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Aug 12

I feel much better about Friday’s Summit in Anchorage, since I found out that the Azerbaijan and Armenia agreement is not a peace agreement and is yet another spin from the supreme spinmeister.  In other words, the complete ceremony and the high fives and the hands clasped together were a deception.  The document:

Though the three signatories to the Joint Declaration touted it as transformative, marking the dawn of an era of “eternal peace,” the document’s provisions are vague and non-binding. In effect, it is a memorandum of understanding, not a contract.

Pashinyan and Aliyev “initialed” what was described as a “peace agreement.” In fact, what they signed was a pledge to keep on talking about a lasting settlement, adding little to what the two had already stated many times previously.

“We acknowledged the need to continue further actions to achieve the signing and ultimate ratification of the [Peace] Agreement, and emphasized the importance of maintaining and strengthening peace between our two countries,” the Joint Declaration reads.

These countries signed an agreement two years ago explained here: Trump has a TRIPP. We have another front in the war on single polar hegemony

So, why do I feel better?  Elementary, my dear Watson.  Mr Putin is not stupid and his aides are also brilliant.  Anyway, hopefully the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia will not blow up again.  We have Russian troops on the border where they want to have the TRIPP still, and the exceptional Russian diplomats are on the case.

The next person who tells us that they know exactly what Mr Putin’s objectives are for the Friday meeting, and precisely what the discussion is going to consist of, probably needs to have a shoe stuffed in their mouth.   This is not an analysis.  Analysis in this case is determining the possibilities and their rankings with what we know, and leaving a solid space for what we do not know.  More is not possible.   (We were stupid for drawing inferences before we saw what was signed between Azerbaijan and Armenia and believed that it was a peace agreement – Let’s stop being foolish and let’s not accept anything out of the mouth of this US administration.)

Rest easy about the Friday summit.   MR PUTIN IS NOT FOOLISH.

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Alaska, Tariffs, Gaza and Palestinians and what could easily in the next few days lead to an internal breakdown of Israel, Ukrainian front line breakdowns (Pokrovsk) and area collapses bit by bit, further unifying BRICS, Iran and West Asia – those are the topics of the day – and Zelenski cartoons.

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According to information received from multiple channels, the Kyiv regime is preparing a provocation aimed at disrupting the Russian-American negotiations scheduled for August 15.

For this purpose, on Monday, August 11, a group of foreign media journalists was brought by SBU vehicles to the city of Chuhuiv in the Kharkiv region under the pretext of “preparing a series of reports about the residents of the city in the frontline zone.”

Directly before the summit on Friday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have planned a provocative strike using UAVs and missiles on one of the densely populated residential areas or a hospital with a large number of civilian casualties, which the brought-in Western journalists are supposed to immediately “document.”

As a result of the Kyiv regime’s provocation, all responsibility for the strike and civilian casualties will be placed on the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in order to create a negative media background and conditions to disrupt Russian-American cooperation on resolving the conflict in Ukraine.

Provocations are also possible in other settlements controlled by the Kyiv regime.

Source: Ministry of Defense of Russian Federation

Aug 11

Trump caves again.

According to CNBC, just hours before his own tariff pause on Chinese goods was set to expire, Donald Trump quietly signed an executive order extending the deadline another 90 days — effectively waving the white flag in his much-hyped “tariff war (https://t.me/geopolitics_prime/53241).”

The delay was no surprise to trade watchers after US negotiators met their Chinese counterparts in Stockholm last month. If Trump hadn’t caved, the US economy could collapse without Chinese imports.
So this is how Trump crushes China. I guess failure is also a deal.

Aug 10

The UN Security Council today was a very hot meeting.

Chinese Ambassador to the UN Fu Cong put forward four “musts” at the emergency meeting held by the UN Security Council on the Palestine–Israel issue on Sunday, after the Israeli security cabinet approved a plan to take over Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip.

• Fu said Israel’s attempt to occupy Gaza must be firmly opposed;
• the fallacy of believing in the primacy of force must be abandoned;
• the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza must be alleviated;
• and the prospect of the two-state solution must be revived.

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The Mexican president says the US ‘shows no proof’ Venezuelan president Maduro is tied to cartels.  The US basically made up a cartel (or four) that does not exist.

