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[00:00:07] of
[00:00:23] of
[00:00:24] of
[00:00:25] he is eager to seize upon any words, initiatives or ideas
[00:00:29] entering the public.
[00:00:35] a
[00:00:40] a That's after he have demanded the guns fall silent for 60
[00:00:43] days to allow elections. The more we help
[00:00:47] Ukraine, the sooner the war will be over. Brussels adopts yet
[00:00:51] another package of anti-Russian sanctions with the EU hoping its
[00:00:54] 22nd round of restrictions will do what the previous 21 have failed
[00:00:58] to, and that's bring. Moscow to its
[00:01:01] knees,
[00:01:04] and the European
[00:01:05] of Commission is orchestrating smeer campaign against Russia's nuclear energy
[00:01:09] agency
[00:01:09] in a bit to win Hungary off cooperation with Moscow.
[00:01:13] That's according to Russia's foreign intelligence agency which says the plot ignores
[00:01:17] Budapest's
[00:01:18] of interest. And India sees
[00:01:21] a third day of mass protests as demonstrators accused the ruling
[00:01:25] party of electoral fraud with the government rejecting the
[00:01:29] accusations. look into the root causes
[00:01:32] of of the unrest,
[00:01:41] in time for the news
[00:01:42] of on RT international, my name
[00:01:43] in is Igor Piskanov and it's great to have your
[00:01:45] company. Vladimir Zelensky will do
[00:01:49] anything to buy time to regroup Ukraine's forces, and that's the view of
[00:01:53] Russia's foreign minister, immediate more talk from Kiev of a
[00:01:56] ceasefire.
[00:02:01] In recent months, the call for a ceasefire has replaced the call for inflicting a
[00:02:05] strategic defeat on Russia, in the rhetoric of both Zelensky
[00:02:09] and his western
[00:02:10] of masters. The goal is singular and very simple, to buy
[00:02:14] a time. a He is
[00:02:15] of even said he is willing to hold a presidential election, provided he is
[00:02:19] given two months to regroup. During that period, Europe could flood
[00:02:23] him with new weaponry to continue his terrorist war against the Russian
[00:02:26] people, but his feined astonishment regarding president. Trump statement
[00:02:30] reflects only one thing, that he desperately wants to use any
[00:02:34] words, any initiatives and any ideas that enter the public
[00:02:38] sphere to promote his interest in a breathing space, by hook
[00:02:42] or by crook. I do not believe
[00:02:44] he has earned such
[00:02:45] a respit, nor do I think we will once again fall for assurances or
[00:02:49] promises. The President
[00:02:51] of has stated this very clearly. We continue to pursue the objectives
[00:02:55] of the special military operation. These objectives are well-known
[00:02:58] to everyone. have never altered them, unlike the zigzags
[00:03:02] and evasions of Zelensky and his European
[00:03:07] of masters, the political pressure on Vladimir Zelensky is mounting on
[00:03:10] several fronts. first, the American president
[00:03:13] of has stressed Ukraine is in need of new leadership. In
[00:03:16] response, Zelensky has demanded a 60-day total cease fire to
[00:03:20] prepare the country to go to the polls, but it's not just electoral
[00:03:24] issues that have brought Zelensky's old acting skills back on
[00:03:28] display. That's as he... appeared is surprised by
[00:03:31] Trump's recent
[00:03:32] of declaration of an
[00:03:33] of energy truce. The ceasefire
[00:03:37] announcement was new for me, but if Russians agree to an energy
[00:03:40] ceasefire,
[00:03:42] of Ukraine of will
[00:03:43] of agree.
