Posted by 3rd September 2023
Ukraine war: Nobel Prize invitation to Russia and Iran withdrawn. Finally! What we’re they thinking?!?!
bbc.co.uk Ukraine war: Nobel Prize invitation to Russia and Iran withdrawn The Nobel Foundation says the U-turn comes after strong reaction against it in Sweden. ==========
Coming to Taipei: An all-male “Shangri-La Dialogue” featuring Putin apologist John Mearsheimer, who in addition to participating in a #manel, will tell Taiwan what to learn from Ukraine. Ma Ying-jeou also to speak. Sponsors heavily involved in China. https://sia.net.tw/en/portfolio-item/sia-hosts-the-most-turbulent-event%e3%80%90geopolitics-summit-2023%e3%80%91/
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“That feeling that you would never see your children again… It is impossible to find words to describe it.” Watch the heartbreaking testimony of a Ukrainian mother whose children were forcibly taken into Russian-occupied territories. Producer:
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Sanctions “have deprived the Russian budget of a key source of revenue, with income from energy exports falling 47 percent the first half of 2023, compared to the same time the previous year.”
Putin struggles with falling ruble, rising prices as sanctions bite
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talks with
‘s Jackie Northam about the sharp increase in Russian oil tankers shuttling crude to ports in #China via Polar waters. #Russia
has become #Russia’s second energy corporation to send #LNG to #China via the #Arctic. This is the first time that a company has shipped gas from outside the Arctic along the #NorthernSeaRoute. #shipping
highnorthnews.com Gazprom Sends First-Ever Shipment of Baltic LNG to China via the Arctic Natural gas company Gazprom has become Russia’s second energy corporation to send liquefied natural gas to China via the Arctic. This i
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‘This is not the Cold War, it’s worse than the Cold War because he has been prepared to go into battle’. Nik Gowing shares a worrying prediction about the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
NOTE DATE August 6th, 2022
‘Most people got Russia wrong… the Chinese are preparing for it and it could happen a lot faster than many assume.’ Nik Gowing shares a grave warning as tensions rise over Taiwan. Freeview 236, Sky 515, Virgin 626 GB News on YouTube https://bit.ly/3vAYaw0
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Ireland and our waters; people need to hear what Nik Gowing has to say…
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has become #Russia’s second energy corporation to send #LNG to #China via the #Arctic. This is the first time that a company has shipped gas from outside the Arctic along the #NorthernSeaRoute. #shipping
Gazprom Sends First-Ever Shipment of Baltic LNG to China via the Arctic
Natural gas company Gazprom has become Russia’s second energy corporation to send liquefied natural gas to China via the Arctic. This i
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“Thinking the Unthinkable reveals candidly why so many leaders face new difficulties identifying what looms in the disruptions of the “new normal” which started emerging in 2014 then exploded in 2020 with COVID-19 and the deepening climate emergency.”
3rd September 2023
Professor Jason Stanley walks the talk by going to wartime Kyiv to teach a course about colonialism and fascism. Great talent setting a good example.
babel.ua Yale University professor Jason Stanley has been researching fascism for years. He assures that… How Putin managed to build a fascist regime in Russia, why Hungary, Israel and India are increasingly becoming fascist, what shows US
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3rd September 2023
Ukrainian children demonstrate incredible strength Today, during the Lviv Invincibility 2023 half-marathon, 11yo Yana and her brother Yaroslav are bravely covering the distance. Yana lost her legs due to a russian missile attack on Kramatorsk railway station in 2022.
3rd September 2023
Don’t forget Syria http://genocideinsyria.org
Map showing the distribution of arbitrary arrests in #Syria in August 2023 across all governorates As documented by #SNHR See the full report: https://snhr.org/?p=60199
3rd September 2023
Ukraine SINKS NAVAL SHIP Military used a Bayraktar TB2 on a Russian cutter in the Kherson direction. And the ship goes to join the Moskva.
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3rd September 2023
Russia in 2023: Police are looking for a 70-year-old man after a woman overheard him on the train criticising Putin and accusing the Kremlin of “unleashing war”, and then informed on him He is set to be charged with “discrediting the armed forces”
Пассажирка электрички Таганрог — Ростов-на-Дону сдала попутчика полиции, услышав, как он
Kremlin’s propaganda film about Ukraine war plays to empty cinemas
3rd September 2023
Our research outlining the evolution of Russia’s grain smuggling operation featured in The Kyiv Independent’s top investigative stories list this week. The investigation was carried out over a few months in partnership with
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bellingcat.com Russia’s Ghost Ships and the Evolution of a Grain Smuggling Operation – bellingcat Russia’s tactics to export grain from occupied Ukraine are evolving, including a new direct export route to southern Iran.
3rd September 2023
#OpEd The Moscow Conference on International Security showed how Russia tries to appeal to the Global South despite its own neo-imperialist actions, argues Samuel Ramani.
themoscowtimes.com With Allies Scarce, Russia Paints Itself as the Enemy of ‘Western Colonialism’ Opinion | The 11th Moscow Conference on International Security brought together leading figures of the Russian security apparatus wit
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What are the origins of Putin’s private army that is quickly becoming the country’s second military force? Read the story of the Russian leader’s “Praetorian Guard” on our website.
novayagazeta.eu Changing of the guard. What is the story behind the agency known as Putin’s private army, where… Russia’s National Guard — the federal agency often referred to as Putin’s private army — is in the process of becoming Russia’s second military force. Reforms introduced last month now make it…
3rd September 2023
I agree with
: “There is not a single scenario where Belarus will not be an independent, democratic & free country”. The question is not “if”, but “when”. Free Belarus will be the best support for Ukraine’s victory & the strongest sanction against Putin’s Russia.
2nd September 2023
Breaking: the “untouchable Ukrainian oligarch Kolomoiskiy in jail, bail set today at 15 mln dollars Why is this important? First, there have been runouts that Kolomoiskiy is untouchable because of his support to Zelensky during the presidential campaign 1
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Ukrainian oligarch who backed Zelenskyy named as a suspect in fraud probe
ft.com Ukrainian oligarch who backed Zelenskyy named as a suspect in fraud probe Igor Kolomoisky is also accused of laundering tens of millions of dollars as Kyiv tries to bolster its ant-graft campaign
3rd September 2023
The Ukrainian oligarch Kolomoisky has been deprived of Ukrainian citizenship and is being investigated in as a citizen of Israel and Cyprus.
3rd September 2023
A Ukrainian tanker shares impressions of using a British Challenger 2 tank
in battle.
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3rd September 2023
Meet Mariia Nazarova: a combat medic and NAEMT instructor. Her main mission is to train combat medics in tactical medicine, making a swift difference in saving lives.
Who Watches the Watchers? 