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SVB fall: “This is the financial catastrophe, but it’s just getting started”

18:34 15.03.2023

SVB fall: “This is the financial catastrophe, but it’s just getting started”

SVB passed its stress tests with flying colors. It also passed its FDIC examinations, its financial audits, and its state regulatory audits. SVB published its 2022 annual financial report after the market closed on January 19, 2023. This is the same financial report where they posted $15 billion in unrealized …

$‘Strategic Intelligence’ editor: The world is far more fractured than the U.S. anticipated$

11:30 15.03.2023

‘Strategic Intelligence’ editor: The world is far more fractured than the U.S. anticipated

The U.S. has led the most aggressive sanctions regime ever in its efforts to punish Russia. But, a large part of the rest of the world has refused to join the U.S./EU/NATO financial sanctions. This was best evidenced at the recent G20 finance ministers summit conference held in Bengaluru, India, …

Ukraine war and Middle East

11:28 15.03.2023

Ukraine war and Middle East

Emboldened by the independent foreign policies of Western allies Israel and Turkey, more countries in the region are weighing where their own interests lie, notes Gilles Kepel, author of more than 20 books on the Middle East, North Africa, Islam in France and Europe, adviser of senior European and Arab …

Josep Borrell now is not a diplomat – but a military hawk

11:27 15.03.2023

Josep Borrell now is not a diplomat – but a military hawk

The defense ministers of the 27 EU countries meeting in Stockholm approved the plan – Josep Borrell (photo), EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy presented it – for "the joint purchase of large-caliber ammunition". Borrell said: "We are in times of war and we must have a …

Sergey Lavrov: “There can be no return to the old order”

11:59 14.03.2023

Sergey Lavrov: “There can be no return to the old order”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has made some principal points in an interview with Channel One’s "The Great Game" television program. Moscow, March 10, 2023: - As regards the consequences and possible global aspects of the Ukrainian crisis, the word “demolition” is quite fitting. In my remarks, I have repeatedly …

Yomiuri: Restrictive measures against Russia have not been as effective as expected

11:57 14.03.2023

Yomiuri: Restrictive measures against Russia have not been as effective as expected

On February 21, in his annual address to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that ‘the countries that imposed sanctions punished themselves,’ writes Japan newspaper ‘Yomiuri’. The US, Europe and Japan imposed economic sanctions against Moscow. Some thought they would deliver a devastating blow to the country, which …

RAND Corp. report: “U.S. Policy and the trajectory of the Russia-Ukraine conflict”

11:55 14.03.2023

RAND Corp. report: “U.S. Policy and the trajectory of the Russia-Ukraine conflict”

Analysts in the United States are saying increasingly that the ‘conflict in Ukraine should be resolved through negotiations.’ Naturally, the result should be "in favor of the United States." Nevertheless, RAND is issuing another report calling for a settlement. They understand that the Ukrainian side, with all the support of …

Geopolitical sensation: Saudi Arabia and Iran re-establish ties in talks hosted by China

11:25 13.03.2023

Geopolitical sensation: Saudi Arabia and Iran re-establish ties in talks hosted by China

Saudi Arabia and Iran have reached an agreement, facilitated by China, to re-establish diplomatic ties after a seven-year split, the countries said on Friday,10 in what could be a step toward realignment between often hostile regional rivals, writes The New York Times with real surprise. Saudi and Iranian officials announced …

McCarthy rejects Zelenskyy’s invitation to Ukraine

11:24 13.03.2023

McCarthy rejects Zelenskyy’s invitation to Ukraine

McCarthy rejects Zelenskyy’s invitation to Ukraine. The speaker held his position that the U.S. should not be sending a “blank check” to Kyiv, repeating a position he initially made last fall that sparked uproar from members of both parties, writes POLITICO. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited House Speaker Kevin …

New details disclosed by the Russian MoD on the US/Ukrainian bioactivity

11:20 13.03.2023 Vladimir Kozin

New details disclosed by the Russian MoD on the US/Ukrainian bioactivity

Russian Ministry of Defense informed the world community on dangerous US/Ukrainian bioactivity in Ukraine. The potential risks of the U.S. ‘dual-use programmes’, both inside and outside the country, have been repeatedly emphasised by the Russian MoD. An analysis of documents, some of which were obtained during the special military operation, …

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