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[00:00:00] And we are creating, well, by "we" I mean the BRICS countries,
[00:00:04] countries aspiring to a multipolar world, we are creating
[00:00:07] a system where the same Germany, if at least one
[00:00:11] adequate person comes to power, he will say, "Stop, you're blackmailing me,
[00:00:14] goodbye, there's still a counter where I'd gladly
[00:00:18] lie down and feel comfortable." That's what this is about. It starts
[00:00:21] with finances. When there are finances, there's something to protect.
[00:00:24] When there are no finances, like in Germany today, what's there to protect? A quick
[00:00:28] summary, please, and...
[00:00:30] These are rubles, these are yuan, these are dirhams that are
[00:00:33] gradually replacing the dollar (rupees, dollar). This is
[00:00:37] a gradual process of de-dollarization. Therefore, of course,
[00:00:40] in aggregate, this is already a path to a ready plan for
[00:00:54] What actions by Saudi Arabia led to the escalation of the conflict with the
[00:00:57] Houthis, and how did Yemeni...
[00:05:27] we move to the Middle East. As reported by representatives of the Yemeni Houthis,
[00:05:31] Saudi Arabia has carried out 54 airstrikes in the last day,
[00:05:35] using F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets.
[00:05:38] The Houthis warned that these attacks, quote, "will not go
[00:05:41] un...
[00:06:15] their parade-ground royal Saudi Arabian forces. Moreover, the Houthis, if they wish,
[00:06:19] will carry out raids on Saudi Arabian territory. They have experience
[00:06:22] in this, and it's quite successful. And they will crush
[00:06:25] the Turks if they suddenly decide to defend the Saudis under
[00:06:29] the concluded Mecan Pact. The Houthis are
[00:06:32] descendants of those Yemenis who successfully fought the Ottomans for
[00:06:36] centuries. In addition, they also resisted the British,
[00:06:39] so the Saudis stirred up this hornets' nest for nothing. Because
[00:06:43] it was initially possible to negotiate with the Houthis, and if
[00:06:47] the invasion of Yemen had not occurred, the Iranians would not have established
[00:06:51] themselves there, as it was precisely the intervention and blockade that forced the Houthis
[00:06:54] to cooperate closely with Tehran. They initially had
[00:06:57] no military threat or real intentions against
[00:07:00] Saudi Arabia. Ibrahim,
[00:07:03] let's go in order. The Houthis' actions are primarily directed
[00:07:07] against Saudi Arabia. What caused such an escalation,
[00:07:11] precisely now? The thing is, that
[00:07:13] the armed forces
[00:07:16] of Yemen,
[00:07:19] subordinate to the internationally recognized administration,
[00:07:22] launched an offensive on
[00:07:26] the outskirts of the port city of Hodeidah,
[00:07:30] the main transport and logistics
[00:07:32] hub for the supply of humanitarian aid and in principle
[00:07:35] the foreign economic activity of the Houthis
[00:07:39] and the import of various goods and services. Well,
[00:07:42] especially military goods, and it just so happened
[00:07:45] that -
[00:07:49] Saudi Arabia,
[00:07:52] since the beginning of hostilities in 2015,
[00:07:55] does not have accurate
[00:07:59] intelligence data and is constantly misled
[00:08:02] by various local
[00:08:05] forces in controlled business
[00:08:07] administration territories. The thing is, that
[00:08:11] the armed forces.
[00:08:43] And it just so happened that all these sides, one way or another,
[00:08:47] conflict with each other,
[00:08:50] and these are quite quarrelsome troops, which
[00:08:54] are essentially such only on paper. And
[00:08:57] just, look, there are two of the most difficult texts, as far as I understand, I,
[00:09:01] as a philologist, can say, it's James Joyce's Ulysses,
[00:09:05] this attempt to understand how everything in Yemen is arranged, because
[00:09:09] the entry point into this topic is at least several...
[00:09:43] The operation against the Houthis was supposed to begin in anticipation of epic
[00:09:46] fury. The Saudis then backed out, saying: we won't do it because we
[00:09:50] can only attack from the north, and Aden is controlled by the government, which is
[00:09:53] under the control of the United Arab Emirates. We cannot do
[00:09:56] this. As a result, they prepared, prepared,
[00:10:00] prepared, prepared. At the most crucial moment, the Houthis simply
[00:10:03] wiped them out, wiped them out so epically that perhaps in
[00:10:06] modern wars and military conflicts, well, only the extraction
[00:10:10] procedure, well, in what there is.