[00:03:44] of Political risk consultant and a lawyer Adriel Kasanta says it's
[00:03:47] foolish for Zelensky to make an
[00:03:49] of enemy out of Trump. The recent reaction, the
[00:03:53] outburs of
[00:03:55] a anger from the Ukrainian leader after
[00:03:59] of the quiet. historical words coming from the
[00:04:02] uh mouth
[00:04:03] of the president
[00:04:04] of the United States Donald Trump
[00:04:06] of that uh the democratic
[00:04:08] a election should be um uh put in place
[00:04:11] in in Ukraine because the current leader is not serving his
[00:04:15] nation and the
[00:04:17] of its resonder rightfully
[00:04:21] um so basically um Mr. Zelinski is putting
[00:04:25] everything into one basket
[00:04:27] a so basically she's he's
[00:04:29] of playing of a... rulate quite simply put it uh
[00:04:32] because he's betting on uh uh democrats coming to
[00:04:36] power
[00:04:37] of after the mid-terms elections uh related to
[00:04:40] dispopularity uh
[00:04:42] of the Donald Trump in the United States due to his um
[00:04:45] unnecessary conflict with Iran so uh basically
[00:04:49] the the the thinking in Brussels and both
[00:04:52] in in
[00:04:53] in in Kief and Brussels is that once the democrats will take the
[00:04:57] majority in the United States - the the previous scenario,
[00:05:01] which is continuation of maximum pressure on
[00:05:05] Russia
[00:05:06] of and of supplying Ukraine
[00:05:08] of with of
[00:05:10] of money and weapons will continue. so - I think that this
[00:05:14] is the uh one way streak um for for Mr. Zelinski,
[00:05:18] because maybe even if the democrats will come to power,
[00:05:21] still the Donald Trump is a president and has a
[00:05:24] significant influence over the foreign policy of his
[00:05:28] own uh country, so I i think that making an enemies
[00:05:31] both with Russia and United States who is the main
[00:05:35] sponsor who has been the main sponsor of this unnecessary conflict uh
[00:05:39] is very dangerous uh a game plan from Mr.
[00:05:43] in his political circle, this
[00:05:46] comes as the European Union has approved another sanctions package
[00:05:50] on Russia, it's 22nd. Brussels once again
[00:05:54] claims it's important to keep increasing pressure on Moscow and provide more support
[00:05:58] to Ukraine. At the same time, it called out Donald Trump's new diesel deal
[00:06:02] with Russia. We acknowledge
[00:06:06] the agreement between the United States and Russia regarding the export of
[00:06:09] diesel. Russia will only negotiate seriously.
[00:06:20] what we
[00:06:20] need to do is refocus and redouble our efforts in keeping pressure on Russia, that
[00:06:24] has to be our priority and that is Europe's priority, this deal
[00:06:28] doesn't help neither the prices the oil products,
[00:06:32] nor the unity within the transatlantic community what concerns pressure on
[00:06:35] Russia, and it is not the European way, our way is to
[00:06:39] increase pressure buse we already seen how it works. We are not done
[00:06:43] here because for Europe
[00:06:44] this is the vital interest to help Ukraine to sustain
[00:06:48] uh this winter and continuing putting cuz I already said pressure
[00:06:52] pressure pressure on Russia. On Friday, Trump and Putin
[00:06:56] cut a deal with Washington lifting sanctions on Moscow's
[00:06:59] diesel exports. The news saw oil prices fall, although they
[00:07:03] remain above $100 a barrel. According to the agreement,
[00:07:07] Moscow will supply 300 thousand tons of diesel to American and
[00:07:11] global markets followed by. further half million tons in November,
[00:07:15] another 1 million will come after that with a further 3 million
[00:07:18] later, depending on the condition of Russia's refineries. The
[00:07:22] US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has accused European leaders
[00:07:26] of hypocrisy the heat Washington is now taking from
[00:07:30] Brussels. The
[00:07:33] Europeans have given the Russians more money,
[00:07:37] they since the start of this war then they have given the Ukrainians because they
[00:07:40] cannot win themselves. Russian energy, they had
[00:07:44] a failed energy policy, and Vladimir
[00:07:47] Putin,
[00:07:49] the they continue to fund him, so for them to
[00:07:53] say that we cannot have a respit in diesel
[00:07:56] pricing is completely
[00:07:58] hypocritical,
[00:08:00] and for more on this, I'm joined in the studio by RTS,
[00:08:04] so in the wake of this diesel deal between Moscow and
[00:08:07] Washington, Brussels is now adopting the
[00:08:11] 22nd. package of sanctions, it seems very
[00:08:15] committed to to this approach that these restrictions will somehow improve
[00:08:19] Ukraine's situation on the ground. can you tell us more about
[00:08:23] it? well yeah, absolutely, and it is clearly message to Washington, their 22nd
[00:08:26] package of sanctions, you sanctioning all these Russian entities and uh
[00:08:30] Russian companies, firms, people, just individuals, and clearly this
[00:08:34] happening against the backdrop of this diesel deal, again it's a message to Washington,
[00:08:38] but realistically though, this has been the point that Europe has been making all
[00:08:41] along, like... need to apply pressure on Russia to bring the
