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Fwiw, … here is via thesaker.is:
Sergey Glazyev: For those who still don’t understand
… ending paragraph first:
Anti-Russian sanctions did not strengthen, but, on the contrary, undermined the global dominance of the United States and the EU, which the rest of the world began to treat with distrust and apprehension. They dramatically accelerated the transition to a new world economic order and the shift of the center of the world economy to Southeast Asia. Russia needs to stand up to the United States and NATO in its confrontation, bringing IT to its logical conclusion, so as not to be torn between them and China, which is irrevocably becoming the leader of the world economy.
… rest:
https://thesaker.is/sergey-glazyev-for-those-who-still-dont-understand/
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That Cadieu story is probably a poorly formulated fake of some sort, … for some reason.
Cadieu, as Canadian Army senior leader (Lt.-Gen.) was almost ready to take command of the Canadian Army. He retired from the military, however, earlier – I clearly recall April 5th, per MSM reporting – as an investigation into his sexual misconduct allegations against him continued. It was an on-going saga.
After retiring, he reportedly travelled to Ukraine as a volunteer fighter. OK! … How so? That implies he travelled after April 5th.
Mariupol and Azov Battalion, at that point, was very much under siege by Russian forces. It does not make any sense, therefore, that Cadieu would be found in Mariupol at Azovstal steel plant.
… just sayin’
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@Archie – Question: When did the Cold War start?
________________April 25, 1945: … The very moment when American and Soviet military first faced each other at the Elbe River in Germany. There was a six months standstill from that date when both sides mediate on if to continue the WW-II, … or reduce its status into Cold War.
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China interviews Russia
Question: What do you think is at the root of the Ukrainian crisis? What can the international community do to solve this problem?
Sergey Lavrov: When we talk about the Ukrainian crisis, first of all we need to look at the destructive policy of the Western states conducted over many years and led by the United States, which set a course to knock together a unipolar world order after the end of the Cold War. NATO’s reckless expansion to the East was a key component of those actions, despite the political obligations to the Soviet leadership on the non-expansion of the Alliance. As you know, those promises were just empty words. All these years, NATO infrastructure has been moving closer and closer to the Russian borders.
The West was never concerned about the fact that their actions grossly violated their international obligations not to strengthen their own security at the expense of the security of others. In particular, Washington and Brussels arrogantly rejected the initiatives put forward by Russia in December 2021 to ensure our country’s security guarantees in the west: to stop the expansion of NATO, not to deploy armaments that pose a threat to Russia in Ukraine and to return the Alliance’s military infrastructure to the 1997 configuration, when the NATO-Russia Founding Act was signed.
It is well-known that the United States and NATO member states have always viewed Ukraine as a tool to contain Russia. Over the years, they have actively fuelled anti-Russia sentiments there, forcing Kiev to make an artificial and false choice: to be either with the West or with Moscow.
It was the collective West that first provoked and then supported the anti-constitutional coup d’etat in Kiev in February 2014. Nationalists came to power in Ukraine and immediately unleashed a bloody massacre in Donbass, and set the course on the destruction of everything Russian in the rest of the country. Let me remind you that it was precisely because of this threat that the people of Crimea voted in a referendum for the reunification with Russia in 2014.
Over these past years, the United States and its allies have done nothing to stop the intra-Ukrainian conflict. Instead of encouraging Kiev to settle it politically based on the Minsk Complex of Measures, they sent weapons, trained and armed the Ukrainian army and nationalist battalions, and generally carried out the military-political development of Ukraine’s territory. They encouraged the aggressive anti-Russia course pursued by the Kiev authorities. In fact, they pushed the Ukrainian nationalists to undermine the negotiating process and resolve the Donbass issue by force.
We were deeply concerned about the undeclared biological programmes implemented in Ukraine with Pentagon’s support in close proximity to the Russian borders. And, of course, we could not disregard the Kiev leadership’s undisguised intentions to acquire a military nuclear potential, which would create an unacceptable threat to Russia’s national security.
