i mean, or he doesn't even broadcast in montenegro and suite. he does have a service in serbian language, unlike r t. but you know, batting penny media is not something any government wishing to be taken seriously should be doing well then months. negro actually wants to join you. is that correct? that is correct. well, a lot of countries aspire to it. it did join nato, relatively recently, so it's hoping to be a package deal. to me, it's sort of absurd. you know, it was part of you was lobby for the law for decades. and part of you know, in a joint state with serbia and all of these states that are, are rushing to become independent. 990 have basically just traded their nominal independence for being a vassal of the u. s. so it's not really about independence. it's about changing masters. russia's ambassador to montenegro has actually previously said that the balkan country is sacrificing its relations with russia for the prospect of membership in the u. what's your opinion on that? it's an east versus west. it's sort of a thing happening right

okaying montenegro joining nato. john mccain got up on the floor of the senate at the time and said, quote, the senator from kentucky is now working for vladimir putin. now today, five years later, that same senator from kentucky is demanding from the u.s. secretary of state why it is that we should stop putin from invading any number of countries, since after all, they're all pretty much his to play with any way. the u.s. is sort of leading the free world on this -- on the international stage. and at home, leading members of the republican party are like, what's so good about the free world? i mean, like i said, it's kind of a split screen night in the news in terms of the fate of democracy. on the world stage we've got what secretary of defense lloyd austin called this moral clarity in helping ukraine defend itself as a democracy that has been invaded. right? this huge and surprising and diverse number of countries around the world now lining up alongside the united states to help them defend their democracy. but h

wanted to remain in the rump of yugoslavia along with serbia and montenegro. so the relationships between these 3 parties soon deteriorated dramatically. on the 29th of february 1992, a bosnian independence referendum was held. the muslims known as bosnia acts, and the croatians took a full part of it. but the bosnian serbs largely boycotted the vote and rejected the yes result. on the 1st of march, the same day a serb wedding party was sporting the serbian flag in downtown san diego when it was fired on by a bosnian muslim gangster killing the grooms father. the serb family made for the holiday inn where a number of rooms had become the temporary h q of the bosnian serb leader rather than carriage the bloody wedding episode may have offered the bosnian serbs the opportunity they'd been waiting for. that same night, they began implementing what was effectively a dress rehearsal for the siege of sarajevo barricades appeared. an armed masked men stalked the streets from his hub, but the holiday inn, rather than carriage over saw the action. this room room 53 of

ah, montenegro has become the latest nation to follow the use crackdown on russian media bending coverage by r t and fellow russian news agency. sputnik that's as the balkan states strive to become a member in the block of the measures, prohibit local broadcasters and internet providers from allowing content by russian media outlets. the move complies with an earlier decision by the you to ban rti and fellow russian news agencies put nick over what the block said is quote, systematic information manipulation about russia's military offensive in ukraine. your book, knowledge, gay, serbian american journalist and senior writer at r t says the latest move by montenegro once again testifies to the use censorship of opposing viewpoints. you really have to look which governments are enforcing they're the officially stated principles and which ones are using just power for power sake. obviously that you doesn't believe it's on principles, but only power. it's sending a message to the world that they don't care for any sort of points of view that are not officially approved for brussels. and that

she van of ich, in all the important issues for us from boston green republic, a sub scott her to montenegro and passing by the most important issue for us. which of the social cost natasha. we have a proposed in of use on, on the, on the possible solutions of those problems. and on the other side, once again, rush is backing us from the security council of united nations event, which is currently polling in 3rd of the 8 presidential candidates is dr. ko panache. a retired general is the lead challenger coming from the center. right opposition coalition. none of the major parties there were telling voters that they would sanction moscow if they won a 2021 poll suggests 83 percent of serbians. c, moscow as a friend in 1999. when you go slog via my country was and attacked by lake chow. so here we have very strong feelings against nature and the western world. i think there is a nice way where serbia can actually play and should definitely play on that car this to be to bring both parties together as a candidate come to the in you expect serbia to align on foreign policy. but has been aware th

because subscribe to to montenegro and passing by the most important issue for us. which of the social customer torture. we have a proposed in of use on, on the, on the possible solutions of those problems. and on the other side, once again, rush is backing us from the security council. we machinations event of it is currently polling in 3rd of the 8 presidential candidates. dr. co panache. a retired general is the lead challenger coming from the center. right opposition coalition. none of the major parties there were telling voters that they would sanction moscow if they won a 2021 poll suggests 83 percent of serbians. c, moscow as a friend in 1999. when you go slog via my country was i attacked my late child. so here we have very strong feelings against nature and the western world. i think there is a nice way where serbia can actually play and should definitely play on that card is to be to bring both parties together as a candidate country the you expect serbia to align on foreign policy, but has been aware that the government was unlikely to impose sanctions, h

