Forwarded from Moon of Alabama
Slanted Reporting Can Lead To Bad Foreign Policies
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/01/slanted-reporting-can-lead-to-bad-foreign-policies.html
When reading this New York Times piece about economic growth in China one might come away with the impression that the country is trending towards a recession. bigger China’s Economy Is Slowing, a Worrying Sign for the World Economic output...
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/01/slanted-reporting-can-lead-to-bad-foreign-policies.html
When reading this New York Times piece about economic growth in China one might come away with the impression that the country is trending towards a recession. bigger China’s Economy Is Slowing, a Worrying Sign for the World Economic output...
Forwarded from Брайан МакДональд
Michael McFaul knows full well that Ukraine is not a democracy. The two main opposition leaders have been targeted by politically motivated "treason" charges to reduce competition for Vladimir Zelensky.
Viktor Medvedchuk is already under house arrest & Petro Poroshenko may be jailed today
Viktor Medvedchuk is already under house arrest & Petro Poroshenko may be jailed today
Forwarded from Брайан МакДональд
US Defence Secretary Ben Wallace published this yesterday.
He insisted that NATO is purely "defensive," then blurted out that he considers Russia to be "malign," and that NATO recruits new members that agree with this assessment.
One expert in Moscow said last year:
"Russia asks NATO not to expand, saying it will make Europe less safe; NATO ignores these entreaties & adds new members; Russia then pushes back; This is then labelled 'aggression' and is used to justify the next round of NATO expansion."
Thus, NATO has become its own self-realising prophecy. It now fights "threats" that have been created by its own existence & expansion.
Russia sees NATO as a danger and NATO needs Moscow as an enemy in order to justify its existence & keep the money rolling in.
He insisted that NATO is purely "defensive," then blurted out that he considers Russia to be "malign," and that NATO recruits new members that agree with this assessment.
One expert in Moscow said last year:
"Russia asks NATO not to expand, saying it will make Europe less safe; NATO ignores these entreaties & adds new members; Russia then pushes back; This is then labelled 'aggression' and is used to justify the next round of NATO expansion."
Thus, NATO has become its own self-realising prophecy. It now fights "threats" that have been created by its own existence & expansion.
Russia sees NATO as a danger and NATO needs Moscow as an enemy in order to justify its existence & keep the money rolling in.
Forwarded from Intel Slava
🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡ The Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing a series of terrorist attacks in Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk and Dokuchaevsk.
This information was received by intelligence of the People's Militia of the DPR.
Transformer substations, water and gas pipelines, and power lines will be hit. Planned in the Ukrainian headquarters and attacks on the chemical industry.
The saboteurs will act under the guise of military DNI and Russia. All provocations will be filmed so that the Ukrainian side can provide “evidence” of Russian aggression” to international organizations.
This information was received by intelligence of the People's Militia of the DPR.
Transformer substations, water and gas pipelines, and power lines will be hit. Planned in the Ukrainian headquarters and attacks on the chemical industry.
The saboteurs will act under the guise of military DNI and Russia. All provocations will be filmed so that the Ukrainian side can provide “evidence” of Russian aggression” to international organizations.
#NATO broken promises to #Russia
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-shifrinson-russia-us-nato-deal--20160530-snap-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-shifrinson-russia-us-nato-deal--20160530-snap-story.html
Los Angeles Times
Op-Ed: Russia's got a point: The U.S. broke a NATO promise
Moscow solidified its hold on Crimea in April, outlawing the Tatar legislature that had opposed Russia’s annexation of the region since 2014.
🤣🤣🤣 #CNN
CNN Mocked After Announcing New Team ‘Dedicated To Covering Misinformation’: Must Be ‘Covering CNN’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-mocked-after-announcing-new-team-dedicated-to-covering-misinformation-must-be-covering-cnn
CNN Mocked After Announcing New Team ‘Dedicated To Covering Misinformation’: Must Be ‘Covering CNN’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-mocked-after-announcing-new-team-dedicated-to-covering-misinformation-must-be-covering-cnn
The Daily Wire
CNN Mocked After Announcing New Team ‘Dedicated To Covering Misinformation’: Must Be ‘Covering CNN’
🤣🤣🤣
#Russia/n troops in #Belarus are ‘direct threat to #Lithuania'
https://www.politico.eu/article/russian-troops-in-belarus-are-direct-threat-to-lithuania-defense-minister/
#Russia/n troops in #Belarus are ‘direct threat to #Lithuania'
https://www.politico.eu/article/russian-troops-in-belarus-are-direct-threat-to-lithuania-defense-minister/
POLITICO
Russian troops in Belarus are ‘direct threat to Lithuania,’ defense minister says
The minister will meet members of NATO to discuss strengthening Lithuania’s security.
