Daily Chronicles … OT April 17

The Russia-Iran Strategic Partnership Edition.
A Poem..
Duma Deputy Chairman Piotr Tolstoy, on top of his competence and gallantly carrying THAT name, is also fluent in French:

His poem, in English:

“In the garden of friendship blooms the noble cause,
Hand in hand, the hearts in osmosis.
Every gesture, every word sows hope,
Illuminates the shadows, removes darkness.
United, our dreams weave a sweeter tomorrow.”

Added translation: Russia supporting Iran – way beyond BRICS+ and SCO ties – mirroring Israel’s position on country 404.

Salon updates on West Asia boiler:  https://sovereignista.com/globalsouthforum/topic/west-asia-front-thread-18-april-2024/

April 20

💠 @DDGeopolitics:
⭕ 🇪🇪🇷🇺 Estonia will win the war with Russia, said the head of the Estonian Defense Forces, General Martin Herem, at a meeting of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences, ERR reports…
“The result of the Russian attack will be our military victory – 20,000 dead on their side and only 1,000 on ours,” he said.
This fella was given The Good Stuff. Wehrmacht-grade chemistry courses through his <<Rapturous>> circulatory system! Sayonara Balts — you won’t be even a speed bump for the Red Army that comes. And this time, they will never leave

⭕ 🇮🇷🇷🇸 THIS IS HUGE!!!!!!
BREAKING: Ambassador of Iran to Serbia, His Excellency Rashid Hasan Pour Baei said in his interview that the WAR CRIME that happened in Srebrenica and that presentation of the Serbs as genocidal is absolutely FALSE and with political intentions. He said that those who initiated that UN resolution committed more genocides than anyone else.

Thank you Iran we love you Iran!!!! |video|

⭕ Ooof! Apply cold water to that burn.

⭕ Iranians mock the Israeli response: The aftermath of the sweeping Israeli attack on Iran.🚩 @ResistanceTrench

⭕ 10/10 for propaganda creativity. Hands down.
Via: @Marwa_OsmanLB |video|

💠@Sputnik Africa:
⭕ 📌Main world events in last day:

🔸Russian military forces destroyed the operational command post of the Ukrainian forces “North”, reports the Russian MoD;
🔸Ukrainian forces once again attacked the training center of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Station; a Ukrainian drone was neutralized over the roof of the building, reported the press service of the station;
🔸Kiev must provide itself with manpower, stated the NATO Secretary General, and reminded that a law was just passed expanding the age range for mobilization;
🔸In the US and Europe, there are growing concerns that Russia could break through the front line in Ukraine and achieve significant gains in the coming weeks, Western media reports;
🔸Iran has identified the location of “all of Israel’s nuclear sites” and is ready to strike them at any moment in case of Tel Aviv’s aggression, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) cautioned;
🔸Britain has added the IRGC Navy and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran to its sanctions list;
🔸The authorities of Argentina have applied for cooperation with NATO as a global partner, announced the head of the country’s Ministry of Defense.
🔸Russia is ready for negotiations, but unlike the Istanbul case, it will not pause military actions during the negotiations, Russian FM Lavrov says in an interview with Sputnik;
🔸The G7 will continue to work on using frozen Russian assets for the benefit of Kiev, according to a statement following a meeting of the Foreign Ministers;
🔸In the event of the confiscation of Russian assets by the West, Moscow will be guided by the principle of reciprocity, which provides for the right to take countermeasures, stated Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova;

⭕ Major Russian transport holding proposes construction of continental railways in Africa

🔸The proposed tracks are expected to run from Ethiopia to the western coast of Africa, according to Russia’s largest transport and logistics holding, Delo Group. 
🔸The company is currently assessing whether it would be more advantageous to build a segment of the trans-African route between Egypt and South Africa or to route it through the Central African Republic with connecting points.
🔸🛤 Sergey Shishkarev, the founder of Delo Group, told the Russian media that the railway would aid in revitalizing transportation, including exports, and bolster the economies of the countries in the region.
This is HUGE. The biggest impediment to Africa’s development (outside of western plundering and sabotage) has been lack of internal access and connectivity to outside world. Russia here proposes to build a complete E-W line and/or N-S line.. “Build them and They will come…”

Imperial Germany (Berlin-Baghdad) and Russia (trans-Siberian) were targeted for destruction by the Anglo-American Empire and vassals in WW1 in part for their railroad connectivity corridors serving as the first “belt & road” to modernize and connect the World-Island (Afro-Asia). Russia and China are targeted today for exact same reasons. Thalassocracia at eternal war on Tellucracia and Global Majority.. More just below..

