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24May

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Russia

Fair multipolar world will be achieved

The neo-colonial system based on exploitation will inevitably become a thing of the past, the Russian leader says FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at the Kremlin. © Sputnik / Vyacheslav Prokofyev Russia and its international partners will build a fair multipolar world together, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Moscow is ready to cooperate with all interested nations to tackle joint threats and challenges, Putin stated in his video address to participants of the 11th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues on Wednesday. “I am confident that together we’ll achieve the formation of a more just, multipolar world, and that the ideology of exclusivity, as well as the neo-colonial system, which made...

Russian region explains why it uses Artyomovsk instead of Bakhmut

24May

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Russia, Ukraine

Russian region explains why it uses Artyomovsk instead of Bakhmut

The Donetsk People’s Republic does not recognize re-namings made by post-Maidan Ukraine, Denis Pushilin has explained FILE PHOTO. Smoke rises above Artyomovsk, Russia. © Sputnik / Ivan Rodionov The acting head of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin, has visited recently-liberated Artyomovsk (known in Ukraine as Bakhmut) to assess the damage inflicted by months-long fighting in the city, posting footage from the scene to his Telegram channel on Tuesday. There’s still a lot of work to do in the city, which is full of munitions and mines left behind by the Ukrainian troops, Pushilin admitted, as he erected the DPR flag. The official also explained why it was called Artyomovsk in Russia, while Ukraine – and its Western backers – refer to it...

Wagner chief reveals losses in fight for key Donbass city

23May

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Russia, Ukraine

Wagner chief reveals losses in fight for key Donbass city

Ukrainian casualties during the battle for Artyomovsk were several times higher than Russian ones, Evgeny Prigozhin has claimed Servicemen of Russian private military company Wagner Group at a position in Artyomovsk. © Sputnik The head of Russia’s Wagner Group, Evgeny Prigozhin, has revealed that the private military company lost around 20,000 servicemen during the liberation of the strategic Donbass city of Artyomovsk, also known as Bakhmut, from Ukrainian forces. In an interview published by Wagner’s press service on Tuesday, Prigozhin said that during the long-running battle he had boosted the company’s ranks with 50,000 inmates from Russian prisons, who were offered the chance to fight instead of completing their sentences. “Around 20% of them have...

Russia opposes ‘freezing’ Ukraine conflict

23May

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Russia, Ukraine

Russia opposes ‘freezing’ Ukraine conflict

The only option is to complete the military operation, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said © Vitaly Belousov; RIA Novosti Russia and the West are “in solidarity” to the extent that the conflict in Ukraine cannot be frozen, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Russia’s TASS news agency on Wednesday. Asked whether Russia was considering putting the fighting on hold, Peskov stated that Moscow is only considering the option of “completing the special military operation,” which means securing Russia’s interests and achieving its goals either through military, or other available means. The spokesperson noted that it is premature to talk about a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine conflict, as there ar...

Top EU diplomat reveals Ukraine’s ammunition target

23May

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Europe, Ukraine

Top EU diplomat reveals Ukraine’s ammunition target

Josep Borrell claims the number of shells provided by EU states to Kiev will likely reach one million by March 2024 Shells at the workshop of the "Forges de Tarbes" which produces 155mm shells, the munition for French Caesar artillery guns in use by the Ukrainian armed forces, in Tarbes, southwestern France. © Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP The European Union will likely be able to fulfill its promise to supply Ukraine with a total of one million artillery rounds within 12 months, the bloc’s top diplomat has said. Member states have already shipped 220,000 shells of varying calibers to Kiev since March when the pledge was made, Josep Borrell added. Speaking to journalists after a meeting of EU defense ministers in Brussels on Tuesday, Borrell said that the “latest f...

Is the debt ceiling the real issue for the US economy right now?

23May

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USA

Is the debt ceiling the real issue for the US economy right now?

The drama around increasing the borrowing limit obscures the growing threat of a crash in the Treasuries market By Dr. Radhika Desai, a professor at the Department of Political Studies at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada and director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group. She also writes on current affairs for Valdai Club, CGTN, Counterpunch and other outlets and is the author of Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire and Capitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy © burakpekakcan/Getty Images The debt ceiling drama unfolding in Washington DC is, as commentators around the world have noted, distracting US president Joe Biden from his geopolitical agenda. ...

The US bombed Laos into oblivion and is now trying to scare it away from cooperation with China

23May

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China, Laos

The US bombed Laos into oblivion and is now trying to scare it away from cooperation with China

Claims that the Belt and Road initiative “could create a new epidemic” are a bizarre new line of attack on Beijing’s efforts in the country By Timur Fomenko, a political analyst FILE PHOTO: A young man rides atop a load of cluster bomb casings and bomb scrap that his family is taking to a scrap market in town, Xieng Khouang, Laos, 2005. © Jerry Redfern/LightRocket via Getty Images Laos – a landlocked communist state in Southeast Asia, wedged between China, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar – has the potential to be a nexus of sorts for the entire region. However, its cooperation with Beijing has come under fire from the West. The impoverished nation holds the unenviable distinction of "the most bombed country in history" after the US dropped over 2 mi...

‘Subway killer’ Daniel Penny’s actions expose a gap in US law enforcement

23May

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USA

‘Subway killer’ Daniel Penny’s actions expose a gap in US law enforcement

Conservatives have converged to defend the ex-Marine charged with the killing of homeless man Jordan Neely on the New York subway Ian Miles Cheong is a political and cultural commentator. His work has been featured on The Rebel, Penthouse, Human Events, and The Post Millennial. US Marine veteran Daniel Penny (C) is walked out of the New York Police Department 5th Precinct in Lower Manhattan, May 12, 2023 on his way to a arraignment after he surrendered to authorities after being charged with 2nd Degree Manslaughter in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely. © TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP In the pulsing underbelly of New York City, amidst the rhythmic thunder of subway cars, a drama as complex and multifaceted as the city itself has unfolded. The protagonist, a ...

Is China the only issue holding the US together?

23May

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China, USA

Is China the only issue holding the US together?

Washington’s political gridlock on the national debt ceiling benefits Beijing, fearmongers warn By Timur Fomenko, a political analyst U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a brief update of the ongoing negotiations over the debt limit in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on May 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. © Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images If some headlines are to be believed, the United States is on the verge of default. Well, technically. With US national debt ever rising, the congressional debt ceiling is set to be breached by the end of this month. Although normally Congress simply votes to raise it even higher, spinning the money printing machine ever onwards, this time the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has opted for a polit...

‘Normalization of Assad’ is objectively a positive thing for the world

23May

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Middle East, Syria

‘Normalization of Assad’ is objectively a positive thing for the world

Syria is being welcomed back into the international community, despite Western protests This handout picture released by the Syrian Presidency Telegram account on May 10, 2023 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meeting with Saudi's ambassador to Jordan, Nayef bin Bandar Al-Sudairy, in Damascus. © Syrian Presidency Telegram Page / AFP Last week, Saudi Arabia invited Syria, long excluded from multilateral formats in West Asia, to this week's meeting of the Arab League. This was followed on Monday with the United Arab Emirates asking Damascus to attend the COP28 climate summit at the end of this year, giving the embattled country international recognition once again. Predictably, Western countries are mind-blown over what they see as the&n...