. this is from paul mayer, adjunct professor of political studies at simon frazier university. doesn't the open door policy regarding new members go back to article ten of the 1949 north atlantic treaty? certainly an important historical question. from scott chesley, program manager who had been an afghan between 1995 1997, how should we even be approaching negotiation with a clearly totalitarian, ruthless eternal leader, completely different from many decades predecessors? here's a question from ted laying, wilson fellow. robert's alec did an event a few days ago, i think i'd be fair to say that he scoffed at the idea that western players never ple

pounds, shows the main directions of development of the e-structure of the security system of eastern europes imagined it? these four countries, i note the soviet union, russia was not there. that is, there were only these representatives. here is mr. khroma who spoke there, including him. well, there, as it were, not a quote, but there is a link to and in this official document from the state hospital, and he said that we, in general, our line is such, which is the line, about which our minister of foreign affairs spoke , the line is very simple, if this line is expressed geographically, then the forces of nato and nato in general and in general all the structures of the defense alliance of the north atlantic alliance e should not cross the line along the border of the elbe river, this is the elbe that goes. well, here is the general, mr. comrade general, the colonel knows well, this dresden magdeburg, uh, hamburg is higher up there and goes from the czech republic, that is, not the oder, which is on the borders between germany and poland a along the border of the elbe. that is, this is app

just maksovich, please, well, now in eastern eastern europe, on the territory of poland, the baltic statesw nato exercises defender europe 2022 have begun. the main goals stated in the exercises, well, firstly, 18,000 people are involved according to the standards that were before. this is not a significant number. but these are such proven teachings at first glance. they declare that the main goal is to test, which means the ability to transfer troops from western europe to the territory of eastern europe and force water barriers, why pay attention to forcing water barriers? eh? the fact is that nato heavy equipment weighs more, well, under 60 tons more than 50 tons, and many bridges in eastern europe and in europe as a whole, this weight is not intended e, it means that such a weight should pass through them, therefore overcoming water barriers. e by way of forcing or with the use of engineering troops. for them it becomes quite topical. this is another call. to us, respectively, and it is addressed unambiguously towards russia. though they declare that the teachings are not directed. no

they were actually running scheduled services in parts of eastern europe, and even france. as had a revolution on the railways, with some expresses travelling at over 300 kilometres an hour. and, interrail has been transformed as well, now open to anyone of any age. and, forget the old paper pass, interrail now comes as a smart phone app. but, before you jump on—board, here are some things to look out for. the fastest trains in italy, spain and france require you to pre—book a seat, and pay a supplement of 10 euros 01’ more. yes, even though you have already got a interrail pass. and, since brexit, the 3—month pass could push the british traveller slightly over than 90—day limit for the so—called schengen area. using as much as you legally could would mean no visit to those countries for 90 days, before or afterwards. depending on where you're going, interrail could prove a false country. in eastern europe, portugal, and on the classic trains of europe, ordinary tickets are very cheap. and, in luxembourg, all public transport is free. so, how to make the most often interrail

central europe will play a greater role together with eastern europe in european politics as a whole. political scientist, a teacher at charles university, and i was thirsty, he was in direct contact with us, we will continue the broadcast with unusual stories about ordinary people, they collected their own apartment for five years and lived there, well, a little more than a month . the sky is ablaze in memory of the two-level apartment in their neighbors, the situation is not better, the communications are damaged by the shelling, the windows are broken, the russians looted the property, but those who are simply forced to live in the ruins or they simply have no other options anastasia wednesday visited one of the most damaged houses in gostomeli and we will see the details in the story right now

, the return of influence to all of eastern europe .e at least. well, in other countries, as it was in the soviet union, there in asia, there are no other reasons in russia. and we have more and more reasons every day, where russia wanted to demilitarize us, but we partially militarized at the expense of the russian federation itself, when they took a lot of their equipment from them. well, and at the expense of partners who are now providing us with the latest modern weapons, the supply is increasing every day, so i think that russia miscalculated not only in terms of nationalization and in demilitarization, too. by the way, the washington post , citing official sources of the united states of america, reports that ukraine transferred to israel and egypt the amount of military aid received from the united states of america, according to data publication of only the first full-scale russian invasion, the amount of american aid in ukraine amounted to almost 4 billion dollars, a new package of 40 billion dollars is planned, of which 20 bi