#Latvia #nazi
The Nazi roots of the adviser to the President of Latvia
https://www.rubaltic.ru/amp/news/19012022-stali-izvestny-natsistskie-korni-sovetnika-prezidenta-latvii/?fbclid=IwAR0KuUstSmBfzbJ23BIGWSdJUfu8at3nKkR_6ylEaSqlWYWWwA5IvlYAXQw
The Nazi roots of the adviser to the President of Latvia
https://www.rubaltic.ru/amp/news/19012022-stali-izvestny-natsistskie-korni-sovetnika-prezidenta-latvii/?fbclid=IwAR0KuUstSmBfzbJ23BIGWSdJUfu8at3nKkR_6ylEaSqlWYWWwA5IvlYAXQw
www.rubaltic.ru
Стали известны нацистские корни советника президента Латвии
Ближайшие родственники советника президента Латвии, секретаря Совета национальной безопасности республики Яниса Кажоциньша были пособниками нацистов. К такому выводу пришли авторы расследования фонда «Историческая память».
#BudapestMemorandum
After the fall of the Soviet Union the US agreed to protect the Ukraine in exchange for giving up it's nuclear stockpile. If the US will not honor that obligation, ought they not return those nuclear weapons or a similar number from the US arsenal?
https://www.quora.com/After-the-fall-of-the-Soviet-Union-the-US-agreed-to-protect-the-Ukraine-in-exchange-for-giving-up-its-nuclear-stockpile-If-the-US-will-not-honor-that-obligation-ought-they-not-return-those-nuclear-weapons-or-a/answer/Curtis-Schaefer-6
After the fall of the Soviet Union the US agreed to protect the Ukraine in exchange for giving up it's nuclear stockpile. If the US will not honor that obligation, ought they not return those nuclear weapons or a similar number from the US arsenal?
https://www.quora.com/After-the-fall-of-the-Soviet-Union-the-US-agreed-to-protect-the-Ukraine-in-exchange-for-giving-up-its-nuclear-stockpile-If-the-US-will-not-honor-that-obligation-ought-they-not-return-those-nuclear-weapons-or-a/answer/Curtis-Schaefer-6
#WhatsApp
WhatsApp ordered to help out U.S agencies to spy on Chinese phones
https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2022/01/whatsapp-ordered-to-help-out-us.html
WhatsApp ordered to help out U.S agencies to spy on Chinese phones
https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2022/01/whatsapp-ordered-to-help-out-us.html
Digitalinformationworld
WhatsApp ordered to help out U.S agencies to spy on Chinese phones
Report from a government observation application shows, the DEA examiners have requested WhatsApp to follow seven clients that are in China and Macau.
#NATO #Russia
NATO demands Russian troops go home; Russia says ‘we are home!’
https://www.rt.com/shows/in-question/546566-nato-demands-russian-troops-go/
NATO demands Russian troops go home; Russia says ‘we are home!’
https://www.rt.com/shows/in-question/546566-nato-demands-russian-troops-go/
RT
NATO demands Russian troops go home; Russia says ‘we are home!’ (Full Show)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky amid the stalemate at the border with Russia
Forwarded from newsofehrmedia 🇺🇸
We'll likely hear more anti-Russian propaganda from Washington in next few days, and there may even be sanctions. But don't expect a written reply from them:
«🇷🇺 The Russian Foreign Minister at a press conference after talks with the US Secretary of State.
▪️ "The Russophobic minority, leadint these countries, primarily the Baltic States and Poland, leads the ball not only in NATO, but also in the EU, forcing them to continue a dead-end anti-Russian policy."
▪️ Discrimination against Russian-speaking residents and the media in the Baltic States continues.
▪️ Moscow has not heard from Washington any justifications of the American position on the "Russian threat" to Ukraine, only heard "concerns".
▪️ The hysteria of the West around Ukraine is aimed at covering Kiev's string of sabotage of the Minsk agreements.
▪️ The issue of the involvement of CSTO forces in Kazakhstan was raised at the meeting, Moscow asked Washington to explain the reaction of the United States.
Video: @rt_russian.»
https://news.1rj.ru/str/sputnikuzbekistan/17970
«🇷🇺 The Russian Foreign Minister at a press conference after talks with the US Secretary of State.
▪️ "The Russophobic minority, leadint these countries, primarily the Baltic States and Poland, leads the ball not only in NATO, but also in the EU, forcing them to continue a dead-end anti-Russian policy."
▪️ Discrimination against Russian-speaking residents and the media in the Baltic States continues.