⭕ Russia discusses launch of direct flights to Zimbabwe, Namibia, other countries

🔸In addition to the two African countries, Russia is negotiating direct flights to a number of South American countries, as well as charter flights to North Korea, Maya Lomidze, Executive Director of the Association of Tour Operators in Russia (ATOR), told Sputnik.
🔸”The Ministry of Economic Development is actively negotiating the opening of direct air routes with various countries. Since the beginning of the year, there have been repeated plans for the possible launch of flights to Zimbabwe, Namibia, some South American countries. There were even plans to organize charter flights to North Korea. But it is difficult to say which of these will actually materialize,” she said.
🔸Last month it was revealed that talks were underway to launch direct flights between Russia and Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Indonesia and the Philippines in 2024.

⭕ Geological exploration on Russia’s Kola Peninsula has revealed significant lithium reserves, says Andrey Chibis, governor of Russia’s Murmansk region. Russia could become one of the top three countries in the world in terms of reserves of the precious metal, he added.

⭕ American troops in Niger do not receive any help from the US, which at the same time hides the true essence of diplomatic relations with the African country, US congressman says

🔸The US military is not receiving medical supplies and is in imminent danger if an agreement is not reached between the US and Niger by the end of the month, Matthew Gaetz told the media. He noted that the Biden administration is engaged in a mass concealment of information and urgently needs to bring the troops home.
🔸Earlier, the US media published a letter sent to the country’s Congress by a senior US Air Force officer stationed in Niger, where he expressed concern about the actions of the US embassy in the African country, which he said were complicating the withdrawal of US troops. According to the soldier, the American mission deliberately concealed intelligence information in order to maintain the appearance of good relations between the two countries.
🔸Last month, Niger broke off a military agreement with the US that saw a US drone base set up in the north of the African country. Explaining their decision, Niger’s military authorities said that the agreement had been imposed on the country and was not in the interests of the people.
There is preliminary intel the US agreed to withdraw from Niger today…….

⭕ Chad reportedly threatens to end agreement governing US military presence in country

🔸The Chadian government sent a letter to the US defense attaché last week, threatening to cancel an agreement regarding the US military presence in Chad, US media reported on Thursday, citing four US sources.
🔸The letter ordered the US to remove personnel from the French base in N’Djamena, although it did not explicitly demand the US military to leave Chad.
🔸Chad specifically raised the presence of a US Special Operations Task Force at the base, but all US military personnel in Chad are located in N’Djamena.
🔸A US official reportedly said that there are fewer than 100 US troops in Chad.
Oh, Boy! It’s turning into a tagteam against the West. Chad is neighbor of Niger, and prospective applicant to join the new Sahelian Junta confederation called L’Alliance des États du Sahel (AES). Chad is at heart of the Sahel, and a militant nation with feared military throughout Africa, and currently hosts most of the remaining troops of Frenchie in Afrique……. Nemesis has arrived

⭕ Sputnik Donbass correspondent has died at the age of 64, his wife Lyudmila confirmed to Sputnik.

Bentley went missing in Donetsk on April 8, following a Ukrainian artillery attack on the city’s Petrovsky district. Four days later, the DPR Ministry of Internal Affairs put him on a missing persons list.

Bentley, who was born and raised in the United States, arrived to the Donbass in 2014 to help the fledgling local militias resist Ukrainian occupation. From 2014 to 2017, he served in the Sut Vremeni ( lit. “Essence of Time”) combat unit, Vostok Battalion and Khan special forces battalion. He took part in some of the most heated battles during the early stage of the Donbass conflict, including Donetsk Airport, Spartak, Avdeyevka, and Yasinovataya.

After retiring from military service, Bentleу turned to humanitarian aid work and journalism. He converted to Russian Orthodox Christianity and in 2021 received Russian citizenship. Bentley began contributing to Sputnik International in October 2023, publishing numerous video reports and columns that provided Westerners with an inside look at life in the Donbass.

April 19

🤣 RUSSIA WALKED OUT of United Nations Security Council before ISRAEL’S speech. |video| 

“US blocks Palestine’s UN membership bid”

🔸America was the sole Security Council member to vote against the resolution
🔸The US has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have paved a way for Palestine to become a member of the world body. Palestine is currently a “permanent observer state” at the UN that participates in many meetings but does not have voting rights.

The draft resolution debated on Thursday contained a recommendation to the UN General Assembly to hold a vote on updating Palestine’s status within the organization. The document was rejected with 12 votes in favor, one against, and two abstentions.
🔸US Alternative Representative for Special Political Affairs Robert Wood said that “there are unresolved questions as to whether [Palestine] meets the criteria to be considered a state.” He argued that Palestine cannot be admitted to the UN as long as the militant group Hamas controls Gaza.

