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Africa’s broken grids with Paula Slier
The wonderful essays that AHH has been writing for us for a clearer understanding wrt the stance and development in Africa take the high road. The vision is expressed with clarity, and at least for me, quite wonderful.
Here, with Paula Slier, long-term RT correspondent for Africa mainly south of the Sahara, we take a low… Continue reading
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Apr 20 2023 FM Lavrov’s remarks: joint news conference with FM Nicaragua Denis Moncada Colindres, Nicaragua
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks during a joint news conference with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Nicaragua Denis Moncada Colindres following talks, Managua, April 19, 2023
I’ll start with a few notes and a few observations on the complete visit of FM Lavrov to LAC.It seems as if Mr Lavrov is traveling with a… Continue reading
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Apr 20 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: It is a shouting world!
April 23
From M. K. BHADRAKUMAR at his Indian Punchline –
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Apr 18 2023 FM Lavrov’s visit to Brazil: Agenda and Transcript
On April 17, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1863973/) the Federative Republic of Brazil as part of his trip to Latin America.
During the visit, which was marked by the traditionally friendly atmosphere of the bilateral relations, Sergey Lavrov…
🤝 was received by President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva;
🤝 met with Chief Advisor of the… Continue reading -
Apr 18 2023 Elvira Nabiullina: joint meeting of State Duma
Elvira Nabiullina’s speech at joint meeting of State Duma dedicated committees on Bank of Russia’s 2022 Annual Report
I thought some of you would enjoy this speech. Notable is the close work relationship with the Duma, which means Elvira is not out there on a limb making decisions as she likes. There were also further discussions, one aspect of which was the seizing… Continue reading
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Apr 17 2023 Sanctions ‘undermine hegemony of dollar’, US Treasury admits
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted to CNN that Washington’s unilateral sanctions on countries around the world “could undermine the hegemony of the dollar”.
From Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy
The secretary of the US Treasury, Janet Yellen, has admitted that Washington’s imposition of unilateral sanctions on countries around the world could weaken the dominance of the dollar.
“There… Continue reading
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Apr 15 2023 Concept Substitution: A comment from Maria Zakharova
This is a concept that we have to add to our lists of how the US/NATO countries are hitting back.
#Opinion by Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
💬 Export control is an area of government activity that regulates the crossing of borders by special goods that could be used in developing weapons. Since we are talking about… Continue reading
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Apr 15 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: Picking up the pieces and counting the costs – changing paradigms worldwide is not for wimps!
April 19
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Apr 14 2023 Michael Hudson & Radhika Desai: Russia leaves neoliberal West to join World Majority (Do Not Miss This)
Russia joins World Majority 4 13 23
Geopolitical Economy Hour 007
Russia leaves neoliberal West to join World Majority
What follows is an edited transcript. Square brackets indicate material which has been corrected for factual accuracy or in order to provide differentiating information.
RADHIKA DESAI: Hi everyone, welcome to the seventh Geopolitical Economy Hour, a program about… Continue reading
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Apr 14 2023 Afghanistan: The hard work towards independence of country, mind, body and spirit
Shortly after the US withdrew in Disarray and Shame from Afghanistan, they tried to deploy their own military infrastructure in neighboring countries. The Afghan neighbors are Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. China in a sense picked up the burden of Afghanistan, almost like an orphan child, but ongoing are the discussions of… Continue reading
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Apr 13 2023 Article by Sergey Lavrov for print media in the Latin American countries
Russia and Latin America: Forward-looking partnership and cooperation
In the run-up to my visit to Latin America, I decided to share with readers my thoughts on the prospects for Russian-Latin American relations in the current geopolitical context.
The international situation remains extremely tense and continues to worsen in many aspects. The main reason for that is the… Continue reading