Has distanced itself from the west its made his position diplomatically much stronger and he has succeeded in countering western moves within ukraine itself crimea is now once again part of russia nobody expects that to change their russia or is also a major player in ukraine in politics its the ukrainians realize they have to negotiate with the russians and theyre talking theyre talking about in the end what will probably be very significant constitutional and Foreign Policy realignments by ukraine if it is to find a way out of the crisis well let me say yes but that. Given there is if the u. S. And its western allies let that happen another thing i think is really important here is an over the last. Few days we have the European Union basically tell the ukrainians get their Energy Policy together because europe is tired of underwriting it which means that must be a return to dealing with the russians just as alexander make your ascent in every single sense the project theyve had for
A major realignment with china theyve built Gas Pipelines with china theyve developed very close police equal relationships with china chinas now become their Major Trading partner and in almost every respect what we see is that russia has distanced itself from the west its made his position diplomatically much stronger and he has succeeded in countering western moves within ukraine itself crimea is now once again part of russia nobody expects that to change their russia or is also a major player in ukraine in politics its the ukrainians realize they have to negotiate with the russians and the talking theyre talking about in the end what will probably be very significant constitutional and for and. Realignments but the ukraine it is to find a way out of the crisis is well let me say yes but that. Given there is that if the us and its western allies that that have another thing i think is really important here is that over the last few days we have the European Union basically tell the
Firstly adjusted their Energy Policy they werent going to let ukraine continue to sit on top of their transit pipelines and try to block or control russian gas exports to europe so the russians full steam ahead with all these other part lines north st 2 turks stream which are birds now rapidly coming to an. End the end there being they have been theyve been built and theyve been successfully built and attempts to stop them have not succeed it and of course they have successfully motor 4 ways with a major realignment with china theyve built Gas Pipelines with china theyve developed very close police equal relationships with china chinas now become their Major Trading partner and in almost every respect what we see is that russia has distanced itself from the west its made his position diplomatically much stronger and he has succeeded in countering western moves within ukraine itself crimea is now once again part of russia nobody expects that to change their russia or is also a major pla
Essential means we wont ask any questions but it wont stop them from presenting the narrative as disseminated by the candidate whether its democratic or republican and i its the role of journalists to expose that mendacity of those in power and everyone in power spins information to their own advantage so essentially what theyre what theyve announced is that were going to turn our media platform into a giant Advertising Agency on behalf of these candidates thanks that you think not internationally to anything at the top. But. A im on a few. Of the friday as less of a bias. In the future crocker was keiser 6. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle with ukraine remaining in the headlines we have a look how russias Foreign Policy is change since the 2014 coup in camp and the impeachment circus continues but its anything but funny. Talking some real news im joined by my guest here in moscow Dimitri Bobbitt shes a political analyst and editor it interes
Youre watching the weekly here on r. T. International im arizonan lockridge thank you for joining us and we start with our breaking news a british Tour Operator thomas cook has collapsed after a failed talks on a Financial Rescue that leaves 600000 holidaymakers stranded including 150000 british nationals the company employed some 22000. 00 people worldwide and it was considered to be the worlds oldest travel operator thomas cook ceased trading after talks on securing a 200000000 pound rescue package failed the British Government has pledged to ensure that all citizens stranded abroad or will be brought home in whats been described as the countrys largest ever peacetime repatriation effort. Now back to the weekly the president of iran the hazards Foreign Forces to stay away from the persian gulf saying they only bring misery and disaster thats after the u. S. And asked extra troop deployments to the region accusing iran of bombing saudi refineries a week ago a claim that tehran flatly