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[00:01:30] and not miss it. Let's move on, the US deployed a new medium- and
[00:01:33] shorter-range missile launcher to Norway, which could threaten
[00:01:37] the Russian Arctic. This is a report by Nikolay Parkhidko. Nikolay,
[00:01:41] applause for you, we invite you to the center. Let's
[00:01:43] watch.
[00:01:45] Immediately after the visit of Steve Whitcoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow
[00:01:49] on September 5, it became known that during NATO's Arctic
[00:01:53] Hour military exercises, the US deployed the MK-70 missile
[00:01:57] launcher in Norway. It was created
[00:02:00] on the basis of the ship-based MK-41 and
[00:02:03] converted for land tasks. The launcher is located
[00:02:06] in the Norwegian city of Trondheim, 1,000 km
[00:02:10] from the Murmansk region. It is worth noting that this is the second
[00:02:14] appearance of the MK-70 in the Baltic Sea. The first time the US
[00:02:17] deployed it on the Danish island of Bornholm in
[00:02:20] 2023. Besides the obvious
[00:02:24] course towards military escalation and further militarization
[00:02:27] of the Arctic region, the deployment of American
[00:02:30] packages in Norway has an obvious economic objective:
[00:02:33] to hinder transportation along the Northern Sea Route. Passing
[00:02:37] predominantly through Russian territorial waters, this trade
[00:02:40] route is attracting increasing interest from major
[00:02:43] economies seeking to reduce logistics costs,
[00:02:47] which are rising due to the emergence of new pockets of instability in
[00:02:50] other areas. The most striking example was shown by South
[00:02:54] Korea, which tested the northern route in August of this
[00:02:58] year, without notifying its Western partners, which
[00:03:01] predictably caused their displeasure. In general,
[00:03:05] the deployment of missile launchers, whose range
[00:03:08] reaches the Moscow region, is a direct
[00:03:11] threat to Russia's interests and security
[00:03:14] in the Arctic, especially since there is a direct historical
[00:03:17] analogy. On the eve of the attack on the USSR, Nazi Germany
[00:03:21] increased its military and infrastructure presence in
[00:03:24] Norway, aiming for both a lightning capture
[00:03:27] of Murmansk and the blocking of the northern
[00:03:31] trade route connecting the USSR with the outside world.
[00:03:35] Nikolay, there's another interesting thing here, not only
[00:03:38] is the US trying to scare us, but Britain has also
[00:03:41] joined, pay attention, British paratroopers will be there on
[00:03:44] a permanent basis, meaning before they were sent there for exercises
[00:03:48] in Norway for some seasonal
[00:03:51] work, but now it's year-round, so the question is: why are they
[00:03:55] trying to scare us? Now it's really scary, like
[00:03:59] the pro-British landing party. Well, seriously, Nikolay,
[00:04:02] I think you're playing games, no, don't be afraid of the
[00:04:05] British landing party, yes, seriously,
[00:04:09] well, scaring us, that's their main job,
[00:04:12] that's what they, as they think, do best of
[00:04:15] all, if you look specifically at the numbers
[00:04:19] at the tactical and technical characteristics, then what is this
[00:04:22] MK 70 launcher, it's
[00:04:25] a classic vertical launch
[00:04:28] system with four launch containers, right,
[00:04:31] which, accordingly,
[00:04:34] can be loaded with both anti-aircraft missiles, yes, SM6, they have a
[00:04:38] range of 230 km, but that's nothing, hypothetically,
[00:04:41] what's most unpleasant, 1800 km
[00:04:44] is the range of a Tomahawk, mhm, so this thing can be shoved
[00:04:48] in there, and then Trondheim is today, but if not
[00:04:51] Trondheim, if they moved it somewhere near Narvik or somewhere else,
[00:04:55] then our entire Arctic is under threat,
[00:04:59] that's the first point, now. Point number two: this
[00:05:02] here, these Arctic Watch exercises, well, okay, let's say they've done
[00:05:06] them before, let's say there was their famous Cold Response
[00:05:09] and Steadfast and many other things.
