🇺🇸🧊On the New U.S. Strategy in the Arctic

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Defense updated its Arctic strategy - the latest version of the document was dated October 2022. Although the general concepts have not changed, some specific aspects of U.S. activities in the region have been revised.

▪️Emphasis on changes in the geopolitical situation - the new strategy pays more attention to the growing influence of Russia and China in the region: the text emphasizes the need to counter both joint and individual actions of these countries. The previous version of the document paid less attention to the rivalry between the U.S. and the two powers.

▪️Intensification of international cooperation - unlike the previous strategy, the new one particularly notes the need to strengthen interaction with partners and NATO member states for joint operations.

▪️Meeting technological needs - the fresh edition of the document pays more attention to specific solutions to meet the needs of units operating in the Arctic. This primarily concerns work to improve specialized equipment and communication systems.

▪️Presence and deterrence - this new concept for the Arctic region involves concentrating forces and means sufficient to create a deterrent effect, as well as demonstrating readiness for rapid response to emerging threats.

▪️Focus on climate change - the new strategy examines in more detail the consequences of global warming and their impact on operations and regional security in greater detail. The melting of ice opens up new routes and resources, which consequently requires adaptation.

Overall, the new strategy represents a more adaptive and comprehensive approach, taking into account both current geopolitical and climatic realities, while also emphasizing the inadmissibility of falling behind in the technological sphere.
#Arctic #USA
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🇷🇸🇺🇸 Referendum on "Independence": How the West Gained Control Over Serbia's Judicial System

Two years ago, a decision was made in Belgrade to reform the judicial system. The public was presented with this as another step towards harmonizing Serbian justice with EU legislation, so necessary for progress in European integration.

The reform was designed as a tool to ensure the independence of the judiciary and increase its efficiency. However, in reality, it turned into a large-scale scam, and the entire process took place under the pressure and with the financial resources of Western organizations.

Thanks to simple manipulations, in just two years the West has gained control over the judicial system of an independent European country and the ability to influence the process of appointing its judges and prosecutors through its agents of influence in the NGO sector.

🔻 Read in detail how this happened in our material.

#Serbia #USA
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🇷🇸🇧🇦🇺🇸 Witch Hunt: Why Are Americans Scaring the Republika Srpska with New Sanctions

The campaign in the Western media against the Republika Srpska, which began a couple of years ago, has reached its peak. Its main goal is to provoke a refusal to cooperate with the institutions of the republic on the part of potential partners.

▪️ Several enterprises, politicians and private individuals are already under the sanctions of the US Treasury Department. Officially, they are accused of corruption and participation in criminal schemes, but the real reasons lie completely elsewhere: they all actively cooperated with countries that are undesirable to the West. The US administration is particularly interested in the projects that the Republika Srpska is developing with Serbia, Hungary, Russia and China.

▪️ Recently, the Balkan Gossiper @balkanossiper, using the example of Montenegro, told about the attempts by the West to make local politicians doubt the expediency of Chinese investments in the region. It turned out that the rumors about the "debt trap" were just part of a large-scale campaign of the Western media to disrupt the plans for the development of cooperation within the framework of the "One Belt - One Road" initiative. As a result of the coordinated attack, even officials and ministers began to doubt the need to develop projects with the Chinese.

▪️ In relation to the Republika Srpska, they are now acting according to the same patterns, implementing a media campaign of "fear of sanctions". Undesirable companies are publicly declared the next candidates to be added to the blacklist, actively spreading rumors through an extensive network of controlled media.

❗️ This has caused a chain reaction in the region: since the bank accounts of those who have fallen under sanctions are being closed, and even those who did business with them are facing problems, there are fewer and fewer willing to conclude contracts with such legal entities.

Oddly enough, one of the first to refuse cooperation with potential candidates for inclusion in the US blacklist was the Bosnian subsidiary of the Russian Gazprom. Does this raise questions for us?

