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Ukraine has 'one last chance' - Medvedev


RT
Tue, 20 May 2025 18:11 UTC
Medvedev
© Alexey DanichevlDeputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev
Moscow is prepared for unconditional negotiations with Kiev based on realities on the ground, the former president has said.

Authorities in Kiev have one last opportunity to preserve some kind of statehood after the Ukraine conflict inevitably resolves, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said, urging Kiev to engage in peace talks.

Speaking at an international legal forum in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, Medvedev - who serves as the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council - admitted that Moscow doesn't like the current political regime in Kiev "at all."

Nevertheless, he suggested that Ukraine's leaders have "one last chance to preserve, under certain conditions, after the end of military actions, some kind of statehood or, if you like, some kind of international legal personality and gain a chance for peaceful development."

Though the Ukrainian government lacks any sovereignty and is a failed "quasi-state" in its current form, Moscow remains open to holding unconditional direct peace negotiations that would take into account the current realities on the ground and address the root causes of the conflict, Medvedev stated.
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Attention

From the Caspian to the Persian Gulf, tracking Iran's North-South corridor

Pepe Escobar
Sputnik Internaional
Wed, 21 May 2025 13:34 UTC
INSTC
© civilsdaily.comThe International North South Transportation Corridor (INSTC).
On the road in Iran - The International North South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) is one of the most crucial geoeconomic/infrastructure projects of the 21st century. It unites at its core three key BRICS nations - Russia, Iran and India - branching out to the Caucasus and Central Asia.

When fully operational, the INSTC will offer a full trade/connectivity corridor sanctions-free, cheaper and faster than the Suez canal to a great deal of Eurasia. The geoeconomic consequences will be staggering.

To re-visit Iran in these times of geopolitical trouble, relentless "maximum pressure", red lines on uranium enrichment and bombing threats could not be more pressing - and enlightening.
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Arrow Up

Biden's presidency is a scandal of historic proportions

Jarrett Stepman
The Daily Signal
Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00 UTC
Biden and big sign
© Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThen President Joe Biden after his June debate with now-President Donald Trump
The "presidency" of Joe Biden is one of the greatest scandals in American history. The legacy media is only now covering the mental incapacity of a president who apparently left the entire ship of state to the unaccountable bureaucracy.

On Friday, Axios released Friday night news dump audio of Biden's 2023 interview with special counsel Robert Hur.

If you heard the tape and haven't been in a coma for the past four years, then nothing here is truly surprising. The former president sounded senile and evasive when answering questions about his handling of top secret documents.


Some of my colleagues went through the full tapes and found that Biden "forgot the names of President Barack Obama's former secretary of defense and comedian Jay Leno; referred to Africa as a country, not a continent; and was unaware he had in his possession a notebook with war advice in it for Obama during his interview with special counsel Robert Hur and investigators in October 2023."

Comment: Biden was the perfect deep-state president for obvious reasons. Who bought it? The Left, his constituents. We choose what we want to see. We ignore what is.

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US opposes 'endless negotiations' on Ukraine - Rubio


RT
Sun, 18 May 2025 03:58 UTC
Rubio
© Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio • White House • Washington, DC • April 30, 2025
Washington will study the ceasefire road maps presented by Moscow and Kiev, the secretary of state has said.

The US does not want negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to drag on indefinitely, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said, stressing that Washington expects concrete results.

He made the remarks after Russia and Ukraine held their first direct talks in three years in Istanbul on Friday. The countries agreed to a prisoner swap involving 1,000 people on each side, and to continue contacts once both parties have prepared detailed ceasefire proposals.

Rubio, in an interview aired on CBS News' Face the Nation on Sunday, said:
"On the one hand, we're trying to achieve peace and end a very bloody, costly, and destructive war. So there's some element of patience that is required.

"On the other hand, we don't have time to waste. There are a lot of other things happening in the world that we also need to be paying attention to. So we don't want to be involved in this process of just endless talks. There has to be some progress, some movement forward."
Rubio said the US would examine the ceasefire proposals from Russia and Ukraine:
"If those papers have ideas on them that are realistic and rational, then I think we know we've made progress."

Comment: Russia and Ukraine are not, never will be, equal. The war has outlived its use.

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American imperialists are slowing down the Trumpist revolution

Thierry Meyssan
Voltairenet.org
Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00 UTC
DonElonkid
© voltairenet.orgUS President Donald Trump • Elon Musk and son
Many journalists pretend not to understand what is happening in Washington. For them, Elon Musk and Donald Trump are appropriating what they can of the federal government without changing anything. The reality is quite different: the President of the United States is trying to dismantle the imperialism his country displays. He is destroying the agencies, both secret and public, which, under various pretexts, legally finance those who carry out color revolutions and other coups d'état.