🔸Speaking at the Security Council, Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said that the vote had shown that “for Washington, [the Palestinians] do not deserve to have their own state.”

“Today’s use of the veto by the US delegation is a hopeless attempt to stop the inevitable course of history. The results of the vote, where Washington was practically in complete isolation, speak for themselves,” Nebenzia said.

💠RT: “Google fires anti-Israel employees.“ The employees were ousted after staging sit-ins at the company’s offices

🔸@Strategika51:
🔹Google has just fired 28 of its employees who protested against a military agreement between Google and the Israeli army. Other employees were arrested by US police.
🔹We already reported a few years ago that Google is increasingly a company integrated with the military-industrial complex and the joint American-Israeli intelligence community.
This fact is well known, but neither China nor Russia has tried to completely rid themselves of Google’s empire.

🔸@IntelRepublic: ⚡️GOOGLE FIRES 28 ANTI-ISRAEL EMPLOYEES – protesting the genocide in Gaza is apparently antisemitic. The employees staged a sit-in at several offices to protest a joint $1.2 billion contract between Google & Amazon to provide artificial intelligence and cloud services to the Israeli government.

💠@Hamas/Tsahal:
⭕ 48 countries that signed a joint statement condemning the Iranian attack on Israel:

🇦🇱 Albania
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇦🇺 Australia
🇦🇹 Austria
🇧🇪 Belgium
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
🇨🇦Canada
🇭🇷 Croatia
🇨🇾 Cyprus
🇨🇿 Czechia
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇪🇨 Ecuador
🇪🇪 Estonia
🇫🇮 Finland
🇫🇷France
🇩🇪 Germany
🇬🇷 Greece
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇮🇸 Iceland
🇮🇪 Ireland
🇮🇱 Israel
🇮🇹 Italy
🇯🇵 Japan
🇱🇻 Latvia
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein
🇱🇹 Lithuania
🇱🇺Luxembourg
🇲🇹 Malta
🇲🇩 Moldova
🇲🇨 Monaco
🇲🇪 Montenegro
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇳🇴 Norway
🇫🇲 Micronesia
🇵🇼 Palau
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
🇵🇱 Poland
🇵🇹Portugal
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
🇷🇴 Romania
🇸🇰 Slovakia
🇸🇮 Slovenia
🇪🇸 Spain
🇸🇪 Sweden
🇺🇦Ukraine
🇫🇷 United Kingdom
🇺🇸 United States
These are the brave four-dozen, strapped into the bowels of the Titanic, in contempt of International Law and civilized norms and pro-Genocide. At this point, after COVID, 404 aggression, Palestinian Genocide, endless Lies, etc.. they have NO excuse. They suicide themselves against the civilizational-states and Global Majority…….. alea iacta est

⭕ Saudi Arabia has publicly acknowledged its involvement in helping the newly formed regional military coalition to defend Israel against Iranian attacks. The statement references a KAN News article detailing Saudi Arabia’s participation in the joint defensive military operation, which successfully countered an Iranian attack on Israel.

April 18

Russia calls for UN sanctions against the apartheid state ! The legal game advances 

@sputnik_africa:
UN Security Council must consider sanctions against Israel “without delay,” Russian envoy to UN says.
🔸️The Jewish state has ignored a Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during the holy month of Ramadan, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said.
🔸️”We would like to remind you that non-compliance with binding Security Council resolutions should lead to the imposition of sanctions against violators,” he pointed out.

@DDGeopolitics: The West condemns only one of those…

💠@Sputnik Africa: 
⭕ 🪖Anguish at the pump? Why sanctions or military action against Iran could backfire on US and allies
🔸Market observers caution that if the most recent spat between Iran and Israel escalates into a larger regional confrontation, oil prices may rise. Prices may rise further if the Biden administration imposes additional sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, according to experts.
🔸On the eve of Iran’s retaliatory strike on Israel, oil prices spiked, but slightly backtracked in the aftermath of Tehran’s attack. On Monday, Brent retreated 0.9%, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was down 0.8%.
🔸”The impact of Iran’s attack on oil prices was hardly noticeable for the simple reason that the flow of oil from the Gulf region hasn’t been disrupted,” Dr. Mamdouh G. Salameh, an international oil economist and a global energy expert, explained to Sputnik.

