US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said that she remains committed to sending no money to Ukraine as Kiev needs to find peace and not war.

During her speech, the congresswoman also passed a personal message to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying “you better leave your hands off of our sons and daughters because they're not dying over there.”

Earlier in February, Zelensky said “the US will have to send their sons and daughters exactly the same way as we are sending [our] sons and daughters to war” causing a flurry of criticism in the United States.

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Russia’s Payment System Set to Appear 100 Miles Off US Coast

Created in 2015 in response to sanctions and fears that the US and its allies might cut Russia off from the SWIFT system, the Mir payment system is now operational across much of the post-Soviet space, as well as South Korea and Vietnam. Authorities in countries including Ethiopia, Iran, India, Indonesia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Venezuela have either expressed interest in the payment system or launched it on a trial basis.

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🇰🇪Kenya’s President Ruto denounces Supreme Court’s decision in favor of LGBTQ freedoms

▪️The government will not allow Kenya to head in that direction and won't support calls to legalize the LGBTQ community as the country has its own values that should be respected, the president William Ruto has said.

🗣"We respect the Court but… I will not allow it in Kenya. We have our culture and traditions, we respect our constitution and all our religions," he said, adding: "We can’t travel the road of women marrying women or men marrying men. That will not happen under my watch."

▪️Last week, the East African nation’s Supreme Court ruled that a board overseeing non-government organizations was discriminatory when refused an activist to register a pro-LGBTQ rights entity

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UK Embassy Sought to Pay Sudanese Students to Protest Against Russia — Report

The Brits allegedly used a combination of bribes and promises of protection in an effort to create an astroturf anti-Russian street movement in the East African nation.

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'F**k This Guy': Ex-Bernie Supporters Slam US Lawmaker for Spouting ‘Neocon Propaganda’ About Russia

Former supporters of US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took to social media Friday to express their disgust after the former peace candidate expressed support for the Biden administration’s anti-Russian stance.

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Russian Embassy: UK Fabricated Skripal Poisoning as 'Trial Balloon' for Future Moscow Demonization

The embassy pointed out that many details of what really happened in the Wiltshire city remain unknown, and many questions have still gone unanswered by UK authorities.

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‘Saving Private Ryan’ Actor Tom Sizemore Dies at 61

Last month, famous blockbuster actor Tom Sizemore was hospitalized from his home in Los Angeles after suffering a brain aneurysm.

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Russian Foreign Ministry: Moscow insists on an unbiased investigation of the Salisbury incident and condemns London's attempts to hold Russia responsible for it.

EU Defense Industry Should Switch to Wartime Economy: European Commissioner

"I believe it is time that the European defence industry moves to a wartime economy model to cater for our defence production needs," the official said.

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West May Be Deliberately Concealing Findings of Probes Into Nord Stream Blasts, Says French General

The mere fact that there have been no conclusions presented from three Western investigations into the explosions at the Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas infrastructure may evidence that their findings have been swept under the rug, the general said.

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Greek railway workers have extended by 48 hours a strike launched on March 2 because of the recent train accident that killed at least 57 people, Greek railway company Hellenic Train said.

"Due to the 48-hour strike announced by the railway workers' unions, all Hellenic Train services are suspended for Saturday, March 4, and Sunday, March 5," the company said in a statement.

On Tuesday, a passenger train collided with a freight train near the city of Larissa. The passenger train had switched to the freight train's lane before the accident, which brought them both on the same track and resulted in a head-on collision.

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German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall is currently holding "promising" talks with Kiev on the construction of a tank plant worth 200 million euros ($213 million) in Ukraine, Armin Papperger, the head of the company, said.

Such a plant will be able to produce up to 400 Panther tanks per year, the company's chief said. He expressed hope that a final decision on the deal would be made "in the next two months."

Ukraine needs from 600 to 800 tanks to win in the conflict with Russia, so even if Berlin gives Kiev all 300 Leopard 2 tanks from the reserves of the German armed forces, this will still "not be enough," Papperger added.

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