https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGTe9Bwq9kg

Still the best American power panel anywhere on Prighozin and the state of the war.

But that's the thing: AMERICAN. I am in Moscow for 10 days now - and the discussion here is on a whole different level. Way more sophisticated and nuanced.

Everyone agrees that the Prighozin "solution" was the best to anyone - including the Russian state. The investigation is proceeding, serious as hell, but the way the result will be presented will be strictly political.

The Wagner chapter is over.

On our distinguished American friends, arguably the best nugget is that Pentagon Generals are being briefed that Ukraine will be Russia's Vietnam. That's Stupidistan at its finest. Fitting a slimy profiteer such as "Never Won a Surge" Petraeus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCGBC7B17CE

Alastair hits it out of the park.

Must watch.

🌒 Brzezinski had identified Ukraine as Russia’s potential Achilles’ Heel, precisely Ukraine’s ethnic-cultural divisions that could be exploited to weaken Russia. This point is crucial for determining the impulse behind the Ukraine war today.

The Ukraine war is not about ‘democracy promotion’. Western intelligence services have had a history of close links with Ukrainian ultra-nationalism, dating from the end of WW2. Possibly, these committed ultra-nationalists were seen as ideal material for stirring a war against everything Russian – that which Brzezinski had in mind when the wrote his Grand Chessboard in 1997.

In any event, it was on this particular pillar – ethnic-cultural mobilisation vs the Russian presence, culture and language in Ukraine – that western intelligence services focussed.

Can a West of shared, cultural like-mindedness ‘imagine itself’ into total cultural war against the values of Russia? 🪆

💬 Read more by Alastair Crooke

#CultureWar #Ukraine #UN

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🦅 U.S. President Joe Biden was last week making desperate appeals for more funds to fuel the futile, heinous war in Ukraine. By contrast, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivered a keynote speech calling for a world based on equality and peace.

Comparing the substance of the two is instructive. Biden rambles with scripted scraps of ideological stereotypes and belligerence that increasingly sound ho-hum nonsense. By contrast, Putin gave an intellectually passionate and eloquent survey of world history to an audience of international scholars and serious thinkers. Putin summed up his speech with a sincere appeal for peace and goodwill to all humanity.

One cannot contemplate Biden or any other Western so-called leader having the intellectual capability or moral fibre to articulate a comparable speech promoting world peace and progress.

💬 Read more in our recent Editorial

#Biden #ProxyWar #Ukraine #UnitedStates

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🥁 The spectacular “success” of Kiev’s counter-offensive, which echoed throughout the geopolitical galaxy, has predictably engendered what everyone with a brain was expecting: a dogfight 👋

💬 Pepe Escobar writes

#Ukraine

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🇺🇦 Evidence keeps piling up, via leaked reports, of an across-the-board breakdown in the Ukrainian frontlines.

💬 Read more by Pepe Escobar @rocknrollgeopolitics

#Donbas #Russia #Ukraine #war

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🇺🇦🇧🇾 Well, Kiev – literally – never sleeps.

This document – attached ⬇️, and verified at the highest level, is a report on several recon operations on the Ukraine-Belarus border conducted four months ago.

There are no guarantees that plans to set fire to Belarus have been permanently shelved.

💬 Pepe Escobar writes @rocknrollgeopolitics

#Ukraine #Belarus #terrorism #war

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVY4O6EircY

Absolutely first-class. Must watch.

https://www.youtube.com/live/afPP57spCho?si=-mkxycm1pgJuUuWP

Have a ball. A lot to digest.

https://youtu.be/mzz4Jaeooik?si=26ZbOdHbB-S8coOc

Ray kills it on Judge Nap - in only a few minutes.

