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Western sanctions ‘tougher than expected’

17Apr

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Europe, USA

Western sanctions ‘tougher than expected’

Balanced financial policy and crisis management experience have helped Moscow withstand unprecedented pressure, Elvira Nabiullina has said FILE PHOTO: The Russian Central Bank head, Elvira Nabiullina © Sputnik / Maksim Blinov The Russian economy has demonstrated its sustainability and resilience by weathering an unprecedented barrage of Western sanctions defying even the worst expectations, the head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina told the State Duma on Wednesday. The level of pressure Russia had to face last year was so high no one could have potentially predicted it or prepared for it beforehand, the central bank head believes. The Russian people and industries demonstrated remarkable adaptability in this new reality, she said. “No one could have...

Ukraine demands oil giant’s ‘Russian blood money’

17Apr

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Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine demands oil giant’s ‘Russian blood money’

Kiev wants more than a billion dollars from the sale of Shell’s assets in Russia FILE PHOTO: The Shell logo seen at a petrol station in London, Britain, January 20, 2016 © AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth An adviser to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has asked oil giant Shell to donate the proceeds from the sale of its Russian assets to Ukraine, Politico reported on Tuesday. In a letter to Shell CEO Wael Sawan dated Monday, Oleg Ustenko, an economic adviser to Zelensky, reportedly called on the firm to donate the proceeds from a supposedly upcoming sale of its stake in a Siberian oil and gas project to Kiev’s coffers. “If completed, this sale would represent the transfer of more than $1 billion in Russian cash into Shell’s accounts. That would be blood ...

17Apr

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USA

Kennedy announces 2024 presidential bid

JFK’s nephew is seeking Democrat Party nomination in a challenge to US president Joe Biden Supporters gather for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s official announcement that he is running for president, in Boston, Massachusetts, April 19, 2023. © Scott Eisen / Getty Images Robert Francis Kennedy Junior officially launched his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday, addressing a crowd in Boston, Massachusetts. The 69-year-old is the nephew of US president John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963. RFK Jr. is challenging the incumbent Democrat Joe Biden on a platform of “clean government, civil liberties, peace, and economic revitalization,” according to his campaign. In the announcement speech, Kennedy vowed to “make as many Americans...

Twitter unveils ‘hate speech’ shadow ban policy

17Apr

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Media

Twitter unveils ‘hate speech’ shadow ban policy

The company will hide some “hateful” tweets behind a warning screen rather than removing them © Getty Images / CFOTO/Future Publishing Twitter will conceal so-called “hate speech” that violates its rules behind a warning screen that requires a click-through, the platform announced on Monday in a blog post. The new policy is supposed to give moderators more choices than simply the binary 'leave up versus take down' approach typical to most content moderation, Twitter said. In addition to being hidden behind a warning screen reading “Visibility limited: this Tweet may violate Twitter’s rules against Hateful Conduct,” offending tweets will be excluded from search results, trends, and “recommended” screens, with other...

16Apr

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Europe

EU nation set for more economic woe

Sweden’s GDP is forecast to drop more than previously expected, the Finance Ministry has warned © Getty Images / Jon Hicks The Swedish economy will shrink more in 2023 than previously expected, according to official data released on Monday. Gross domestic product (GDP) is now forecast to contract by 1%, compared to the 0.7% contraction predicted by the Finance Ministry in December. Unemployment in the Nordic region’s largest economy is projected to jump to 7.9% this year. “We are in a very challenging economic environment,” Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson stated. “Many people are struggling to make ends meet, so it is important for the government to fight inflation and support those in the most difficult circumstances.” The Swedish govern...

UK has worst inflation in Western Europe

16Apr

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United Kingdom

UK has worst inflation in Western Europe

Britain’s consumer price index stood at 10.1% year-on-year in March © Getty Images / SolStock Inflation in the UK came in at over 10% year-on-year in March, the highest rate among countries in Western Europe, official data showed on Wednesday. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the consumer price index (CPI) in the UK fell by less than expected to 10.1% in March, whereas economists had predicted a drop to 9.8%. The February reading stood at 10.4% year-on-year. “The largest upward contributions to the annual CPIH inflation rate in March 2023 came from housing and household services (principally from electricity, gas and other fuels), and food and non-alcoholic beverages,” the ONS said. Food prices rose at their fastest rate in 45 years...

16Apr

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USA

Disney ‘destroying’ Florida governor

Ron DeSantis has fought to revoke the media giant's ‘self-governing status’ at its theme park Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa, March 13, 2023. © AP / Ron Johnson Former President Donald Trump has said that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is “being absolutely destroyed” in his months-long battle with Disney. He was speaking after the governor unveiled a new bill that would give state officials more authority over the company’s massive Disney World amusement park. Trump took aim at DeSantis in a social media post on Tuesday, calling his feud with Disney unnecessary, while condemning the governor’s new legislative effort as a political stunt. “DeSanctus is being absolutely dest...

Up to their old tricks again: New intelligence leaks expose American spying on UN chief Gutteres

16Apr

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C.I.A, UN, USA

Up to their old tricks again: New intelligence leaks expose American spying on UN chief Gutteres

Spying on your enemies is one thing, but when it’s directed at supposed friends who can blame them for being annoyed? Antonio Guterres © Gehad Hamdy / picture alliance via Getty Images Among the classified documents allegedly leaked by US Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, as part of a huge trove, is one exposing how the US is spying intently on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and is deeply unhappy that he is engaging with Moscow. What do we learn from this leak? Several files that Teixeira shared with other members of a private Discord chat, an action that may land him in a US supermax prison for the rest of his life, show Washington is keeping a very close eye on all Guterres’ sensitive private communications. One accuses him of “...

‘Special’ service: Declassified Guantanamo court filing suggests some 9/11 hijackers were CIA agents

16Apr

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C.I.A, USA

‘Special’ service: Declassified Guantanamo court filing suggests some 9/11 hijackers were CIA agents

What does the intelligence agency have to do with the suicide terrorist attack? © Global Look Press An explosive court filing from the Guantanamo Military Commission – a court considering the cases of defendants accused of carrying out the "9/11" terrorist attacks on New York – has seemingly confirmed the unthinkable. The document was originally published via a Guantanamo Bay court docket, but while public, it was completely redacted. Independent researchers obtained an unexpurgated copy. It is an account by the Commission’s lead investigator, DEA veteran Don Canestraro, of his personal probe of potential Saudi government involvement in the 9/11 attacks, conducted at the request of the defendants’ lawyers. Two of the hijackers were being closely monito...

16Apr

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Russia

RT Anti-Stalin Propaganda

Stalin against the Jews: How the Soviet dictator lost his last fight 70 years ago, the Georgian strongman's death brought an end to persecution of the religious minority and the infamous “Doctor’s Case” © RT Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s “purges,” targeted at groups of his perceived rivals, are a unique historical and psychological phenomenon as well as the subject of considerable research. In the 1920s, the Georgian indiscriminately eliminated political competitors from opposing parties and classes, former White Army officers, and workers of the tsarist military-industrial complex. In the 1930s, he went after internal party opponents, the entire leadership of the Red Army, and the NKVD (forerunner to the KGB). Fortunately, the terror was briefly halted...