[00:08:45] war, the end the war closer, well if you look at the state of things now, you
[00:08:49] know, 22 sanctions packages later, we are pretty much
[00:08:53] as far from a peace deal as we have ever
[00:08:57] been, so this is clearly not working, but you know this definition
[00:09:00] of insanity, one the definitions, insanity is you know
[00:09:03] doing the same thing over and over again and each time
[00:09:07] hoping for different result, well I'm sure they are already thinking what they could include
[00:09:11] into the 23rd. package, how can we make the 23rd sanctions
[00:09:15] package the biggest yet? now the 22nd, this one, it's
[00:09:18] the biggest one, wonder why the rest,
[00:09:21] the the all the previous ones you know were weren't of such a
[00:09:24] scale, the next one probably will be even bigger and probably won't bring us any
[00:09:28] closer to uh the end of this war, but you can clearly hear the
[00:09:32] rhetoric, for instance the what the Estonian prime minister has said, who
[00:09:35] openly openly defied Washington and
[00:09:39] called upon Ukraine to keep on striking the... Russian oil
[00:09:43] refineries, have
[00:09:43] listen. Such an
[00:09:47] agreement goes against the long-term efforts the western world to limit the
[00:09:51] flow of energy revenues to Putin. The US has already convinced its
[00:09:55] allies, including us, to abandon Russian fuel. The
[00:09:58] long-term goal of depriving Russia of funds is correct, and it must be
[00:10:02] continued. In Estonia, and at the European Council,
[00:10:06] it is worth discussing next week whether we can quickly contribute more to
[00:10:09] Ukraine so that they can strike Russian oil refiner.
[00:10:13] It is a bit ironic though that they cry foul in
[00:10:17] unison all together europe saying oh how can you give how can
[00:10:21] you fund fund putin's war effort with your money. with your
[00:10:25] diesel deal and it is ironic because this is something that Europe has been
[00:10:29] doing all these years, literally all these years, Europe has been
[00:10:33] buying gas, has been buying Russia's Russia's metals uh,
[00:10:37] pretty much just this year alone they purchased Europe purchased just about
[00:10:40] 10 billion dollars worth of goods from Russia, six billions,
[00:10:44] just over six billions accounting for, well well with gas
[00:10:48] accounting for 6.1 billion of uh of this, now
[00:10:52] of course we don't know how how much Russia will get doing this diesel deal
[00:10:56] with the United States given how many steps in it there is, but
[00:11:00] essentially if you look at the at the oil prices and if you take the figure as
[00:11:04] to how much Russia has agreed so far to to supply the
[00:11:08] United States with, that's in the realms of 7
[00:11:11] billion dollars, yeah so 6 billion for gas in case of Europe, 7
[00:11:15] billion uh in case of diesel in the United States, Europe has
[00:11:19] been doing all the same things, they have been you know also funding Putin's war
[00:11:23] efforts and so on, just the... been doing it quietly, they've been doing it behind closed
[00:11:27] doors and with their militaristic rhetoric, this rhetoric
[00:11:31] was meant to draw the attention, the spotlight away from their actions and
[00:11:35] that's why Washington is now accusing them of hypocrisy, but this
[00:11:38] deal, it's good for Moscow, good for Washington and their
[00:11:42] relations, good for global energy prices, so it's good for Europe as well
[00:11:46] in the end, bad for Ukraine, in fact it seems like the only
[00:11:49] threat to to this deal is Kiev, because Zelinski said that he's going to
[00:11:53] continue attack. Russia oil refineries, but
[00:11:57] why is he so keen on uh sabotaging
[00:12:01] Washington's uh plans? It's pretty clear, you just have to look at what Kiev
[00:12:05] has had to say before that, they wanted this energy deal, but a
[00:12:08] very different, well shape and form, they wanted you know strikes
[00:12:12] against
[00:12:13] you know power stations to be included to be banned under this deal,
[00:12:17] strikes against port infrastructure against rail infrastructure, they
[00:12:21] wanted all of that to be banned under this
[00:12:23] you know umbrella energy deal. well Russia has from the very get go
[00:12:27] has been saying, well refineries fine, let's let's hold the strikes and
[00:12:31] well it's it's clear why, because well Ukraine doesn't really produce
[00:12:34] anything in this sense, so this deal is
[00:12:38] clear victory for Putin, is clear victory for Russia and the United
[00:12:42] States and well by proxy Europe, it's just they don't want to see it that way, and
[00:12:45] Zelensky, well he's been uh he's been making some very unhinged claim
[00:12:49] saying that well the United States should have come to Ukraine and made
[00:12:53] deal with Ukraine as if ' well, in his words, it
[00:12:56] does controls the out the Russian output. have
[00:12:59] a have a listen. why doesn't America
[00:13:03] conclude a diesel deal with Ukraine? let Ukraine offer a
[00:13:07] diesel deal. we influence whether these ships go or not, whether these
[00:13:11] refineries work or not. so yes, let's sign the corresponding diesel
[00:13:15] deal with the president the United States of America.
