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2024/05/21

Europe has ‘dim, lackluster technocrats’ instead of strong leaders, Medvedev believes
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MOSCOW, February 22. /TASS/. The current leaders of #European# countries are mostly dim, lackluster technocrats who are engaged in pursuing Euro Atlantic ideals instead of resolving national problems, #Russia#n Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with #Russia#n media,

Genocide and Gaza: United States and Great Britain complicit
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At this point it is clear, the United States and Great Britain are allies of #Israel# in the genocide in Gaza, with the attack on Yemen the cards have been revealed. The ethnic cleansing in Gaza is supported by the United States and Great Britain. The massacre of October 7 was o

But Europe where In the hour of danger (Israel or Ukraine) the «herbivorous superpowerra» fails...
has become a perennial litany in #Italy#, with every serious international crisis. Yesterday in #Ukraine#, today in the Middle East. The widespread whining that Europe doesn't count, Europe is irrelevant, usually has an implication, an implicit assumption: America is always wrong

Moscow will not leave Canada hostile actions without retaliation ...
MOSCOW, September 26. /TASS/. #Moscow# will not leave without retaliation Canada's hostile actions against #Russia#, including the expansion of sanction lists, the #Russia#n Foreign Ministry said in connection with the honoring of a Nazi collaborator from the SS division Galicia in Canada’s parliame

Medvedev advocates pausing relations with EU in answer to ban on imports of personal items...
MOSCOW, September 11. /TASS/. #Russia#n Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has called for suspending diplomatic relations with the #EU# in response to the #EU# decision to bar #Russia#n citizens from entering the #EU# with everyday personal items, calling it a spit in the face of every #Russia#n.

China and Russia Are Beating the West in Africa...
This week, leaders from 17 #African# countries will be guests of Vladimir #Putin#. Alongside #Russia#, all the major powers are vying for influence and raw materials on the continent. The conditions are increasingly dictated by the #African#s themselves, with the West often coming away empty handed. Africa

Joint documents expected to be signed after Putin’s visit to China in October...
BEIJING, August 18. /TASS/. #Moscow# and Beijing are preparing a set of joint documents that are expected to be signed during #Russia#n President Vladimir #Putin#'s official #visit# to #China# in October, Deputy Director General of the Department of the #European# and Central Asian Region of the Chinese Foreign

Venezuela to Advance Oil and Gas Projects Despite Sanctions and Anti Corruption Drive...
Mexico City, Mexico, July 25, 2023 (venezuelanalysis.com) � #Venezuela#n Oil Minister Pedro Tellechea announced Friday that the country is in advanced negotiations with foreign firms to develop its natural gas reserves. The announcement comes as #Venezuela# seeks to increase its productive

Unpaid teachers strike in Houthi controlled areas...
AL MUKALLA: Yemeni teachers have gone on strike in Houthi controlled areas as outrage grows over the militia’s failure to pay #public# employees. In a rare #public# protest, teachers in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and other major cities skipped classes to pressure the Houthis to pay their sal

Biden administration surrenders to Iran...
In a commentary, Kayhan discussed the West's reaction to the agreement to exchange several prisoners and release 6 billion #dollar#s of #Iran#'s blocked money in South Korea. It said: Experts of the anti #Iran# think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies in America said that the prisoner exchan

Why a stalled Ukrainian offensive could represent a huge political problem for Zelensky in the US...
One of #Ukraine#’s greatest tragedies as it pursues a critical offensive that has, so far, failed to meet its own and Western expectations is that it cannot, by itself, decide its destiny. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s #government# is dependent on a massive pipeline of US and western arm

Niger junta seeks Wagner support as ECOWAS deadline approaches...
Niger’s new military junta has #ask#ed for help from the #Russia#n mercenary group Wagner as a deadline approaches for it to release the country’s ousted president. One the coup leaders General Salifou Mody made the request while #visit#ing neighbouring Mali. Niger’s junta faces a

African leaders call for the release of Russian cereals...
African leaders involved in peace talks over #Ukraine# have called for the unblocking of #Russia#n grain and fertilizer exports to revive the deal on grain exports through the Black Sea, South Africa said on Thursday. The group has also called on the United Nations to take action to release 200,000 t

Niger students rally in support of coup leader...
Around a hundred students have demonstrated in the Nigerien capital Niamey to support the military who took control of the country in a coup on 26 July. Protesters were angry at sanctions and threats of military intervention by leaders in the Economic Community of West #African# States (ECOWAS).

