Transcripts For RT Interview 20240711

A secret war. And for years the American People did not know until our thelma is officially the mouth carry back country per capita. Human history, millions of unexploded bombs still in danger lives in this Small Agricultural country. Jordyn wieber, when it cannot happen. Even today, kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago. Is the us making amends for the tragedy in laos. What help do the people need in that little land of mines in germany, babies . Cry saying and french babies, which a man is those of their actually follow the rhythmic pattern on bridges. Mon, so, you know, show murder, they get that turns out she looked into it 1st, what was happening was that the babies could actually hear their mothers speech if there is a breach of pressure by the 1st of what if it, mr. Prescott . Thank you very much for sitting down with r. T. Lets go straight to the questions minister lavrov announced today that russia will introduce counter sanctions against germany and france. Following the allegedly of all new poisoning. Lavrov said that we have all the grounds to believe that the poisoning took place either on the plane that took him from germany, or that it happened when he was already in germany. What does the kremlin have to say about it . And lets just not call him a patient, but nevertheless, he is a burly, impatient, with the berlin patient is a different person. 1st of all, it is not reasonable to think that lavrov and the kremlin would have different opinions. Because after all of is the minister of Foreign Affairs and russias Foreign Policy is determined by the president. That is why we work in sync like a persons head and hands. Ask for the counter sanctions against france and germany because it was inevitable. And there is a strong case for the principle of reciprocity in this instance. And of course, it was highly unlikely that russia would leave it on, answered all the more. So, because a, the reason for the sanctions was more than doubtful against russia. Yes. For the, initial sanctions and b. , the sanctions were unprecedented. Relatively unprecedented. He took members of the president s executive office with quotes on the list, went down full grounds. So our response is a no brainer. That would preclude. Well, what kind of response would that be . For example, germany put sergei her younger on the list. What are we going to do then some assistance and your merkel from traveling to the region siberia was here she very years ago. There in the 1st place. Well, it is hardly possible to find korean cozy equal and true. But in any case, technic it is easy to find an official of the same rank. And when you think most of what you really think about this poisoning and was there a poisoning at all . We have already talked a lot about it. Frankly speaking, i would not like to continue this discussion at all, but nevertheless, these are just questions. Im not challenging anyones views. Ok, let us proceed from hard facts. A person lost consciousness on an airplane. The person was treated in an arms cost little in the intensive care unit, since there was an emergency situation during the flight, which caused an Emergency Landing and so on. Then of course, all the necessary investigative activities were performed by default. All the tests that were taken in the hospital, in that intensive care unit, all the tests that were done as part of these investigative activities showed no signs of poisoning whatsoever. At the request of the patients family, the authorities under took special measures to a system in traveling abroad why special measures . Because he was not allowed to go anywhere under law. He was under a travel ban, of course, under law. He could not go anywhere. But on the other hand, this is his usual situation. And in fact, after the doctors drop their reservations, decisive reservations against a transportation an order was sent to remove these restrictions and let them go. Who sent the order. Well, the president explained it, the president talked about it himself. It would have been difficult to do so without that order because he was subject to the travel ban. After all, there is a reason personally resolve the issue. He did not resolve it. He ordered to provide all possible assistance. It was the doctors who made the decision. It was their call. Here is what happened next. Next, the berlin hospital reported that tests were carried out by a special bar, a tree of the bundeswehr. And some substances were found indicating that the patient was poisoned by novacek. Then russia sent to request no answer. We sent a 2nd request, again, no answer. What request about the substance . We took the tests the entire. So russia has not received any official answers. No, then we found out that with the families consent more tests were done, and the tests were sent to the border trees in other capitals. Which ones stockholm . Well, somewhere in sweden, at least we dont know exactly where the lab is located and france, why . I do not know why you have to ask either way the patient will be german officials. Again, none of their requests came back with an answer. Moreover, they started to give contradictory statements. It turned out it was not novacek, it was a certain substance which is not included in the list of banned substances of the a p c w, but may fall into the novacek group. In other words, it is a kind of poison and not a poison. At the same time, both a poison and not a poison and both banned and not banned. Both detectable and non detectable only for some reason. It is not detectable in russia but is detectable in germany and sweden overall. There are more questions than answers. And in response to our questions, our foreign counterparts, those who introduce those very sanctions make contradictory statements. So we are where we are. What is russias stance . We are still interested in the investigation of all the circumstances of what happened. We want to know the truth. So we said please help us if you have information that we do not have, please share it with us, but no one wanted to cooperate. Sometimes it seems that the patient does not want that truth to be out himself. Sometimes it seems the patient is not that sick. There are a lot of questions about his illness too. And if he is ill, we need to know how bad and