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Oct 14 2022 
Main Points: Pres. Putin in Astana at CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit has started first with meetings in Astana.
Mr.Lavrov’s comments are as usual pragmatic, but there is a surprise there. Let’s take a look at the summary:
FM Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks at a meeting with Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, October 14
(https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1833829/)
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Michael Hudson & Pepe Escobar
A roadmap to escape the west’s stranglehold
The geoeconomic pathway away from the neoliberal order is fraught with peril, but the rewards in establishing an alternative system are as promising as they are urgentFirst posted at the Cradle.
It is impossible to track the geoeconomic turbulence inherent to the “birth pangs” of the multipolar world without the… Continue reading
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Oct 06 2022 
The NS1 and NS2 sabotage impact potential
By Jorge Vilches and originally written for The Saker Blog. (In future, we will cross post)
It´s valid to assume that the provoked NATO-Anglo-WEF-Ukraine war objectives were (1) to trigger regime change in Russia aided by military defeat while also (2) cutting Europe off Russia´s cheap and excellent resources thus also (3) choking Russia´s exports and… Continue reading
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Oct 02 2022 
Bolivia: Luis Arce at UNGA – 14-points to transformation
Ben Norton from Multipolarista.com
Note: The US government and OAS are again trying to destabilize Bolivia’s elected socialist government The same day the US approved a lie-filled “report” seeking to discredit Bolivia’s election, far-right coup leader Camacho launched a new destabilization plot
Bolivia’s President Luis Arce used his platform at the United Nations General Assembly to propose… Continue reading
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Webinar for the week: China encirclement
Topics include exactly those issues that Mr Lavrov spoke about in his UNGA speech. Enjoy! Radhika Desai brings together new voices, younger voices and serious voices. It is always a pleasure.
* AUKUS and the attempts to construct an Asian NATO
* The rightward shift in Japan and South Korea
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UNGA: Latin America
The Central and South Americas were not quiet at this past UNGA and this is perhaps the most striking feature, the number of countries openly speaking out against the hegemon. Following is a list of statements, drawn together by Ben Norton on his Twitter. https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton
Colombia’s first ever left-wing President Gustavo Petro gave a historic UN… Continue reading
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Thunder heard from downunder
Our own Col .. the farmer from New Zealand testifies that there is not enough space in the commenting section for his writings and he is doing the right thing, and putting them in posts! You are welcome Col.
A view from the Antipodes of an existential war with monumental implications
While I have been languishing… Continue reading
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Partial Mobilization, UNGA, Noise vs Serious
By this time we all know that President Putin announced partial mobilization in Russia, China has put their military troops on a higher level of readiness, four areas in Ukraine will start voting to join Russia as soon as tomorrow.
We should remember, mobilization in Russia was announced only three times in history. July 18, 1914,… Continue reading
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Sep 20 2022 
First SCO, now RCEP (and ASEAN)
The regional organizations are building strength and confidence, and they are cooperating. All of Mr Lavrov’s speeches and Mr Putin’s speeches now contain the words ‘multipolar world’ or ‘pluripolarity. More than that, they express in all of the their public communication that a multipolar world cannot be stopped any longer. It is a fact. … Continue reading
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More SCO: comments and the fight continues
We cannot get away from SCO. It was a watershed summit. I say again, that we have an organized, developed, secure, stable, and mature organization that can challenge the rules-based international order and is militarily and economically able to do so.
Many do not understand how this SCO Summit was structured. It was not a question… Continue reading
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Samarkand SCO Summit Declaration
It is clear that we have an organized, developed, secure, stable, and mature organization that can challenge the rules-based international order. We also know that the SCO countries have military potential at least equal to that of NATO. What The Saker called Zone B, and I call World Order Z has taken shape, they… Continue reading
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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping at SCO Summit
Vladimir Putin and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Samarkand.
September 15, 2022
14:20
SamarkandPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin: Comrade Xi Jinping, my dear friend,
Chinese colleagues,
It is a pleasure to welcome you at the meeting.
I would like to note that the President and I met in Beijing during the Olympic Games six months ago, and many events have happened since then. The world is rapidly changing but there… Continue reading
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Sep 13 2022 
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in a Changing World
The Role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in a Changing World was discussed at the recent Eastern Economic Forum (EEF). This specific discussion is number three on this page, and you can listen to the complete session. https://forumvostok.ru/en/programme/business-programme/?day=06.09.2022
On the eve of the first in-person SCO conference since the start of Covid, and Mr Xi Jinping’s first major trip… Continue reading
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Sep 08 2022 
Asia’s future takes shape in Vladivostok, the Russian Pacific
Sixty-eight countries gathered on Russia’s far eastern coast to listen to Moscow’s economic and political vision for the Asia-Pacific
By Pepe Escobar : posted with permission and first posted at The Cradle:The Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok is one of the indispensable annual milestones for keeping up not only with the complex development process of… Continue reading