L’Occident est bien décidé à entraîner la Russie dans une guerre chaude


par Pepe Escobar. «En cas d'utilisation d'armes à longue portée, les forces armées russes devront à nouveau prendre des décisions concernant l'extension de la zone sanitaire (...) Veulent-ils un conflit mondial ?»
#ÉtatsUnis #guerreenUkraine #Russie #Ukraine

https://reseauinternational.net/loccident-est-bien-decide-a-entrainer-la-russie-dans-une-guerre-chaude/

❗️ Joint Statement of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations (Nizhny Novgorod, June 10, 2024)

📄 Full Statement

1. The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations met on 10 June 2024 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation. They exchanged views on major global and regional trends and issues. They reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the framework of #BRICS Strategic Partnership under the three pillars of cooperation – politics and security, economy and finance, cultural and people-to-people exchanges. They reaffirmed their commitment to the BRICS spirit featuring mutual respect and understanding, equality, solidarity, openness, inclusiveness, and consensus.

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5. Mindful of the 2023 Johannesburg II Declaration the Ministers voiced their support for a comprehensive reform of the #UnitedNations, including its Security Council, with a view to making it more democratic, representative, effective and efficient, and to increase the representation of developing countries in the Council’s memberships so that it can adequately respond to prevailing global challenges and support the legitimate aspirations of emerging and developing countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America, including BRICS countries, to play a greater role in international affairs, in particular in the United Nations, including its Security Council. They also recognized the legitimate aspirations of African countries, reflected in the Ezulwini Consensus and Sirte Declaration.

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15. The Ministers recognised the negative impact on the world economy and sustainable development from unilateral approaches in breach of international law. They expressed concern about the use of unilateral coercive measures, which are incompatible with the principles of the Charter of the UN and produce negative effects on economic growth, trade, energy, health and food security notably in the developing world.

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32. The Ministers recalled their national positions concerning the situation in and around #Ukraine as expressed in the appropriate fora, including the UN Security Council and UN General Assembly. They noted with appreciation relevant proposals of mediation and good offices aimed at peaceful resolution of the conflict through dialogue and diplomacy.

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34. The Ministers expressed grave concern at the deterioration of the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular the unprecedented escalation of violence in the #Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli military operation that led to mass civilian displacement, death and casualties, and destruction of civilian infrastructure. In this regard they called for the effective implementation of the relevant UNGA resolutions and UNSC resolution 2720 and for immediate safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale directly to the Palestinian civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip <…>

36. The Ministers reiterated that the principle “African solutions to African problems” should continue to serve as the basis for conflict resolution on the African continent. In this regard they reiterated their support for African peace efforts on the continent, including those undertaken by the African Union, and African sub-regional organisations.

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40. The Ministers expressed strong condemnation of any acts of #terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, whenever, wherever and by whomsoever committed. They strongly condemned the inhumane terrorist attack on 22 March 2024 at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow <…>

54. The Ministers expressed their full support to the Russian Federation’s BRICS Chairship in 2024 under the theme “Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security”. They expressed their commitment to working together to ensure the success of the XVI BRICS Summit. The Ministers looked forward to the next BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations meeting to be held on the margins of UNGA79 and hosted by Brazil as incoming Chair of BRICS in 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVvFcwIPfjY&t=126s

Always a joy to talk to Sarah.

And a little word about my latest book in the end: THE backgroud for all current discussions in several podcasts.

L'Hégémon ordonne à l'Europe : pariez sur la guerre et volez l'argent de la Russie

Sans les BRICS, il n'y a absolument rien que l'Occident collectif - c'est-à-dire l'Hégémon et ses vassaux assortis - puisse faire pour modifier l'échiquier de la guerre par procuration en #Ukraine.
#Odessa #Poutine #Russie #OTAN #GuerreenUkraine

https://reseauinternational.net/lhegemon-ordonne-a-leurope-pariez-sur-la-guerre-et-volez-largent-de-la-russie/

Trumpquake

Sur l'échelle de Richter politique, cela a été une tuerie - littéralement. Ce qui était censé être un spectacle totalitaire libéral a été brutalement, sans cérémonie, balayé du parc - de n'importe quel parc.

Même avant le jour du scrutin, la pensée critique était consciente des enjeux. En cas de fraude, Kamala gagne. Sans fraude, Trump gagne. Il y a eu, au mieux, des tentatives de fraude (ratées).

La question clé demeure : que veut vraiment l'État profond américain ?

#DonaldTrump #BRICS #dédollarisation
#Ukraine #MikePompeo

https://reseauinternational.net/trumpquake/