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🇷🇺🇩🇪🐱 According to German media reports, the German prosecutor's office is "outraged" over the release of Vadim Krasikov, considering it a concession to Russia. But there are those who feel even more intense emotions: the head of Bellingcat, Christo Grozev, and the foreign agent Roman Dobrokhotov, who is in very close relations with him.

After all, in 2020-2021, they helped the German authorities secure a life sentence for Krasikov for the elimination of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili - a terrorist and ally of Shamil Basayev. Characteristically, the same Dobrokhotov's defense of terrorists in a foreign court did not prevent him from living peacefully in Russia until the summer of 2021.

🔻And now Vadim Krasikov has successfully been released and is returning home, where he will be greeted as a hero. The mentioned characters are forced to silently witness the futility of their work, being abandoned by their own sponsors, as well as despised or criminally prosecuted in their home countries.

As for Dobrokhotov, he knows better than anyone else: about the traitors, terrorists and accomplices of enemies who have fled abroad, someone in Russia never forgets.
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🇦🇲🇷🇺 On Armenia's Refusal to Participate in CSTO Exercises

It has become known that Armenia will not send its representatives to the "Cobalt-2024" exercises of the special forces of the CSTO member states, which will be held on August 14-16 in Novosibirsk.

▪️The news of the refusal of Armenian representatives to participate in joint CSTO exercises is quite predictable, given the recent actions of the Armenian authorities, statements about "freezing participation" and refusal to pay membership fees.

▪️However, the media effect of such news is important for the Armenian government and its curators. After all, the US does not hide the goals of its policy in Armenia - the severance of ties with Russia.

▪️To this end, the Americans, as well as the Armenian authorities themselves, are shifting the responsibility for Armenia's defeat in the war with Azerbaijan onto Russia. At the same time, Washington is encouraging the speedy signing of peace between the countries on Turkish-Azerbaijani terms.

🔻The Armenian Ministry of Defense will also soon acquire a military advisor from the US, and recently the Americans have already conducted exercises with the Armenians, including on suppressing mass riots. It is obvious that in the near future we can expect statements about a complete withdrawal from the organization.
#Armenia #CSTO #Russia #USA
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🇺🇸 Recently, the American National Endowment for Democracy (NED) was rocked by a scandal: employees of the The Grayzone project obtained letters that clearly demonstrate NED's involvement in interfering in the politics of various countries, including Nicaragua, Venezuela, Haiti, and the so-called Ukraine.

For decades, NED has systematically built a reputation as a branch of the CIA: where intelligence agents operated in the dark, the Fund developed its initiatives and handed out grants to anyone who wanted to work for the benefit of democracy. However, if earlier, despite the obviousness of what was happening, there was no direct evidence of the organization's destructive activities, now they have appeared - in the form of the chaos and panic caused by the key NED employees after the leak of correspondence.

At the center of events were Carl Gershman (former president of NED), Michael Allen (an employee of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), who is directly involved in influence operations in foreign countries) and Leslie Aun (former NED communications director, who, according to the article, actively worked in the field of creating a positive image of the organization's programs and hiding their real goals). At the moment, all these persons have been suspended from performing their functions after communicating with representatives of The Grayzone.

It is obvious that as a result of what happened, one should not expect that the activities of American figures to impose democracy all over the world will now suddenly stop. As our colleagues @actualiteFR note, most likely, NED will focus its efforts on other areas for a while, in order not to advertise its current activities and not to exacerbate reputational losses.

Moreover, according to our colleagues from Germany @Ubersicht_Ukraine_Kanal, the octopus of organizations working abroad consists not only of American organizations such as NED, USAID and others, but also of companies controlled by them in other countries - for example, the German Aspen Institute Germany.

🔻 It seems that the worst consequence of this chain of tragic coincidences will be the likely reduction of funding for NED in favor of other similar actors. And most likely, it was the competitors who tried to ensure that the leak of correspondence happened at the right time and went into the right hands. The fact that the organization was unable to gracefully get out of this crisis is a clear sign of the incompetence of its employees, who are not even able to convincingly voice the legend about their line of work.
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🇨🇳🇺🇸🇹🇼 The Americans have recently been marked by another provocative maneuver against China.