In these conditions, we had no other choice but to recognise the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics and launch the special military operation. Its aim is to protect people from genocide by the neo-Nazis, as well as to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine. I would like to stress that Russia is acting to fulfil its obligations under bilateral agreements on cooperation and mutual assistance with the DPR and LPR, at the official request of Donetsk and Lugansk under Article 51 of the UN Charter on the right to self-defence.
The special military operation launched on February 24 is progressing strictly in accordance with the plan. All its goals will be achieved in spite of our opponents’ counteractions. At the moment we are witnessing a classic case of double standards and hypocrisy of the Western establishment. By publicly supporting the Kiev regime, NATO member states are doing everything in their power to prevent the completion of the operation by reaching political agreements. Various weapons are flowing endlessly into Ukraine through Poland and other NATO countries. All of this is being done under the pretext of “fighting the invasion”, but in fact the United States and the European Union intend to fight Russia “to the last Ukrainian.” They do not care at all about the fate of Ukraine as an independent subject of international relations.
The West is ready to jeopardise the energy and food security of entire regions of the globe to satisfy its own geopolitical ambitions. What ither explanation is there for the unrestrained flywheel of anti-Russian sanctions launched by the West with the start of the operation and which they aren’t thinking of stopping?
If the United States and NATO are truly interested in settling the Ukrainian crisis, then, first, they must come to their senses and stop supplying weapons and ammunition to Kiev. The Ukrainian people do not need Stingers and Javelins; what they need is a solution to urgent humanitarian issues. Russia has been doing this since 2014. During this time, tens of thousands of tonnes of humanitarian cargo have been delivered to Donbass, and about 15,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid have already arrived in the part of Ukraine liberated from the Kiev regime, the DPR and the LPR, since the launch of the special military operation.
Second, it is essential that the Kiev regime stops cynical provocations, including in the information space. Ukrainian armed formations are barbarically shelling cities using civilians as living shields. We saw examples of this in Donetsk and Kramatorsk. Captured Russian servicemen are being abused with animal cruelty, and these atrocities are being posted online. At the same time, they use their Western patrons and global media controlled by the West to accuse the Russian army of war crimes. As they say, laying the blame at somebody else’s door.
It is high time for the West to stop unconditionally whitewashing and covering up for Kiev. Otherwise, Washington, Brussels and other Western capitals should consider their responsibility for complicity in the bloody crimes perpetrated by the Ukrainian nationalists.
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the Xinhua News Agency (China), April 30, 2022
I know this is old … Canadian Deputy PM – aspnaz
___________________Ah, Freeland, … our current non-financial Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister! John Helmer has a bunch of stories about her, her family, et al. An example, … just one of many:
THE TRUTH & THE IRONY: CONSORTIUM NEWS AND THE CONTINUING TALE OF CHRYSTIA FREELAND’S GRANDFATHER AND HIS AND HER NAZI SCHEME FOR UKRAINE TODAY
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All about that “zed” guy!
A comedic actor who rose to the country’s highest office in 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky was virtually unknown to the average American, except perhaps as a bit player in former U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment theater. […]
UKRAINE: The Real Zelensky
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/04/29/ukraine-the-real-zelensky/F.S.
P.S. All bunch of rumours here in Canada: … presumably, large ( … like in significant ) number of “military instructors” to Ukrainian military forces are genuine Canadian military man, … and a number of them – trapped – are in Mariupol (Мариу́поль). Who knew?
John Helmer Translations:
The original here ( in Russian):
https://spb.tsargrad.tv/articles/tajna-azovstali-kak-rossija-razygryvaet-kartu-oficerov-nato_535697… and the translation:
RUSSIAN REPORTING ON THE SECRETS OF THE COMMAND BUNKER UNDERNEATH AZOVSTAL
RUSSIAN REPORTING ON THE SECRETS OF THE COMMAND BUNKER UNDERNEATH AZOVSTAL
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Well, it’s finally resonating in the West. The West is starting to pose following type question:
‘Commodity backed currencies to challenge $, ¥ and €? Seriously?’
… some interesting comments in following vid:
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Death Wish: Finland and Sweden, officially announced that on May 16th both will submit an application to NATO, … to join NATO!
