but we are with russia. russia is with us. wondering with anyone who doesn't want or is unable to visit a polling station will be visited by an election worker who will go to their homes to collect their ballads. it's difficult for residents in russian control territories to avoid voting for some ukrainians. it became the perfect time to leave these territories once and for all. but a shame is leveled in the proverb, superman, as upon the, the referendum is a violation of international law, but it is a legal multiple and we hear that people in the occupied areas are forced to vote at gunpoint. some of them might have pretty much readable, so what keith calls coons referendum, a propagandist, and while the west is citing international law to call it illegal, how much support does russia really have in the occupied territories? and that's a question i'd like to pass on to roman in bond at the referenda is obviously a sham. we have established that many times, but a lot of people in the numbers are indeed pro russian. if these re

you must support russia. you must actively support russia, and you shld defend russia. sean: boikov has led groups of australian cossacks to russia where they fired guns and visited a military training facility. [gunshots] sean: in 2018, simeon boikov told a russian media outlet, "we have a unique opportunity to support russia from within an enemy state." he was refring to australia. he said cossacks in australia could "pursue a pro-russian position, lobby politicians and members of parliament, oppose anyone who lies about russia, attacks russia, or imposes sanctions. basically, they can wage an information war." sean: why do you regard australia as an enemy state? simeon: no, australia, in this context, a state which is placing sanctions against russia and behaving in an anti-russian manner, you know, in that way could be perceived that the activities are not the activities of an ally. the main thing to know is we're not against australia at all. we love australia. we will defend australia, and we'll try to defend it, and we wanna facilitate the rehabilitation of austr

russia -- china is asking for support from russia regarding taiwan. russia wants to sell more oil and gas to china. it wants to find out more resources for revenues to protect this economy from a collapse. china being the number one client for russian energy, i would also wants to have more alternatives. the chinese leader was in uzbekistan ahead of the shanghai cooperation organisation meeting to see about increasing the gas import. one of the reasons is that china does not want its relations with russia to come at the expense of its relations with the west. imran: china has avoided openly supporting russia's invasion of ukraine, but in the past week, president xi made the statement. reporter: china expresses its understanding and full support for russia. on the ukraine issue, the u.s. and nato are expanding directly on russia's doorstep, threatening russia's national security and the lives of russian citizens. given the circumstances, russia has taken necessary measures. china understands and we are coordinating on various aspects. i believe russia

s saying that russia is throwing out conspiracy theories and then you have russia throwing out statements that were made by the u. s. president himself. well, i think that's exactly what they've said in regard to supporting terrorism and syria and iraq police operation. and also category we did not so town and united states apparatus for the beginning of the war and terrorism center . i was a symmetric war against our suppose an axis entities. and we have received our radical or britain or russia and china are so in any action we is justified in the case of right now. busy it's bad if they even operate the possibly the commander possibly even when it wrote because the washing representatives are not true. credible actually for example. ringback right, representative, no, there was a field operation exercise that freight exercise package. you actually conducted the use of drone technology under water explosives actually put photos out of the navy in the explosives, that nation units that were doing these actions with other nato parties. one thing about this one was the other european partn

in russia. and of course russia will do everything i can -- everything they can to prevent defeat. >> how does russia do that when they seem to be short on weapons, ammunition, and soldiers? how do they achieve that objective of the special operation, as they call it? >> the initial objectives outlined by putin in february are difficult to achieve at this point. the objectives now are more limited but we see bellicose rhetoric from both sides that cannot be realized on the front. when we discuss russian objectives from february and how unlikely it is they will be achieved in the near future, we also have to look at the objectives the ukrainian officials are putting in front of their forces and how unrealistic they are. ukrainian officials say their objective is to take crimea or other regions. >> michael disagrees with you. your response. [crosstalk] >> it is not about taking crimea . it is about liberating that area that has been occupied by russia since 2014. it has nothing to do with ethnicit

so is russia increasing its corporation with china? and i know that traditionally, india has looked at that with a certain degree of once you have a major voice dispute of, in the chinese, you also have security apprehensions about the growth of china. have you seen any change in the russian chinese dynamic over the last half a year, and do you think anything substantial has changed their see one has to take of any realistic view of geo politics. you shared common borders with russia? they are your immediate neighbors. we're still at a certain distance and chinese over the deep pockets, and i'm in force 2014. they were able to invest in your energy sector than many other places. so it is russia's right to create that complementarity and interdependence. so russia, india does not dictate to other countries how, what kind of relations it should have with its own neighborhoods. so we have no such qualms. there are deletions with the russia on its own, mad it, and it would continue to be. and we are all sure with that show would not underm

