Russian MFA: Latvia blocks 80% of Russian fertilizers for poor countries
Foreign Ministry: Russian fertilizers remain blocked in the warehouses of Latvia, Estonia, Belgium
MOSCOW, October 28 - RIA Novosti. Latvia and some other countries are blocking fertilizers that Russia is ready to donate to the poorest countries, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on the implementation of the Istanbul food deal.
“Russian companies still cannot not only carry out commercial deliveries of fertilizers, but even transfer about 300 thousand tons of products to the poorest countries. And do it free of charge. These fertilizers remain blocked mainly in the warehouses of Latvia (80%), as well as Estonia, Belgium and Netherlands, whose leadership does not allow them to be sent through the UN World Food Program," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Russia is one of the world's leading exporters of fertilizers, without which not only food consuming countries, but also producers will be at risk of starvation, recalled on Smolenskaya Square.
According to the UN, from August 1 to October 26, 390 ships passed through the humanitarian corridors on the Black Sea, which took out 8,899,048 tons of food from Ukraine, mainly corn. At the same time, the geography of grain recipients turned out to be inconsistent with the humanitarian goals of the agreement.
Thus, half of the deliveries fell on the EU countries, the UK, Israel and Korea. While the needy states, in particular Somalia, Ethiopia, Yemen, Sudan, Afghanistan, received only three percent of food.
On July 22, representatives of Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN signed a package of two documents in Istanbul. The first memorandum deals with the UN commitment to remove restrictions on the export of Russian fertilizers and agricultural products to world markets. The second defines the algorithm for the export of Ukrainian grain from the ports on the Black Sea. This package deal aims to ensure global food security.
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Foreign Ministry: Russian fertilizers remain blocked in the warehouses of Latvia, Estonia, Belgium
MOSCOW, October 28 - RIA Novosti. Latvia and some other countries are blocking fertilizers that Russia is ready to donate to the poorest countries, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on the implementation of the Istanbul food deal.
“Russian companies still cannot not only carry out commercial deliveries of fertilizers, but even transfer about 300 thousand tons of products to the poorest countries. And do it free of charge. These fertilizers remain blocked mainly in the warehouses of Latvia (80%), as well as Estonia, Belgium and Netherlands, whose leadership does not allow them to be sent through the UN World Food Program," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Russia is one of the world's leading exporters of fertilizers, without which not only food consuming countries, but also producers will be at risk of starvation, recalled on Smolenskaya Square.
According to the UN, from August 1 to October 26, 390 ships passed through the humanitarian corridors on the Black Sea, which took out 8,899,048 tons of food from Ukraine, mainly corn. At the same time, the geography of grain recipients turned out to be inconsistent with the humanitarian goals of the agreement.
Thus, half of the deliveries fell on the EU countries, the UK, Israel and Korea. While the needy states, in particular Somalia, Ethiopia, Yemen, Sudan, Afghanistan, received only three percent of food.
On July 22, representatives of Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN signed a package of two documents in Istanbul. The first memorandum deals with the UN commitment to remove restrictions on the export of Russian fertilizers and agricultural products to world markets. The second defines the algorithm for the export of Ukrainian grain from the ports on the Black Sea. This package deal aims to ensure global food security.
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МИД: Латвия блокирует 80% российских удобрений для бедных стран
Латвия и некоторые другие страны блокируют удобрения, которые Россия готова безвозмездно передать беднейшим странам, говорится в сообщении МИД о выполнении... РИА Новости, 28.10.2022
Overrated democracy
Language issue and confiscation
MOSCOW, October 28 - RIA Novosti, by Elena Popova. In Latvia, it was forbidden to renew a residence permit, Georgia is considering a visa regime, the Finns are proposing to take away property - according to experts, we are talking about political repression against all Russians.
Latvia is at the forefront of pressure not only on the Russian leadership, but also on the population. In August, the Baltic republic stopped issuing visas to Russians. The exception is travel to the funeral of close relatives. They also refused to provide asylum to men evading mobilization "for security reasons."
In addition, at the end of September, the country tightened the conditions for issuing temporary residence permits to citizens of Russia and Belarus. Valid residence permits obtained on the basis of the acquisition of real estate or investments will be cancelled from September 1 of the next year. In order to issue the document again, it is necessary to pass a test for knowledge of the Latvian language.
There are more than ten thousand real estate objects in Latvia owned by Russian citizens. So many will be forced to either get rid of apartments or learn the state language of the republic.
The Finnish authorities have gone even further: they intend to confiscate the property of Russians there if it is located on territory important for the country's security. Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen said he would submit a proposal to parliament in the coming weeks. "It is also possible if a real risk is established and sufficient grounds are presented. We have a tool for this," the head of the department said.
Against the backdrop of statements by the Finnish authorities, the Russians are beginning to put up real estate for sale. For example, over 30 offers for the sale of apartments have been posted on the Avito site, most of them in the border town of Imatra.
And on September 27, it became known that the country's border guard was going to erect a barrier on the border with Russia. At the same time, according to Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, the situation there is calm, there is no military threat.