▪️ Moscow has not heard from Washington any justifications of the American position on the "Russian threat" to Ukraine, only heard "concerns".
▪️ The hysteria of the West around Ukraine is aimed at covering Kiev's string of sabotage of the Minsk agreements.
▪️ The issue of the involvement of CSTO forces in Kazakhstan was raised at the meeting, Moscow asked Washington to explain the reaction of the United States.
Video: @rt_russian.»
https://news.1rj.ru/str/sputnikuzbekistan/17970
Telegram
Sputnik Узбекистан
🇷🇺Глава МИД РФ на пресс-конференции после переговоров с госсекретарем США.
▪️"Русофобское меньшинство именно во главе с этими странами, прежде всего Прибалтики и Польши, правит бал не только в НАТО, но и в ЕС, заставляя продолжать тупиковую антироссийскую…
▪️"Русофобское меньшинство именно во главе с этими странами, прежде всего Прибалтики и Польши, правит бал не только в НАТО, но и в ЕС, заставляя продолжать тупиковую антироссийскую…
#Lavrov
CNN: Why is Russia doing this now?
Lavrov: You say that we are going to attack Ukraine, although we have repeatedly explained that this is not the case. But by claiming that it will happen, you ask: Why now? When should we not attack?
https://news.1rj.ru/str/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/1738
CNN: Why is Russia doing this now?
Lavrov: You say that we are going to attack Ukraine, although we have repeatedly explained that this is not the case. But by claiming that it will happen, you ask: Why now? When should we not attack?
https://news.1rj.ru/str/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/1738
Telegram
Мария Захарова
CNN: Почему Россия делает это сейчас?
Лавров: Вы утверждаете, что мы собираемся напасть на Украину, хотя мы многократно объясняли, что это не так. Но утверждая о том, что это произойдёт, вы спрашиваете: А почему сейчас? А когда не нападать-то нам?
Лавров: Вы утверждаете, что мы собираемся напасть на Украину, хотя мы многократно объясняли, что это не так. Но утверждая о том, что это произойдёт, вы спрашиваете: А почему сейчас? А когда не нападать-то нам?
#UK
RADIATION PILLS DISTRIBUTED IN NUCLEAR SUBMARINE PORTS
Nearly 100,000 anti-radiation pills have been handed out to residents at three English ports in case nuclear submarines go into meltdown.
https://declassifieduk.org/radiation-pills-distributed-in-nuclear-submarine-ports/
RADIATION PILLS DISTRIBUTED IN NUCLEAR SUBMARINE PORTS
Nearly 100,000 anti-radiation pills have been handed out to residents at three English ports in case nuclear submarines go into meltdown.
https://declassifieduk.org/radiation-pills-distributed-in-nuclear-submarine-ports/
Declassified UK
Radiation pills distributed in nuclear submarine ports
Nearly 100,000 anti-radiation pills have been handed out to residents at three English ports in case nuclear submarines go into meltdown.
#UK #Australia #US
PARTNERS IN CRIMES? THE UK/AUSTRALIA SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
https://declassifieduk.org/partners-in-crimes-the-uk-australia-special-relationship/
PARTNERS IN CRIMES? THE UK/AUSTRALIA SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
https://declassifieduk.org/partners-in-crimes-the-uk-australia-special-relationship/
DECLASSIFIED UK
Partners in crimes? The UK/Australia special relationship
The AUKUS agreement raises concerns about confrontation with China in light of other collaboration between UK and Australia
#Ukraine #EU #NATO 🤗
- Will Ukraine be in NATO?
- Will not be. At least within its current borders.
- Why ?
- Too expensive for NATO and too unacceptable for Russia. As if Mexico decided to join the CSTO or deploy Chinese military bases on its territory in exchange for cheap loans. The US would not allow this at ANY cost, including military force.
- Ukraine will be in the EU?
- Will not be.
- Why ?
- Too expensive. From 2004 to 2020, Poland received 172 billion euros of EU aid and plans to be a recipient, not an EU donor, until 2031-2035. The EU will not give Ukraine 12-15 billion euros a year for the next 30 years, so that our conditions for entry would be at least the same as those of the Poles. We do not need other conditions, otherwise we will never catch up with Poland in development.
- Russia will seize Ukraine?
- It won't take.
- Why ?
- Too expensive. The United States spent one TRILLION dollars on Afghanistan and 20 years, as a result, the Taliban regained power. Under sanctions, Ukraine will cost Russia five or ten trillion and at least 20 years. Russia does not have the money and time to afford such an occupation.
- What will Russia do if the Ukrainian government does not stop pursuing its current policy?