and this is the greatest ally. russia has because i'm spring when russia is ready to carry out after they've secured the don bass, rushes ready to move on with regime change. whatever you want to call demilitarization dina vacation. the geopolitical pitcher will have changed. i don't think you're going to be seen ukraine with so many allies. i think you're going to see europe and native divided, fractured. i think you're going to see the united states with a new political reality after november. and now russia will be better position to act on all the lessons that they've learned. and i agree. they're learning a lot of lessons. they will, they will, they will take the winter time to reorganize, re equip, reassess m spring. and i know you want this over quick. this isn't about the battlefield. this is about geo politics, is about russia. reposition itself in the world with dinah, with india, with other nations, just about the destruction of american gemini, of a week in the u. s. dollar. a dominance that's a bigger picture, the rush is playing into. if you don't want to sacrifice that

that's why russia has to be stopped and russia were criminal, must be brought to justice. otherwise, this adjust, this will continue in hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians will continue to suffer and will continue to do whatever it wants and is based countries. what, whenever it warms and russia is not stop, how do you know your country? russia will not come to leave a force next. that's why we call them to come. so to create effect mechanism, wanted to bring 1st rushes compliance with an artist of international law. namely, so, a legal detention on your training citizens could not pass the so called filtration fees or practices, the fortune physical violence, threats and humiliation. provision of complete and comprehensive information on the location of the state of health, of the same person at the request of relative and official representatives of the state of the prey. provision of all forms of legal protection in the amount of official disclosure against this person. including excess floors, international pointers and then is contrary concrete. when such is e

and eventually of russia . just watch it now. so they have to, stephanie, i wanted to speak to political analyst or andrew caribbean, just a bit earlier in the program to, to really get his take on what he thing. so the reasons behind russia's partial mobilization, a good outcome of the harp country indisputable. so this mobile as nation 1st and foremost is meant a standard at the front lines will stay watched, are not going to be pushed back any further closer to the russian board. and they're going to stabilize if not be pushed back to what they were before. the heart of contra offensive, or at the very least, the front lines are going to possibly become russia international frontier. so that brings me to the next purpose of this partial mobilization of experience reserves. what this essential could be to define what, what by then perhaps the early next week be russia's new international frontiers. in which case the rush is going to, we have expanded is frontier democratically to the people's will. all those

there's also been incidents that have happened inside of russia that russia has blamed on ukraine, too. and again, in places like belgorod, russia has not responded with nuclear weapons. but at this stage, it's looking like president putin is feeling a little bit more potentially on the back foot — notjust because of what's going on inside ukraine, but because of the sort of responses he's getting from other international leaders. he seemed to have a very chilly response from china, india have also come back and pushed back against the war in ukraine, and so has turkey. so in terms of his international standing in the world, president putin might feel more under threat than before. one of the things that i find really striking is that he seems so far to have carried the bulk of the russian population with him — at least that they haven't objected to this war. do you think that the mobilisation, the partial mobilisation announced just recently, is going to change that, is going to make this more unpopular? is it going to risk his position politically, putin? well, we saw some level

russia's got both. i. i think it's time we got to take a step back for a 2nd and understand that this is, this is a war um in war is an extension of politics by other means, which means that by sincerely focusing on the battlefield, we're missing the bigger picture. so i'm going to point out to 2 allies are going to come and get that that are coming to russia side. first one is general mud. the mud season is coming as a is my colleague mentioned, and with this comes an operational reality. so i don't see russia undertaking a significant counter counter offensive, and in the short period of time, that's too risky. it, the best thing russia can do right now is to retake that on bass and they're going to do that. and i think that's what we're going to see for the rest of this military camp. any season comes general winter. this is where it gets interest. because in a winter isn't about freezing the ground tanks moving in a winter is about russia breaking the will of the west. we support ukraine. this is where

so is russia increasing its corporation with china? and i know that traditionally, india has looked at that with a certain degree of video. once you have a major voice dispute of, in the chinese, you also have security apprehensions about the growth of china. have you seen any change in the russian chinese dynamic over the last half a year and do you think anything substantial has changed their c one has to take of any realistic view of geo politics you shared common borders with russia? they are your immediate neighbors. we're still at a certain distance and chinese over the deep pockets, and i'm in force 2014. they were able to invest in your energy sector than many other places. so it is russia's right to create that complementarity and interdependence. so russia, india does not dictate to other countries how, what kind of relations it should have with its own neighborhoods. so we have no such qualms are relations with the russia on its own mad it, and it would continue to be. and we are also aware that the show would not undermine