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It is going to be a massive and awe-inspiring grand gathering. The first comprehensive rehearsal for the upcoming grand gathering to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War concluded in Beijing early Sunday. The rehearsal, held from the night of Saturday to the early hours of Sunday in Tian’anmen Square, involved about 22,000 participants, including those taking part in the rehearsal and personnel providing on-site support.

The possibility that Trump will attend, is small. This will depend on the results of the upcoming Alaska Summit.

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Generally there is nervousness in the air.
Why Alaska? It is just a hop skip and a jump away from Russia, literally across the Bering Straits. Putin will be close to home. It is probably the safest venue as the Europeans will not storm the meeting. There is American / Russian history. Did you want this to take place at the Vatican? Or in Turkey? I don’t think so. Trump’s last visit was to Russia so in terms of reciprocity, Putin’s visit should be to the US. There are no threats that someone will try to arrest Putin in terms of the ICC’s arrest warrants. Alaska was Russia’s proposal for a venue.
Why the speed? and this is in terms of what we know There has been negotiations Russia/US +- 3 times dealing with what is described as ‘irritants’ in the relationship. These were technical. So there has been some preparation done over the months. “There was a proposal from the American side which we think is quite acceptable” is Russia’s statement. Russia is mum, while the US (Trump included) are running at the mouth on issues that have not been clarified.
Will they sign anything? I do not want to speculate but at the minimum, something for optics.
Yes, Putin may be sticking his head into the crocodile’s mouth (quote – Berletic) but something has to give. The world trajectory now is war. Trump is not the saviour here, but he does want that Nobel Peace Prize.
In the background most European countries are severely curtailing or even ending benefits for Ukrainian Refugees. Ukraine is becoming yesterday’s news.

Why the speed? in terms of what we can analize based on the current situation:
Why Now? The external mood is changing, the mood in Ukraine is changing, the US wants this war to end because they want to work on another one, and it is now undeniable even to the most hard of heads, that Russia is running all over Ukraine militarily and Ukraine does not have troops to continue fighting. Russia is strong economically. Taken together, this indicates an overall change in the mathematical equation, and with the proposal from the US side, Russia calculates that the time now is optimum for them to make changes as well.

Ryabkov states:

🗣 The US systems (missile systems= are increasingly appearing in regions where they have a DIRECT IMPACT on Russia’s security, said Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia.

💬 Other statements by Ryabkov on lifting the moratorium on INF Treaty (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces):

🔹 Russia must use such methods to cool down the heated heads in NATO countries.

🔹 In today’s realities, it is inappropriate to use the term “détente” in relations between Russia and the US.

🔹 What we need now is not détente, but political will to begin lowering the temperature in international relations.

🔹 Everything Moscow does in terms of weapons deployment is a reaction to the steps taken by the Americans and their allies.

🔹 Apart from the Oreshnik systems, Russia also has other advanced weapons.

🔹 The first signs of common sense are appearing in Russia-US relations, which were absent for several years before.

🔹 The risk of nuclear conflict in the world is not decreasing.

🔹 Russia sees the risk that after the expiration of the New START Treaty, nuclear arms control will be completely absent.

Conditions on the Ukraine ground is 100% favorable to Russia. The mood in Ukraine has also changed. The Ukrainians are now agitating for an end to the war and are hoping for a diplomatic solution.

RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

◻️ Russia’s Armed Forces struck a critical railway hub in the Dnepropetrovsk region, disrupting Ukrainian troop transfers to Donbass

◻️ A Ukrainian M577 armored personnel carrier destroyed in the Donetsk People’s Republic

◻️ Air defense superiority: two Neptune missiles and 372 fixed-wing drones intercepted over the past day

◻️ Heavy Ukrainian losses: 1,375 militants in the past 24 hours

Aug 9

Alaska negotiations: It’s a giant rumor mill out there, so just wait for Russian official information in order not be driven decidedly oreshnik nuts.

Weekend Movie: The Cranes are Flying – Mosfilm

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On this nagging feeling;

• that the mulitpolar world has just lost a battle: Trump has a TRIPP. We have another front in the war on single polar hegemony.

On the gutwrenching nagging feeling:

• that all is not well with the Putin / Trump summit planned in Alaska on Friday the 15th …

Larry Johnson says:

While not included in the agreement, Armenia reportedly plans to withdraw from CSTO by early 2026. (The CSTO is the Russian founded military alliance in Eurasia consisting of six post-Soviet states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.) Moreover, the US also reportedly secretly promised NATO membership to Armenia and Azerbaijan for signing on to this deal, which would give NATO access to the Caspian Sea by virtue of the Zangezur corridor.

