May 27th, 2023 two days from now ... War Criminal Henry Kissinger will be 100 years old (... I wonder if he uses Adrenochrome ... :eyebrows::rant::yell:).
When he is 100 years old, what "new info" will be released to the masses about him? ... Or do they (all mainstream media networks) use this as an opportunity to present (sell) him as a "hero" blah blah blah. :facepalm:
Klaus Schwab (student of War Criminal Henri Kissinger) founder of WEF was a long time part of the "Bilderberg Steering Committee" which sadly enough most Alternative Media Networks forget to mention .... I exposed The Bilderbergers since 1990 onward on Local Radio & TV Amsterdam ... Been in Dresden Germany 2016 Bilderberg Conference Protest interviewing among others: Dan Dicks of PressForTruth, Luke Rudkowskiof WeAreChange.org & Tony Gosling of Bilderberg.org ... If you go to big alternative video server platforms and search for Bilderberg Meeting 2023 in Portugal, you will see it is happening again for a couple of days! << and most of the Mainstream Media REFUSE to report on it.
"World Economic Forum" WEF Founded by Klaus Schwab who is in the "inner circle" of The Secretive Bilderberg Group Meetings (started in 1954 The Netherlands 🇳🇱 partially financed by the CIA & Rockefellers) of the (unelected) Ultra Elite deciding Future Policies & Agendas which was first denied & ridiculed for decades until "conspiracy researchers" exposing them are now totally vindicated >>> now they admit "they still exist"...
This is how Artemovsk looks now, for which there were fierce battles for several months. With the help of a copter, the RIAN military correspondents filmed footage of the city from which the Ukrainian forces were finally driven out last week.
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26th May 2023 11:26
ExomatrixTV
Re: WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia
Warning! The United States Is BEING DESTROYED From Within | Col. Douglas Macgregor:
Colonel Douglas Macgregor shares devastating details about the Ukraine-Russia war, but also outlines the danger facing the United States financial system, government, corporate donor corruption and the military-industrial-congressional complex. The corruption within the US government has reached a dangerous and sickening level.
00:01 Prime Minister of Hungary says NATO needs to search for peace
06:15 Why is the U.S. Military budget over 800 billion dollars?
13:40 The Government doesn't want Bitcoin to do well
Who is Stephen Gardner? Stephen Gardner is a best-selling financial author with 8 books. He is also does financial coaching to show clients how to build wealth and quickly eliminate their debt using his FOCUS method. His most popular book is Taming Wall Street. The two strategies taught in Taming Wall Street did NOT lose money during the coronavirus market drop, The Great Recession or the Great Depression.
26th May 2023 12:14
Tintin
Re: WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia
MODERATELY GRAPHIC
As per the text commentary provided this cannot be 100% what is claimed to be being shown on camera, but, it has to be entirely possible. It could just be a routine surgical procedure.
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AFU ORGAN HARVESTING caught on camera (?)
A GoPro found on a KIA AFU soldier, reportedly contained footage showing what appears to be organ-harvesting happening in an AFU field hospital.
The video is very short and as a result lacks context, therefore it is difficult to verify what it is we are seeing. Careful audio and visual analysis of the video reveals the following:
1. The cameraman is an armed soldier (his rifle is visible). He is looking for someone named "Skiff".
2. The surgeon who yells at the soldier speaks in heavily accented German (Bavarian or Austrian). The surgeon is clearly holding a human organ in his left hand.
3. Behind the surgeon there are containers, at least one of which is clearly an icebox, similar to those used to transport organs for transplant.
4. The operating room is guarded.
5. The soldier appears not to understand what is happening, otherwise the ending of this video may well have been a mass shooting event.
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The Russian army is destroying the enemy along the entire front line, - summary
▪️In the Kupyansk direction, artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Dvurechnaya and Kislovka, Kharkiv region. Enemy losses amounted to 35 militants, 3 vehicles, Msta-B howitzer.
▪️In the Krasno-Limansky direction, army aviation and artillery fire of the "Center" group of troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Kuzmino LNR and Yampolovka DNR. More than 60 militants, 2 combat vehicles, 2 pickup trucks, Acacia self-propelled guns and D-20 and D-30 howitzers were destroyed.
▪️In the Donetsk direction, up to 190 militants, 2 combat vehicles, 3 pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed as a result of army aviation strikes, active operations of units and artillery fire of the "Southern" group of forces.
