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Billionaires supporting Harris likely on Epstein list - Musk


RT
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:09 UTC
rallyMusk
© Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesElon Musk at a Trump rally
Backers of the Democratic presidential candidate are "terrified" of a Trump victory, the SpaceX CEO believes.

Many of the billionaires backing US Vice President Kamala Harris in the November election are likely "terrified" about Jeffrey Epstein's client list becoming public if Republican Donald Trump wins, according to SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Epstein, a financier who socialized with the rich and famous for decades, was arrested in 2019 for pimping out young women, including many minors, to his powerful acquaintances, whom he often flew to his private island in the Caribbean. The list of Epstein's "guests" and other evidence that has reportedly been gathered by the FBI has since remained under lock and key, even after Epstein died under suspicious circumstances in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019. His death was officially ruled a suicide.

Last month, Trump suggested in an interview with Lex Friedman that Epstein's "black book" could be made public if he wins in November.

Speaking with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday, Musk claimed that Harris was simply a "marionette" and that there are actually over a hundred "puppet masters" behind her, most of whom the billionaire said he probably knows personally. The tech mogul then went on to say that he would find it interesting to see the top one hundred of these "puppet masters" compared with the Epstein client list, suggesting there would be a "strong overlap."

Comment: Tangible evidence? Kill the messenger! Protection runs deep on this one.

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Warning

You will comply: This post-Soviet country is too independent for the West. Punishment is at hand

Tarik Cyril Amar
RT
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:24 UTC
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© Daro Sulakauri/Getty ImagesProtestors clash with law enforcement during demonstrations • Tbilisi, Georgia
Washington and Brussels are ramping up the pressure on Georgia again, believing others' sovereignty isn't the same as theirs.

Say what you will about the EU's "elites," they are persistent. They are on the verge of losing the Ukraine proxy war they have been waging under US command against Russia, but they never miss a chance to antagonize. This time it's Georgia's turn - the one in the Caucasus, of course: Brussels would never dare raise its voice about anything in the US, no matter how rotten the sorry remnants of "democracy" are over there.

If the Georgian government - duly elected and all that but still led by the Georgian Dream party, which Eurocrats love to hate - won't do as told by the EU, then, so the warning from the European Commission, "all options are on the table, including the potential temporary suspension of the visa liberalization scheme." What this means is that Georgians would lose their right, based on a 2017 agreement, to travel to and within the EU's Schengen Zone for up to six months without a visa.
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Harris reveals position on 'talks with Putin'


RT
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 08:23 UTC
Harris
© Getty ImagesPresidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris
Ukraine must have a say in any diplomatic engagement about its future, the US vice president has said.

US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has ruled out talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to settle the Ukraine conflict, unless Kiev also participates in the process.

In an interview with CBS on Monday, Harris was asked whether she would be willing to meet with the Russian leader to achieve peace in the conflict that has lasted nearly three years. "Not bilaterally without Ukraine, no. Ukraine must have a say in the future of Ukraine," she said.

Pressed on whether she would support fulfilling Ukraine's longstanding request to join NATO, she did not give a direct answer, saying it was an issue "we will deal with if and when it arrives at that point," adding
"Right now, we are supporting Ukraine's ability to defend itself against Russia's unprovoked aggression."
Harris went on to take a jab at her Republican rival Donald Trump on the issue, saying that "if he were president, Putin would be sitting in Kiev right now."

Comment: Putin in Kiev would be doing Ukraine a huge favor!

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Russian victory will liberate Europe - top French historian


RT
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:08 UTC
Emmanuel Todd
French historian Emmanuel Todd.
European "submission" to the US would be prolonged for a century if Moscow loses in Ukraine, according to Emmanuel Todd

A Ukrainian defeat would represent a victory for Europe, French anthropologist Emmanuel Todd has claimed, in an interview with the Italian news outlet Corriere di Bologna published on Tuesday.

According to Todd, who has stressed that he is not an explicit supporter of Moscow, if Russia were to lose in the Ukraine conflict, this would allow "European submission to the Americans to be prolonged for a century."

