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Humza Yousaf meets Rishi Sunak: Independence, referendum & Scotch whisky

10:23 27.04.2023

Humza Yousaf meets Rishi Sunak: Independence, referendum & Scotch whisky

The First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf has used his first 20-minute "informal" meeting with the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to demand the power to hold an independence referendum. Humza Yousaf told Rishi Sunak to 'respect the democratic wishes' of the Scottish Parliament. Mr Yousaf also used his first face-to-face …

Four objects of a new EU’s expansion: Brazil, Chile, Nigeria and Kazakhstan

10:21 27.04.2023

Four objects of a new EU’s expansion: Brazil, Chile, Nigeria and Kazakhstan

EU schemes up sweeteners to woo countries away from Russia and China. A confidential briefing shows the EU’s individualized plans to win back — or not lose — four ‘priority countries’ on the Western alliance’s edges,informs POLITICO.Earlier this week, EU officials circulated a confidential briefing, obtained by POLITICO, that details …

U.S. briefed Ukraine, as Afghan Ashraf Ghani in 2021, “on the dangers of overextending its ambitions”

10:19 27.04.2023

U.S. briefed Ukraine, as Afghan Ashraf Ghani in 2021, “on the dangers of overextending its ambitions”

Yes, U.S. officials have briefed Ukraine “on the dangers of overextending its ambitions and spreading its troops too thin”. So, the same warning Biden gave then-Afghan President Ashraf Ghani as the Taliban moved to sweep across the country during the U.S. military withdrawal in 2021, POLITICO notes. Is history repeating …

Various aspects of global and regional security discussed in Moscow

11:59 26.04.2023

Various aspects of global and regional security discussed in Moscow

Moscow hosts quadrilateral talks gathering defence ministers of the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Syrian Arab Republic, and the Republic of Turkiye. During the meeting, the attendees discussed practical steps towards strengthening security in the Syrian Arab Republic and normalising Syrian – Turkish relations. Particular attention was …

How the US losing influence in the Middle East…

10:17 26.04.2023

How the US losing influence in the Middle East…

Fifty years ago, in the wake of the October War of 1973, the United States emerged as the principal outside actor in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger conducted the peace talks between Israel and Egypt as well as between Israel and Syria, and …

Can BRICS weaken the dominance of the IMF and World Bank?

10:14 26.04.2023

Can BRICS weaken the dominance of the IMF and World Bank?

Who would have expected that the BRICS nations could rise as the potential rival of the G7 countries, the World Bank and the IMF combined? But that once seemingly distant possibility now has real prospects which could change the political equilibrium of world politics, writes “The Counter Punch’. BRIC’s first …

Ambassador Antonov: “The Embassy has been banned from…”

10:14 26.04.2023

Ambassador Antonov: “The Embassy has been banned from…”

Russia Ambassador in USA Anatoly Antonov has made some remarks on the 78-th Anniversary of the Historic Meeting of Soviet and American troops on the Elbe River: “The Embassy has been banned from taking part in the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at the Spirit of the Elbe marker at Arlington National …

FOCUS: The EU is a “militarized worm”

10:13 26.04.2023

FOCUS: The EU is a “militarized worm”

The German magazine ‘FOCUS’ comes with a very tough article about the policy and potential of the European Union: “The EU is a militarized worm” – “Die EU ist ein militärischer Wurm”! The shaping of relations between Germany and other EU states, as well as the US and China, will …

Sergey Lavrov: “As in the Cold War years, we have approached a dangerous, and perhaps even a more dangerous, line”

20:18 25.04.2023

Sergey Lavrov: “As in the Cold War years, we have approached a dangerous, and perhaps even a more dangerous, line”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired the meeting at the UN Security Council’s open debates “Effective multilateralism through the Defence of the Principles of the UN Charter,” New York, April 24, 2023. He said in particular: - In two weeks, we will celebrate the 78th anniversary of Victory in World …

Requiem for Europe

10:04 25.04.2023

Requiem for Europe

The so-called ‘European elites’ are in a very real sense traitors to their own countries – giving aid and comfort to the United States, a foreign entity, at the expense of the interests of their own populations. They are actually worse than Vidkun Quisling during the second world war. In …

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