as russia fight am retreats and parts of ukraine. intense fighting between 2 former soviet republics threatened to pour the kremlin into yet another battle. oh yes. oh. piece brokered in part by moscow, between azerbaijan and armenia is barely holding together with a fragile cease fire. in the past, several days, crashes over disputed lands have killed 155 soldiers on both sides. animals in azerbaijan is backed by turkey, and is president recept type air to one. so i would like to wish god's mercy to the latest martyrs of friendly bizarre by john in the struggle for the defense of their homeland. the situation we are in is the results of violations of the deal reached after. as of john, warm, the war, it is unacceptable. the linux still the past is ever present in this week's deadly battles. the ex soviet countries have been locked in a decades old conflict over nor gore. no kara bar, which is part of us by john. but has been under the control of ethnic armenian forces, backed by romania since a separatist war there ended in 1994. our mania backed by russia has demanded the kremlin a

the c s t o is a military alliance or former soviet republics. that includes our mania, but not azure by john. may how can be made a mania applied to the c s t o under the 4th article chalk? it establishes that aggression against one of the c a c o member countries on is considered aggression against other countries. among the russia muse, listen carcass region is that the crossroads of europe, asia, and the middle east. if the ceasefire doesn't hold, fighting can take more lives and endanger the pipelines that bring caspian oil and gas westward russian and turkish leaders are set to meet this week to try and bring peace to the area. let's turn to some other stories making news around the world. chinese president shooting ping has landed in was becky. stan is due to meet russian president vladimir putin for the 1st time since the invasion of ukraine. the pair are attending the shanghai corporation organization summit in summer can. they are expected to discuss ukraine and taiwan. it's. she's a 1st foreign troop since the coven pandemic student pr

the c s t o is a military alliance or former soviet republics. that includes our mania, but not azure by john. make up can be made. armenia applied to the c s t o under the 4th article chalk. it establishes that aggression against one of the c a c o member countries on is considered aggression against other countries. among other russia, muse, little carcass region. is that the crossroads of europe, asia, and the middle east, if the ceasefire doesn't hold fighting, could take more lives and endanger the pipelines that bring caspian oil and gas westward. russian and turkish leaders are set to meet this week to try and bring peace to the area. earnest turn to some other stories, making news around the world. china's leader shooting, paying as arriving as ac, stand for his 1st trip abroad. since the start of the pandemic, he's due to attend a summit of the 8 member shanghai corporation organization. during his visit to central asia, he's expected to meet russian president vladimir putin ladies book. a 4 month old baby has been rescued from the rubbl

that the border clashes have also taken place between 2 other former soviet republics in central asia. kyrgyzstan and to jake has done ortiz correspondent, the equal shed on off reports with the latest one we had ever. we've just heard from the joint staff of armenian, they have shed some light. they have shared details as to how extensive, how significant the azeri territorial games have been following of who was the latest clashes on the border between armenia and the sarah. by john, i was there by john the official bark, who they have had the most success in the north eastern part of armenia, where they have managed to come into the territory of the neighboring country by about 7 and a half kilometers. according to the armine as joined scarf, they are now stationed, basically the as airy forces. they have managed to gain a foothold are within about 4 or 5 kilometers away from armine as major town of jetta. more now, theory forces they have also are made into the territory of armenia on a few other parts over what is now basically a front. but there the gains have been lesser rangin

now this is an umbrella military alliance that is made up of several post soviet republics and led by russia. and so we, i, and did here with a mission are led by a high profile russian general. it's a monitoring mission so far. they're here to assess the situation. and indeed they have their hands full because quite frankly, speaking to the locals. here they're quite hopeful under they well they expect that they can rely on the big brother or rather big brothers who make up the collective security treaty organization. and that they can bring peace to these lands. and basically, to prevent from the skirmishes from evolving into something greater and scarier, we've also seen clashes take place in the same region along between kurdistan. interject stand. so what are the latest developments there? target on again it is, it is an ally within this umbrella group so they can expect the i c s g o to solve its problems as well. and so yes indeed there they have their hands full. the leaders of both nations of tajikistan and kirk is gone. they have, they have met essentially they have agreed t

as it was in yet found in an effort to de escalate tensions between neighboring former soviet republics as following clashes between armenia and as a by john they claimed at least a 170 lives and fragile c spy between armenia and answer by john has been agreed following 2 days of deadly fighting. according to our meeting officials, the truth was only possible thanks to international mediation efforts. as the by john's president blamed the armenian military for the classes while armenia. james, it was his very forces, it invaded armenian territory. deadly board of classes have also taken place near to other former soviet republics in central asia. kyrgyzstan. anti jake is down alley. at my colleague donald court, i spoke with nancy correspondent egos donna, who reported on the latest from yet yvon. we've just heard from the joint staff of our media and they have shed some light. they have shared details as to how extensive, how significant the azeri territorial games have been following of who was the latest clashes on the border between armenia and dessert. by john, i was there by john,

