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Jul 06 2023 US involvement in the conflict in Ukraine
This publication by the Russian MFA details the involvement of the US in the Ukraine SMO. In addition, we’ve just recently had news of the CIA involvement. The CIA that is benign and really does not know anything but “The CIA was central to the war even before it started.” The newsweek article and the… Continue reading
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Jul 06 2023 Embracing Defeat: The European Union in the Wake of the Ukrainian War
By Declan Hayes and first posted at Strategic Culture
Even if Europe must perish, we should at least spare ourselves from being further tormented by Bloodlands’ blood suckers, Declan Hayes writes.
This article extrapolates from a number of key factors to assess Europe’s future when peace in our time eventually returns to Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands, that vast… Continue reading
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Jul 04 2023 A long lost video re-appears: NATO forcefully stopped African leaders from saving Ghaddafi
A very rare and old video of Uganda President Yoweri Museveni talking about just how NATO forcefully stopped 6 African leaders from saving Ghaddafi during the Libya invasion. You will probably need both the soundtrack and the subtitles to understand the accent, but it is worth it.
NATO wanted to destroy one man, and they destroyed… Continue reading
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Jul 04 2023 Douglas Macgregor
He now has a twitter account. https://twitter.com/DougAMacgregor
This is a good video. He is talking to a Brazilian channel.
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Jul 04 2023 Full text of Xi’s address at SCO summit
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) via video conference here on Tuesday.
The following is the full text of the address:
Staying True to Our Founding Mission and Advancing Unity and Coordination to Realize Greater Development
Statement by… Continue reading
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Jul 04 2023 Washington’s REAL Policy on China – “Repairing Ties” is Theater Ahead of Sanctions, War
Brian Berletic takes a step back to discuss Blinken’s visit to China before the Progozhin affaire took over the airwaves and consumed everyone’s attention.
It is again topical in the runup to Janet Yellen’s visit to China planned from July 6 to 9. Both Chinese and American analysts believe that the two sides could make some… Continue reading
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Jul 04 2023 SCO is meeting
The expectations of this SCO summit are high. The member states of this major security and trade organization represents 42% of the world population and 25% of GDP.
Iran has been accepted as permanent member and so has Belarus. For Iran, this will mean that even the remnants of the US regime of sanctions can now… Continue reading
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Jul 03 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.
Jul 9
Slow for new news. The old news is being regurgitated and the discussion is around… Continue reading
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Jul 02 2023 The Age of Confrontation: Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev-on how the tectonic civilizational rift can and should be resolved
Statements by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, made during an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta:
Summary
▪️ The course of the AFU counter-offensive proved unexpected for Kiev’s Western sponsors, who believed in the “omnipotence of unlimited dough”. The defeat of the AFU in the Artemovsk direction was a foregone conclusion;
▪️ European businesses that have… Continue reading
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Jul 02 2023 “Zaluzhny’s revelations”: the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine found those responsible for the problems of the counteroffensive
From https://ria.ru/20230702/zaluzhnyy-1881678702.html
Ed Note: Alexander Mercouris speculates that Zalushni disappeared because he would not take part in the Ukrainian counter-offensive or offensive. He deals with these issues in some depth, as well as the secret meeting of Burns to Ukraine and his video is posted at the end.
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Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny… Continue reading
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Jul 02 2023 Why I Joined The ‘Special Military Operation’ – Russian Medic Interview Uncut – Part 1 & 2
This never happens – Russian soldiers do not talk. Ivan who joined the ‘SMO’ as a Medic in the very early days tells his story. He is careful in what he says, but he does criticize. He is interviewed by Australian podcaster, Willie OAM.
Ivan Martynov, who completed a 6-month contract as part of a special… Continue reading
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Jul 01 2023 A Matryoshka of Psyops: And Why General Armageddon Is Not Going Anywhere
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
The main problem faced by Russia is not the Hegemon and NATO: it’s domestic, Pepe Escobar writes.
The secret of a perfect psyop is that no one really understands it.
A perfect psyop accomplishes two tasks: it renders the enemy dazed and confused while achieving a set of very… Continue reading
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Jul 01 2023 Weekend Discussion: How will the Ukraine war end?
It will not end with a peace treaty, but with an unconditional surrender and those circumstances will define the how and when of an eventual cessation of hostilities. The surrender may be in words, or it may be that Ukraine will just peter out until the hostilities cease on the ground because there is nobody… Continue reading
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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