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Forbs: “Russia’s capital — and especially the hi-tech/IT sectors — are the prime beneficiaries of the East-West confrontation”

9:23 28.09.2024

Forbs: “Russia’s capital — and especially the hi-tech/IT sectors — are the prime beneficiaries of the East-West confrontation”

‘Forbs’ is very surprised – it writes: Russia’s capital — and especially the hi-tech/IT sectors — are the prime beneficiaries of the East-West confrontation. This has significant long-term secondary and tertiary consequences. According to the Russian news agency TASS, in 2023, public and private annual investment inflows into the capital …

International press: Putin gave a serious warning. US intelligence stresses risks

9:21 28.09.2024

International press: Putin gave a serious warning. US intelligence stresses risks

After some confusion, the Western press has begun to comment on Vladimir Putin's statement on the modification of Russia's Nuclear Doctrine. The New York Times: Intelligence agencies concluded that granting Ukraine’s request to use Western missiles against targets deep in Russia could prompt forceful retaliation while not fundamentally changing the …

US Navy only oil tanker damaged at sea in the Middle East – the US aircraft carriers fighter jets aboard left without fuel transfers to fly

9:23 27.09.2024

US Navy only oil tanker damaged at sea in the Middle East – the US aircraft carriers fighter jets aboard left without fuel transfers to fly

The USNS Big Horn was traveling with an aircraft carrier strike group nearby when it suffered an undisclosed “incident” and began to flood, ‘The Washington Post’ reports. The U.S. Navy disclosed that one of its oil tankers in the Middle East suffered significant damage while at sea, complicating a fraught …

View from Israel: Turkey seeks to join BRICS in a strategic shift away from the West

9:21 27.09.2024

View from Israel: Turkey seeks to join BRICS in a strategic shift away from the West

Turkey’s application to join BRICS reflects Erdogan’s dissatisfaction with the West, aiming to strengthen ties with non-Western powers like Russia and China, writes ‘The Jerusalem Post’. On September 2, Turkey was reported to be the first and only NATO member asking to join the BRICS economic group of nations. BRICS, …

Ukrainian scandal in Washington: GOP takes aim at Zelensky

9:18 27.09.2024

Ukrainian scandal in Washington: GOP takes aim at Zelensky

Republicans are hammering Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after he criticized Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) in an interview and visited a Pennsylvania ammunition factory over the weekend with the state’s Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, writes ‘The Hill’. Zelensky is in the U.S. for the United Nations’s General Assembly ...

‘The Responsible Statecraft’: The European Parliament has demonstrated a lack of historical memory

9:17 27.09.2024

‘The Responsible Statecraft’: The European Parliament has demonstrated a lack of historical memory

The net outcome is that appeals for peace, diplomacy, and negotiations, once upon a time at the very core of the modern European identity — which, after all, was forged on the ashes of the World War II — are now considered beyond the pale and relegated to the extremes, …

Sergey Lavrov: “A reform of the global governance system should heed the intransient central role of the UN in the system of international relations”

9:16 27.09.2024

Sergey Lavrov: “A reform of the global governance system should heed the intransient central role of the UN in the system of international relations”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, New York, September 25, 2024: “Mr Chair, Colleagues, We would like to thank the Brazilian chairmanship for organising the meeting on topical global matters in New York. …

View from Washington: Macron's “Europe Speech”. Not a recipe for success

10:19 26.09.2024

View from Washington: Macron's “Europe Speech”. Not a recipe for success

It is billed as a major speech by French President Emanuel Macron (photo). The press says Macron is proposing a "new world order." Actually, Macron is posing as the "new" leader of Europe and he is calling for strengthening Europe economically, technological, ideologically and militarily. He was speaking at the …

War on Lebanon: 558 killed, 1835 injured by Israel. It’s just the beginning…

10:19 26.09.2024

War on Lebanon: 558 killed, 1835 injured by Israel. It’s just the beginning…

Israeli air raids – the heaviest since 2006 – intensified on Monday morning, covering the entire southern part of Lebanon, as well as some Beirut suburbs. The area bordering Israel and the city of Tyre, the largest in the south of the country, suffered the most. The Israeli aggression on …

Bloomberg: How to ensure that Ukraine's Western allies won’t be dragged into a direct conflict with the Kremlin

10:18 26.09.2024

Bloomberg: How to ensure that Ukraine's Western allies won’t be dragged into a direct conflict with the Kremlin

As part of the discussions of strategy for the next year, some Western officials are more seriously gaming out how a negotiated end to the conflict and an off-ramp could take shape, according to people familiar with the matter who asked for anonymity to discuss private deliberations, notes Bloomberg. The …

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