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by Pepe Escobar, first published at The Cradle and posted with the author’s permission Forget development. Washington’s primary interest in Africa today is keeping the Chinese and Russians out. In a rational environment, the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) would discuss alleviating the trials and tribulations of the Global South, especially Africa. That won’t be the case. Like a deer caught in the geopolitical headlights, UN Secretary-General
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Newsweek, September 21, 2022 Question: Russia’s military operation in Ukraine continues, and many fear the conflict could go on indefinitely. Has Russia made progress toward its stated goals of “denazification” and “demilitarization” of Ukraine, and are the two sides anywhere closer toward a negotiated settlement than they were on February 24? Sergey Lavrov: With its actions to nurture a Russophobic neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine,
20 September 2022 Vladimir Putin held a meeting with top managers of defence industry companies. Meeting to discuss current measures to meet Defence Ministry demand and to implement import substitution programmes. Vladimir Putin also congratulated weapons manufacturers on their professional day, celebrated in Russia on September 19. President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues. Yesterday we marked Gunsmith Day, and I would like to extend my wholehearted greetings to
by Jorge Vilches for the Saker blog The German political class has torn up the social contract agreed with its constituents by swiftly ignoring the historical and most successful existential partnership established with Russia since decades ago. In parallel, Anglo-inspired unelected EU bureaucrats take turns to blindly attack Russia with suicidal Wagnerian style based on hollow virtue-signalling nonsense. Now, the German Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck (a
By Batiushka for The Saker blog Just as in 1812 and in 1941, so now too in 2022 the Western nations have joined together in order to attack Russia and divide and destroy her. The Special Military Operation could have been over in March, but the West would not allow it. It is over now, for the West has escalated a local liberation campaign into a full-scale war. On this
So, after lots of speculation, we now know that the Kremlin has decided to mobilize about 300’000 soldiers from a total mobilizational potential of 25’000’000 soldiers. That’s just a little over 1% of Russia’s mobilizational potential. We are talking only about those soldiers who have an official status of “reserves” and all of them will have to undergo a special training before being sent to the Ukraine. A few comments
The President signed Executive On Declaring Partial Mobilisation in the Russian Federation. As per federal laws No. 61-FZ On Defence, dated May 31, 1996, and No. 31-FZ On Mobilisation Preparations and Mobilisation in the Russian Federation, dated February 26, 1997, and Federal Law No. 53-FZ On the Military Duty and Military Service, dated March 28, 1998, the President declared a partial mobilisation in the Russian Federation as of September 21,
Friends, The subject of this address is the situation in Donbass and the course of the special military operation to liberate it from the neo-Nazi regime, which seized power in Ukraine in 2014 as the result of an armed state coup. Today I am addressing you – all citizens of our country, people of different generations, ages and ethnicities, the people of our great Motherland, all who are united by
The Caspian – a unique region of neighbourliness On June 29, 2022, Ashgabat hosted an important international event, the 6th Caspian Summit, and I believe it is important to consider the role and place of the Caspian Region in the fairer, more democratic and sustainable multi-polar system that is taking shape today. The importance of the Caspian Region for the Russian Federation is determined by its strategic location in the
This year, Russia and Belarus are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the reunification of our fraternal peoples. In Soviet historiography, this event is referred to as the First Partition of Poland in 1772 that took place against the background of incessant wars in Europe. Count Nikita Panin and Vice Chancellor Prince Alexander Golitsyn conducted talks on Russia’s behalf. They reached an agreement with Prussian envoy Count Solms and Austrian envoy
By Eric Arthur Blair for the Saker Blog First it must be said that Russia and China are terrible at propaganda. Just hopeless. They are so lousy at propaganda, they have basically given up. In today’s propaganda war with the West, they have failed miserably and lost. However History is written by the Victors, and all objective evidence today indicates that Eurasia (more inclusively, the BRICS+) will inevitably prevail in
by Eric Foegelin for the Saker blog On Saturday, September 17, an assortment of freaks such as that unhappy country had never before seen descended upon Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Their arrival was prompted by the dubious honor bestowed on Belgrade when that city won an international competition to host this year’s Euro Pride. Who applied for that distinction on behalf of the citizens of Belgrade, one might rightly
This is how the US and NATO ‘bring democracy’ to the Donbass: (no need for translation) the source is the WarGonzo Telegram channel: https://t.me/wargonzo/8353 In response to this massacre, both the LNR and DNR have asked to be incorporated into the Russian Federation. See here: https://www.rt.com/russia/563113-lpr-vote-to-join-russia/
13 September 2022 09:58 Statement by K.V.Vorontsov, Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation at the Consultative Meeting of States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention on Article V of the BTWC (Geneva, 9 September 2022) Dear Mr. Chairman, We are grateful for your efforts to arrange a constructive dialogue during the Consultative meeting to address reasonable questions posed by the Russian Federation to the United States
15 September 2022 Ms. President, We note the timeliness of today’s meeting. We thank Martin Griffiths, Maximo Torero and David Beasley for their opinions and assessments. We remain extremely concerned with the situation of civilians in the context of the deterioration of food security against the backdrop of numerous armed conflicts. The root causes of any food crisis in any country have to be analyzed separately without hasty generalizations. Nevertheless, experts estimate
15.09.2022 15:38 Table of contents 1. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s briefing for heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Moscow 2. Exhibition of archival documents on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of reunification of the peoples of Russia and Belarus 3. Opening of the 77th UN General Assembly session 4. BRICS events on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly 5. Donbass and Ukraine update 6. Use of anti-personnel mines by Ukraine 7. UNICEF’s
by Meera Terada for the Saker blog Italian journalist Mattio Sorbi, who was reporting from Ukraine, almost died due to the fault of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and he is still in danger. Sorbi managed to escape, and now he is in intensive care. However, the story does not end there. After the announcement in the media about his rescue, the Ukrainian nationalist website “Mirotvorets” added him to its “execution