if that is what russia _ that will not be easy. if that is what russia is _ that will not be easy. if that is what russia is hoping - that will not be easy. if that is what russia is hoping to - that will not be easy. if that is what russia is hoping to do i that will not be easy. if that is l what russia is hoping to do with china, sell energy to china, what was top of the chinese list of priorities? i was top of the chinese list of priorities?— was top of the chinese list of riorities? ~ ., ., , priorities? i think for china it is important _ priorities? i think for china it is important to — priorities? i think for china it is important to have _ priorities? i think for china it is important to have a _ priorities? i think for china it is important to have a good - important to have a good relationship, a close relationship with russia. for some time now, china has seen russia as an important partner. the counterweight, if you like, to the united states. i think partly that is part of the concerns that president xijinping has is part of the concerns that president xi jinping

so russia will profit from that. i'm not a legal expert, but i think this could lower the pressure on russia to deliver some gas and to fulfill its obligations because russia cannot say, i can say now, well, we don't know what happened. we weren't, we were, it will take time to investigate. we do not know whether we can point and say, for sure who did it. so when russia refused to take german turbines from siemens to deliver gas, it's one thing. now it's, it's a different story. of course, this will put enormous pressure on the societies in western europe where people are taking to the streets to protest against high energy prices. and last but not least, i think this is also sending a signal to the west. look what we can do. we can heat your infrastructure under the sea and are, are important not just gas or oil pipelines, but also communication lines between the united states, north america and europe, and russia couldn't, could, the, could just hint at that. and so, and say, look, we can do it, maria, do you agree

to keep russia afloat. as assistant secretary rosenberg stated last week, russia is enjoying windfall energy profits. indeed russia's made over one or $60 billion in energy profits alone senses were began. the administration is consistently extended general license regarding nearly all energy related transactions with major russian banks giving them relief from the sanctions. it is no wonder why russia energy revenues are up in the ruble has stabilized but likewise the summer the ministration pressured canada to waive its own sanctions on russia by forcing it the ignored stream one gas pipeline. meanwhile sanctions on nordstrom two are still not permanent and russia propaganda is watching for completed so russia can help europe solve its energy crisis this winter, laughable. the truth is the united states has the largest producer of oil and gas the end of the last administration most americans do not realize at that moment we were the largest producer of crude oil in the world surpassing all others in doing

and now russia has to go all the way. so fighting this, with one hand tied on their back with only 200000 troops, doesn't work that the argument is now they should do what they should of them beginning wishes to declare full war. and yes, i said all this and i just love one day. i just got back from this a come on me for in vogue most spoke to have plenty of time. yeah. ross is there as well, and this was the main sentiment that the why, why, why hasn't russia more, are there bridges standing? why? why, why, why taking so much courses for the civil and infrastructure this. this was a luxury that in february, but it's not a luxury one that was pumping in on this weapon. so i saw this a lot of resentment towards perhaps, and the kremlin being in 2 restraints. and there's the response. again, this is sending the wrong signals, especially to the american, so they can keep doing erin henry weapons, because ross, i'm with retaliating time. so, but georgia is viewers here across a george and i do george you. you're looking prett

we're not in war. russia, in fact, they aren't war with russia. they're sending all sorts of arms to ukraine. that are killing people, they're killing russians. they're killing ukrainians that live under the regina. so my name is the party to the war. but, you know, i'm out there a little bit worried because russia may just, you know, dispense with the niceties and just say, well, yeah, you are, the war, whatever, you know, no matter what you say. so i think the stock number wasn't, wasn't acting. he is truly jittery. he's totally nervous, and all those, you know, he's real losses. of course, in washington. obviously they didn't give him get enough instructions because they don't know what to do. now, even they're not really anxious to play russia. they want to do to you, well, you know, got something almost like lacking now, a direct line of intent, you know, because you've seen essentially the russian leadership upping the ante and, and what i, what i saw from a personal level tonight, what was nato almost back pedaling, amidst the ongoing confl

it is you're buying garzon oil from russia is financing to warn russia some of that criticism. rabbi goldsmith has come from inside israel itself, the former prime minister, ehud alma, for instance. he didn't think much of the government's reaction in february. there are times he said, when you have to decide who you are, what you stand for, you can't fool around. you can't fool yourself if israel were like america trying to rally its allies, would we like our best friend saying? well, there are pros and cons and we've got other things to think about. he's not saying do the easy thing. he's saying do the right thing. you have no sympathy with him when his views okay, the some ways they're to europe or is trying to do the right thing. but it, obviously it is impossible to leave elderly people or children in unheeded homes and middle of december and january the same way. israel cannot leave millions of people prone to attacks from rockets for his bela and from the iranian sponsor to guerrillas in lebanon and syria. so each country wants to join, wants to join the sanction regime or to