[00:13:19] again, this is also quite ironic to come from a man whose
[00:13:22] entire budget, entire country lives of... for whatever Europe
[00:13:26] has to give to them, otherwise they don't even have enough to pay
[00:13:30] salaries to the most crucial part their society right now and that's the you know
[00:13:34] servicemen, so uh it's ironic to hear him
[00:13:37] say that he controls something abroad elsewhere like in Russia
[00:13:41] when he doesn't really have a grip on things inside Ukraine
[00:13:45] without you know donations and uh well credits from
[00:13:49] the west, so now with the US openly uh working
[00:13:53] together with Russia on energy deal, it seems
[00:13:57] that uh the weight of supporting uh Kiev's war machine
[00:14:01] is now uh being pressed on Brussel's shoulders,
[00:14:05] so what does Russia have to say about this? indeed, it has been the policy
[00:14:09] the Trump administration for a while now, you know, let Europe pay
[00:14:13] for the war in Europe and the United States, they have pulled uh pretty much
[00:14:16] all financial support uh and Washington has been making money of this
[00:14:20] of this European ambition, well now you with
[00:14:24] Europe. down on this and potentially openly defying you
[00:14:28] know militaristically
[00:14:29] the interests, economic interests the United States, we are a bit of
[00:14:33] crossroads, but according to Russia, well Europe has already shown that it is
[00:14:36] not, they
[00:14:37] can say they can talk however much they want about wanting to bring this war
[00:14:41] to an end, but they don't, because every because we've seen everything that they have
[00:14:45] implied so far here it has failed, they decided to
[00:14:49] just self-exclude themselves out of dialogue with Russia,
[00:14:53] they have been slapping slamming Russia with sanctions, none of this has
[00:14:57] worked, so according to the spokesman for the Russian president and for the Kremlin Dimitri
[00:15:01] Peskov, Washington right now looks like a more of
[00:15:05] an impartial state, not impartial completely, because well intelligence sharing
[00:15:08] and so on is still a thing, but still Europe is definitely a
[00:15:12] party acts like a party in this war while Washington is trying to
[00:15:16] uh have look and try to trying to find
[00:15:19] solutions, the
[00:15:22] Europeans clearly do not belong to the party of. peace, the party that seeks
[00:15:26] ways toward a peaceful settlement. The Europeans are more like the party of war,
[00:15:30] which continues to do everything to prevent this war from stopping. We are far more
[00:15:34] impressed by the efforts the American negotiators, we are. grateful to them
[00:15:38] for continuing these efforts. We are not looking for a split here, we are looking for
[00:15:42] truly effective measures and responsible decisions that will make it
[00:15:45] possible to reach
[00:15:46] a peaceful settlement. The Europeans clearly do not belong to the party of
[00:15:50] peace, the party that seeks ways toward peaceful settlement. The
[00:15:54] Europeans are more like the party of war which continues to do everything to prevent
[00:15:58] this war from stopping. We are far more impressed by the efforts the American
[00:16:01] negotiators. We are grateful to them for continuing these efforts.
[00:16:05] We are not looking for a split here. "We are looking for truly effective measures
[00:16:09] and responsible decisions that will make it possible to reach
[00:16:12] a peaceful settlement. So right now
[00:16:16] we are a bit of crossroads here with one way being, well it
[00:16:20] could all with, I mean all of this huffing and puffing, if that will
[00:16:24] just remain that
[00:16:25] you know all talk and uh Europe and Zelensky will talk
[00:16:29] uh very tough but won't act on these words, or if they
[00:16:33] will decide to directly try and disrupt Russia's well shipments.
