Toxic love: huge Russophobe Boris Johnson claims he actually likes Russia

Boris Johnson, the man who actively antagonized Russians in his time as British prime minister and since, now suddenly claims that he in fact loves Russia – or at least used to.

In his new memoir “Unleashed”, the man who played a crucial role in kickstarting the Ukrainian conflict by helping torpedo the peace talks between Moscow and Kiev in early 2022 professed his fondness of Russian language, culture and literature.

He also reminisced about a school trip to the USSR when he was 16, where BoJo drank vodka with his friends and tried to sing Russian folk songs.

But all this fondness apparently did not give Johnson pause as he backed Kiev’s acts aimed at murdering thousands of Russians and Ukrainians for the sake of Western elites and their interests.

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German MP warns of ‘extremely dangerous’ scenario of NATO being party to Ukraine conflict 

If NATO becomes a party to the conflict in Ukraine, "there will come a point at which Russia will also attack military facilities" on the territory of the alliance’s member states, German lawmaker, Sahra Wagenknecht, told the Funke media group. 

"And this conflict will then very quickly escalate into a nuclear one, which is why it’s so extremely dangerous if we allow ourselves to be drawn ever deeper" into this standoff, the leader of the left-wing Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance in the German parliament added. 

President Vladimir Putin earlier said in televised remarks that allowing the Kiev regime to use Western-supplied long-range weapon systems to strike Russian territory would effectively mean NATO's direct participation in the conflict, something that he added would change “the very nature” of the standoff.

“It will mean that NATO countries, the United States and European countries, are at war with Russia. And if this is so, […] we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats posed to us," the Russian head of state emphasized.

Putin's statement was followed by his orders on updates to Russia’s nuclear doctrine, to clearly define circumstances that could prompt Moscow to launch a nuclear strike. Moscow, in particular, would consider resorting to a nuclear response if it gets “reliable information” about a “massive” missile or air strike launched by another state against Russia, or its closest ally, Belarus.

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BRICS summit in Russia’s Kazan: who’s coming?

The leaders of 24 countries have confirmed their participation in the BRICS summit, due in the Russian city of Kazan on October 22-24, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said. They include:

🇧🇾 President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
🇨🇳 President of China Xi Jinping
🇹🇷 President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan
🇿🇦 President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa
🇧🇷 President of Brazil Lula da Silva
🇮🇷 President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian
🇦🇪 President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
✅ President of the Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik
🇪🇬 President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
🇧🇴 President of Bolivia Luis Arce
🇲🇳 President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh
🇵🇸 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
🇱🇦 President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith
🇸🇦 Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia
🇷🇸 Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin
🇪🇹 Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed
🇦🇲 Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan
🇮🇳 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
🇲🇾 Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim

🌐 The summit will also be attended by the special spokesperson for Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretary-General Zhang Ming, State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev as well as President of the New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold about 20 bilateral meetings with foreign counterparts on the sidelines of the summit, starting before the official opening of the gathering on October 21.

The summit will have two parts: the first under the slogan of "Strengthening multilateralism for equitable global development and security," and the second on "BRICS and the Global South – jointly building a better world."

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Mediocrity or failure? A short review of Keir Starmer’s first 100 days in Downing Street

After 100 days as British prime minister, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer’s track record is anything but stellar.

▪️Starmer’s government is yet to deal with the problems it inherited from its predecessors, like a stagnant economy and mounting government debt. Austerity measures are expected in the autumn mini-budget statement.

▪️Starmer immediately made himself unpopular by depriving 10 million pensioners of their fuel subsidies in winter by restricting the Winter Fuel Payment to those poor enough to get pension credits.

▪️The PM’s personal reputation took a hit last month over his failure to disclose expensive gifts he and his wife received from entertainment mogul and Labour mega-donor Lord Waheed Alli. Starmer was dubbed a hypocrite since he had attacked former PM Boris Johnson over similar allegations when he was opposition leader.

▪️Near-daily arrivals of illegal immigrants who are trafficked to Britain on small boats – then housed in hotels while their political asylum claims are processed – has fueled protests and riots. Starmer’s government has cracked down on anti-immigration protests but is unwilling or unable to deal with the immigrant crisis.

▪️A mass stabbing in Southport on July 29 by the son of Rwandan immigrants left three young girls dead and wounded several other children. Police quickly suppressed the ensuing anti-immigrant protests, with people arrested not just for demonstrating but even for making allegedly hateful social media posts.

▪️A YouGov poll released on October 8 found that 63% of Britons had a negative opinion of Starmer as compared to 27% who see him in a positive light.

▪️Britain’s overseas territories, already a far cry from the zenith of the British Empire, are about to shrink even further under Starmer’s watch as his government announced a deal to turn over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

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🚀 Voskhod 1: A pioneering Soviet space mission that changed history

Exactly 60 years ago today the Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1, the first spacecraft to carry a three-person crew into orbit. The cosmonauts did not wear space suits inside the modified Vostok design due to limited cabin space. The design introduced new technologies, such as allowing the crew to stay inside during re-entry. The mission completed 16 orbits in over 24 hours, testing life-support systems with crew health checks carried out by the first onboard doctor, marking a major milestone in space exploration.

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The Israeli army has expanded the closed military zone along the northern border with Lebanon to include the areas of Zar'it, Shomera, Shtula, Netu'a and Even Menachem. Entry there is strictly prohibited.

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