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How the EU is cracking down on democracy in Moldova
12Aug By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
C.I.A, Europe

How the EU is cracking down on democracy in Moldova

Brussels is wielding sanctions not against a corrupt government, but against its opposition Graham Dockery is an Irish journalist, commentator, and writer at RT. Previously based in Amsterdam, he wrote for DutchNews and a scatter of local and national newspapers. Ilan Shor meets with supporters during a campaign event in Comrat, Moldova, February 15, 2019 ©  AFP / Daniel Mihailescu By sanctioning a leading Moldovan opposition figure, the EU is working hand-in-hand with the country’s unpopular government to stifle dissent. When Western interests are on the line, ‘European values’ becomes a flexible term. The EU imposed sanctions on Ilan Shor earlier the summer, accusing the Shor Party leader without evidence of working with the Kremlin to “desta...
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Main Russian objective in Ukraine already achieved
12Aug By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

Main Russian objective in Ukraine already achieved

Moscow has ensured Kiev will never again be a threat, the Belarusian president has said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ©  Sputnik / Alexander Demianchuk Russia has already achieved the principal aim of its military operation in Ukraine, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed in an interview aired on Thursday.  “As of today, the goals of the special military operation have been met,” Lukashenko told Ukrainian journalist Diana Panchenko, during a two-hour interview posted on YouTube.   “Ukraine will never be so aggressive towards Russia after this war ends, as it was before. Ukraine will be different. People in power [there] will be more cautious, smart, more cunning if you will,” Lukashenko said. His comments ...
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Trump issues warning on dollar
12Aug By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
USA

Trump issues warning on dollar

The Republican frontrunner lamented the US’ decline, arguing no country would have dropped the dollar on his watch ©  Getty Images / Erin Clark Former US president Donald Trump warned that the dollar is poised to lose its status as world reserve currency – and with it the US’ position atop the geopolitical totem pole – in an interview with Fox Business on Thursday.  “Our country is going to hell and we’re not going to be the big boy,” Trump claimed, arguing that “We have power, but it’s waning. In fact, it’s waning in terms of our currency.”  Should the dollar cease to be the world’s reserve currency, “it’s bigger than losing any war,” the Republican frontrunner continued. While such an idea would have been “unthinkable” under a Trump presidency, he lam...
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Ukrainian naval drone targets Russian vessels
12Aug By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Ukraine

Ukrainian naval drone targets Russian vessels

Russian navy ships destroyed a remotely-operated boat in the Black Sea, the military has said FILE PHOTO ©  Sputnik / Aleksey Danichev Two Black Sea Fleet vessels thwarted an attempted attack by a Ukrainian maritime drone on Thursday evening, the Russian Defense Ministry said.  “Today at 22.55, the armed forces of Ukraine made an unsuccessful attempt to attack the ships of the Black Sea Fleet, performing the tasks of controlling navigation in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, 237 km southwest of Sevastopol,” the Russian military said. The unmanned boat was destroyed by gunfire from the patrol frigate Pytlivy and the patrol ship Vasily Bykov, before it could reach its target. Thursday’s attack is the second time this month that Ukraine has ...
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Russia arrests US citizen on suspicion of ‘espionage’
12Aug By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Russia, USA

Russia arrests US citizen on suspicion of ‘espionage’

The Lefortovo court has ordered the man to be kept in custody File photo: Lefortovo district court in Moscow, Russia ©  Sputnik/Аlexey Nikolsky A foreign citizen identified only as E. M. Spector has been jailed on allegations of espionage, RIA news agency reported on Thursday, citing the Lefortovo court in Moscow. The court declined to provide details of the charges, saying they were classified. If convicted, Spector faces 10-20 years in prison. According to unconfirmed media reports, Spector is an American citizen of Russian origin, and may be the same Eugene “Gene” Spector convicted of bribery charges in 2021.  RIA noted that “a man with similar initials” was sentenced by the Ostankino court in June that year to four years in a maximum-se...
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Scott Ritter: My YouTube ban dehumanizes Russians and insults Westerners
11Aug By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Media, Russia

