Russian economy and logistics turns East

Russia plans to allocate $30 billion for railways to China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.

The investment project of the Ministry of Transport provides for the construction of 369 km of railway tracks in the Russian Federation, "Vedomosti" writes.

Another 3 thousand km of the track will be laid on Chinese, Kazakh and Mongolian territory.

To increase freight traffic on the railway tracks, new border crossings will be rebuilt and old ones will be put back into operation.

The proposal of the Ministry of Transport will form the basis of the government's model of Russia's development in new geopolitical conditions.
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The American reporter published a lengthy article about his personal trip to Ukraine in order to find out the truth about the "International Legion" of mercenaries from around the world advertised by the Ukrainian side.

In the course of communication with the military and representatives of Ukrainian officials, it turned out that Ukraine was not ready for such a large flow of volunteers. A third of the volunteers were weeded out due to lack of combat experience, a third of the volunteers left after a missile attack on the Yavorsky training ground, and the rest were never able to form a combat unit. At the same time, only a few were given weapons and ammunition.

“The International Legion does not exist. All this was propaganda to gain international support, secure media attention and support the idea that the whole world is at war against Russia,” the journalist quotes a message from one of the volunteers.

Videos emerged in Chinese social media showing military equipment belonging to People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Command moving via a high-speed railway in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province (171 km Southwest of Shanghai) towards the South of the Mainland China, reportedly Fujian Province.
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Just an atmospheric photo...

That is the location of the "unexpected" military drills of the Chinese Army. Yes, you have recognised it right, the island is Taiwan.
#China #Pelosi

Republicans ready bill to lease Taiwan weapons in stand off with China

Do you remember, that the similar law on American "lend-leas" to Ukraine was introduced to the Congress more than a month before the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine (on the 19 of January). Coincidence?

The bill, which is the brainchild of House GOP Rep. Michelle Steel and Sen. Marsha Blackburn, is modeled after an early 1940s program that allowed the U.S. government to bolster European Allies without having to directly enter World War II itself. 

"Taiwan is our greatest partner in the Indo-Pacific region, and their continued sovereignty is essential to challenging the New Axis of Evil," said Blackburn, R-TN. "Taiwan should know that the United States will support them with defense supplies – including weapons and machinery – regardless of what the Chinese Communist Party says."

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Arestovich (Ukrainian presidential advisor):
"Therefore, the happy liberation of Kherson seems to be slightly pushed back and instead we will have a glorious fight - the last Russian operational reserves with the accumulated Ukrainian ones."
[bla-bla-bla... ]
"Our counteroffensive seems to be slightly delayed, but then it has every chance of becoming even more successful than planned."

We should not take those lamentations ⬆️ from Arestovich for its face value. The whole business of announcing the counter-offensive well before with clear indication that its objective is Kherson was very suspicious to me. That was an information that any military commander would keep top secret. It was obvious, that its media component was more important than military. Right now it could be, that Arestovich is performing a classical deception claiming that it is postponed... Anyway, it is better to be prepared for an offensive than would not happen, than not to be prepared to the one that could happen.
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US Navy warplanes fly near Taiwan.

Before Pelosi's visit, tension in the region has reached its highest level.‌‌

Currently her plane is refuelling in Honolulu.
#China #Pelosi

Iran declares its support for the People's Republic of China as tensions around the Taiwan Strait begin to escalate

Iran fully supports "one China" policy against "destructive" US unilateralism

“Don’t play with fire, you are likely to burn yourself” - President Xi Jinping to geriatric puppet ‘president’ Joseph Biden.

The Chinese idiom: 玩火自焚 is very similar in translation to the English ‘If you play with fire, you will get burnt’ idiom. The message is very clear.

In other news, Pelosi - who has set off on her World-Ending trip, has stated that the visit to Taiwan island is “still on the itinerary”
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China closed the airspace above the Taiwan Strait as part of a live-fire exercise in Fujian province.
The maneuvers began today ahead of a possible visit to Taiwan by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.

‘Russia will win together with Serbia. We’ll never surrender to Western fascists’ Ordinary Serbian people, a carpenter, farmer and bikers, say Belgrade will never betray Moscow.

The detonation over Donetsk of the Uragan rocket that brought the “petal” mines payload.

The behavior of Ukraine’s top officials shows the attitude towards their people much more clearly than words from high rostrums. While hundreds of Ukrainians are dying in trenches and in destroyed houses from starvation, deprived of a normal life because of the war unleashed by President Zelensky, Ukrainian elites continue to pursue an idle lifestyle.

The first lady of the country is filmed in glossy magazines. The mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko drinks alcohol in a relaxed atmosphere together with German ministers - Interior Minister Nancy Fazer and Labor Minister Hubertus Heil, and they all cheerfully smile at the camera. And the Federal Office of Presidential Administration organizes a banquet for 10 million hryvnia ($271 840) during the visit of Macron, Scholz and Draghi.

Such behavior causes a mass indignation of citizens - both Ukrainian and European. The cynicism and duplicity of everything that is happening kills faith in these people. Of course, no one obliges politicians to show their sad grief-stricken faces, but it is necessary to respect the limits of decency and behave according to the current situation in order at least to create the appearance of experiencing a common tragedy with the people. But it seems that they have already spat on this need. Morality and humanity have finally died in these scums along with the thousands of people whose deaths they are responsible for.

The Times wrote an article about "Kiev's readiness for a decisive battle for the return of Kherson"

Everything would be fine, except they accompanied the article with a photo of the Russian Navy parade in St. Petersburg.

Unprofessionalism or a subtle hint?

Short interview on RT last night from the Ukrainian-bombed DPR prison (killing 53 Ukrainian POWs) and from a Donetsk hospital treating Ukrainian POWs in critical condition.

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi thought well and excluded Taiwan from the visiting program.

🇷🇺 The Russian Federation has officially invited experts from the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross to conduct an investigation of the attack on the detention centre in Elenovka, which resulted in the death of a large number of Ukrainian POWs.

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Iron people of Donetsk - a smoking shank sticks out of the asphalt, cars continue to move.

Tupolev 7b, Mirny microdistrict of the Kirovsky district, right now.