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Dangerously delusional: Latvia's FM says no diplomatic solution except 'clear defeat of Russia'


RFE/RL
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 19:39 UTC
Edgars Rinkevics
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (file photo)
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said he has little hope of a diplomatic solution to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine "until we see the clear defeat of Russia."

"We have seen that negotiations and peace agreements with Russia simply do not work," Rinkevics said. "Russia has no need for them. If Russia feels it is losing Ukraine and that the regime of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is losing the confidence of global public opinion and of Russian public opinion, then I think they will sit down at the negotiating table."

The international community should support negotiations if Moscow and Kyiv agree to pursue them, Rinkevics told Current Time in an exclusive interview.


Comment: Russian confidence in Putin actually increased following their country's response in Ukraine. And whilst the 'international community' may have condemned Russia, the rest of the world - a much larger portion in terms of real wealth and population - did not.

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Romanian defense minister resigns after backlash for saying Ukraine may have to give up territory to end proxy war


RT
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:08 UTC
Vasile Dincu
Romanian Defense Minister Vasile Dincu faced pressure after suggesting Kiev may have to make concessions to reach a peace deal with Russia
Romania's minister of defense, Vasile Dincu, handed in his resignation on Monday after incurring a backlash for publicly suggesting that Ukraine may have to give up some territory in order to end the ongoing military conflict with Russia.

Dincu announced he would be stepping down on his Facebook page, stating that he believes it would be impossible for him to collaborate with President Klaus Iohannis, who had offered a strong rebuke to his call for peace talks between Moscow and Kiev.

"I consider it necessary to withdraw from this position in order not to prejudice in any way the decision-making processes and programs that require fluidity along the entire chain of command," Dincu wrote, adding that he is grateful to Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and vowed to support the PM's future initiatives as a senator, a position that he will retain, in the Romanian parliament.
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Russia's security chief concerned about western rhetoric on nuclear weapons, says there's no politician like JFK these days


RT
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:42 UTC
Sergei Naryshkin top spy russia
© RIA Novosti / Mihail MokrushinSergei Naryshkin, head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service
The fact that discussions about the possible use of nuclear weapons have become part of Western rhetoric is worrisome, Sergey Naryshkin, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), has said.

Contrary to claims by Western leaders, Russia is "absolutely" not threatening to deploy nuclear weapons, the senior official explained. But Kiev has openly claimed that it wants to become a nuclear power, an outcome that Naryshkin called on the world to prevent.

The Russian intelligence chief was referring to a speech that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky delivered during the Munich Security Conference in February. The Ukrainian leader lamented that Kiev had given up nuclear weapons stationed there during the Soviet era and said that his country could break its promise to stay a non-nuclear state.


Comment: And this declaration to acquire nukes, by a corrupt vassal state, overrun by neo-Nazi's, may have been one of the more compelling reasons for Russia to initiate its special operation.


Comment: See also: JFK: The Bushes and the Lost King

And check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Dirty Nuke False-Flag? US Military on Stand-by to Fight Russian Troops in Event of 'Atrocity'



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Orban vows to defend Hungary from EU


RT
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 07:32 UTC
Orban
© AFP / Attila KisbenedekHungary's prime minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech during an event to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the Hungarian uprising
Hungary has always resisted empires and outlived them, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has outlined while speaking about attempts by the EU to pressure Budapest.

The statement came during a speech in the western city of Zalaegerszeg, on Sunday, dedicated to the 66th anniversary of the beginning of the 1956 uprising in then-Communist Hungary, which was ultimately suppressed by the Soviet Union.

"Let's not bother with those, who shoot at Hungary from the shadows or from the heights of Brussels. They will end up where their predecessors did," Orban said.
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Chaos is as chaos does

James Howard Kunstler
Clusterfuck Nation
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:00 UTC
global chaos
© Vision and Global TrendsDragging the world into chaos
It's hard to escape the awful feeling that Western Civ has a death wish, or to say which of its constituent nations wants to get to the graveyard first. Great Britain might be leading the pack with its Three-Card-Monte financial finagling economy and hot potato political leadership. Old Blighty sinks visibly by the day into sclerotic torpor — even while its MI-6 intel gang works overtime scheming to blow things up, to make the Russia-Ukraine mess even worse. Newly-tapped Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces the same set of quandaries that sank Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, and his country will have to call a painful general election before long to make its government legitimate. Oh, to be a fly-on-the-wall at the first meeting between Mr. Sunak and King Charles.

Germany took a wrecking bar to its own economy this summer while its people kept goose-stepping to the absurd Covid "vaccine" tyranny narrative. The German gene for obedience marches them into their third national calamity in a hundred-odd years, with hardly a peep of political objection. Yet, deep inside them lurks that age-old Teutonic libido for violence. When will that break against the feckless head-of-state Olaf Scholz, with all the charisma of a Dampfnudel?
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Best of the Web: The EU's energy security now rests in Turkey's hands

Karin Kneissl
The Cradle
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 12:00 UTC
erdogan putin pipe line gas
© The CradleEurope has sought to bypass Russian gas with disastrous results. Turkey, which has been positioning itself as an energy hub for the past two decades, is set to reap the benefits
"Geography is the constant of history," is a quote attributed to the German statesman Otto von Bismarck. Today, those words ring true as we witness geography altering global politics, finance, and alliances.