[00:05:13] but - I, perhaps, since 2023,
[00:05:16] that is, since Sweden and Finland joined NATO, I
[00:05:20] regularly hear that the Arctic region
[00:05:24] needs, as they call it, to be "developed," and what is "development,"
[00:05:27] it's deployment, for example, the MK70 is deployment right now, so these are
[00:05:31] bad news for us, but there are also good ones, not everything is that bad,
[00:05:34] let's have the good news, so the good news, news number
[00:05:37] one, all their this initiative, all
[00:05:41] this running around, it is nullified
[00:05:44] by a critical lack of an icebreaker fleet, that is, Russia's logistical
[00:05:48] capabilities, not only within the framework of the Northern Sea Route, but in principle in this
[00:05:51] region, they, well, Russia has the most powerful icebreaker fleet, and moreover,
[00:05:54] it is the only one, it is the only
[00:05:57] one, of course, it is the only fleet, it is the only fleet at all, that is, all their ships,
[00:06:01] that are somewhere there, are still in project, that's the first good news, the second good
[00:06:05] news, but the British landing party, or not British, whichever
[00:06:08] one, but the thing is that NATO countries
[00:06:12] have a critical shortage of specialized military equipment
[00:06:16] adapted for effective operations in the Arctic
[00:06:19] in Arctic conditions, that is, I'm not saying it's not there, it is, I'm not saying they can't
[00:06:23] create it, they can, if they want to, but as of today, as of today,
[00:06:27] they have a problem, they have more problems than this
[00:06:30] slingshot they are trying to use against
[00:06:33] us, you said the word British, immediately,
[00:06:36] Alexey, it would be so good if it wasn't so
[00:06:40] sad, let's put it this way.
[00:06:43] The MK-70 is a complete
[00:06:46] analogue of the Typhon army complex, which
[00:06:49] is already being purchased, has already decided to be purchased
[00:06:53] by Great Britain, oh, excuse me, Germany. The Typhoon
[00:06:56] missile is its primary
[00:06:59] Tomahawk. SM66 for
[00:07:02] blocking, in the strike variant, for
[00:07:05] blocking the Northern Sea Route, is completely
[00:07:08] unsuitable. The problem is that no... struggle
[00:07:12] for the Arctic plays a role here, they are preparing to fight with
[00:07:16] Russia here, this complex is designed for only one thing: to strike
[00:07:19] from the territory of Norway in the northern direction all the way to St. Petersburg and
[00:07:23] Moscow, and they chose the MK-70 for one simple
[00:07:26] reason, because Norway's traditional, Norwegian armed
[00:07:30] forces are traditionally very friendly with the US Marine Corps, because this
[00:07:34] is their area of responsibility, where American Marines are permanently
[00:07:37] stationed, which is why they took not the army's Typhon,
[00:07:40] but its analogue.
[00:08:12] We'll take the MK-70, it's not a matter of geopolitics, it's a practical
[00:08:16] question: what do we need more, what complex for
[00:08:19] strikes in the Moscow and St. Petersburg areas do we need?
[00:08:22] They don't consider any North there, no struggle for the Arctic, they
[00:08:26] consider the struggle for the Arctic in this context: we've defeated Russia and
[00:08:29] the Arctic is ours. And as for the fact that we'll be placing some systems here to block the Northern
[00:08:33] Sea Route, creating threats, no, the conversation is already
[00:08:36] concrete: we defeated Russia, the Arctic is ours. And in order to defeat Russia,
[00:08:40] you ask where they defeated us, I...
[00:09:12] new Arctic equipment, which is already in their arsenal, of the 11th
[00:09:16] Airborne Arctic Division, is arriving. Moreover,
[00:09:19] they are already transporting this equipment to Finland. Well, there's a division there,
[00:09:23] that the Marines are responsible for Norway, and the US Army is responsible for Finland.
[00:09:26] So there's no need to be complacent. They don't have
[00:09:29] an icebreaker fleet, they don't need an icebreaker fleet.
