how ohio how of this too few infected in russia why hasn't the pandemic has russia why aren't there more infected and that is a question you hear more and more often in the western press pundits are brittany with disappointment the how is relatively simple it's action world she and then and others were busy bashing trump for his racist policies and restricting air travel with china russia shuttered its entire border thousands and thousands of kilometers without no frills while western leaders politicians were busy shooting their business leaders and cooper abbas's russia established quarantine and he would arrive in the country was self isolated at home and test russia has conducted 156000 coronavirus tests the united states up until march conducted just poor 1000. instead they have grosse stools cited fringe opposition and conspiracy theories that allege a widespread cover up of putin's machinations that putin is hiding the true infection rate well even the world health organization has denied these rumors i am 99.99 percent sure i get there are no hidden cases i don't think that air re

with its report stating that russia and ukrainian rebels were responsible. we have established that the russian federation was complicit in the downing of m h 17 because they made available the weapon that was used to shoot down the plane we have all the material to substantiate. the official investigation also receive criticism from malaysia 43 malaysians died in the catastrophe which involved the country's national carrier but his storage is there were not given full access to essential information that was contained in the black box of the flight recorders while the country's now former prime minister has raised doubts. on the very beginning we see too much politics in the idea was to find how did this happen when all the. seem to be concerned that it needs to be on russia many relatives of those who were killed in the mh 17 disaster are expected to be present at the trial so this is a court case about finding the truth and perhaps finding closure for a devastating chapter of their lives some have already crane for not closing it skies over a conflict zon

the price of oil plummets along with global stalks saudi arabia ramps up production in a dispute with russia. president is in brussels discussing the unfolding migron crisis at the greek border tens of thousands of refugees remain in limbo and also to come . by the interruption italian prisons begin mates furious over their conditions and the strict measures brought in to combat the spread of the coronavirus. good evening you're watching r.t. international oil stocks are taking a major hit today following the failure of crude producing countries to agree to production cuts as demand for oil falls amid fears about the coronavirus saudi arabia does say it will increase output after a dispute with russia so let's get the latest now from markets kind of mark and he joins us. it's been a shocking day hasn't it for the markets just bring us up today it's about what's happening. well it's a somber atmosphere here on wall street in the new york stock exchange they're already calling it black monday at this point futures trading has been stopped for the 1st time in 4 years and this is actually the bi

it's russia's fault. it's clear some don't need to wait for any court verdict to draw up their own conclusions russia claims this kind of coverage has a clear intention media complying in the bit of media campaign has taken an unprecedented scale it shows how russia and its citizens are presumed guilty that is an acceptable it has been launched in the last few days prior to the hearings in order to compensate for existing gaps in the evidence and to conceal the attempts to manipulate the facts so that it fits with a chosen theory that prosecutors say they have evidence that the book a missile system was transported from russia into the donetsk region of ukraine in the days before it was fired now russia says that's not true it's presented evidence that the fatal missile serial number can be traced all the way back to the 980 s. when it says it was transported to ukraine then a member of the soviet union and it's there it stayed after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. but the joint investigation team into the m

day russia says there are fewer than 500 cases nationwide here another development russia says medical experts and vital equipment to italy to help its fight against the disease it's claimed more than 5400 lives. and for spouses of militancy measures to tackle the health crisis that is a wave of anger among medics you accuse leaders of responding with too little too late. hello there this is art international from moscow it's just 24 pm here this monday will welcome to the program i can tell you of a slightly new show julian place for the time being for you i'm kevin and with my colleagues will be here with you every day at this time to update you on the latest in a full 30 minute will news roundup so let's begin show way and see what's happening when you are being implemented across the moscow region to contain the spread of covert 19 residents aged over 65 and people with chronic health conditions and i've been told to stay at home for a while russia says there are 438 known infections nationwide but there's been 71 new cases in the past 24 hours all of them here in moscow there's so

got back on its feet and so these 2 other major centers of power china and russia big enough big enough economies and strong enough militaries and large enough population wise of those 2 countries have come up now both russia and china said look let's make this when when our growth our development doesn't have to be your include the american government doesn't see it that way you know that's such a fascinating point you know because james with rising powers they could potentially in a way we have to stress the word potentially be a threat to the unit polar moment i mean would it be kind of maybe a better idea to engage them instead of you know turning them into hostile rivals and that's exactly what. we have seen happen. so a rising power by definition is a threat again that is a historical when you could look at a number of times through history where rising powers you have to accommodate the international system why because it works for everybody you this what we have now it's in washington is having the very idea of when when is antithetical to their head to monic demands go ahead ja