whether his disease can fade and come back. Well, you have to agree that there are more questions than answers. This is why we have what we have. Weve heard quite tough statements about the Russian Federation from berlin. We do not agree with these statements. We are still interested in finding out the circumstances of what happened. But unfortunately our counterparts remain deaf to our requests. Arent these harsh statements, just a part of the diplomatic protocol . Correct me if i am wrong, but germany itself is the main victim because of sanctions imposed, for instance, against the north stream 2 project. Well, north stream 2 is an International Project. It is an International Project which is actually a, in the interests of the joint venture itself. There are purely commercial interests, be in the interests of those who will pump gas through this pipeline. Meaning in our interests, yes. And in the interests of those who will receive this gas, that is northern germany, northern europe. Of course, everything is absolutely clear. The position is absolutely clear. The project is a international and be commercial and see no matter who says what, even despite the periodic appeal of the spot market, nothing other than pipeline gas can ensure europes energy security. Why is that . Because the spot market is quite volatile because it is subject to a variety of factors such as transport, haitian safety, reliability of liquefaction equipment, etc. In many countries, it is also dominated by factors that have to do with the current Political Landscape in l. And g. Export in countries. Finally, there is the issue of Climate Change which will affect transportation routes, modes of transportation, etc. In other words, the spot market is much less stable than the pipeline gas market where russia happens to be far above the competition. Not only is this market stable, it is overall cheaper and more reliable. It is designed for the long term which allows consumers of this particular Energy Resource to calculate Development Plans far into the future. Does this mean that you, indirectly, or all of us collectively, as russians are accusing the us of trying to drive us out of the European Market by any means available by means that are dishonest and unscrupulous . This is no question unfair competition on the part of the u. S. No question, none at all. Lets be perfectly clear. U. S. Ambassadors to europes capitals. Have no qualms about inviting weve in summoning heads of companies and leaders of governments to lecture them. Like a teacher scolding his pupils about the russian pipeline project and why it should be aborted. And what does america after in return . Perhaps we should have negotiated something with the americans and divided up the market. Look, this is economic competition, which is a game you play by the rules, no political interference, but it never really works that way does it . It does sometimes. But we still have International Trade law, which includes trade in Energy Resources or oil and gas. Trade is subject to certain rules. Oil is a commodity after all. As soon as someone relies on politics or uses state power in some domain, in order to put pressure on potential competitors. Well thats too far to q. And we dont do that. No, we dont. I say, we never do that, never sure we can make use of our competitive advantages, like natural wealth technology, where us appear r. T. In terms of infrastructure. But that doesnt mean that we pressure someone, its a giving up their commercially profitable projects. This is a story of women and women with troubled histories and complex cold cases. You know, some of us date really believe i was out there who were not the person that cheesiness of the day i considered the most dangerous of criminals. Shes in a still well below 23 hours of the day. Tell me that its not enough that it will give women on death row on election night. You may know on election night, you may know whether the margin for the winner is so large that it is impossible for the defeated candidate to catch up. So there may still be 10000. 00 votes to count, but the margin is 80000 votes and it doesnt matter if all 10000 votes went for the defeated candidate, they cannot possibly catch up and thats where we are today. Joe bidens margin is so large in all of the states that are being contested, that even though some other states have not finished county, they still dont know who won. And joe biden won a majority of the Electoral College votes as well as in the bowl, but the most rational big city bright lights, huge opportunities and many dangers for blatantly to do. And its also a city where up to 300000. 00 crimes are committed every year for the last living. But then you must still think the Reason Police one police officer, 200 residents in russias capital cost on the list. I think you just must, we all put in the truth that they will not go with the wind up boysen along with those who would have to most curious that all these big guns are really taking a position against the us dollars. They got stand, stand up and youve got also, if the dollar is great value, hes heavy into gold. Thanks. Dollars is going to be very bad situation going forward. He has not yet jumped into the big point both, but i predict he will very soon. Youve got warren buffett. He doesnt like big point, but he is putting a lot of money work in japan to get out of the dollar. And youve got baltar, jones is having to go heavy into big point. So all of the titanic, you know, movers and shakers of the Global Financial world are showing away from the dollar. , more though its speaking of the u. S. , lets move on to the president ial election. All right, because with a bit of somebodys news, these elections seem to have gone almost unnoticed by the kremlin. I mean, it feels as if the kremlin doesnt even care who wins trump or biden. As of right now, it looks like joe biden, meaning the Democratic Party is on track for victory. What does the kremlin think about all this and water . Russias prospects either with its own pool, who want to keep its because he wants for sure. Just tension above them all the times cause and some president as president putin put it several years ago. Its none of our business. The americans clearly dont think that way. First, we will respect to the, the choice of the American