[00:09:32] They believe that if we defeat Russia, the Arctic will be ours, and they are not
[00:09:36] going to engage in this unequal struggle where Russia has complete
[00:09:39] superiority. In fact, they operate on many
[00:09:42] levels. Maybe tomorrow they are not going to strike Moscow or St. Petersburg, but
[00:09:46] first they present it as a certain bastion, as it were, for protecting
[00:09:50] their interests. Yes, can I ask some naive questions? Well, forgive me,
[00:09:53] specifically with Europe, a direct
[00:09:56] conflict begins, no longer proxy, no proxy mode, and so on. We understand that there is an installation
[00:10:00] that can reach Moscow and St. Petersburg, but it will be
[00:10:04] destroyed on that very day along with all the surrounding military
[00:10:07] facilities. They understand this, the specific servicemen who come to
[00:10:59] with impunity, that they will be able to strike the Northern Fleet, that they will maintain their checkpoint concept,
[00:11:03] Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Singapore,
[00:11:06] Panama. For them, the Northern Sea Route, what is it? It's a
[00:11:09] threat, yes, in the future, accordingly, they think they will also be able
[00:11:13] to strike it with impunity, inflict strikes, block it, at least
[00:11:16] declare it a zone of increased missile danger and continue to feel
[00:11:19] comfortable, controlling all flows, the most
[00:11:23] protected headquarters.
[00:11:57] and the doctrine is not ecological, it discusses economic presence, starting from Greenland, it
[00:12:01] discusses the creation of infrastructure, cables, satellites, satellite, meaning
[00:12:04] preparation for economic presence, then there will be military
[00:12:07] presence, the calculation is very simple, after some time the ice
[00:12:10] will melt and the Northern Sea Route will not just shorten something there, no,
[00:12:14] forget it, it will still exist, the goal is simple,
[00:12:17] imagine that you have an oil well or, for example, you
[00:12:21] extract rare earth somewhere in the north...
[00:13:38] talking about that also works, the Danes are now with their
[00:13:42] priests
[00:13:44] practicing conditions when they will conduct
[00:13:47] multi-thousand funerals, the Danes are conducting
[00:13:51] exercises on landing, full-fledged exercises together with
[00:13:54] Britain, on landing in the Kaliningrad region, when the British
[00:13:58] command breaks through Russian defenses, the Danes land. Who
[00:14:01] are they scaring in Greenland? They are already deeply involved in this, they are already
[00:14:05] engaged in combat planning, not some
[00:14:08] political models, but full-fledged combat work
[00:14:11] of headquarters, military
[00:14:22] thank you, let's take a break, we'll be back.
[00:14:25] from a clean slate: why the BRICS summit in New Delhi could be the first
[00:14:29] real step towards resolving conflicts in the Middle East?
[00:14:33] What fundamental decisions did the member countries propose?
[00:14:36] And for what reason did the efforts of the US and the Gulf monarchies to sit down at the negotiating
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[00:19:02] This is an open broadcast, and we continue. Chinese President Xi Jinping at the BRICS
[00:19:06] summit in New Delhi called on the organization to become a peacemaker in
[00:19:09] the Middle East, Reuters agency reports. Ivan Molchanov's report discusses
[00:19:13] how the decisions made at the BRICS summit can become real steps towards resolving
[00:19:16] conflicts. We invite you to the main
[00:19:20] hero's chair.
[00:19:23] Today, major bloc associations are competing for
[00:19:27] the right to bring the Middle East to a state of peace and
[00:19:29] prosperity. Middle Eastern diplomacy, as
[00:19:32] well as the status of peacemaker, has become for leaders like Trump and
[00:19:36] Erdogan or.