so russia will profit from that. i'm not a legal expert, but i think this could lower the pressure on russia to deliver some gas and to fulfill its obligations because russia cannot say, i can say now, well, we don't know what happened. we weren't, we were, it will take time to investigate. we do not know whether we can point and say, for sure who did it. so when russia refused to take german turbines from siemens to deliver gas, it's one thing. now it's, it's a different story. of course, this will put enormous pressure on the society in western europe where people are taking to the streets to protest against high energy prices. and last but not least, i think this is also sending a signal to the west. look what we can do. we can heat your infrastructure under the sea, and there are important not just gas or oil pipelines, but also communication lines between the united states, north america and europe. and russia couldn't could, to, could just hint at that. and so and say, look, we can do it. maria gray is, is a pu

but we are with russia. russia is with us. one with anyone who doesn't want or is unable to visit a polling station will be visited by an election worker who will go to their homes to collect their ballads. it's difficult for residents in russian control territories to avoid voting for some ukrainians. it became the perfect time to lead these territories once and for all, voters shimmers leveled in the proverb. superman as upon the, the referendum is a violation of international law, but it is a legal multiple and we hear that people in the occupied areas are forced to vote at gunpoint. some of them might have premature levels to what keep calls coons referendum, a propagandist, and while the west is citing international law to call it illegal, how much support does russia really have in the occupied territories? and that's a question i'd like to pass on to roman in bond at the referenda is obviously a sham. we have established that many times, but a lot of people in the numbers are indeed pro russian. if these referendums wer

power generates toward russia. would be highly provocative, selfish and short sighted. we reject all efforts by russia to use ukraine's electric grid as a pawn in this, in justified unjustified war in ukraine's nuclear power plant is a military shield or deployment site. russia is responsible for this crisis and it can also resolve it. now, the solution is not complicated. the russian for iteration must and its reckless behavior and immediately withdraw its troops. not only from the areas surrounding separate each yet, but from all of ukraine. ry cynicism from russia, claiming profound concern about the risk of catastrophe, will not cut it. it is obvious that the fastest way to fix this is for russia to withdraw immediately. unfortunately, for all of us, the russian federation showed its true colors when it obstructed the outcome. at the 10th review conference of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, russia alone block consensus on a final document. that should come as no surprise given that russia's actions during

russia about the talks. if they were ready for them but they talk but announced military mobilization, they talked about talks but denounced -- announced referendums on of the occupied territories of ukraine. what is true is that the military mobilization in russia is true. sham referendums are also true. russia also wants war, it's true but russia will not stop the course of history. mankind and the world are more stronger than one terrorist state. russia will be forced to end this war, the war it started. i rule out that the settlement can happen on a different bases then the ukrainian peace formula. until then, the russian terror, will agree to sit at one table with them. if that is followed by an act of terrorism, it will only prove that weakness. russia's weakness. its inability to prevail over us , to prevail over the world. it will only prove that five items of the ukrainian peace formula must be met as soon as possible. we are ready for peace but true, honest and fair peace. that is why the world is

and eventually of russia are just watch it now. so they have to step in your assaye right. me, maria, thanks so much for joining me here in this year today was a pleasure to lose it. right. so move on. now ross, in the 1st minutes the all the reported on the losses of the russian and ukrainian forces saying that the ukraine army has suffered, made in losses despite active mobilization and the flow of mercenaries to fight forgive. over at this time, please. erica household this ours has more than issue 100. 2000 people are loss or subsidy to charlottesville treated him to 5937 men who died to moses were speaking. ballard is almost 2500000 people. so b as portal mobilization is like birds, one percent made slightly more and was been that 1 point one percent may be each 100. so the total number of so worse of motherly sanction rates were these right now let's go live to dr. andre thomas. housing is a german attorney and a meritus, a professor of law in south africa. so thanks so much for joining us in an odd c. now the president made

once part of russia, moscow will defend them. will nato escalate its war on russia? ah. discussed these issues and more i'm joined by my guess, wendy's and in our slow he's a professor at the university of se or norway as well as author of the book was the phobia propaganda in international politics. and here in moscow, we have to meet bob, which is a political analyst and editor at you know me internet media project for a gentleman, cross up rules and the fact that means you can jump any time you want. but i always appreciate it. well, it's start out with glen in our slow, we have as we speak right now being there's a number of referendums being held in ukraine, a very significant tier. of course, it's completely rejected in the west. i don't want to waste our time on that, but they always reject reverend. did they don't like ok, but it's, it's a, we've been following the military operation, but now now the police to play it, please explain to our viewers, the importance of these boats. go ahead. ah, well, and the importance is so far when russia went into, it was a

will be scared of russia. threats. it's necessary to take only one strong step after which everything will become clear. the time has come for these, these step. we'll put everything in place after they're out on the south or, or after their massacres. after maroon, after the burning of the ukrainian prisoners in alaska, by the russian military after blocking the force after this strikes of the russian tanks and messiahs on nuclear power plant. and after threats to use nuclear weapons, which have become the rule, not the exception for russia propaganda. we must finally recognize russia as a state of sponsor of terrorism at all levels in all countries that confess, the values of these and protection of human life legally. politically, if you don't have a legal mechanism, you can make a political decision in the parliament. this is the foundation for restoring global secured. if this strong step is taken down, will disappear, whether to take other important stat. and so what is very sensitive is a border that turned on i