he personifies himself with russia. to pass the sense of patriotism and orthodoxy on to the next generation constantine by the fia has also founded a school the st basil the great school is located in an upscale neighborhood in moscow. 400 pupils attend classes in what resembles a palace the school is a training ground for russia's future elites the walls are lined with images of past stars and famous russian writers constant reminders of the pre-revolutionary russian empire. the point was you know for children to know more so these paintings. and dates it's given something to your heart and to your mind to run and if you are not nationalists didn't your module was for to remember you know some some nice you know in back to russian history. of to make sure nothing distracts from the special atmosphere cellphones aren't allowed at the same basel the great school for just over $1000.00 euros a month even young children get to learn all about tradition including church slavonic which is still used in orthodox services. whe

price of oil nosedives along with global stocks as saudi arabia wraps up production in a dispute with russia. russell says it's agreed on a good starting point in discussions with over the unfolding crisis at the greek turkish border tens of thousands of refugees remain in limbo. violence erupts in italian prisons within minutes furious over their conditions and the strict new measures brought in to combat the spread of the coronavirus. 3 am here in moscow thanks for joining us tonight r.t. international and welcome to the program. well the oil stocks are taking a major hits following the failure of crude producing countries to agree to production cuts as the month for oil full of it fears about the coronavirus saudi arabia says it will increase output after a dispute with russia with more has. quite a somber atmosphere here on wall street they are already calling it black monday we saw a 15 minutes free on futures trading when the stock market opened big dramatic plunge on the stock market the biggest drop we've seen since the 2008 financial crisis and on top of all of that we've got an oil

russia is part of our geography russia is part of our history we have to have good relations with russia and he's trying to find some kind of independent foreign policy initiatives to bring russia into the picture and sanctions on russia because of ukraine and so true and defies the united states or macro as the great white hope i think for the european union's efforts to create more independence and more even i would say resistance to the united states well it's interesting market now that we're on the crown it seems to me that he what he weighs emulating the goal essentially that's what he wants to do goal is that his return to france but will it work and or this guy go ahead. work out i think to some extent it's opportunistic but then that's the reality of all politics any successful politician moves with the time seize which way forces are going and recognizes that his domestic difficulties means that he has to in a sense distance himself from being seen as a classic globalist and a list reorientation of french foreign policy which has economic benefits would also perhaps help him in

it comes to the saudi arabia/russia relationship russia is sitting pretty pretty to be honest this has given the rise of shale production, the sanctions on russia, they have a more diversified economy. this is going to be interesting. given the context surrounding what it means to saudi arabia when you have prices sitting where they are today, scrcrude t 32 earlier it may be around $80 per barrel in russia but they have reserves of 500 billion to play with. they can play the game a lot longer and the agreement from a few years ago is an agreement that could come and go. the conversations i'm having with folks saying listen this isn't a real problem between saudi arabia and russia, it just doesn't work for us at this moment. >> i want to walk back just a moment because i know both of us have sort of red a lot and taken a lot of time to understand what's going on here for those that may be just sort of catching up to what happened over the weekend, what is this about between saudi arabia, russia and perhaps the u.s. shale producers as you bring up? is this about trying to win market shar

from the trial opens in the netherlands into the downing of the make 17 passenger jet russia's foreign ministry says the verdict is already decided to. speak to one of the women forcibly sterilized in south africa who only found out when she tried to get pregnant. for some reason for and only recently just decided to move me you know when to go to where i am going to end all going through. to live. either thanks for joining us this is r.t. international. world oil stocks are taking a heavy hits following the failure of crude producing countries to agree production cuts demand for oil. says that it will increase its output don't call it is following the story joins me here in the studio a shock for a lot of people i think this how exactly does this come about yeah absolutely neal while the markets are just going way down since monday's opening asia's markets have been taking a plunge european and american futures have been in freefall and oil prices have seen their biggest fall since the 1st gulf war in 1901 that was a long time ago. ok how have we got to this position does it mean we'r

at the higher school beacon nomics as well as all that ok of western civilization and resurgence of russia we also have dimitri bobbitt she is a political analyst and editor at me internet media project and in athens we cross to alex pierce of our oh he is the director and writer for the duran dot com. in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate glenn let me go to you 1st here. we've spoken many times about the situation in syria in particular and it would give us real quickly there are 2 opposing media narratives one coming out of the on the ground and what you'll see in western media what's the difference well it's a good question i guess from the west the main thing you get is that this is all about human rights so it's about assad's government attacking. attacking its own in its own country you know with some foreign troops present for some reason. and i guess from the other side. the more story you get from russia recognizing that this is largely a regime change war and i guess this is this is quite important because by recognizing that this is largel