embargo on oil imports. nato no longer plans to observe restrictions on stationing forces in eastern europe going against what has long been a red line for moscow. ukrainian military is notorious as battalion attempts to whitewash its image by getting rid of nazi symbols on its uniforms. but recent photos show some of those emblems are still being war. the testing lab direct from our studios and moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now we start with the latest developments in the war in ukraine, in the city of don. yes, it's 5 people including 2 children, have been reported, killed by intense, showing by ukrainian forces, said to be from their side. local authorities have also said 3 schools in the city, the capital of the done yet sc republic were targeted in attacks by ukraine's military cities mer has said, the ukrainian bombardment was carried out with us heavy weaponry supplied to keep the local officials say that it has been the worst showing of done yet in 8 years since 2014, when the conflict initially broke out elsewhere in southea

talk to us at communications myroslava gongadze, head of the office of the voice of america in eastern europelava, we congratulate you glory to ukraine, so in a little more than an hour the senate of the united states of america will vote to approve aid to ukraine in the amount of 40 billion dollars, we understand that there are no stumbling blocks here it worked out, but we hope that everything will be learned today. this story is a success for us. what are your expectations and can we count on this help in the end? yes, you know that according to the experts' assessment, this law will be adopted, and in principle, many people emphasize that today it should be praised because that actually 40 billion dollars should be used for the next three months, that is, until september 30, when the budget year ends in the united states, so there is really not much time left for this money to be transfer to specific aid, and i can point out that more than half of this money will go to military aid, part to support the economic e-e of ukraine, to strengthen or stabilize it, part of the money will also go

on fishing troops in eastern europe near russia's borders. they took decisions. they made obligations. they are not to be aggressive with neighbors, which they are doing. and to have regular consultations with nato, which they are not doing. so i think that in fact is found, the act is basically not functioning because of russia. now we have no restrictions to have robust posture in the eastern flank and to ensure that every square inch of nato's territory is protected by article 5 and our allies. russia has long considered nato expansion, a direct threat to its national security despite a promise by the west decades ago that the military alliance would not expand one inch eastward. in the late 1990, s nato and russia. find the quote, founding act on mutual relations cooperation and security. its stipulates that both sides do not regard each other as adversaries, that they work together to maintain european security. and that there should not be a build up of military forces in central and eastern europe. a former italian general has urged the you not to further

in the countries of eastern europe, we know that on december 30 of this year the centenary of the founding of the soviet union is being celebrated and we know that putin is quite symbolically trying to relate to all these dates and meticulously somewhere to these dates. does this mean that the russian federation will deploy its troops not only on the territory of ukraine but also threaten others to the countries of the former soviet union in order to renew or at least recreate some kind of mini soviet union before this anniversary date, i think so. that's right, look. replay the attempt to recreate the soviet union before the anniversary date , this is one attempt. well, if, god forbid, they win there, this is the first reproduction of the soviet union, the second is the ultimatum of the west because russia is the hegemon here and the main leader of politics on to the entire european continent. and by the way, it is precisely the understanding of such and such a situation that shows how much western countries are ready to support us, and especially those who understand what consequences an

embargo on oil imports, nato no longer plans to observe restrictions on stationing forces in eastern europe going against what has long been a red line for moscow. ukrainian military is notorious as all the battalion attempts to whitewash its image by getting rid of nazi symbols on its uniforms. but recent photo show, some of those emblems are still being worn in broadcasting from our studios in moscow. this is art international. i'm john thomas and certainly glad to have you with us. i know after prolonged hesitations and internal opposition, the e. u. has announced a tentative agreement for a 6th round of sanctions against russia. it is to include an embargo on russian oil imports except for those supplies, entering the block through pipeline. that was a compromise for each state hungry, which staunchly opposed to an outright bed. there is a temporary exception for an oil. oh, that comes through by plaint cowan. so should now be able to finalize a ban on almost 90 percent of all russian oil imports by the end of the year. this is an important step forward for the remaining 10 percent on t

with great britain and solomia, the answer to your the question said that it is precisely eastern europe that sets the trend. well, if you continue this question, by the way, it was also relevant before the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion that everything in europe exists in formats, you know, they said before at different speeds, well , in particular, in response to crises, political positions and so on, yes, this is the condition and by the way, this is not something that happens for the first time in general, but the idea that, as if in the european union, it is possible to adopt some joint measures of a punitive nature, such as sanctions, but for countries that occupy a special the position is somehow something special well, it seems to me that only liny commented on the special position of hungary, which seems to me to be simply switching to the format of direct blackmail in some issues, in particular the supply of russian energy resources, and it seems that there are some separate conditions for it, so you know about these issues in general well that at least this is ho