nobody here in this household was injured. several 1000 kilometers to the east to other former soviet republics have added fuels to the flames. on paper, the jig is done and kyrgyzstan are both military allies, both member states of the collective security treaty organization, as they are very, re trigger happy to bowman, shoot each other over, yet another territorial dispute ah, mending the ties between the 2 is yet another task c s t o chiefs are expected to handle in both cases the solution lies in the to plan matic, not military plane, says the russian general leading c s t o special mission in armenia as well as of the shortest nar, today's task was to visit the territories where the clashes took place, where the armenian positions were subjected to fire damage, which we try to be as objective as possible. it is written in the s harder of the collective security treaty itself, that priorities are given to political and diplomatic methods with motion. we try to resolve issues peacefully as much as possible with rushes, push for the new global order of affairs. international organizations fa

security crises between former soviet republics are putting the block to the test. so mean as a user by john katherine was over 30 right now. we're following specialty as view monitoring with some of the representatives with themselves armenian desert by john share a decades long mutual animosity in 2020, transcended into a full out war in the going a car back a breaker. we're region predominantly populated by armenians, that as thereby john considers its own. it took the sides just over 40 days to sign a tentative piece deal broken by russia. and lately, it looked like everything was falling apart. ah military hardware and facilities aren't the only targets in this latest clash between armenian desert by john this very much civilian home in a front line village was shelled. just a few days ago were being told that the round hit straight and fell straight through the roof. well, at midnight, this used to be the bedroom, so only by sheer chance, by sheer luck, no one was home. and so nobody here in this household was injured, several 1000 kilometers to the east to ot

interested in what worries people today, first of all, it was about the prospects for the work of the soviet republicmong those affected by activities of the expert council at the upper house of parliament. it has been functioning for more than a year, it was created on behalf of the head of state in order to shine through our viability of draft legislative acts on the most important issues of the development of our country. and in the end, adopt verified laws. great britain mourns for the fallen queen elizabeth ii mourning in the country will last 10 days on the site of the royal family opened a book of condolences church bells. today will call all over england within the hour of the coffin with the body of elizabeth ii will be there for a day, in the cathedral of st. and the guild in edinburgh so that people can say goodbye to her parliamentarians will pay tribute to the memory of the queen at a meeting that will begin at 14:00 minsk time and last 10 hours after britain mourning announced brazil beat st. vincent and grenadines. after 10 days of mourning, the funeral of elizabeth ii will take place,

fifty-second battalion, not only our search for russia is very important, that ours from the former soviet republicsning this work, i am absolutely sure that , of course, there were kazakhs there, about 800 kazakhs laid their heads. here it is necessary to the military land. in the battles for the liberation of the dubrovinsky district during the great patriotic war , more than 43,000 red army soldiers died, they are buried in 27 mass graves on the territory of the district harvesting company continues in belarus now is the time of harvesting corn, so the minsk region is in the lead, the soligorsk region, where 21,000 hectares are sown. most of the money collected will be used to feed the cattle on the farm, krasnodvortsy. we have already begun to flatten corn, the flag crop is rolled up with polymer sleeves, and for such storage , the permissible grain moisture is higher than for the drying complex. the second half of august in our area was very difficult for corn; there was no moisture and there were high temperatures over 30°. and this greatly, uh, greatly harmed the corn, that is, for two or thr

it's comprised of russia and 5 former soviet republics. armenia, bella, rules, conflicts on guest on anti jakey's son. armenia asks the c. s t o for military aid earlier this month, but it's sending a fact finding team a group deploy troops in january this year for the 1st time and in history. 2000 peacekeepers were sent to catholic sand to have some protests against the government family on the very versed by is the managing director of the european neighborhood council. he says, the russian ned, security officials that are headed to armenia unlikely to be impartial. the collective security treaty organization, our meeting at the request of armenia were on seeking escalation situation to country is of course, both institutionally problematic and also many would say biased since a john is not a member of the russian lead collected security treaty organization, which has in fact, other members of armenia, russia has extend your extended sense. so what, what it also shows is really that russia is probably incapable of mediating this conflict between armenian as john church. and taurus

and as a by john has intensified in recent days into the worst violence between the 2 former soviet republics in 2 years, more than 100 armenian soldiers and 50 azerbaijani troops have been killed since monday night. the contested nagondo caraballo regions at the center of a decades old dispute between the 2 nations as internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan territory. but 95 percent of the population is ethnic armenia. there are conflicting reports about a possible truce between armenia and as a by john protesters in armenia. have accused prime as the nickel passion of betrayal of the he said he's willing to sign a piece deal to insure security. pass me on later, said nothing as official rule. and harpies will shriek up. i officially state that no paper has been signed. moreover, no papers going to be signed. there is no talk about any paper, the, some formation as a conspiracy to demoralize our soldiers standing at the border. now, let's take a closer look at the russian lead security force that's heading it to investigate the conflict. the collective security treaty organization,

