And to participate in a competition. They feel they have already won whatever the results on the field. Alison or m p a d al jazeera condo to columbia. Ah, so if i could sort of a headlines here on al jazeera, you as President Joe Biden has warned saudi arabia, therell be consequences, awfully. Saudi led opec. Clos group decided little cut oil output, the white house, which opposed the move accuses we had of siding with russia, which is also in the group. The u. S. As its now reevaluating its relationship with saudi arabia, from the beginning of the administration, since taking office to prison has been very clear that United States needs to leave a different sort of relationship with saudi arabia. He has said that from very early on. And i have said this last week when opec made the decision to align their Energy Policy with russias war and war aims and against the american people. Further underscore is that reasoning to realign that relationship to reevaluate that, that relationship with saudi arabia. We are reviewing where we are currently right now and will be watching closely over the coming weeks and months as well. A caught in manama has sentence to pose liter unsung suit. She to an additional 3 years in prison on charges of accepting a bribe. It extends her total prison term to 26 years. She has denied any wrongdoing. Russia has continued to launch missiles at several regions of ukraine, including the southeastern city of zappas, asia. Ukrainian Officials Say at least one person was killed. E u Energy Ministers are meeting and proud to find ways to tackle rising gas price as the blocks considering emergency measures, including a possible price gap. The International Monetary fund is painting a bleak picture of a Global Economy warning that next year could be lack of recession. For many, a growth full cost of 2023 has been cut, including inflation and the ukraine wolf. To 2023. Slow down will be broad based with countries accounting for a 3rd of the Global Economy expected the contract this year, or next, the 3 largest economies, the United States, china, and the your area will continue to stall. In short, the worst is yet to come. And for many people, 2023 will feel like a recession. Well, those are the headlines. News continues here now. Does air off the listing post statement pentleton bye for now. Once upon a time, a family fled from monsters and sought silence in the snowy land. The sisters was so scared of being sent back that they disappeared within themselves. The little boy had a different who escaped to mars the ship made scrap. How will that story and witness wake up . What moms an ouch, sir. In the Russian Media, criticism of the war effort wasnt visible. Its now creeping into the coverage. Russian history isnt what it used to be. We look at the official efforts to scrub it, clean, and Iran Supreme Leader offers and tweak his response to the continuing demonstration. Ah, hello Richard Gilbert and youre at the listening post where we provide explanatory journalism about journalism and the global news media. We begin with a narrative that is shifting in russia since the crumbling annexation of 4 provinces in Eastern Ukraine, its forces have suffered setbacks, some rushing voices on the airwaves, and online have grown more critical, not of Latimer Putin that comes with consequences, but of the Russian Military, these arent anti war voices. For the most part, those have been silenced. The pro war putin faithful, are now grappling with defeats. They never expected to see Russian Troops in retreat from towns likely mon. Inside the annexation zone, the generals taking the flock are getting it from some public figures who carry considerable cloud on line loyalists on usually subservient state Television Channels are echoing route and military bloggers go to sources for russians, trying to find more authentic reporting from the battlefield. Or painting a picture thats everybodys bleak. The angle of this story that has not drawn enough attention, the nuclear one and putins refusal to take that option off the table. Our starting point this week is moscow. I mean, if youre a russian in a state controls new studio these days, you were advised to choose your words very carefully. Of son of consortium, which is allah. But adam lou jim, when youre my shim divided star at the gold ganache, all of them, or even someone like margarita simonian, the head of the state owned news outlet r t needed reminding fact, after she appeared on another channel, irosia won the topic, rushes unilateral annexation on september 30th of parts of Eastern Ukraine and its militarys humiliating retreat from some of that same territory, the very next day the roses in samoa, as though linea strategically busied sydney, a single sewing association, come under william, but as well, oh, probably in your lifetime and it was the kind of analysis that will get you called out vox holstead exquisite medicine zulema. But he spits that garage single grain. They may just voluntary knee. Some zullie. If youre a political player and youre online, like the oligarchy of guinea, per goshen, or for amazon could do it off Vladimir Putins man in chechnya. You tend to have more leeway. But not that much. So you ripped the underline as and go after putins generals, calling them unfit to lead on the battlefield. There is a thing in the russian side. Gotcha. By any play. He excited with boys. How baths are boyer sa sense fossils . So the idea is that the do not criticize, sorry to criticize people who are in charge of from implementing his decisions. Its a relatively significant moment because we have not seen the criticism coming from such hiring. People like other the church and leader runs on europe and of precaution, who is an oligarchy. While i have criticized the war effort and scathing terms, theyre not alone. Theyre important because your office sent troops from chechnya to the ukraine. And for gordon is important because he runs