People, whatever it is. 2nd, we are willing to work with any future u. S. , president , whomever the americans choose, and 3rd, naturally we would be much happier with a president who would be willing to put at least some effort into reanimating us russian relations. Also, 4th, we have never interfered and will never interfere in americas internal affairs. But that goes both ways. We will never let america interfere in our Domestic Affairs. Either. This is our unchanging principle, and this is what our president has expressed repeatedly speaking at International Forums in bilateral conversations. Its cetera. But its very well, lets talk 1st about interference and lets discuss whether the United States actually tried to meddle in our Domestic Affairs. Whether this is so evident, and lets also talk about the u. S. Accusing us of interfering in their internal affairs in the previous election season. For example, for 4 years, the story has handicapped president , trump in many ways preventing him from performing his duties as president. And, finally, when it comes to u. S. , russia relations, what can we expect from a democrat in the white house, from the Democratic Party in power . As opposed over the past 10 years, our legislation has matured and evolved in terms of preventing foreign powers from interfering in our internal affairs. We have set up all kinds of watchdog systems in multiple areas, allowing us to minimize the threats of foreign interference. When you know it was more than that, if, for example, or move them of any of their weight, well, take the restrictions imposed on foreigners with respect to owning Media Companies in russia or the Foreign Agent regulations that weve introduced. In fact, these have all been subject to legislative change over recent years. Sure. Some of our own champions of american democracy. Our own, you mean from among russians . Yes, here in russia, you know, very well that we have very vocal people who kept complaining about violations of human rights to saying that entire sectors of the economy would stop developing. Nothing of that sort ever happened. But we were able to dramatically reduce the risk of foreign interference as they meant loaners will attack you with. Do we have any proven cases of us interfering in our Domestic Affairs or lots of them. For example, this one was, well, if you told me in advance, id probably be able to recall some of the stories of the past 10 years. Well discounting the story about the spy rock art, the infamous spy rock. The method used only proves that scouting and spying is one of the worlds oldest profession. No idea if thats true, however, spying used to be our president s profession. And in the case of the spire uk, those were actual spies. You probably remember that even before 2008, the Prosecutor Generals Office would compile entire databases of money transfers from the us to various public organizations, etc. I remember all of that being reported to the president. In fact, we made most of the information public. There are lots of examples of that sort. The money transfers were viewed as interfering with russian politics naturally. Because those were n. G. O. S that engage in political activities, right . Exactly, and dont forget the constant evaluating of our domestic political processes, incessant criticism, accusations of human rights violations, disapproval of our election practices. Given recent developments, i dont think the americans have the right to criticize anyone elses elections, really. Of course they can. But at the very least, weve been hearing all these things all the time in what is it, if not intervention into internal affairs . Has russia ever intervened in United States internal affairs . No, never under no circumstances. It hasnt. So we didnt buy any ads on facebook as they have been accusing us, and neither did we came up. Im sure someone did place some commercial ads. Facebook has a whole sales policy for commercial ads. And that surely were some people from russia who made use of it. Thats nothing out of the ordinary. Its not however, you mean that there probably were some private buyers from russia who paid for such as for their own purposes. Of course some people completely legit who just purchased some hands. But russia as a state more than that r. T. Has been broadcasting in the United States for some time now and it still does exactly. But our american counterparts seem to consider it a direct intervention in their internal affairs. So this way when r. T. And broadcasts is in the us, its intervention while when c. N. N. Is broadcasting and they did so through Russias National Media Group by the way. So what are we to expect from democrats in the white house there with the democrats . Of course, from whoever is in the white house, id say, im positive, we will see a biden harris administration. We dont have the official results yet, but most likely until the official results are announced. But i have no right to do that, especially since the president gave orders to wait for the official results and to congratulate the president elect only upon the announcement. Is this how we are supporting trump in a way, or are we just following the diplomatic protocol that absolutely not, were just waiting politely. We do not comment on the u. S. Election or on the Current Situation in the United States. Were simply waiting till america is ready to announce the newly elected president , not the american media, but the american nation has been obviously not peculiar to me. Well, what was it like to work with biden . He served as Vice President during obamas presidency. So we know him well, you know him well, and our president knows him well. He met biden looking woman was almost there. Yes, he did. But he mostly had meetings with his boss, president obama, and cheney compassionately. Of course he met with his boss. Yes. So it was mostly about building dialogue with president obama, and it wasnt easy, not at all. What do you mean . Especially obamas last 6 months in office. Why . As there were a lot of disagreements that led to russian American Relations eventually deteriorating during president trump, a term i would support for corporate. What was it that happened between our countries during Barack Obamas presidency . Then after the russian American Relations had been officially reset . It