And here is the kicker (if true): Some telegram channels claim that US troops are set to be deployed in Armenia within the next 48 hours. In other words, rather than ratchet down tensions and reduce the threat of NATO, Trump is signing off on a plan to continue the NATO encirclement of Russia. So yes, Trump is setting the stage for World War 3 if he is serious about adding Armenia and Azerbaijan to NATO

On this wake up in the night nagging feeling that the timing of the Putin / Trump summit has something to do with the Azerjaiban-Armenia documents signed yesterday, even if only optics.

On this stench of perfidy lying on the air, and I am not talking about the major destabilization media campaign running.  The one like this:

The US has no real function.  They don’t have a job.  They do not really manufacture anything.  Now they live on others giving them grants, called investments, and so-called tariff revenue, which, in the main, their own importers pay. They live on printed money, and some believe that there still is a value in that. They rip off everyone.  They do not care about their constituents.  They do not have any goodwill to any global positivity.  All they want is to be King of the World.  They have an administration dedicated to that, and only that.  That is their job, to rip off part of the trade and labor of the rest of the world with all the tools that are necessary for the rip-off.  All creativity is focused on their own false beliefs of superiority.  They have insanity as a disease.  Productivity is fully aligned to create a new empire.  If we make a multipolar world with all that goes with that, they will create a new empire to stymie the world. There is nothing to trust, nothing to gain, and nothing to write home about, except old pissy sour wine in new wineskins, now copyrighted as peace ©.   It used to be called democracy ©. 

They are now worthless, these stinky Ferengi of our solar system, and we can live without this cackling insane idiocy with nukes.  For that, some still call them a superpower.     

Trump’s tariffs make much more sense in the light of this very prescient analysis by Samir Amin back in 2006:

“The US economy lives as a parasite off its partners in the global system, with virtually no national savings of its own. The world produces while North America… pic.twitter.com/EzzLpFRDsa

— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) August 9, 2025

Aug 8

Putin and Trump will meet August 15 in Alaska. Moscow and Washington will dedicate the coming days to active and intense work on the parameters of the meeting in Alaska; it will be a challenging process, Ushakov said.

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The world is screaming out! An emergency UN Security Council meeting regarding Israel’s plans for Gaza is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. GMT on Saturday, Pakistani mission to UN tells RIA Novosti. We believe the US is trying to cancel this meeting or interfere and meddle. I’m not expecting anything excepting: “We are so concerned”, but at least people are taking notice.

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Quote of the day:  ✔️Trump is a blabbermouth — Alexander Lukashenko

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Egypt has signed a $35 billion deal with the Israeli energy firm ‘NewMed’ to receive 130 billion cubic meters of gas from the ‘Leviathan’ gas field until 2040. (Now we understand the Gaza negotiations and why Egypt does not open the gates at the Rafah border crossing to Gaza and why they turn back the human convoys travelling to Gaza to break the siege. We understand it perfectly).

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The deal marks the largest gas export deal in Israel’s history. Egypt relies on Israel for 15-20% of its gas consumption, and its domestic gas production has decreased by at least 40% since 2021.

Trump has signed a directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against “certain” Latin American drug cartels.

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President Putin is a busy man.  He has held discussions with a great number of what can be called supportive countries but the most important telephone discussion was left to last in this major telephone rally.  This is the telephone conversation with Xi Jinping.  Xi noted that there are no simple solutions to complex issues, and that China will continue to support peace and negotiations.  At the moment, Putin is in a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council.

The planned but not yet scheduled meeting with Donald Trump is clearly being prepared.  Soon we will get leaks.  The art will be to recognise a genuine leak from all the froth out there in the media about this meeting.  There is only one important point, and for that, we have to step back to Ushakov’s initial briefing.  “There was a proposal from the American side which we think is quite acceptable”.  Translated:  Tie it up, Nail it Down, Before it Changes.  

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💥 From 2 to 8 August 2025, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out seven group strikes with the use of high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles to hit the facilities of the gas pipeline network that support the operations of the Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, transport infrastructure used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial centre of recruitment, command posts, as well as the warehouses of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, a military airfield, production facilities of uncrewed surface vehicles, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.

