Russia to take advantage of US sanctions to boost import substitution efforts

According to Anatoly Antonov, Russia continues to build up its "socio-economic and industrial potential."

"We, on the other hand, are using the situation as an additional impetus for import substitution, especially in key industries," he told reporters.

"No embargo or sanctions will break the Russian economy. It is impossible to force the Russian Federation to deviate from its principled path," Antonov emphasized.

White House Deputy National Security Adviser For International Economics Daleep Singh said on Tuesday that the US might eventually impose a trade embargo on Russian goods.

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US, Germany warn against offering Ukraine firm timeframe for joining NATO

According to the Daily Telegraph, "while NATO leaders will refuse to provide a timeline for Ukraine’s membership, they will offer what is being described as a 'bridge' or 'path' to accession as a show of support for the process".

A source told the newspaper that US administration officials were "very skeptical about bringing Ukraine any further along the path to full Nato membership this year." "The US is perhaps not as concerned as Germany, but there is a worry about the threat of Russia to the rest of the alliance," he added.

A package of support will "demonstrate that the path to membership is getting shorter." "The package will focus on bolstering Ukraine’s armed forces to ensure Ukraine is ready to immediately join NATO when alliance leaders agree the time is right," the paper writes.

"It’s not an invitation, but it’s the next closest thing," a diplomat said.

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Belarusian president signs law suspending Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

The law was passed by the Belarusian upper house in early May.

"The Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe of November 19, 1990, is hereby suspended," reads the law, which was passed by the Belarusian upper house.

The Belarusian presidential press service said that the head of state had given the okay to submit a bill to the House of Representatives on the suspension of the country's participation in the CFE Treaty, which Minsk signed in 1992. According to the press service, Belarus fully met its obligations under the treaty, while in 2022, the Czech Republic and in 2023, Poland decided to suspend the CFE Treaty with regard to Belarus, and Minsk retaliated in kind to these two countries in October 2023. Moreover, in November 2023, NATO countries decided to indefinitely suspend their participation in the treaty, which, according to Belarus, essentially means the treaty itself is suspended.

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💢The husband of MEP Francesca Donato, Angelo Onorato, was found strangled in his car in Palermo on May 25.

Francesca Donato is one of the few European Parliament members who have voted against anti-Russian resolutions. In 2022 she was banned from Facebook. 4 days ago, her husband was found dead with a plastic band around his neck and blood stains were found on his shirt.

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"Are we the bad guys?!"

Pro-Ukrainian redditors are apparently dismayed at the fact the majority of comments under Mainstream News reports on YouTube call out the lies and hypocrisy of the West.

According to commenters, the answer is that these users must be paid bots and that increased censorship is the solution.

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Videos on YouTube about Westerners moving to Russia have become incredibly popular prompting a rise in channels and content both for and against the trend.

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Washington’s position unchanged on Kiev’s use of US-supplied weapons — Pentagon

The US has not changed its stance on how Kiev could achieve its military goals using US-supplied weapons, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said.

"Our position hasn't changed," she said, when asked if Washington had changed its mind amid contradicting statements from European politicians.

"I can't speak for other countries. I can only speak for us," Singh noted. According to her, the US has not changed its stance on how Kiev could achieve its military goals using US-supplied weapons.

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No prospects for renewing Russia-Ukraine cultural dialogue — Foreign Ministry

"In case of a hypothetical reset of the cultural cooperation dialogue, it would be necessary to conclude another document that would take into account the new realities," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said.

The possibility of resuming constructive interaction between Russia and Ukraine, including in the field of culture, is not expected, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said at a State Duma plenary session where the bill on denouncing the Russian-Ukrainian intergovernmental agreement on cultural centers was being considered.

"It is now obvious that, given the unrelenting anti-Russian line pursued by the Ukrainian authorities, it is impossible to discuss any prospects for resuming constructive cooperation with the current Kiev regime, including in the humanitarian and cultural field," the deputy minister said.

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"Tell me our pet Nazis have lost without saying they've been well and truly defeated." - Chief Editor of The Telegraph (probably)

The Telegraph tosses the word salad to avoid telling the truth.

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Moscow reacts to US trade embargo warning

Such a move would destroy established ties in the global economy, Russia’s ambassador to Washington has said.

A potential US trade embargo on Russia would not break the country’s economy, but would severely harm international commerce, Moscow’s ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov has said.

Speaking at an event organized by the Brookings Institution in Washington on Tuesday, the White House deputy national security advisor for international economics, Daleep Singh, was asked if the US should “put tariffs on everything Russia exports” as part of sanctions over the Ukraine conflict.