this is a terry russia last. so it is in a hurry right now, but he's very important for russia to make those adults are so called are friend, look like, not look like an occupation. that is why it is also important to stage all those to show like, like, it's not russia occupying ukraine, it's people who live there, they want to joined russia. this is the narrative. and of course, last but not least, i think it also, it is also some kind of a birthday present for russia's president vladimir putin. cooper, john 70 on october, the 7th. and this is something that so many experts in the west and the industry itself has been saying from the very beginning, ukraine should be kind of a birthday cake for vladimir putin. but this cake, m has gotten smaller in the past few weeks. and that's why russia is in a hurry roman, let's talk a little bit about the legitimacy of these are so called referendums, is russia actually doing anything to make them even appear legitimate? of course, i'm from the very beginning. i'm, let's re

because if russia loses in ukraine, russia, china actually gets a, we can draw, so which is much their benefit. and it should they win in ukraine, which doesn't look likely these days that, you know, they, they've been kind of at least rhetorically supporting them. and they've been spreading their propaganda message in the global so. so i think that it's very difficult for many analysts to accept here in europe that russia and china are so closely having a strategic convergence. and i think that this makes them extremely uncomfortable because this is also true in central asia, as we saw with she didn't things cummins yesterday and cousin son stating what was mentioned in the run up to the program about how that china will not allow russia. he didn't use wordpress of any impeachment because it's done sovereignty. and i think this is a key message because since bathing has signed it with russia in regard to ukraine, he has alienated to a certain level, central asian states, which were part of the soviet union who are watching what happens and you can't. and they are terrified that point

scott, russia's got boast. i, i think it's time we got to take a step back for a 2nd and understand that this is, this is a war. i'm in wars, an extension of politics by other means, which means that by sincerely focusing on the battlefield, we're missing the bigger picture. so i'm going to point out to 2 allies are going to come and get that are coming to russia side. first one is general mud. the mud season is coming as a is my colleague mentioned, and with this comes an operational reality. and so i don't see russia undertaking a significant counter counter offensive, and in the short period of time, a to risky of it, the best thing russia can do right now is to retake that on bass and they're going to do that. and i think that's what we're going to see for the rest of this military camp. any season incomes general winner. this is where it gets interest. because general winner isn't about freezing the ground tanks moving in a winter is about russia breaking the will of the west. we support ukraine. this is w

so that probing for russia, but i was up to russia to do the same, to grow, right. ok, we're going to go in and we're going to hit and we're going to hit the western forces that maybe a grain, you know, strike all the roads. railways by this hardware is getting into great. what made it so far over even later they can send in on and leave ukraine dry, but they themselves have not been prepared to get involved in the was it ok, are you prepared to get involved yourself? are you ready to get directly? well, i don't think they, which is why it's worth roughly just probing nature. ok, go and see if you are ready to escalate and get into a direct line with us. so i think that's probably the way rush is. good to know what your thoughts are that that was an excellent answer from george. your thoughts? yes, no, no. i agree. i think that's the direction of going. that's why this is dangerous because for everyone, this has been an existential opinions. russia but also to point out, maybe it was, was, it loses this, it's all credibility is gone. so i, so when, when you have eve

russia has been forced to imposed a coating in capital controls, the imf expects russia's economy will contract for at least the next two years. sharp reversal from its 4.7% growth in 2021. the russians dark markets that 35% below pre war levels. russia's unsustainably burning through its rainy day funds, moving towards fiscal deficit by years end. simply put, russia's economic picture is bleak and deteriorating. significantly, these economic constraints are translating into real battlefield difficulties of her russia. struggling to import industrial goods and technology, russia has been forced to turn to outdated equipment and approach global prices like north korea and iran to source material. because russia is a sizeable economy, and globally important energy producer, and posing financial cost while mitigating the response -- has required extraordinary planning, coordination, economic analysis, diplomacy, and created policymaking. we have been keenly focused on russia's large volume oil experts and windfall earnings in a high energy price environment. at this point, this represents

needs russia? well, this is a really uncomfortable position for russia because they are starting to appeal, appear like a vassal statement telling energy and metals to, to china. china is clearly the bigger economy right now, far stronger. and, but china doesn't have that much influence over russia. and we have to zoom out of it and look at the big picture. russia, china preferred russia in the tent, but outside the tent because we saw what happened in 2014, with the war in crimea. that that was kind of china strategy for the belgian road initiative. and so they realize that if they didn't include russia, that they would hamper their efforts for their big quest for central asian strategy . so i think clearly she jumping, understand, he has to work to put him. let me just ask you to speculate. we got 30 seconds here . when the doors are shut, do you think there she's paying says to vladimir putin? look, you've got to bring this more to an end and you green. well, i would love to be a fan of that pai

