31st July, 2023. Migrants, the unsettling impact of wars. From Iraq to Afghanistan now Ukraine and so many more unsettled countries who are goaded by mercenaries called Wagner. How do countries like the UK survive? What can they do to retain self-sufficiency? For an alternative stance … some coverage from GB news today. Then Tweets, videos and quotations … Daily reports from Ukraine.

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GB News

@GBNEWS

31st July 2023

‘There’s got to be hope for a peace deal, inevitably this conflict can’t go on any longer.’ Will Geddis discusses the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, following a drone attack in Moscow. GB News on YouTube https://bit.ly/3vAYaw0

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GB News

@GBNEWS

‘Why on earth wouldn’t we swap that foreign supply for domestic supply because on the back of it we get jobs, investment and a nice lot of tax.’ Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay defends the Government’s plans for 100 new licences to extract oil and gas in the North Sea.

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GB News

@GBNEWS

31st July 2023

‘This is making a mockery of our country’. GB News’ Emily Carver and Political Commentator, Bushra Shaikh, discuss the fire risks on the Bibby Stockholm that ‘could turn the migrant barge into floating Grenfell’.

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GB News

@GBNEWS

31st July 2023

‘Rishi is a fan of digital cash, I think it’s wrong frankly – the risks of digital cash are really serious’. David Davis MP, discusses his proposal of a new law that protects Brit’s from being de-banked and says ‘every Brit should have a legal right to a bank account’.

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GB News

@GBNEWS

31st July 2023

‘How many decades do we have left of oil and gas in this country?’ ‘Possibly about two, so up until 2040.’ ’20 years?! Come on!’ Bev Turner challenges Onward’s Jack Richardson on how long the UK has left of extracting oil and gas.  GB News YouTube https://bit.ly/3vAYaw0

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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

@Tsihanouskaya

31st July 2023

Horrified to see more civilians killed & injured as Russia attacked a residential building & an educational institution in  Kryvyi Rih today. This act of terrorism shows why we must continue to support  & why Putin, Lukashenka & all war criminals must be held accountable.

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Bill Browder

@Billbrowder

30th July 2023

Czech authorities freeze assets of Russian oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenko

english.radio.cz Czech authorities freeze assets of Russian oligarch

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Garry Kasparov Retweeted

Euan MacDonald

@Euan_MacDonald

30th July 2023

Just

@Kasparov63

nine years ago predicting the war in the Donbas about a month before it kicked off. Had the West listened to him, we would not be where we are now, and thousands of lives could have been saved.

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Garry Kasparov

@Kasparov63

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Mar 28, 2014

Strong support for Ukraine could have avoided Crimean invasion. Now for eastern Ukraine. Bullies like Putin attack weakness, not strength.

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

@RFERL

31st July 2023

“Right now, we are not facing a personnel deficiency and do not plan to carry out a new recruitment,” Prigozhin, who did not give his current location, said.

rferl.org

Wagner Group Stops Recruiting, Continues Activities in Africa, Belarus, Prigozhin Says

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner chief who led a short-lived insurrection in Russia last month, said that the mercenary group had suspended recruitment, adding that it “continues its activities in…

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BBC News (World)

@BBCWorld

31st July 2023

Wagner pauses fighter recruitment and focuses on Africa and Belarus, says head of mercenary group

Wagner
                                                          fighters in
                                                          Rostov-on-Don
                                                          during the
                                                          mutiny

bbc.com Wagner pauses fighter recruitment and focuses on Africa and Belarus – Prigozhin The mercenary group’s head says it is deciding on its next goals, but has urged fighters to stay in touch.

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KyivPost

@KyivPost

31st July 2023

#Prigozhin said the specific time for reopening the recruitment centers has not been determined, and the company is currently focusing its activities in #Africa and at training centers in #Belarus.

kyivpost.com Russian Wagner Suspends Regional Recruitment Centers, Says It Has ‘Enough Personnel’ Prigozhin said the specific time for reopening the recruitment centers has not been determined, and the company is currently focusing its activities in Africa and at training centers in Belarus.

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EUwatchers

@EUwatchers

31st July 2023

Poland warns Russia is using Wagner troops to destabilise the region

Poland
                                                          warns Russia
                                                          is using
                                                          Wagner troops
                                                          to destabilise
                                                          the region

euronews.com Wagner exercises in Belarus a provocation, says Poland A Wagner mercenary military exercise in Belarus has triggered warnings from Poland that Russia is deliberately trying to destabilise the border region

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Military.com

@Militarydotcom

31st July 2023

The Poland-Belarus border has already been a tense place for years

Wagner
                                                          Mercenaries in
                                                          Belarus Move
                                                          Closer to the
                                                          Polish Border,
                                                          Poland's Prime
                                                          Minister Says

military.com Wagner Mercenaries in Belarus Move Closer to the Polish Border, Poland’s Prime Minister Says Poland is a member of both the European Union and NATO, and it has worried about its security with Russian ally Belarus and Ukraine on its eastern border.

