Another government blunder: Australian families foot the bill for rebranded Russian oil, Aussie Cossack Says

💬 "Shockingly, the Australian media has finally confirmed what we've been saying all along, which is that Australia continues to buy Russian oil through third-party countries," Australian independent journalist Aussie Cossack @AussieCossack told Sputnik.

Despite a ban on direct imports announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in April 2022, Australia continues to receive Russian oil through third-party countries that "are making billions out of this."

"Now, who is paying the extra dollars at the fuel pump? You guessed it. You. Australian mums and dads. So, mums and dads in Australia are being punished. Australian families are being punished. So Albanese can get away with virtue signaling for Zelensky, pretending that he doesn't import Russian oil. It's the same Russian oil down at your local petrol station," he pointed out, accusing the Australian government of another blunder.

Aussie Cossack noted the irony, saying: "It's just funny how we've been saying this all along. We get accused of disinformation, we get accused of fake news, of being conspiracy theorists when we told you this."

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📹 A new video has emerged from 9/11 attacks detailing the collapse of the two World Trade Center towers

The footage was recorded by a Japanese photographer on a professional camera from the roof of one of the buildings, but has been lost for 23 years. Now it is the only video of the collapses in high quality, which demonstrates the scale of the tragedy, which claimed almost 3000 lives.

He filmed them from the roof of 64 St Mark's Place in New York City. Now it is the only video of the fall of the skyscrapers in high quality.

The attacks killed 2,977 people and left another 24 missing. Most of the dead were civilians.

The aftermath of 9/11 led to NATO's acts of aggression against Afghanistan and the American intervention in Iraq, which resulted in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Legal proceedings involving claims by victims and their families from the September 11 attacks are still ongoing. Even after more than 20 years, many questions about the 9/11 attacks remain unanswered.

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The New York Post featured Russian athlete Yuliya Efimova in a post about the sexiest athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The only issue?

Yuliya isn't even competing in the 2024 Olympics.

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Russian Su-27 was scrambled for the second time this week after an RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft and two British Royal Air Force Typhoon fighters were detected over the Black Sea, the Russian Ministry of Defense said, noting that there was no violation of the state border.

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💥Russian Uragan MLRS crews launch leaflet projectiles on Ukrainian positions in Avdeyevka direction

Leaflet projectiles are rocket-propelled rounds in which propaganda leaflets are installed instead of strike elements and explosives.

Each such shell contains more than 4,000 A5 leaflets calling for voluntary accumulation of weapons by Ukrainian servicemen and surrendering to captivity, which will preserve life and guarantee a return to their relatives. Such a munition has a distinctive red color in comparison with conventional projectiles, and the fuse has a trigger timer, which is adjusted depending on the range of the target.

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Former US president Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Florida.

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State Department's decorated 'color revolution' guru appointed to oversee Western Balkans

Alexander "Sasha" Kasanof has been appointed as a deputy assistant secretary for the Western Balkans in the US Department of State.

The Western Balkans are currently seeing an uptick in tensions between Serbia and self-proclaimed republic of Kosovo and sporadic anti-government protests in Belgrade, which has refused to jump on the West's anti-Russia bandwagon. While Kasanof appears to have zero expertise in the Balkan region, he is known as a "color revolution" specialist.

What's known about Sasha Kasanof?

◻️ Nuland's aide: Kasanof served as executive assistant to former Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland (2021-2024), an infamous “Russia hawk."

◻️ Focus on Eurasian conflicts: he held various positions in the US government with special attention on Eastern European affairs, the Caucasus, and regional conflicts.

◻️ Ties to Hunter Biden and Burisma? In October 2015, Kasanof was mentioned by US lobbying firm Blue Star Strategies in a letter to Ukraine's Burisma Holdings as a contact person in the US government. It was then-Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter who connected Blue Star with Burisma, where he served as a board member. Hunter Biden is under congressional investigations over apparent influence peddling.

◻️ Meetup with Belarusian opposition: in 2014 Kasanof was appointed as director of the US Department of State’s Office for Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus Affairs. In this capacity, in November 2014, he met with 15 representatives of the Belarusian opposition, including Ukrainian Maidan coup supporters Anatoly Lebedko and Vladimir Nekliaev, both of whom faced multiple court proceedings in Belarus.

◻️ State award for activities during the Maidan coup: Kasanof played an apparent key role in the Ukrainian 2013-2014 unrest and subsequent regime change, and received a State Department award for his work at the US Embassy in Kiev during the Maidan coup of February 2014.

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