are talking not only about ukraine, but also about the presence of the russian federation in eastern europe in the eastern countries in europe, we know that december 30 this year marks the centenary of the founding of the soviet union, and we know that putin is quite symbolically trying to relate to all these dates and meticulously somewhere to these dates. does this mean that the russian federation will deploy its troops not only on the territory of ukraine but also to threaten other countries of the former soviet union in order to renew or at least recreate some kind of mini soviet union before this anniversary date, i think so. recreating the soviet union before the anniversary date is one attempt, the fact is that the russian federation will issue an ultimatum to the west and as soon as well, if god forbid they get a victory there, this is the first reproduction of the soviet union, the second is an ultimatum to the west because russia is the hegemon and the main leader here politicians on the entire european continent. and by the way, it is precisely the understanding of such and such

titan is a unique enterprise, the largest in eastern europe for the production of titanium dioxide, the sappers faced difficulties. at the very beginning of this, it would seem to be private for them a humanitarian operation. it would seem that the territory around the northern crimean canal checked and cleared, but the result of an additional check. that's just what the sappers discovered land mines. now he was exchanged and examined slowly. there is a high probability of surprise mines that work when you try to clear the main tab then. detonation to give a projectile reported middle of the shells tnt checkers. and what kind of projectile do you need now? to understand, they dug out, they understood, they laid a height in the ground, a detonating charge from a demining rocket launcher, with the help of which they make passages in minefields. why is it here near gateway in this place? it is possible to drive under the dam from one side of the channels to the other direction of the tank is dangerous, so they mined it, but they didn’t have time to blow up about two tons of charge, respect

they want us deeper in to eastern europe. this is going to be a commitment. i see this going on -- could be as long as the afghan war. >> if not longer. this is always the heart of globalism. they're content to let detroit crumble, they're content to let pittsburgh crumble and let our citizens live in crime and poverty and to suffer huge wage losses from inflation. take our money and send it over seas by the tens of billions of dollars. >> laura: 69% say the economy is bad compared to 46% last april. 74% are saying things in america are going badly. how can biden come back from this? i know you want to help him. >> i don't think he can come back from it. the mid-terms will be disastrous. how badly the democrats lose matters. if it's moderate, it won't affect anything. it has to be a historic loss -- >> laura: going to be a 100 seats in the house. >> has to be a tsunami for them to be a message. >> laura: i get the feeling that you feel the rising anger. whether it's at the gas pump or whether i have to cancel a trip this summer, it's too much. you are startin

there were show trials in eastern europe, in hungary and poland, which aroused a lot of concern in the west because people seem to be confessing to crimes that they hadn't committed or mm. most importantly was the child was cardinal months in ski and hungry, unjustly was already and after world war 2, quite famous because she was known for having resisted the nazis and their occupation of hunger. and then after the war, he became the cardinal on the primary of the church. they arrested him. they can find him, choose of being an aristocrat. it became a kind of target of that regime. and then he was put on trial, were publicly he confessed to the charges against him. and there was this fear in washington, the prince of the church, a man known for his courage, under nazi pressure. that if he could be broken, clearly, the soviets were possession of techniques. mm. the cia reaction was primarily around what they thought was brainwashing the concerns with communist brainwashing. what they never seemed to realize was that these communist techniques were actually borrowed originally from earli

uh, many people really need dnieper water industrial enterprises, including the largest eastern europe plant for the production of titanium dioxide from the kherson region, report by anton stepanenko initially, this task for military engineers looked exclusively technical to restore the mechanisms at the gateway, which cuts off the water of the north of the crimean canal from the water intake of the titan plant, this enterprise is a unique largest in eastern europe, sappers had difficulties with the production of titanium dioxide. at the very beginning of this, it would seem to be private for them a humanitarian operation. it seemed the territory around the northern crimean canal was checked and cleared of mines, but the result of an additional check. that's just what the sappers discovered land mines. now they exchanged it, that the detonation was given by a shell, they put a silver shell, they dug out, they understood, they laid it in the ground, detonating a charge from a demining rocket launcher, with which they make passages in minefields. why is it here near the airlock? in this