A new era of cooperation between Iran and Pakistan...
ISLAMABAD The three day long #visit# of #Iran#ian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian to Pakistan signifies the tremendous progress that the two countries have made in boosting their ties in recent months. The #visit# resulted in the signing of a five year strategic plan for commercial cooperati

Any external meddling into Niger’s affairs counterproductive...
MOSCOW, August 6. /TASS/. #Russia# considers any interference in Niger’s domestic affairs counterproductive, said Oleg Ozerov, the #Russia#n Foreign Ministry’s ambassador at large and head of the Secretariat of the #Russia# Africa Partnership Forum. #Russia# views events in these countries a

Russia Africa summit spurs economic promises amid geopolitical tensions...
The #Russia# Africa summit, held amid the ongoing geopolitical crisis between #Russia# and #Ukraine#, concluded last week with promises of debt forgiveness and #food# supplies aimed at bolstering economic ties between #Moscow# and #African# nations. While Western nations continue to isolate #Russia#, several Afri

Unraveling Kenya deadly protests and gov't recent fight with the press...
Kenya has in recent months experienced a wave of anti tax protests against the already high cost of living. At least 30 #people# were confirmed dead by the opposition Azimio coalition who #blame#d the police for using extra force to dent the demonstrations. Africanews spoke to one of the local journa

Russia ready to look for ways towards peaceful Ukrainian settlement...
ST. PETERSBURG, July 28. /TASS/. #Russia# is ready to look of ways to achieve the peaceful resolution of the situation around #Ukraine#, despite the Western course towards acting solely in their own interests in any international conflict, #Russia#n President Vladimir #Putin# said during a meeting with Afri

US in contact with Russia on operations in Syrian airspace, says Pentagon chief...
WASHINGTON, July 29. /TASS/. The United States will continue to maintain contact with #Russia# on operations in Syrian airspace, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said. We’ll continue to engage using the established channels to convey our concern and will continue to engage senior leaders

Demonstration for peace, against weapons supplies for Kiev held in Budapest...
BUDAPEST, July 26./TASS/. A demonstration in support of a peaceful settlement in #Ukraine# and against Western countries #send#ing weapons to Kiev was held in Budapest on Wednesday. It was organized by the Forum for Peace civil movement, a coalition of ten political and social organizations, initiated b

New EU grant to Ukraine means years more of fighting ...
BUDAPEST, July 20. /TASS/. The #EU# leadership’s proposal to allocate 20 billion euros in military assistance to #Ukraine# over four years will prolong hostilities in the country for years to come. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary, Peter Szijjarto voiced thi

As Americans suffer, U.S. approves record military budget...
TEHRAN A health system on the verge of collapse, record level of homelessness and crippling infrastructure untouched for many decades, yet the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill setting policy for the Pentagon to the tune of $886 billion. The bill will head to the Senate #where# Democ

Emirati and French ministers discuss ways to boost economic cooperation...
ABU DHABI: Abdullah Al Marri, the UAE’s minister of economy, and Olivier Becht, the French foreign trade minister, discussed ways in which economic cooperation might be boosted when they met in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, the Emirates News Agency reported. In particular, they reviewed options fo

Iranian president to launch three nation tour of Africa...
TEHRAN #Iran#ian President Ebrahim Raisi is planning a three leg trip to Africa as part of the country’s aim to expand relations with friendly countries. Raisi will lead a delegation from Tehran to Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe on Tuesday at the invitation of his counterparts in the host count

The French Connection...
TEHRAN � There is an #Iran#ian proverb saying, “Which one should I believe, your Hazrat Abbas oath or the tail of the rooster?” It describes a situation #where# someone tries to hide the truth when it is glaringly obvious. The recent measures by the French #government# regardin

Transformation in the world order in its operational phase...
Iran's inclusion in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a significant development, considering the #UN# Security Council sanctions it still faces. The SCO members had previously agreed that any #state# wishing to join should not have any #UN# Security Council sanctions imposed on it. This issue

West’s ideas about how to end crisis in Ukraine 'schizophrenic'...
MOSCOW, June 30. /TASS/. #Russia#n Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's #state#ment about ending the conflict in #Ukraine# through diplomacy and negotiation strange against the backdrop of the West’s constant speculations about the need to defeat Russi

Raisi backs Putin in face of Wagner insurgency:...
TEHRAN The Kremlin says #Russia#n President Vladimir #Putin# and his #Iran#ian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi spoke on the phone on Monday about the situation in Transcaucasia, the Syrian settlement, and other global matters. The two leaders discussed opportunities for enhancing the reciprocally advantageo

Macron saw opportunity to deal Russia strategic blow in mutiny ...
MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. French leader Emmanuel Macron saw a chance to realize the threat of dealing #Russia# a fatal blow in the attempted mutiny on June 24, #Russia#n Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with RT. Emmanuel Macron <…> was right up there with the United States,