a misunderstanding with hello from martina national studios in moscow and from wherever you are catching the program. welcome to the hours most vital news. stories worldwide and fuel is about we start with breaking news, the e u is tightening the screws on media freedom. a new sanctions package is freezing our teas, european assets, in an effort to censor criticism from russian media. i discuss the latest updates with our team, marina co, signer of a all this is now the nines package of sanctions and they are supposed to be hard hitting as the european union has called them. and basically what we're seeing with our t's that they're sanctioned in our power company and also the novice the in europe. so basically brussels is season funds and assets belonging to r c as well as some other over channels. and not only that, they also want to make sure that there are no funds or economic resources made available to them, whether it's directly or indirectly. and this not only affects entities, but also people associated with the company. this is what's interesting and also another aspect to this is that there are more russian channels being sanctioned as well. some of them have just one news broadcast every day, for example. and what else do we know about this latest round of e u sanctions? well, it's a huge list of not only people being sanctioned, but also different industries. so for example, we have now the latest, the number is up there. 1386 people who are sanctioned in total and 171 organizations and they're really wants to make sure that it, it hits rush out where it hurts according to them. so for example, they're really targeting the rosters military industrial complex. they're looking at export restriction when it comes to technologies that contributes rushes, military takes abilities and also its ability to work on certain technologies. they're trying to, we can russia when it comes to its military. there is also and other and the energy sector, for example, no new investments can be made by a foreign companies within roches energy sector. there's also a v, a sion and for example, more banks have been added. and what's interesting, they're cutting rushes access to drones. so not only is the direct exports of drone engines now forbidden to russia, so to other countries that may circumvent this. and then for example, through other countries, exports it to ross so, so that's also not allowed. so this is a multifaceted attack on russia. absolutely. and through different industries, but particularly the military and dust real complex. this is what they're really focusing on. and they want to make sure that russia is weekends on the battle ground. and some experts have already come out and set it. for example, with the freezing of the assets when it comes to our table clearly what they've done so far by binding the channel on to for example, that hasn't worked. we know that there was a pole in germany recently where people that still wants to watch it. so find ways to watch it and you and i know that you can watch r t not just on satellite tv, but you can go online and people have been posting lots of videos. so that's what they're not happy with. and they're trying to make sure that it's sub found by cutting any funds that are made available to r t or any ways in which russia concert convent the sanctions and is remaining up and running that. and also the military aspect is very important. that's what they're trying to do to weaken it, but also at the same time, this is what we're talking about. european union has been saying all along that it's all for freedom of speech. while this doesn't look very much like freedom of speech when you're trying to completely shut down the other angle of the story, we spoke to legal and media analyst line all who says the west should not be censoring alternative viewpoints. in a time of conflict. what they're basically saying is go away, don't be, don't exist. everybody in the world can speak, except you don't say anything. we don't want to hear from you. what we think about this is the world with all of the speech in all of the exchange of ideas propaganda. i mean, i think we're using this is the 17th century vatike in term from pope gregory propaganda. listen to this, they should frighten the everybody. my god, if ever there was the time to speak and to exchange ideas and thought it now on the very same day, the e u. targeted russian media of the german foreign ministry said freedom of the press cannot be switched off, commenting on the suspension of twitter accounts of several us journalists. freedom of the press must not be switched on and off at will. as of today, the journalist below can no longer follow comment or criticize us. we have a problem with that. twitter has suspended the accounts of around half a dozen journalists, including reporters from the new york times, washington post and cnn. while the company c, e o, e o musk accused them of safety regulation violations, us media are fuming at the move to not suspension of the twitter account of a number of prominent journalists including the new york times. ryan mac is questionable at unfortunate neither to times nor ryan have received an explanation about why this occurred. we hope that all of these journalists accounts are reinstated, and the twitter provides a satisfying explanation for this action. last night's car carrying little eggs in a lay was followed by a crazy stall, care thinking it was me, collated blocked the car from moving and climbs onto the hood. any account ducks in real time location info of any one will be suspended as it is a physical safety violation. this includes both links to sites with real time location info. well, have you look into the details? there is a lot of outrage coming from democrats mostly at this point and they are upset about. 