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[000:00:00;00] a with russia does not intend to tolerate western countries thievery and will not allow them to steal the money. it is for the export of oil and gas brushes. tom diplomat says it's a new that's weapon. i think gas applies with it's threat to cut all ties with russian energy. that's as the commodity has become a major stumbling block in the relations between russia and the you. the situation is very fragile right now. there are senior officials from the un here from the red cross is what is why should officials all try and pick your shoes and negotiate with the nationalists. still inside be able to steal the russian military and also
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the temporary fires to evacuate civilians from the besieged as of stall factory and mar. you pull the industrial complex bears the last pocket, ukrainian nationalist resistance to the city. in an attempt to rewrite history, ukraine begins a mass dismantlement of monuments to soviet soldiers who had fought to free ukraine from nazi occupation during the with band in france. labor day rallies defend into violent classes between demonstrators and police with tear gas and water. tenants deployed as people tried to express their concerns about economic hardships following the re election of president with direct mar studios in moscow. this is our international and john thomas certainly
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glad to have you with us. are now you leaders have not shied away from condemning russia, suspensions of gas supplies, as quote blackmail. but that's after you. countries froze russian state assets on a massive scale with much of those funds consisting of payments for oil and gas. russia's top diplomat says moscow will not tolerate that. this was a decision for us. david, simple thing is happening today. but critics of our actions, everyone who has been condemning us in recent days for some reason do not want to talk about it. we haven't robbed of our money more than $300000000000.00 taken. it's stolen. most of that some had been received for the supply of gas and oil, and according to your rules and gas problem was supposed to keep the money in its accounts in western banks. and when they decided to punish russia, they simply stole it. russia does not intend to tolerate western countries thievery and will not allow them to steal the money it earns for the export of oil and gas. hungary has said 9, you countries have agreed to russia's request for gas payments to be made in roubles,
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even if those governments have not publicly declared their compliance. in contrast, polling valuable, gary, i have taken a strong stands against russia and moscow has halted. gas applies to them or done of comments now on the growing tensions over gas between russia and the west. weaponized gas, no, not an unconventional as fix the on the bus, the one you might use to cook or keep the house warm. now, it's in the percentage of the road between russia, europe, and the u. s. that you says moscow is shaking down the block. that's problems announcement of that. it is unilaterally stopping gas deliveries. to certain jo, member states is another provocation from the kremlin. but it comes as no surprise that the kremlin use us fossil fuels to try to black. my last back in march, in response to the use aggressive sanctions. russia announced a key change in how the book will have to start paying for gas in short,
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in rubles in detail. the customer now has to open to accounts in a russian bank. one in euro's, the other in roubles. the payment comes into the 1st account, then the bank converts euros into roubles and transfer them into the 2nd multiple experts have said that for the e u, the change is negligible, but it's now the us that's going out of its way to blow this out of proportion, we're working for other nations like korea, japan cutter and others to support or effort to help the europe and allies threatened by russia, with gas blackmail, and their energy needs and other ways. while lucas talking, washington surely knows everything about weaponized energy resources, because the us has actually been doing it for years, like when to try to get europe hooked on americas much more expensive l and g, because it's supposedly freedom gas. the united states is, again delivering a form of freedom to the european continent, and rather than in the form of young american soldiers,
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it's in the form of liquefied natural gas. a shift like that for europe would have been equal to shooting the kneecaps off its own economy. but for uncle sam, there's no place for sentiment when it comes to making the big bucks. same goes for the nude stream to gas pipeline project from russia to germany. when the u. s stopped just short of sanctioning its own allies to derail the construction. the pipeline could have easily tamed the ridiculously high gas prices and helped europe with its energy crisis. but trying to tackle russia is surely much more fundamental on america's pyramid of needs. the actions we've taken today have already had a devastating impact on the russian economy. and even if you are goes down with it . oh, so bit for years the us has been turning oil and gas into a weapon of mass economic destruction and so have some of western allies, but all at their own expense. we've seen from new proposal, brussels, the a,
