🇺🇸 US seemingly more worried about Ukraine's corruption than publicly admits
A high-level corruption could undermine confidence of the Ukrainian public and foreign leaders in the government in Kiev, the report said.
The confidential version of the document, named “Integrated Country Strategy,” is about three times longer than its public version and contains many additional details related to the US goals in Ukraine, the report noted. That includes privatizing Ukrainian banks, encouraging the military to adopt NATO norms, and supporting local schools in teaching the English language.
The strategy also stresses that the Ukrainian government can not delay its anti-graft policies because the current situation could cause concern from allies in the West.
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A high-level corruption could undermine confidence of the Ukrainian public and foreign leaders in the government in Kiev, the report said.
The confidential version of the document, named “Integrated Country Strategy,” is about three times longer than its public version and contains many additional details related to the US goals in Ukraine, the report noted. That includes privatizing Ukrainian banks, encouraging the military to adopt NATO norms, and supporting local schools in teaching the English language.
The strategy also stresses that the Ukrainian government can not delay its anti-graft policies because the current situation could cause concern from allies in the West.
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🇦🇺 Russiagate 2.0
The Albanese government is trying to blame its falling poll numbers and growing opposition to the Voice referendum on supposed ‘Russian interference’ and ‘misinformation.’ This claim is desperate nonsense, say Sputnik contributor Simeon Boikov (@AussieCossack) and Chris Fairbank, Victorian RSL sub branch vice president.
According to Mr. Fairbank, veterans around Australia are outraged at the failure of Cooma Police to lay charges over a shocking video that appears to depict a group of Vote Yes campaigners led by Professor Denise Ferris assaulting a local father of four by spitting in his face and punching him.
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The Albanese government is trying to blame its falling poll numbers and growing opposition to the Voice referendum on supposed ‘Russian interference’ and ‘misinformation.’ This claim is desperate nonsense, say Sputnik contributor Simeon Boikov (@AussieCossack) and Chris Fairbank, Victorian RSL sub branch vice president.
According to Mr. Fairbank, veterans around Australia are outraged at the failure of Cooma Police to lay charges over a shocking video that appears to depict a group of Vote Yes campaigners led by Professor Denise Ferris assaulting a local father of four by spitting in his face and punching him.
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⚡️ The United States has suspended Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) contracting programs for Ukraine, US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday.
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⚡️ The United States has suspended Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) contracting programs for Ukraine, US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday. Subscribe to @SputnikInt
🗣 "Note to all those wishing to sell themselves to Americans," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's commented on US' decision to suspend financial assistance to Ukraine.
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🗣 On internet censorship in the UK and the proposed laws to ensure 'online safety':
“It's absolutely not about online safety. This is totalitarian, fascist government censorship and surveillance of online activity. They're targeting anyone who dissents against, this is who it's aimed at, anyone who criticizes the government. But there's a lot to criticize so the government is getting worried about the number of people that are criticizing government policies from the Ukraine war… It's a real descent into totalitarianism. How in the UK you can call itself a democracy or a free country is beyond me because it's not,” Ian Shilling, geopolitical analyst, researcher, and blogger, told Sputnik.
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“It's absolutely not about online safety. This is totalitarian, fascist government censorship and surveillance of online activity. They're targeting anyone who dissents against, this is who it's aimed at, anyone who criticizes the government. But there's a lot to criticize so the government is getting worried about the number of people that are criticizing government policies from the Ukraine war… It's a real descent into totalitarianism. How in the UK you can call itself a democracy or a free country is beyond me because it's not,” Ian Shilling, geopolitical analyst, researcher, and blogger, told Sputnik.
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Republican State Senator from North Dakota Doug Larsen has died in a plane crash along with his wife and two young children.
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New York civil fraud trial part of US government ‘election interference’ effort, former President Donald Trump said
🗣 "The crime is against me, because we have a corrupt District Attorney, a corrupt Attorney General, and it all comes down from the DOJ [Department of Justice], they’re totally coordinated," Trump said during remarks outside the courtroom. "This has to do with election interference, it’s plain and simple."
Trump appeared at a courthouse in New York for the first day of the civil trial against him. New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses Trump of committing fraud by inflating asset values. The trial will be overseen by New York Judge Arthur Engoron, whom Trump also criticized.
