Introduction by Amarynth for the Saker Blog This posting contains one recent interview and one recent address by Mr Lavrov. One is extensive and the second contains a few comments not included in the first. One is directed to an international audience (more specifically the Arab world) and the other to a domestic audience. Why should we look at these very carefully, and why do we post them on the
Introduction by Amarynth for the Saker Blog Earlier today we posted two presentations by Mr Lavrov. These provide the Russian view of the changing state of the world. As a companion, here is some information from China, as to how China sees the US/NATO. This is the very clever and eloquent Zhao Lijian, one of the spokespeople from the Chinese Foreign Ministry. There are two specifically interesting questions that he
Things Are Disintegrating What Happens AFTER the Loss of the Donbas
The Russian Defence Ministry continues to study materials on the implementation of military biological programs of the United States and its NATO allies on the territory of Ukraine. Under the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons, each State Party submits an annual report in the form of a declaration of compliance with the requirements of the convention. It is currently the only reporting document on the implementation
First Eurasian Economic Forum Also attending the meeting were Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko, and Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich. The forum moderator was Alexander Shokhin, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, member of the Presidium of the EAEU Business Council. The purpose of the Eurasian Economic Forum, established by a decision of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and timed to coincide with a meeting of the SEEC, is to further deepen economic cooperation between the EAEU
Moscow, May 17, 2022 Friends, I’m delighted to attend the marathon again, as I was delighted to speak before you in the spring and autumn of 2021. I believe recreating the Knowledge Society in a new format without any formalities was a great decision. A format without formalities is important. It’s wordy, but it carries a deep meaning. I was asked to talk about multipolarity. In one context or another,
From a unipolar to a multipolar world. This is my itvw with the wonderful folks at The Press Project in Greece. In English, with Greek subtitles.
A lovely conversation detailing how the ordinary Russian adapted to sanctions.
And this is the real issue: And a little real history and situation today, that would be fine to discuss at a barbecue and probably not at a formal summit.
Michael Hudson’s interview with RT – May 19 2022. Peter Scott, RT anchor: Joining us now is Michael Hudson, economist and author of “Super-Imperialism” and the recently-published “Destiny of Civilization”. Welcome to the programme, Michael. Michael Hudson: It’s good to be back. PS: Let’s say all these European programmes like the REPOWER Programme come into effect, how do you expect the EU standing to be on the stage after that?
Update: More on Scott Ritter … this time with the gloves off: Here is the article and I was on the point on commenting on when the new video appeared. https://www.energyintel.com/00000180-d669-d410-aba9-f66dbd120000
https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1813888/ Table of contents Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to attend BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting Sergey Lavrov’s participation in the 100 Questions for the Leader project at the Yevgeny Primakov Gymnasium Update on Ukraine Involving minors in Ukrainian nationalist formations Statement by Western leaders accusing Russia of cyberattacks against the Ukrainian communications infrastructure EU allegations of Russia’s “responsibility” for global food insecurity Biological warfare research in Ukraine Closing Canada’s CBC bureau
This speaks for itself and needs no comment. This is the single best thing that has ever happened. There has never been a better thing than this. https://t.co/bYkZmsDgcm — Caitlin Johnstone ⏳ (@caitoz) May 19, 2022
CSTO summit Taking part in the meeting, timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the organisation, were the heads of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. The main focus of the summit was on key issues of cooperation within the CSTO, topical international and regional problems, and measures to further improve the collective security system. During the meeting, the leaders signed a Statement of the CSTO Collective Security Council (CSC) in connection with the 30th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation. They also signed a resolution
Moscow, May 14, 2022 Mr Lukyanov, Mr Karaganov, Colleagues, I am glad to be here again, at this anniversary assembly. Last time, we met in this room on October 2, 2021. But I have an impression that this was in a totally different historical epoch. I would like to congratulate you on the 30th anniversary of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy. Its activities are a fine example of Russian expert involvement in the foreign
Briefing on the results of the analysis of documents related to the military biological activities of the United States on the territory of Ukraine 1. Summary from the Russian Mod telegram channel Ideologues of US military-biological activities in Ukraine are the leaders of the Democratic Party. ▫️Thus, through the US executive branch, a legislative framework for funding military biomedical research directly from the federal budget was formed. Funds were raised
