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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
Oh… Continue reading
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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
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Apr 11 2023 
The Pentagon Leaks Charade
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
The script reads like a spoof straight out of the legendary Mad magazine 1960’s cartoon “Spy vs. Spy”: Secret Pentagon Documents Fall in the Hands of Malign Russia. Well, actually in the hands of millions accessing Twitter and Telegram.
So here, at face value, we have a major… Continue reading
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Apr 11 2023 
Saudi-Yemen peace talks underway in Sanaa
The prospect of ending Saudi Arabia’s eight-year war in Yemen advanced quickly since China brokered a détente between Iran and the kingdom
From News Desk at the Cradle.
Official delegations from Saudi Arabia and Oman held the first round of peace talks with officials from Yemen’s Ansarallah resistance group on 9 April, as Riyadh seeks a permanent… Continue reading
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Apr 11 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: Lula in China
April 14
The Chinese government suprised Lula during his official welcoming ceremony with a rendition of… Continue reading
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Apr 10 2023 
Don’t kiss the Dalai Lama
From Caitlin Johnstone
The Dalai Lama Is A Creepy Asshole
(Readers sensitive to discussion of inappropriate adult behavior toward children may want to skip this one.)
There’s a really gross video going around of the Dalai Lama kissing a young boy on the lips and telling him to suck his tongue while an adult audience looks on approvingly. A… Continue reading
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