▪️In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes, artillery fire from the Vostok group of forces inflicted a defeat on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region and Novoselka, LPR. Enemy losses amounted to over 120 militants killed and wounded, 4 vehicles.
▪️Up to 30 militants, 5 vehicles, a D-30 howitzer and an Acacia self-propelled gun were destroyed in the Kherson direction.
More details in the report of the Ministry of Defense: http://t.me/rusvesnasu/26392
An important possible development here concerning Mike Jones and Maria Lelyanova apparently reported 'missing' in the Donbass.
The concern here is that they may probably have been picked up by the SBU. John Mark Dougan is clearly very tired here; this situation clearly seems to be taking its toll.
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Mike (iEarlGrey) Jones missing in Donbass
American exile John Mark Dougan reports that Mike Jones (iEarlGrey) along with translator Maria (Masha) Lelyanova, who were last seen on the front lines in the Soledar area, have gone missing.
John Mark Dougan provides an update regarding Mike Jones and Masha Lelyanova, who without details have finally been reached and are safe.
Previously: American exile John Mark Dougan reported that Mike Jones (iEarlGrey) along with translator Maria (Masha) Lelyanova, were last seen on the front lines in the Soledar area and had gone missing.
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🇷🇸The President of Serbia put the army on alert due to clashes between Albanian special forces and Serbs in Kosovo
Clashes between militants of the Kosovo special forces and Serbs - employees of self-government bodies of communities with a predominantly Serb population began on Friday in the north of Kosovo.
▪️Thus, in the community of Zvechan, Albanian militants used stun grenades. Columns of armored vehicles of the Albanian invaders are moving towards the buildings of local governments in Kosovska Mitrovica, Leposavich, Zubin Potok. In these settlements, sirens warn of danger, classes are interrupted in schools. On the way to Leposavich, residents erect barricades. http://t.me/RVvoenkor
US incites European yes-men to poke Russia, assuming it can do so with impunity — Lavrov
According to Sergey Lavrov, the US is sorely mistaken in entertaining the deluded belief that its "self-preservation" in any World War III scenario would be ensured by the Atlantic Ocean serving as a buffer zone
MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. Washington is unleashing its European satellites to nip at Moscow’s heels, believing it can get away with anything, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
"For now, Washington is egging its European satellites on [to antagonize] the Russian Federation, thinking they can get away with anything," he said in an appearance on the "Moscow.Kremlin.Putin" television program, according to an excerpt posted on Friday on journalist Pavel Zarubin's Telegram channel.
According to Lavrov, the US is sorely mistaken in entertaining the deluded belief that its "self-preservation" in any World War III scenario would be ensured by the Atlantic Ocean serving as a buffer zone. "Washington believes that its self-preservation is ensured by the Atlantic Ocean. This also represents a serious fallacy if they [the US] are preparing to bring the world to the very brink of World War III," the top diplomat pointed out.
In Canada, a Russian woman wrote on her house "Bakhmut is ours. Thank you, Wagner" and ZV
A group of ukies came and forced her to take it off. Accompanying it by insults, threats. They yell:
"You must not be in this country!"
"Go to Russia!"
"You must be an idiot to write this!"
"Take off this dirty flag!"
"Bakhmut will never be Russia!"
"300 000 of your people died there!"
Inside Europe's largest salt mine: Wagner Group fighters offer a tour of the huge Donbass facility captured from Ukrainian forces
In mid-January, Russian troops entered Soledar, where Artemsol – the largest salt-mining enterprise in Europe – is located. An RT correspondent visited the Donbass city this spring and explored one of the mines with the aid of PMC Wagner fighters.
Learn more about their descent 300 meters underground, see bas-reliefs made of the substance, and delve into the history of one of the oldest such deposits in the world in RT’s photo report.
Salt has been an indispensable part of human life since time immemorial. An important item of trade, it has at times been a decisive factor in economic stability, while wars have even been waged over possession of this mineral. Unsurprisingly, salt mining was among the first industries in Ancient Rus.
Soledar, though itself not dating back to the Middle Ages, is inextricably linked to the extraction of salt. The first mention of settlements in the area dates back to the end of the 17th century, when the village of Bryantsevka appeared in the vicinity of the deposits. By the end of the 19th century, deep salt beds had been discovered here, and construction of the first mine began.