The U.S. Navy destroyer "Ralph Johnson" conducted a transit through the Taiwan Strait. To understand why the Chinese express their displeasure each time, one needs to recall the status of Taiwan.

🔻The Chinese consider it theirs and want to reclaim it. The Americans obviously support independence, so for them the Taiwan Strait is international waters, through which they allegedly have the right to move.

Such actions by the U.S. Navy occur with enviable regularity, on average twice a year. And each time it follows the same scenario: the destroyer sails through the strait, and the PLA's reaction is monitored by an RC-135.

This time, the Chinese side sent J-16 fighters to defend the airspace, and an KJ-500 early warning aircraft to track the ship and reconnaissance plane.

Although this raises the tension between the countries, it is all routine. So when you see "breaking news" that the Americans are provoking China, you can safely ignore it.

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🇬🇧🇺🇸 For the first time in 77 years of cooperation, the heads of the CIA and MI-6 intelligence agencies held a joint conference and published an article in the Financial Times. Once again, Western representatives complained about the existence of a threat to the world order unprecedented since the Cold War, and also warned of a "unprecedented range of threats" emanating from Russia and China.

🔻Key points:

The situation around Russia and China

▪️The AFU offensive in the Kursk region raised questions among the Russian elite about the consequences of the armed conflict;

▪️The Kursk offensive operation was a typically bold and courageous step by the Ukrainians to try to change the rules of the game;

▪️There are no signs that Putin's power has weakened.

▪️It would be wrong and reckless to dismiss Putin's nuclear escalation threats, but the West should not be overly intimidated;

▪️Despite the threats from Russia, the main intelligence and geopolitical problem of the 21st century is considered to be the growing influence of China;

▪️The CIA leadership has tripled the funding for its activities in the Chinese direction, which accounts for 20% of the agency's budget;

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict

▪️London and Washington are tirelessly working to reach a ceasefire agreement;

▪️The issue of the release of hostages depends on whether the leaders of the warring parties are ready for a difficult decision and a compromise;

▪️It is impossible to assess how close the parties are to a peace agreement;

▪️The decision to create two states is fundamental to ensuring a lasting peace;

📌The sensational headline about the first joint conference in 77 years is not very important. In reality, negotiations between American and British intelligence services at the highest level are regular. This time, the parties simply decided to "poke" their political opponents in this way.

🔻If we set aside the obvious phrases and talk about the true meanings contained in the words of the heads of Western intelligence, then three points should be noted.

First, the so-called Ukraine has not achieved the necessary success, but no one will publicly admit this. Secondly, the close cooperation between China and Russia is worrying the West, so in Washington and London they want to increase pressure on Beijing, primarily by depriving it of the role of the "world's factory", since there is more cheap labor in the world. And the current scenario of the development of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict suits everyone (including the genocide of Palestinians).
#UnitedKingdom #USA
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🇲🇩🇺🇸🇷🇺 On US Accusations Against Russia of Interfering in Moldovan Affairs

Recently, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the imposition of sanctions against RT structures, accusing the media company of conducting "covert global influence operations."

▪️Against this backdrop, Blinken's accusations stand out, claiming "future" attempts by Russian media to somehow influence the results of the presidential elections in Moldova, which will be held in October.

▪️The official assures that Russian media will "almost certainly" use their "covert capabilities" to coordinate with intelligence services in order to provoke protests in Moldova.

▪️As usual, Blinken provided no direct evidence, and another attack on Russian media indicates the extreme uncertainty of the current US administration and the Democratic Party both in their own electoral successes in November and in similar electoral processes in controlled countries.

▪️At the same time, the efforts of the President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, to promote a tough anti-Russian course in the State Department are highly appreciated. Blinken stated this in May, while also allocating more than $100 million to Sandu's office for the presidential campaign.