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the international energy lobby is putting for the template plan to break the you away from dependency on on russian energy. some of the idea is quite sensible. others are pretty ludicrous, like people reducing the thermostats, nor heating systems by one degree. but all of this is very much a theory of very much what he does well, which is basically come up with ideas and produce papers and create committees were very, very long way from anything really happening. so i don't see any real changes very quickly. other than more division, politically, which makes you look weaker every day. the, you have planned to reduce natural gas consumption in an effort to build up reserves and cut supplies from russia. one german thing tank has claimed that that would be possible only with significant restrictions on industrial production and power generation. if the storage tanks to be filled according to the plan
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specifications and at the same time deliveries from russia ought to be cut so severely. this will only be possible with significant restrictions for industry and power plants. the proposed plan is to squeeze the use economy well, gas is redirected into storage with factors factories and power plants to stop operations. we heard from richard bernard, governance and sustainability expert at denmark, ford university, who says that such measures would negatively impact ordinary people if the european vessels do as american requesting, which is really what's happening here. because previously we've heard from the european government of business impossible, we need the russian energy. but if they're now on the u. s. pressure buckling and they are saying ok we have to ban russian oil imports, maybe the end of the year. then that will be a serious, very significant negative impact on the economy on economic growth. in fact,
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on the standard of living. because the energy inputs are an integral part and necessary input for almost all types of economic activity in europe. and yes, ordinary people will feel this. it will be very painful. food prices will rise, energy prices, everything will go up. we are entering a period of accelerated stacks, lation, where the economy slows down, and contracts and inflation goes up. and ordinary people get squeezed too powerful explosions have been reported in the sky above the western russian city of belgrade, near the ukrainian border. now this footage purportedly shows the blasts on the night from sunday into monday. i witnesses say that the explosions triggered car alarms and shook windows in the districts. there are reports that a ukrainian military playing had been flying in the area and was shot at by russian
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air defense systems. the regional governor has said that no casualties have been claimed, as of yet ukrainian nationalist have been hold up for weeks in a besieged factory in marble, their last pocket of resistance in the city. meanwhile, the russian military has announced unilateral cease fire in an effort with the un and red cross to evacuate civilians from the sprawling industrial complex. this is recent footage from the as all the steel factory. russian lead forces have then at transporting civilians to nearby villages where they are now provided with food accommodation and medical care. those who then want to travel to areas controlled by cheer are being taken care of by representatives of the un and the red cross. some of the civilians who have managed to escape the fortified factory say that they were forcefully held there by ukrainian military troops from the neo nazi as of batavia. if she wasn't sure if we tried to leave 2 or 3 times even by bus back when there was no shelling, but they always brought us back,
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they didn't let us leave. we were all outraged. how could they keep us there? if we are the ones you chose to shelter there we were scared. so we just ran a little bit. as off members came to our bunker and said, yes, we opened the apartments, we went inside, they swore at us calling us our pro russian city. they said they found russian flags in almost every apartment, but that's only what they told us. to be honest, i didn't have a russian flag in my flat, but i didn't have a ukrainian one either. few of my relatives did, but some of the resolve fighters who came here very still, very aggressive towards us civilians are to corresponding maralie reports from the factory and multiple and explains the initiative for evacuation evacuating civilians. mary, you bull has fallen silent. the quiet fields almost alien but seed holds a unilateral cease ra, established by russia, is now in its 3rd day,
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broken only by ukrainian nationalist snipers within the adult steel industrial zune . russian and allied forces have been ordered to hold fly for a 3rd day. there are no air strikes, new artillery barrage has even infantry must seek permission to return fire also that a brittle evacuation deal can succeed. the situation is very fragile right now. there are senior officials from the un here from the red cross. as one is rush would officials all trying to negotiate and negotiating with the nationalist spill inside the as of steel. industrial complex because the situation is so fragile. journalists have been forbidden from going anywhere near that. that is one of the conditions that the nationalists have put forward to keep the press away, not to feel what is happening. so that is the,