8 fact that these accounts have been suspended. these journalists have had their accounts taken down. they say this is simply a case of retaliation. this is an attempt to silence critics of the laws on mosque, on the other hand says that a car that his child was in was stockton. he's concerned about his personal safety and docs thing. what's worth noting is the hypocrisy that we're seeing here, some voices that have been quite in favor of tech censorship before are now speaking up in pretty loud terms. take a o. c, for example. you're a public sega and extremely controversial. i'm powerful one. i get feeding unsafe, but descending into obese of paula plus erratically banning gen less only increases the intensity around you. take a beat, a nail for the proteins spacious, and maybe try pitting down your phone. that's quite heated language. we're hearing from a o. c. they're pro tow fascism she's quite fired up. but in the past we've heard a o. c herself calling for more media censorship. and in addition to that i o. c has been sued for blocking her critics and preventing her critics from being able to challenge her on social media. ah, now it's also worth reviewing of the role played by cnn's. brian's delta i, he's been a voice that is very outspoken. now again, still on months, here's what you said. who knows? i think that's a, that's a, that's an example of a broader question for twitter, which is, if you, if you get invited to something where there are no rules, worthers total freedom ever, ever, everybody do you actually want to go to that party or, or you decide to stay home. so that was brian stell dirt, talking about his concern that alon last would not engage in enough censorship. there wouldn't be enough shutting down of certain views. but now that certain views have been shut down in these journalists have been suspended. i, he's speaking up and referring to ilan mosque as a tyrant, and that seems to be the way these voices are framing this. they're seeing alon mosque as a tyrant. he's a tyrannical ceo using his power to shut down critics. but they didn't speak the same way about jack dorsey. and jack dorsey was running twitter and silencing many conservatives and other critics of the status quo of they defended him. they didn't speak of him in the same language in terms of let's review how they spoke of jack dorsey compared to how they now speak of a lot mosque is relevant. there are private company can make the own independent decisions in line with a published terms of service. so i don't know what happened here, but if he'll a muscle doesn't fix this within the hour with an explanation by morning i'll be on capitol hill to morrow demanding that he behold in front of congress. now let's recall when donald trump was still the president of the united states, after the january 6 events was banned from social media. there didn't seem to be a huge flurry of outrage about that. the fact that a sitting president was being silenced by a major social media app. ah, however, this recent round of the dance is got the european union wang and getting it's opinion. here's what we heard from the european union. news about arbitrary suspension of journalists and twitter is worrying. ease digital services act requires respective media freedom and from mental rights. this is reinforced under our media freedom act. human mosque should be aware of that. the red lines and sanction soon, the media of freedom act, talk about freedom of speech and suppression of freedom of the press. what about the fact? european union has blocked and shut down russia media outlets r. t has been silent by the european union for quite a few months. we've seen suppression of russian media outlets across the country and by the you itself. so the hypocrisy of all of the very, very easy to detect here are very selected outrage. these folks were calling for all kinds of tech censorship, but now that alon my someone doesn't seem to be in there. camp is the one making the rules. they're crying foul and screaming about tyranny and suppression. it's worth noting how these things are playing out. the russian president, vladimir putin, has held a phone call with the indian prime minister to discuss the 2 countries bilateral relationship, including trade and energy cooperation that stays after the russian foreign ministry called reports that moody had refused to meet with potent, a simple quote, misunderstanding our teas room during sharma has more. listen, basha is assist california conversation of a dream premonition or into more the antecedent. vladimir putin of visio for the 1st time, the school on 24th of february when the conflict had begun after that twice in march, shaw, then on 1st of july, and then to the 16th of december. but to do this conversation, in fact, as a follow up over there in person meeting, which happened on the sidelines of the se, will summit in a summer camp are now as far as the indian read out, is concerned. it seems that prime minister nodding to more the briefed president vladimir putin on index ongoing presidency of g 20, highlighting the key priorities for india are, but also looked to afford to both countries a walking to the other during in del zach ship of the if you are also, as far as the 2 leaders are concerned, they reviewed our dead bilateral relationship on several respects. saw the t 3 key areas being god, of course, feed a no g as well as the defense saw are. but it's interesting because this new law comes off, d is off draw rock, they would talk. so feminist denoting drew more, the not traveling to was for the c o for the and one in the out, rush off from it. and of course, so in that sense, this conversation becomes very important, very critical of the 2 leaders in fact have agreed to remain in regular touch. u. s. markets have been shocked by the federal reserves decision to further raise interest rates amid record inflation and escalating fears. of recession, while the central bank claims it's trying to stabilize the economy, it's chief admitted. there's no telling if the measures will actually work. i don't think anyone knows whether we're going to have a recession or not. and if we do, whether it's going to be a deep one or not, we understand the hardship that high inflation is causing. and that we are strongly committed to bringing inflation back down to our 2 percent goal. what we're doing now is, you know, it's raising interest rates for people and so people are paying higher rates on mortgages and that kind of thing. i wish there were completely painless way to restore price stability. there isn't