[00:20:08] Against this backdrop, the new BRICS declaration, adopted at the recent
[00:20:11] summit in New Delhi, stands in stark contrast, where
[00:20:14] the intentions of the countries to fundamentally revise the activities
[00:20:18] of the most important global political and political-economic
[00:20:21] institutions of the UN system, including the Security Council, IMF, and
[00:20:25] World Bank, are presented. The proposals look like
[00:20:28] the foundation of a new world architecture, which will allow the UN
[00:20:31] to perform the function for which the organization
[00:20:34] was created. If such a policy proves
[00:20:38] successful, the role of developing countries in making international
[00:20:41] decisions, as well as the principles of multipolarity, equality,
[00:20:44] mutual respect, and sovereignty will become
[00:20:47] the guarantor of a just peace. Separately, one
[00:20:50] can emphasize that despite the West's efforts to sit down at the negotiating table
[00:20:54] through the likes of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, and
[00:20:57] Pakistan, a constructive dialogue, however limited, was achieved
[00:21:00] only at the BRICS summit, where
[00:21:03] the declaration was signed by all states. Here it is worth
[00:21:07] remembering that the United Arab Emirates is a military ally of
[00:21:10] Israel, and Narendra Modi has established strong partnership
[00:21:14] relations with Netanyahu. In other words, a ready-made
[00:21:17] mutually beneficial solution exists. It remains to wait for a step
[00:21:21] forward, because Israel's own position will largely
[00:21:24] depend on the results of the elections in the Knesset on October
[00:21:28] 27. It's important, in the context of what was heard, to recall that the BRICS
[00:21:31] summit in New Delhi concluded with a declaration on a multipolar world with 140
[00:21:35] points. The main point of the document was the condemnation
[00:21:38] of unilateral sanctions, contradicting international
[00:21:41] law and the UN Charter. Participants also expressed concern about the increasing
[00:21:45] nuclear risks and called for a reform of the UN
[00:21:48] Security Council to include countries from the Global South. But the two key ideas are,
[00:21:52] first, the rejection of sanctions in any form, and second, of course,
[00:21:56] the expansion of the Security Council's capabilities by including
[00:22:00] countries from the Global South. Let's start with the first one. The countries
[00:22:03] that currently feel part of the Western camp, they never
[00:22:07] had equal rights, they understand that there is a hegemon, there are second
[00:22:11] roles, third roles, they hear the BRICS position that
[00:22:14] by moving, or at least looking in this direction, they
[00:22:18] will enter a world where...
[00:22:50] similar to each other, completely different countries with different languages,
[00:22:53] cultures, confessions, were able to agree and present already
[00:22:57] concrete proposals, concrete points that in
[00:23:00] the future can grow into a plan, then into a roadmap
[00:23:04] and become a working mechanism inside, and Ivan, I'm sorry, an important point,
[00:23:08] as I understand it, in the context of hearing the essence
[00:23:11] of what the BRICS leaders said, relations between
[00:23:14] the countries that are part of BRICS can be different,
[00:23:18] as for example today between China and India.
[00:23:20] But both countries completely reject
[00:23:24] the language of sanctions, yes, whatever happens, sanctions
[00:23:27] overboard, the world should no longer communicate
[00:23:30] that way among themselves. When structures like
[00:23:34] the UN or WTO stop working, stop performing their basic
[00:23:37] functions, people naturally start talking about some reforms,
[00:23:41] only the lazy haven't said it, like Erdogan's "the world is more
[00:23:45] than five" and all the rest, meaning the ideas themselves aren't new
[00:23:48] and now it's about these very
[00:23:52] bricks in the form of multipolarity, sustainable
[00:23:54] development, the role of women in governance,
[00:23:58] they used to be in the superstructure,
[00:24:01] now they need to be placed right in the foundation, so that the architecture works
[00:24:04] again. Malik, can I ask you about the second part of what I
[00:24:08] just said, this expansion of the Security Council's capabilities through countries
[00:24:11] of the Global South. What is our position: do we add countries
[00:24:15] from the Global South and full stop, or is it parity? They,
[00:24:19] in turn, propose.
[00:24:50] story about including Germany and Japan, countries that lost in World War
[00:24:54] II, as permanent members,
[00:24:57] who started and lost, yes, in exchange for this, we will give something to some of the Global South countries,
[00:25:01] for example, India, which is logical, why India? Because the US,
[00:25:04] Britain, and so on are actively working with India right now, hoping
[00:25:08] to push certain interests through it. From our
[00:25:12] side, we have repeatedly said that yes, we are
[00:25:15] interested in the presence of countries from the Global South, the Global
[00:25:18] Majority. who
[00:26:32] oil goes, the tanker from China calmly negotiates with
[00:26:36] China, with Iran, with the Houthis, Russia can
[00:26:39] calmly negotiate with Iran, with the Houthis. In fact, all those who consume
[00:26:42] quite a lot of energy resources in the world
[00:26:46] concept were in BRICS, India and China. Secondly, these are those who
[00:26:50] are now resolving this issue, the Americans cannot resolve it, so the monarchies
[00:27:01] financial.
