❗️ Xi Jinping said he is ready to work with Putin to develop a plan to develop relations with Russia to strengthen coordination between the two countries.

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KJ Noh, writer, teacher, and activist, joined us to discuss the first yuan-based loan cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia

🗣️”All of these are the desserts that the US has baked for itself as it was escalating to war against China,” he stated

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⚡️ Russia will be forced to react since the collective West begins to use weapons with a nuclear component, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.

▪️ Speaking about the British initiative to supply Kiev with shells with depleted uranium, Putin said that the West decided to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian not in words, but in deeds.

More statements from Russian President Vladimir Putin after talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping:

▪️ Russia and China have strong ties, we are in constant contact with Xi Jinping

▪️ The signed documents fully reflect the level of relations between Russia and China, which are at the highest point in history

▪️ Trade and economic cooperation is a priority in relations between Russia and China

▪️ The documents signed by Russia and China set the task of multiplying the volume of trade

▪️ Russia and China maintain high dynamics of mutual trade. In 2023, we are able to overcome the mark of $200 billion

▪️ During the talks between Russia and China, the issues of energy cooperation, which is progressing at a good pace, were considered in detail.

▪️ Russia is ready to increase uninterrupted oil supplies to China.

▪️ At the Russian-Chinese talks, the project "Power of Siberia - 2" was discussed in detail.

▪️ Rosatom and China's relevant agency signed a long-term cooperation program.

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❗️ Putin: China's plan for Ukraine can be taken as the basis for resolving the conflict

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▪️There are opportunities for a significant increase in exports from the Russian Federation to China of meat and grain.

▪️ Supplies of agricultural products from Russia to China are growing at a high pace, there is a capacity to increase supplies.

▪️ With the removal of COVID restrictions, cultural, scientific, educational and tourist exchanges between Russia and China are returning to high dynamics.

▪️Putin and Xi noted the growing tension in the world, the practice of unfair sanctions.

▪️ The leaders of Russia and China signed a statement on a plan to develop key areas of Russian-Chinese economic cooperation until 2030.

▪️ Russia is waiting for a delegation of athletes from China to Kazan for the Games of the Future tournament, we invite China to host the second games.

▪️ Russia and China strongly oppose violating the interests of other countries in order to gain advantages.

▪️ Xi paid great attention to China's peace initiatives during the talks.

▪️ The Chinese peace plan can be taken as the basis for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, when they are ready for it in the West and in Kiev.

▪️ Putin on the British initiative to supply Kiev shells with depleted uranium: the West decided to fight the Russian Federation to the last Ukrainian, not in words, but in deeds.

▪️ Russia will be forced to react, since the collective West begins to use weapons with a nuclear component.

▪️ Russia will work on international platforms to form a large Eurasian partnership in the future.

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❗️ Putin's statement about the British initiative to supply Kiev with shells with depleted uranium.

❗️ Putin says that Russia will be forced to react if the West starts using weapons with nuclear components.

❗️The main statements from the Chinese leader following talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin:

▪️ Xi Jinping said he has maintained close ties with Putin for ten years and is in contact on strategic issues;

▪️ Negotiations with Putin were productive;

▪️ At the talks with Putin, a plan for further cooperation in all areas was outlined;

▪️ Sino-Russian ties have gone beyond bilateral relations, are of great importance for the world order;

▪️ Trade turnover between Russia and China has grown by 116% over ten years;

▪️ Russia and China will ensure the continuity of logistics and transportation;

▪️ China and Russia, as members of the UN Security Council, will continue to uphold the norms of international relations based on the UN Charter;

▪️ Russia and China will strengthen cooperation on the SCO, BRICS, G20 platforms;

▪️ Russia and China will contribute to economic recovery in the post-pandemic period, ensure food security;

▪️ Beijing is actively promoting the resumption of negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian crisis;

▪️ Xi Jinping says he expects continued contact with Putin in all forms.