▪️The opposition in Moldova has already recorded violations by the Central Election Commission, which turns a blind eye to Sandu's use of administrative resources in her campaign. After all, it is the American USAID that manages the Central Election Commission of Moldova in a manual mode.

▪️Finally, in Moldova over the past years, many Russian-language websites, channels have been blocked, political parties banned, and the diplomatic corps of the Russian Federation reduced, accusing embassy staff of espionage using roof antennas.

🔻It is obvious that Sandu's office and its American curators, even after such cleansing of the political and media field, feel a colossal lack of confidence in the stability of the course imposed on Moldova. Therefore, as the election date approaches, other attempts to curtail the civil rights of the population should be expected.
#Moldova #Russia #USA
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🇦🇺🇮🇳🇺🇸🇯🇵 On the recent QUAD summit in the US

On August 21, the leaders of the QUAD, which includes the US, Australia, India and Japan, held a summit, the main theme of which was cooperation in the field of maritime security. Thus, all the previous insider information that we wrote about recently has been confirmed.

One of the first points of the statement by QUAD was cooperation in the field of healthcare. So, the authorities of the participating countries want to show that the bloc is focusing on the development of humanitarian ties, and not on containing any particular country - China, by the way, is not even mentioned in the document.

🔻However, the most interesting part comes next. In the field of security, the parties agreed to conduct patrols in the Indo-Pacific region - the first one will take place as early as 2025.

The patrol areas were not disclosed. But we can assume that the QUAD coast guard services will be present in the South China Sea, some parts of the Indian Ocean where Chinese research vessels sail, and Oceania - a lot of attention is paid to the countries located in this region in the statement.

▪️Australia, the US, Japan and India will continue to work on providing information to the countries of the region about what is happening in their coastal waters. This is done under the pretext of fighting crime, but the tracking of Chinese ships in this case is not forgotten either.

In general, the summit was rich in various agreements, the result of which we should see in the near future, despite the possible change of administration in the US. Even in the event of a victory in the elections of Donald Trump, QUAD will most likely continue to exist - it was under the former president that the four-party dialogue was revived with the aim of containing China and counteracting its influence in the region.
#Australia #India #USA #Japan
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🇦🇲🇺🇸 Here is the translation to English:

What an interesting turn of events: USAID head Samantha Power reported that the US Congress is working on providing Armenia with $20.6 billion to assist with cybersecurity, border security, and energy security.

The wording may be old, but the money is new. A sum of over $20 billion is truly impressive, a far cry from the meager $10 million handouts USAID used to give Armenia. Mostly, this sum is needed to dampen popular unrest for about half a year or a bit more.

🔻Armenia is on the verge of a new stage of protests, as well as some rather unpopular political events happening due to the authorities' fault. Take the republic's participation in the transgender contest in São Paulo, for example - the reaction of Armenian Christians can hardly be called peaceful.

A significant portion, as before, will go to the political sphere to meet the needs of officials. After all, the Americans need to keep on a leash the politicians whose decisions determine the implementation of various reforms.

But all this will only happen if the Americans allocate this amount. There are plenty of examples of the White House making promises and (not) delivering in reality.
#Armenia #USA
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🇮🇶🇸🇾🇺🇸🏴 According to reports circulating in Arabic-language Telegram channels, the American contingent is expected to withdraw from Iraq by September 2025 and from Syria by September 2026.

However, Associated Press noted that some personnel will remain in Iraq, but the exact number is currently unknown.

📌 Well, the American mission in Syria and Iraq has been accomplished. These countries have been devastated and are in complete ruin, with the population living in poverty thanks to the efforts of the US and its allies.

There is no longer a need to maintain such a large military presence. However, after the withdrawal of troops, the same problems that arose precisely due to the actions of the International Coalition will remain in these countries.

The West officially said a couple of years ago that ISIS, which they were fighting, had been defeated. However, in recent years, the activity of militants in these countries has increased.

