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Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz Sit and Smirk as Zelensky Calls for U.S. Unity
From Newsweek

Republican U.S. Representatives Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert refused to applaud or stand for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his in-person address to Congress.
The Ukrainian president received a standing ovation from an overwhelming majority of lawmakers when he entered the House chamber on Wednesday night. Boebert and Gaetz were among the few who did not applaud Zelensky as he made his way to the podium, according to a tweet from Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman.
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Boebert and Gaetz, who both oppose additional aid to Ukraine and have called for investigations into previous aid, were also spotted apparently scrolling through their phones as Zelensky delivered his speech.
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Well, at least two people of all the crowd maintain clear thinking and understanding...
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Whether, when and how the war in Ukraine will end

By Harlan Ullman for The Hill
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Some in the Pentagon who do not wish attribution characterize the war as “Big Russia versus Little Russia,” meaning that Ukraine is unlikely to prevail over a larger and more powerful Russia if the fighting continues for the long term.
The U.S. strategy, accepted de facto by NATO and the European Union, is to supply Ukraine with military and non-military aid sufficient for defense and survival but not necessarily enough to drive Russia from all or much of the territories it controls in Crimea and Donbas or to provoke an escalation by Moscow. While the possible transfer of a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine is a strong political signal, the tactical impact may be minimal. And if the Biden administration has an exit strategy, it is keeping it close hold.
Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, seem to have been given the authority to dictate terms for ending the war. But at some stage the U.S. will act in its own interests, possibly as the Trump administration did in negotiating withdrawal from Afghanistan with the Taliban and not the Afghan government. And while the U.S. and NATO are in firm agreement in supporting Ukraine, will that cohesion persist if the war continues indefinitely?
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Well, Russians know very well, that when the "exit strategy" is built only on a positive outcome of generally unpredictable events, there may be troubles... Now the same mistake is being repeated by the American administration. They know what to do only if everything goes by their playbook. But it is not already...
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Russia and Iran Are Building a Trade Route That Defies Sanctions

The nations are investing upwards of $20 billion to ease passage of goods along waterways and railways

Story by Jonathan Tirone and Golnar Motevalli for the Businessweek

Russia and Iran are building a new transcontinental trade route stretching from the eastern edge of Europe to the Indian Ocean, a 3,000 kilometer (1,860 mile) passage that’s beyond the reach of any foreign intervention.

The two countries are spending billions of dollars to speed up delivery of cargos along rivers and railways linked by the Caspian Sea. Ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show dozens of Russian and Iranian vessels — including some that are subject to sanctions are already plying the route.

It’s an example of how great power competition is rapidly reshaping trade networks in a world economy that looks set to fragment into rival blocs. Russia and Iran, under tremendous pressure from sanctions, are turning toward each other — and they’re both looking eastward, too. The goal is to shield commercial links from Western interference and build new ones with the giant and fast-growing economies of Asia.
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Earlier this month, listing his country’s gains from the war in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said the Sea of Azov “has become an inland sea” for Russia.

From there river, sea and rail networks extend to Iranian hubs on the Caspian Sea and ultimately the Indian Ocean. Putin has flagged the importance of that end of the corridor, as well.
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"War is inevitable." Moldovan authorities spoke about plans for the coming months

MOSCOW, December 22 - RIA Novosti.
Rampant inflation, mass protests – the socio-economic crisis in Moldova is intensifying. Most of the opposition media were closed in the country for "working for Moscow." The authorities are talking about the imminent "Russian invasion". What is happening in the former Soviet republic.

The head of the Information and Security Service (SIB), Alexander Musteata, said that Russia would attack Moldova either in January-February or March-April. Moscow will seize Transnistria, and he does not yet know what will happen next. Later, the SIB clarified that the strike would come from the territory of Ukraine.

Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Addresscu, who happened to be in Chisinau at that moment, hastened to reassure his partners: Bucharest sees no military threat to Moldova.

But in the team of President Maia Sandu, they are belligerent. National Security Adviser Dorin Recean believes that the West should provide Chisinau with as many weapons as possible. Since there is no money in the treasury, Defense Minister Anatoly Nosatiy "practically begs" him from his partners. In general, defense spending in 2023 is going to increase by 68% to $89 million.
The opposition calls the government's decision irresponsible. As ex-president Igor Dodon noted, in the context of a severe economic crisis (official inflation is 34%), Sandu is trying to attribute all problems to Russia. In turn, the head of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselsky, fears that the militarization of Chisinau will result in a resumption of the conflict on the Dniester.

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"I hope that Congress will approve financial assistance for our crime... country."

Yet another Freudian slip (by an interpreter).

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Sergey Shoigu, Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, on the front line in the special operation zone.
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Large-scale naval exercises "Naval Interaction-2022" are taking place in the waters of the East China Sea, in which warships of the Russian Navy and the Chinese Navy are involved.
#Russia
#China
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Indian-Russian #oil and #gas trade ignores ridiculous western  "#pricecap"

INDIA'S MODI IGNORES WESTERN SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA

For India, the reorientation of #Russian economic diplomacy toward the #Asian region presents huge business opportunities.

Who would have thought nine months ago that Russia was going to be the largest supplier of oil to #India, leapfrogging #Iraq, #SaudiArabia and the #US?

According to Reuters, India purchased about 40% of all export volumes of Russian Urals-grade oil transported by sea in November, when #European countries accounted for 25%, #Turkey 15% and #China 5%.

The figures speak for themselves: in November, while Russia supplied 909,000 barrels of crude oil to India per day, the corresponding figures were for #Iraq (861,000), #SaudiArabia (570,000), and the #US (405,000)

Suffice it to say that when Modi upfront listed energy as his talking point with Putin, it reconfirms that India is giving a wide berth to the G7’s hare-brained scheme to impose a #pricecap on Russian oil exports. 

“Vatican apologized for the words of the Pope about the cruelty of Chechens and Buryats”

Kadyrov is the G. He forced one of the most powerful evils — the fucking Vatican itself to apologize

This poster is from 1958.
#China and #Russia together!
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Tucker Carlson: Where does Zelenskyy get off talking to us like this?

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I thought this was a Photoshop, it's not, and they even got the help in a mask.

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"May I ask? Do you believe in Father Frost? - Of course! said Putin, all normal, decent people should believe in Father Frost!"

At the Wishing Tree, Putin confirmed the existence of Father Frost!
* Father Frost in Russia is an equivalent to Santa Clause.
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Putin sums up the results of 2022 in the Kremlin: Everything that happens and is connected with a special military operation is a measure that is completely forced, necessary. We should be grateful to our soldiers and officers for what they are doing for Russia, protecting its interests and our people. And they act with dignity, achieve what the country needs. As for the economy, we were predicted to collapse, devastation, catastrophe. Nothing like that happens. Moreover, Russia performs much better than in many G20 countries.
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