, former soviet republics, but also to the slave. yeah. we've had 201415 when really lots of syrian refugees came to europe and them in germany has been taken 800000 to face. so yes, it's possible. i don't think that it's a big challenge for, for us to have more refugees here. it's just populous politics that prevent it. and this is of course, really harmful because populus you might not only in europe, but also around the mediterranean populace. at autocrats. they all try to say refugees are the problem, but no, they are not the courses that force people to seek refugee status that force people out of their context. these should be addressed. and these other problem, and this is not what populous want to talk about. they will just want to keep the borders closed and avoid that refugees find the asylum they seek and that they deserve. so yes, that needs to change. and i don't see any reason apart from populous politics by europe should chatted stores and buried xena. or you just listen to or to guess of, of have said that, i mean, wh

the baltic turned out to be second -class people with the stigma of non-citizens of the baltic soviet republicsc states were never occupied by the soviet union as part of hitler's deal from stalin latvia lithuania estonia regained independence and are now modern democratic states where the rule of law is proclaimed to evaluate the work done in april 2002 . he came himself, knocking off brzezinski. the former adviser to the president of the united states on national security, who arrived in riga, promised the baltic states to join nato, having knocked down jizinsky, he noted that he would be very surprised if in the autumn in prague the countries baltic states, will not receive an invitation to join the alliance, he believes that not only nato but also europe as a whole will benefit from nato expansion. in addition, it will draw a line under the dirty pages, stories, authors, which were hitler from stalin already on april 2 , 2004. the baltic states are painted in the colors of the alliance c. at the same time, the former republic became members of the european union and for the first 4 years th

heads of the three republics of the founders of the ussr, russia, ukraine and belarus signed the belovezhskaya agreement, in which they announced the termination of the union of soviet creation of the commonwealth of independent states. mathematics plot showed, well , firstly, filled our viewers among them there are young people, how and what happened? and, secondly, i still, well, there is concern again. they take it so seriously. they are already uttering such weak words once such an argument sounds, how would we not achieve a repetition. that's how you ruined us. or we ourselves broke up, well, it is obvious that you most, of course, say the us west. so uh brought in my little one. well, of course, by the time of gorbachev of course, this is a spike of clay feet. everything is rotten. so it's like a quality house, yes, that is, to blow and that's it, and that's it. uh, it will crumble and crumble, but for some reason, nothing fell apart on china dooley dooley, yes, russia is not china but this has historically turned into jokes when the head of the chinese communist party of the state came to gorbachev, besides himself. and gorbachev just canceled the article of

heads of the three republics of the founders of the ussr, russia, ukraine and belarus, signed the belovezhskaya agreement, in which they announced the termination of the union of sovietepublics and the creation of the commonwealth of independent states. why this story was shown, well , first of all, half a mile to our viewers. among them there are also young people, as it was. and secondly, i still, well, there is concern again. they are taken so seriously since they are so weakly pronounced since such an argument sounds like we can’t achieve a repeat there so it’s you who ruined us. or have we fallen apart? well, it is obvious that you are the most, of course, the us west say. so uh made his little contribution to my mother. well, of course, by the time of gorbachev, of course, this is spikes of clay feet. everything is rotten. so it's like a quality house, yes, that is, to blow and that's it, and that's it. uh, it will crumble and crumble, but for some reason, nothing crumbled on china dooli dooli. yes, yes, russia is not china, but it has already turned into historical jokes when the leader of the chinese communist party the state came to gorbachev, besides the sa

the shanghai corporation organization includes many of the former soviet republics and central asia, as well as india and pakistan. iran has expressed interest in joining turkey whose president is attending the summer. con summit is a full dialogue partner put in and reject it on our set to meet on friday. theresa fallon, founder and director of the center for russia, europe, asia studies in brussels, explained a cryptic message from putin that he's aware of beijing's concerns over the war in ukraine. i think it's important that he acknowledges that chinese economy is under stress because of food shortages and increase inflation. so i think that this is kind of putin acknowledging that nevertheless, they've made some really good deal because the oil is discounted by about 35 percent. so china is able to buy oil in a very cheap rate right now from russia. that's their way of supporting russia as well. this is a really uncomfortable position for russia because they're starting to appeal, appear like a vassals statement telling energy and metals to, to china. china is clearly the bigger