all went crumbling down, as you said, of hope. It will work at the summit to grab the thing well, your question calls for a Detailed Analysis of russian American Relations. But in essence, its all very simple. If we look back at where our bilateral relations started in the 1st place, it looks like washingtons plan was to keep russias economy in development around the level. It sank to in the, in 1990 s. As a resource colony that was the russia. They were comfortable with, in other words, what kind of russia was that, if there is, youve got almost no problem. It. The kind of russia thats easy to control, the kind of russia that has no voice on the international scene, the kind of russia that has no economic, social, political, or federal potential to claim a voice. The kind of russia that wouldnt be able to say ok guys, we have conditions such as Mutual Respect and mutual interests. So as soon as russia began to change, starting with the early 2000, washington began to feel uneasy about it. As russia grew stronger and not saying it was getting a strong as it used to be, but as it was getting stronger, it was making them more and more concerned. Thats what historically predetermine the trajectory of our bilateral relations and what we have now. Obviously, russia wasnt ready to accept any kind of relations except those based on the principle of equal partnership. Neither was it ready to make concessions and let any red lines be crossed in the area of national interests. Indeed, as i recall it cause it in the end of the 2nd term, president obama was expressing the following views. Why would we have a dialogue on equal terms with a country . There is the economy, the size of spains, i dont know whose feelings he hurt more by saying this, russia or spains, but obviously the rhetoric of inequality was there as president obama was on his way out of the office. But all this irritation at the kremlin that russia was apparently causing, i think there should have been some reason for dont you think so . Well, regardless of the size of the economy, russia is a country that has a special position in the world because of its enormousness enormousness. Its in comprehensibility because of its geopolitical significance most probably because of all these things because it supports a multipolar world because its double headed as the imperial eagle on its coat of arms because of all of this. But no matter how you put it, it sounds like youre saying russia is bipolar no why . You said double headed. But each of the 2 heads works just fine. Right . Of course, in this sense, president obamas wish was like that of the display of character who said, yes, the russian man is brought to rot. Indeed, i have a narrower. He definitely wish to have russia narrower. We dont want to be made narrow. Our political analyst alexander bone of said once that the reason for the conflict between russia and the United States is that russia is the only other country in the world capable of protecting, not only itself but its allies. And that is whats causing such protests and disagreement that we see in americas Foreign Policy towards russia. Would you agree with that . I dont think we should narrow it all down to russia. U. S. Relations. We are witnessing how a uni polar world order is transforming into a multipolar one. Its a very painful process that soul center of power that used to reign alone is now pushing back against the change, consciously or subconsciously. I dont know. Its fighting this process. The formally dominant center finds it extremely hard to adapt to this new world order. Thats why the whole system of International Law is breaking down. International institutions are crumbling as well. There are those who are trying to challenge International Institutions day and night. The mandates of some institutions get undermined, or others grow in importance. And some of them actually cease playing any role at, all. Which ones, lets not go into that. The u. N. The u. N. Has always been the only universal International Institution that we cant do without. Its the u. N. And the Security Council with the 5 Nuclear Weapons states that hold veto power. I think you know Vladimir Putins position on that issue. The u. N. Is the cornerstone of global security. A new gold rush is underway and gonna thousands of ill equipped workers are flocking to the gold fields, hoping to strike it. Rich is the book that yo children a tool in between gold. My family was very poor. I thought i was doing my best to get back to school, which side will have the strongest appeal . Is your media a reflection of reality . In a world transformed what will make you feel safe . Isolation or community . Are you going the right way or are you being led . So direct. What is true . What is faith . In a world corrupted, you need to descend to join us in the depths or inmate in the shallowness and journey babies. Cry saying, entrenched babysits a man is so those that there actually follow the rhythmic pattern verses monsoreau, you know, show where they get. That turns out she looked into it 1st, what was happening was that the babies could actually hear their mothers feige in the room. You know those little sleep wolf where sleeps posts, but wu clubbable was sure i can board. It doesnt actually matter. Vegetable wouldve been murdered by you to go there when youre sick, as all of those who do use the word, because those told me again, we will see in the movie it is with the weve seen it all seen it was in his but is the most severe, some of it is in your speech, come off and it is the of the 20th century was thing in or of revolution, the Great Depression and world wars, the 21st century of mental illness. Those arent my words. Thats what therapists and psychiatrists tell us. The only question is, should we accept it as a fact or no look forward to talking to you all should work for people must obey the orders given by human beings except when it conflicts with the 1st person intelligence. The point is theyre not saying with Artificial Intelligence must protect its own existence. As president putin says, fighting has stopped in the disputed region where russian peacekeepers are now enforcing a cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan. We hear from the refugees who fled the conflict. 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