The leading intellectual has argued that Europe has effectively delegated the representation of the West to the US and has been paying the consequences ever since. He claims in the interview that nothing can be done to change this fact at the moment due to the ongoing Ukraine conflict, but suggests that its outcome will "decide the fate of Europe."

"If, as I believe, the US is defeated, NATO will disintegrate and Europe will be left free," Todd told the outlet, noting that it is unlikely that Russia would be compelled to militarily attack Western Europe after establishing itself on the Dnieper River.

Comment: The faster the EU countries realise the facts on the ground and make peace with Russia the better. That would not be in the interests of the US which is why it continues to drag out the conflict.

Emmanuel Todd view was pointed out in another article at the beginning of the year called A cult whose demise should probably be regretted:
According to Emmanuel Todd, the West no longer retains its perfectionist edge. Its fundamental task now is merely to avert the impending downfall, if it still can. As Todd cogently argues, the West has not only passed its "active stage," which is reflected in Henri-Frédéric Amiel's cited remark, but also the ensuing civilisation-on-auto-pilot "zombie stage". It now finds itself in the terminal "stage zero," the religious mainsprings whence its civilisation drew its vitality being completely sapped.

In the West, there is no longer a cult of efficiency and perfection capable of nurturing and sustaining a corresponding cultural articulation. The implications of such a view, if correct, are monumental.


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Arrow Up

Central Asia in a Boom Over Western Sanctions on Russia

Phil Butler
New Eastern Outlook
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:20 UTC
Central Asia
© New Eastern Outlook
The ever-expanding list of Western sanctions on Russia has an unexpected and less-than-desirable effect. Central Asian countries are experiencing unheard-of growth due to Russian businesses and investors moving to the region.

A brief look at Tajikistan's 7.5% GDP growth, Uzbekistan's predicted 6.5%, Kazakhstan at 5%, followed by Kyrgyzstan with 4.6%, and the brilliant economic warfare waged by the West is a losing proposition. North Americans and Europeans are the only people being hurt by the proxy war in Ukraine and its economic facets.

Washington's geniuses say these Central Asian countries are helping Russia circumvent sanctions imposed by the West over the Ukraine crisis. Given that the E.U. is buying gas and oil from Russia via Indian refineries like there's no tomorrow, it seems like a no-brainer that the former Soviet republics would want to benefit from Western stupidity. Despite Washington and its allies pulling out all the stops against Russia, many countries worldwide are benefitting from and helping the Russian economy. Even with military spending projected to rise by 70%, the Russian deficit should be less than 2%. And there will be no borrowing to compensate.

Another conduit for expanded trade and cooperation is the Eurasian Economic Union with Russia, Belarus, and Armenia. This element facilitates economic integration through common markets, harmonizing regulation, and empowering free trade zones. These Asian partners are taking full advantage by helping Russia export commodities and products and importing from third parties to export into Russia. Consumption is up on both ends, which is good for Russia and her trading partners.
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USA

P Diddy affair exposes America's need for 'real journalism' - Zakharova to RT


RT
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 11:48 UTC
P Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Diddy Combs, Hollywood star, walk of fame
© Getty Images / Tom_Young67FILE PHOTO.
The "enormous scandal" around US rapper Sean Combs, also known as P Diddy, has exposed America's need for "real journalism" and for efforts to fix its domestic affairs rather than global ones, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has told RT in an exclusive interview.

Combs, the 54-year-old three-time Grammy award winner and prominent hip-hop producer behind the landmark label Bad Boy Records, has been charged with racketeering and sex trafficking, and is facing over 100 additional sexual misconduct allegations, including against minors, dating back to the early 1990s.

"We're not just talking about indecent behavior or minor infractions like illegal weapons possession or drug use. We're not even talking about hypocrisy - like generally being an affront to the ideals they pretended to promote. No, they're implicated in a system that has been built over decades, coercing people into illegal activities through violence," Zakharova said.