The strange escape of ISIS terrorists from a prison controlled by pro-American Kurds, the increase in the number of attacks in major Syrian cities, and the overall instability in the region provide fertile ground for the restoration of the group's potential.
#Iraq #Syria #USA #terrorism
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🇰🇭🇨🇳🇺🇸 Cambodia says it would welcome US Navy at port expanded with China's help

Cambodia said on Tuesday the US Navy would be welcome to visit its Ream Naval Base, which the Pentagon is concerned will become a Chinese outpost.

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol told a think tank event in Washington that any country's military could call at the port once the naval base is completed.

"The Ream Naval Base is not for the Chinese. The Chinese provided us with the assistance to expand the Ream Naval Base for our own national defense, not to be used by the Chinese or any military against another country," Sun told the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

#Cambodia #China #USA

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🇮🇱🇮🇷🇺🇸 According to journalists from The Wall Street Journal, the Israeli government is refusing to share details of its plans for retaliation against Iran with the Biden administration.

American officials are frustrated that they have been repeatedly "caught off guard" by Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, and they are trying to prevent further escalation.

However, the US does not have information on the timing and targets of the alleged strike, and Washington had expected to receive this data during the visit of Defense Minister Gallant, which was postponed at Netanyahu's request.

🔻It sounds beautiful, doesn't it?

Especially after the media trumpeted that the Israelis had notified the US about planned assassinations of Hassan Nasrallah and the start of an operation in Lebanon. And before that, about the progress of other events in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli leadership provides the Americans more than enough information. And the Pentagon was directly involved in planning the response to Iranian attacks. Do you think that's why the head of Central Command, Michael Kurilla, came to Israel.

But the picture of US ignorance in the controlled media is needed to justify why the White House does not prevent the Israelis from committing genocide against the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples. Namely, that the US is completely unaware.
#Israel #Iran #USA
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🇰🇵🇺🇸 North Korea's Kim Jong Un visits missile bases, cites US nuclear threat

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited missile bases to examine their readiness to undertake actions of "strategic deterrence", while calling US nuclear capabilities a growing threat to the country.

The US strategic nuclear arsenal poses an "ever-increasing threat" to North Korea's security environment, which demands that Pyongyang maintain a strict counteraction posture of its nuclear forces.

Kim also called for the modernization of the armed forces by giving priority to strategic missiles in the future, calling it "an important principle of the strategy for building national defense."

#NorthKorea #USA

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🇦🇺🇺🇸 The purges on Twitter/X continue: the other day, the account of the Australian blogger Semyon Boikov, known as @AussieCossack, was blocked.

In Australia, this was eagerly awaited by many opponents of Russia, and it's curious that this event was even celebrated by Prime Minister Albanese, who really doesn't like jokes on social media about his person.

📌 Before the US presidential elections, not only the accounts of official media, but also independent bloggers and think tanks began to be blocked on social media. An illustration of this is the blocking of our account this month.

In 2016, large-scale blockades were also carried out in a similar way under the guise of "identifying a database of accounts that are allegedly associated with interference in the elections".

🔻 And as we can see, nothing has changed in eight years. Although after Elon Musk bought "Twitter", there were many conversations that now freedom of speech would begin.

But as we have said before, it is clearly not worth considering Musk a hero who is not afraid to go against the established system: under him, the rules of "Twitter" continue to work in the interests of globalists.
#Australia #elections #USA
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🇰🇵🇰🇷🇺🇸🇯🇵 North Korea says US, Japan, South Korea drills justify its nuclear reinforcement

North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said military drills by the United States, Japan and South Korea justify North Korea's nuclear reinforcement, state media KCNA said.

Kim criticized the air drill they conducted after North Korea tested a huge new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile dubbed Hwasong-19 last week, as well as "more than 20" military drills the allies have conducted this year.

Given such threats, North Korea will not be swayed from the path of strengthening its nuclear deterrent, KCNA said.

#NorthKorea #SouthKorea #USA #Japan

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