"We are talking about political repressions against all bearers of a Russian passport. They will also apply to ethnic Russians, and to some extent to the Orthodox. These states are returning to the medieval rules of collective guilt and responsibility, which indicates a significant level of civilizational degradation of Europe", - explains political scientist Sergei Markov.
In his opinion, Western democracy is a big exaggeration. Otherwise, the EU countries would have sided with Russia, not Ukraine. "Instead, they participate in the isolation of the country and support the anti-democratic regime in Kyiv," the expert notes.
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Language issue and confiscation
MOSCOW, October 28 - RIA Novosti, by Elena Popova. In Latvia, it was forbidden to renew a residence permit, Georgia is considering a visa regime, the Finns are proposing to take away property - according to experts, we are talking about political repression against all Russians.
Latvia is at the forefront of pressure not only on the Russian leadership, but also on the population. In August, the Baltic republic stopped issuing visas to Russians. The exception is travel to the funeral of close relatives. They also refused to provide asylum to men evading mobilization "for security reasons."
In addition, at the end of September, the country tightened the conditions for issuing temporary residence permits to citizens of Russia and Belarus. Valid residence permits obtained on the basis of the acquisition of real estate or investments will be cancelled from September 1 of the next year. In order to issue the document again, it is necessary to pass a test for knowledge of the Latvian language.
There are more than ten thousand real estate objects in Latvia owned by Russian citizens. So many will be forced to either get rid of apartments or learn the state language of the republic.
The Finnish authorities have gone even further: they intend to confiscate the property of Russians there if it is located on territory important for the country's security. Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen said he would submit a proposal to parliament in the coming weeks. "It is also possible if a real risk is established and sufficient grounds are presented. We have a tool for this," the head of the department said.
Against the backdrop of statements by the Finnish authorities, the Russians are beginning to put up real estate for sale. For example, over 30 offers for the sale of apartments have been posted on the Avito site, most of them in the border town of Imatra.
And on September 27, it became known that the country's border guard was going to erect a barrier on the border with Russia. At the same time, according to Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, the situation there is calm, there is no military threat.
"We are talking about political repressions against all bearers of a Russian passport. They will also apply to ethnic Russians, and to some extent to the Orthodox. These states are returning to the medieval rules of collective guilt and responsibility, which indicates a significant level of civilizational degradation of Europe", - explains political scientist Sergei Markov.
In his opinion, Western democracy is a big exaggeration. Otherwise, the EU countries would have sided with Russia, not Ukraine. "Instead, they participate in the isolation of the country and support the anti-democratic regime in Kyiv," the expert notes.
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"Прибыль — важнее". В Европе придумали, как ограбить россиян
В Латвии запретили продлевать вид на жительство, Грузия обдумывает визовый режим, финны предлагают отбирать имущество — по мнению экспертов, речь идет о... РИА Новости, 28.10.2022
Putin took on the solution of the main contradiction of the era
In yesterday's speech by Vladimir Putin at the Valdai forum, many considered his main warning that "we are standing at a historical turning point, ahead of probably the most dangerous, unpredictable, and at the same time important decade since the end of World War II." But the prediction of the upcoming tests is not at all new, and it was not valuable in itself for Putin - the context in which it was said is important here:
"The historical period of the West's undivided dominance in world affairs is ending, the unipolar world is becoming a thing of the past... The West is not able to single-handedly govern humanity, but it is desperately trying to do so, and most of the peoples of the world no longer want to put up with it. This is the main contradiction of the new In the words of the classics, the situation is to a certain extent revolutionary: the upper classes cannot, and the lower classes do not want to live like this anymore."
"Power over the world is exactly what the so-called West has staked in its game. But this game is certainly dangerous, bloody and, I would say, dirty. It denies the sovereignty of countries and peoples, their originality and uniqueness, not considers the interests of the other states".
The American-style liberal world order not only multiplies chaos every day, it is becoming more and more intolerant even towards the Western countries themselves, towards their attempts to show any independence, Putin said.
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In yesterday's speech by Vladimir Putin at the Valdai forum, many considered his main warning that "we are standing at a historical turning point, ahead of probably the most dangerous, unpredictable, and at the same time important decade since the end of World War II." But the prediction of the upcoming tests is not at all new, and it was not valuable in itself for Putin - the context in which it was said is important here:
"The historical period of the West's undivided dominance in world affairs is ending, the unipolar world is becoming a thing of the past... The West is not able to single-handedly govern humanity, but it is desperately trying to do so, and most of the peoples of the world no longer want to put up with it. This is the main contradiction of the new In the words of the classics, the situation is to a certain extent revolutionary: the upper classes cannot, and the lower classes do not want to live like this anymore."
"Power over the world is exactly what the so-called West has staked in its game. But this game is certainly dangerous, bloody and, I would say, dirty. It denies the sovereignty of countries and peoples, their originality and uniqueness, not considers the interests of the other states".
The American-style liberal world order not only multiplies chaos every day, it is becoming more and more intolerant even towards the Western countries themselves, towards their attempts to show any independence, Putin said.
