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Words and needs: Complicating Europe's plans to cut off Russian gas

10:35 04.08.2024

Words and needs: Complicating Europe's plans to cut off Russian gas

Europe's monthly imports of Russian liquefied natural gas — the supercooled version of natural gas that can be transported on ships — have been holding relatively steady, in the 850,000 to 1.6 million metric ton range, Bloomberg records. This continued import of Russian fuel shows the complications of cutting off …

“In Moscow I live like a king”: Why do Russian ‘relocants’ return?

10:32 04.08.2024

“In Moscow I live like a king”: Why do Russian ‘relocants’ return?

British ‘The Economist’ forced to admit that Russian "relocants" (transmigrators) with the highest technical level are returning en masse to Russia from Europe. The magazine writes: Sergey and Nikolai became friends after they met through Moscow’s tech scene, nearly a decade ago. They were in their early 20s and life …

Russian citizens returned to the Motherland

10:16 03.08.2024

Russian citizens returned to the Motherland

Vladimir Putin arrived at Vnukovo Airport and welcomed Russian citizens who were detained abroad and were able to return to the Motherland today following a prisoner swap. Attending the meeting were Defence Minister Andrei Belousov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin, and Director of the Federal Security Service …

The risk of all-out Middle East war is rising sharply

10:14 03.08.2024

The risk of all-out Middle East war is rising sharply

Strikes in Beirut and Tehran could plunge Israel and Iran deeper into dangerous cycle of escalation, writes ‘The Financial Times’. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just taken a huge gamble. In a matter of hours, Israeli forces launched an air strike in Beirut targeting a senior commander of Hizbollah, …

Congressional commission determines USA is ‘not prepared for Global War'

10:13 03.08.2024

Congressional commission determines USA is ‘not prepared for Global War'

The US Commission on the National Defense Strategy, a congressionally mandated group with members handpicked by bipartisan lawmakers, has determined that Washington is unprepared to face a possible global war and must significantly overhaul its national defense strategy. In its 132-page report, published by the RAND Corporation, the commission recommends …

‘The European Conservative’: A Civilizational suicide note on the Seine

10:11 03.08.2024

‘The European Conservative’: A Civilizational suicide note on the Seine

The International Olympics Committee is in full-on damage control over its blasphemous Paris opening ceremony show. The IOC has apologized for the event, and deleted it from its YouTube channel. These elites would like everyone to forget what a global television audience saw last Friday: a filthy mockery of the …

View from Washington: Will Americans stop trying to ‘Run the World’?

11:51 02.08.2024

View from Washington: Will Americans stop trying to ‘Run the World’?

When President Joe Biden was attempting to disguise his encroaching dementia, he told journalist George Stephanopoulos: “You know, not only am I campaigning, but I’m running the world.” No wonder everything everywhere is such a mess. War is raging in Europe and the Middle East. Multiple conflicts threaten Asia. Heckuva …

India-China warming pops US pipe dream

11:49 02.08.2024

India-China warming pops US pipe dream

US envisions India as democratic counterweight to China but Asian powers are moving toward more economic cooperation and less strategic conflict, writes ‘The Asia Times’. India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 25 endorsed her economic advisor’s proposal to open the country to direct investment from China, effectively frozen since …

Germany’s failure to lead the EU is becoming a problem

11:49 02.08.2024

Germany’s failure to lead the EU is becoming a problem

In the mid-2010s, as the European Union lurched punch-drunk from one crisis to the next, there was one constant. Germany, and in particular Angela Merkel, its chancellor, was the star around which the rest of Europe orbited. All had a point. Yet none had any way of working around Germany, …

Vance tells donors Harris change was a ‘sucker punch,’ at odds with campaign

11:47 02.08.2024

Vance tells donors Harris change was a ‘sucker punch,’ at odds with campaign

The Republican vice-presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), privately told donors that running against Vice President Harris instead of President Biden made the race more challenging — an admission at odds with the Donald Trump campaign’s public projections of confidence, ‘The Washington Post’ informs. “All of us were hit with …

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