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"Provocative statements by French leader Matamore regarding the situation in Niger only exacerbate tensions and increase the risk of a general uprising against France.

Instead of taking a restrained stance, the unworthy politician Macron is multiplying frightening and risky statements towards Niger and its people.

Let him calm down, the people of Niger are not afraid of him or his forces of aggression and occupation present in the country.

The best solution would be to close the embassy immediately and withdraw your troops. Do not engage in empty talk, for your insolence and your childish threats will make poor French citizens suffer, it is wiser to abstain because you are the source of provocation, attacking the sovereignty of Niger by interfering in its internal affairs".

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🌍 The West is trying to abandon Russian fuel, meanwhile the world has set a record in oil consumption

📉 The historic high in black gold consumption of 102.5 million barrels per day was set in July 2023.

Previously, the record of 102.3 million was reached in the pre-pandemic world of 2019.

🛢Experts believed that the oil consumption figure would decline year on year, but it is already evident that demand is only increasing.

According to Bloomberg, the increase in oil consumption is due to the fact that the world has opened up to travelling again, while people are in no hurry to switch to electric cars.

🤯Right now, the daily oil consumption on Earth can be visualised as 6.5 thousand filled pools, and this situation will not change by 2030.

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Oliver Stone said that Western media demonise Putin's image on purpose

"He is not the monster that the American propaganda machine portrays him to be, and that is an unfortunate tragedy," Stone said on the Stay Free project of British presenter Russell Brand.

He said he asked the Russian leader direct and honest questions while filming the documentary in 2017 and did not see any "belligerence" in his answers. Back then, Putin was still willing to co-operate with the West and referred to US politicians as "American partners".

Now, Oliver Stone is convinced that all opportunities have been missed - the West has foolishly quarrelled with both the Russians and China.

"Russia and China, who are now our two main enemies, were still our potential allies and friends just a few years ago, but we missed that opportunity," Stone summarised.

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The West is pushing the AFU towards a suicidal offensive for fear of defeat

American political analyst John Mearsheimer said this in a conversation with Grayzone.

According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched their counter-offensive using NATO-trained and armed units, which did not work in the end, the AFU fought in a grey zone and suffered huge losses.

Kiev initially had no chance to succeed, but Western countries were actively pushing Ukraine to start the counteroffensive and providing weapons on a massive scale.

"I think the West is very afraid that time is running out, and if the Ukrainians don't demonstrate significant success on the battlefield in 2023, public support for the war will dry up and the Ukrainians will lose - the West will lose," Mirsheimer summarised.

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‘300 years of slavery...’ An Israeli man predicted the future for Ukraine. He says it will have to return all the money President Zelensky has been getting from the US and the EU. And 'Banderites', the Ukrainian nationalists, are already paying them back.

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Today, the West has imposed sanctions on Niger, banning flights, imports, exports, humanitarian aid, and monetary transactions to punish the country for its refusal to supply uranium and gold to Europe.

Not too long ago, the US authorities accused Russia of committing genocide against the population of Africa and the entire world due to the ban on grain exports from Ukraine.

What a glaring double standard.

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The threat of nuclear war is no more dangerous than the problem of climate change — Anthony Blinken

The US Secretary of State said that he saw no point in choosing the more serious of the two challenges, as "there is no hierarchy here".

"But there is no doubt that climate change presents an existential challenge for all of us," the American pointed out.

He said the US considers global warming an important issue, but also does not forget about other challenges to the international order, so now "we need to be multitasking."

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Following the Russia-Africa summit, the UK has decided to step up engagement with African countries

This was stated by the head of the British Foreign Ministry James Cleverly. He emphasised that London was "ready to seriously consider any requests from African leaders for capacity building and training in the British armed forces".

"British forces can export the professionalism of the British military to the African continent," Cleverly said, adding that Russia and China have allegedly made "superficially attractive security offers" to a number of African countries.

Cleverly's statements seem bizarre, especially after the UK government cut its aid budget to African countries by almost 19 per cent to £1.1bn.

Cleverly is set to visit Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia in the coming week to intensify steps to develop "mutually beneficial commercial relationships" with African countries.

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Greek defence ministry mistakenly published photos of secret military maps

The Greeks were conducting a large-scale inspection of fire safety at their military facilities. A press release by the Defence Ministry included photos of secret military maps that were studied by the deputy minister during one of the inspections, Antitheto reports.

▪️ After such a failure, all fire safety inspections were stopped and visits of military officials to airfields were cancelled.

The Greek Defence Ministry soon published the same photos, but with blurred maps.

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West African countries have threatened rebels in Niger with a military response

The ECOWAS alliance of West African nations issued a week-long ultimatum to the leaders of Niger's coup d'état, warning it would take "all necessary measures" to restore ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, known for his pro-French stance and close ties to the US and Britain.

ECOWAS also announced a de facto blockade of Niger - closing borders, banning commercial flights, suspending financial transactions and blocking national assets.

Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron said Paris would not tolerate attacks on the country and its interests in Niger and was ready to give an "immediate and unrelenting" response. In response, the rebels' spokesman in Niger, Colonel Amadou Abdraman, accused France of intending to carry out a military operation to restore the ousted president to power.