The geostrategic importance of Turkey has rarely been as clear to European politicians as it has been in recent months, as the continent grapples with a burgeoning energy crisis this coming winter.

Whether it is grain exports from the Black Sea region or the flow of energy supplies from the eastern producing countries, the Bosphorus and the links to Eurasia are once again playing a decisive geopolitical role, as they so often have throughout history. The fact is, Turkey is now crucial for the security of Europe.

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Comment: See also: Global finance vs global energy: who will come out on top?

And check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Dirty Nuke False-Flag? US Military on Stand-by to Fight Russian Troops in Event of 'Atrocity'



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SOTT Focus: NewsReal: Dirty Nuke False-Flag? US Military on Stand-by to Fight Russian Troops in Event of 'Atrocity'


Sott.net
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 23:32 UTC
dirty nuke ukraine newsreal
© Sott.net
Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told his French counterpart in a telephone call today, Sunday 23 October, that Moscow was concerned Ukraine could use a "dirty bomb," the Russian defense ministry reported, which would lead to "further, uncontrolled escalation" in the war.

In fact, Shoigu has since gone on to call up a half-dozen world leaders with the same warning.

Coupled with increased US military presence on Ukraine's Romanian and Polish borders, and the targeting of a major dam with American HIMARS that could flood a swathe of southern Ukraine and kill thousands of civiliams, is an atrocity looming?


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EU 'dancing on edge of volcano' with Ukraine - French ex-president


RT
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 14:25 UTC
Sarcozy
© AFP/Franck FileFormer French President Nicolas Sarkozy
It's high time for the EU to abandon its emotionally driven policies on Ukraine and start talking about achieving peace, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested.

In an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche on Saturday, Sarkozy criticized Brussels for its involvement in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has included sweeping sanctions on Moscow, weapons deliveries to Kiev, and calls for a military solution to the crisis. He said:
"The European Commission is primarily an administrative body. Moreover, I still haven't understood under which article of the European treaties [the body's president Ursula] von der Leyen justifies her competence in the field of arms purchases and foreign policy. The only thing the Europeans are hearing now is more and more billions of euros being spent on the purchase of weapons. More weapons, more deaths, more war.

"It's high time for serious initiatives to be taken to start talking about the future and peace."
Sarkozy, who was the president of France between 2007 and 2012, also said:
"The EU's policy regarding the conflict in Ukraine is driven by "miscalculation, exaltation, anger, superficial reactions, and because of this we're dancing at the edge of a volcano."
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Israel high court greenlights signing of 'dangerous' Lebanon deal

Deborah Brand
Breitbart
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 00:00 UTC
Navy patrol
© Rosh HanikraNavy vessel patrols Mediterranean waters
The Israeli High Court of Justice on Sunday unanimously rejected all petitions filed against the controversial maritime border deal with Lebanon, paving the way for the signing of U.S.-mediated agreement, which has been deemed "extremely dangerous" by its opponents.

The deal may be signed as early as this week, pending the arrival of U.S. mediator, former U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein.

The petitions, filed by the Lavi organization for citizens' rights and the Kohelet Policy Forum, claims that since the current government is only a caretaker one, any potential deal must first reach a Knesset vote.

Earlier this month, Israel and Lebanon announced that the two had reached a "historic agreement."

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid hailed the agreement as an
"historic achievement that will strengthen Israel's security, inject billions into Israel's economy, and ensure the stability of our northern border."

Comment: Placing the court in control of foreign policy? Disowning responsibility, to divert blame for any repercussions, is a calculated decision.

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Footprints

An ABC News investigative journalist disappeared six months ago. He seems to have known a lot about American aims in Ukraine

Felix Livshitz
RT
Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:13 UTC
Meek
© Michael Le Brecht/ABC/Getty ImagesJames Gordon Meek, ABC News investigative journalist
On 27 April, ABC News reporter James Meek tweeted a single word - "facts" - above another Twitter post from a retired CIA officer, who stated that the 2014-2022 Ukrainian civil war was an eight-year "lab experiment" on Russia's military "tactics, techniques, and procedures." It added that US intelligence and "unconventional warfare" experts had "learned a shit ton."

It was the last time, to date, Meek posted on the social network. In fact, it seems it was the last time he did anything in public at all, both online and in-real-life. Rolling Stone has published an investigation into the veteran journalist's vanishing act in the months since, revealing how just hours after that tweet was posted, a number of menacing vehicles blocked off roads around Meek's apartment in Arlington, Virginia, then proceeded to raid the premises.

Neighbors interviewed by the magazine recall a collection of police cruisers, official-looking cars with blacked-out windows, and even armored tactical vehicles frequently used by the FBI, which resemble tanks. Quick as a flash, their occupants exited and rushed into Meek's apartment complex, "at least 10" of them being "heavily armed."

The raid was reportedly over very quickly, and Meek apparently didn't leave the scene with the authorities. To this day, there is no indication of what if anything was seized or why it was conducted, and all records related to the case remain sealed, including the search warrant approved a day prior. While no charges have officially been filed, Meek has dropped off the face of the Earth, and his apartment has remained vacant ever since.
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