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Nov 21 2024 
On Obasanjo and the other Forgetful African Misrulers
A note on African leaders who became wise ONLY after leaving office!
By Femi Akomolafe on his substack.
Note: This is posted as a further elucidation on Pepe Escobar’s work and specifically the comments: https://sovereignista.com/2024/11/20/the-brics-spirit-alive-and-well-in-south-africa/
While Femi Akomolafe speaks about Nigeria, what he describes here is a common problem right across Africa.
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I was going to write an article… Continue reading
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Nov 20 2024 
First international trial for war crimes at Nuremberg
From red@redstreamnet: https://x.com/redstreamnet/status/1859289753159647628
On the loose theme that I’ve been following on recreation of history.
Did you know that the first international trial for war crimes at Nuremberg, which is often credited as a US invention, was, in fact, brought about by the Soviet Union?
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British PM Winston Churchill… Continue reading
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Nov 20 2024 
Marwa Osman exposes US Takeover of Lebanon | Syriana Analysis
Kevork Almassian from Syriana Analysis posits that israel is breeding a new kind of warfare and this will be used in the rest of the world.
Dr. Marwa Osman is such a wonderful journalist and educator with a tremendous zest for life and support of Lebanon. We know there are frustrations in Lebanon and… Continue reading
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Nov 20 2024 
Explanation of vote by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia on a UNSC Draft Resolution on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
https://russiaun.ru/en/news/20112024
Main statement:
We are grateful to Guyana and other non-permanent members of the Council for their courage and efforts to move the draft resolution forward. We supported that document. We pay tribute to those responsible members of the Security Council who, like us, are aware of the need for a speedy and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza… Continue reading
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Nov 20 2024 
The BRICS spirit: alive and well in South Africa
Africa now essentially needs political will to fight infrastructural problems, a human capital deficit and an institutional deficit.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
JOHANNESBURG – At the APEC annual summit in Lima, Comrade Xi Jinping was practically coronated as the King of Peru, as a lively moveable feast celebrated the brand new $1.3 billion Chancay-Shanghai… Continue reading
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Nov 19 2024 
Russian Economy: Central Bank chief’s statement in State Duma
TASS
The national economy is in the “breaking point” and inflation slowdown can be expected in coming months
MOSCOW, November 19. /TASS/. The key rate is expected to become lower in the next year if there are no new shocks, Governor of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina said at the plenary session of the State Duma,… Continue reading
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Nov 19 2024 
FM Lavrov: Remarks & answers to media questions following the G20 Summit
Key Takeaways:
Key takeaways from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s press briefing following the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro:
🔹 The summit yielded “very positive results,” and important agreements were made, including on the creation of the Global Alliance to Fight Hunger and Poverty;
🔹 Russia agrees with the provision on Ukraine in the final G20 declaration… Continue reading
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Nov 19 2024 
❗️❗️ Putin approves revised Russian nuclear doctrine (Update: Full Text)
UPDATE: Formal translation from the Russian MFA.
✍️ Russia’s President Vladimir Putin approved the new Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence, signing the attendant Executive Order on November 19, 2024.
Key items:
• State policy on Nuclear Deterrence is defensive by nature, it is aimed at maintaining the nuclear… Continue reading
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Nov 19 2024 
About the confirmed Russian presidential decision on Russia’s nuclear policy
💠@Dmitry Medvedev:
⭕ About the unconfirmed decision regarding strikes “deep into Russia” and the confirmed Russian presidential decision on Russia’s nuclear policy:As the dust raised by Western newspapers begins to settle, it is becoming evident that, despite the apparent propagandistic intent behind these publications, this development could carry very serious consequences.
It’s not so important who… Continue reading
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Nov 19 2024 
G20 leaders’ declaration and Lula da Silva’s BRICS style opening speech
Summary:
The participants of the G20 summit have adopted the final declaration in Rio de Janeiro. Here are the main points:
G20 leaders welcome all constructive initiatives on the Ukrainian conflict aimed at achieving peace.
The negative consequences of the Ukrainian conflict on global food and energy security are stressed.
G20 leaders are concerned about the humanitarian situation in… Continue reading
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Nov 18 2024 
An Open Letter to all Western Politicians
I have a confession to make, which is that I have not voted in elections for the last ten years. The reason is simple, I don’t trust them anymore. I am writing this open letter now, but actually I don’t expect anything from it. I think this letter will hardly be read by politicians. Certainly… Continue reading
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Nov 18 2024 
Brazilian Independent Journalist Pepe Escobar: Russophobia, Russian Values, and Shaping the Multipolar World – exclusively for the Russian Embassy in South Africa.
▫️ On President Vladimir Putin, Western Sanctions and Russia’s Resilience:
When Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, he had to rebuild Russia from the ground up. As a journalist traveling through Russia in the ’90s, I witnessed the chaos of those times. But where is Russia today? The transformation is extraordinary. Moscow, for example, has… Continue reading
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Nov 18 2024 
Moscow issues long-range missiles warning to West
From RT
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has reacted to a potential change in the “essence of the conflict”
Moscow has issued a stark warning to the United States and its allies, stating that any use of long-range missiles by Kiev to strike deep inside Russian territory would signify the “direct participation” of the Western powers in… Continue reading
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Nov 18 2024 
The wonderful George Yeo
George Yeo at Cambridge Union
Why is China not a hegemon?