Production peaked in Soviet times, when the Artemsol enterprise accounted for about 40% of the rock salt production in the entire USSR. In its most successful years, the enterprise could produce over 7 million tons annually, which is comparable to the modern production of Brazil (6.3 million tons per year) and Canada (10 million tons per year). Today, only about 2 million tons of salt are mined per year in Russia.
Despite the large production volume, only 218 million tons have been extracted over the past 140 years – about 3% of the total deposit. This means that there is enough remaining to last for over 1,000 years. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s only remaining salt mines are located in the western part of the country.
In recent times, one of the mines at Artemsol was turned into a speleotherapy sanatorium, where respiratory illnesses were treated. Tourists could also visit some mines on guided tours, and there is a salt industry museum and a church – both located underground.
Other drifts were used as warehouses for storing weapons and explosives, although at the time of my visit they were empty. (According to recent information, the largest warehouses for storing weapons and ammunition came under Russian control in the village of Paraskovevka, south of Soledar.) In one of the mines we found a neutrino detector, one of two such apparatuses created in the Soviet Union.
This salt deposit began forming from an ancient sea around 250 million years ago, during the Permian period. Present-day Donbass is located at the site of a shallow lagoon of the ancient Perm Sea. As the water evaporated, the mineral gradually settled at the bottom of the lagoon.
The vertical mineshaft is similar to those used for the construction of subways and bomb shelters. Only this one is much deeper, reaching 290 meters beneath ground. The walls are lined with cast-iron tubing, as in metro tunnels. Since the elevators are currently damaged and cut off from power, the only way down is via an endless staircase, which took us about an hour to descend. A flashlight doesn’t illuminate the bottom of the mineshaft, and it’s impossible to estimate its depth with the naked eye.
Our journey began at the concrete ventilation shaft. When the mine was in operation, stable levels of pressure, temperature, humidity, and oxygen were maintained here. Presently, however, all ground systems have been damaged or cut off from power, and the temperature below ground is noticeably warmer than on the surface.
The salt produced at Artemsol was exported to 22 countries. The main consumers were Poland, Austria, Hungary, Finland, Germany, and Denmark. Russia was also among the top importers of salt (mainly the technical variety) – in fact, the Russian market accounted for more than half of the enterprise’s output.
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Anastasia Konstantinova, 26, comes from the small village of Mikhailovka. She graduated from a pedagogical college, but after her studies she decided to return to her small motherland, to her father's farm.
"My dad says to me, 'You have to help,' and I say, 'So teach me how to drive a tractor, and I'll help.'" I took it all very quickly, and then I learned my driver's license, he didn't even know," she told RT.
Anastasia maintains and fixes the tractor herself. She posts videos of her work on the Internet.
When the SMO started, she contacted a young fellow villager who volunteered to help. He sent a list of medications she needed.
"Went to buy it, sent it. On New Year's Eve, we were collecting a parcel for each of our guys from the area. Then we weaved nets, made dugout candles. Yesterday we planted 25 hectares of potatoes - we'll send them in autumn, - Anastasia says. - What do I need it for? A lot of children from our village have left, I want to help them all, since they are there, and I'm here".
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🇷🇸The President of Serbia put the army on alert due to clashes between Albanian special forces and Serbs in Kosovo
Clashes between militants of the Kosovo special forces and Serbs - employees of self-government bodies of communities with a predominantly Serb population began on Friday in the north of Kosovo.
▪️Thus, in the community of Zvechan, Albanian militants used stun grenades. Columns of armored vehicles of the Albanian invaders are moving towards the buildings of local governments in Kosovska Mitrovica, Leposavich, Zubin Potok. In these settlements, sirens warn of danger, classes are interrupted in schools. On the way to Leposavich, residents erect barricades. http://t.me/RVvoenkor
George Szamuely in conversation with Patrick Henningsen covers the Serbian situation from both a historical perspective and with consideration for recent developments there which have more than a scent of the 'colour revolution' about them. Recorded May 21st George joins the podcast at around the 62:00 minute mark through to about 112:00. It's a good one actually, and a useful historical reminder of the events of 1995 through 1999 as well.