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🗣 "The crime is against me, because we have a corrupt District Attorney, a corrupt Attorney General, and it all comes down from the DOJ [Department of Justice], they’re totally coordinated," Trump said during remarks outside the courtroom. "This has to do with election interference, it’s plain and simple."
Trump appeared at a courthouse in New York for the first day of the civil trial against him. New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses Trump of committing fraud by inflating asset values. The trial will be overseen by New York Judge Arthur Engoron, whom Trump also criticized.
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🗣️ On the Ukraine conflict as a huge money laundering operation:
“Ukraine is a huge money laundering operation. All the politicians are getting backhanders from it and the arms companies are making a fortune out of supplying all the weapons. It's the biggest money laundering operation probably ever. That's what it is. Ukraine is completely corrupt. Also links these cronies, all making it in with them, skimming it off the top or corruption and embezzlement or selling the weapons that the West is sending them on the black market,” Ian Shilling, geopolitical analyst, researcher, and blogger, told Sputnik.
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“Ukraine is a huge money laundering operation. All the politicians are getting backhanders from it and the arms companies are making a fortune out of supplying all the weapons. It's the biggest money laundering operation probably ever. That's what it is. Ukraine is completely corrupt. Also links these cronies, all making it in with them, skimming it off the top or corruption and embezzlement or selling the weapons that the West is sending them on the black market,” Ian Shilling, geopolitical analyst, researcher, and blogger, told Sputnik.
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What’s the future of US assistance for Ukraine?
The US barely avoided a government shutdown after President Joe Biden signed a short-term funding bill on Saturday night, which notably excludes funds for Ukraine, an issue that remains to be a bone of contention between Democrats and Republicans.
So what lies ahead for Washington’s assistance for Kiev?
Sputnik explores.
The US barely avoided a government shutdown after President Joe Biden signed a short-term funding bill on Saturday night, which notably excludes funds for Ukraine, an issue that remains to be a bone of contention between Democrats and Republicans.
So what lies ahead for Washington’s assistance for Kiev?
Sputnik explores.
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#AfroVerdict by Sputnik Africa released a new episode about South Sudan – Russia relations, in hindsight of South Sudan's president having paid an official visit to Moscow for the first time.
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🇸🇸 Sputnik Africa conducted an interview with South Sudan's Foreign Minister, James Pitia Morgan while his President met with Russia's President Putin. Your #AfroVerdict host walks you through the Foreign Minister's interview and discusses the presidential…
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📷 🔭 Photos: JWST spots dozens of rogue Jupiter-sized planets in Orion Nebula close-up
A stunning new discovery has been made using the James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT), the most powerful telescope ever built by humans. The orbital observatory has spotted dozens of planets roaming freely in the Orion nebula, unconnected to any star.
Using the JWST, the scientists say they have found at least 40 pairs of Jupiter-sized objects freely floating about the Orion nebula, an area rich in new star formation about 1,350 light-years from Earth, so named because it sits within the constellation Orion in Earth’s night sky.
Some of the objects are floating by themselves, others seem to be orbiting each other - but not a star. Bereft of a better explanation, the scientists have dubbed them Jupiter Mass Binary Objects, or "JuMBOs,” and say they might be a completely new category of interstellar object.
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A stunning new discovery has been made using the James Webb Space Telescope (JSWT), the most powerful telescope ever built by humans. The orbital observatory has spotted dozens of planets roaming freely in the Orion nebula, unconnected to any star.
Using the JWST, the scientists say they have found at least 40 pairs of Jupiter-sized objects freely floating about the Orion nebula, an area rich in new star formation about 1,350 light-years from Earth, so named because it sits within the constellation Orion in Earth’s night sky.
Some of the objects are floating by themselves, others seem to be orbiting each other - but not a star. Bereft of a better explanation, the scientists have dubbed them Jupiter Mass Binary Objects, or "JuMBOs,” and say they might be a completely new category of interstellar object.
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🤝 BRICS 'well placed' to advance goals of cooperation, peace & development, South Africa's pundit says
The BRICS group is not a military alliance, but "a better place", when "it comes to bringing about de-escalation, greater cooperation," Philani Mthembu, Executive Director of the Institute for Global Dialogue, told Sputnik Africa.