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Путин взялся за решение главного противоречия эпохи
Во вчерашнем выступлении Владимира Путина на форуме "Валдай" многие посчитали главным его предупреждение о том, что "мы стоим на историческом рубеже, впереди,... РИА Новости, 28.10.2022
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
The New York Times
Putin Is Onto Us
Putin is now fighting a ground war to break through Ukraine’s lines and a two-front energy war to break Ukraine’s will and that of its allies. He’s trying to smash Ukraine’s electricity system to ensure a long, cold winter there while putting himself in position (in ways that I’ll explain) to drive up energy costs for all of Ukraine’s allies. And because we — America and the West — do not have an energy strategy in place to dampen the impact of Putin’s energy bomb, this is a frightening prospect.
When it comes to energy, we want five things at once that are incompatible — and Putin is onto us:
1. We want to decarbonize our economy as fast as we can to mitigate the very real dangers of climate change.
2. We want the cheapest possible gasoline and heating oil prices so we can drive our cars as fast and as much as we want — and never have to put on a sweater indoors or do anything to conserve energy.
3. We want to tell the petrodictators in Iran, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia to take a hike.
4. We want to be able to treat U.S. oil and gas companies as pariahs and dinosaurs that should pump us out of this current oil crisis and then go off in the woods and die and let solar and wind take over.
5. Oh, and we don’t want any new oil and gas pipelines or wind and solar transmission lines to spoil our backyards.
In an energy war like the one we’re in now, you need to be clear about your goals and priorities. As a country, and as a Western alliance, we have no ladder of priorities on energy, just competing aspirations and magical thinking that we can have it all.
If we persist in that, we are going to be in for a world of hurt if Putin drops the energy bomb that I think he’s assembling for Christmas. Here’s what I think is his strategy: It starts with getting the United States to draw down its Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It is a huge stock of crude oil stored in giant caverns that we can draw on in an emergency to offset any cutoff in our domestic production or imports. Last Wednesday, President Biden announced the release of 15 million more barrels from the reserve in December, completing a plan he laid out earlier to release a total of 180 million barrels in an effort to keep gasoline prices at the pump as low as possible — in advance of the midterm elections. (He didn’t say the last part. He didn’t need to.)
Putin wants America to use up as much of its Strategic Petroleum Reserve cushion now — just like the way the Germans gave up on nuclear energy and he got them addicted to Russia’s cheap natural gas. Then, when Russian gas was cut off because of the Ukraine war, German homes and factories had to frantically cut back and scramble for more expensive alternatives.
Next, Putin is watching the European Union gear up for a ban on seaborne imports of crude oil from Russia, starting Dec. 5. This embargo — along with Germany and Poland’s move to stop pipeline imports — should cover roughly 90 percent of the European Union’s current oil imports from Russia.
So add all of this up and then suppose, come December, Putin announces he is halting all Russian oil and gas exports for 30 or 60 days to countries supporting Ukraine, rather than submit to the European Union’s fixing of his oil price. He could afford that for a short while. That would be Putin’s energy bomb and Christmas present to the West. In this tight market, oil could go to $200 a barrel, with a commensurate rise in the price of natural gas. We’re talking $10 to $12 a gallon at the pump in the United States.
The beauty for Putin of an energy bomb is that unlike setting off a nuclear bomb — which would unite the whole world against him — setting off an oil price bomb would divide the West from Ukraine.
However, don't you think, that it is not Putin, but the West is preparing for itself that Christmas present by all its policies and actions? Putin will simply react in a very predictable(or unpredictable) way to the threats.
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The New York Times
Putin Is Onto Us
Putin is now fighting a ground war to break through Ukraine’s lines and a two-front energy war to break Ukraine’s will and that of its allies. He’s trying to smash Ukraine’s electricity system to ensure a long, cold winter there while putting himself in position (in ways that I’ll explain) to drive up energy costs for all of Ukraine’s allies. And because we — America and the West — do not have an energy strategy in place to dampen the impact of Putin’s energy bomb, this is a frightening prospect.
When it comes to energy, we want five things at once that are incompatible — and Putin is onto us:
1. We want to decarbonize our economy as fast as we can to mitigate the very real dangers of climate change.
2. We want the cheapest possible gasoline and heating oil prices so we can drive our cars as fast and as much as we want — and never have to put on a sweater indoors or do anything to conserve energy.
3. We want to tell the petrodictators in Iran, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia to take a hike.
4. We want to be able to treat U.S. oil and gas companies as pariahs and dinosaurs that should pump us out of this current oil crisis and then go off in the woods and die and let solar and wind take over.
5. Oh, and we don’t want any new oil and gas pipelines or wind and solar transmission lines to spoil our backyards.
In an energy war like the one we’re in now, you need to be clear about your goals and priorities. As a country, and as a Western alliance, we have no ladder of priorities on energy, just competing aspirations and magical thinking that we can have it all.
If we persist in that, we are going to be in for a world of hurt if Putin drops the energy bomb that I think he’s assembling for Christmas. Here’s what I think is his strategy: It starts with getting the United States to draw down its Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It is a huge stock of crude oil stored in giant caverns that we can draw on in an emergency to offset any cutoff in our domestic production or imports. Last Wednesday, President Biden announced the release of 15 million more barrels from the reserve in December, completing a plan he laid out earlier to release a total of 180 million barrels in an effort to keep gasoline prices at the pump as low as possible — in advance of the midterm elections. (He didn’t say the last part. He didn’t need to.)