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the talks that are ongoing between them and various officials closer to the as of steel, industrial complex. but as i say this, this is a hopeful sign of the see suarez now. i've been in effect for over 24 hours. the city hasn't been this quad since the battle began. more than a 100 civilians held by ukrainian nationalists, the 2 months have been able to leave the as of steel complex. many more still believed to be inside. but this quiet has provided us with an opportunity to visit areas recently liberated from nationalists. this is another armored personnel carrier that was captured by russian forces from as of nationalists, ukrainian nationalists. this imperfect working condition other than the tires, replaced those and off it goes. but this is an a very interesting machine, a btr, 82 k,
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because the pumps here are from italy. the engine is mercedes from germany and all the thermal imaging and video cameras inside the electronics are all marks in english. now the interesting thing is how did these come into the possession of ukranian nationalists as of nationalist, which until recently, even many western countries considered a radical organization. yet nato instructors and nations quietly train them captured documents and pictures show, and supplied ukraine with high tech equipment that they knew would fall into the hands of ukrainian nationalists. nationalists, and mercenaries here at the edge of the vast as of steel industrial compound. we found the body of another ukrainian nationalist killed during the fighting. he had i. what's interesting about him, if you have a look at he say,
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it's think it's long, it's very dark, uncharacteristic of ukrainians. most likely, one of the many thorn mercenaries fighting on behalf with ukrainian nationalists here. but of course, be interesting to see a full list of just how many nationalists of parish the foreigners, and how many still a lot of them side, the vase as of steel industrial compound. russia believes that hundreds of foreign fighters, i'll wave as of nationalists inside murray. you bulls, industrial zones. many far right radicals from the americas and europe. white supremacists, send war junkies for 2 months. that have also been persists that reports that among them i active duty, nato instructors, and even offices who may well be according to room was part of the civilian evacuation. deal more at gas, the of o t for a, mary, you po, russian foreign minister,
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sir de la rav has said she ever has taken every possible effort to hide information about foreign fighters. taking part in the conflict for the ukrainian side. he would suit thoughts this particular story. i knew the situation with the resistance that the is austell factory and mary you, paul, and the stubborn hysterical desire of zalinski and his western patrons to withdraw all of those people and send them to ukrainian territory is explained by the fact that many people are there who can confirm the presence of mercenaries or active western military officers on the side of the ukrainian radicals. meanwhile, ukraine's president's lensky and an interview with a greek television has expressed praise for the ukrainian armed forces as of battalion. despite it, having embraced new nazi ideology, including using an emblem derived from the hitler's via marked there is also the dissolved battalion, which does not consist of volunteers. but as part of the national guard of our state to day, they are part of the armed forces and all of them are an official army of our state,
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mary, you, paul, is protected by professional soldiers. it is protected not only by the as of battalion, whoever the volunteers are, we are grateful to them, but only professional soldiers can defend his austell and marry you paul. with such courage. ukraine has made desperate attempts to rebrand history as it begins the mass dismantlement of monuments dedicated to soviet soldiers who had given their lives to liberate ukraine from nazi occupiers during world war 2. with more on that and commentary here is our cheese, don quarter as war rages on and ukraine, a destructive frenzy against the countries anti fascist past has spread like a plague. memorials to soviet soldiers who fought and died to for ukraine from the nazis are being desecrated. in mass, oh, oh,
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i should we be at all surprised, after all russia said had launched its military operation because of the worrying number of people who still glorified naziism in ukraine. and since the operation began, key of the attempt to whitewash world war to history have been kicked into overdrive like when ukraine's government removed and profusely apologized for a picture of former japanese emperor hero. he toe that it posted in a video on twitter. our sincere apologies to japan for this mistake. we had no intention to offend the friendly people of japan hero. he toe was depicted alongside adolf hitler and benito mussolini. since they were, let's not forget the leaders of the axis powers in world war 2. but just because tokyo, which now supplies key of with military equipment founded offensive ukraine, decided to rewrite that part of history. he has also decided to end its