Episode #466 – 'NATO Plans for War' with guest George Szamuely Sunday Wire with Patrick Henningsen
ACR & 21WIRE Present: Sunday Wire with Patrick Henningsen
This week the SUNDAY WIRE broadcasts LIVE on Alternate Current Radio, with host Patrick Henningsen bringing you this week’s top stories, both domestically and internationally. We’re joined by geopolitical analyst George Szamuely, author of Bombs for Peace: NATO’s Humanitarian War on Yugoslavia, to discuss the NATO’s escalation in Ukraine in their bid to launch a full-blown war against Russia – with Britain leading the charge in the hopes they can drag Washington, and the world, into an ‘Article 5 trap’. George also talks about US plans to stoke instability and new ‘color revolutions’ in Serbia and the Balkan region, as a way to antagonise and over-extend Russia.
We also connect with our roving correspondent for culture & sport, Basil Valentine, for additional commentary and insights, and Bryan McClain aka Hesher host of the Boiler Room and State of the Nation on TNT Radio with his reportage from the US southern border. All this and much more.
🇷🇸🇽🇰 Albanian security forces changed the flag of Serbia to the flag of the self-proclaimed Kosovo - the building of the municipality of Zubin Potok is officially occupied
In the captured building of the municipality of Zubin Potok, the Albanians removed the Serbian flag and hoisted their own - the symbol of the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. A few hours ago, the Kosovo security forces stormed the administration building.
Despite all the dissatisfaction of the Serbs and even the impolite criticism of the Western patron in the face of the United States, illegitimate representatives of the authorities continue to hold their posts. Kosovo "police" blocked the building.
26th May 2023 21:31
Tintin
Re: WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia
Published today, May 26th, the full briefing can be read here
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⚡️ Briefing (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/7569) by Chief of Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops General Lieutenant Igor Kirillov on US military-biological activity
• The task force of the Russian Ministry of Defence together with officers of the Federal Security Service and Rosselkhoznadzor have confirmed the collection and certification of avian influenza virus strains with a high potential for epidemic spread and the ability to cross the species barrier, particularly the H5N8 strain, whose lethality in human transmission can reach 40%.
• The increase in the incidence of bird flu in Russia and in European countries, where, according to the International Office of Epizootics, the disease has become a year-round disease with losses exceeding €3 billion since 2021.
• The US intends to strengthen global control of the biological situation in the world and reserves the right to conduct ‘dual-use’ research, including outside the national territory.
☣️ According to a report by King's College London, there are 25 active laboratories in the US and three under construction where research on highly dangerous viruses and bacteria is being conducted. In accordance with the document, 18 (!) additional BSL-4 laboratories will open in the upcoming years, the most of which will be situated in Asian nations outside the legal jurisdiction of the US.
• Systematic breaches of security requirements at US biolabs have raised justifiable concerns in the global community.
• According to the documents in our possession, the Walter Reed Institute was actively involved in the 2014–2020 conflict in Donbas in studying the antibiotic resistance of microbes isolated from military troops of the AFU.
❓ Why would the US Army Institute would research the antibiotic resistance of microbes found in Donbass?
❗️ Despite compelling evidence from the scientific community, the US government is unable to come to the correct conclusions and keeps engaging in murky biological operations globally.
Some politically connected players may be using the war as an opportunity to enrich themselves and plunder commercial rivals.
When asked whether she felt safe, Smart Holding CEO Julia Kiryanova — head of one of Ukraine’s largest investment conglomerates — paused and then said firmly, “Nobody’s safe.”
For months now, Kiryanova has been battling to save Smart Holding from what appears to be a corporate raid — one she believes involves senior Ukrainian government officials and is aimed at forcing the company to agree to a fire sale. There’s peril in resisting “because when the law is not there, any person can be persecuted for no reason,” she said.
Kiryanova believes Russia’s war on Ukraine is being used by powerful and politically connected players in Ukraine to enrich themselves by extorting, plundering and weakening commercial rivals — as well as an opportunity to redistribute corporate assets, partly in a bid to strip the old elite of wealth in order to shape a new one. And it’s all being done with scant regard to the rule of law.
“New oligarchs will appear soon,” she said.
Kiryanova and other corporate executives say the “reordering” has seen some firms — including Smart Holding — face dubious criminal charges, or be added to Ukraine’s list of sanctioned companies by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on highly vague national security grounds.
