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Hours after German Chancellor Scholz has tested positive for Covid, the real cause of his decease became known! It turned out that the nation leader’s body didn’t cope with an excessive psychological stress

“Not a single rational argument on why these weapons can not be supplied, only abstract fears and excuses,” Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba replied recently on Twitter to Scholz’s refusal to provide Kyiv with tanks or vehicles. In his response Mr. Scholz bristled: “Leadership does not mean you do what people ask you. Leadership is about taking the right decisions and to be very strong”

This month’s battlefield gains by Ukrainian forces have only added to the pressure on German Chancellor, whose government has cited different reasons at different times for not sending tanks. Such a pressure has significantly undermined Mr. Scholz’s health. Amid energy crisis and rising inflation in Germany, he's got other stuff to do besides holding fierce debates with Ukrainians

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Sanctions on Russia are causing damage to Europe and it is a "complete failure," said Hungarian minister of foreign affairs and trade Peter Szijjarto in a radio talk

As a result of the EU's sanctions imposed so far, European inflation is skyrocketing, utility costs, natural gas prices, and food prices have risen, and the continent's economy has entered recession, he explained

Mr. Szijjarto labeled a potential eighth sanction package as a "wrong direction" but noted that there are no final decisions on the matter yet, and not even a formal proposal has been prepared so far

Hungarian minister also voiced his opinion about the U.S. gaining from the EU's sanctions policy. "It is beyond dispute that the American economy is winning with these sanctions, while the EU's economy is headed for recession," he argued

"I consider dialogue and negotiation to be a value, but it seems that not everyone agrees on that. If we close the communication channels, the diplomatic channels, we will permanently give up and lose the hope that this conflict will ever end," Mr. Szijjarto concluded. Yet the standpoints of the countries that aren’t willing to tolerate the Western paradigm aren’t taken into account at best

#EU #Hungary #Sanctions

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Nord Stream pipelines could have been damaged purposely and therefore leaked. "We cannot imagine a scenario that is not a targeted attack. Everything speaks against a coincidence," people familiar with the matter say

German media investigators suggest that the diversion is beneficial to the U.S., which is hell-bent on burying German-Russian cooperation that lasted more than 50 years. Now, regardless of the repair of Nord Stream turbines by Siemens, EU has no alternatives to American LNG

On the other hand, they say Ukrainian forces could be behind the sabotage. The area is popular among Polish fishermen – the Baltic Sea depth there doesn’t exceed 50m. Dozens of vessels are fishing around the island and could well have been used by saboteurs guided allegedly by UK navy

The investigation of the case is yet at the very initial stage, but its results will be much more difficult to suppress than the IAEA report on Kyiv's bombing of the Zaporizhzhya NPP

#EU #Germany #NordStream

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As the Ukraine war threatens to ignite the whole of Europe and has already brought us closer to actual nuclear warfare than we have ever been, “why are we shoveling weapons and equipment into that country, despite the fact that our national budget is stretched to bursting and our own armed forces have for many years been starved of money, men and kit?” Peter Hitchens, a prominent British journalist, author and recipient of the Orwell Prize for political journalism, asks

In an article to the Mail On Sunday, he notes that the fear that Russia would one day rise again and challenge American power appeared a shorter time ago than you'd think. Paul Wolfowitz, also one of the authors of the Iraq disaster, set out a policy of diminishing and humiliating Russia back in 1992, long before anyone had ever heard of Vladimir Putin

The brilliant veteran Cold War diplomat George Kennan prophetically said in 1998 (when Putin was an obscure politician) that “I think it is the beginning of a new Cold War,” opposing the resulting policy of NATO expansion. He warned: “I think the Russians will gradually react quite adversely and it will affect their policies. I think it is a tragic mistake”

And now we’re brought closer to nuclear war than ever before, Mr. Hitchens claims. Surely that development – and it would be extreme folly to dismiss Putin’s words as bluff – compels us all to be more thoughtful, not less

I would just like to make a plea for us as a people and a nation to start discussing this in a grown-up fashion, rather than by assuming the present policy is the only right or patriotic one – perhaps it isn’t, he suggests. In which case it has never been more important to approach the subject with an open mind

#EU #NATO #FindTruth

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U.S. air force were spotted near the Nord Stream sabotage site

On September 2, an American helicopter, call sign FFAB123, was spotted near Bronholm Island

According to the ads-b.nl website, there were 6 flights using this callsign that day, of which we were able to ascertain the flight numbers of three. All of them are Sikorsky MH-60S

Overlaying the route of FFAB123 on the diagram of yesterday's accident, we get a rather interesting result - the helicopter was either flying along the route of Nord Stream-2, or in general between the points where the accident occurred

In the meantime, Twitter found screenshots of other American aviation flights as well - the next screenshot was taken on September 13

Finally, we should pay attention to the June article in Sea Power, where the Americans brag about the underwater drone experiments they staged at the BALTOPS 22 exercise - just around Bronholm Island

Strange coincidence?