[00:16:37] to the United States, be it vessels or be it attacks against you know infrastructure inside
[00:16:41] Russia, and that would be interesting to see if they choose that that
[00:16:45] sort of course of events, if they choose the latter, then well Trump has quite a few quite a
[00:16:49] few means to apply pressure and to punish uh anyone well in
[00:16:53] Ukraine for in Ukraine and Europe for disobedience, starting with the
[00:16:56] most obvious options like cutting intelligence sharing and switching off the
[00:17:00] starlink you know dishes. All right,
[00:17:03] correspondent, thank you for breaking it all down for us.
[00:17:23] Zelensky is the main obstacle to peaceful settlement. I think his
[00:17:27] 60-day demand is linked to the fact that he is working with European and
[00:17:31] American globalists and democrats against Trump. He wants to see
[00:17:34] Trump removed and deal with the democrats. very generous towards him and
[00:17:38] Ukraine, allocating $60 billion dollars. That is the arrangement
[00:17:42] he wants to return to. He does not want any elections. The Europeans are
[00:17:46] completely satisfied with Zelensky.
[00:17:48] He has become the kind of leader, the kind of Nazi who no longer needs to be
[00:17:52] pushed. Sometimes he needs to be held back. He is the number one
[00:17:55] rusophobe. What did the Europeans want from the conflict with Russia waged
[00:17:59] through Ukraine or by Ukraine's hands? Russia's defeat. Russia has
[00:18:03] already held two elections under these same conditions. I see no difference for.
[00:18:07] example, between the voting organized by Russia for its soldiers in the combat zone
[00:18:11] and voting for Ukrainian armed forces soldiers. That is why Zelensky does not
[00:18:15] want these elections, because he will lose. The Europeans are satisfied with him
[00:18:19] because the second stage is now beginning. We cannot defeat Russia, and
[00:18:22] nuclear power cannot be defeated, so you have to inflict irreperable
[00:18:26] damage, drowning the relations between Ukrainians and Russians in blood, and then continue
[00:18:30] along the same path. This is no different from Napoleon's campaign against Russia
[00:18:34] or Hitler's invasion of Russia, but now they have found accomplice. bander rights and
[00:18:38] Hitler in the person of Zelensky, that is why they support him. He also cites the
[00:18:42] constitution, claiming that it prohibits elections. No, that is a lie.
[00:18:46] I am telling you this as a lawyer and as member of parliament for three consecutive terms. That
[00:18:50] is a lie. Meanwhile, Russia's foreign
[00:18:53] intelligence service has accused the European Commission of orchestrating an
[00:18:57] information campaign against the Russian nuclear energy agency and
[00:19:01] Hungary's Px to nuclear power plant project. Moscow
[00:19:04] says the campaign ignores Hungary's national interest.
[00:19:09] "the main customer the dirty information campaign launched in Europe against the Ross
[00:19:12] Atom Corporation and the construction with its participation the Pax 2
[00:19:16] nuclear power plant in Hungary is the leadership the European
[00:19:20] Commission. The Pax 2 project is designed to expand
[00:19:24] Hungary's existing nuclear power plant with Russia's Rosatam serving
[00:19:27] as the main contractor. The project would see the construction
[00:19:31] of two nuclear new nuclear reactors which are expected to
[00:19:35] increase Hungary's electricity generation." capacity and helped meet its
[00:19:39] long-term energy needs, however, the scheme has faced
[00:19:42] scrutiny and political disputes within the EU, including
[00:19:46] concerns over its reliance on Russian technology and the wider
[00:19:49] implications of energy cooperation with
[00:19:52] Moscow.