Putin wants America to use up as much of its Strategic Petroleum Reserve cushion now — just like the way the Germans gave up on nuclear energy and he got them addicted to Russia’s cheap natural gas. Then, when Russian gas was cut off because of the Ukraine war, German homes and factories had to frantically cut back and scramble for more expensive alternatives.
Next, Putin is watching the European Union gear up for a ban on seaborne imports of crude oil from Russia, starting Dec. 5. This embargo — along with Germany and Poland’s move to stop pipeline imports — should cover roughly 90 percent of the European Union’s current oil imports from Russia.
So add all of this up and then suppose, come December, Putin announces he is halting all Russian oil and gas exports for 30 or 60 days to countries supporting Ukraine, rather than submit to the European Union’s fixing of his oil price. He could afford that for a short while. That would be Putin’s energy bomb and Christmas present to the West. In this tight market, oil could go to $200 a barrel, with a commensurate rise in the price of natural gas. We’re talking $10 to $12 a gallon at the pump in the United States.
The beauty for Putin of an energy bomb is that unlike setting off a nuclear bomb — which would unite the whole world against him — setting off an oil price bomb would divide the West from Ukraine.
However, don't you think, that it is not Putin, but the West is preparing for itself that Christmas present by all its policies and actions? Putin will simply react in a very predictable
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When it comes to energy, the West wants five incompatible things at once.
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The American people deserve to know how the war in Ukraine will end
BY JOSHUA C. HUMINSKI, for The Hill
Perhaps the most important question to be asked is how does this war end? It is unsurprising that the United States and its allies have largely left such questions unanswered. The oft-used refrain is that it is Kyiv’s decision as to how and when the conflict with close. While not wholly wrong, it is a politically convenient and expedient fiction to leave that question open.
Indeed, it is Ukraine’s decision how the war terminates, but to suggest that the United States or the West more broadly do not have agency in this conflict is to ignore reality — it is very much a party to this conflict and the sooner that the fiction that it is not is jettisoned, the better. The West has interests in this conflict and to suggest that it is merely loading a gun and handing it off to Ukraine is disingenuous at best and dangerous at worst.
Allied capitals do not wish to answer this question as asking it alone risks exposing very real schisms in support of Ukraine — support that is fundamentally critical to the success of the recent offensive, and indeed offensives to come. Were it not for the West’s substantive support Ukraine would likely not have achieved the success that it has met with thus far, the bravery of Ukraine’s fighters notwithstanding (or Russia’s attendant abysmal performance.)
Leaving it “up to Kyiv” allows each country that is providing support to labor under the illusion that it too is not a party to this conflict. If Germany and France do indeed differ on an outcome in Ukraine from Estonia and Poland, and again from the United States and United Kingdom, that necessary unity risks fracturing, opening avenues for Russia to exploit.
Kyiv has been impressively controlled and successful in its control of the messaging of this information war. The West, at least publicly, has very little insight into Kyiv’s aims and intentions, or indeed its losses or battlefield performance beyond that which is conveyed via social media and journalistic accounts. Even raising questions related to these critical factors is tantamount to heresy within the present geopolitical and cultural environment — as if asking the questions themselves is akin to supporting Russia. It is not. It is simply prudent interrogation of geopolitical realities that have significant policy implications.
Failing to ask what Kyiv’s aims are or what the West’s aims could or indeed should be creates conditions where the latter could well be drawn into a situation that is neither viable nor sustainable or that is even outright escalatory. Ukraine has demonstrated a willingness and capability of launching attacks into Russian territory. Indeed, it is suspected of carrying out the assassination of Daria Dugina — daughter of ultra-nationalist polemicist Alexander Dugin. That the administration exposed the hand of Ukraine in the killing suggests that the United States is unhappy with the transparency Kyiv is providing and wishes to avoid being drawn into something to which it cannot and does not want to be a party.
How far is the United States willing to back and support Ukraine? Not in its present fight for national survival or reclamation of its territory, but to what strategic end? If Kyiv desires to reclaim Crimea, will the United States provide the aid and support necessary for that campaign? What if Ukraine determines that launching greater strikes into Russian-held and indeed Russian territory proper is necessary? Will the West provide the long-range arms necessary for that offensive? Or will that be a redline for Washington, London and Brussels? Hyperbolically, what if Kyiv demands nothing less than regime change in Russia? Will the United States support that outcome?
To put the long article short — Kiev is lying so well, that the ordinary Americans are generally and genuinely misguided, albeit those in the US, who may know the truth, can not speak it out because of the conflict of interests...
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BY JOSHUA C. HUMINSKI, for The Hill
Perhaps the most important question to be asked is how does this war end? It is unsurprising that the United States and its allies have largely left such questions unanswered. The oft-used refrain is that it is Kyiv’s decision as to how and when the conflict with close. While not wholly wrong, it is a politically convenient and expedient fiction to leave that question open.
