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Jun 30 2023 
Briefing and Q&A by Russian FM Sergey Lavrov on topical foreign policy issues, including humanitarian aspects of the situation around Ukraine
Mr Lavrov did this briefing just a few hours ago. There is no transcript yet, but this briefing is important.
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1lDxLnLZAkMGm
RT has a very basic overview here:
https://www.rt.com/russia/578975-lavrov-destroy-mercenaries-generals/
For me, the very important comment from FM Lavrov is not something that we do not know, but here is the confirmation of what we all saw the past few… Continue reading
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Jun 30 2023 
Who sits at the head of the table?
Here is the strategy of the imperialist hegemonic power and to my reckoning, this is what we are going to have to fight for possibly 5 years into the future.
They are fighting for the chair at the Head of the Table, despite what the rest of the world, the Global Majority decides is to be… Continue reading
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Jun 30 2023 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Great Game programme on Channel One, Moscow
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Great Game programme on Channel One, Moscow, June 28, 2023
Question: President of the United States Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have said in their statements that Washington was not involved in any manner in the June 24, 2023 mutiny. They even claimed that they do… Continue reading -
Jun 29 2023 
BRICS and the Political Economy of the New World Order: An Expert Discussion (now with summary transcript)
Video on this page:
https://valdaiclub.com/multimedia/video/brics-and-the-political-economy-of-the-new-world-order/
Alternative link: https://vk.com/video-214192832_456239104
On June 29, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion, titled “BRICS and the Political Economy of the New World Order.”
Under the stress experienced by the traditional institutions of globalisation and global governance, the BRICS association (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) is becoming the most important centre for the… Continue reading
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Jun 29 2023 
Here Comes China
For America to be displaced by an Asian people long despised and dismissed with contempt as decadent, feeble, corrupt and inept, is emotionally very difficult to accept. The sense of cultural supremacy of the Americans will make this adjustment most difficult. – Lee Kwan Yew
Editorial from Godfree Roberts
Biden’s Legacy of Ashes?
Lee Kwan Yew’s prescient observation, “The sense of… Continue reading
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Jun 28 2023 
SCOOP! Michael Hudson: America has Just Destroyed a Great Empire
New Essay by Michael Hudson
Herodotus (History, Book 1.53) tells the story of Croesus, king of Lydia c. 585-546 BC in what is now Western Turkey and the Ionian shore of the Mediterranean. Croesus conquered Ephesus, Miletus and neighboring Greek-speaking realms, obtaining tribute and booty that made him one of the richest rulers of his time.… Continue reading
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Jun 28 2023 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world (and a joke or two) for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top.
Please note, our site is being hammered very hard, from a different vector today than the… Continue reading
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Jun 28 2023 
The West is trying to put pressure on Russia through BRICS
From Elena Panini at russtrat.ru with my comments
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visited the South African capital on Tuesday. Following the talks with her, her South African colleague Naledi Pandor stated that Pretoria is in favor of an early end to hostilities in Ukraine and the start of negotiations between the parties to the conflict.
According… Continue reading
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Jun 28 2023 
Those marine drones in the Black Sea & comments on Grain Deal
From Nat South tracking and tracing a relatively new development
Once more, a Russian Navy ship was attacked in the southern part of the Black Sea in the afternoon of the 11th of June. This article highlights some of the issues arising from the latest attack relating to onboard armament, as well briefly the latest implications… Continue reading
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Jun 27 2023 
Putin’s second address. The results of the mutiny and the future of Prigozhin
By Rostislav Ishchenko
Unfortunately, there is always a high percentage of people in society who are not able to admit their mistakes and are ready to rewrite reality for themselves, not noticing the absurdity of the world they create in their imagination.
Prigozhin’s advertising was aimed at people who were frankly stupid, who did not notice the… Continue reading
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Jun 27 2023 
Notes from Lukashenko and the Result of the Rebellion
These are translations that are not formal but done by people that speak both languages. Although I don’t gossip, some gossip is delectable.
First from Donbass Devushka: Lukashenko says:
Alexander Lukashenko said that an important role in the negotiations with Prigozhin was played by Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Yevkurov and… Continue reading
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Jun 27 2023 
President Putin: Address to citizens of Russia
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71528
Friends,
Today, I am addressing the citizens of Russia once again. Thank you for your restraint, cohesion and patriotism. This civic solidarity shows that any blackmail, any attempt to stage domestic turmoil is doomed to fail.
I will repeat – society and the executive and legislative branches of government at all levels displayed high consolidation. Public organisations, religious denominations, the leading political parties and actually all of Russian society held a firm line, taking an explicit… Continue reading
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Jun 26 2023 
When the lightning of History strikes, better cut to the chase in our first draft
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
After the extraordinary events in Russia during The Longest Day, President Putin wins on all counts.
Among other feats, he has made an absolute, inter-galactic ass of the whole collective West MSM – all over again.
He rallied virtually every Russian to end the Special Military Operation (SMO) –… Continue reading
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Jun 26 2023 
When Modi visited the White House …
Modi was treated with almost excessive pomp and circumstance. There are hundreds of photos everywhere, every piece of White House Chef vegetarian plates photographed with breathless descriptions of things like compressed watermelon and mushrooms on saffron risotto, but very little substance. The idea here is that there is some unspoken consensus among the current inhabitants… Continue reading
