Talking about. The government of ukraine. Exactly im not saying the whole u. S. Government feels that way the there is there is division on this but the neoconservative element very much to change the strategic dynamic in eastern europe. People and theyve been at this for a long time they came in around the issue of propaganda they studied how to create hot buttons for the American People they had this experience when they were getting the American People to get excited about Central America back in the 1900. And theyve been applying those same strategy. They were dedicated to achieving their goals they still want to get rid of. Syria for instance regime change. And they have now inside the news media inside the government means the. They can do a lot to control the narrative of any story so i think in america these days we have somehow told ourselves that there are a lot of ways of dealing with these problems other than hard power lattimer putin cares about hard power the neoconservat
What is described in the west as a russian invasion of crimea is a fact the presence of russian soldiers in crimea can you clarify that. They were could do would have barely spoken of a quote but the most of the most go full of the below. As long ago as 1804 sevastopol the naval base became the main military port of the russian empire on the black sea. During the 2nd world war the heroic defense of sevastopol lasted almost a year and took hundreds of thousands of lives. Therefore the naval base in crimea has a legacy of historical pride for the Russian Black Sea fleet as well as being of huge strategic importance. Those of us alive back then remember when there were soviet missiles put into cuba how frightened americans were and how angry and how we almost went to a Nuclear Confrontation over having weapons of that kind of destruction placed that close to the United States. Just so if the United States considers cuba to be in its backyard. Then crimea lays at russias doorstep. The cons
Latin american states to get hundreds of thousands of russian coated shot doses as the head of the un harold the bold but the feat and play in the battle against the pandemic. Good evening am i happy friday to you all this is our 2 International Coming to you straight from the russian capital welcome to the program. We start with some breaking news the European Union is imposing export controls on coronavirus vaccines made in Member States amid a row over supply shortages brussels has also just given the green light to the drug at the heart of the dispute made by british firm astra zeneca we can now cross to our to charlotte n. C. And paris charlotte to major announcements from the European Commission and the European Medicines Agency talk us through whats happened. Well as you mentioned the European Union has confirmed that it is taking this extraordinary step of introducing export controls on vaccines this means that any that scene that is manufactured within the block thats the 27.
Very welcome youre watching the weekly with all the latest headlines and a roundup of the weeks top stories thanks for joining us. Now we can offer the hugely contested president ial election by the roots is still seeing massive demonstrations throughout the country both pro and antigovernment rallies have taken to the streets today in some cases gathering just meters apart as opposition protestors are holding a march for freedom through the campus all minsk theyre demanding the long time president Alexander Lukashenko resigns fighting concerns hes clinging to power by force and ignoring the voice of the people some of the marches are being held throughout the country. This person has been in power for 26 years hes clung to eat with his teeth and doesnt want to let go and when we are against violence were defending our boate were doing the best for the future of our contrary i want my children not to live in a country which has violence where theres no voice and no freedom of speech he
What is described in the west as a russian invasion of crimea is a fact the presence of russian soldiers in crimea can you clarify that. They could do would have believed according to quote but the most of the moscow float of could and. As long ago as 1804 sevastopol is a naval base became the main military port of the russian empire on the black sea. During the 2nd world war the heroic defense of sevastopol lasted almost a year and took hundreds of thousands of lives. Therefore the naval base in crimea has a legacy of historical pride for the Russian Black Sea fleet as well as being of huge strategic importance. Those of us alive back then remember when there were soviet missiles put into cuba how frightened americans were and how angry and how we almost went to a Nuclear Confrontation over having weapons of that kind of destruction placed that close to the United States. Just so if the United States considers cuba to be in its backyard. Then crimea lays at russias doorstep. The conse