[00:19:56] let's now cross live to the director of center for European studies
[00:19:59] at Renmin University of China one EUAE. welcome
[00:20:03] to the program, sir. now first off, what do you make the
[00:20:07] revelation? that Brussels seeks to undermine Hungaries ties with
[00:20:10] Russia
[00:20:11] in the energy sector, what's the rational behind such a
[00:20:13] campaign? first of
[00:20:17] all, I think the Europeans cannot compete
[00:20:21] Russians companies in hungarous
[00:20:24] nuclear plant projects, they also they use
[00:20:28] the name of national security or
[00:20:32] even demo, the Russians reputation or companies
[00:20:35] reputation there. "actually also not for the
[00:20:39] national interest the European Union, but even for the personal interests
[00:20:43] the like the president the European commission the Vonderland,
[00:20:47] which actually be accused by..." "the
[00:20:50] Americans companies influence during the COVID
[00:20:53] period that in
[00:20:57] the name of Europeans actually so-called the
[00:21:00] safety but actually intentionally work for the American
[00:21:03] companies because she want to retired and then
[00:21:07] get the elections to be the chief of NATO during that
[00:21:11] time, but even today actually in the name the Europeans
[00:21:15] interests against Russia, but for her personal
[00:21:18] political..." which they faculty
[00:21:22] worked with the American companies and
[00:21:26] Washington has been telling Beijing for years to abandon Russian
[00:21:30] energy, including trading tariffs threats, even
[00:21:34] now as the US itself is easing sanctions on Russian diesel,
[00:21:37] so how can the US threaten China with 100%
[00:21:41] tariffs for buying Russian oil while simultaneously negotiating deal
[00:21:45] to import Russian diesel for its own market?
[00:21:49] everything about the election election, the president trump want
[00:21:53] to download the inflation, particularly with
[00:21:56] the des more from farmers and the military industrial complex,
[00:22:00] so of course this is make deal with president
[00:22:03] Putin, but at the same time also the United States, particularly the
[00:22:07] president Trump respect president
[00:22:10] Putin because his powerful, Russia is most
[00:22:14] important
[00:22:15] in the United States like China, they are looks down upon to the European Union
[00:22:18] to always. is not just double standard actually at the cost
[00:22:22] the Europeans, but the thing about the
[00:22:26] presidentski is the opskar, the European support of him also
[00:22:30] make the the interest the united states be damaged, so
[00:22:34] that's reason the make deal with Russia about the
[00:22:37] diesel, but what do you make of such pattern though of
[00:22:41] Washington doing exactly what it's trying to ban others
[00:22:45] from doing? well even president Trump with the
[00:22:48] first turn also sanction to the chinese company
[00:22:52] huawei during that time the launched the trade war, actually the
[00:22:55] American companies bypass the
[00:22:59] sanctions, so in the name the sanctions actually is within the Chinese
[00:23:02] market, so always the American do like that way, because the
[00:23:06] thing about the American exception reason, so they are not follow the
[00:23:10] sanctions, so others should follow the sanctions, that's very
[00:23:14] traditional american thinking, all
[00:23:17] right, one yeway,
[00:23:21] uh uh from the director of center for European studies at renmin University of
[00:23:24] China.
[00:23:25] I appreciate you taking the time and sharing your thoughts with
[00:23:27] us.
[00:23:32] India has beefed up security in its capital as a mass protest
[00:23:36] raged for third consecutive day. Initially, the demonstrators were
[00:23:40] led by a youth activist movement called the cockroaches. However,
[00:23:44] now different opposition forces have joined the protest, accusing the ruling
[00:23:48] government of attempting. Fraud, something firmly denied by the
[00:23:52] authorities. Arty India's Vinak Dixit explains what has
[00:23:56] caused the prolonged unrest. Now if we talk
[00:23:59] about the protests that are happening here in India then at the heart the
[00:24:03] matter lies an allegation by India's opposition parties
[00:24:07] that the election commission's process of revising pole roles
[00:24:11] is soly to benefit the Narendra Modi led Bharatiya Janata
[00:24:15] Party, the BJP for winning elections after elections
[00:24:19] in state. after state now uh the Indian election
[00:24:23] commission's special intensive revision process was started
[00:24:27] in the world's largest democracy last year and it started with the
[00:24:31] northern state of bihar. now the intention the process was
[00:24:35] to remove the names of voters that have moved away, voters that have
[00:24:38] registered in more than one constituencies, voters that have passed
[00:24:42] away or voters that are due to any reason whatsoever,