She described the alleged sex trafficking ring built by the rapper as effectively "something like a mafia structure that brought together people from show business and from politics and government."

Instead of "cleaning up their own backyard," however, the US authorities have long been brushing these incidents under the carpet, Zakharova said. "Instead of fighting against journalism and journalists, they should be falling at journalists' feet, begging them to do their part and bring these things into the spotlight - despite the fear that pervades American society," she said.
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Hourglass

EU running out of time on Ukraine - Orban


RT
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 11:40 UTC
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
© Global Look Press / Marco Ottico/Keystone Press Agency/Global Look PressHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
The European Union must act now to settle the Ukraine conflict or be consigned to irrelevance by the US, the Hungarian prime minister has warned. Viktor Orban predicted that if Republican nominee Donald Trump wins the US presidential election on November 5, he will start to deal with the crisis even before he takes office.

The former US president has repeatedly claimed that if elected, he will persuade Kiev and Moscow to reach a diplomatic solution "within 24 hours." His running mate, J.D. Vance, has suggested that Trump would likely freeze the conflict along the current frontline and offer Russia a guarantee that Ukraine will not join NATO.
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Bad Guys

Ex-NATO boss lands new job


RT
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 11:11 UTC
Jens Stoltenberg
© Getty Images / Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu AgencyNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the 56th Munich Security Conference, Germany, February 15, 2020
Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will become chair of the Munich International Security Conference (MSC) next year, the Western-dominated organization has announced.

The Norwegian politician will take over from German diplomat Christoph Heusgen after the conference's 61st gathering in February 2025, the MSC said in a press release published on Tuesday.

Stoltenberg was replaced as head of NATO last week by former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, after a decade at the helm. During that time, he oversaw a steady increase in defense spending, and the addition of four new members to the US-led bloc - Montenegro (2017), North Macedonia (2020), Finland (2023), and Sweden (2024).

A strong backer of Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, Stoltenberg has supported the idea of allowing Kiev to use Western weapons in long-rang strikes on Russian territory - despite warnings from Moscow.

Comment: He may change his work address, but his heart will remain in keeping the war machine alive:

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Red Flag

Terrorism propaganda spreading in southern Russia - FSB


RT
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:32 UTC
Aleksandr Bortnikov
© Sputnik/Gavriil GrigorovThe head of Russia’s security service Aleksandr Bortnikov
International terrorist organizations are ramping up their propaganda efforts in Russia's North Caucasus regions, the director of the country's Federal Security Service (FSB) warned on Tuesday. Aleksandr Bortnikov accused the West of attempting to destabilize the Muslim-majority region.

He revealed that, since the start of the year, authorities had prevented 23 terrorist attacks and detained more than 200 suspects in those territories. In early August, Russia's Interior Ministry reported an alarming surge in terrorism-related crimes in the first half of the year.

Speaking at a meeting of Russia's Anti-Terrorist Committee, Bortnikov stated that "international terrorist organizations are intensifying their propaganda influence on the population of the North Caucasus, using the religious factor."

According to the official, these groups are spreading "radical strains of Islam [which are] not traditional to Russia." People peddling such ideologies are actively using the internet, as well as unofficial places of worship to disseminate their message.
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Ukraine strikes a Russian oil hub, Zelenskyy says the war is in 'a very important phase'

Illia Novikov and Hanna Arhirova
Associated Press
Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:54 UTC
Russian Army “Grad” self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launche
© Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via APIn this photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, a Russian Army “Grad” self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher fires rockets toward Ukrainian position at an undisclosed location
Ukraine's military said it struck a major oil terminal Monday in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia's war effort as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the war has entered a key phase.

Both sides are facing the issue of how to sustain their costly war of attrition — a conflict that started with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and that shows no signs of a resolution.

Ukraine's General Staff said on social media that the oil terminal in Feodosia, on the south coast of the Russia-occupied Crimea Peninsula, has been supplying the Russian army with fuel and that the strike was part of an ongoing effort to "undermine the military and economic potential of the Russian Federation."
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