Parimatch — a leading global sports betting company — has recently been added to this list of sanctioned businesses, but it has yet to receive any formal explanation as to why. Informally, executives have been told Russian links to firms providing administrative services to the company were found. Other times, they’ve been told they’ve been sanctioned due to tax irregularities, even though tax infringements aren’t grounds for inclusion on the sanctions list.
But these moves against Ukraine’s most successful companies are raising eyebrows — not just in Kyiv — and risk deterring foreign investors, adding to behind-the-scenes worry regarding the country’s seemingly endemic and intractable corruption problem, which has dogged it for decades. Last year, some European Union countries, including Germany, even delayed the distribution of financial aid to Ukraine due to accountability concerns that money could be diverted into corrupt schemes.
Today, Smart Holding is one of Ukraine’s largest investment groups, focused on metals, mining, oil, gas, agriculture, retail, shipbuilding and real estate. It also has a 23 percent stake in Metinvest, another major mining and metals group, which is the owner of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol. The steelworks was destroyed during the long siege of the city.
According to Kiryanova, Smart Holding stopped trading in Russia after 2014.
Founded in 2006 by Vadym Novynskyi, a onetime oligarch and former Ukrainian lawmaker who is now a full-time priest in the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the company has been grinding to a standstill since the government sanctioned him for allegedly aiding Russia. Novynskyi publicly condemned Russia’s invasion, but he was also highly critical of autocephaly being granted to the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine, warning of a risk of civil war. And the SBU hasn’t publicly detailed how he’s meant to have helped Moscow.
According to Kiryanova, however, Novynskyi’s activities should be irrelevant to Smart Holding. He hasn’t been involved in managing the company since 2013, and last year, he divested himself of ownership. He receives no income from the company and can never resume ownership, she said.
Kiryanova also said that when Novynskyi was sanctioned last November, Smart Holding was informally advised by SBU interlocutors that “the sanctions against him were merely a way of putting pressure on the Ukraine Orthodox Church to merge with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, and that the personal sanctions against Novynskyi did not extend to Smart Holding.” Yet rumors persisted that the company would be targeted.
Then, last month, the justice ministry rewrote the company’s entry in Ukraine’s Register of Legal Entities, which lists beneficial owners. The trustees were struck from the register, and Novynskyi was reintroduced as the ultimate beneficiary — under whose authority and what law remains unclear.
Informally, the company was told authorities believed Novynskyi was still the beneficial owner but was offered no evidence. Authorities also said a criminal case was being opened against the trustees on suspicion of being Russian agents.
“This was followed by a series of police raids at our head office and our subsidiaries,” Kiryanova explained. Ukraine’s security services seized $96 million in assets, and the deeds to 40 companies and 30 natural gas wells. “The property of pro-Russian oligarch Vadym Novynskyi, who is involved in aiding the aggressor country, was seized,” the SBU announced in a statement. Smart Holding has donated more than $20 million to war-related humanitarian causes.
Yet, hours before the raids, the company was approached with a fire-sale buyout offer for its natural gas interests from foreign investors — British and American — who have no history in the energy sector. They said they’d face no problems, as “they would be able to resolve any issues with the office of Ukraine’s President.” The offer — a third of what the businesses are worth — was declined. So far, the company has had to layoff 3,000 staff members, and it now fears that Metinvest — which has about 60,000 employees and is majority owned by Ukraine’s richest person, Rinat Akhmetov — could be next.
“I believe that seizure of the company’s assets, forcing it to close some of its key operations, has caused significant damage to Ukraine and its economy. It has damaged the country’s reputation, is tragic for thousands of employees and their families, and is entirely unjustified from the point of view of state security,” Kiryanova said. Smart Holding has inundated senior Ukrainian officials, including the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andrii Yermak, for an explanation, but emails and letters go unanswered.
“As far as we can see, there’s no formal investigation underway. We are not asked any questions, they have not put anything before the courts. So far, the only formal communication we have had was during the raids. It is unbelievable,” she added.
Meanwhile, Maxym Liashko, the co-CEO of Parimatch, is equally perplexed as to why his business has been targeted. Founded in 1994 in Kyiv and now headquartered in Cyprus, the company operates under licenses issued by local regulators in Ukraine, Central Asia, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, the United Kingdom — and, until recently, in Russia and Belarus, but it immediately withdrew from those markets when Ukraine was invaded, ending franchise agreements and losing millions of dollars.