🗣 "The BRICS countries remain one of those voices for peace, for development, for cooperation, because they also understand that greater stability, greater development, greater cooperation is in their national interest, it's in the interest of the development of their respective regions, but it's also in the broader interest of humanity. So I think BRICS is well placed to advance those goals," Mthembu noted on the sidelines of the the 20th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, which kicked off today in the Russian city of Sochi.
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The BRICS group is not a military alliance, but "a better place", when "it comes to bringing about de-escalation, greater cooperation," Philani Mthembu, Executive Director of the Institute for Global Dialogue, told Sputnik Africa.
🗣 "The BRICS countries remain one of those voices for peace, for development, for cooperation, because they also understand that greater stability, greater development, greater cooperation is in their national interest, it's in the interest of the development of their respective regions, but it's also in the broader interest of humanity. So I think BRICS is well placed to advance those goals," Mthembu noted on the sidelines of the the 20th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, which kicked off today in the Russian city of Sochi.
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🇷🇺 The Russian Armed Forces team took first place in the medal standings at the World Shooting Championships among military personnel
An award ceremony for the winners took place at the Olympic shooting range in Rio de Janeiro. The competition determined the strongest in six types of shooting programs for men and women.
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An award ceremony for the winners took place at the Olympic shooting range in Rio de Janeiro. The competition determined the strongest in six types of shooting programs for men and women.
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❗US Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has officially filed a motion to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his post
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📹 The combat work of Russia’s crews of the 57-mm anti-aircraft gun S-60 in the zone of the special military op
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🇯🇵 Japan's first lunar module, the Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon (SLIM), has successfully entered the lunar transfer orbit and is heading toward the Moon, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Monday.
"The SLIM transitioned into the Lunar transfer orbit to head towards the Moon after successfully changing orbit at 2:40 am on October 1, 2023 (JST) [17:40 GMT, Saturday]," the space agency stated.
The lunar module is expected to orbit the Moon for 3-4 months after the launch and to land on its surface 4-6 months later. SLIM carries two vehicles: LEV1, which is expected to take pictures of the Moon's surface, and LEV2, which is an extremely small lunar rover that is expected to scan the lunar orbit. SLIM itself will be engaged in astronomical observations.
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"The SLIM transitioned into the Lunar transfer orbit to head towards the Moon after successfully changing orbit at 2:40 am on October 1, 2023 (JST) [17:40 GMT, Saturday]," the space agency stated.
The lunar module is expected to orbit the Moon for 3-4 months after the launch and to land on its surface 4-6 months later. SLIM carries two vehicles: LEV1, which is expected to take pictures of the Moon's surface, and LEV2, which is an extremely small lunar rover that is expected to scan the lunar orbit. SLIM itself will be engaged in astronomical observations.
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Which countries have sent tanks to Ukraine?
Over the course of the conflict, the United States and its NATO allies eagerly supplied the regime in Kiev with a variety of weapons and military equipment, ranging from small arms and body armor to multiple launch rocket systems and main battle tanks.
So which countries rushed to provide Kiev with these lumbering armored behemoths and what exactly did they send?
Check out Sputnik's article to find out
Over the course of the conflict, the United States and its NATO allies eagerly supplied the regime in Kiev with a variety of weapons and military equipment, ranging from small arms and body armor to multiple launch rocket systems and main battle tanks.
So which countries rushed to provide Kiev with these lumbering armored behemoths and what exactly did they send?
Check out Sputnik's article to find out
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📹 Russia’s crews of Su-25SM attack aircraft and Ka-52 attack and reconnaissance helicopters continue to launch strikes at Ukrainian positions in the zone of the special military op
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🇫🇷 Macron: France experiences security issues across all country
💬 "In recent years, we have significantly reduced the number of police officers, and today we have security problems everywhere because there is not enough presence [of gendarmes]," Emmanuel Macron said in an interview to French media.
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💬 "In recent years, we have significantly reduced the number of police officers, and today we have security problems everywhere because there is not enough presence [of gendarmes]," Emmanuel Macron said in an interview to French media.
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🇺🇸 Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar carjacked in Washington DC
Cuellar’s office confirmed the Texan Representative was not injured in the incident, US media reports. The attack comes as the city has suffered a worrying spike in carjackings.
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Cuellar’s office confirmed the Texan Representative was not injured in the incident, US media reports. The attack comes as the city has suffered a worrying spike in carjackings.
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