this mercenary group called the wagner group whos they represent a Larger Community of nationalists, of right wing nationalists who want to take the gloves off the retreats are going down very badly. Most analysts are agreed that runs and could do, did not write the criticism of the army on his very popular telegram channel. The sort of language was the thing you did not give off to the strong cordero of 5 different groups that are close to the kremlin, vying to place responsibility on other groups on groups with him. They have rivalries, and thats really what were seeing now when you go to the threat of rumblings of russian descent, provide glimpses into how Media Censorship there works. And when it does not controlling the terminology is the easy part. But when youre done now this bit that there are people that she did on both subject dont call that a war when the kremlin says its a special military operation. Dont call the latest construction order for an extra 300000 russians. A mobilization that is that this is cooper route, but according to the tributes of him, its a partial mobilization. The problem occurs when fact on the ground changed too quickly for the authorities to keep up. And the official guidance is late in coming with media outlets. Dont know what kind of terminology they can get away with how accurate they can afford to be teacher. Not only and when you go and put battle, start the baby with. Oh, fuck oakley, my new boy. Great, thank you. Your shows are shade. If we compare what the, what the statement back on that was telling about this war at the beginning in march. And now these are new totally different wars because because back then loma will appear to be that it is up for each bit. And thats if you go through the putting a nation oppressed by the not the government would definitely support Russian Troops and the russian control. And when it didnt happen, they put a bug under has to explain all the defeats and the 3. So you may see, lets just see what the bottle and last are what we group with a cap put on my list them and why the military operation that was expected to, to take like 34 days already last more than half a year. And there is no end in sight. Rush and searching for more reliable war reporting can no longer rely on alternative media outlets. They have been brought to here. Millions have turned to the messaging app telegraph and military bloggers embedded with rushing forces, who offer more factual news from the front. With followings in the hundreds of thousands, sometimes more. They publish and detailed information maps of troop movements when allowed. They blog with a pro war perspective and are distinctly unhappy with the news. They are reporting. Some of them are also calling for military heads to role. And again, we start to see that looking for who is to blame flood course. One of the most popular was talking about how arrests need to be made because the military are clearly not a daring to the constitution of accusation is coming out. And remind one of even darker talent and russia history and the need for sort of packaging that said these people, they are more extreme than the government. So they shouldnt be misunderstood as thats the direction of the kremlin. But they are in potential. People understand they can come, come, get in your level formation from work propaganda and leave them. Youve got this group of people who have very nation that his views, but at least they have give you access to some information about whats going on on the grow. And because of this access, they became relatively influential. Some of the telecom sham of the round. They have millions of subscribers because people want to get access to it to the information. The opposition to this war is not from those who are anti war. They have been repressed, sufficiently in the demonstrations. The rest is now coming from a far right and a far, far right, an extremist nationalist, right . But that is a very important opposition and they have their own apps. They have their own media, they have their own newsletters, gets an important trend to watch as the war goes badly. Still not just love all the angles in the ukraine. Stories of Russian Media have come up short on, none is bigger than the nuclear one. If you where you sit in the bill is actually the sheet that i see that all the one that use the new. Shes Still National at the new 1000000 president to tunes repeated stress that that option is on the table. Should russian territory come under attack . Was described by one moscow paper as unbelievable. Its editorial argued that to allow in words the possibility of a Nuclear Conflict is a short step towards allowing it in reality. But that was the exception. Then again, why would russian news channels be concerned by something that some of their own anchors have been suggesting for months now, with the apparent blessing of the kremlin children but be very easy to get away. But what, what is le Russian Media does a lot of saber rattling nuclear. Sabre rattling at them at the moment. And that a controlled and narrative efforts being built inside the kremlin, of course, that engine trying to send the message to the west that he would not back call that this is not a block. His message has to be sort of backed by the whole propaganda. But as us and this question, where are we all heading is, is it is in the air, the talk of Nuclear Weapons of any kind is horrifying. There is a normalization of talk both inside russia and on our tv screens and in our media. The normalization is reckless insane, and it has intensified in terms of those around the world, perhaps more stream them for who see quicker use of it. Whereas pollutants may be using it for negotiations. This war has it a very, very dangerous arena, and that i think has to be reckoned with. Well get back to russia shortly. But 1st, iran were the supreme leader, ayatollah homeowner has finally broken his silence on the protests that began there. 