Scott Ritter: My YouTube ban dehumanizes Russians and insults Westerners

The platform has taken it upon itself to decide who has the right to have their voices heard, based on Russophobia alone Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN weapons inspector.  @RealScottRitter@ScottRitter ©  Sputnik/Andrey Bortko There’s a scene near the end of Elem Klimov’s classic 1985 Soviet anti-war film ‘Come and See’, where a member of a Nazi unit that had just burned alive hundreds of Belarusian villagers issues a hate-filled diatribe against the Soviet partis...
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Biggest UK weapons maker inks $5.6 billion purchase
11Aug By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
United Kingdom

Biggest UK weapons maker inks $5.6 billion purchase

BAE Systems is expanding further into the US with the acquisition of the aerospace division of Ball Corporation, FT reports BAE Systems Hawk T1A aircraft © Getty Images / Bradley Caslin British defense contractor BAE Systems has agreed to acquire the aerospace division of US Ball Corporation in a $5.55 billion cash deal, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.  According to the outlet, citing BAE, the acquisition would add more than $2 billion in annual revenues for the UK-based defense company. The deal is expected to be closed in the first half of 2024. Ball, which makes mission-critical space systems and defense technologies, has “strong growth potential in areas aligned with the US intelligence community and department of defense’s highest pr...
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Ukraine’s ‘high hopes’ for F-16s dashed
11Aug By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Ukraine

Ukraine’s ‘high hopes’ for F-16s dashed

Top US military officials have said the aircraft transfer could take years to complete FILE PHOTO: A US F-16 is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker during a drill over an undisclosed location, January 26, 2023. ©  US Air Force / Senior Airman Zachary Willis Ukraine should not expect to receive American F-16 fighter jets until sometime in 2024, a Ukrainian Air Force spokesman has said, noting that Kiev’s “high hopes” for the system were unlikely to be met anytime soon. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Air Force Command representative Yury Ignat suggested the timeline for the arms transfer was still to be decided, but said Kiev would have to make do through the end of the year. “Unfortunately, it is already clear that we will not be able to protect ...
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NATO official apologizes for comments on Ukraine’s territorial claims
11Aug By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
NATO, Ukraine

NATO official apologizes for comments on Ukraine’s territorial claims

Jens Stoltenberg’s chief of staff has retracted his ‘land for peace’ suggestion after a backlash from Kiev FILE PHOTO: An installation depicting symbols Z and V in support of the Russian armed forces is pictured in front of the Crimean Bridge in Kerch, Republic of Crimea, Russia ©  AP Stian Jenssen, the chief of staff to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, said on Wednesday that his peace proposal for Ukraine was a “mistake,” after it drew condemnations from Kiev.  Jenssen told a forum in Arendal, Norway on Tuesday, that a solution to the conflict “could be for Ukraine to give up territory, and get NATO membership in return,” given that the bloc has been unwilling to admit Kiev while hostilities with Russia are ongoing.  “M...
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Stop ‘hunting’ Russians, ambassador tells US
11Aug By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Russia, USA

Stop ‘hunting’ Russians, ambassador tells US

Russia considers the return of its jailed citizens a top priority, Anatoly Antonov has said Russia Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov speaks during a World Affairs event at the Fairmont Hotel on November 29, 2017 in San Francisco, California. ©  Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / AFP The US should put an end to its long-standing practice of going after Russian nationals in third countries, Anatoly Antonov, Moscow’s ambassador to Washington has said, adding that Russia has always done its best to secure the release of its citizens in American custody. In a statement on Telegram on Wednesday, the envoy pushed back against a Wall Street Journal report claiming that Russia has shown “scant interest” in negotiating prisoner swaps with the US to free dozens...
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