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Trump advisers present plan to push Ukraine into peace talks with Russia
Russia, Ukraine, USA, ZIO-NAZI

Trump advisers present plan to push Ukraine into peace talks with Russia

Posted by: John Phoenix By:  Ahmed Adel VT Condemns the ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIANS by USA/Israel $ 280 BILLION US TAXPAYER DOLLARS INVESTED since 1948 in US/Israeli Ethnic Cleansing and Occupation Operation; $ 150B direct "aid" and $ 130B in "Offense" contractsSource: Embassy of Israel, Washington, D.C. and US Department of State. The advisors of former US President Donald Trump have prepared a plan to cut support for Ukraine if Kiev continues to refuse negotiations with Russia and if the billionaire wins this year’s presidential election. According to one of the advisors, they were “pleased” with Trump’s response to their plan. “We tell the Ukrainians, ‘You’ve got to come to the table, and if you don’t come to the table, support from the...
Russia retaliates against EU’s latest media ban
Europe, Russia

Russia retaliates against EU’s latest media ban

RT | June 25, 2024 Russia is restricting access to more than 80 EU media outlets on its territory that have been involved in spreading disinformation about the Ukraine conflict, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. According to a statement issued on the ministry’s website, the move comes in response to the EU’s latest crackdown on Russian media. In May, the European Council banned four media outlets from reporting to audiences in the EU, including leading Russian news agency RIA Novosti, as well as newspapers Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The ban also applies to the relatively small Czech-based portal Voice of Europe, which the EU has described as a “Kremlin-linked propaganda network.” The restrictions on the media ou...
Pentagon has ‘nothing to say’ about strike on Crimean beach with US-supplied weapons
Russia, Ukraine, USA

Pentagon has ‘nothing to say’ about strike on Crimean beach with US-supplied weapons

Posted by: John Phoenix RT The Pentagon has refused to comment on the deadly Ukrainian cluster munition attack on a crowded beach in Sevastopol, Russia on Sunday, RIA Novosti has reported. The Ukrainian attack carried out with US-supplied ATACMS missiles killed at least four people, among them two children, and injured 151, according to local officials. Four missiles were intercepted by air defenses, while a fifth deviated from its trajectory and detonated its cluster warhead over the busy Black Sea beach, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. When RIA asked the Pentagon about the use of US supplied weapons in the strike on Sunday, an official replied, “we have seen the reports and have nothing to say.” Moscow has pla...
UK insurers refuse to pay Nord Stream because blasts were ‘government’ backed
Russia, United Kingdom

UK insurers refuse to pay Nord Stream because blasts were ‘government’ backed

WYATT REED The legal team representing high-powered insurers Lloyd’s and Arch says that since the Nord Stream explosions were “more likely than not to have been inflicted by… a government,” they have no responsibility to pay for damages to the pipelines. To succeed with that defense, the companies will presumably be compelled to prove, in court, who carried out those attacks.  British insurers are arguing that they have no obligation to honor their coverage of the Nord Stream pipelines, which were blown up in September 2022, because the unprecedented act of industrial sabotage was likely carried out by a national government. The insurers’ filing contradicts reports the Washington Post and other legacy media publications asserting that a private Ukrainian team was res...
Russia-EU trade dips to near 25-year low
Europe, Russia

Russia-EU trade dips to near 25-year low

Posted by: John Phoenix Official statistics have revealed a dramatic drop in bilateral commerce © Getty Images / Westend61 Trade turnover between Russia and the European Union has continued to fall amid Western sanctions against Moscow, tumbling to nearly a quarter-century low as of the end of April, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing Eurostat data. The cited statistics show that mutual trade has plunged to its lowest level since January 2000, to €5.6 billion. The figure also marked a month-on-month decrease of 6%. Exports of Russian goods to the EU in April dropped by 17% from the previous month, to €2.7 billion, plummeting to their lowest level since June 1999. The report said that Russia mainly sold natural gas to the EU, although supplies decreas...
US-supplied F-16s to be stationed inside Ukraine – White House
Russia