[00:10:20] And the Emirates withdrew their troops and assets and
[00:10:23] effectively. left the fight against the
[00:10:26] Houthis to Saudi Arabia alone. She
[00:10:30] was left alone, virtually, in Yemen. Exactly about "alone," Vitaly, there is also
[00:10:33] the Mecan Agreement, and Saudi
[00:10:36] Arabia appealed, they said, "Well, sorry,
[00:10:39] please, no one will get involved." You read my
[00:10:42] thoughts perfectly. I wanted to talk about that Mecan alliance, where Pakistan,
[00:10:46] Turkey, and precisely Saudi Arabia, and where, by the way, those who
[00:10:49] opposed the Houthis, proxies,
[00:10:53] and Saudi Arabia and the United
[00:10:55] Emirates. The Emirates are part of BRICS, by the way. They imposed a
[00:10:59] whole bunch of sanctions against the Houthis. So they are against sanctions within BRICS, but for some reason, against
[00:11:03] the Houthis, they imposed a whole bunch of sanctions. I just want to say, my esteemed
[00:11:06] colleague said that something unexpected happened, the Houthis struck,
[00:11:10] no one expected it. Yes, it's a typical Arab story, excuse me. From
[00:11:14] history, the Six-Day War of '67, remember when Israel,
[00:11:18] well, excuse me, routed all Arab armies, Darina remembers the details, and Darina
[00:11:22] remembers the details, yes, yes, yes, I'm sure she participated herself.
[00:11:39] that's why Donald Trump, although they were very seriously
[00:11:43] involved in preparing the operation together with the Saudis. Moreover,
[00:11:46] within the Saudi formations, there are brigades
[00:11:50] composed of former
[00:11:52] members.
[00:12:25] I agree, yes, of course, they are very, they
[00:12:28] are exactly, probably, what's the, as they say among
[00:12:31] the people, the catch, why is it like that? Because, let's look, we tend
[00:12:35] to think that the Houthis control the entire territory of Yemen, but in reality
[00:12:39] no, it's small, but this is a very specific
[00:12:42] region, that the system
[00:12:43] of training,
[00:12:47] I explain, this is a very specific region, where this movement is located, these are mountains
[00:12:50] with very difficult terrain, to survive there, to farm,
[00:12:54] you must be a person with a special
[00:12:57] mentality, resilience, yes,
[00:13:00] with very high self-organization. At that time, there are not
[00:13:03] many chances to survive, therefore, the most important thing is high
[00:13:06] self-organization. Let's gather opinions, yes, Malek. Well, let's also not forget the fact that
[00:13:10] sometimes, you know, people look at the map of Yemen and see that there,
[00:13:14] conditionally speaking, government troops control more territory, yes, than
[00:13:17] the Houthis, and it seems that the government controls more. In fact, the most
[00:13:20] populous regions of Yemen are controlled precisely by
[00:13:24] the Houthis. That is, their regions account for almost 80% of the entire country's
[00:13:28] population, so they certainly have a much greater demographic
[00:13:31] potential than the government. That is, there is Aden, for example, yes, and some
[00:13:34] other cities on the coast, but no more than that. Therefore, if everything
[00:13:38] starts to fall apart, it could collapse quite quickly. As for
[00:13:41] the consequences, I really think that at the current moment we will see, in general,
[00:13:45] the first consequences of the global weakening of the United States in the Middle
[00:13:49] East. The Houthis were the first to take advantage of this, yes, they went on the
[00:13:52] counteroffensive, and it turned out that, yes... problems with
[00:13:56] missiles, problems with drones, problems with aviation. It is critical for them to open a second
[00:13:59] front now, especially on the eve of the elections to Congress, given that they have a fuel crisis
[00:14:03] within America and so on. In short, there's nothing good to respond with.
[00:14:07] Iran is taking advantage of this, because for Iran, of course, the Houthis are not
[00:14:10] satellites, but close allies, so for Iran this strengthens their
[00:14:14] negotiating position with the Gulf monarchies, with Oman, and
[00:14:17] of course with the United States, so for America this is a very painful blow, and it
[00:14:21] seems to me that in Washington they still don't understand how to react to all this.