Picking up on rumors in government circles that the betting market in Ukraine would be purged of any Russian links, Parimatch bombarded authorities with letters and emails emphasizing its Ukrainian ownership and highlighting it was no longer present in the Russian market, even commissioning a report from a major American law firm, which has been read by POLITICO, to attest to that fact. Parimatch has so far donated over $40 million to war-related humanitarian causes.
Nonetheless, in March, it was sanctioned. “There was no formal communication, no explanation, and other government agencies say they can’t help because it is in the hands of the SBU and they have no competency in the matter,” an exasperated Liashko said. “Some officials refer to an SBU letter” explaining the reasons for the sanction, but “they won’t share it with us because it’s secret. That’s transparency,” he added.
POLITICO asked the SBU to comment on both cases but has received no response.
Ironically, the suspension of Parimatch’s operating license and the freezing of its assets — including winnings owed to successful gamblers — has benefitted rival Russian operators, according to Mikhailo Makaruk of InformNapalm, a volunteer investigative initiative. “The squeezing of Parimatch is destroying the legal betting market, pushing gambling underground. And Ukrainians are still betting online, but it is Russian companies that are gaining,” he said.
Makaruk worries an internal commercial war is being waged in Ukraine, affecting everything from agri-business to the country’s well-respected IT sector — and he’s not alone. As one corporate executive told POLITICO: “When the country and people need unity the most, some of the very powerful are using the cloud of war to rape businesses.”
Speaking on condition of anonymity due to fear of retaliation, the executive added: “No previous administration has accumulated so much power — basically unlimited power — and because of the war, it is untouchable in the eyes of the international community and the media.”
“Speaking out publicly is difficult because I don’t want to say anything that might endanger the war effort, but sanctioning successful companies shouldn’t be done to clear out competitors or punish somebody you don’t like,” he said.
27th May 2023 12:44
Bill Ryan
Re: WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia
A tiny thing, but maybe useful to remind us all that it's not only humans who are suffering in this war. I often think not only about the abandoned or injured pets, but also the wildlife. In the last 15 months, I've mot seen a single article, video or comment about this.
Irish Moscow based journalist and correspondent Chay Bowes shows the reality of a Moscow indoor mall which contrasts somewhat vividly with what is being portrayed in Western media. The Russian economy may have contracted a little during 2022 but since November 2022 is back on-track and steadily climbing. They expect something close to 2% - maybe even 3% - growth during this fiscal cycle, perhaps more.
The “Reality versus the Narrative” take a walk through a central #Moscow mall.
Shops are full and actually better stocked than many in the west, food prices are low, sanctions seem to have absolutely zero impact other than on the company’s that fled #Russia and lost Billions.
27th May 2023 18:08
Ravenlocke
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In case of defeat of the Russians, NATO is waiting for a vindictive and cruel Russia , - head of the British Air Force
In an interview with The Telegraph, Mike Wigston said that Russia would pose a danger to the North Atlantic Alliance even if it were defeated in the Ukrainian conflict.
“When the conflict in Ukraine ends and Ukraine restores its borders, as it should do, we will have a damaged, vindictive and brutal Russia whose means of harming us are air attacks, missile attacks and submarine attacks,” he said.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Prisoners from the elite 81st Airborne Brigade of armed forces of Ukraine.
There are reports of a mass surrender of Ukrainian servicemen: 15 people in the Avdiivka area and 20 people in the Belogorovka area in the north. These are the first cases of mass surrender in a long time.
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🇽🇰Serbia BLASTS NATO "peacekeepers" in unrecognized Kosovo for failing to stop police attacks on ethnic Serbs.
Belgrade says its army will remain at highest level of combat readiness on border with Kosovo, after police clashed with protesters in Northern Kosovo towns and cities while attempting to take control of government buildings.
Actions of Kosovo police have been widely condemned by Russia and Western states.
Ukraine Sent Poor, Untrained Men Into Bakhmut Meat Grinder to Save Better Forces for Counteroffensive
One man told The Wall Street Journal that he had never held a gun before he was sent into the battle
Ukraine sent untrained recruits into the battle of Bakhmut to save its professional soldiers for an expected counteroffensive,The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
The Journal spoke with men who were part of a small group that was sent into Bakhmut, which became known as the meat grinder, just a few days after being mobilized.