Aug 7

US Sanctions 18 entities linked to Iran — State Department – The US has announced new sanctions targeting 18 individuals and entities accused of facilitating Iran’s sanctions evasion and supporting internal repression.  Sanctioned targets include financial and IT firms, one of which allegedly helped Iranian security services restrict internet access for citizens.  The US said it would continue efforts to block Iran’s access to global financial systems.

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It’s unbelievable.  They cannot leave anyone alone.  AG Bondi offering $50MN reward for ‘info leading to arrest” of Venezuela’s Prez Maduro.  Biden upped reward to $25MN in January.  Now Trump’s doubled it.  Maduro is now a narco-trafficker, says the person with Epstein files on her desk.   https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/156831

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While Trump brags about signing “Bilateral Agreements” with Armenia and Azerbaijan, the US quietly secures a 99-year grip on the Zangezur Corridor (https://t.me/geopolitics_prime/54597), claims 40% of its revenues, and brings in private security contractors to oversee Armenian territory.

Hirad Mahiri, director of the Russian Foreign Policy and Caucasus Research Group says that US aims in securing access to this very strategic overland transit route, “is part of a larger strategy to rethink the regional order, with the aim of weakening Russia’s position and integrating the three South Caucasus republics – Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, into the orbit of Western interests,” Mahiri stresses.

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The Lebanese cabinet has approved the termination of the armed presence, including Hezbollah and Amal, across all Lebanese territories – a statement issued from the cabinet.

But Hezbollah has rejected the cabinet’s decision, saying President Aoun “cannot” make such a call in the absence of Hezbollah-Amal ministers.

Update:  Supporters of the Resistance from all religions, sects and groups are pouring into the streets in massive, widespread demonstrations across Lebanon, affirming their unwavering commitment to preserving the Resistance’s weapons and upholding its strategic option against the israeli enemy.

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The Ukrainian army lost more than 1,335 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours, according to the latest data on the special military operation in Ukraine released by Russia’s Defense Ministry on Thursday.

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Acceleration:

We notice a clear acceleration of events across the world. Time will tell if this continues. At the start of September we have Presidents Putin and Xi Jinping at a summit during China’s celebrations of the end of the 2ndWW. The SCO summit of leaders takes place soon after.

We have continual reports of European actors trying to either create a false flag in the Ukraine, or provcations to meddle with the Russian ‘shadow fleet’, which is of course not dark, but not insured by organizations such as Lloyds of London. This makes the anti-Russian crowd form like a hornet’s nest. The US is pushing for a tri-lateral meeting between President Putin, Trump and non-president Zelensky. President Putin is agile and imminently flexible until he is not. This makes the US crowd form like another angry hornet’s nest.

It is important for Moscow to bring its relations with Washington to a predictable and reliable level of communication which could avoid the war that we all see approaching. (Let’s leave for the moment how possible it is, and stand with that the plans are being formed and not out of Europe alone). Russia must be taking into account Trump’s falling ratings, and before there is no come-back from this, they want something on the table. (They also want their money and their property back).

Europe is being flatly ignored, except that Trump has nobody else to talk to. His adoring press corps are beginning to ask hard questions.

It is a time of black swans and unexpected twists and turns as well as major mistakes by panicking leaders.

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Let us hope that this happens: Indonesia readies island-based medical facility to treat 2,000 Gazans — Jakarta Post

Facility to be located on uninhabited Galang Island, which will temporarily house the wounded and their families who will be sent back to Gaza after their recovery.

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Putin / Trump Meeting: Uskanov’s comments.

Additional: A very important dialogue between Moscow and Washington is underway across various areas, however, many of Russia’s opponents are attempting to derail these talks by spreading disinformation to the US, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev says.

The upcoming meeting between Putin and Trump will help intensify the dialogue between Russia and the United States, Dmitriev adds.

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A little more about what LULA said, and he is correct. He says Trump is trying to break down multi-lateralism by pushing to negotiate Tariffs country by country. Hence BRICS must respond in a unitary Bloc. (It sure looks as if we have ‘our LULA’ back.)

We may have India teetering. Keep open a small window of possibility and look again. India is refusing to bow to the presssure on buying Russian oil. Modi stated: Indian Farmers First!