against russia and nord stream and now they. gave a gift in and a sense to the restaurant because in a way this will eliminate some of the competition in direct plea for or for the russian by having a probably further investment in the shale gas in the united state if it's going to be a very impossible to continue as mr trump tried to do today i think amplification is going to be tough for the sudanese they can to face the bleeding of their financial resources there or they're there and downwind is going to be depleted gradually vest what what we will see those $500000000000.00 actually they can to be at least it's going to be affected by by this downturn in oil prices and i think it's going to be a lot of anger in the in the in the in the united states the situation is very bleak for him personally because that gamble at this point it doesn't help him it doesn't help his reputation it doesn't help aramco stocks and it doesn't help that international economy in the end yes the international economy needs some economic boost but

as well as from iran and russia did you know they do their math they do their homework and they sense that they can write out a price war much better than the very over leveraged you know $50000000000.00. budget constraint to saudi arabia that needs $83.00 a barrel of oil in order to balance its budgets as well as fund its longer term visions of getting off of oil and expanding its economy under the vision of mohamed bin solomon so it's really people have to look at this as a sense of it these are not just necessarily coincidences in my point of view because the ruble was strengthening last year russia has been on a d. dollarization platform in order to diversify away from dollar reliance in part to fight sanctions thrown against it as well as its partners but also to strengthen its own ambitions to have its currency the currency of its allies really rival if not travel. it's the 47 year old petro dollar standard which is the effective monopoly globally with regard to oil or gas pricing so there's a lot of you know it's a game of chicken really behind the scenes there's a lot who is g

as as your newscast has indicated people in russia the medical staff and russia are looking to the chinese example to emulate to control this pandemic rather than looking at the us because the us response has been completely and that. why is washington trying to create a conflict. church surely has more pressing matters that they can deal with currently other than trying to i guess create trouble where there is not. well the u.s. . is considers itself to be an exceptional country they have they are and in international affairs a rogue state they're looking for conflict. to create conflict number one because it is very profitable for their war industries to create these kinds of conflicts and they're looking for conflict in order to. in order to. put down their their what they see as their possible rivals in russia china and iran. it's a it's a sad situation but that's how the empire is acting all right ken stone from the hamilton coalition to stop the war hopefully as this crisis continues you'll come back and talk to us as we try to cipher thanks for being with us here in our internationa

to be on russia. many relatives over those who were killed in the mh 17 disaster are expected to be present at the trial so of them this is a cool case about finding the truth and perhaps finding closure for a devastating chapter of their lives some have already you crave closing it skies over a conflict zone in the east of the country but whatever the outcome here regardless of whether the 4 men are found guilty or innocent nothing will ever bring back their loved ones show the ski r.t. in amsterdam. still to come off the break it is 75 years since the u.s. bombs tokyo and deadliest day raid in history in a couple of minutes we asked people in america and japan whether they even know about what happened. join me every 1st week on the elec so i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. when else should seem wrong why don't we all just don't call. me old yet to shape out disdain become educated and indeed trade equals betrayal. w

it is unacceptable from russia and say. giving odds are the centers of power as such as security council or the state consul. that are not allowed to by people like giving them. a loan which some of the word here which some. but i think it would be wrong and it would be dangerous that it has nothing to do with democracy 1st of all and secondly it's going to cause a split in society i'm sure that mr who suggested that will agree that he is an experienced politician and for russia it will lead to split and the society that when you get to need to say interests of a dired and it will have tragic impact on the destiny of the country and on the destiny itself its people there were some ideas some suggestions to introduce changes to the constitution and to extend the presidential term of the current president and if people are going to vote for these amendments yes on a problem there is going to be and the whole russian vote in this case that dorothy of the president will be extended the costs of the due to the elections with the

media stories that we're covering this week syria is a proxy war and the outside players turkey and russia are using their media muscle to shift the narrative in their favor coronavirus is still big news but don't believe everything you click on misinformation is making the rounds on social media pakistan wants to grow its tourism industry and to the influencers but how do they get to parts of the country that are close to pakistanis i think it's a pretty good and when it comes to anti muslim policies donald trump and the rent ramadi are singing from the same song sheet. it was a bilateral meeting and it came at a tense time but it resulted in a ceasefire in syria specifically in live in the northwest neither of the 2 leaders in front of the news cameras however were syria there was the president of russia vladimir putin and turkey's president. won both men have their forces stationed in syria the russians are backing fighters loyal to bashar al assad in their push to take back it lip and turkish troops are trying to repel the syrian advance that is already forced another 1000000 people fr