and this is the best we can do. the us inflation rate is measured by the so called consumer price index, but the method has long raised many concerns. originally, the index was based on the price of a fixed selection of goods. however, the u. s. congress changed a method of calculation to reflect the average cost of living critic say this system allows washington to downplayed the real inflation rate in the country. we spoke with rti contributor chris adams, who was skeptical of the measure, noted to stabilize inflation. you have to get people to go out and buy things. if you take away someone's job, they're not going to be able to go out and buy so many things that, that sold to talk about the other problem to the us. there isn't really an adequate in our view for that's a british perspective and welfare states. so without money, people can't buy their insurance without insurance. they don't get access to health care. not just going to create a written. we've seen this in the us before. the night it creates a massive, massive problems with insights in an economy where people come in and receive medical treatments and the most basic things. so i don't think it's a tool. i think we're already seeing that by just the price that things are costing for anyone in the west right now. you know, we've seen that in every country and you'll see a massive effects where we'll have inflation. because what we're looking at here looking at a macro version, but a realtor and inflation is already higher than it's ever been. and particularly my generation of the, the way things are costing right now, even more than 2009 if you're able to basically not project well, i would say truthful figures about your economy and then stuck into the world. well, that's just got ripple effects and we won't get you if, if russia or india or even china did the same thing. that would be huge consequences in terms of criticism. but it seems, in this case, the u. s. just seems to get away with that price to build on to other news. now, the united nations has condemned a terror attack on the head of the russian humanitarian mission in the central african republic. the official is currently being treated in the hospital after a parcel bomb exploded in his hands. we've obtain exclusive footage from the crime scene where local investigators are now 15 through forensic evidence. local police have described the incident as a para with moscow foreign ministry condemning the incidents. the russian humanitarian official dmitri city opened the explosive package in his office. images from the scene also show a note left on the table. it's written in russia and says, this is for you from all the french. the french foreign minister has denied allegations of involvement in the bombing, the russian business men and co founder of the wagner's military group says the note came with the package an echo similar threats of the past. on november 11th, dmitri city received a package from togo with a photograph of a son who lives in france, as contained a note saying that next time he would get the head of his son. if the russians do not get out of the african continent and open the doors for the french to day, he got another package. despite all the instructions for observing security measures. dmitri city, being in an emotional state, opens the parcel. there was an explosion before losing consciousness. dmitri city managed to say that he saw a note saying, this is for you from all the french, the russians will get out of africa. among the other things that we know is that unless somebody goshen has as lobbied the russian foreign ministry to launch an investigation into this particular incident. but he also goes further to say that he would like to see france in particular being declared as fade sponsor of terror by the russian federation. from what we do know, the parcel itself was sent from lo may the capital city of toll. it was also delivered by the h l. this is what we understand from our reliable sources on the ground in, in central african republic. but i thought it was very interesting. the statement that emanated from the russian foreign ministry, and our as myself, in whose interest it would be to carry out this kind of a tag. and what we do know is that mr. city dmitri settee, that is, has long been in the central african republic. and from about 2019, he has been a moderator in the conflict. the ongoing conflict between the central african republics authorities as well as the many reb. busy groups in that country, the country itself has really been in the midst of, of instability since the civil war veteran occurred in 2019, despite the former colonizer france, deploying some 1600 troops to that country, to restore peace and stabilize some of the conflicts we have seen in that region there has been systematically and over a long period of time, tension between north and south which have led to some of the conflicts that we have seen. and the area itself that the central african republic is around the sa hell region, which has really been dealing with insurgency for the better part of the decades. and it remains a political and conflict hot bed in the african region. the administrator of the russian humanitarian mission in the central african republic has called the bombing an attempt to hinder piece, making efforts in the country devices, the busing, if i, but hopefully there isn't any good in what happened. i know dmitri, he works for the benefit of peace in the central african republic. he works around the clock for the betterment of our society, those who want to bring chaos and make our country vulnerable to everything, to stop our society, achieving peace locals. no, dmitri, everybody knows him. people ask us how to meet refills, and i can assure you that our hearts and thoughts on our with him. we hope he gets better soon. we need his help in our work to bring peace to the country. we hope state and law enforcement will conduct a proper investigation and punish those responsible for the attack. these people are enemies of the central african republic. we count on our government and those really to assist us to paved the way for peace. many thanks to those who have been asking