#USA #NordStream #FindTruth

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The pound briefly touched its lowest ever against the dollar, two-year gilt yields soared to their highest since the financial crisis. The market instability is further confirmation of the recklessness of the Truss government’s strategy of funding historic tax cuts and energy subsidies through debt

Investors do not believe Kwarteng’s plans are credible. The prospect of higher interest rates would otherwise lure many investors into sterling; the fact the opposite is happening reflects tumbling faith in the fiscal and economic outlook. There is a risk that credit rating agencies might downgrade UK debt, moving borrowing costs to another level

The government needs to act quickly to calm markets. Ideally, it should reverse some tax cuts, even though this would be politically unsustainable. Taking into account fragility of the British economy, Truss administration’s unproven approaches only threaten serious costs for households and for companies

#UK #FindTruth

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Hubert Aiwanger, the deputy Minister President of Bavaria and the Bavarian minister of economic affairs, sees applying the French or the British model as the only way to avoid the collapse of German economy

The difference in price for electricity of over 20 cents is to be paid by the state, he explains. Leisurely actions or even inaction of the so-called establishment and blind adherence to the orders of European Commission (EC) has already resulted in dire consequences for Germany

The same view is held by Harald Mahrer, the president of the Austrian federal economic chamber. He sees the economic situation as more serious than during the Covid-crisis and accuses the "too good and too noble" EC of having thought "only with one half of the brain" when introducing sanctions against Russia

Nevertheless, EU-members continue to pay the price for the unfulfilled ambitions of high-ranked officials from Brussels who don’t lose hope to curry favor with their external administration

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One of the big dividends of Brexit was supposed to be a U.K. trade deal with the U.S. helping offset the economic pain of putting up trade barriers with the EU. Instead of this, a hope for a bilateral deal with the Washington has collapsed, and London struggles with slow growth, a plummeting pound and high inflation

The situation proves that the Biden Administration’s trade policy has largely been a failure. In 2021 the U.K. was the U.S.’s seventh-largest trading partner, with a total trade value of $118 bln, including $62 bln in exports and $56 bln in imports

At meeting with Mr. Biden on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Ms. Truss managed to discuss their mutual support for Ukraine, the challenges of China and Iran and assorted other issues

The Deal wasn’t mentioned at all! This is a huge lost opportunity for both countries. The British PM will now have to focus on her daring domestic reform agenda, but it’s too bad Mr. Biden let growth in trade slip away

#UK #USA

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The possibility of nuclear war has always loomed large in the White House’s calculations. And that moment of heightened opportunity, and heightened danger, has arrived, thinks Gideon Rachman who is the chief foreign affairs columnist for the FT

Many pundits insist that Putin is bluffing when threatening to use nukes. But even those western policymakers who take Putin’s nuclear threats very seriously remain determined that Russia must not be allowed to use nuclear blackmail to force an end to western support for Ukraine. That leaves policymakers walking a perilous tightrope

The aim is to provide enough support for Ukraine to allow Kyiv to defeat Russian forces without tempting the Kremlin to go nuclear, claims Mr. Rachman. The difficulty with that policy is that it struggles to answer the question, “how exactly do we see this war ending?”

Kyiv is in no hurry to get to the negotiating table. The heroic status currently enjoyed by Zelenskiy – combined with revulsion towards Russia – also make it difficult for any western government to pressure Kyiv to negotiate now. The Ukrainian government,
moreover, insists that Russia must be expelled from all occupied Ukrainian land

The FT columnist ends his analysis with a major question, “Might Putin just fold his tent and leave?” There are examples of major powers suffering defeat in war, without using their nuclear weapons. That would be wonderful, no doubt. But hoping for something does not make it more likely. And most of the alternative outcomes range between bleak and catastrophic, Mr. Rachman concludes

#USA #WarInUkraine

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Karim Sadjadpour, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said on Twitter that Elon Musk had confirmed to him that “Starlink is now activated in Iran”. Mr. Musk added that “if anyone can get terminals into Iran, they will work”