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Euan MacDonald Retweeted

Christo Grozev

@christogrozev

31st July 2023

Check out who introduces himself at 0:35 of this roll-call during the Putin-Africa summit. Gen.Andrey Averyanov, head of GRU’s covert offensive operations (i.e. novichok poisonings, assassinations, explosions). I am sure the African leaders will welcome his new geographical focus

Euan MacDonald Retweeted

Christo Grozev

@christogrozev

31st July 2023

Check out who introduces himself at 0:35 of this roll-call during the Putin-Africa summit. Gen.Andrey Averyanov, head of GRU’s covert offensive operations (i.e. novichok poisonings, assassinations, explosions). I am sure the African leaders will welcome his new geographical focus

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Eliot Higgins

@EliotHiggins

30th July 2023

How Russian colonialism took the Western anti-imperialist Left for a ride

salon.com How Russian colonialism took the Western Left for a ride Blindness to Russian colonialism distorts Westerners’ view of the Ukraine war

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Eliot Higgins Retweeted

Hillel Neuer

@HillelNe

31st July 2023

BREAKING: Today a closed-door Moscow court is slated to review the case of Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza, who received a 25-year prison sentence in April for “high treason”, spreading “false information” on Russia’s army, and working with an “undesirable organization.”

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The Moscow Times

@MoscowTimes

31st July 2023

Eleven out of the 25 biggest Russian importers of dual-purpose foreign chips directly supply Russia’s defense industry, according to Vyorstka’s investigation.

themoscowtimes.com Russia Imports $500M in Foreign-Made Microchips So Far in 2023 – Vyorstka Russia imported more than $502 million worth of foreign-made microchips in the first six months of 2023 despite U.S. and EU
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The Moscow Times

@MoscowTimes

31st July 2023

The measure is a response to attacks on Russian-controlled territory, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

themoscowtimes.com Russia Says Has Intensified Attacks on Ukraine Moscow has intensified strikes on Ukrainian military infrastructure in response to attacks on Russian-controlled territory, Defense Minister
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Saint Javelin

@saintjavelin

31st July 2023

Another day another ridiculous “justification” of invasion of Ukraine from Zakharova

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Novaya Gazeta Europe

@novayagazeta_en

31st July 2023

In 2023, Russian authorities illegaly imported Western-produced computer chips worth over $502 million, independent media outlet Verstka reports. This includes dual-use chips, which can be used to produce missiles.

novayagazeta.eu

Verstka: Russia imported $502 mln worth of banned computer chips in 2023 — Novaya Gazeta Europe

In 2023, Russian authorities imported Western-produced computer chips worth over $502 million, independent media outlet Verstka

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Defense of Ukraine

@DefenceU

31st July 2023

Rescue operation has been ongoing in Kryvyi Rih since the morning, after 2 rus ballistic missiles struck a house and a university. The number of victims keeps growing. 5 bodies have already been discovered, including a 10 y.o. girl and her mother. 53 people were injured.

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The New Voice of Ukraine

@NewVoiceUkraine

31st July 2023

A sharp-eyed OSINT (Open-source intelligence) specialist has made that intriguing discovery that the Ukrainian military is currently shelling Russian invasion forces with Iranian-made 122-mm shells produced in 2023.

english.nv.ua

At the front, Ukraine firing 122-mm projectiles manufactured in Iran this year, claims OSINT…

A sharp-eyed OSINT (Open-source intelligence) specialist has made that intriguing discovery that the Ukrainian military is currently shelling Russian invasion forces with Iranian-made 122-mm shells…

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Business Ukraine mag

@Biz_Ukraine_Mag

31st July 2023

It is sometimes said that nothing actually works in Russia, except for propaganda. But it must be admitted that Russia is a world leader and innovator when it comes to the art of disinformation – as this expansion into video games demonstrates

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The New York Times

@nytimes

31st July 2023

Russian propaganda is spreading into the world’s video games, including Minecraft and Roblox, circulating a torrent of propaganda that the Kremlin has used to try to justify the war in Ukraine to new, mostly younger audiences. https://nyti.ms/3DBqam4

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Business Ukraine mag Retweeted

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The New York Times

@nytimes

31st July 2023

Russian propaganda is spreading into the world’s video games, including Minecraft and Roblox, circulating a torrent of propaganda that the Kremlin has used to try to justify the war in Ukraine to new, mostly younger audiences.

In the
                                                          World of Tanks
                                                          video game, a
                                                          recreation of
                                                          the Soviet
                                                          Union’s parade
                                                          of tanks in
                                                          Moscow in
                                                          1945.

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Quotations: Self-Sufficient. Nationalistic or Global

Our grandfathers lived in a world of largely self-sufficient, inward-looking national economies – but our great-great grandfathers lived, as we do, in a world of large-scale international trade and investment, a world destroyed by nationalism.

Paul Krugman

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An island can be dreadful for someone from outside. Everything is complete, and everyone has his obstinate, sure and self-sufficient place. Within their shores, everything functions according to rituals that are as hard as rock from repetition, and at the same time they amble through their days as whimsically and casually as if the world ended at the horizon.

Tove Jansson

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I think the Tata Group’s greatest contribution to the growth of the Indian economy and Indian industry probably happened in the pre-independence era. The Group’s investments in industries such as steel, textiles, power and hotels were certainly driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, but they were driven even more, I think, by a desire to make India self-sufficient and independent of its colonial masters then.

Ratan Tata

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