accusations over the recent breach of a cease fire board of disputes have dogged the 2 former soviet republics in independence, 30 years ago, around half of their nearly 1000 kilometer long frontier is still contested. clashes that broke out in the border region in recent days left at least $24.00 people did, and dozens more injured. 2 sides have been meeting to discuss, stabilizing the situation, and withdrawing troops. tens of thousands have flayed the fighting. so why have these classes flared up again? i put that question to jeff sa, do of charter calvin university rather. in ottawa. well, the immediate and reasons are a bit of a mystery. obviously, at the timing of the fact that rushers attention is turned away, we noticed they have not chosen to implicate themselves in the army asked by john conflict. and these are all countries part of the collective security treaty organization, the c s t o. so i think these countries feel a bit more free to engage in those local disputes. so again, if there's been a long term dispute, as you've mentioned, border dispute between to jay hassan and kirk

the ex soviet republics origin together anymore. that's bad ocean front. we lost our home country and are restoring it. now. it was a big one. now it's a small one. wiling. in gorbachev's, homeland ambivalence reigns, kremlin spokesman dmitri pasco, of hailed him as a statesman who will go down in history, but dismissed his hopes, of a rapprochement between russia and the west. as romanticism that did not work out was in the face of what he called the bloodthirsty innes of moscow's opponents. the united nation says china, the tension of weekends and other was the minority groups in the north western sion jang region may constitute crimes against humanity. a long delayed report by the un human rights offers cited what it called creditable allegations of patterns of torture at what beijing dubbed vocational training centers. the report also urge china to release detainees and clarify the whereabouts of the disappeared. the chinese government opposed the release of the report and has denied the accusations . human rights groups have welcome the report as a po

and now my relatives live in a different country that the ex soviet republics aren't together anymore to that's bad ocean blue for a little. we lost our home country and are restoring it. now. it was a big one. now it's a small one. wiling. in gorbachev's, homeland ambivalence reigns, kremlin spokesman dmitri pascoe of hailed him as a statesman who will go down in history, but dismissed his hopes, of a rapprochement between russia and the west. as romanticism that did not work out was in the face of what he called the bloodthirsty innes of moscow's opponents. so let's take a closer look now at some other stories making world news headlines. russia and china have begun a series of military drills and rushes far east. the 1st since 2018 moscow says the week long exercises will involve over 50000 troops from multiple countries. asians, as its involvement is unrelated to tensions over taiwan and the war in ukraine. united nation says china's detention of wiggers and other muslim minority groups in ash and john region may constitute crimes against humanity. the long delayed report cited wh

the shanghai cooperation organisation includes many of the former soviet republics in central asia, as well as india and pakistan. iran has expressed interest in joining turkey whose president is attending the summer. can summit is a full dialogue partner put in an ad on our set to meet on friday due to western sanctions. chinese products have replaced western ones in russia while china is russia's biggest oil, customer shooting, ping, cease the global roll of the 2 countries as much more than just trade cooperation. when they shoes yet you be a china, together with russia is ready to accept the part of great power even going on. he ran to play a leading role in being a force for stability and positive energy in a world shaken by social unrest. georgia, the she did true rule when being she her tongue, as their leaders talk in was becky: stan, china and russia are carrying out joint military exercises near the pacific coast. theresa fallon, founder and director of the center for russia, europe, asia studies in brussels, explained a cryptic message from foods in that he's aware of asians

accusations over the recent breach of a ceasefire. border disputes have dogged of the 2 former soviet republics since independence 30 years ago. around half of their nearly 1000 kilometer long frontier is still contested. clashes that broke out in the border region in recent days left at least $24.00 people did, and dozens more injured. 2 sides have been meeting this weekend to discuss, quote, stabilizing the situation and withdrawing troops. tens of thousands of breakers residents have flayed the fighting. in the border region, what good we're good or with me now is jeff saw her. they are from the institute of european russian and you, abrasion studies at calvin university in ottawa, professor good, happy with us. why have these classes flared up again? while the immediate reasons are a bit of a mystery, obviously the timing of the fact that rushers attention is turned away. we notice they have not chosen to implicate themselves in the army answered by john conflict . and these are all countries, part of the collective security treaty organization of the cfc. oh, i think these countries feel a

disintegration of the usaa as a catastrophe and criticized gorbachev for it, people in the former soviet republics hold him responsible for exactly the opposite for the fact that got a bunch of didn't to go on to the u. s. a sound to fall apart and to didn't wanted . for example, the baltic states and other salvage publics to become a dependent memories of street protests in the early ninety's in georgia. and in the baltic states come to mind today, especially in neighboring lithuania, where they are war 14 dead and hundreds injured on the so called bloody sunday of videos. 30 years ago when soviet special forces tried to suppress the uprising. remembering these events, and gabriella is lance burgess, lithuania is foreign minister to be to that lithuanians wouldn't forget how gorbachev's army murdered civilians to prolong the occupation. awfully selina he sold. yes, he wrote fired on an unarmed protesters and crushed them under his tanks. that's what's remembering how he are in lot van lithuania. you're going to ask just to hold off instead to saved stand by force as i turned to simon young, who's