Indeed, it is Ukraine’s decision how the war terminates, but to suggest that the United States or the West more broadly do not have agency in this conflict is to ignore reality — it is very much a party to this conflict and the sooner that the fiction that it is not is jettisoned, the better. The West has interests in this conflict and to suggest that it is merely loading a gun and handing it off to Ukraine is disingenuous at best and dangerous at worst.
Allied capitals do not wish to answer this question as asking it alone risks exposing very real schisms in support of Ukraine — support that is fundamentally critical to the success of the recent offensive, and indeed offensives to come. Were it not for the West’s substantive support Ukraine would likely not have achieved the success that it has met with thus far, the bravery of Ukraine’s fighters notwithstanding (or Russia’s attendant abysmal performance.)
Leaving it “up to Kyiv” allows each country that is providing support to labor under the illusion that it too is not a party to this conflict. If Germany and France do indeed differ on an outcome in Ukraine from Estonia and Poland, and again from the United States and United Kingdom, that necessary unity risks fracturing, opening avenues for Russia to exploit.
Kyiv has been impressively controlled and successful in its control of the messaging of this information war. The West, at least publicly, has very little insight into Kyiv’s aims and intentions, or indeed its losses or battlefield performance beyond that which is conveyed via social media and journalistic accounts. Even raising questions related to these critical factors is tantamount to heresy within the present geopolitical and cultural environment — as if asking the questions themselves is akin to supporting Russia. It is not. It is simply prudent interrogation of geopolitical realities that have significant policy implications.
Failing to ask what Kyiv’s aims are or what the West’s aims could or indeed should be creates conditions where the latter could well be drawn into a situation that is neither viable nor sustainable or that is even outright escalatory. Ukraine has demonstrated a willingness and capability of launching attacks into Russian territory. Indeed, it is suspected of carrying out the assassination of Daria Dugina — daughter of ultra-nationalist polemicist Alexander Dugin. That the administration exposed the hand of Ukraine in the killing suggests that the United States is unhappy with the transparency Kyiv is providing and wishes to avoid being drawn into something to which it cannot and does not want to be a party.
How far is the United States willing to back and support Ukraine? Not in its present fight for national survival or reclamation of its territory, but to what strategic end? If Kyiv desires to reclaim Crimea, will the United States provide the aid and support necessary for that campaign? What if Ukraine determines that launching greater strikes into Russian-held and indeed Russian territory proper is necessary? Will the West provide the long-range arms necessary for that offensive? Or will that be a redline for Washington, London and Brussels? Hyperbolically, what if Kyiv demands nothing less than regime change in Russia? Will the United States support that outcome?
To put the long article short — Kiev is lying so well, that the ordinary Americans are generally and genuinely misguided, albeit those in the US, who may know the truth, can not speak it out because of the conflict of interests...
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The Hill
The American people deserve to know how the war in Ukraine will end
This necessitates moving beyond simplistic clichés and bumper sticker slogans and asking some very hard questions.
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Shoigu announced the completion of partial mobilization measures
Defence Minister Shoigu reported to Putin on the completion of partial mobilization measures
MOSCOW, October 28 — RIA Novosti. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin on the completion of partial mobilization measures.
"More than 1,300 representatives of executive authorities at various levels were called up and sent to the troops, over 27,000 entrepreneurs, 13,000 citizens, without waiting for summonses, expressed a desire to fulfil their duty and were sent to the troops as volunteers. The average age of mobilized citizens was 35 years", — he said.
Now, according to the head of the Ministry of Defence, 218 thousand people are being trained. 82,000 people completed their training and were sent to the area of the special military operation in Ukraine, of which more than 41,000 operate as part of units. Those who participate in hostilities will receive veteran status and a corresponding package of social benefits.
"The dispatch of citizens called up for mobilization was completed today. The notification of citizens has been stopped. The task you set — 300 thousand people — has been completed. No additional tasks are planned," Shoigu concluded.
He noted that the military registration and enlistment offices will continue recruiting troops only by accepting volunteers and candidates for contract service.
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Defence Minister Shoigu reported to Putin on the completion of partial mobilization measures
MOSCOW, October 28 — RIA Novosti. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin on the completion of partial mobilization measures.
"More than 1,300 representatives of executive authorities at various levels were called up and sent to the troops, over 27,000 entrepreneurs, 13,000 citizens, without waiting for summonses, expressed a desire to fulfil their duty and were sent to the troops as volunteers. The average age of mobilized citizens was 35 years", — he said.
Now, according to the head of the Ministry of Defence, 218 thousand people are being trained. 82,000 people completed their training and were sent to the area of the special military operation in Ukraine, of which more than 41,000 operate as part of units. Those who participate in hostilities will receive veteran status and a corresponding package of social benefits.
"The dispatch of citizens called up for mobilization was completed today. The notification of citizens has been stopped. The task you set — 300 thousand people — has been completed. No additional tasks are planned," Shoigu concluded.
He noted that the military registration and enlistment offices will continue recruiting troops only by accepting volunteers and candidates for contract service.