about demetrius condition, we hope he will recover as soon as possible. thank you. who is he to assess our relations with russia? that's what turkey as president is asking as he slams the youth foreign policy chief for questioning on chorus ties with moscow. it's an ugly statement and peril can't define and formalize our relations with russia. he has neither the qualifications nor the ability to make such decisions. who is he to assess our relations with russia, with respect to sanctions? or the one lashed out the official while speaking to reporters on his return from a trick to turkmenistan. adding that joseph bordeaux has no right to try and interfere in relations between kara and moscow, or the one also underlined diplomatic protocol stressing morales should only be addressing foreign ministers and not presidents like a turkish leader. we discussed the story with a foreign news editor at the true key is haber tv. when you look at them to see when you have the hierarchy between the international institutions, you know that a more of the chief would not actually refer or talk to or initiate any kind of movement about the position of the president at the end of the may this is going to be the position off the coordination. so if sure, t one, they go on and be alive. everyone you know, find the middle place in which he tries to do while, when will continue to do it is going to happen. he did, in fact initiate brian deal did in fact try to become a great with the us and russia, the mass and the ease the cause for the actually didn't mean the one thing. so the 10 trick you raise your fever about it here. ah. so vakio coalition government has lost a no competence vote following months of political crisis. that's after the opposition accused. bit of failing to cope with high energy costs and skyrocketing inflation. the countries highest into decades. archie contributor rachel mars that has more on the story. well is it the longer the conflict in ukraine drags on the higher the chance of key regina changing its own allies right out of power. so here's what just happened. in slovakia the center right freedom and solidarity party withdrew from the governing coalition of the prime minister. also center right. last september. now that seems center right, ally of the center right? prime minister edward hugger is also the party that just tabled and won this non confidence vote which succeeded due to the leftist opposition pushing it over the line. quite a stunning case of cooperation between ideological opponents on the right and the left to oust the current government. so what was so bad that they all wanted to do that well, despite their opposing ideologies, both sides seemed to agree on one thing that the prime minister edward harker wasn't doing enough for the average person amid the energy and cost of living crisis, sparked by the european union's anti russian sanctions. now over the summer, the prime minister seen as very much pro western, made it clear that supporting neighboring ukraine was top of his mind. will support ukraine. they must win, will support them with the human adriana, but also military because they defending themselves ukrainian present virus. zalinski even made a point of thanking slovakia for its support earlier this month. but the opposition has been growing increasingly skeptical about continuing to supply weapons to ukraine. remember, slovakia and journey cut the ideal over the summer for slovakia to give up some of its soviet era tanks to ukraine in exchange for some german leopard tanks to replace them. but fueling the conflict rather than pushing for a trip to the negotiating table is not without consequence for the slacking people, not only as the country dealing with refugees coming over from ukraine right next door. but it's also contending with an inflation rate of 15.4 percent a to decade record high. a 2.6 percent cut in industrial production and an 18 percent drop in electricity consumption by businesses the result of higher energy prices. so businesses and citizens of slovakia look over to hungry which listens to whatever the you says about anti russian sanctions and then puts new energy deals with russia anyway. and you can imagine that they might be tempted to compare their government's policies and management with hungary and unfavorably. so now the chairman of the party that triggered than on confidence vote certainly sounds like he's pretty fed up with the direction of the government's been taking. the country since the onset of the conflict in ukraine for half a year, we have witness constant chaos, an unacceptable style of governance. this government does not deserve our trust. now elections, art set until 2024, and $2.00 thirds of parliament would need to vote to trigger that any time before. now in the meantime, the slacking president can decide to either let hoggard continue in a limited capacity as prime minister, which would make him a lame duck ultimately. or she can decide to give some one else a shot at governing. but that person could also lack sufficient parliamentary confidence to get anything done. now in the mean time, it looks like political gridlock for one of keith's biggest allies leaving a big question mark over the future of that support. amid the political instability that it's generating for one of its best friends. and that's a rob on the ours breaking news and vital stories from around the world. for more coverage, head over to r t dot com. and don't forget to follow us on odyssey, gavin rumble for more. we'll see you again at the top of the hour. ah, what are you crazy? yes. war took a lot. i lost most of my friends. did i was broken. i wasn't able to save anyone. i did nothing and i met wilson, 2013 god. what really in my way to make me start talking to willy waiting for me to have him. i'm happy that i'm to find is really little john. you can notice the mama may become my new friend. the one was love gonna die or because he is going to stay alive. it was they next to me if i'm not crazy enough, i'm not gonna make it. oh because she spent with forced muscle career, which was obviously due to to my job, a couple lights from 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