because if russia loses in ukraine, russia, china actually gets a, we can draw, so which is much their benefit. and it should they win in ukraine, which doesn't look likely these days that, you know, they, they've been kind of at least rhetorically supporting them. and they've been spreading their propaganda message in the global south. so i think that it's very difficult for many l as to accept here in europe, that russia and china are so closely having a strategic convergence. and i think that this makes them extremely uncomfortable because this is also true in central asia, as we saw with she didn't things cummins yesterday and cousin son stating what was mentioned in the run up to the program about how that title will not allow russia. he didn't use wordpress of any impeachment and cuz it's done sovereignty. and i think this is a key message because since bathing has cited with russia in regard to ukraine, he has alienated to a certain level, central asian states, which were part of the soviet union who are watching what happens and you can't. and they're terrified that point to do

the bigger picture. russia, china prefers have russia in the tent that outside the tent because we saw what happened in 2014, with the war in crimea, that, that was kind of china strategy for the belt and road initiative. and so they realize that if they didn't include russia, that they would hamper their efforts for their big west for central asian strategy . so i think clearly she didn't understand he has to work to put in, well, i would love to be a fun and know what the us because clinton has a very big ego in. this is probably the worst optics for him. the timing of this as you know, meeting. so he really comes to a very week after the ukranian advanced 10 days ago. so i think that she didn't ping, it might try to encourage him. she could, you know, play the big peacemaker if you want. but i, it's also dangerous relationship. you know, they are sure huge border. russia has nuclear weapons. she jumping and put in are both kind of unpredictable leaders of mine. so i think he has very, very cautious and almost massage pollutants, ego perhaps and reassure him hours. theresa fallen off

but can we expect recognition from russia's allies, at least a russia has not so much allies as they would like it just several countries as a areas that are not recognized by the european countries. and generally by the un, that with just in favor of every russian decision, and there are lot themselves. and then we have to understand, clearly that russia is a country that has no international legitimacy by itself. now, because of the constant violation of the international law and every action russia makes in the sovereign territory or few friends is unlawful not to take along the unlawful and unprovoked invasion. started on the 24th of february, speaking to us from hockey fan ukraine. security analyst a maria of de la, thank you very much. thank you. are the so called referendums are now underway, were announced after ukrainian forces liberated a large part of territory formerly held by russian forces. one of the places we taken in that counter offensive was coop, yonce, get in the harbor. if region d, w corresponded a nick connelly went there and sent us this report. russia is her

in mid february after russia recognized the ukranian region as an independent state. days before russia began its war. people here thought the declaration would bring peace, that the woods in ceylon, which it's very important for all of us, that peace will finally come to our republic and to lo hands can. we just want peace and calm with both, but neither was there easy didn't receive, but conflict escalated after russian president vladimir putin. you signed up to support the separatists and used their claims of oppression as grounds for an invasion. now, moscow backed officials in full regions as seeking not just recognition, but annexation votes on whether to join russia will take place in occupied her son zap or asia, lou haskell and done. yet sk pots of which have been held by separatists since 2014, when crimea was seized by russia following a so called referendum. kremlin installed leaders in the regions raced to announce their ballots days after ukrainian troops recaptured sways of eastern territory. they've been preparing for months signing up residence as russian citizens in lo

when russia might, might need it. like, for example, china does not help russia with the warren and also large scale investments in russia's economic development. and what we're seeing, the checking on the forum is that inability to convert rhetoric and transactional relationships. if you're truly deep, long term g partnerships. those telling that lesion shoe, the chinese number 3, is the only person there and russia is having to science most consequential deals of the form, but man wears into yeah, that's quite telling. let's keep talking about china because the relationship between food and cheating thing is, is quite fascinating. both are going to meet for the 1st time face to face next week at food and has described the 2 countries relationship as having no limits and beijing refuses to condemn the invasion of ukraine. what exactly is china's role in the conflict? well, i think is wrong, accomplish shows, and it's a close partnership and actually has limits on like what goodness, in fact, they've chinese have knoc

and russia and russia racing the bar. it makes the question or how will the rest respond? the it puts the dilemma on them. how they respond militarily. ok. now it's a response. so let me go to the me here. now, i'm basically the same question here because it's when they talk about the negotiated and the conflict when once these referendums are completed. and i think it's fair to say that they, they will pass. they will make a request to the russian federation to join russia. we're going to assume that's going to happen. so there's a difference if there is going to be negotiated and it's going to be a different ukraine that will be negotiating. well, i think there are 2 points of view positions from which you can view this, which one is most important for me and that is a purely human like people leaving, you know, these therapist, these are 8000000 people. what do they feel? what really fear, you know, i have friends relatives and they're all the same, same thing. we don't want to from going to move out if russia and i'm

