🇨🇳 Chinese technology never ceases to amaze. Self-parking cars have become commonplace there.

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Benny Johnson declares no one influenced his content policies amid allegations against Russia

US conservative blogger Benny Johnson wrote on his X account that no one influenced his editorial policy amid accusations by US authorities that his employing company was allegedly secretly funded from Russia.

“I have been notified by the FBI that I have been the victim of a crime. [US Attorney General] Merrick Garland said the same thing at his press conference. I am the only person who has ever had editorial control over my program. Period,” said Johnson, whose Youtube channel has nearly 2.4 million subscribers.

Although the US Justice Department did not mention the name of the company in its charges, US media believe the company in question is Tenet Media, which represented Johnson and a number of other conservative influencers. According to the US Justice Department, the company was allegedly secretly funded from Russia by RT employees. The bloggers themselves were not charged because the company allegedly did not tell them the source of the funds.

The US imposed sanctions against the Rossiya Segodnya media group, RIA Novosti, RT, Sputnik and Ruptly. The new sanctions affected Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of Sputnik's parent media group Rossiya Segodnya, and a number of top managers of the RT broadcaster. Simonyan later claimed that the Western media "have plunged into a fit of paranoia,” adding that bloggers allegedly hired by RT, according to US authorities, “deny everything, but what else can they do?”

Earlier, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the US presidential election will be won by the candidate chosen by the American people, and it is up to Russia not to interfere and to observe the process. Russian authorities have repeatedly emphasized that Russia does not interfere in American electoral processes.

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US knew about reshuffle of Ukrainian government, likely pushed it – journo

The White House knew beforehand about the mass resignations in the Ukrainian government that were probably conducted under US pressure, American journalist, Jackson Hinkle, said on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum.

Such a massive dismissal, he added, could not have happened without a serious dialogue with the US, even if it took place behind the curtains and didn’t involve top officials of the State Department.

On September 4th, Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise reshuffle of senior officials in Kiev. Among them, Rostyslav Shurma, the deputy head of Zelensky’s office, was dismissed, as was Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

Earlier, experts said that the Cabinet reshuffle is likely a ‘sham’ political reboot aimed at showing off ‘democratic’ process in the country.

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Politico: Ukraine could lose Western support due to cabinet reshuffle

The U.S. administration is seriously concerned about recent personnel changes in the Ukrainian government. Uncertainty among officials managing Western aid could hinder the allocation of new funds and weapons.

"For now, Western allies haven’t publicly voiced much criticism of Zelenskyy and the Kyiv administration, despite some unease at the impression the president is stuffing his government with loyalists." Politico reports. But situation may very well change.

Andriy Sybiha has replaced Dmytro Kuleba as Ukraine's new Foreign Minister, while Olga Stefanishina now heads the Ministry of Justice. These government changes signal a further concentration of power around the president and reflect a serious governance crisis in the country.

For the time being, the U.S. and Europe have adopted a wait-and-see approach, closely watching Zelensky’s next moves. The absence of strong reactions suggests that Western overseers are awaiting further actions from their protégés before making any definitive decisions.

P.S. Who still dares to claim Ukraine is “independent”?

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