[00:27:32] permanent members, but this is all, as it were, in
[00:27:35] a complex, this is not the peacekeeping role of BRICS
[00:27:38] itself, yes, yes, these are financial instruments, like the WTO
[00:27:42] motto, a couple of points regarding China-India, which we talked a lot about
[00:27:45] today, well, yes, they had a pretty serious border conflict, but this very
[00:27:49] BRICS summit showed that indeed on the platform
[00:27:53] of this event, within the framework of BRICS, it is realistic
[00:27:56] to negotiate and resolve their contradictions, that is, firstly,
[00:27:59] there was the first visit of the Chinese leader to India in 6 years. Just a second,
[00:28:03] many contracts on economics were signed there, there was a huge
[00:28:06] delegation of representatives of Chinese business, which is now actively developing its
[00:28:10] positions in India, plus yes, they indeed for the first time in 6 years are resuming direct
[00:28:13] air communication, which was not there precisely since those border
[00:28:17] clashes, that is, it is clear that in fact, against the background of pressure from the United States,
[00:28:21] many countries understand that their own contradictions do not disappear,
[00:28:25] of course, but they can partly be relegated to the background, understanding that
[00:28:28] in fact, there is something that unites us, and that, of course, is the rejection of this
[00:28:32] hegemonism from the United States. This is called a hybrid
[00:28:35] world, a hybrid world. Alexander, it was correctly said that
[00:28:39] this is primarily an economic bloc, integration, active development of a new development
[00:28:42] bank, which is not unknown,
[00:28:46] yes, this is an alternative to the IMF, this is an alternative to this
[00:28:50] global financial elite, which provides an opportunity to offer a slightly
[00:28:53] different path for all these countries, meaning the fact that
[00:28:57] Egypt, UAE, Iran, they are all either BRICS members or its close
[00:29:00] partners, India,
[00:29:33] for example, Germany is being completely destroyed
[00:29:36] just because, well, guys, we are
[00:29:39] above you, we are that very security umbrella, never mind that your
[00:29:43] Nord Streams were blown up, never mind that your markets are collapsing,
[00:29:46] that Volkswagen is closing its automotive empire,
[00:29:49] close it, the main mission now is to be with
[00:29:52] us, the vanguard from the West, economics, then
[00:29:56] we'll catch up, we'll have a Marshall Plan 2.0,
[00:29:59] and we are creating, well, we... meaning
[00:30:02] BRICS countries, countries aspiring to a
[00:30:06] multipolar world, we are creating a system where the same
[00:30:09] Germany, if at least one adequate person comes to power, he will say,
[00:30:13] "Okay, you're blackmailing me, goodbye, there's another
[00:30:16] counter where I'd love to lie down and be
[00:30:19] comfortable." That's what it's about. It starts with finances, when there are
[00:30:23] finances, there's something to protect, when there are no finances, like in
[00:30:26] Germany today, what is there to protect? A brief summary, please, and finances are
[00:30:30] rubles, they are yuan.
[00:30:32] These are dirhams, which are gradually replacing the dollar, rupees
[00:30:36] dollar. This is a gradual process of de-dollarization, therefore,
[00:30:39] of course, in combination, this is already
[00:30:42] a path to a ready plan for constructive dialogue between all
[00:30:46] 193 countries. Thank you, Ivan, applause, let's take
[00:30:50] a break, we'll be back,
[00:30:52] a stirred up hornet's nest, what actions by Saudi Arabia led
[00:30:56] to an escalation of the conflict with the Houthis, how did
[00:30:59] the Yemeni movement take control of the Bab-el-Mandeb
[00:31:02] Strait? What did Washington respond to Riyadh's request?