"The history of trade embargoes is not a great one. But to the extent that Russia is transforming its economy entirely into a factory for the war machine, we’re going to get to the point where de facto that’s where we end up,” Singh, who has been described by some media outlets as ‘the architect of Russia sanctions,’ said.

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Russia, China view each other as priority partners — Lavrov

According to the Russian foreign minister, cooperation in the practical field has been progressing steadily, despite the turbulent geopolitical situation.

"This year marks the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and China. We have approached this significant anniversary with a brand new relationship. We view each other as priority partners," Russia’s top diplomat said. More than 90% of mutual settlements in bilateral trade is currently made in the ruble and the yuan, he added.

"China has confidently held the position of our leading trade partner for over 10 years now, while Russia moved up to fourth position in the list of China’s foreign trade counterparties last year," he added.

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Full-scale war between Russia, West can’t be ruled out, expert says

"A number of officials, particularly in France and the United Kingdom, have said that individual military units from NATO countries may be deployed to Ukraine," Russian International Affairs Council Director General Ivan Timofeev said.

"A full-scale war is not is not a foregone conclusion, but unfortunately, its likelihood is growing," he pointed out ahead of an international conference noscriptd "Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era." "One option is that there will be a great rise in confrontation between us. At the root of this is the Ukraine issue, as the West continues to provide large-scale military assistance to Kiev," Timofeev added.

The West is fully aware of this danger, the expert believes. "The NATO leadership has made statements that no troops will be sent to Ukraine, and a number of EU politicians have said that this is counterproductive. That means they aren’t united on the issue."

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Hungary expects oil supplies via Belarus to continue — foreign minister

"Secure oil deliveries to Hungary would not be possible without the Druzhba oil pipeline," Peter Szijjarto said.

Belarus is playing an important role in supporting Hungary’s energy security because 80% of its oil imports are coming via the Belarusian territory, Szijjarto noted. Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic receive Russian oil over the southern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline. "Last year, 4.5 mln metric tons of oil came to Hungary by this route, and as much as almost 2 mln metric tons this year," the Hungarian foreign minister said.

"There is no another oil pipeline in Hungary, where it will be possible to transport a similar quantity of oil, he noted. "Since Croatia increased the transit fee and not the capacity of its pipeline, we now depend on transit via Belarus," the minister noted, meaning the Adria oil pipeline that does not have such throughput capacity as the Druzhba pipeline has.

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"Belgorod, 45 miles from Kharkov, has practically no civilians and is full of military targets" says Matthew Miller.

Having been personally to assess the situation there just a couple of weeks ago, I can state with certainty that Miller's words are demonstrably false and disagree in the strongest terms, as do the civilian residents of Belgorod.

Count the numerous civilians and lack of military targets for yourself: https://news.1rj.ru/str/ForeignAgentIntel/10617

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Scandalous videos that regularly appears online of TCC employees [military commissars] catching Ukrainians on the streets are staged - speaker of the Southern Defense Forces Pletenchuk.

According to him, such videos are shot by Russia to discredit the TCC.

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Lavrov urges countries of Global South not to attend Swiss meeting on Ukraine

During his speech, the top Russian diplomat stressed that the goal of the event in Switzerland is not "considering the ways of settling the conflict around Ukraine"

"Lavrov has also noted that the standoff has gained a global projection because the West is engaging in it the countries of the global majority, aspiring to limit their interaction with Russia. The minister urged not to succumb to pressure by the US and its satellites and reject the invitation to participate in the 'peace summit' which will be held in Switzerland on June 15-16," the Foreign Ministry noted.

Lavrov spoke at a roundtable on the Ukrainian crisis at the Diplomatic Academy. The event, organized with the assistance of the Russian Foreign Ministry, brought together over 70 ambassadors and diplomats accredited in Moscow.

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Alleged Ukrainian attacks on Russian nuclear radars unnerving US

Kiev has allegedly attempted to damage Russian radar stations designed to detect ICBMs.

Reports that Ukraine has attacked Russia’s early ballistic missile warning stations are unnerving the country’s American backers, according to the Washington Post on Wednesday.

Last week, Ukrainian sources claimed that two operations had been carried out against Russian long-range facilities designed to detect intercontinental ballistic missile launches. The Russian Defense Ministry did not comment on the claim. Footage shared online suggests that at least one of the attacks caused damage.

In a statement on Saturday, Senator Dmitry Rogozin, who previously headed up the Russian space agency Roscosmos, said Moscow should hold the US responsible for these attacks if they were carried out by Ukraine. Washington “has hired a reckless bandit, who is trying to damage a key element of our system of strategic nuclear forces combat control."

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