[00:14:27] And I have another question, unlike Malek, what if this is a secret game of the USA to keep the Saudis
[00:14:31] on a leash? I think that's how
[00:14:34] it started, how interesting your leash looks.
[00:14:37] It started, I will only add such
[00:14:40] short information, well, few people know, very narrow
[00:14:43] specialists,
[00:14:46] the loss of American influence in the region
[00:14:49] is confirmed by a simple fact: the Saudis negotiated with
[00:14:52] Pakistan on nuclear weapons. At the counterintelligence level, at
[00:14:56] the level of specific services, it
[00:15:00] was not just probing, but there was talk of creating a common
[00:15:03] dome, of signing documentation at the government level
[00:15:07] that would lead, well, like NATO's fifth paragraph, that
[00:15:10] Pakistan provides nuclear weapons. That is, they tried
[00:15:14] to launch these processes in different ways, not that alliance where Turkey, Saudi
[00:15:18] Arabia. They held talks without Turkey. A Pakistani
[00:15:21] defector leaked all the information to German intelligence services.
[00:15:58] what Iran and the Houthis have,
[00:16:00] these are cables that affect the entire
[00:16:04] financial world, not just the region, but the entire...
[00:16:37] We all know about the Strait of Hormuz, here's the Bab el-Mandeb
[00:16:40] Strait, also something that currently handles
[00:16:43] 20% of the world's economic, and
[00:16:47] the only energy, all goods,
[00:16:50] of course, yes, the only alternative for Saudi oil
[00:16:54] supplies was the East-West pipeline. Right now
[00:16:57] it's not working, as a result, I put myself in
[00:17:01] Saudi Arabia's place, what can they do? For the Americans, it won't be a
[00:17:05] 'tamdidance,' no, it won't work, yes...
[00:17:07] I don't have a polar bear, thankfully, the situation is such that they
[00:17:11] are turning from allies into a burden for the Americans, because
[00:17:15] the Saudis must now decide for themselves whether they somehow
[00:17:18] negotiate with Iran, "hold back
[00:17:21] your Houthis so they stop striking," yes, but then they would have lost, they
[00:17:24] clearly don't understand the relationship between Iran and the Houthis, they
[00:17:28] simply don't, or they must continue to be subjected to these
[00:17:32] strikes even further, and the Egyptians
[00:17:34] also that's it.
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[00:22:28] This is a live broadcast and we continue: Donald Trump promised to pay
[00:22:32] every adult US citizen $5,000
[00:22:35] if Republicans retain control of the House of
[00:22:39] Representatives and the Senate following the
[00:22:51] The Republican Party Convention in Dallas took place in a chaotic
[00:22:55] atmosphere. Trump decided to play his ace by promising to give
[00:22:58] every adult American $5,000 if the Republicans
[00:23:02] win the upcoming elections. He's already
[00:23:06] desperately trying to increase voter turnout. There are
[00:23:09] 270 million people over 18 years old in the US.
[00:23:13] The promised amount for all of them would require
[00:23:15] 1.3 trillion dollars, which is equivalent to
[00:23:19] 20% of the American budget. There is simply no source
[00:23:22] for such money, and even if it were found, such
[00:23:26] helicopter money distribution would lead to an inflation surge
[00:23:30] worse than what happened during Biden's term. However,
[00:23:33] it's not difficult for Trump to throw out these promises, since it's likely
[00:23:37] that Republicans will lose,
[00:23:41] and they won't need to fulfill anything. At the same time, they
[00:23:44] can blame the Democrats, who clearly won't want to allocate Trump
[00:23:48] money to distribute to the population.
[00:23:50] Overall, the White House's situation with a positive agenda is difficult right now,
[00:23:53] so they have to resort to extreme populist
[00:23:57] measures. At the same time, Trump also promised to end the war in
[00:24:01] Iran, winning it immediately after the elections. The problem is
[00:24:04] that fewer and fewer Americans take these statements
[00:24:08] seriously. As a result, Trump's ratings are falling.
[00:24:12] The Republican convention was interesting for its non-public part.
