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43,951 views 17 Sept 2023Colonel Douglas Macgregor Straight Calls – Analysis of breaking news and in-depth discussion of current geopolitical events in the United States of America and the world.
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GZERO – everything is political
18th September 2023
Billions of dollars in western profits trapped in Russia. It’s ironic that the Western companies that took the moral low ground and didn’t exit Russia are now being punished. They should simply write off their business there and be done with it.
Billions of dollars in western profits trapped in Russia
Businesses from ‘unfriendly’ countries have amassed more than $18bn in earnings since the start of the invasion of Ukraine
18th September 2023
Russia is a pressure cooker and Putin continues to put more and more pressure on the Russian people. Eventually, it will blow.
The world would breathe a sign of relief if Putin were to step down right now, and be replaced with a new president. But whoever that new president may be, the relief would be short-lived. Inevitably, Russia would soon descend into chaos once again. Let me explain
18th September 2023
Xi Jinping has long held the ambition for China to achieve scientific self-reliance. Appointments to the Politburo confirm this is now a policy priority, writes
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). Read the report: https://bit.ly/3KP8hUX
18th September 2023
China has blasted German FM Annalena Baerbock for making an “open political provocation” after she labeled Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator.”
Elliot Higgins, founder of
, spoke to us last week on how his organisation solved a number of key international cases using open source intelligence. Listen back below. Spotify: https://bit.ly/3RobkqY YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LAOaBK8XCUo
18th September 2023
To the minority of Americans (.
) who think aid to Ukraine is a waste of money, read this. Ukraine weakens Ruzzia’s ability to wage brutal war against her. The War Criminal Putin, on the other hand, invades Ukraine to destroy her very existence. It’s good ROI, and it’s moral.
18th September 2023
The western companies who’ve shamefully continued to trade in Russia, are now paying a high price – and serve them right. Kremlin’s blocked them from accessing billions in cash, in a bid to turn the screw on “unfriendly” nations. https://theguardian.com/world/live/2023/sep/18/russia-ukraine-war-live-updates-ukrainian-drone-strikes-repelled-russia-chinese-foreign-minister-wang-yi-russia-visit?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with%3Ablock-65083af48f0844ae3ac06afa#block-65083af48f0844ae3ac06afa
18th September 2023
How do U know when someone is ill? When the Kremlin says we don’t know if someone is ill. Todays classic from the Kremlin spokesman Peskov – Russian government possesses no info on the health of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. So no phones in Russia then https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-09-18-23/h_71e7b65767cdd58fd040b665cadec13
18th September 2023
#Hungary & its PM Orban continue to play Putin’s games to delay #Sweden‘s accession to #NATO. Their latest is Hungarian parliamentary speaker of the ruling Fidesz party saying he’s “not sure” it needs to approve the ratification of Sweden’s accession. https://theguardian.com/world/live/2023/sep/18/russia-ukraine-war-live-updates-ukrainian-drone-strikes-repelled-russia-chinese-foreign-minister-wang-yi-russia-visit?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with%3Ablock-6507e0348f083f8242cde0c7#block-6507e0348f083f8242cde0c7
18th September 2023
Beijing this summer announced the drone export restrictions after U.S. authorities accused it of aiding Moscow’s war efforts in Ukraine.
18th September 2023
Colonel Andrei Kondrashkin is at least the second commander of the 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade to be killed in Ukraine since Moscow’s invasion.
Commander of Elite Russian Airborne Unit Killed in Ukraine
The commander of an elite Russian airborne unit has been killed in Ukraine, a Kremlin-backed military official in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region said Sunday.
Russia Hit by China’s Drone Export Curbs – Kommersant
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Douglas Macgregor is a decorated combat veteran, the author of five books, a PhD, and a defense and foreign policy consultant. In the summer of 2023 Macgregor became CEO of Our Country Our Choice. He was commissioned in the Regular Army in 1976 after 1 year at VMI and 4 years at… Show more
18th September 2023
US President Joe Biden will reaffirm Washington’s intent to expand the UN Security Council during his speech at the UN General Assembly: https://vk.cc/cqYEfJ
18th September 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin, people and authorities of Russia for hospitality, wrapping up his “official and friendly” visit in Russia: https://vk.cc/cqYlEm
18th September 2023
After Prigozhin’s death last month in a suspicious plane crash, officials in the Central African Republic say the Russian government is moving to take direct control over the more than 1,000 mercenaries.
18th September 2023
“Russia has extended symbolic backing to the military, yet has done little to impede Wagner’s support for the rebels.” Ben Dubow
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Under Gaddafi, Libya had highest standard of living in all Africa. What sealed Gaddafi’s fate was his plan to create a pan-African gold based currency to release the continent from the shackles of the petrodollar. This couldn’t be tolerated by the West. The rest is history.
18th September 2023
In this snippet from our Q3 Advisory Board Call,
talks about why joining BRICS appeals to many countries. You can watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/uCTqngM9qvQIn Or bookmark it to watch later!
18th September 2023
Sergey #Lavrov at High-Level Week of #UNGA78: From September 19 to 26 FM will attend a number of multilateral events, including those sponsored by the #UNSC, #BRICS, #CSTO, and the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter. Apart from that, he intends to hold about… Show more
18th September 2023
ICYMI: Senegal’s President Macky Sall: “There’s a new paradigm unfolding before our eyes. With the advent of BRICS, people harbor hope…we shouldn’t stop this trend. Instead, we should ride on it…it is now Africa’s turn to emancipate itself and become a rich economy”
‘We will no longer send weapons’: Slovakia’s election campaign leader Robert Fico plans to cancel military and political support for Ukraine – Associated Press. #Fico, a populist former prime minister who led #Slovakia from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2018, is a candidate for… Show more
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18th September 2023
Elon Musk with his son X Æ A-12 at the meeting with Erdogan Musk rarely shows his family to the public, but he decided to take his son to meet the Turkish president. The meeting took place in New York, the Turkish side is trying to reach a deal with Musk to build a Tesla… Show more
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Russia always denies it, but they started WW2 together with Germany. On September 17, 1939, the Soviet Red Army invaded Poland, splitting the country in half with Germany as previously agreed between the two. This video shows the joint German-Soviet victory parade on Sep. 22nd
18th September 2023
European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski has publicly disowned the decision taken by the EC to end the embargo on Ukrainian grain for five neighbouring European Union states, writes
for
18th September 2023
Thousands of the migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa have decided to break out of the temporary asylum center and are now building road blocks as a protest against the authorities. They demand to be allowed to go to mainland Europe immediately.
Ukrainian Community in Ireland
18th September 2023
Their warships threaten Ireland, their hackers disrupt vital services and steal data, their agents conduct subversion operations, fuel far right and far left, their spy nest is still here in Dublin on Orwell Rd, Orwellian indeed #ExpelFilatov #ExpelRussianSpies
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Dmytro Kuleba
@DmytroKuleba
18th September 2023
Putin’s Russia is a threat to everyone, not just Ukraine. Regardless of geographical distance. Its hybrid warfare arsenal includes election meddling, hacking, bribery, blackmail, sabotage, coups, assassinations, and other tools. We must defeat Russia now, while it is weak.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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