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Aug 16 2024 
US has Ukraine’s back in Kursk incursion
From M. K. Bhadrakumar
War-displaced people receive humanitarian aid at a Russian Red Cross distribution point in Kursk, August 15, 2024
As the Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region rolls on, war conditions have appeared in Russia for the first time since the Second World War. It is a stunning experience that an estimated 180,000 people have… Continue reading -
Aug 16 2024 
A dirty bomb
Russian Media is full of this story.
The Russian Department of Internal Affairs of the Kharkov Regional Administration has stated that Ukraine is planning to strike the Kursk and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants in Kurchatov and Energodar.
According to the interrogation of prisoners of war from the 82nd Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the… Continue reading
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Aug 16 2024 
BRICS New Payment System
RT reports. Unfortunately, there are no sources.
159 Countries Set to Adopt BRICS New Payment System — reports
Amid the alliance’s continued efforts to create a SWIFT alternative, the economic alliance has sought to create its very own BRICS payment system. It will play a major role in the alliance trade dealings, and limiting the need for… Continue reading
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Aug 16 2024 
Creation of the Coordination council for border security issues
Article from https://iz.ru/1743395/sergei-krylov-roman-kretcul/federalnoe-naznachenie-kak-situatciiu-v-prigraniche-meniaet-vvedenie-usilennogo-rezhima-chs
Translation: Yandex
The Russian Defense Ministry has created a coordination council for the security of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions, the head of the department Andrey Belousov said on August 15. This should strengthen the protection of the territory and population of the regions in a situation where new provocations of the Kiev regime are… Continue reading
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Aug 16 2024 
The ‘negotiations’ and Hamas response
The recent round of negotiations in Qatar has ended after two days. Qatar, Egypt, and the US released a joint statement in which they stated that they presented a proposal based on Biden’s May 31st plan to “address the remaining gaps.” They announced that they will meet again in Cairo before the end of next… Continue reading
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Aug 16 2024 
So what really happened in Kursk?
An extremely serious debate is already raging among selected circles of power/intelligence in Moscow.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
An extremely serious debate is already raging among selected circles of power/intelligence in Moscow – and the heart of the matter could not be more incandescent.
To cut to the chase: what really happened in Kursk? Was… Continue reading -
Aug 16 2024 
The relativity of the written word
By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co
How many people will read this text? How many of those people who read this text will think more deeply about it? How many of those people who think more deeply about this text will actually do something with it in their lives?
Perhaps it is just as well that texts are… Continue reading