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Шойгу заявил о завершении мероприятий по частичной мобилизации
Министр обороны Сергей Шойгу доложил президенту Владимиру Путину о завершении мероприятий по частичной мобилизации. РИА Новости, 28.10.2022
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Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has figured out the general of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who ordered to block the humanitarian corridors in Mariupol
MOSCOW, October 28 - RIA Novosti. Russian investigators have identified a Ukrainian lieutenant general who ordered the blockade of humanitarian corridors in Mariupol in order to use civilians as human shields.
"Currently, work continues with the military personnel of the Azov special forces regiment, who carried out general coordination of actions on the territory of Mariupol. The identity of the commander of the South and East group of troops, Lieutenant General Pavlyuk, who was given orders to block humanitarian corridors, has been established," noted there.
As the investigation established, the defence headquarters under the command of the general ordered the destruction of all those moving in Mariupol, including those who did not pose a threat to Ukrainian military women and children.
The Investigative Committee has assigned Pavlyuk the status of an accused, and measures are being taken to search for and arrest him.
In March, Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Commander of the Joint Forces Operation in Donbass, Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavlyuk, head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration in order to strengthen the defence of the Ukrainian capital. In May, Pavlyuk was removed from this position due to the lack of hostilities in the Kyiv region.
During the liberation of Mariupol, the Russian side opened humanitarian corridors both towards the DPR and towards the territories controlled by Kyiv, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine disrupted their work and repeatedly fired at civilians who tried to leave the city.
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MOSCOW, October 28 - RIA Novosti. Russian investigators have identified a Ukrainian lieutenant general who ordered the blockade of humanitarian corridors in Mariupol in order to use civilians as human shields.
"Currently, work continues with the military personnel of the Azov special forces regiment, who carried out general coordination of actions on the territory of Mariupol. The identity of the commander of the South and East group of troops, Lieutenant General Pavlyuk, who was given orders to block humanitarian corridors, has been established," noted there.
As the investigation established, the defence headquarters under the command of the general ordered the destruction of all those moving in Mariupol, including those who did not pose a threat to Ukrainian military women and children.
The Investigative Committee has assigned Pavlyuk the status of an accused, and measures are being taken to search for and arrest him.
In March, Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Commander of the Joint Forces Operation in Donbass, Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavlyuk, head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration in order to strengthen the defence of the Ukrainian capital. In May, Pavlyuk was removed from this position due to the lack of hostilities in the Kyiv region.
During the liberation of Mariupol, the Russian side opened humanitarian corridors both towards the DPR and towards the territories controlled by Kyiv, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine disrupted their work and repeatedly fired at civilians who tried to leave the city.
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СК вычислил генерала, который приказал блокировать гумкоридоры в Мариуполе
Российские следователи установили личность украинского генерал-лейтенанта, который приказывал блокировать гуманитарные коридоры в Мариуполе, чтобы использовать... РИА Новости, 28.10.2022
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Serbia ought to join Western sanctions on Russia if it is serious about future EU membership.
"It's important [Serbia] is aligned with our foreign and security policy. Joining the EU in the end, means sharing our values.”
Serbia is not currently a member of the EU. Given the current conditions of the EU and their destructive absolutist policies, it’s probably in Serbia’s best interests to stay away from that. They are bullies no different than the US.
https://euobserver.com/world/156357
"It's important [Serbia] is aligned with our foreign and security policy. Joining the EU in the end, means sharing our values.”
Serbia is not currently a member of the EU. Given the current conditions of the EU and their destructive absolutist policies, it’s probably in Serbia’s best interests to stay away from that. They are bullies no different than the US.
https://euobserver.com/world/156357
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Tanks of PMC* "Wagner Group" are destroying the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of the Donbasskaya electrical substation.
The battles for the strategic facility in the Bakhmut direction ended on September 18, but for obvious reasons, it is possible to post some footage of the assault only now.
The “musicians” then had to break through very well-equipped enemy positions, on which the tanks are working on the video.
The capture of the substation allowed the "Wagner Group" fighters to gain fire control over all movements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the outskirts of Bakhmut, Zaitsevo, Vesela Dolina and created favourable conditions for a further offensive.
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* Private Military Company — yes, tanks. For you not to think, that PMC are just guys with small arms. PMC "Wagner Group" also has battlefield attack aviation (not sure about submarines)...
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Tanks of PMC* "Wagner Group" are destroying the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of the Donbasskaya electrical substation.
The battles for the strategic facility in the Bakhmut direction ended on September 18, but for obvious reasons, it is possible to post some footage of the assault only now.
The “musicians” then had to break through very well-equipped enemy positions, on which the tanks are working on the video.
The capture of the substation allowed the "Wagner Group" fighters to gain fire control over all movements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the outskirts of Bakhmut, Zaitsevo, Vesela Dolina and created favourable conditions for a further offensive.
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* Private Military Company — yes, tanks. For you not to think, that PMC are just guys with small arms. PMC "Wagner Group" also has battlefield attack aviation (not sure about submarines)...
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Destruction of an unidentified Ukrainian MLRS and a Polish-supplied "Krab" self-propelled howitzer.
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The United States are afraid of cutting off the supply of weapons to Ukraine?
