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Putin: “Is the special military operation itself not a response to them crossing ‘red lines’?”

10:13 15.06.2023

Putin: “Is the special military operation itself not a response to them crossing ‘red lines’?”

During the meeting with war correspondents at the Kremlin Vladimir Putin has made many significant statements: - What is the point of our actions? We will have to take two steps from the centre of the field. After all, we wanted and still want to have the best possible relations …

‘A Wall of Steel’: Russian anti-tank troops cold-bloodedly turning Western armored vehicles into scrap heaps

10:11 15.06.2023

‘A Wall of Steel’: Russian anti-tank troops cold-bloodedly turning Western armored vehicles into scrap heaps

Several days into Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive the scale of the challenges that Ukrainian troops face is already clear. Brigades with Western arms make small gains against Russia’s defensive lines, writes “The Wall Street Journal”. The assault began Thursday night, with abou...

Super-strange but happy – such people now are in the German government team

10:10 15.06.2023

Super-strange but happy – such people now are in the German government team

Germans are very strange people – the United States is blowing up the Russian-German ‘Nord Stream’ gas pipeline, but Chancellor Scholz calls Russia “an enemy”. They are waiting in Berlin for very important visit of the Chinese government head and immediately accuse China of violations: “China acting 'counter to our …

Washington dancing ‘around Riyadh’

10:09 15.06.2023

Washington dancing ‘around Riyadh’

The American flag is missing during Blinken reception by Prince Ben Salman – this is a serious gesture of dissatisfaction with US policy on the part of the Saudi leadership. After President Biden vowed to impose ‘consequences’ on Saudi Arabia for slashing oil production last year, Prince Mohammed bin Salman …

Germany warns of industry shutdown if Russian gas stops flowing in the year 2024

10:51 14.06.2023

Germany warns of industry shutdown if Russian gas stops flowing in the year 2024

Russia-Ukraine agreement for gas transit towards Europe due to expire next year, and the direct negotiations between Ukraine and Russia on the extension of the transit contract look highly implausible in the current environment, notes Bloomberg. Germany may be forced to wind down or even switch off industrial capacity if …

Global nuclear weapons spending

10:48 14.06.2023

Global nuclear weapons spending

The U.S. has deployed about 150 nuclear shells at air bases in Europe without any official statements. This was reported by Alicia Sanders-Sacre, policy and research coordinator of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), at a briefing by the Association of Correspondents to the United Nations (ACANU). Sanders-Zacre …

Palestine is ripe for Chinese mediation

10:47 14.06.2023

Palestine is ripe for Chinese mediation

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken drew a blank in Riyadh in his mission to coax Saudi Arabia to grant diplomatic recognition to Israel and resuscitate the moribund Abraham Accord. The Saudi stance is unwavering: a two-state solution to Palestine problem first; normalisation with Israel can only come after …

China: Russian soybeans – in, American soybeans - out

10:46 14.06.2023

China: Russian soybeans – in, American soybeans - out

A shipment of 271.6 tons of Russian soybean arrived at Manzhouli Port in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the first of its kind since the launch of the New Land Grain Corridor, which connects China with the Eurasian Union countries including Russia. The soybean imports from Russia are not …

The US military-industrial complex has used think tanks to hijack EU policy making

10:27 13.06.2023

The US military-industrial complex has used think tanks to hijack EU policy making

Clare Daly – an Irish MEP – similarly stated recently in the EU Parliament that “the paranoid imaginations of the security sector think tanks that parade here day after day” are able to dictate policies based on the “flimsiest of evidence”. NGOs have long been used as an instrument to …

Lula's call for South American unity

10:26 13.06.2023

Lula's call for South American unity

During a South American leaders' summit hosted by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as part of his efforts to unite the region's development and give it a stronger voice internationally, Lula urged South America's 12 countries to overcome ideological differences that have divided the region and join efforts …

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