Posted by April 24th 2023. How does it end? Well now it is 21st July 2023…time for re-consideration. What about the “Stans” which President Putin made sure to visit?
What we do know now is Sweden have joined NATO.
“Armed Conflict versus Diplomacy”. Is there a way … yet?
https://youtu.be/7vZXJ8rq5tg
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Russia seizes Danone and Carlsberg Assets. For all the Kremlin ass kissing and appeasement, these craven corporate execs still ended up with the same result. They should have just pulled out with the rest of the civilized world when the war started
bloomberg.com Russia Takes ‘Temporary’ Control of Danone and Carlsberg Assets Russia seized control of the Russian subsidiaries of France’s Danone SA and Denmark’s Carlsberg under a decree by President Vladimir Putin aimed at companies from “unfriendly” countries.
20th July 2023
“Tensions”!?? How not to write a headline about Russia’s war on Ukraine and Russia’s threats to attack cargo ships of Ukrainian grain in international waters. Pathetic.
cnbc.com Wheat prices soar for a third day as Russia-Ukraine tensions stoke fears of major food crisis Wheat prices rose for a third straight day on Thursday after Russia threatened to treat ships heading for Ukrainian ports as military cargo
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21st July 2023
Everywhere
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Nadav Pollak
@NadavPollak
21st July 2023
Quite the scoop here by @Nadav_Eyal. Israeli intelligence officials conveyed a harsh message to their Russian counterparts to stop with the online “influence” operations in #Israel aimed at inciting more internal rifts around the judicial reform demonstrations twitter.com/nadav_eyal/sta…
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21st July 2023
Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan has called on Western countries to give in to Putin’s blackmail & consider Russia’s demands in the spirit of restoring the Black Sea grain initiative. And if Western countries did, Putin would simply invent fresh “demands.” https://theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jul/21/russia-ukraine-war-live-us-cluster-bombs-impact-russian-defences-washington?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with%3Ablock-64ba586d8f081d44d14a6011#block-64ba586d8f081d44d14a6011
21st July 2023
Remember when #BlackRock employee Serge Varlay said “Ukraine is good for business” because “the price of wheat goes up” when Russia blows up a grain silo? Well, it’s happening
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21st July 2023
A falling ruble and surging military expenditures are pushing up inflation.
themoscowtimes.com Russia Hikes Interest Rates for First Time Since Post-Invasion Fallout Russia’s Central Bank hiked interest rates on Friday for the first time in 16 months, as Moscow’s spending on its invasion of Ukraine and sharp
Russia exported 10.5 million tons of crude oil to China in June, breaking the previous record of 9.71 million tons set in May.
21st July 2023
Replying to
Russia’s Defence Ministry has staged drills for the ships and aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet, training actions needed to isolate an area temporarily closed for maritime traffic. Photo: Zevezdanews
21st July 2023
Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Committee on Defense, announced that the lower limit for the age of conscription would remain the same, while the upper limit would be raised, meaning males between 18 and 30 will be eligible.
meduza.io Russian Duma decides not to raise lower limit for conscription from 18 to 21, upper limit still to… Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Committee on Defense, announced that the lower limit for the age of conscription would remain the same, while the upper limit would be raised. That means
21st July 2023
Prigozhin & his Wagner thugs can’t be allowed to use Belarus as the base for their global criminal operations. From Ukraine to Africa, their trail of crimes includes mass executions, child abductions & gross human rights abuses. This grave threat calls for decisive int’l action.
21st July 2023
Wagner cemetery. Prigozhin lost tens of thousands of them
“Yevgeny Prigozhin’s coup attempt in June left everyone in the world stunned – except Russian intelligence officials” Via
21st July 2023
More fallout from Prigozhin “mutiny” debacle: An emboldened Russian Ministry of Defense plucks a thorn from its side.
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Tatiana Stanovaya
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21st July 2023
Igor Strelkov, a prominent critic of the Ministry of Defence as well as of Putin and Shoigu, has been detained. This is a moment many within the siloviki have eagerly awaited. Strelkov had overstepped all conceivable boundaries a long time ago, sparking the desire among security… Show more
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
21st July 2023
“What we are seeing is a very complicated dance…” William Burns said. “Putin is the ultimate apostle of payback,” he said.
rferl.org CIA Chief Says Putin Likely To Take His Time Before Going After Prigozhin CIA head William Burns says he expects Russian President Vladimir Putin to bide his time and wait before seeking retribution against
20th July 2023
“Whatever his fate will be after the failed rebellion, Mr. Prigozhin’s critiques of the war are still dangerous,” writes RAND’s
, “because they are correct.”
Opinion | Putin Is Doubling Down on Failure
21st July 2023
Putin says Russia is willing to give Africa free grain after pulling out of the Black Sea grain deal. What that really means: Qatar would pay Russia for the grain – some of which may be stolen from occupied Ukraine – and the blockade stands. The latest:
ft.com Russia floats plan to supply its grain to Africa and cut out Ukraine Kremlin proposal would involve both Qatar and Turkey but neither have agreed to the idea
21st July 2023
In an effort to blame #Ukraine, Russia said to be planning false flag attacks on commercial shipping in the Black Sea. CIA director warns Russia’s “looking at ways they might make attacks against shipping in the Black Sea.” https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-07-21-23/h_e7abaa04c6355a44505b15bd6df927cd
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21st July 2023
By ending the Black Sea deal for Ukrainian grain exports, letting the world’s poor starve, Putin “is taking a gamble that could badly damage Moscow’s relations with many of its partners that have stayed neutral” or even been supportive of his invasion.
who’s most hurt by putin blowing up the black sea grain deal:
After its withdrawal from the grain deal, Russia has been methodically destroying warehouses with 100s of tons of Ukrainian grain in Odesa in the last few days. This is part of Ru terrorism and blackmail strategy: remove sanctions or we will starve the world
21st July 2023
Yet another laughable round of pseudo sanctions… Is this all you are capable of?
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Foreign Policy CAN
@CanadaFP
20th July 2023
Minister Joly announces additional sanctions against #Russia in response to ongoing war of aggression against #Ukraine Read full text here: https://canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/07/minister-joly-announces-additional-sanctions-against-russia-in-response-to-ongoing-war-of-aggression-against-ukraine.html
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Detente is a readiness to resolve differences and conflicts not by force, not by threats and sabre-rattling, but by peaceful means, at the conference table.
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“Let us reexamine our attitude toward the Soviet Union. It is discouraging to think that their leaders may actually believe what their propagandists write… No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue. As Americans, we find communism profoundly repugnant as a negation of personal freedom and dignity. But we can still hail the Russian people for their many achievements.”
John F. Kennedy, US president, June 1963
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“Even though two states in Germany exist, they are not foreign countries to each other. Their relations with each other can only be of a special kind.”
Willy Brandt, West German chancellor, October 1969
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