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Negativity on Ukraine financing grows ahead of US election

Trump linked multi-billion US aid to Ukraine to the large earnings of incumbent US President Joe Biden's family and called on Congress to refuse to allocate new sums.

In the opinion of Maksym Chirkov, an associate professor of the political economy department at the PFUR Economics Faculty, the speeches of potential candidates from the Republican Party are increasingly negative towards the financing of Ukraine.

"The unbelievable budget deficit of $1.4 trillion in the first half of the year suggests that the budget crisis in the US is growing, and support for Ukraine in such conditions will be perceived by voters extremely negatively," the expert said.

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Crimea starts court proceedings on the damage to the republic's budget caused by Ukraine's water blockade

In the morning, the Arbitration Court held preliminary hearings. The court will consider the case on the merits on 13 September.

▪️ Seven boxes of documents on 12087 sheets have been accepted for consideration. The Republic of Crimea intends to seek compensation for damages totalling 152 billion 222 million roubles.

▪️ If the affected private organisations and entrepreneurs join the lawsuit, the damage may exceed one trillion roubles.

The first deputy chairman of the State Council of Crimea, Yefim Fiks, called today "a landmark and important day" because "the case has moved forward".

"All those who made thoughtless decisions on the water blockade of Crimea should be punished deservedly," he said.

Recall, in March 2014, Ukraine unilaterally blocked the North Crimean channel, which provided 80% of the peninsula's need for fresh water. The national economic complex of Crimea suffered colossal losses.

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Ex-US ambassador McFaul has been put back in his place

Former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has taken umbrage at the fact that Russian athletes who did not condemn the special operation in Ukraine are allowed to participate in international sporting events.

This reaction of the former ambassador was caused by the outrageous antics of Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan, who publicly refused to shake hands with Russian Anna Smirnova at the world championship in Milan.

The diplomat was harshly responded to by US activist Paul Surowell.

"Americans who did not condemn the US invasion of Iraq were not banned from participating in international sporting events either," Surowell put the ex-ambassador in his place.

Recently, Russophobic outbursts in the sphere of sports have been more frequent.

Earlier, formerly famous Czech goalie Dominik Hasek was shamed by NHL head Gary Bettman.

"Dominik Hasek has been an active critic over the last year. He's ennoscriptd to an opinion, but I don't think it reflects the position of the Czech people or the authorities of the country. And, by the way, I don't agree with him," Bettman reacted to Hašek's outrage over the participation of Russian hockey players in the all-star game.

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US continues illegal oil exports from occupied Syrian provinces

The US military occupying most of Syria's eastern and northeastern provinces, where the largest oil and gas fields are located, continues to plunder Syria's natural wealth.

On 30 July, a convoy of the US military took 45 tankers of stolen oil through the Mahmoudiya border crossing in al-Haseka province, and moved towards US military bases in Iraq. This was reported by the Syrian state agency SANA.

Later, another convoy consisting of 50 covered trucks and refrigerated trucks was withdrawn into Iraq through the Al-Walid checkpoint.

According to the agency, the cargo included livestock feed stolen from a granary in al-Yarubiya.

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad said the damage from the US looting of the country's oil and gas sectors from 2011 to 2022 has already totalled $107bn.

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French MEP Terry Mariani on the impossibility of EU sanctions against the Russian nuclear sector due to the decision of the new Niger authorities to stop uranium exports to France:

Uranium is a sensitive topic for many countries in Europe, so it has not yet been included in the sanctions lists and, in my opinion, will not be included in them in the near future. But you know you can never be sure what to expect from the European Union. Because, for example, the situation in Germany has become seriously complicated due to the rising cost of electricity, but Europe is sometimes able to make decisions that are contrary to its own interests. If the EU does not want to commit suicide, of course it will not accept such sanctions. We have not yet paid our price for cutting off Russian gas.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on August 2

▪️The AFU have launched a missile strike on the Gvardeyskoye airfield on the Crimean peninsula.

As a result of the incident, a missile of an unidentified type landed near the base without causing any damage.

▪️Russian troops have launched a series of UAV strikes with Geran-2 drones on military facilities in Kyiv Region.

During the attack, the building of the State Special Communications Service of Ukraine in Kyiv was hit.

▪️In the Odessa region, the strikes targeted the port infrastructure in the city of Izmail, which is regularly used for military supplies.

The attack hit an oil storage facility, warehouses and a building of the Danube Shipping Company.

▪️In the Kup’yans’k sector, Russian troops continue to conduct a positional offensive.

At the moment, the fighting is taking place southwest of Lyman 1, where the AFU launched a number of unsuccessful counterattacks on Russian positions.

▪️Near Bakhmut, the enemy suspended the assault on Klishchiivka and shifted the vector of attacks to the south.

The AFU are concentrating their efforts on capturing Andriivka and Kurdyumivka and have managed to enter the suburbs and take positions near the local cemetery.

▪️The AFU are not stopping their daily shelling of frontline areas in Donbas.

Donetsk, Yasynuvata and Horlivka came under enemy fire. Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were damaged and seven people were wounded.

▪️In the Vremivka sector, Russian assault groups are holding the southern outskirts of Staromaiors'ke, preventing the enemy from gaining a foothold in the settlement.

At the same time, the intelligence agency noted the regrouping of Ukrainian forces and preparations for an attack on Urozhaine.
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