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May 16 2023 Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine
Nebenzia is not beating around the bush here!
Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine
Mme.President,Before I start, I must flag the hypocrisy behind the convening of this Security Council meeting on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. No such meetings of the Council were held in April. Neither France… Continue reading
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May 15 2023 Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson: Ukraine’s neoliberalism on steroids, Europe’s economic suicide (Update transcript)
To analyze the conflict in Ukraine, political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by economic geographer Mick Dunford. They discuss the aggressive neoliberal reforms being imposed by the Ukrainian government and Europe’s suicidal policies.
Thanks to Ben Norton who hosts these sessions at Geopolitical Economy.
Transcript
(What follows is a lightly edited transcript.)RADHIKA DESAI: Hello… Continue reading
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May 15 2023 South Africa as a major indicator of the current hegemonic tactics trying to win back Africa: but that is not all
Africa, South of the Sahara has a problem or rather, it has three problems. South Africa is the best example of the three problems.
We have to quickly look at the surroundings and the whole picture of geopolitics in our world. Every Western sleeper cell, every Stay Behind group of cadres, every Alphabet Agency and their… Continue reading
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May 15 2023 Brian Berletic: US Proxies Win Thai 2023 General Elections – Thai-Chinese Relations at Risk, Instability Looms…
This is the scale and the audacity of US and EU Political interference.
– US interference in Thailand’s media & information space, education system, and political system has reached critical mass, allowing US-sponsored opposition parties to sweep elections;
– so-called “pro-democracy” parties are led by corrupt billionaires including a convicted criminal and fugitive behind the worst… Continue reading
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May 14 2023 Cries and Whispers Along the Russian Watchtowers
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
Remember Putin: “We haven’t even started anything yet.”
“Whispers of an ‘evil power’ were heard in lines at dairy shops, in streetcars, stores, apartments, kitchens, suburban and long-distance trains, at stations large and small, in dachas, and on beaches. Needless to say, truly mature and cultured people did… Continue reading -
May 13 2023 Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top. The rough theme: Fog everywhere
May 17
On this generally quiet day, the . People seem to have time for some fun.
AHH… Continue reading
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May 12 2023 Russians Cancelled: European crusade against Russians
From RT’s Documentary Channel
“Everything Russian is rejected and assaulted”, “Speak as little Russian in public as possible”. These are quotes from Russian people living abroad who have recently been confronted with constant verbal assaults, rudeness and even physical threats during the recent wave of russophobia. Even children get hurt.
European and especially Eastern European highways… Continue reading
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May 12 2023 FM Lavrov: Foundations of the international legal order vs the “rules-based order”
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s video address to the participants in the session of the 11th St Petersburg International Legal Forum ‘Foundations of the international legal order vs the “rules-based order”: The future of international law,’
Colleagues,I am delighted to offer my greetings to the participants in the 11th St Petersburg International Legal Forum.
Since its inception, the… Continue reading
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May 12 2023 Prighozin goes for the jugular AGAIN (Update)
UPDATE: I’m putting this update on the top, as the fog is fast clearing around this complete issue. There also is one aspect that I did not mention.
What I mentioned, is that I see political activity. From Inessa S, translator and well-known for her Russian/English translations, we have this: https://t.me/c/1601261659/280479
Please note this is… Continue reading
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Sudan Crisis: latest updates with Ahmed Kaballo
I would recommend this. It will also feed into an update that I am writing on this post, You have a right to exist, only if we give it to you, but from a regional perspective as we see the empire destabilizing whole regions now.
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May 11 2023 Gonzalo Lira
In a recent Daily Chronicles I mentioned that public comment on the disappearance of Lira is not as brisk as the previous time, when the Security Service of Ukraine detained him. It looks like the tempo is now increasing.
Maria Zakharova published this statement on Gonzalo Lira
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1868967/) on the abduction… Continue reading -
May 10 2023 NY Times is wrong on dedollarization: Economist Michael Hudson debunks Paul Krugman’s dollar defense
This is an absolute joy. Michael can stand up and fight and this is an epic debunk. Thanks to Ben Norton of geopoliticaleconomy.com for providing the platform.
Economist Michael Hudson responds to the misleading arguments against de-dollarization that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman made in his attempt to defend US hegemony and the dollar system. … Continue reading
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May 10 2023 Wagging the Moon Doggie (for real!)
I’ve long held the theory that the Russians should speak and not keep secrets.
Now this one we all know. Probably all of us have read or heard of Dave McGowan’s Wagging the Moon Doggie as it was almost required reading at the time. Dave said that the moon landing was a hoax. Unless one is… Continue reading
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May 09 2023 Victory Parade on Red Square: Speech by the President of Russia at the military parade
Victory Parade on Red Square
President of Russia – Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation Armed Forces Vladimir Putin attended a military parade marking the 78th anniversary of Victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War.
May 9, 2023
Red Square, MoscowAlongside with the President of Russia on the stand were Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov,… Continue reading