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❗️ Joint statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping:

▪️Russia and China note the positive contribution of the CSTO to the potential for developing cooperation between the CSTO and China to ensure peace and stability

▪️ Relations between Russia and China are mature, stable and self-sufficient, have withstood the turbulent international situation and are not subject to external influence

▪️ Russia and China to continue holding consultations on issues related to Africa

▪️ Russia and China welcome the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran

▪️ Russia and China support the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Syria and Libya

▪️ Attempts to replace the universally recognized principles and norms of international law with a so-called "rules-based order" are unacceptable

▪️ Russia and China express concern over the situation on the Korean peninsula, call on all parties to show calm and restraint

▪️ The United States must respond to the concerns of the DPRK with real actions, create conditions for the resumption of dialogue

▪️ Russia and China intend to provide support in protecting each other's interests, primarily sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security

▪️ Russia and China oppose one state imposing its values on other countries, there is no "higher democracy"

▪️ Russia and China urge not to undermine security in Northeast Asia, to abandon the thinking of the times of the Cold War

▪️ Russia reiterates adherence to the "One-China" principle, recognizes that Taiwan is an integral part of China

▪️Russia and China oppose external interference in internal affairs

▪️ Russia considers the considerations set out in the Chinese plan for the settlement in Ukraine as constructive

▪️ Russia and China will increase cooperation to combat "color revolutions", "forces of evil", including the Islamic movement of East Turkestan

▪️ Russia and China will regularly conduct joint patrols at sea and in the air, as well as joint exercises

▪️ Russia and China oppose all unilateral sanctions imposed by bypassing the UN Security Council

▪️ Russia and China insist that NATO must strictly comply with the obligations regarding the regional and defensive nature of the alliance

▪️ Russia and China intend to forge a closer partnership in the energy sector, support companies in the implementation of energy projects

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🇫🇮🇸🇪 NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg met with Finland's foreign and defense ministers, as Turkey and Hungary announced their support for Finland's alliance membership bid. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto stated that Finland may join NATO before Sweden, and Stoltenberg emphasized the importance of both Finland and Sweden becoming members of NATO as soon as possible.

⏳ Back in 1990, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to the absorption of East Germany by Bonn after getting a verbal commitment from then-Secretary of State James Baker that NATO would not expand “one inch east” beyond a reunified Germany. One year later, in 1991, the USSR collapsed, and the western bloc’s reason d’etre – “containing Soviet-style communism,” disappeared.

But the alliance did not follow suit, swallowing up many other European countries.

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⚡️ A powerful earthquake of magnitude from 6.6 to 7.4 has shaken parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Tremors were also felt in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.

International geopolitical consultant, speaker, author, veteran, and former international security analyst David Oualaalou joined us to discuss the shift of the Middle East countries to China

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❗️ Pentagon on whether US gives depleted uranium rounds to Ukraine: not to my knowledge.

Political Landmine: Why Dem Bid to Charge Trump Will Backfire

With Democrats facing allegations of launching another partisan prosecution bid against Donald Trump, journalist and political analyst Angie Wong, president of the conservative Legacy PAC, and attorney and media relations specialist Tyler Nixon warned that they could face a backlash that would return the former president to the White House.

Moves by Democrats to charge and arrest former President Donald Trump will only make him a popular "martyr", political pundits have warned.

New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg, elected a Democrat, is widely expected to file charges against Trump on Tuesday over years-old claims that he paid adult movie star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged affair with her.

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Kiev's Use of Depleted Uranium Ammo May Cause Health Problems Akin to Yugoslavia and Iraq

The use of ammunitions with depleted uranium (DU) by the Kiev regime may result in a spike of oncological diseases akin to the outbreak registered in the aftermath of the Yugoslav War, Ivan Konovalov, military expert and political analyst, told Sputnik.

On March 21, UK Minister for Defense Annabel Goldie told British lawmakers that London would grant a squadron of Challenger 2 main battle tanks to Kiev, as well as ammunition including armor-piercing rounds that contain depleted uranium. "Such rounds are highly effective in defeating modern tanks and armored vehicles," she bragged.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shook hands as they said goodbye to each other, the Chinese leader left the Kremlin.

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Why West Offers ‘Safe Havens' to Radical Pro-Khalistan Sikhs

🤔 A large number of extremist Sikhs who espouse secessionist views and favor the creation of Khalistan, or a separate Sikh state out of India, have found “safe havens” in western nations, an academic has told Sputnik.

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📹 Two Tu-95ms strategic bombers make a routine flight above the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan (video by Russia's MoD)

▪️ The flight time was over seven hours. Su-30sm and Su-35s fighter jets escorted the bombers.

▪️ Long-range aviation regularly carry out flights over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, and Pacific Ocean.

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