Sweden and Finland agree to submit Nato applications, say reports
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/25/sweden-and-finland-agree-to-submit-nato-applications… oh, sparks will fly!
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OK, folks. Sometimes what I’m hearing I just can not believe! For example – from Canadian MSM, today:
“The U.S. secretaries of state and defence met Sunday night with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the highest-level visit to the war-torn country’s capital by an American delegation since the start of Russia’s invasion.
The meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin was confirmed by Ukraine’s presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych in an interview on Ukrainian TV.”
Consider: There is an active, raging war in Ukraine. And so, presumably – by now, Russia destroyed all important airports in Ukraine. Russian Air Force reign the sky over Ukraine, and bombed key railway stations, bridges and lines, … yet, YET “Travel Kiev” Travel Bureau is more active than ever prior to the war … totally unimpeded by the war activity.
Boris Johnson, Andrzej Duda, Alar Karis, Egils Levits, Gitanas Nausėda, … all have been jolly tourists to Kiev. Now Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin. How is that possible, … unimpeded and safe?
… and btw, also oil trains steadily supplying Ukrainian military with lots and lots fuel according to this: https://www.bitchute.com/video/N8jsolmAY8ik/
… most puzzling!
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‘Popcorn stuff’ from Escobar: The Moskva Riddle
One thing is certain. If the Russian Ministry of Defense finds out that NATO did it, they will let loose all the dogs from Hell on NATO, as in “asymmetrical, lethal and fast”.
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/04/23/the-moskva-riddle/
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The Strategic Culture website is operating normally for me today. – Archie
____________Ditto, …
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Carney? – Dora
___________________That Carny, as successful as he is, … failed in his personal quest twice. Yes, he was once pencilled in to be Canada’s next Prime Minister, … but was unceremoniously punted out by Liberal elites and T2 [Justin Trudeau] was anointed instead. Poor sob, … off to climate crisis stuff for a bit, …wait out T2’s term, …
… than, Bang! Bombshell, … Canada’s Liberal elites pencil in now Canada’s non-financial Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland – the one that is now sending four (4) pieces of field artillery (M777 155mm howitzers*) to Ukraine – as a replacement for T2. Did I say, poor sob?
… fwiw,
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Ah, Carney! – RIM
________________Yes. The twerp – from Canada’s Northwest Territories, out of all the places! – incredulous still at his own phenomenal, world-wide career! Hence his frequent prattles in front of the elite crowd, …
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The word’s famous bankster, “chief architect of the finance industry’s biggest climate coalition” chimes!
Speaking from Washington, Carney said one of the next goals is to expand GFANZ [Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero] membership, which currently includes giants such as BlackRock Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and HSBC Holdings Plc. He said the $130 trillion alliance hasn’t given up on Asia, where Chinese banks are the world’s biggest contributors to coal finance. And GFANZ is now developing a framework to help signatories cope with stranded assets, to track how much firms are doing to move to a low-carbon world, and to measure the level of global warming implied by investor portfolios.
Mark Carney Questions the Critics of Bankers’ Climate Record
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/mark-carney-questions-the-critics-of-bankers-climate-record-1.1756235… in banksters we place our trust.
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@ userzeroid – hieroglyphs next
Some stuff how to read it:
How To Interpret Hieroglyphics on Your Next Egypt Trip
https://matadornetwork.com/read/interpret-hieroglyphics-guide/@ Susan C – yep, I’m in Calgary, Alberta. No longer access to Strategic Culture website. There is some “login” stuff showing up when you try to access, … but to no avail. ( … btw, I’m trying to find an alternate source to Alastair Crooke essays, but no luck so far, … any ideas?)
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The Russia-Ukraine divorce involved disputes over the division of Soviet assets, debts and currency, energy supplies, transfers and financing, as well as Russian claims to Crimea, plus control over territories in the Donbas and elsewhere in southeastern Ukraine. As the two sides divided their economic assets and military capabilities, Moscow was concerned with Kiev’s plans to build an independent army, navy and an air force—not to overlook Kiev’s possession of nuclear weapons.