Russia is speaking up on the India issue. So is China, who condemns this as unfair, unilateral and negative for the world. President Putin’s aids announced a visit to India toward the end of the year.

“Strengthening ties with India is of ‘paramount importance for Russia’ — Security Council Secretary Shoigu. He hails ‘strong, time-tested ties of friendship’ with India & calls for a ‘new, fair, and sustainable world order’”

Aug 6

We hear that LULA says that he plans to call Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss a joint BRICS response to US tariffs.

More but I cannot find it first hand yet. Brazilian President Lula told Reuters that he plans to convene the BRICS leaders, starting with India and China, to discuss a joint response to US tariffs.

Lula also told the agency that former Brazilian President Bolsonaro should be charged with new crimes for calling for the US to impose tariffs on Brazil, calling it a betrayal that harms the country, and accused Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo of inciting the US to act against their own country.

Bolsonaro is now under house arrest having used his social media after the court prohibited his contact with others.

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Tariffs again.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing an additional 25% tariff on imports from India over its purchases of oil from Russia, the White House says. (Is it now 50%? same as Brazil). Trump tasked his Secretary of Commerce to identify whether OTHER countries are directly or indirectly purchasing Russian oil and threatens punitive tariffs against these countries, too.

Earlier today (and there is no evidence that this is connected) all Indian airports were placed on ‘high alert’ due to ‘potential threats’

Modi announced that he will be attending the Heads of State SCO meeting – August 31 to September 1, 2025, in Tianjin. He has not been to China since 2022.

LULA stated that he will not negotiate with the US on Tariffs. Brazil is just fine, he said and do not need to trade with the US. Brazil requested consultations at the WTO.

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During World War II (1939-1945), on August 6, 1945, the US dropped its first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan. Nagasaki followed on the 9th. A Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima. Three days later, a Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki. (These were different types of bombs). The aerial bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people immediately, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict (that we know of). Tens of thousands more immediately or later succumbed to radiation exposure. The nuclear bombing was preceded by a conventional bombing and firebombing campaign that devastated 64 Japanese cities.

It is only 80 years later and these threats again exist in our world, uttered by the same people who now are reportedly repositioning their nuclear subs agressively. They used these weapons on a vanquished enemy. Those who paid attention to this history know that Japan was on the verge of announcing surrender and was a beaten enemy. The bombing had a secondary objective, i.e., to beat Russia to the punch of finally taking Japan down. Russia had declared war against Japan and was invading Manchuria, as the war in the European theater had come to an end but Japan still had to be dealt with.

This is the brutal modern history of humanity, and we all can understand now why massacring some hundreds of thousands of Palestinians is collateral damage (no importante) in the minds of those who are contemplating using such weapons again. We can also again be grateful to Russia who does not kill civilians during their SMO, but take the high road and fight combatants. This is a lesson lost. The formal declaration from Russia that it will no longer keep to its self-imposed restraints on deploying ground-based intermediate- and shorter-range missiles is one of the most major events as this weaponry is being placed in Europe (with malice aforethought).

This is not all that Russia is doing.  It has expanded Oreshnik production and made it available for troops, as I understand it (reminder, nuclear warheads or conventional warheads). It is deploying Sarmat ICBMs to replace the Soviet-era Satan-II, and it is testing Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missiles for unlimited range strikes.

The world is arming itself, obviously understanding that it is necessary.

From Eurasia and Mulitpolarity:

Militarily, the bombing was pointless as Imperial Japan’s military machine was close to finished, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was about to send the Red Army juggernaut to open a second front against Japan. Instead, the bomb was dropped to justify the billions spent on the Manhattan Project and to frighten the Soviet Union.

After Hiroshima was wiped off the map and the population began to suffer the effects of radiation, the United States covered up the destruction and the hell that had been created. Officials would downplay the number of civilian casualties in the two cities and dispute as “propaganda” reports from Japan of extreme suffering caused by “radiation disease.”

George Weller of the Chicago Daily News, began filing graphic reports on the human cost of the bombing. His stories would be quashed by the censorship office and would not become public for 60 years.

The US censorship office under General Douglas MacArthur prohibited all reporting and photography by Japanese journalists. The US military seized all historic newsreel footage shot days after the bombing, this footage would disappear forever. The US then ordered the same Japanese film crew to shoot a documentary, which would be labelled as Top Secret and buried in the archives for the next two and a half decades. The more graphic colour footage shot by the US military would be classified for the next 3 decades.