we had a pretty good quarter for earnings maybe we ratchet down the conflict in eastern europe a lot of things can happen the market isn't discounting enough positive news we could see in the next couple months. long story short. >> we just talked about the fed. what if the fed flips? they are raising rates in june and july if you are waiting for the fed to raise to make a move, i have beach front property in arizona. lake havasu i want to sell you >> that's where you give them massive appeal nothing has changed, brian we have investors sitting with trillions of dollars of concern cash on the sidelines. the worst thing is sitting on cash because you are earning nothing. it is a great point. the one thing about america is it is all about filling a need supply/demand. if we think the supply chains are not fixed, i have lakefront property i like to sell you. we like to figure these out. you could not get a mask when the pandemic started within two months, we had an abundance of masks any supply chain issue will get fixed in the next 12 months or 24 months. that is deflationary the surpr

troops near russian borders, but did not prohibit nato from expanding , and soon the countries of eastern europe the baltic began to join the alliance, in addition to this, there were interventions in yugoslavia, the us withdrawal from the treaty on industrial flirting with nato with georgia and ukraine, the further offensive of the alliance became a serious threat to russian national security. after 2014 , relations deteriorated rapidly, all joint projects were terminated in december 2021 the us and nato refused to accept russia's offer of security guarantees. that's what that day was like. in the history of russian servicemen heroically defending donbass, here are a few stories told by the ministry of defense. during aerial reconnaissance by drones of the group of lieutenant colonel dmitry zharkikh , they discovered the enemy and entered the battle, the artillerymen destroyed three howitzer installations, two pickup trucks with armored personnel carrier mortars and three dozen militants, sergeant nikolai romanenko, as part of the group, fought for the settlement with accurate fire, nikolai kno

has added additional forces into eastern europe as well. i think that is exactly what we have done in response to this crisis. >> even with sweden and finland not being part of nato, do we have a good working relationship with their military? >> yes. we worked very closely with the swedish military on specific technical things but also in general and exercises with the finnish army, a parachute battalion is on its way to finland later this summer, they will be easy to integrate. >> what do you see that they should be doing in europe that they are not doing? >> we should keep doing what we're doing today. as we talk more with our ukrainian colleagues, we understand better and better what they need and how they plan to use it. i think we are moving in the right direction. the question of what happens on the far end to ukraine after the conflict concludes is going to be a very important question for europe as well as our country. >> thank you for your service. >> thank you, senator scott. senator rosen will have the floor. >> good morning it w

thank you . analyst of the stockholm center for the study of eastern europe thank you for taking theur, we understand that it is not easy and we have little time left, we will immediately add the next guest, andrii mageri, an expert in constitutional law mr. andrii, good evening, how do you hear us? congratulations, i can hear you very well. i understand that you are an expert in constitutional law, nevertheless, i still have a question for you as a lawyer and you may be able to comment from the point of view of international law. i am now talking about the intentions of russia to announce something in the occupied cities on may 15, i mean kherson and mariupol and luna information that they will be able to immediately join these cities to russia, does this change something for us, or does it change nothing for us and does not complicate the return of these territories? well, because i understood that these territories must be released by military means. however, from an international point of view, how can this affect the situation and that russia will make such a decision, and it wi

and they showed that especially in eastern europe, there are simply two for social political cultureif a-a people with an oligarchic e- is like that this is a component, they can stop uh in power and uh, the only thing here is that the question is that they cannot fully control this power, being uh, controlled by legislation, therefore, the european system, in particular, justice, it does not allow this, ukrainian justice does not allow on the other hand , it has been working for many years on games in the interests of the oligarchs, and it will be very, very difficult for anyone to reform it in such a joint effort when they have a common interest in preserving this system. extremely we still have any news, but i still want to ask ukraine's application for candidacy in the european union, which was filled out by ukraine, you tried to get this document as a people's deputy of ukraine, analyze its text , this document, but did not succeed, well, how does the situation look now, i know what you planned to contact the law enforcement agencies now, in this case, we are preparing documents

has added additional forces into eastern europe as well. that's exactly what we have done in response to this crisis. >> being part of nato, do we have a good working relationship with their military? >>? >> we have a very good working relationship with their military. we work closely with the swedish military on specific technical things but also in general on exercises. with the finish army, i just brought two striker troops back from finland, a parachute battalion is on its way to finland on routine exercises. yes, sir. they will be very easy to integrate. >> what would you like to see in addition to what the european allies are doing in europe to help ukraine? >> i think we should keep doing what we're doing today. as we talk more and more with our ukrainian colleagues, we get the opportunity to understand better and better what it is they need and how they plan to use it. i think we are moving in the right direction. the question of what happens on the far end to ukraine, after the conflict will conclude i think will be a very importan