no one threatened russia. and no one other than russia sought conflict. president biden was referring to a televised address by vladimir putin earlier today, announcing a parcel mobilization of 300000 additional reserve as following heavy setbacks on the battlefield and ukraine on the streets of ukraine's capital gave the announcement from moscow is being met with the mixture of derision and disdain, that they are. oh, you know, this is agony caused by impotent patient doesn't know what to do. so now he tries to make people hear his words. that's my opinion. yeah. other words, over here with the, i think we have to trust our armed forces and no one else said rose. her fronts will always come from russia will kill one that will reduce the walk. so there's no point in listening to them when negotiated on them. awesome, so luckily he's are all empty words to him of them without the symbol so. so let me put in his calling the move necessary an urgent saying the west crossed a line by providing sophisticated weapon

isolating russia. he said there have been tectonic changes. the role of the asia pacific has increased level and that to the west has said the west is trying to make everyone live, to their rules. and we cannot live under a dictatorship of will. so that is president vladimir putin addressing at the eastern economic form in the flat a vos talk to which the chinese number 3 leech and schoo l. he's there, as well as my senior chinese needed to meet for talks outside china's pandemic. and he will be talking to let me put in a little bit later, and there are reports that may pave the way to her. she's in pink and vladimir putin meeting at a summit later this month. let's analyze little bit what's been happening here. we can bring in some a person who's author of russia's road to war with ukraine, jaundiced life now from singapore. so that somehow that you've been listening to what's being said. this. i repeated saying that russia is coping with what he called this the financial aggression, the sanctions. ju

i spoke to a russia there as well. and this was the main sentiment that the why, why, why hasn't russia more? why on the bridge is standing? why? why taking so much recordings for the civil and infrastructure this, this was a luxury that in february, but it's not a luxury one that was pumping in on this weapon. so i saw this a lot of resentment towards perhaps, and the kremlin being in 2 restraints. and they're the response. again, this is sending the wrong signals, especially to the american, so they can keep doing every weapons, because ross on retaliating time. so what georgia is, viewers here, are viewed the gather, george and i do, george, you, you're looking pretty much vindicated, right? over the last 6 months of our conversations here. i mean, again, it's time to take the gloves off as you've already mentioned. you know, a tax on, i mean, fascinations in moscow. it's time to the game and this is a catalyst. there are plenty of people just, one is pointing out here that this will be a catalyst to push through be

so is russia increasing its corporation with china? and i know that traditionally, india has looked at that with a certain degree of once you have a major voice dispute of, in the chinese, you also have security apprehensions about the growth of china. have you seen any change in the russian chinese dynamic over the last half a year, and do you think anything substantial has changed their see one has to take of any realistic view of geo politics. you shared common borders with russia? they are your immediate neighbors. we're still at a certain distance and chinese over the deep pockets, and i'm in force 2014. they were able to invest in your energy sector than many other places. so it is russia's right to create that complementarity and interdependence. so russia, india does not dictate to other countries how, what kind of relations it should have with its own neighborhoods. so we have no such qualms. there are relations with the russia on its own, mad it and it would continue to be and we are all sure of it that show would not undermi

that russia is hoping for more. he also said at the very end of his speech, i'm not bluffing uh isn't that what buffers always say? yeah, that's what i would say. if you sit at the poker table uh and you bluff and you say i'm not bluffing this actually irritates or it should irritate your countererparts. and i also think that we shouldn't overestimate what he was saying about nuclear weapons basically. he was saying he was threatening, threatening this since march when the west was starting heavily too heavily support the ukrainians with weapons. but it didn't happen. and i have the hope he's not the only to decide he has other people who have also to give their consenent to the use of nuclear weapons i hope other people will hinder him from doing this um i listened yesterday to us president joe biden at the u. n. reacting to putin's speech. um ali what do you make of biden's reaction to his speech yesterday it wasn't very strong was it? well i think we should also see that in context with other statements by biden.