At that time, in the effort to prevent the real possibility of war, the Clinton administration worked closely with Boris Yeltsin to pressure Kiev to sign both the NPT treaty and the START I treaty. Kiev had to agree to not only give up its enriched uranium left after Soviet break-up—but it also had to return its nuclear warheads to Moscow.
Russian pressures and threats, coupled with promises of U.S. aid and investment, eventually led Kiev to sign the 1994 Budapest memorandum that provided non-binding US, Russian and UK security assurances (not security guarantees)—in exchange for Kiev to give up its substantial former Soviet nuclear weaponry.
This was a major diplomatic accomplishment for the Clinton administration. At the same time, Moscow was not fully satisfied. Moscow’s dissatisfaction with U.S. policy was revealed when the ‘pro-American’ Boris Yeltsin exploded in rage in December 1994—just after signing the Budapest memorandum.
… read rest at:
In the aftermath of the Soviet collapse
How the uncivilized Russia-Ukraine divorce exploded into full scale warfarehttps://www.meer.com/en/69332-in-the-aftermath-of-the-soviet-collapse
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Metallica: Holier Than Thou
“The crap rolls out your mouth again
Haven’t changed, your brain is still gelatine
Little whispers circle around your head
Why don’t you worry about yourself instead?Hypocritical difference between a goose and a gander.
US Trashes ICC, But Wants It to Charge Russians
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“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
― United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights… so much for the United Nations
… anyway, journalism that does not conform to the hegemonic narrative must be taken down.
PEPE ESCOBAR – Big Tech’s ‘Cancel Culture’ Love Affair
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Greer talks about “the care and feeding of the imagination.”
“If you want to understand why something is happening, insisting angrily that there can be no possible reason for it to happen is not a useful way to start.”
The Future At Five A.M.
Re: Treasury Bond Massacre, Mortgage Rates Hit 5.35%, Highest since 2009, and it’s Only April
_____________________________If there is massacre in the markets, … there is an opportunity! Every time, …
Consider: Treasury Bonds currently are oversold and down by almost four (4) standard deviations. Unprecedented!
Usually – at least for the last hundred years – two (2) standard deviations is (was) just a right call for a turn around.
… hence high time to buy bonds?
… fwiw,
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It’s fascinating how the rule of law rulings sometimes do work!
Latest: … Russia’s recent payment in ₽s on two $ bonds was ruled a “potential default” by a “derivatives panel”
Yes, … the derivative panel: “The Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee” ruled that a “potential failure-to-pay event” occurred for credit-default swaps when Russia made the payment in ₽s.
Now, … normally, Russia exchanges ₽s into $s at some foreign bank and makes the payment in $s, … but this time, some foreign bank declined to process $ transfers, … so Russia paid in ₽s. And so, now, Russia is in default. Cool!
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@Dr. John Day – Re. Plato’s “Noble Lie”
_____________________An interview of a critic of Leo Strauss – c.2003 – on this topic. Snip:
“There are indeed three types of men: the wise, the gentlemen, and the vulgar. The wise are the lovers of the harsh, unadulterated truth. They are capable of looking into the abyss without fear and trembling. They recognise neither God nor moral imperatives. They are devoted above all else to their own pursuit of the higher pleasures, which amount to consorting with their puppies or young initiates.
The second type, the gentlemen, are lovers of honour and glory. They are the most ingratiating towards the conventions of their society that is, the illusions of the cave. They are true believers in God, honour, and moral imperatives. They are ready and willing to embark on acts of great courage and self-sacrifice at a moments notice.
The third type, the vulgar many, are lovers of wealth and pleasure. They are selfish, slothful, and indolent. They can be inspired to rise above their brutish existence only by fear of impending death or catastrophe.
Noble lies and perpetual war: Leo Strauss, the neocons, and Iraq
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/article_1542jsp/Best,
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Racist view, … an example of:
She is Florence Gaub.