reina montenegro, the owner of a vegan filipino restaurant in the bay area, agrees. she turned vegan in 2016 and says her filipino community initially didn't warm up to the idea. >> so when i first opened i kind of had mixed reviews. you know, the older filipinos, grandma and grandpas would come in and be like what is this? i would get so much, you know, heat from them. >> reporter: but thanks to a younger generation that she says is more aware, veganism is more embraced. >> they're seeing the truth about the slaughterhouses and everything and how it affects the environment and how it's bad for the body. they have all this information now that they're the ones that are bringing the grandma and the grandpas. >> reporter: you won't run out of vegan restaurant options throughout the bay area. they're popping up everywhere, from san francisco to oakland to san jose. >> i could spread vegan mobs all across the world and help people, and i could help the environment. that was the oal from the beginning, is to introduce the black and brown community to a plant-based lifesty

addressed the security council on behalf of the european union and his member states north macedonia, montenegro. now benuya was known as the governor, iceland unleashed in stein, republic of mo, dover, georgia, monaco and san marino, all aligned themselves with this statement. and i wanted to stop by congratulating you madam madam president, for the united kingdom, for assuming the presidency for the month of april and for convening this meeting and for inviting us to speak. can also acknowledge the presidency of march of the united arab emirates. i want to thank sector general dis, under sector donald decarlo and griffith for their presentations. and i want to express our full support, solidarity and respect for the heroic people of ukraine, as embodied by their message this morning by president zalinski. when i'm president, 41 days ago, russia decided to wage a war of aggression against ukraine in blatant violation of international law. the principles of the un charter and of the key of the o. s. c, e, and a front to the rule space to order and to the global security. instability, and we have

no open doors leave invited, montenegro, north, macedonia, and albania. how could lee state strengthen the security of the lions? if its purpose is defense? the shows that the expansion of nato has nothing to do with its formal goals. they expand their territory under the u. s. leadership to strengthen the u. s. lead unipolar world. we held us russia talks. i had a meeting with antony, blinking our team visited nato to present the draft agreements in the russian nato format. all it showed was that nobody was interested in considering a lawful security interests of. we kept telling them we're friends. this is right on our border on multiple occasions present. brewton said they were at our gates, despite all our appeals declarations and warnings, they just came to our border and said they weren't going to change anything. they said it had nothing to do with russia and that there was no threat to our security for how we supposed to react. now they've started to woo india. they want to drop into their formats. u. k prime minister johnson visited the country a

we had to get my mom to poland and now they are in montenegro. they made it out alive but, unfortunately, it's not the case for many people. >> yes, it is particularly dangerous as russians focus on the eastern part. were you concerned this could happen and you would possibly be stuck? there were warnings that this could happen, that russia was building up its force on the border. many ukrainian thought, look, putin has been a threat for many years. what was your mind-set at that time? >> we actually left for vacation on february 5th and were going back home on the 26th of february when everything started. actually, yeah, we had some concerns because all this news had been around for a while, i think from october/november of 2021 that something might happen. but actually we didn't think we could not go back home at the moment actually. we thought, yes, be maybe some escalation on the eastern part of ukraine, but wouldn't affect kyiv or the major cities. it was hard for us to believe that something was happening. >> i imagine so. oksana, have you

and we're bringing that in from poland, from austria, from spain, from montenegro. we have tons of donated food supplies that are coming in to the country and we've received tons of donations, but the need is so great and we have to continue this effort. but currently we have a logistics network that's distributing nationwide and we're very humbled that in the early stages, we were greatly supported and endorsed by a lot of the mayors in ukraine. >> so just to be clear, you're getting this food to places like lviv and the western part of the country where there are a lot of internally displaced people. you're getting it to -- and also you're getting it to places like mariupol or wherever you can get to here in kyiv, kharkiv, other places where people have stayed behind? >> yes. in fact we are really focused on getting food to critical places, so recently our team went into bucha right after the occupation of the russians. they were able to feed a lot of people. we were one of the early teams that came in during this period of time. and so we go into very high-risk a

it's that in the capital of neighboring montenegro. thank you for joining the news out. the expectation is that president, alexander virginia, is likely to stay in power. is that your understanding to and how would you explain his popularity? unfortunately, i think you are right. he has good chances of winning a 2nd thumb. but as do there shall and winning god majority votes for what? a mental elections the only a possibility of the opposition of winning is belgrade. but the right now election pulls of taishan can just been close for about 20 minutes. and we only have a, the number of people percentage of people. it's a web hosting. and so the unfortunate it's a little bit less than 660 percent a position. hope that a huge turnout would help opposition. i think the same, but unfortunately there now did be school, but not some extraordinary. and unfortunately, again, it is not, it is to the smallest in belgrade in capital budget, which has good chances to win, and that would boost his internal and foreign policy. a foreign policy, he's now in very difficult position becau