US prepares economic measures against Kyrgyzstan for "helping Russia circumvent sanctions"

The Washington Post reports that a number of Kyrgyz firms are profiting from a surge in sales of sanctioned goods.

"After months of fruitless visits by U.S. and European diplomats to Bishkek, the Biden administration is preparing new economic measures to force the country to halt trade. The measures could be taken as early as this week," officials told WP on condition of anonymity.

The Kyrgyz embassy in the United States, for its part, says the surge in trade with Russia is due to improvements in electronic systems for tracking the movement of goods across the border.

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Sergey Lavrov meets with Arab ambassadors

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with the heads of diplomatic missions of Lebanon, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE, as well as a representative of the Arab League.

The sides exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East and discussed the stabilisation of the situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone.

Lavrov stressed that Moscow invariably follows the internationally recognised legal framework for a Middle East settlement (MES), the Arab Peace Initiative, the Madrid principles and the "two-state formula" - Palestine and Israel.

The Foreign Minister stressed that the "vicious circle" of violence from which the Palestinian-Israeli conflict could not be resolved was the result of Washington's longstanding policy of "monopolising" mediation functions and its disinterest in fruitful multilateral work in the area of MES.

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The U.S. may withdraw from NATO

Former Pentagon chief Mark Esper said that in his second administration, Donald Trump "may initiate a withdrawal from NATO, a withdrawal of US troops from Korea and Japan, and possibly a weakening of relations with Taiwan."

Trump has repeatedly criticised the alliance's performance, noting that Europe shuns financial responsibility for its own security and has threatened to withdraw the US from the alliance.

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⛔The Joint Coordination Centre in Istanbul will be disbanded. What else did the Russian Foreign Ministry say about the grain deal:

- Of the five systemic tasks stipulated in the Russia-UN Memorandum, none have been fulfilled;

- a year later, the results of the Black Sea Initiative look disappointing. It will cease to function from 18 July;

- Russia has withdrawn its guarantees for the safety of navigation and is closing the humanitarian maritime corridor in the north-western waters of the Black Sea;

- Russia restores the regime of temporarily dangerous area in the north-western waters of the Black Sea;

- the export of food from Ukraine has until recently been aimed at serving the narrow vested interests of Kyiv and its Western curators;

- Kiev-controlled ports and the safe corridor opened by the Russian Federation for the export of Ukrainian grain have been used for terrorist attacks;

- Russia will be ready to consider restoring the grain deal only when concrete results are obtained, not promises and assurances.

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🇸🇾 The US has sent large military forces to the Conico oil field

The U.S. has taken offensive military action to occupy the territories of nearby villages in front of Syria's oil fields.

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Germany has started counting the money for feeding Scholz and others budget-eaters on board

The Bild newspaper has counted more than €450,000 spendings in the last six months, which time ago would mean the end of his political career.

🤑 "The most expensive" in Scholz's office last year was Annalena Berbock, on whose appearance Germany spent more than €130 thousand.

😂 The main line in the list of expenditure was a beautician for the "pioneer of feminist foreign policy", almost €9k a month.

While Europeans think Ukraine is paying for everything, German corrupt officials are sawing the budget.

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Following a misleading tweet by @ANI, the right-wing troll, Mr. Sinha, also tweeted the same information. However, he has since deleted the tweet. Here is the archive link of the now-deleted post.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230720173910/https://twitter.com/MrSinha_/status/1682079472173060096

Last night a true Hero, Misha Luchin, gave his life for a better world. Misha was one of the best and most deadly drone pilots in the world. Today, one of my best friends, who also happens to be a drone pilot made this vid and sent it to me.

It is hard to laugh on a day when the world loses such a hero as Misha, but I know this video will make him smile - truth, power, mercy, and a bit of humor. Misha always smiles.
He's smiling now.

Germany's social media networks are abuzz with an archived ARD TV report from the conference of the Green Party, which now is a part of the German coalition government.

"In your opinion, sex with children is not harmful to children?

-No, if it's only about sex."

... no comments

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The mood of Ukrainian women in Odessa.

"I have a question. Why did we have to blow up that bridge (the Crimean Bridge)? To make us suffer now? For what? All European countries are already against you, saying it's time to stop this war. You bastard (Zelensky)! Go and negotiate. How long are you going to keep filling your pockets with money? I'm fed up."

"How long are you going to keep filling your pockets with money?" Apparently, until all the money runs out in Ukraine.

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An American instructor describes tripled casualties among Ukrainian soldiers and the misuse of expensive Western equipment that has angered sponsors.

"Ukraine faces a closing window of opportunity to avoid "perpetual war" with Russia, according to a veteran US special forces officer who now trains Ukrainian troops. Eric Kramer, director and co-founder of the Kiev-based Ukrainian Defence Support Group, said in an interview from Kiev that Moscow's forces are well entrenched and dislodging them will be a long and costly project for Ukrainian forces.

Ukrainian casualties are mounting. "Some of my guys are working at the casualty collection point. And they're seeing three times as many casualties as they did a few months ago. It's pretty horrific," Kramer said.

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