Deputy Director EU Institute for Security Studies @EU_IS
Member of @WEF Global Future Council on Frontier Risks
Vice President of @forumalpbach
Via: @shrubbly1— tim anderson (@timand2037) April 15, 2022
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“Not in my lifetime have Americans, purporting to be thoughtful, intelligent people, been so wide-eyed, so stupefied as those who are pretending to lead them and to inform them by seeking to bury them in ignorance. […]
… Please pass the kale chips.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Great Acquiescence — Glory to Ukraine
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Latest musings from Helmer:
[A]fter the fight to the last Ukrainian, what of the Ukraine?
UKRAINE IS SMASHED – THIS IS HOW IT WILL BE REPAIRED
@Archie
———————-From provided link most important snip (bold added by moi)
“Our special military operation aims to put an end to the unfettered expansions and unfettered course towards total domination of the US and other Western states under it on the international arena,” he [Lavrov] said.
An unambiguously explicit and direct statement, I say.
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@zerosum
“Also for the first time from the start of the armed aggression bombs were dropped by a long-range bombers Tu-22M3. This airstrike took place, hitting Mariupol.”
_______________________Probably just a propaganda fib. Why would you use long-range bombers if Krasnodar Krai is just relatively short skip and a jump distance from Mariupol to the east? Now, if Mariupol was in a vicinity of say, … Warshington, … that certainly would make military sense.
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@ Dr. John Day
——————-You go Dr. Day! It’s precisely what’s going on, … and there is no stoping this madness! Neocons believe that WW-3 will be just like the other two worldly wars, … will be fought just in Europe and perhaps parts of Asia, … and the U.S. will simply watch from the distance – from its North American Island – and profiting from it through sales and shipments of armaments to the epicentre! And upon the final end of the war, will continue to profit from rebuilding the war ravaged lands. Fools!
Anyway, … It is just 100 seconds to midnight! ( Just sayin’, … )
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@ Dr. John Day – The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet
————————-From Russian source machine translation:
@Henry – interview with Karel van Wolferen.
————————————————-Thanks for bringing up said interview! Fascinating, yet most troubling, at least to Russia, European continent. Me thinks, …
The troubling part is that from listening to Karel van Wolferen, I get quite a nagging impression that he is strongly implying that the U.S. is guiding this latest war simply to destroy Russia as a state, a sovereign state.
Yet Russia? … Russia is fighting the U.S. simply just to convert it into a strong and normal nation, … and by extension, make other – currently U.S. poodle-nations, EU and NATO members – a sovereign states, too.
If that is the case, … sooner or later, Russia will loose badly, European continent will loose badly, … and the U.S. will stand to rebuild Europe again.
Now, … why do I say Russia will ultimately loose? Well, … this fight is a fight from a distance – ‘let’s have a war over there, so we don’t have a war over here‘ mantra – for the U.S., and it is a very local for Russia, … and the poodle-nations!
In order for Russia to have a chance of success, the war has to be expanded to the North America, the island of. The United States’ real estate has to be seriously, seriously threaten with a potential of outright destruction for this duel to ever draw to Putin’s and Lavrov’s liking.
I say to Putin’s and Lavrov’s liking, … because if those two are replaced by, say, … an another Boris Yeltsin-type, than all this musing of mine is pointless.
Best,
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Kyiv, Ukraine becomes the most attractive tourist destination for NATO dignitaries, … after recent travel advert starring BOJO the blowfish!
WORLD | News
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Polish, Baltic presidents visit Ukraine in show of supportKYIV, UKRAINE — WARNING: This story contains details that are disturbing
The presidents of four countries on Russia’s doorstep visited Ukraine on Wednesday in a show of support for the embattled country, after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to continue his bloody offensive until its “full completion.”
The presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia — all NATO countries that worry they may face Russian attack in the future if Ukraine falls — travelled by train to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/polish-baltic-presidents-visit-ukraine-in-show-of-support-1.5859912
So, … it’s official from now on (per CBC Radio):… we, Canadians, have to be fully vaccinated (and regularly boosted up to date, too!) so we are fully protected from all the possible, most adverse effects of COVID-19 infections!
… so, there! Vaccines are “save and effective”, still!
… phlunkin’’ dump trucks!
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