President Harry Truman, and all successive US Presidents have failed to even apologise for the horrors that unfolded after the nuclear weapons were used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Meeting with US President’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.  The Kremlin’s report says absolutely nothing.  Either it was not important enough to comment on and there is nothing, or we have to wait for Yuri Ushakov to comment.  The readout:  “The President of Russia met in the Kremlin with Special Envoy of the President of the United States of America Steve Witkoff. ”

Aug 5

Israeli settlers attacked Russian diplomats – Moscow

Message from Pepe:

 

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The Lebanese government session has started.  The major issue is to get Hezbollah to turn in their weapons.  Chaired by President Joseph Aoun (see western poodle), with the attendance of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and the ministers, western pressure is incredible.  There has been major street action in the last few days.    Hezbollah released a video ahead of Tuesday’s Lebanese government session, rejecting recent calls for the group’s disarmament.   The Cradle explains:  https://thecradle.co/articles/no-compromise-on-sovereignty-hezbollah-doubles-down-ahead-of-govt-meeting-on-weapons

Aug 4

The cancelling process on Francesca Albanese is in full swing. Francesca Albanese loses ‘Blue Check’ status on X – the zionists complained to Elon Musk, and he pulled it because of the US illegal sanctions on her.  All it means is that the user is authentic and is who she purports to be, which affects reach.  X is her preferred communication method, and of course, widely used among all professionals.  I have just linked to her permanently, or as long as necessary, on the War and Genocide thread.  I will put a request on our Telegram channel for everyone to do this on their sites and their social media.

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More and more reports indicate that Witkoff’s previously almost canceled visit to Moscow will take place for negotiations on the fate of NATO officers captured in Ukraine.  Earlier, several specialized media reported that Russia captured active NATO officers Lieutenant Colonel Richard Carroll and Colonel Edward Blake.  Both are active officers of the British Army, and an unidentified MI-6 (British intelligence) agent was also captured.

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India issues a formal statement:

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China Rejects U.S. Demands to Stop Buying Russian Oil

Beijing has flatly rejected Washington’s calls to halt purchases of Russian oil, according to the Associated Press.

“China will always secure its energy supplies in ways that serve our national interests. Pressure and coercion are useless. We will firmly defend our sovereignty, security, and development interests,” said China’s Foreign Ministry.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier admitted that when it comes to buying Russian oil, “the Chinese are very serious about their sovereignty.”

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Russian Social Media (on two lighter notes):

“You dont have the cards” pic.twitter.com/LNrKnnN0sF

— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) August 4, 2025

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Nobel Peace Prize is dissipating:

He’s so mad that he isn’t getting his Nobel Peace Prize that he has completely gone off the reservation. East Calling states: As I’ve mentioned before, the one hope for the West was that they could peel India away from the Eastern Bloc and BRICS, but all he is doing is proving why everyone needs to abandon dependency on, and serious contact with the USA.

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Maria Zakharova:

Russia is ready to expand ties with the Global South to counter sanctions, Maria Zakharova said.

The diplomat also noted that the tightening of US sanctions against Global South countries infringes on their sovereignty and constitutes interference in their affairs.

🈁M.V. Zakharova: Sanctions and restrictions are a regrettable reality of today’s historical stage that affects the entire world. Washington cannot come to terms with the loss of hegemony in the emerging multipolar world order and continues to pursue a neocolonial policy in an attempt to maintain its position, applying politicized levers of economic pressure against those who refuse to follow in its wake on the international stage.

Contrary to the main provisions in the field of free trade, which Western countries themselves once promoted, politically motivated protectionism and voluntaristic increases in tariff barriers are taking place, with one of our key partners – Brazil – becoming a victim.

This US policy is a direct encroachment on the national sovereignty of states, an attempt to interfere in their internal affairs, not to mention that it generally threatens to slow economic growth, damage supply chains, and fragment the global economy.

Nevertheless, we believe that no tariff wars or sanctions can alter the natural course of history. We have a huge number of partners, like-minded people, and allies who share this approach among the Global South countries and, first and foremost, #BRICS.

We are ready to expand cooperation with them to counter illegal unilateral sanction pressure and to form a truly multilateral, fair, and equitable world order.