- Destroy Ukraine as a state. This is a lesser evil in comparison with NATO for the Russians.
- What should Ukraine do?
- Becoming strong on your own. Use your geopolitical position and the crisis in relations between the West and the Russian Federation in your own interests by declaring a neutral status in exchange for joint US, EU and Russian investments in the restoration of the country and its development. Further competent investment policy. Only the strong and influential are respected and listened to. Strength is one's own army, influence is the welfare and wealth of the country.
- Is it possible with the current or existing Ukrainian political elite, government and opposition?
- No impossible. Ignorants and corrupt officials.
- Now what ?
https://news.1rj.ru/str/polochaninov/1110
- Will Ukraine be in NATO?
- Will not be. At least within its current borders.
- Why ?
- Too expensive for NATO and too unacceptable for Russia. As if Mexico decided to join the CSTO or deploy Chinese military bases on its territory in exchange for cheap loans. The US would not allow this at ANY cost, including military force.
- Ukraine will be in the EU?
- Will not be.
- Why ?
- Too expensive. From 2004 to 2020, Poland received 172 billion euros of EU aid and plans to be a recipient, not an EU donor, until 2031-2035. The EU will not give Ukraine 12-15 billion euros a year for the next 30 years, so that our conditions for entry would be at least the same as those of the Poles. We do not need other conditions, otherwise we will never catch up with Poland in development.
- Russia will seize Ukraine?
- It won't take.
- Why ?
- Too expensive. The United States spent one TRILLION dollars on Afghanistan and 20 years, as a result, the Taliban regained power. Under sanctions, Ukraine will cost Russia five or ten trillion and at least 20 years. Russia does not have the money and time to afford such an occupation.
- What will Russia do if the Ukrainian government does not stop pursuing its current policy?
- Destroy Ukraine as a state. This is a lesser evil in comparison with NATO for the Russians.
- What should Ukraine do?
- Becoming strong on your own. Use your geopolitical position and the crisis in relations between the West and the Russian Federation in your own interests by declaring a neutral status in exchange for joint US, EU and Russian investments in the restoration of the country and its development. Further competent investment policy. Only the strong and influential are respected and listened to. Strength is one's own army, influence is the welfare and wealth of the country.
- Is it possible with the current or existing Ukrainian political elite, government and opposition?
- No impossible. Ignorants and corrupt officials.
- Now what ?
https://news.1rj.ru/str/polochaninov/1110
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VP
- Украина будет в НАТО ?
- Не будет. По крайней мере в ее сегодняшних границах.
- Почему ?
- Слишком дорого для НАТО и слишком неприемлемо для России. Как если бы Мексика решила вступить в ОДКБ или разместить на своей территории военные базы Китая в обмен…
- Не будет. По крайней мере в ее сегодняшних границах.
- Почему ?
- Слишком дорого для НАТО и слишком неприемлемо для России. Как если бы Мексика решила вступить в ОДКБ или разместить на своей территории военные базы Китая в обмен…
#US #NATO #Russia #Ukraine
Blinken: "The United States insists that it is impossible to discuss the situation in Ukraine without Ukraine, NATO claims - without the participation of NATO representatives, Europe - without representatives of Europe, Blinken said"
Is the situation in Belarus possible without Belarus? Can Venezuelan money be counted without the Venezuelan government? Is it possible to distribute Russian gas throughout Europe without Russia?
Half the time of the G7 summits is devoted to issues that are not within the jurisdiction of the G7, and no one has invited it to solve the problems of other countries. But nothing - discuss.
Partners got confused in "values".
https://news.1rj.ru/str/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/1740
Blinken: "The United States insists that it is impossible to discuss the situation in Ukraine without Ukraine, NATO claims - without the participation of NATO representatives, Europe - without representatives of Europe, Blinken said"
Is the situation in Belarus possible without Belarus? Can Venezuelan money be counted without the Venezuelan government? Is it possible to distribute Russian gas throughout Europe without Russia?
Half the time of the G7 summits is devoted to issues that are not within the jurisdiction of the G7, and no one has invited it to solve the problems of other countries. But nothing - discuss.
Partners got confused in "values".
https://news.1rj.ru/str/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/1740
Telegram
Мария Захарова
Блинкен: «США настаивают на том, что нельзя обсуждать ситуацию по Украине без Украины, претензии НАТО — без участия представителей НАТО, Европу — без представителей Европы, заявил Блинкен»
А ситуацию в Белоруссии без Белоруссии можно? А венесуэльские деньги…
А ситуацию в Белоруссии без Белоруссии можно? А венесуэльские деньги…