3 weeks ago. Flor phillips now with the details. Richard, this past monday, ayatollah harmony delivered a speech that was designed both for his domestic and international audience. It was broadcast live in iran, and key parts within tweeted out. There were harmonies 1st comments on the death of masa and meaning. She was arrested by the so called Morality Police for not wearing a head job the way the law dictates and reportedly died while in that custody. Setting off the protests, how many called it a tragic incident . Bart said that the demonstrations were quote, schemes designed by the us, the fake zionist regime and some treasonous iranians abroad. As evidence of foreign meddling harmony pointed to the messages of support from western politicians. And even western Media Coverage of the protests reporting that he said was openly supportive and unlike the coverage given to protests elsewhere. Oh, youre sober to go to j. Ross on o u g m eo wall that still Uber Santa Maria on record shobit, her daughter j. A long gram, your mom full on snack, thats laudable, a matter much louder even let you know that is the order. It is youre gonna get automated. Harmony was talking about the Statement Issued by the Biden White House on the wrong jamming of internet access. It said quote, the u. S. Is making it easier for iranians to access the internet via secure outside platforms and services, videos, images and messages posted online by iranians. Many of which have shown women removing and burning the her job in public. Her provided a sense of what is happening that the u. S. Which has pushed the maintaining sanctions against iran, has chosen this story, this moment to ease some of them to help keep iranians on line. Thanks slow back to russia and ukraine, a story that beyond the fighting on the battlefield. Pitts, one version of history against another. Russian president provided a glimpse into his thinking last year when the kremlin published an essay in Vladimir Putins name, in which he argued that russians and ukrainians are of the same slavic nation. He did it again just prior to the invasion. It is all part of a New Historical discourse, one that emphasizes russia status as a great power and mythologized as the countries passed. Among the victims of that rewrite or russians themselves, those who can test the eraser of history. That includes one organization memorial that has spent years researching and remembering the victims of political repression. In what was the soviet union. Suddenly it is found itself on the wrong side of the law. Its been shut down. That listening posts correct enough, and now from moscow in a report, filmed the month before the invasion on the battle over historical memory. In russia, in december 28th, 2021 and abysmal year for Free Expression in russia comes to a fitting conclusion with the ordering, the closure of the countrys oldest human rights organization. Oh, oh, i yeah. Ah, for more than 30 years, memorial had preserved records and artifacts from joseph stollins great purge. When show trials, master ref, an execution touched every level of 5 memorials, human rights center, which has also been shut down, kept track of Political Prisoners in russia today. Assembling a vast online database of repression and russia of what his actual address 1st, what was your company . What happened in court last year was that the state exposed itself. The prosecutor spun the idea that memorial does not contain the history of our country in a positive light that a demonizes the ussr. As a terrorist staley thought a most that when we started memorial, the true scale of the repression was absolutely hidden. Memorial did a lot to open up the archive that read what is happening today, which is not just a regression, was that it is a crime against citizens of russia because citizens have the right to know their history. Roslyn, you started the glove mashed for dear all me, my the l. The main function of memorial was to gather evidence of the national tragedy. Our country experienced what my grandfather, mark mikhail, which albert, sorry, was shot on november. The 1st 1937 more than 1000 people like him, was shot the same day outside of school. So they wanted to force him to admit that he was a trucks guest. Even though there wasnt a single shred of evidence to support that. What if the, why this was the memory gathered and researched by memorial r e sliver . Well, i mean, well, romero, memorial started functioning as a political organization. And that really is a pity of i remember memorial when it was created at the end of the 1980s as an organization aiming to help the relatives of people who were imprisoned and to remember them different. Nowadays, it has become an anti russian political organization. Where did you school organisers behind miracles argument echoes facts of the state which has grown more defensive of russia, historical legacy. When memorial furthest in the late 1980 things were different. Citizens was seeking out the truth about soviet state, terror, and relatively little stood in their way in 1990 my mother memorial installed this, the fall about 15 and here in moscow on a victims of political freshen in soviet russia. It was a period of glasses, openness and transparency. When russians were learning about the atrocities committed under joseph thought. The decision to put hair in labianca square was significant. Were right across the road from what was the katie brief headquarters, now home to the f. S. B federal security services. But 30 years on some of those dark chapters from russias path of being a race history is being rewritten. Possibly hold the glass toward the marapoo. Gina asked when Vladimir Putin came to power . Practically all the archives were closed. If the people who exercised power in russia today was a former k g, b officers or members of the foreign intelligence and the fs being, they are ideological supporters of the k g, b and the