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Beck Robertson: “It is time to hold a referendum on the monarchy in Britain”

10:35 13.01.2023

Beck Robertson: “It is time to hold a referendum on the monarchy in Britain”

The monarchy is a central British institution — but central to all the worst aspects of our nation, from colonialism to aristocratic privilege, class inequality and undemocratic elite rule. It’s time we voted on it, argues Beck Robertson in his article at English newspaper “Morning Star”. In recent years the …

Two threats – for the world of people and for the world of finance

11:51 12.01.2023

Two threats – for the world of people and for the world of finance

The world is today confronted with two nuclear threats of a proportion never previously seen in history. These threats are facing us at a time when the world economy is about to turn and decline precipitously not just for years but probably decades, writes in his in a detailed commentary …

False Ukranian ‘democracy’

11:16 12.01.2023

False Ukranian ‘democracy’

Ukraine is not the bastion of freedom described by most Western media. Ukraine’s Western cheerleaders seem to have no shame. They continue to portray the country as a freedom-loving democracy, even though evidence continues to mount that it is nothing of the sort, writes Ted Galen Carpenter, a senior fellow …

American business began to count their losses in Ukraine

11:36 11.01.2023

American business began to count their losses in Ukraine

In the United States, they were concerned that a large share of the Ukrainian industrial potential had already passed under the control of Russia. Such a high concern, shown, in particular, in this“The Washington Post” article, suggests that by 2022 the American companies have bought up a fairly large share …

War games around Taiwan: U.S. Navy cuts transits. China steps up military pressure

11:35 11.01.2023

War games around Taiwan: U.S. Navy cuts transits. China steps up military pressure

The U.S. reduced its number of naval transits through the Taiwan Strait in 2022 to the lowest level in four years even as China stepped up military pressure on the island it vows to one day control, -informs Bloomberg.The U.S. 7th Fleet sent nine warships through the body of water …

World Bank to warn of Global Recession risk

11:51 10.01.2023

World Bank to warn of Global Recession risk

The World Bank is concerned that “further adverse shocks” could push the global economy into recession in 2023, with small states especially vulnerable,informs Bloomberg.The warning is contained in an abstract for the bi-annual “Global Economic Prospects” report due for release andvisibleon the group’s Open Knowledge Repository website.Even without another crisis, …

US think-tank: Ukraine and the prospects for negotiations

11:48 10.01.2023

US think-tank: Ukraine and the prospects for negotiations

There are more and more articles in the American press questioning ‘how to end the conflict in Ukraine through negotiations’. They are concerned about consequences, although they cheer themselves up with the fact that ‘Russia will soon lose’, and the ‘West is strong and united’. So they lull themselves. Nevertheless, …

Geopolitics explain: “Why things won’t change”

11:41 09.01.2023

Geopolitics explain: “Why things won’t change”

Russia’s war in Ukraine has involved many surprises. The largest, however, is that it happened at all. Last year, Russia was at peace and enmeshed in a complex global economy. Would it really sever trade ties – and threaten nuclear war – just to expand its already vast territory? Such …

War and death in Europe – huge incomes of military-industrial complex in the US

11:40 09.01.2023

War and death in Europe – huge incomes of military-industrial complex in the US

"The war in Ukraine is at a critical point right now, and we have to do everything we can to help the Ukrainians…," Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, said during a Pentagon briefing. The authorization of presidential drawdown of equipment from U.S. inventories …

Putin sends warship armed with hypersonic ‘Zircon’ missiles past Britain on Atlantic mission

11:40 09.01.2023

Putin sends warship armed with hypersonic ‘Zircon’ missiles past Britain on Atlantic mission

With a mixed feeling of hatred for Russia and fear of the might of the Russian navy, the British newspaper ‘The Daily Mail’ wrote – “Vladimir Putin has gleefully launched a warship armed with new Mach 9nuclear-capable hypersonic ‘Zircon’ cruise missileson a mission to challenge the West”. Putin claimed the …

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