[00:24:15] There were already negotiations between major sponsors and JD Vance, on
[00:24:19] whom they are betting in the next presidential
[00:24:22] race. Listen, well, in the Ukrainian political
[00:24:25] tradition, there is this main idea,
[00:24:29] that when elections are held, every politician must bring a bag
[00:24:32] of buckwheat, some flag with the deputy's name,
[00:24:36] a pen, and a children's calendar so that children in school can look at it. This
[00:24:39] works for the Ukrainian audience, there are grandmothers who can vote for
[00:24:43] this, well, in general, that's it. Why does Trump make such
[00:24:46] loud statements? Who is this intended for generally? No, well, look, you see, we...
[00:24:59] Well, you see, such an Ukrainization of American politics is unfolding before our eyes, but in reality it's quite easy to make
[00:25:02] such populist promises if you know that you won't have to fulfill anything, right?
[00:25:06] That is, everyone perfectly understands that, of course, without Congressional approval, no one will approve
[00:25:09] that money for Trump, that's one and a half trillion dollars, by the way.
[00:25:12] Congress is going on another election recess, although
[00:25:16] his summer vacation just ended recently, now it's an election one.
[00:26:03] Well, okay, but look, it turns out Trump understands that he won't get
[00:26:07] the majority he wanted, and the Democrats are already starting to squeeze him in
[00:26:10] a vise. But I read that the Democrats, the Democrats
[00:26:13] launched a network that will allegedly look for fraud among
[00:26:16] Republicans, but Republicans don't seem to be
[00:26:19] looking for fraud among Democrats. They are already preparing
[00:26:23] as if, well, if not, then not. No, no, I think both sides will certainly
[00:26:27] accuse each other of fraud 100%, but Trump already
[00:26:30] said that my electoral...
[00:27:02] Malik, I understand that history doesn't have a subjunctive mood, but still,
[00:27:06] let's fantasize.
[00:27:08] The people who came to Trump in February said, "Boss,
[00:27:11] let's start a military campaign, a brutal campaign against
[00:27:15] Iran with the specific task of killing
[00:27:18] leaders, the leader, representatives,
[00:27:22] that is, and leaders of the power structures within the
[00:27:25] country itself." At that moment, how did Trump
[00:27:28] envision November of that same year? Well, I think Trump
[00:27:32] was planning that the campaign in Iran would last only a little longer than the campaign
[00:27:36] in Venezuela. Well, let's say a couple of weeks, we'll quickly sort everything
[00:27:39] out, bring in some new reasonable comrades at the
[00:27:42] helm, agree with them, control the Strait of
[00:27:46] Hormuz. Then Trump planned a big, noisy,
[00:27:49] festive summer, remember Independence Day, 250 years,
[00:27:52] the World Cup, hair dyed, within which
[00:27:56] political points could also be earned. Then he could go to
[00:27:59] elections, and even if the Republicans lost, well, not...
[00:28:19] 3.8 liters, let's just convert dollars to rubles, they pay
[00:28:22] 540 for 3.8 liters, yes, 550. Well, for them,
[00:28:26] for a country that
[00:28:28] is the most motorized country in the world, yes, this is simply space. They...
[00:28:32] Trump had his pride, Trump had his pride, the MAGA movement, those
[00:28:36] constant caps. So what now, will this MAGA movement bury
[00:28:40] Trump? Well, generally yes, we see a serious split, a crisis of this very
[00:28:44] movement. So it's clear that, firstly, many have distanced themselves from Trump, from Tucker
[00:28:47] Carlson, yes, Candace Owens, and everyone else. At that very
[00:28:51] party convention we discussed in Texas, the main
[00:28:55] headliner was not Trump, but JD Vance. He worked with
[00:28:58] sponsors, various ones, from Palantir to Koch, so it's already clear that
[00:29:02] Republicans are gradually preparing for the era
[00:29:33] people haven't been able to understand since 2016, is he a genius,
[00:29:36] or a person who has no idea what he's doing in the presidential chair, in the White
[00:29:40] House? Tom Sawyer, who was forced to whitewash
[00:29:44] the fence, he's ready to dump the work on anyone,
[00:29:47] present it as the greatest privilege,
[00:29:51] and of course, get feedback in the form of a dead rat or an apple
[00:29:54] core, which they also call the Nobel
[00:29:57] Peace Prize, yes, or so, therefore, Bin Salman's
[00:30:00] call for increased military...