has grown in significance for russia. since it's invasion of ukraine, lead western states to impose sanctions on moscow. by far, the most important meeting for putin is with his chinese counterpart sheeting pink . it's the chinese presidents, 1st foreign trip since the start of the corona virus pandemic. china has remained tight lipped over russia's invasion of ukraine. putin was clearly thankful for the tacit support. this is because we highly value the balance to position of our chinese friends when it comes to the ukraine crisis. russia and china are presenting a united front when relations with western states are going from bad to worse. 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 chi

this is not closed as a war inside russia. they to turn it into an official war. they need to kind of have an arch of and that would be ukraine's attacking russian church. and that would then allow russia to mobilize soldiers, ordinary people, who so far, even if they're serving the military, have been able to get out of coming here to you. crunch fight. they've tried to incentivize people with money or allow a prisoners to come fight here in return of some kind of deal to get out of jail quicker. but it's not working. they're just outmanned on the battlefield. everyone here in ukraine was looking at their phones last night, were expecting to hear from that in the future. may be some kind of big speech about mobilization and turning this into a kind of all out war. but so far that's been delayed flooding futures. we know like ski people waiting, but as the expectation of more dramatic announcements coming from moscow today. okay, so if this does work, if russia does claim these regions as its own, how will that change things i

so in every single way russia is fighting nato. so why should those satellites stay in the sky, ted? well, my only answer would be sort of the prayerful hope that we prevent world war 3 here . but unfortunately, tit for tat is an entirely legitimate tactic. in a situation like this, you know, with sibling and infrastructure as you say, destroyer for that matter. and hotel that was targeted by, you know, a guided missile, forgot to say, for an assassination of one person. talking about overkill. someone's got to be rational here. someone's going to be reasonable, but we can't keep expecting russia to be that someone all the time without some kind of reciprocation. and as you noted earlier, it's, it's as though there's been a deliberate burning of the bridges. so there's no going back. and no one wants in washington, it seems in nato capitals. no one wants the possibility, a real negotiations or some kind of least bad alternative lasting piece. yeah, well that's because they've created this rhetorical environment where you can't take

did the sanctions. russia keeps the energy price high. russia exports to china, china takes a markup, and exports to the u. rush, us being benefiting cost. the price are pushed up. russia can export less energy, but still make much more money or all our leaders from usaa, britain, you the all kind of bet their entire political legitimacy on, on this fight that we were going to beat the russians. but now, or when this all failing, they don't really have any other solutions. threatened us, double down professor didn't. this is actually again, a very interesting question. and perhaps even i under explore and how much political mythology and rhetoric influence soul and economic decisions. because here in russia, we usually think of the westerners as those, you know, hard nosed capitalist who are good at procuring profits will only mind their own business. but these, the, this again, i, our typical stereotypes of their westerners. i define what is the basic i guiding principles of european and western approach at this point of time, not necessarily to russia, but just the approach to polic

go ahead at this point, i think russia does. i said which ways both, both are what one of the other the clock in. what was the other one, like clock in time. i got the clock who's got the time. i think he, i think russia has both, it can, it can, it can hold out for as long as it can, the united states is up against a very serious selection coming up. the people don't like this, shoot this war and, and they have other things on their mind. and the, and the europeans are getting fed up. and, and they're, and they're, they're seeing that this is getting them know where you got protests going on in germany now. and all that russia has to do is wait it out and, and it's going to be, it will, i think the europeans are gonna ultimately recoil from all of this and, and finally say enough it in spite of the fact that that victoria newland and company are back there, pushing, pushing, pushing, but at some point they're going to see that this is not benefiting them. they're going to have are very harsh winter. and, and the russians have b

her point, we are changing russia's role in the economy. russia provides commodity. they are critical for allowing people around the world to survive. so we had that happen russia is not involved in high-tech, high-value sectors of the economy such as research, i.t., and finance. that is a real change from the way russia thought of itself a few years ago. fourth, we are mitigating the effect of the war. if i may just say this here because i know it's important to some members of the committee when russia invaded ukraine, ukraine's grain exports stopped aired before the war 25% of the poorest countries in the world depended on ukraine and russia for their food. for two months, tens of millions of people had no access to the food they normally would buy. over the last few months, with help from the eu and the u.n. we managed to get more than 10 million tons of ukrainian grain to market. we have also made clear that russian green can flow and it is moving at about prewar levels. that feeds hundreds of millions of people. in conclusion i will say sanctions are just one t

russia regarding time one. secondly, russia wants to sell more oil and gas to china. it's crucially important for russia regarding the fact that it is under the heavy sanctions imposed by the western western countries. and it wants to a to find out more resources for revenues to protect his economy from a collapse this by china being the number one client for the russian energy. it also wants to have more alternatives. so did the chinese leader, she gp was in kazakhstan, right? ahead of the a did the chunk i cooperation or organization summit in as becky stant to seek for increasing add increasing the that the gas import from kaiser kristen and export say that the reason for that. one of the reasons for that is that china doesn't want it relations with russia to come at the expense of at the cost of its relations with the west rest. who said that for inside story now is russell mentioned. china has avoided openly supporting russia's invasion of ukraine, but in the past week, beijing's 3rd highest ranking leader