Out of 16 men in the group of draftees, 11 were either killed or captured. The Journal described them as “mostly poor men from villages in the northeastern Kharkiv region, many of them unemployed, doing odd jobs as handymen or shift work at factories in the regional capital.”
Some of the men had military training years or decades ago, but none had combat experience. A few of them threatened to refuse orders when they were told they were being sent to the frontlines on February 21, citing a lack of training, but they ultimately went.
One man, Vladyslav Yudin, told the Journal that he told a sergeant major that he had never fired or even held a gun before. “Bakhmut will teach you,” Yudin was told.
The men participated in brutal house-to-house combat in Bakhmut. Many of them are presumed dead, but their families are still holding out hope that they were captured by the Russians and are still alive.
The men’s accounts match what Ukrainians fighting on the frontlines had been telling the media while the battle was still raging. They told stories of troops being sent in with little support, training, or ammunition.
Despite Kyiv’s Western backers advising against expending resources on Bakhmut, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tried to hold onto the city for as long as he could, but it was fully captured by the Wagner Group and Russian forces this past weekend.
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin estimated that 50,000 Ukrainians lost their lives fighting for the city, but the number is not confirmed. Prigozhin also said that he recruited 50,000 people from prison to fight in Bakhmut and about 20% of them were killed.
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Shebekino, Russia, for the third time in a day under fire - and again a thick column of smoke over the city
The footage shows the situation in Shebekino after another arrival in the settlement of the Belgorod Region. Above the city again a column of smoke. Earlier, strikes were heard in the city center, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at the ice arena from the Grad MLRS.
At the moment, the shelling continues. Local residents told Readovka that they heard at least 20 explosions.
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The Serbian army deploys its units near the administrative line with Kosovo
The President and Minister of Defense of Serbia said that the army units would definitely remain in positions near the administrative line with Kosovo in the near future - at the same time, Vučić indicated that he was not planning any "war games", but Serbia would defend the "red lines". The deployment of military units was a response to clashes between the Serbian population and the police that began yesterday morning.
Aleksandar Vučić clarified that “crossing red lines” refers to the murder of local Serbs living in the self-proclaimed republic, the beginning of their persecution and damage to their property. In the same context, the Minister of Defense recalled the "March pogrom" of 2004, as a result of which about 4 thousand Serbs were forced to leave Kosovo - in the understanding of the authorities, those events were nothing more than ethnic cleansing.
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🇷🇺❌🇩🇪 Moscow expels more than 300 German civil servants.
This is reported by the publication Süddeutsche Zeitung. German diplomats, teachers and employees of the Goethe Cultural Center (Goethe Institute) working in Russia will leave the Russian Federation before the end of May.
This is due to Moscow's decision to limit the number of employees of German institutions in the Russian Federation to 350 people.
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🇷🇸 Serbia holds largest rally amid escalating conflict in Kosovo - citizens stand up for the country's territorial integrity
The largest rally in Serbian history took place in Belgrade, as brotherly people gathered in support of a united, strong and prosperous state. The reason for the public rally is a rampage by riot police in the self-proclaimed Kosovo. Shortly before the rally, the Serbian president said that there would not be a violent change of power in the country, as in Kiev in 2014.
However, Kosovo police officers "crossed the line" and stormed the municipalities of Zvecan, Zubin Potok and Leposavic, toppling the Serbian flag from there and hanging the symbols of self-proclaimed Kosovo. The arlly is in response to anti-Serb policies. In Belgrade, Serbian citizens are now expressing a strong stance on these events - for a united and strong state that can defend its interests. During the rallies, Vucic has announced that he is stepping down as head of the Serbian Progressive Party.
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Translation: we have been unsuccessfully shelling the ZNPP since the beginning of the conflict while blaming it on Russia, who is actually holding the ZNPP. Now we have some means to cause some real damage, and are planning to do so, but we are still going to blame Russia. Got it. https://twitter.com/OlgaBazova/statu...52328144797696
Today, around 13:00, a convoy of enemy equipment was discovered in the area of Novoandreevka, west of Orekhov.
This column was subjected to rocket and bomb strikes by the forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces, and artillery fired at the surviving enemy who attempted to evacuate.
This is not the first attempt to concentrate enemy forces in this area; earlier, on May 26 and 25, rocket artillery of the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy columns in the area of the Pavlovka-Malye Shcherbaki road.
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