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Feb 17 2026 
Patrushev on the protection of navigation and maritime borders of the Russian Federation
Nikolai Patrushev said that pirate attacks on the Russian maritime trade indicate that Western opponents decided to paralyze the foreign trade of our country / Pavel Bednyakov / RIA Novosti
(The translation is not wonderful but absolutely understandable).
“If we do not give them a tough rebuff, then soon the British, the French and even the Balts… Continue reading
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Feb 17 2026 
Iran & US hold constructive talks and exchange ideas on nuclear issue – Araghchi
Sputnik
💬 “I can say that at this round, compared to the last one, we brought up absolutely serious issues for discussion, the atmosphere was more productive. Various ideas were put up for discussion, and we had serious discussions on these ideas, and finally we found a strategic route that we will follow, along which we… Continue reading
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Feb 17 2026 
Trilateral talks on Ukraine end in Geneva after 6 hours of discussions
The talks were held behind closed doors at Hotel InterContinental
GENEVA, February 17. /TASS/. The trilateral closed-door talks on the Ukrainian settlement involving Russia, the United States, and Ukraine have ended in Geneva after six hours of discussions, a source told TASS.
The talks began at 1:56 p.m. local time (12:56 a.m. GMT). They were held behind… Continue reading
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Feb 16 2026 
Pepe Escobar: Baviera Rhapsody: Insecurity Conference targets re-colonization of the Global South
The path towards 5th Generation War will accelerate. We are entering the next stage of an “omnipresent battlefield.”
Strategic CultureNo one ever lost money betting on major farce taking over every Munich (In)Security Conference. But the 62nd edition this past weekend did send the Stupidity-O-Meter off the charts.
First of all, the context:
The “rules-based international order” was… Continue reading
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Feb 16 2026 
Alastair Crooke: Trump Kabuki theatre in Ukraine: Nothing of substance gets resolved
The Witkoff negotiation enterprise is distancing Russia from its security imperatives.
Strategic Culture
Note: If you take a look at Alastair’s teasing out the realities on the the Ukraine side, and you change the details for the BoP and a Palestinian Homeland including Gaza, it is the very same thing.
It is not a glitch… Continue reading
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Feb 16 2026 
Indonesia prepares to deploy 1,000 troops to Gaza for Trump’s ‘stabilization force’
Other nations have refused to participate in the force, fearing they would be required to ‘disarm Hamas’ and carry out operations against Palestinians on Israel’s behalf.
The CradleIndonesia is preparing to deploy 1,000 troops to Gaza as early as April as part of US President Donald Trump’s International Stabilization Force (ISF), Reuters reported on 16 February,… Continue reading
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Feb 16 2026 
Brian Berletic: At the AI Race’s Finishing Line: A World of Abundance or Automated Dominance?
NEO
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, an important but unnoticed debate is taking place within the halls of Western power and among a handful of billionaire business leaders and investors regarding the shape of the world to come as this technology permeates every aspect of modern civilization.
Western-based optimists insist that AI will bring about… Continue reading -
Feb 16 2026 
Kim Dotcom: The Palantir (alleged) Hack
https://x.com/KimDotcom/status/2023165849721536672
Palantir was allegedly hacked. An AI agent was used to gain super-user access and here”s what the hackers allegedly found: Peter Thiel and Alex Karp commit mass surveillance of world leaders and titans of industry on a massive scale. They have thousands of hours of transcribed and searchable conversations of Donald Trump, JD Vance and… Continue reading
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Feb 16 2026 
Daily Chronicles
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Feb 22
India and the US had trade talks scheduled for tomorrow. These talks are now delayed/cancelled/postponed/called off/paused/deferred or otherwise they will/or won’t happen. Nobody knows. Did India call off the… Continue reading
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Feb 15 2026 
MOATS: George Galloway – RUMBLE IN THE JUMBLE | Silent summit | Trump, Netanyahu, Iran | Israel’s phoney peace | Epstein now
🌍 RUMBLE IN THE JUMBLE | The world is sliding deeper into chaos — and tonight on The Mother of All Talkshows, George Galloway cuts through the noise.
Was there a silent summit between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu?
What is really happening behind closed doors over Iran, Gaza, and the so-called “peace” process?
And… Continue reading
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Feb 15 2026 
Prof. Marandi: Demystifying Iran | Sanctions: The art of silently killing kids
For more than forty years, the United States has carried out a prolonged campaign of economic pressure against the Islamic Republic of Iran, relying not on military strikes but on sanctions, financial isolation, and restrictions on banking. Marketed as an alternative to open warfare, this approach has sought to weaken Iran’s ability to endure external… Continue reading
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Feb 15 2026 
The Chinese have learned to transport giant ships across rivers and dams with an elevator
China once again proved that the country seeks to be in all its first. Recently, the world’s largest hydroelectric power plant, the World’s largest ship lift, has been launched at full capacity. And although this idea is not new at all, but the ship lift really surprised, because at a height of 113 meters dry… Continue reading
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Feb 15 2026 
Running for the Drum!
Narco Rubio’s speech have the global majority running! For the Drum! If it was not clear before, it is clear now. One cannot participate with the one who wants to destroy you. (roughy from memory: Thomas Sankara).
This old song by Buffy Sainte-Marie comes to mind. She sings about ‘Kessagesh’, which is the puppy in a… Continue reading
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Feb 15 2026 
Keynote: Chinese FM Wang Yi at the 62nd Munich Security Conference Conversation with China
First a selection of extracts of the most important quotes. Wang Yi called out the trouble spots by name and the message is clear: “Baby, you gotta get it! We now live in a multipolar world!”.
This is vastly different from the Marco Rubio speech, that carried across a very old message and it looks like… Continue reading