After 1 million shells were supplied, the stocks are low
Shuixiao 水镜晓先生 for Baidu
2022-10-28 12:18
Recently, US Defence Secretary General Austin announced that the military assistance of the United States and its allies to Ukraine will slow down because it is difficult to meet the needs of Ukraine for weapons and ammunition. The US media speculates that since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States has assisted Ukraine with more than 1 million large-caliber artillery shells. After that, the US ammunition facilities have been in a hurry, and the NATO ammunition stocks have also reached the red line. According to data from the German Institute, the shells and tanks provided by Norway and Slovenia alone exceeded 40%. At the same time, Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal also stated that Ukraine is now in desperate need of new ammunition due to the battlefield situation.
The current situation is very unfavourable to the Ukrainian army. Both Russia and Ukraine are gathering troops in the Kherson area, and a decisive battle is expected in Kherson. So at such a moment when the battle of Kherson is imminent, the United States has slowed down its military aid to Ukraine. Does this mean that the United States will cut off military assistance to Ukraine?
First of all, the ongoing war has made both Russia and Ukraine, as well as the Western countries that support Ukraine behind it, exhausted, and after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Western countries are facing an energy crisis, and they have been overwhelmed. The EU has begun to reduce reimbursement for military aid in Ukraine, and internal differences are obvious.
Secondly, Ukraine wants high-end weapons, and the output of the United States obviously cannot keep up with the consumption of the AFU on the battlefield.
Finally, there have been many voices against the provision of military aid to Ukraine in the United States, and the United States is now facing a crisis of inflation, coupled with the urgent lack of stock of US military ammunition, these news are not beneficial to the Democratic Party.
In summary, as far as it seems, the United States has slowed its military assistance to Ukraine, which has not only cooled down the conflict, eased the tension, but also given its domestic weapons and ammunition a chance to restore stocks. In the short term, the United States would not completely cut off military aid to Ukraine, but maintain the NATO coalition countries and ease internal conflicts and urgent public opinion through the slow-down plan, and cool down nuclear war rattling.
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After 1 million shells were supplied, the stocks are low
Shuixiao 水镜晓先生 for Baidu
2022-10-28 12:18
Recently, US Defence Secretary General Austin announced that the military assistance of the United States and its allies to Ukraine will slow down because it is difficult to meet the needs of Ukraine for weapons and ammunition. The US media speculates that since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States has assisted Ukraine with more than 1 million large-caliber artillery shells. After that, the US ammunition facilities have been in a hurry, and the NATO ammunition stocks have also reached the red line. According to data from the German Institute, the shells and tanks provided by Norway and Slovenia alone exceeded 40%. At the same time, Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmyhal also stated that Ukraine is now in desperate need of new ammunition due to the battlefield situation.
The current situation is very unfavourable to the Ukrainian army. Both Russia and Ukraine are gathering troops in the Kherson area, and a decisive battle is expected in Kherson. So at such a moment when the battle of Kherson is imminent, the United States has slowed down its military aid to Ukraine. Does this mean that the United States will cut off military assistance to Ukraine?
First of all, the ongoing war has made both Russia and Ukraine, as well as the Western countries that support Ukraine behind it, exhausted, and after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Western countries are facing an energy crisis, and they have been overwhelmed. The EU has begun to reduce reimbursement for military aid in Ukraine, and internal differences are obvious.
Secondly, Ukraine wants high-end weapons, and the output of the United States obviously cannot keep up with the consumption of the AFU on the battlefield.
Finally, there have been many voices against the provision of military aid to Ukraine in the United States, and the United States is now facing a crisis of inflation, coupled with the urgent lack of stock of US military ammunition, these news are not beneficial to the Democratic Party.
In summary, as far as it seems, the United States has slowed its military assistance to Ukraine, which has not only cooled down the conflict, eased the tension, but also given its domestic weapons and ammunition a chance to restore stocks. In the short term, the United States would not completely cut off military aid to Ukraine, but maintain the NATO coalition countries and ease internal conflicts and urgent public opinion through the slow-down plan, and cool down nuclear war rattling.
#China
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TUCKER CARLSON: Thanks to Biden's religious war in Ukraine, the US is about to run out of diesel fuel.
Watch full video here.
Russia is an orthodox Christian country with traditional social values and for that reason, it must be destroyed, no matter what the cost to us. This is a jihad.
What is a jihad going to mean for you? The details are stunning.
The Russian ruble is now far stronger than it was a year ago. The European economy, meanwhile, is collapsing. And the US is about to run out of diesel fuel.
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Watch full video here.
Russia is an orthodox Christian country with traditional social values and for that reason, it must be destroyed, no matter what the cost to us. This is a jihad.
What is a jihad going to mean for you? The details are stunning.
The Russian ruble is now far stronger than it was a year ago. The European economy, meanwhile, is collapsing. And the US is about to run out of diesel fuel.
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Translated from Rybar:
Combat use of the Kub-BLA kamikaze drone
Footage of the combat use of the Russian Kub-BLA loitering ammunition manufactured by ZALA AERO GROUP of the Kalashnikov concern.
In the video, airborne troops deploy the complex and launch a drone. The operator guides the loitering ammunition to the detected position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after which the UAV accurately hits the target.