agreements and says it will therefore no longer observe restrictions on stationing forces in eastern europe and america, the russia to arm the ukrainian military with foreign weapons. u. s. defense industry takes in half the profits with the net worth of manufacturers are rising by billions of dollars and recent month with, by casting law direct, more studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. we start with the latest developments in the war in ukraine in the city i've done yet 5 people, including 2 children that have been reported killed in 16 injured an intense showing by ukrainian forces. local authorities have said 3 schools in the city, the capital of the done yet republic were targeted and attacked by ukraine's military. now, the city's mayor has said that the ukrainian bombardment was carried out with us heavy weaponry supplied the key. if local officials say that it has been the worst showing of don yet skim 8 years since the 2014, when the conflict initially broke out elsewhere in se ukraine, the city of money to poll curre

america in eastern europe explained to us the state of affairs with the allocation of forty billion dollars of aid from the united states in the near future . thank you very much. are helping ukraine financially and with weapons, russia is already feeling the consequences of the sanctions, the minister of transport of russia, vitaly savelyov, said that the western sanctions imposed on his country due to the full-scale war in ukraine have broken all the logistics of the russian federation. therefore, great britain introduced new sanctions against the russian airlines aeroflot and ural airlines and also the airline company russia, which prohibited them from selling their unused boarding slots in britain's airports were previously completely banned by london. hmmm, london banned russia's access to airspace, as well as the export of aviation goods and technologies. good night to you, yes, we see that they recognized that the sanctions are working, the logistics are falling further, that well, there will be further increases in sansa next week. package eh in independence from their dictionary of

promise to russia and says that it will no longer observe restrictions on stationing forces in eastern europe going against what has long been a red line for moscow. and amid the rush to on the ukrainian military with foreign weapons in the us, defense industry takes in happy profits with the networks of manufacturers rising by billions of dollars in recent months. the broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow. this is art international and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. now we start with the latest developments in the war in the ukraine, in the city of don. yes, 5 people, including 2 children, have been reported killed and 16 injured in intense showing, said to be by ukrainian forces. local authorities have said that 3 schools in the city, the capital of the done yet republic were targeted in attacks by ukraine's military cities mer has said that the ukrainian bombardment was carried out with u. s. heavy weaponry supplies to give local officials say that it has been the worst shilling of done yet in 8 years since the 2014, when the conflict initially broke out else

the red army is the one that is going to liberate eastern europe. the united states, the british, and the free french, they are going to be coming from the west. again, when these betrayals of the altar are discussed in the 1950s, it is willfully overlooking the different strategic realities that the soviets are facing and that roosevelt is facing. we will see, stalin has some specific strategic needs from world war ii. roosevelt wants to create an international organization. the united nations. it will be more effective at preventing or in the league of nations, but will be a concert of powers. right roosevelt wants to create is an organization where the soviets, the united states, the british, the french, and the chinese will be the senior members of the international order. each one of these senior members will be responsible for different areas of influence across the globe. when truman really starts to take some ownership over this policy, it's at the boston conference, which is held in the summer of 1945. from mid-july to early august. this is

very much is a repetition and we, we are seeing something in the geopolitical shape, part of eastern europe, certainly with the backing of natal washington and in the united states of something quite familiar in european politics, a sort of cyclical political build up. and this happens when we have i re shaping off the balance of power, where we are in a situation where the, the unit polarity, the singular superpower status of the united states is being challenged. and of course, russia is that challenge and the, the form that this is taking is a solidifying of the need to align from eastern europe. we're seeing right now with finland and sweden and what is happening in, in ukraine. so this statement of non recognition about the shifting of borders is something we saw in the build up for world war one is something that led into the align shaping and world war 2. so yeah, it's a familiar thing. the familiarity of it should reminders of just how dangerous situation can be. multiple accusations where level that russia, i'll just go through some of the aggression and human rights breaches viola

kyiv and will western europe listen to eastern europe in matters of the defense of ukraine and its europeanc prospects, well, i will start from the end , because indeed today at all international platforms they are already talking about the fact that the very serious role of eastern europe of the baltic countries in the european of the so-called project, and at the moment it is no longer possible to talk about them as junior partners, but rather as leaders who have demonstrated exactly what is expected from the european union in such a crisis situation, therefore, i think that the role of not only poland, but also the baltic countries has increased, and this voice is heard and understood that at the moment it is not only the voice of france or germany that is decisive in making the most strategic decisions, especially since these countries have demonstrated how much they can do, not only what courage they have, but as far as the visit of the polish president is concerned, it really is quite a precedent, although we have seen a lot of visits at the highest level to ukraine, but he had a lot