⭕ ❗️Brazil considers it possible to use national currencies for trade within BRICS and is actively discussing this issue, the Minister of Finance said

⭕ 🍼🇨🇭 Tasting inequality from the cradle: Nestle adds sugar to baby food sold in low-income countries

🔸Switzerland’s Nestle, the world’s largest food producer, includes sugar and honey in their infant milk and cereal products sold in many economically disadvantaged nations, which goes against international standards that are designed to avoid obesity and chronic diseases, the research found.
🔸Public Eye, a Swiss investigative organization, examined 115 products sold in Nestle’s main markets in Africa, Asia and Latin America and at least 108 of them (94%) contained added sugar in the form of sucrose or honey.
🔸However, in Nestle’s primary European markets, formulas for babies between six months and one year do not contain any added sugar.
🔸Moreover, in 2022, the World Health Organization advocated for a prohibition on added sugars and sweeteners in food products for kids under the age of three, urging industry to “be proactive” and “support public health goals” by reformulating baby products. However, Nestle appears to be ignoring these appeals.

💠Russian MFA:
⭕ 🇷🇺🇺🇸 [Russia’s Washington] Ambassador Anatoly Antonov’s answer to a media question

❓: Dear Ambassador Antonov, how could you comment on the U.S.-Philippines military exercises Salaknib 24 taking place these days? According to statements made by the U.S. Army, as part of the exercises, elements of the Typhon intermediate-range missile system were airlifted from State of Washington, USA to Luzon?

💬 Anatoly Antonov: The Pentagon’s public demonstration of its capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region for the rapid deployment of missile weapons previously banned under the INF Treaty raises deep concern. The U.S. side is bringing an entire class of destabilizing weapons out of the shadows to ensure its military superiority over opponents.

👉 Such steps represent another powerful blow to strategic stability. Asia has already accumulated a lot of «hot» material, and the region is rapidly militarizing. The United States is purposefully escalating the level of military confrontation and fueling hotbeds of tension. They are creating new closed groupings and military-political alliances in the Asia-Pacific region. Thus, Washington is trying to return the world to the darkest times of the Cold War and balancing on the brink of a nuclear conflict.

❗️The deployment of intermediate-range missiles by the Pentagon will be a dark day for international security. Let me remind you that the unilateral moratorium on the deployment of INF, declared by Russia, has clear conditions: we will not deploy such systems until similar U.S.-made systems appear in any region of the world.

☝️ We urge the United States not to open Pandora’s Box and follow our country’s example by taking all necessary steps to ensure global stability and predictability. Otherwise, all responsibility for a new surge of tension in the world will fall on Washington.

April 17

Ali Bagheri Kani meeting Qassem Soleimani

🔸Tomorrow, the same Iranian deputy foreign minister who two days ago said, “Iran will respond within seconds in case of a new attack by Israel,” will be in Moscow. Meanwhile, much vain huffing and puffing in the media, as Anglo-Zionists figure out the best way to commit an emphatic, ostentatious suicide — befitting their Exceptional station.

💠 @Sputnik Africa:
🇮🇷🇷🇺 Iran Deputy Foreign Minister to visit Moscow on April 18-20, Russian Foreign Ministry says

“On April 18-20, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani will be in Moscow on a visit to participate in the Moscow Conference on Nonproliferation,” the ministry told Sputnik.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister is expected to hold several meetings with the leadership of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, the ministry added.

@Middle East Spectator: Engrained in history, Arab traitors.

💠 @DDGeopolitics:
⭕️ There is currently a fire at the US Army’s ammunition plant in Scranton Pennsylvania.
ℹ️ This is where much of the United States’ conventional artillery ammunition is manufactured.
🐻 Before anyone says ‘Russian sabotage’ just remember the state of the plant per the picture in this post.
[An already aging MIC workforce, and inadequate capacity to the overstretched ambition, now loses precious factory space…]

⭕️❗A family from Russian Saratov found their grandmother in Avdeevka – they’d lost contact with her back in 2014!
The granddaughter saw her grandmother Lyudmila in the footage from the liberated town, and the volunteers helped organize their reunion. |video|

💠 @Sputnik Africa:
⭕ 🌍Three more African countries withdraw J&J baby syrup after toxicity reports
🔸️Drug regulators in Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Tanzania have announced the recall of a shipment of Benylin baby syrup made by the US-based Johnson & Johnson unit Kenvue, following similar actions by South Africa and Nigeria over alleged toxicity.
🔸️Nigeria’s health authority found dangerously high levels of diethylene glycol in children’s cough syrup last week, a toxic substance that can cause severe symptoms including abdominal pain, vomiting, and kidney injury, potentially leading to death.
🔸️Johnson & Johnson has previously faced scrutiny in Africa for the alleged harmful effects of its products. Last year, Rwanda’s FDA recalled the company’s baby powder over cancer risk concerns.