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Apr 22 2023 
NATO Launches Biggest-Ever War Drills in Atlantic AND Pacific
The original article is an op-ed from Strategic Culture.
I would like to add this graphic which is from Nat South from a few days ago. Of course this depiction does not stay static and changes, but this is what it…
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Apr 21 2023 
Lessons Learned and Lessons Not Learned
With thanks to Batiushka, the author.
Image: The Provinces of the Pre-2014 Ukraine
In February 1917 the scheming British ambassador to Saint Petersburg, Sir George Buchanan, orchestrated a coup d’etat, implemented by treacherous and power-hungry Russian aristocrats,…
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Apr 21 2023 
Stoltenberg announced the consent of all NATO countries to Ukraine’s entry into the alliance
The following two pieces were machine translated from cont.ws
Looking at the header alone, we can already ask: Who is fighting who? From Stoltenberg’s remarks this morning, it is clear that the pretext for NATO to enter into a larger conflict…
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Apr 21 2023 
FM Lavrov presser in Cuba
We have some spirit and some vigor in Cuba, different from the comments that I made here.
First the Russian MFA summary of opening remarks which contains a statement that I concur with, and have stated in various ways on our…
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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…
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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… -
Apr 20 2023 
Larry Romanoff: two ebooks
Larry has kindly supplied us with these two e-books from his writings.
They are very topical after the so-called leak of classified documents, which was not a leak, but in my language an advertisement and a fear operation in order to…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