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participation in a historical initiative of the commonwealth of independent states, which was intended to protect the memory of courage and sacrifice demonstrated by the soviet people during world war 2. and for some reason, that's something you crane doesn't want to do yet. you must oracle memory is being destroyed by the hands of ukrainians. but is the people who rule ukraine who are destroying it? the main country, the rules, ukraine is the united states. the main goal is to pitt, russia, ukraine, against each other, to destroy historical memories, to inspire the younger generation and to believing that russia has always oppressed ukraine. that is, upon ventura, was a great ukrainian hero. it is for this purpose that they want young people not to know the history of world war 2. so they do not know that russians and ukrainians are brothers. a lot of ukrainians were heroes of that war. my father included, and now the west is trying to divide us. arguably the most absurd was ukrainian president vladimir zalinski is attempt to like in russia's military operation in
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ukraine to the extermination of the jews at the hands of the nazis move it easily dissolved. we are in different countries and in completely different conditions. but the threat is the same for both us in you, the total destruction of the people state culture, and even the names ukraine, israel. on february 24th 1920. the national socialist workers, party of germany, was founded. the party that took millions of lives destroyed entire countries, tried to kill nations 102 years later on february 24th, a terminal order was issued to launch a full scale russian invasion of ukraine. needless to say, some israeli officials were not impressed and reacted with outrage. war is always a terrible thing. but every comparison between a regular war as difficult as it is, and the extermination of millions of jews and gas chambers in the framework of the final solution as a complete distortion of history. zelinski is government hasn't been alone in this
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alarming trend of re writing world war to history. though, for the past 6 years, russia's un proposal to combat the glorification of naziism around the world has been met with only 2 votes against the u. s. and ukraine. at the same time, washington says it's cancelling this year's annual arlington cemetery ceremony. that commemorates the meeting of us in soviet troops. shortly before the nazis defeat in 1945. no doubt, a startling trend of historical revisionism is growing throughout the western world . one in which the soviets who liberated the concentration camps of eastern europe, are called oppressors and the ukrainian neo nazis who glorify a passed of anti semitic nazi collaborators are called heroes, was yahoo shrug. now they are instilling in ukrainians that hitler considered ukrainians as arians equal to himself. but there was nothing like that he considered ukrainians. sub human, just upon mendera himself was arrested by the nazis because he advocated for
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ukraine's independence. hitler school and ukraine was enslavement, extermination, and the settlement of rich ukrainian lands by german colonists. sooner or later people will see the light. people understand that ukraine and ukrainians were just expendable for the goals of the west. serbia has recently been gripped by a wave of pro russian demonstrations. thousands of people have taken to the streets or express their support for russia amid the conflict in ukraine, which crowds of demonstrators waving russian and serbian flags pulling up the pictures of russian president vladimir putin. they shouted the slogan, the serbs and russians are brothers forever referring to the traditionally close ties between those 2 predominately slavic countries. the leader of the serbian pro russian movement, peoples patrols as serbians support for russia as friends. and they did throughout the world estimate and a little as i put, i was the central leader of the raleigh in support of the russian people. because they said that that initial rally serves and russians are brothers. and we do not
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necessarily need to be pro russian oriented. we provide direct support to the people. we consider ourselves a self organize. the escalation of problematic issues occurred after the migration crisis in 2015 after the outbreak of the war in syria. the government leadership did not do its job properly. we are very involved in all of the current events. many of our journalists and volunteers were in ukraine in 2014. we know very well how the war began. there. nobody sense, especially in the western media there from 2014 to 2021, 10 to 11000 people died by the hands of the ukrainian military. now, when information campaign is being conducted against the russians, just as it was conducted against the serbs in the 1990 s, the reaction to the rally and support of russia which we organized was significant in the world in western europe and in our society in particular, we will continue to support russia so that the russian people understand the we are