US-supplied F-16s to be stationed inside Ukraine – White House

Posted by: John Phoenix Vladimir Zelensky and President Joe Biden had previously signed a bilateral security agreement on the fighter jets FILE PHOTO. F-16 Fighter jet. © Getty Images / Greg Mathieson;  Mai F-16 warplanes transferred to Kiev by Washington will be stationed on Ukrainian territory, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has announced in an interview with PBS news channel. He revealed the plan after US President Joe Biden and Vladimir Zelensky signed a ten-year bilateral security agreement last week, under which Washington has pledged to continue backing Kiev in its conflict with Moscow. Zelensky announced after the deal was signed that the US had promised to supply Ukraine not only with weapons, including Patriot air-defe...
Putin’s state visit to North Korea: Warm welcome, bilateral agreements and a new comprehensive partnership treaty
North Korea, Russia

Putin’s state visit to North Korea: Warm welcome, bilateral agreements and a new comprehensive partnership treaty

Posted by: John Phoenix Moscow and Pyongyang have agreed to enhance cooperation in all spheres and defend each other from potential foreign aggression Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ©  Kristina Kormilitsyna;  RIA Novosti Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Wednesday, where he met with the country’s leader Kim Jong-un and participated in comprehensive bilateral talks on economic, security, and global issues. The trip marked the first time the Russian president had traveled to North Korea since first taking office in 2000, when he visited Pyongyang to meet with then-leader Kim Jong-il. Putin’s delegation included Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense...
US surprised at speed Russia built new alliances
Russia, USA

US surprised at speed Russia built new alliances

Posted by: John Phoenix Washington reportedly did not see Moscow’s outreach to Beijing and Pyongyang coming Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attend a reception in Pyongyang, June 19, 2024 ©  Sputnik / Vladimir Smirnov Moscow’s security partnerships with Beijing, Pyongyang and other US “adversaries” were not anticipated by Washington, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing anonymous intelligence sources. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a strategic partnership and mutual defense treaty with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Wednesday, before flying on to Vietnam. Putin’s trip to China last month prompted one US policymaker to declare that decades of American efforts to k...
Scott Ritter’s take on the most important events of 2023
Russia, Ukraine

Scott Ritter’s take on the most important events of 2023

Posted by: John Phoenix The failed Ukrainian counteroffensive, the Israel-Hamas war, and other events have marked a turn away from US hegemony Scott Ritter @RealScottRitter@ScottRitter Compound image by RT ©  Andrey Bortko / Sputnik;  Djibo Issifou/picture alliance via Getty Images, Per-Anders Pettersson via Getty Images;  US Navy via AP, Jack Guez / AFP The year 2023 was a banner year for change, underscoring the reality of a world transforming away from American hegemony toward the uncertainty of a yet-to-be-defined multilateral reality. This transformation was marked by many events – here are the five most important ones. The failed Ukrainian counteroffensive Perhaps the most-hyped event of the year, Ukraine’s much-anticipated spring/su...
How the Chechen miracle kick-started the Russian ‘Path of Redemption’
Russia, Ukraine

How the Chechen miracle kick-started the Russian ‘Path of Redemption’

Posted by: John Phoenix In my recent visit, I met with people who once fought a bitter war against Moscow, but are now the country’s fiercest defenders Scott Ritter @RealScottRitter@ScottRitter ©  Scott Ritter Over the course of 24 days – from December 28 to  January 20 – I was able to take in the sights and sounds of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, as these two cities celebrated both the New Year and Russian Orthodox Christmas (I also got to experience the freezing cold of the Russian winter, which was very much part of the experience!) I viewed my winter sojourn in Russia as an extension of the journey I began in May 2023, when I embarked on a mission of trying to discover the country's essence in a manner that could be made discernible to my fello...