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FT: This is a sanctions loophole. This is real freedom of trade

10:37 08.05.2024

FT: This is a sanctions loophole. This is real freedom of trade

A US crackdown on banks financing trade in goods has made it much more difficult to move money in and out of Russia, according to senior western officials and Russian financiers. But! Cross-border payments are increasingly being carried out in roubles, while the use of the Chinese, Turkish and UAE …

Israel retires its US Patriots. Low efficiency?

10:37 08.05.2024

Israel retires its US Patriots. Low efficiency?

It is unlikely Israel's Patriots will head for the Scrap Heap, but they are being phased out, notes Stephen Bryen, a former US Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. While Europe is in the process of setting up a production line to manufacture GEM-T missiles for European Patriot batteries, Israel has …

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as President of Russia

15:34 07.05.2024

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as President of Russia

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as President of Russia. Vladimir Putin has been inaugurated as President of Russia in a ceremony that took place at the Kremlin. May 7, 2024 The ceremony opened as the National Flag, the President’s Standard, the Russian Constitution and the President’s Badge were brought …

Sen. Sanders: Gaza “May Be Biden’s Vietnam”

11:56 07.05.2024

Sen. Sanders: Gaza “May Be Biden’s Vietnam”

After President Joe Biden delivered a chilling speech telling pro-Palestine student protesters to back off on Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has warned that the president may be isolating huge parts of his own base as he faces a moment that echoes the similar mass uprising against the Vietnam War …

Italy's Defence Minister: Sanctions against Russia have failed, the West should try harder to negotiate a diplomatic solution

11:55 07.05.2024

Italy's Defence Minister: Sanctions against Russia have failed, the West should try harder to negotiate a diplomatic solution

Italy's Defence Minister said, economic sanctions against Russia had failed and called on the West to try harder to negotiate a diplomatic solution with President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Guido Crosetto (photo) told daily Il Messaggero that the West had wrongly believed its sanctions could stop …

Josep Borrell: “The international system, that we were accustomed to after the Cold War, no longer exists”

11:54 07.05.2024

Josep Borrell: “The international system, that we were accustomed to after the Cold War, no longer exists”

Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission has made confessions in the speech at Oxford University about the world confronted by wars. The confessions are worth quoting in detail, since the diplomat touched on very important aspects of today's …

Macron and von der Leyen press China's Xi on Ukraine and fair trade at Paris summit. Xi was calm

11:53 07.05.2024

Macron and von der Leyen press China's Xi on Ukraine and fair trade at Paris summit. Xi was calm

French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pressed Xi Jinping at a summit in Paris on Monday, May 6, pressed Xi Jinping to use Beijing's influence to halt the Russian war against Ukraine, also telling the Chinese leader to accept fair global trade rules. Opening …

Sergey Lavrov: “I do not see anyone we can talk with. I have cited the statements made by the Ukrainian, American and European leaders and politicians. None of them are ready for a serious conversation. They are playing with negotiations in the form of a conference in Switzerland”

16:30 06.05.2024

Sergey Lavrov: “I do not see anyone we can talk with. I have cited the statements made by the Ukrainian, American and European leaders and politicians. None of them are ready for a serious conversation. They are playing with negotiations in the form of a conference in Switzerland”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Bosnian Serb television network ATV, Moscow, May 5, 2024. Question: I would like to start with a topic which has been dominating the global agenda since 2022 and touched not only every Russian household, but all people in general. People have been calling it …

Russia's General Staff preparing for drills to practice use of non-strategic Nuclear Weapons

13:16 06.05.2024

Russia's General Staff preparing for drills to practice use of non-strategic Nuclear Weapons

The training exercises for Russian Southern Military District missile units will be held in response to "provocative threats by Western nations against Russia," Moscow underscored. The General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces is preparing for drills to practice the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons. The forthcoming exercises involving missile …

Americans are afraid – “Haiti today, America tomorrow?”

12:11 06.05.2024

Americans are afraid – “Haiti today, America tomorrow?”

Tension is growing in the United States on the eve of the presidential elections, in which Biden and Trump will clash. The ‘Tom Dispatch’ magazine publication by John Feffer, a director of ‘Foreign Policy in Focus’, demonstrates the level of tension and hatred. America is already divided along political lines:...

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