[00:24:46] unregistered voters, so a thorough cleaning the election. pole
[00:24:50] roles or the list of voters, about 130
[00:24:54] million names have been flagged or removed so far, if you
[00:24:57] think that is a large number, then think about the total population of
[00:25:01] India which happens to be 1.4 billion people. now
[00:25:05] the final decision on removing any these
[00:25:09] names are yet to be taken, however India's
[00:25:12] opposition parties alleged that in the process
[00:25:16] the special intensive revision many legitimate voters name
[00:25:20] were also struck off from the list in order to benefit the
[00:25:23] भारतीय janata party or the BJP, they claim that
[00:25:27] these removals now mean that India's electoral process is
[00:25:31] no longer level playing field. the opposition parties also say
[00:25:35] that this process has already skewed elections that took place in the
[00:25:39] month of April where the BJP one three out of
[00:25:43] five states. Congress leader and leader of opposition Rahul Gandi has
[00:25:47] gone so far as to call this vote. left and says and
[00:25:51] argues that any laws passed by the elected
[00:25:55] government through the stolen votes remain to be illegitimate because
[00:25:59] the process in itself was illegitimate the
[00:26:03] party, the BJP as well as the election commission have denied
[00:26:07] any wrong
[00:26:08] भारतीय the जनta doings as far as the process SIRR are concerned, the BJP
[00:26:12] maintains that the uh that the process was aimed to remove
[00:26:16] illegitimate voters from electoral poll rolls. home minister Amit Shah
[00:26:19] also went on to say that it was to prevent infiltrators which
[00:26:23] happens to be euferemism that is used for illegal
[00:26:27] immigrants mainly from neighboring Bangladesh from
[00:26:31] voting in India's election.
[00:26:33] the election panel contends that any wrongly excluded
[00:26:36] voters can request revision in their names and their names
[00:26:40] can be included back in the list again this long
[00:26:43] simmering controversy around the special intensive revision became
[00:26:47] even more rampant after an Indian print daily the
[00:26:51] Indian express released a report which said that in the
[00:26:55] three member election commission where there is a chief election commissioner
[00:26:59] and two other election commissioners there was significant
[00:27:03] difference between the election chief election commissioner and the other two
[00:27:06] election commissioners as far as voted matters like
[00:27:10] voter registrations and deletions are concerned. the election
[00:27:14] commission on this acknowledged the objections but said that
[00:27:18] the final decision that was taken by the body was completely
[00:27:21] unanimous. it's another
[00:27:25] busy news day here in Moscow and make sure you stay with us as we hand
[00:27:29] over to Rick Sanchez shortly. he is actually joining us. now in
[00:27:33] fact uh Rick, it's always a pleasure to see you, what's
[00:27:36] in store for us today? you remember you and I were talking the
[00:27:40] night that I had a chance to talk or ask some questions a meeting with Mr.
[00:27:44] Putin and I asked him if he could figure out this uh,
[00:27:48] chatten Mutley routine that the West always plays where they're your
[00:27:51] friend, but then they're also your enemy, and why do you even negotiate
[00:27:55] with them, and I think we're kind of back to that, because you know over the weekend uh,
[00:27:59] Mr. Trump did a deal with Mr. Putin on diesel. At the same time the
[00:28:03] United States was bombing data centers inside of Russia, so which
[00:28:07] is it, right? Are you my friend or are you my enemy? Are you going to do
[00:28:11] deal with me? But then after you do the deal, you turn around and you start bombing data centers
[00:28:15] in our country, because that's what's happening, and it's kind of hard to figure out,
[00:28:19] and it goes back to that very conversation we had back then on that day, so
[00:28:23] yeah, we're let's talk about that here on the Sanchez
[00:28:25] Effect. Just another sign of how
[00:28:29] complicated this whole situation is, Rick and... Of course, that's Rick Sanchez whose
[00:28:33] flagship program you can catch right here on RT International
[00:28:37] in just
[00:28:38] moment. I'll be back with
[00:28:42] more news after Sanchez Effect, which is, as you've probably realized
[00:28:46] is coming up
[00:28:47] next.
[00:30:28] Okay, so this is what you need to know about today. First of all, Trump just came out and he...
[00:30:32] just said this about Zelensky,
[00:30:35] watch, that's a war that should have never started,
[00:30:39] and I think it's time for Ukraine to get new president. Wow,
[00:30:43] time for Ukraine to get new president, is that crazy to say
[00:30:46] or is it the truth about what even the people inside
[00:30:50] Ukraine are actually thinking? foreign secretary lease
[00:30:54] trusts and uh she told him that Britain's aim
[00:30:57] was for the war continue.