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In terms of global trade the trade routes and trade partners are now changing rapidly and the presentation of global trade will change to a completely different picture in the weeks and months to come. In reality, countries are not willing to pay the tariffs which are seen as a coercive, an illegal shake-down and plunder. Even the countries that are making so-called trade deals with the US, are only buying time to change their trade profile. Even India understands for whom the bell tolls. Modi in India urged Indians to purchase local product only.

Professor Wolff: ‘We’re #2, it’s OVER’ ‘Nobody wants to be the politician who has to explain that it’s over!’ Trump tariffs ‘lose US jobs left and right’.

https://t.me/rtnews/105289

He’s so mad that he isn’t getting his Nobel Peace Prize that he has completely gone off the reservation.

As I’ve mentioned before, the one hope for the West was that they could peel India away from the Eastern Bloc and BRICS, but all he is doing is proving why everyone needs to abandon dependency on the USA as soon as possible.

Today, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a group strike by the Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missiles and attack long-range unmanned aerial vehicles at infrastructure of the AFU military airfields.

✅ The goal of the strike has been achieved, all the assigned targets were engaged.

The Russian MFA posted an informational on Operation Rail War. On August 3, 1943, Operation Rail War commenced in the occupied western regions of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Belarus and Ukraine during #WWII. The operation’s objective was to disrupt the Nazis’ supply deliveries and reinforcements to the eastern front.

The analysts report that Russia’s latest groups strikes are focused on taking out railwqys and bridges in order to distrupt supply deliveries and reinforcements to the Ukie forces.

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India, Brazil reject US demands to stop buying Russian oil — Chinese newspaper (https://tass.com/economy/1997635)

According to Lu Xiang, research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Science, every country has the right to safeguard its legitimate interests, and Brazil and India are acting on this principle, which reflects their pursuit of an independent foreign policy.

(In terms of India, the jury is out and we will have to see if they have courage of their spoken convictions).

China quickly organized a trade show for Brazilian coffee. There is a coffee culture in China and over 100 Brazilian coffee producers took part. LULA da Silva announced that Brazil is not dependent on trade with the US any longer.

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Our Daily Kremlin – Key statements of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

🔹It is obvious that the US submarines are already on combat duty, this is an ongoing process;

🔹Moscow is careful about statements related to nuclear issues and believes that everyone should be careful with this topic;

🔹Russia believes that there can be no winner in a nuclear war;

🔹Russia takes a responsible position and attentively treats the topic of nuclear non-proliferation;

🔹Dialogue between Moscow and Washington continues, the US continues its efforts to mediate on the conflict in Ukraine;

🔹US efforts to mediate on the conflict in Ukraine are important, including in the context of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine;

🔹Russia considers contacts with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff important, meaningful and very useful, and we are always glad to see Witkoff in Moscow;

🔹We do not rule out possibility of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Witkoff this week;

🔹Russia remains committed to the idea that political and diplomatic settlement in Ukraine is preferable.

Aug 3

This guy is now getting too loose with facts. It is now a constant lie after a lie, sentence after sentence.

It causes a dangerous world if he tells lies so blatantly.

Aug 3

Turkey may be dropping a secret: Turkish media report that Trump will need to obtain permission from Turkey if he decides to deploy American submarines in the Black Sea waters.

The Turkish newspaper Turkiye writes, citing international law expert Hakan Erkiner, that if Trump meant the Black Sea when he said he would place nuclear submarines “closer to Russia,” then according to the Montreux Convention, he will need to get special permission, as the convention does not allow the permanent presence of nuclear submarines there.

The Montreux Convention limits the stay of non-Black Sea states’ ships in the Black Sea waters.

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LULA is on a tear:   The United States ‘helped to stage a coup in Brazil and ‘I don’t need to be subordinated to the Dollar’.  He vows to NEVER ‘give up’ on ‘building an alternative currency’.

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These carnal desires and the puppetry of some Arab governments are the reason behind the failure of a hundred million Arabs to free Palestine from the clutches of Israel. They must understand that the goal of the powerful imperialist governments in creating Israel was not limited to the occupation of Palestine; rather, if given the chance, all Arab countries—God forbid—could suffer the same fate as Palestine.

Imam Khomeini
October 11,1972

Aug 2

Done and Dusted and no Downtime!  The server smiled.  GlobalSouth.co may go down for a little time today. We are doing a sensitive upgrade. I once wore a T-Shirt to quite an important business meeting where business attire was required, but I did not like those partners. My T-Shirt stated: Technology! Not For Wimps! Our environment is getting more challenging on the technology side. Who knows, we may integrate an AI.