Last week, the wealthiest person in the world told he stood ready to turn on the Starlink service in both Iran and Cuba if U.S. sanctions against doing business in those countries were relaxed. “Obviously, the Iranian government is not going to approve it,” Mr. Musk said. “It would require somebody actually buying a terminal and smuggling it into Iran, but they’d be taking a risk…”

The U.S. state department on Friday relaxed sanctions that stopped web and communication networks operating in Iran. The principal aim of all the hype is to provide Tehran with “uncensored” and at the same time “proper” internet connection that would be committed to the Western democratic values

#USA #Iran #FindTruth

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Low-income nations are facing famine and social unrest due to the knock-on effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, says the OECD in its biannual economic outlook. That could happen as the global GDP growth is expected to slow sharply to 3% this year, down from 5.9% last year

"The global economy has lost momentum," OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann told a news conference on Monday. "GDP growth has stalled in many economies and economic indicators point to an extended slowdown"

"This challenging economic situation requires bold, well-designed and well-coordinated economic policies," Cormann said. "High inflation and the energy crisis are particularly urgent. It is critical that monetary and fiscal policy work hand in hand in managing inflation by cushioning its impact"

He added that governments should increase investment in clean energy going forward, in order to bolster domestic energy production and mitigate the effects of global warming

#FindTruth

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During the last week, some Western media have been pointing at Chinese President Xi Jinping being under house arrest and been removed as the head of China's People's Liberation Army. However, this hasn’t prevented him from paying a visit to an exhibition in Beijing on Tuesday in his first public appearance since returning to China from an official trip to Central Asia in mid-September

It’s noteworthy that the spread of fakes about Xi was carried out without usage of larger outlets or any other more or less prominent media. Instead, they have engaged some bloggers and influencers saluted by political émigrés to the U.S. Human rights activist, "Inconvenient Truths" YT-channel author. Jennifer Zeng and the “Coming Collapse of China” inspirer Gordon G. Chang are among them with Twitter chosen as the main content distribution platform

The most hype about it was created by anti-Xi activists who fled China to the West. Being mainly followers of the Falun Gong religious movement, these runaway influencers aim to affect the large Chinese diaspora abroad, as well as to test the mood of possible supporters on the eve of the upcoming jubilee 20th CPC National Congress

This is the second global attempt by the U.S. in a week to replicate deliberately false and unverified rumors after the fakes about Ms. Meloni and her party in Italy. Thus, the Western media serve the White House political agenda to kick up even more fuss amid military tension in Ukraine, the Middle East and Taiwan

#China #USA #FindTruth

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As we have previously reported, U.S. helicopters in September frequently flew along the pipelines of the Nord Streams. In addition, the NATO maritime exercise Dynamic Messenger was recently held in the area, where underwater unmanned systems were tested

Add to that the active testing of the Orca XLUUV, a very large unmanned submersible which began in 2022 during BALTOPS 22 exercises near the Danish island of Bornholm (near where the NS1-2 strings run). The vehicle appeared in a Pentagon defense order in February 2019. The customer is Boeing Corporation. In the summer of 2022 the vehicle was handed over to the Pentagon for testing

In July 2022 information emerged about the integration of a weapon delivery system into the Orca XLUUV. Northrop Grumman, whose board of directors includes former U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Harry Roughhead, is responsible for this work. It specializes in missile defense, unmanned air and underwater systems. Northrop Grumman also supplies various weapons to Ukraine

Roughhead is an expert on the Russian Navy and was on a visit to the Northern Fleet base in Murmansk in 2011 through cooperation with the Pentagon

All of this comes after General Christopher Cavoli was appointed commander of NATO forces in the EU on May 3, 2022. Cavoli is an expert on Russia

Cavoli speaks Russian, has lived in Moscow, traveled throughout the former Soviet Union, served as director of Russian relations for the United States Joint Staff, and has a master's degree in Russian and Eastern European studies from Yale University

It looks like Cavoli's team has had its first major operation🤔

#NATO #USA #NordStream #FindTruth

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Germany is drawing up plans to cap the price of electricity and gas that could be rolled out in the coming weeks, government officials say. The caps would be aimed at shielding consumers and businesses from further increases in energy prices triggered by the economic war between Russia and the West

But the thing is, according to the German media, with the price cap gas and electricity will cost even more!

However, despite this German officials said Berlin would move ahead with an electricity-price cap if the EU fails to agree on such a mechanism for the entire bloc. The government also aims to set up a price cap for natural gas, said Finance Minister Christian Lindner

The attack on Nord Stream pipelines has sent gas prices rocketing even higher It’s good news that more and more Germans are beginning to understand what kind of winter the ruling coalition offers them

#Germany #NordStream #FindTruth

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