russia and i think this is very worrying. not only for. russia but also for the. world as a whole because. there is a. market that is that wing down on the market sentiment and market sentiment in turn is weighing down on global growth prospects and intensified the. next few quarters. so strong who is in the strongest position then do you think alexander is. shell or saudi arabia at the moment in terms of he can stick this at the longest. well you know i think russia can live with annoyed by. 40 obviously. they will they are hit with annoyed by or that we'd be for a long time below 40 like in the 2030 range for example which is not sustainable for the country's public finances but i think sodium already you're obviously will be. will be hit more severely by these prolonged period of. low prices because they need to balance their budget with 'd no break even that is much higher than russia or breakeven it is $84.00 saudi arabia $80.00 a. barrel and 'd also 'd the country is involved into a transformation program called vision 2030 with a lot of resources to. invest

they like to blame on russia and now they're at the very tough spot because russia is not going to be lobbying to help them bail out america's shale industry ok fine i mean that's russia's position i think it's a smart position and the u.s. as you point out the shell industry has been a negative cash flow negative energy industry since its inception shale ministries never made money summer made profit doesn't even make revenue but let alone profit the amount of debt required for shell is all was the interest on the debts always been greater than any any of the any of the cash that's come out of these things and it takes more energy in for a shell rake than energy comes out its energy negative we cover that extensively on our show of course we then got blamed for a russian gay and d.n.i. report says you know that because kaiser report talked about the shale industry but the markets are telling us that we were right as we see with this headline here crash an energy junk bonds s. and our g. 2027 bond dropped by almost 50 percent following oil price ads that looks like the bond market whi

the secretary of state points the finger at russia using it of spreading false information. and last orders in the u.k. as the prime minister orders the closure of all pubs and restaurants while medics working round the.

reduce the if will to in has the effect of price reduction on russia but russia and russia's economy can't sell stand lower prices much longer than saudi any be as you know russia's economy can live for years with oil price of $30.00 to $40.00 bet if not lower saudi arabia needs a price far higher above $85.00 do but as its budget so if saudi committed that mistake then it is up to saudi prepare the damage and to make a new approach is to russia so both of them can try to stab belies the oil price we've been the outbreak of course all of our us dogs asylum a good to talk this even we'll have to leave it that i was told to mom to sell me an international oil economist thank you. and i was the spread of the corona virus continues to infect the markets at least responded to the outbreak by putting the entire country into rock town with more than 9000 infections up more than 1500 on monday alone the country is the 2nd worst affected after china the number of deaths has risen in recent days to more than 460. i am about to send it to create that we can sum up with the expression homes ther

you seriously believe russia more than russia is the key to nafta jim. i don't believe this i don't. recall making a comparison. i may have made a mistake in the interview too about. maybe the taking of context i'm not sure if i made that comparison i think i was exaggerating i don't really feel that way here no i don't i don't find that but i'm sure you still pretty critical about the state of affairs in russia and what was the gist of your disagreement with the policies of the direction this country has been taking the expert on russia right having been here in 9 years. about planning to disagree with my point of view and it seems like there's a fairly high level of corruption still in the country today that may be getting a little better. in some ways some it's become a little bit more like like when i left in the seventy's and you know what. the propaganda the nationalism i don't like i don't when there was a conflict with ukraine you know i was i had been travelling to i was pretty sympathetic to the ukrainian view of things and. you know there are

in 2018 about demilitarizing region russia's also accused turkey of helping these militants that russia calls terrorists but now they have given some more detail they say that that turkish observation post which were the result of these such agreements and now basically manned also by these militants the turkish forces and the militants have merged these holes and they are attacking the neighborhoods and also the russian airbase on a daily basis and also russia says that turkey is breaching international laws by building up a force they call it the mechanic division which basically means it's a very heavily armed division of around 14000 soldiers in the it live region which according to the russian foreign defense ministry is something the west doesn't know so basically russia is making a point here that these are all such agreements are have completely failed and that erdogan who has been repeatedly saying that he wants to go back to it in such agreement 'd doesn't have to have much hope here in moscow to work to achieve this and that the that he will have to accept a new agreement on

some time ago russia. and turkey. agreed. to send reinforcements in order to stabilize the situation on the ground. so. you know to stop attacks from happening. to prevent the regime from attacking we had to act. proactively we applied every necessary measure to be maintain dialogue with russia. because of the many attacks coming from the regime. we've experienced a number of. problems. that is why we had to change the status. of our operation today we discussed this issue with our russian colleagues carper aeration between turkey and russia. today is at a very high level this is what are allowed us to reach agreement. we also discuss a situation to the east of euphrates we agreed to work even closer. on syria i believe that relations with russia. will not be damaged by this situation today. at the negotiating table were discussed in this crisis and we exercised our political will to achieve common ground. we will be implementing cease fire and we will be coordinating a number of steps this night starting from midnight. this