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I like Shirley Bassey Live:  Whoo!  We gotta play it, says this here instruction manual 😇

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This is where the world is with US basic squeeze, juice or vigorish from the mob, aka Tariffs.  This is just for breathing, and there are sectoral tariffs.

🇦🇫 Afghanistan – 15%
🇩🇿 Algeria – 30%
🇦🇴 Angola – 15%
🇧🇩 Bangladesh – 20%
🇧🇴 Bolivia – 15%
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina – 30%
🇧🇼 Botswana – 15%
🇧🇷 Brazil – 10%
🇧🇳 Brunei – 25%
🇰🇭 Cambodia – 19%
🇨🇲 Cameroon – 15%
🇹🇩 Chad – 15%
🇨🇷 Costa Rica – 15%
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire – 15%
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo – 15%
🇪🇨 Ecuador – 15%
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea – 15%
🇪🇺 European Union (Goods >15%) – 0%
🇪🇺 European Union (Goods <15%) – 15%
🇫🇰 Falkland Islands – 10%
🇫🇯 Fiji – 15%
🇬🇭 Ghana – 15%
🇬🇾 Guyana – 15%
🇮🇸 Iceland – 15%
🇮🇳 India – 25%
🇮🇩 Indonesia – 19%
🇮🇶 Iraq – 35%
🇮🇱 Israel – 15%
🇯🇵 Japan – 15%
🇯🇴 Jordan – 15%
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan – 25%
🇱🇦 Laos – 40%
🇱🇸 Lesotho – 15%
🇱🇾 Libya – 30%
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein – 15%
🇲🇬 Madagascar – 15%
🇲🇼 Malawi – 15%
🇲🇾 Malaysia – 19%
🇲🇺 Mauritius – 15%
🇲🇩 Moldova – 25%
🇲🇿 Mozambique – 15%
🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) – 40%
🇳🇦 Namibia – 15%
🇳🇷 Nauru – 15%
🇳🇿 New Zealand – 15%
🇳🇮 Nicaragua – 18%
🇳🇬 Nigeria – 15%
🇲🇰 North Macedonia – 15%
🇳🇴 Norway – 15%
🇵🇰 Pakistan – 19%
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea – 15%
🇵🇭 Philippines – 19%
🇷🇸 Serbia – 35%
🇿🇦 South Africa – 30%
🇰🇷 South Korea – 15%
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka – 20%
🇨🇭 Switzerland – 39%
🇸🇾 Syria – 41%
🇹🇼 Taiwan – 20%
🇹🇭 Thailand – 19%
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago – 15%
🇹🇳 Tunisia – 25%
🇹🇷 Türkiye – 15%
🇺🇬 Uganda – 15%
🇬🇧 UK – 10%
🇻🇺 Vanuatu – 15%
🇻🇪 Venezuela – 15%
🇻🇳 Vietnam – 20%
🇿🇲 Zambia – 15%
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe – 15%

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India for once seems to be standing up and buying their energy where they want to buy it from. We will see how long it lasts.

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Witkoff was taken for a zionist photo opportunity and decided to announce a clear lie that the whole world knows is a lie. He says: “Difficulty and scarcity in Gaza but NO famine’, Witkoff tells families of Israeli hostages. ‘After we disprove Hamas’ claim we can continue talks to end war’ Updates on the War and Genocide Thread.

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Even with Trump’s deployment of two nuclear submarines (can one even believe it and on the basis of a tweet!!) Russia is not stepping back and neither is China.

Russia: ‘We will continue to advance even with a greater speed.’

🇷🇺 Servicemen of the 10th Guards Tank Regiment as part of the Yug Group of Forces set up the Russian Flag over Aleksandro-Kalinovo (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/22495). The Schturmovoy deputy unit leader with the call sign ‘Rotor’ spoke about the combat work in detail.

China: The Pakistan Army has inducted China’s export-oriented Z-10ME attack helicopter, Pakistani media reported on Saturday. A Chinese expert said that this would mark the first export deal of the Z-10, and the helicopter’s strong firepower and survivability could boost Pakistan’s defense capabilities, especially in the field of anti-terrorism.

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