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truly strategic partners in the balkans representing the serbian people. meanwhile, in germany, numerous people have protested against heavy weaponry being provided to ukraine with demonstrators saying that they will not stand aside as quote mad men drag us into world war 3. they lay down around a make shift missile, presenting themselves as casualties of a. suppose it nuclear war war monger and liar, that is what the protesters in northern germantown shouted at the country's top diplomat during her speech about to the ukraine conflict. oh, some 150 protest, her used whistles, sirens, and loudspeakers. when the minister was on stage. the reaction was provoked by her defense of the government's decision to send heavy weaponry to cheer. that decision was made last week by the parliament now willing to join other nato members in
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sponsoring the war torn state earlier germany provided ukraine with anti tank and anti aircraft systems, as well as armored fear. some demonstrations on international workers day on sunday descended into violence with riot police using tear gas against aggressive protesters. ah, heavy clashes interrupted and parents were police fired tear gas had angry crowds. thousands gathered to protest inflation and low wages in the country. as activists urged the government to do something about plummeting living standards, as well as environmental issues, opposition leaders also used this rally to mobilize. people ahead of next month's parliamentary elections. putting pressure on the recently re elected president manuel micron. a local reporter explained the situation for us without either la, la, la, many, especially,
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the demonstrators have reached the end of the route. there are so many people in the square. now as you can see, everything is calm, but just recently things were completely different. the police is standing around the perimeter of the square police offices with water canons, which is sometimes used to disperse the crowd. and also in cases where the demonstrates is behave aggressively towards the police. last year, 100000 people gathered for a demonstration. it's hard to say just how many a hit today, perhaps a little more or a little less. you have to understand that right at the beginning of the pre session, the demonstrators behaved rather aggressively. a lot of shops, restaurants, boutiques, were targeted, including one of the local mcdonalds. in addition, many offices of banks and insurance companies, we're also affected. the police began evacuating people from the square. so far, all this is happening without the aggression. the police withdrew. reverend, without exception, and no one should remain in the square. still very quiet me to buy me said they're
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pushing everyone out. the several arrests were also reported in the german capital. as protesters collided with authorities with berlin police officers using tear gas in an effort to disperse the cards there. and it's not only you that sol violent clashes on the 1st of may in on board more than $160.00 people were arrested during a demonstration. granted, illegal by the authorities. central areas were fenced off as the turkish cities administration sought to form large gatherings. but the measures reportedly provoked clashes between groups of protesters and the police, of course, had taken to the streets to express their anger over an economic crisis caused by magic inflation and pay pal has blocked the accounts of multiple media outlets that have opposed officially us government narratives,
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new site ment press and others that have voiced opinions that differ from biden's stances have been banned from using the payment service for 6 months. been press, which recently ran articles on the war and ukraine is now calling for help in protecting their freedom of speech. meant press news has been banned from pay pal for unspecified reasons help us fight back against this onslaught of censorship. pay power says that the band will last for $180.00 days as bank accounts or credit cards. already linked to the payment service cannot be removed or added to another account. we heard from mint press founder and director manor ad lee, who says that pressuring independent journalism has become the norm in today's america. well, there's no question that paypal bending myself and mid pressed and other journalists like caleb month, and it's a form of censorship, of dissenting journalists and outlets. if you look at the kind of coverage that we
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produce that meant cross for the past decade, we have been unapologetically, working as a watchdog journalism outlet, which is how journalism is supposed to operate according to our 1st amendment to hold those in power account to expose the profiteers of the permanent worst day and we've done this from the wars in iraq, afghanistan, libya, we're living right now and an intellectual no fly zone, which is what we've named it. where online censorship of dissenting journalism has become the new norm that does it for me, this hour i will be back and let's say $31.00 and a half minutes with another phone specialist tuesday with this, this is our to international. ah, i to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on offense. very dramatic,
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