The RF Armed Forces have repeatedly used Kub-BLA and Lancet kamikaze drones for targeted destruction of equipment of Ukrainian formations, including disabling radar stations and anti-aircraft missile systems.
Certainly, Russian Army has a wide range of high-precision ammunition. However, their numbers, especially in the places where they are needed most, are limited. The problem is partially solved with Geran-2 loitering ammunition drones.
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Combat use of the Kub-BLA kamikaze drone
Footage of the combat use of the Russian Kub-BLA loitering ammunition manufactured by ZALA AERO GROUP of the Kalashnikov concern.
In the video, airborne troops deploy the complex and launch a drone. The operator guides the loitering ammunition to the detected position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after which the UAV accurately hits the target.
The RF Armed Forces have repeatedly used Kub-BLA and Lancet kamikaze drones for targeted destruction of equipment of Ukrainian formations, including disabling radar stations and anti-aircraft missile systems.
Certainly, Russian Army has a wide range of high-precision ammunition. However, their numbers, especially in the places where they are needed most, are limited. The problem is partially solved with Geran-2 loitering ammunition drones.
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"Daddy, why is our house so cold?" – Putin jokes about EU sanctions.
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Russia overtakes US in export of nuclear reactors, says IAEA chief
29.10.2022 - 11:46
Russia has surpassed the United States in the world markets for the export of nuclear reactors. According to the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, this was due to a more flexible funding model.
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced at a Carnegie Endowment conference that the dominance of the world's commercial nuclear reactor markets has shifted from the United States to Russia.
“I think this is a challenge for America. She has traditionally been a leader. It has lost that leadership,” Grossi said, commenting on the issue of commercial nuclear power technologies.
According to him, at present, "the main supplier [of commercial nuclear technologies to world markets] is Russian."
At the same time, Grossi noted the US attempts to restore leadership. According to him, the American nuclear industry is needed both at home and abroad. Especially in view of the current energy crisis.
However, Rosatom and the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) use different funding models than US competitors, Grossi said.
“Of course, they use a different funding model, which allows them to move with more flexibility, including in international markets. So this is a challenge for American companies abroad,” the head of the agency emphasized.
Grossi visited Moscow on 11 October and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They discussed the situation around the Zaporozhye NPP. Before that, he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, they also talked about the situation at the station. The shelling of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant continues. The parties blame each other for them.
This year, Rosatom announced plans to create a company to promote reactors of various capacities on the world market. It is planned to create it on the basis of Rusatom Overseas by the end of the first quarter of 2022. Andrey Rozhdestvin, who currently holds the position of Regional Vice President for Western Europe at Rusatom International Network, will be appointed as the General Director of the new company.
Currently, Rosatom controls over 70% of the global NPP export market. But taking into account the large-scale plans to build new carbon-free generation facilities in the world as part of the global energy transition, Rosatom needs to further concentrate its efforts on promoting nuclear technologies, its representative said.
So far, the state corporation has contracts abroad only for the construction of large-capacity nuclear power plants, but, according to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, low-capacity plants can take up to 20–25% of Rosatom's order portfolio in the world market.
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29.10.2022 - 11:46
Russia has surpassed the United States in the world markets for the export of nuclear reactors. According to the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, this was due to a more flexible funding model.
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced at a Carnegie Endowment conference that the dominance of the world's commercial nuclear reactor markets has shifted from the United States to Russia.
“I think this is a challenge for America. She has traditionally been a leader. It has lost that leadership,” Grossi said, commenting on the issue of commercial nuclear power technologies.
According to him, at present, "the main supplier [of commercial nuclear technologies to world markets] is Russian."
At the same time, Grossi noted the US attempts to restore leadership. According to him, the American nuclear industry is needed both at home and abroad. Especially in view of the current energy crisis.
However, Rosatom and the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) use different funding models than US competitors, Grossi said.
“Of course, they use a different funding model, which allows them to move with more flexibility, including in international markets. So this is a challenge for American companies abroad,” the head of the agency emphasized.
Grossi visited Moscow on 11 October and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They discussed the situation around the Zaporozhye NPP. Before that, he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, they also talked about the situation at the station. The shelling of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant continues. The parties blame each other for them.
This year, Rosatom announced plans to create a company to promote reactors of various capacities on the world market. It is planned to create it on the basis of Rusatom Overseas by the end of the first quarter of 2022. Andrey Rozhdestvin, who currently holds the position of Regional Vice President for Western Europe at Rusatom International Network, will be appointed as the General Director of the new company.
Currently, Rosatom controls over 70% of the global NPP export market. But taking into account the large-scale plans to build new carbon-free generation facilities in the world as part of the global energy transition, Rosatom needs to further concentrate its efforts on promoting nuclear technologies, its representative said.
So far, the state corporation has contracts abroad only for the construction of large-capacity nuclear power plants, but, according to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, low-capacity plants can take up to 20–25% of Rosatom's order portfolio in the world market.
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Русская весна
Россия обошла США в экспорте ядерных реакторов, — глава МАГАТЭ
«Считаю, что это вызов для Америки. Она традиционно была лидером и утратила это лидерство», — констатировал Рафаэль Гросси.