usaa. They want to pretend that there was a short period of repression. But in reality, the whole governance system of the soviet state was based on violence is probably a significant go for that distorted le le, for the current russian leadership. The kremlin history is a tool for introducing certain men into peoples minds on what we see today is the revenge of the state security agencies which were in retreat in the early 19 ninetys was to the state no longer wants to know the truth about itself. It builds its own history and arranges it to fit its ideological purposes. Even the video logistics. A campaign for sanctify brushes, war heroes if playing out in Popular Culture and in public space. The government have champion patriotic film lionized. The military and a firm if use a full was was the level of waterman logger, other or Global Associates of the what was the shoot girls many of the state funded blockbuster, the fence on starland leadership. And what is known in russia of the great patriotic war which you dont call moscow is filled with tribute to historical figure. Patriot through ensured the survival of fate is where you can find pop up propaganda. Showcasing rushes military. Often. Some of these murals, the sponsored by historical associations run by senior officials close to the president , including before opposite the criminal. It was commissioned by the Russian MilitaryHistorical Society where Mccormick Hall with scientific director. But did the horace is gardener the victory of his soviet army in the 2nd world, war has a crucial role in how russians self identified. We have to hold on to some constancy, such as victories during the patriotic laura. What . 1812, the 1st world war, or the great patriotic lee over these allow us to feel self sufficient in this world. What we can say to are the nations we gave you freedom where we live in a world that was created by the soviet union in 1945, a youth fulls though fisher default photographed and good missing from that narrative, inconvenient periods of history like august 1939 when Joseph Stalin and out of hitler agreed to a non aggression pat, arguably paving the way for world war that started one week later. Over time, stollins, legacy one so discredited, has been rehabilitated in 2019 a survey by the Nevada Center on 70 percent of russia thought he had played a positive role in russian history. A lot of city margareta, people are constantly told that without styling the russians would not have on the warble stallion near dilemma by the other uh, by the other near julie mart. Staggoner put in britain has nothing else to offer russian citizens if he cannot offer them well from prosperity. And that is why he is only offering the image of some great periods in history and your community comprise, having shaped a grand historical narrative about russias place in the world. Vladimir putin now wants to protect a new National Security strategy. Find by bruton and 2021 says Traditional Russian values and historical memory are under attack and must be defended at all. And yet young is fragile for russia invaded ukraine. This, when bruton, once more revealed his obsession with writing past wrongs by questioning ukraines historical right to exist further, krinski worst. It is my china hutch with a bunch of emails bureau, chevrolet, stella, story. So he was of that was not the se needs, she was a millionaire sitting here, this is gail, its a salesman. He said he slew by mid 1000000 of governor that anybody i would never have believed it 30 years ago. If someone would have told me all this would begin to repeat itself when we have not learned any worthy lessons from history. Any state, any community of people often live with miss about the past. But all miss megan begins with a certain value. So lose what is valuable for the group of people now leading to russia with the want to remain in power forever to consume, to occupy them. We can see that now with their evangelists, speech on ukraine, and to convince everyone that the state is an absolutely sacred object which cannot be encroached on in any way when you got blue. And finally analyzing the words and the messaging of World Leaders can be tax it. What gets said, the tone, the delivery. But have you ever paid attention to the way they walk those few moments when a president or a Prime Minister heads for the cameras can reveal a thing or 2 that their speeches do not stefan leons, hershberger is a german comedian and actor. His impression of the way various Global Leaders walk is all over tech talk the states. See if you can spot the leader before the reveal was the next time here at the west coast. Oh mm. Ah, with a sense of belonging. Walk down any street in cocktail, he can feel the presence of the 20 and the everyday heroes that keep communities to give them the best. Sampling for both logos, always logo in a you 4 part series of g, a 0. Those into unique communities revealing how theyre adapting to 21st century challenges. A sense of Community Coming soon on a jesse frank assessments. If the United States surely felt that youre running a good program was there to build a nuclear weapon. They would assign to view by informed opinions. I believe that armenia and other regions should have bilateral negotiations. Weve been calling that for many times. Critical debate is the commonwealth now still something that king charles will take in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera in australia, snowy mountains, thousands of wild horses graze on alpine plains, living spine, poetry books and films creating an epic me about these intelligent creatures and their place in australian culture. But today theyre at the heart of a beat, a battle by say it from the perspective of the country and theyre not meant to be they. Theyre hard to invasive species. Theyre not endangered. Yeah. Theres no, any percentage strategies you have a 99. 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