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15Feb

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Russia, USA

Leopard tanks will burn

Evgeny Prigozhin says Kiev’s Western military equipment will inevitably be destroyed Russian forces could capture Artyomovsk, referred to as Bakhmut in Ukraine, sometime in March or April, Evgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner private military group, said in an interview with RT on Wednesday. Prigozhin noted, however, that the timing is difficult to predict because Kiev continues to receive military aid from Western countries. He added that deliveries of Western military equipment, such as German-made Leopard main battle tanks, could be an important factor in the operation. Nevertheless, the Wagner Group chief said they will “100% learn how to destroy these Leopards and will 100% learn how to burn them.” Prigozhin also spoke about why Kiev is so insistent on holding on ...

15Feb

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USA

Judge sentences US mass shooter

The teen who killed ten people at a New York supermarket has been ordered to serve life in prison FILE PHOTO: Mourners embrace last May outside the Tops Friendly Market where gunman Payton Gendron killed 10 people and injured three. © Getty Images / Scott Olson The New York teenager who gunned down ten people and wounded three others at a Buffalo supermarket last May was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 life sentences without the possibility of parole. Judge Susan Eagan handed down the sentences against mass shooter Payton Gendron in Erie County District Court. He was also sentenced to a combined 90 years in prison on three counts of attempted murder and illegal possession of a weapon. Gendron pleaded guilty to all of the charges, including domestic terrorism mo...

15Feb

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Health, Russia

Viagra supplies halted to Russia

The government vows to produce a domestic equivalent with the same active ingredient © Getty Images/Peter Dazeley Viatris, the US pharmaceutical company that manufactures the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra, has suspended deliveries of the pill to Russia, the Russian Trade Ministry said on Wednesday. Viagra’s brand owner notified the Russian government of its decision to halt supplies last year in light of the conflict in Ukraine. “The medicine with the trade name Viagra corresponds to the International Nonproprietary Name (INN) Sildenafil, its production is not localized in Russia. In 2022, Viatris informed about the suspension of the supply of Viagra medicine in the dosage form of a tablet,” the ministry told the news agency Interfax....

Ukrainian ‘commander’ shown with ISIS patch

15Feb

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Ukraine

Ukrainian ‘commander’ shown with ISIS patch

The AP has published images of a supposed unit leader who sports terrorist insignia A Ukrainian commander of a unit aka Kurt (right) speaks to his comrades during planning morning operation at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. © AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka The Associated Press (AP) has released a series of photographs as well as a video clip purportedly showing several Kiev fighters on the frontline in the Donetsk region. One of the soldiers, identified by the outlet as a Ukrainian unit commander by the name of Kurt, can be seen wearing an ISIS (Islamic State) insignia on his left arm. This isn’t the first time Kiev’s servicemen and paramilitaries have been caught on camera wearing extremist insignia, with many displayed spo...

Kiev’s treatment of minorities to be investigated

15Feb

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Human Rights, Hungary, Ukraine

Kiev’s treatment of minorities to be investigated

Ukraine has stripped the language rights of more than 150,000 Hungarians living on its territory Peter Szijjarto attends a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, February 7, 2022 © AP / Darko Vojinovic The Council of Europe will release a report this summer on Ukraine’s alleged discrimination against ethnic Hungarians and Romanians living on its territory, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced on Wednesday. Hungarian inhabitants of the Transcarpathia region have lost the right to education in their language and have been forcibly drafted into Kiev’s military. In a post on Facebook, Szijjarto said that the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission – which scrutinizes constitutional law and democratic reforms – will give its opinion on the matter in Ju...

Western diplomacy is immature and incapable of dialogue

15Feb

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Europe, Russia, USA

Western diplomacy is immature and incapable of dialogue

'The epicenter of world politics and economic development has shifted eastwards, towards a more equal and balanced dispensation of power' Denis Alipov © Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of India The Russian ambassador to India, Denis Alipov, assumed office early in 2022, having worked in the country in various diplomatic capacities for decades. On the occasion of Russian Diplomats’ Day, which was observed at the nation’s missions around the world on February 10, Alipov spoke with RT on a host of issues, ranging from the challenges faced by diplomats following the launch of Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, to Indo-Russian defense deals and the journey towards a multipolar world, as well as the rise of the Global South. Read more ...

Grain from Ukraine went to pigs in Spain

15Feb

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Spain, Ukraine

Grain from Ukraine went to pigs in Spain

The scheme to prevent famine in Africa may have benefited producers of Spanish ham instead File photo: Jamon Iberico de Bellota is sliced during a competition in Madrid © Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images Almost half of the Ukrainian wheat and corn exports to the EU ended up feeding the pigs in Spain to produce the world-famous and expensive jamon, according to an investigation by the Austrian outlet eXXpress. The bloc ended up accounting for most of Kiev’s grain exports, even though the Black Sea corridor was advertised as a way to feed Africa and Asia. An estimated 2.9 million tons of wheat and corn from Ukraine ended up in Spain, where it was used as animal feed, the Austrian outlet said on Monday. According to eXXpress, only 15% of the export...

Biden sibling denies involvement in Saudi deal

15Feb

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USA

Biden sibling denies involvement in Saudi deal

A 2021 affidavit alleges that Jim Biden admitted to being hired to negotiate a $140 million settlement with Riyadh due to nepotism Then-Vice President Joe Biden attends a meeting between President Barack Obama and Saudi King Salman bin Abd al-Aziz © Getty Images / Pool Jim Biden, the brother of US President Joe Biden, has denied he was hired to help negotiate a $140 million settlement between a US construction firm and the Saudi government after a sworn affidavit surfaced on Tuesday claiming he admitted he was given the position because of his family name. Former US Treasury official turned private investigator Thomas Sullivan claimed in a sworn affidavit that Jim Biden confessed he was appointed to represent construction firm Hill International in settl...

China vows retaliation over US ‘spy balloon’ row

15Feb

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China, USA

China vows retaliation over US ‘spy balloon’ row

Beijing has warned of countermeasures against Washington amid competing claims of espionage A sailor aboard a US Navy vessel prepares to transport material recovered from a Chinese balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month. © Ryan Seelbach/U.S. Navy via Getty Images The Chinese Foreign Ministry warned of countermeasures to punish US entities on Wednesday after Washington “overreacted” to an alleged Chinese spy balloon in American airspace by shooting down the unmanned airship and imposing sanctions. “The US has abused force, overreacted, escalated the situation, and used this as a pretext to illegally sanction Chinese companies and institutions,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters ...

15Feb

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Afghanistan, USA

Afghanistan needs ‘Black Girl Magic’

Washington’s diplomatic representative seemingly thinks that Beyonce and a woke hashtag can help women in the war-ravaged country Women wait to receive food rations distributed by a Saudi humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 25, 2022 © AP / Ebrahim Noroozi The US’ diplomatic envoy to Afghanistan has declared that the hashtag “#BlackGirlMagic” might improve the lives of Afghan women, calling on Beyonce and Lizzo to in some way aid her cause. She was ridiculed online for her suggestion. Since taking over as Chargé d’Affaires at the US Mission to Afghanistan in Qatar last year, Karen Decker has repeatedly and strongly condemned the Taliban for barring women from universities and cracking down on female activists. Deck...