President Donald Trump made the dismantling of the "American Empire" the initial objective of his first term. He appointed General Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor [1] and immediately eliminated the permanent seats of the CIA Director and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the National Security Council [2]. It was a bad move for him: the American imperialists joined forces with the Democrats against him, forcing him, within two weeks, to fire General Flynn, then launching all sorts of deceitful operations, including two impeachment proceedings, to accuse him of being a Russian agent in the White House.

So, armed with extensive experience, he approached his second term, still with the same objective: to dismantle the "American Empire." This time, he only addressed the substance of the issue during his speech in Riyadh on May 13. After recalling his speech eight years ago, in the same room, during which he urged Muslim states to no longer support terrorist organizations [3], he called for trade to replace war. He denounced "nation builders," "neoconservatives," "liberal NGOs," and "other interventionists claiming to reform complex societies they themselves don't even understand" to praise the vitality of the people of the broader Middle East.

Comment: Given the title, it might be fair to say Trump is returning 'the favor' by evening the score.

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AK47

Weapons from Ukraine will flood Europe - report


RT
Sun, 18 May 2025 10:11 UTC
drone guy
© Paula Bronstein/Getty ImagesUkrainian military learn to fly drones at night using thermal vision
A massive influx of weapons from Ukraine will hit Europe's black markets after the conflict with Russia is over, according to a new report by the Eurasia Observatory, which tracks the conflict's long-term impact on organized crime.

Western-supplied weapons and thousands of battle-hardened Ukrainian veterans are expected to fuel a wave of crime, arms trafficking, and instability across the continent - as talks between Moscow and Kiev to resolve the conflict raise hopes for a ceasefire - the document warns.
"Stockpiles of weapons, including heavy arms, are being amassed throughout Ukraine. Should the fighting stop, martial law in Ukraine will presumably be lifted, reducing the resources and powers of the state to police the civilian sphere - and opening up the field for organized crime to operate more freely."
Kiev received over $363 billion (€326 billion) in NATO aid by February 2025, according to the Kiel Institute. Porous borders and weak oversight may fail to stop smuggled weapons such as rifles, grenades, and missile systems, according to the document.
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Heart - Black

Biden officials knew about potential COVID-19 vaccine risks — and took steps to downplay them

Ryan King
NY Post
Wed, 21 May 2025 18:50 UTC
vaccine
© James Keivom
Top federal health officials actively took steps to "delay warning the public" for months in 2021 about the potential risks of heart-related complications from receiving mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, a scathing interim report from Sen. Ron Johnson's office alleges.

Starting in February 2021, federal health agencies had been alerted to "large reports of myocarditis" in young people who received the Pfizer vaccine, but waited until late June that year to adjust the vaccine labels to make that side effect known.

"Even though CDC and FDA officials were well aware of the risk of myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccination, the Biden administration opted to withhold issuing a formal warning to the public for months about the safety concerns, jeopardizing the health of young Americans," the 54-page interim report said.

Myocarditis is an inflammatory condition of the heart muscle, while pericarditis entails inflammation of the lining sac around the heart, and myopericarditis is a combination of the two ailments.
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France used 'terror' and 'child porn' to mask political agenda - Durov


RT
Tue, 20 May 2025 07:27 UTC
Pavel Durov
© Instagram / durov
The Telegram founder has accused Paris of pressuring him to interfere in Romanian, Moldovan, and Ukrainian politics.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has doubled down on his claims that France's foreign intelligence agency pressured him to censor conservative voices on his platform, dismissing their purported law enforcement concerns as a "manipulation tactic."

On Sunday, Durov accused the head of the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), Nicolas Lerner, of asking him to take down Romanian Telegram channels ahead of the country's presidential runoff.

The DGSE rejected the allegations of political interference, insisting that it had contacted Durov on multiple occasions only to "firmly remind him of his company's responsibilities, and his own personally, in preventing terrorist and child pornography threats."
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Vance abruptly cancels Israel visit as IDF expands Gaza operations

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Tue, 20 May 2025 11:53 UTC
JD Vance
© AFP/Getty ImagesVP Vance in Rome.
More friction between Israel and the United States has come to light Monday as Vice President JD Vance has canceled a planned official trip to Israel due to the expansion of Israel's military operation in Gaza, according to a senior US official cited in Axios.

The report emphasizes that "The US official said Vance made the decision because he didn't want his trip to suggest the Trump administration endorsed the Israeli decision to launch a massive operation at a time when the U.S. is pushing for a ceasefire and hostage deal."

Still, Vance sought to downplay this as purely a political pressure move or strong signaling to Israel by saying it comes down to "logistical" issues.
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Israel Subject To Unprecedented Pressure From Allies Over Gaza Escalation

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Tue, 20 May 2025 19:38 UTC
David Lammy Isaac Herzog
© GPODavid Lammy with Israeli President Isaac Herzog
The United Kingdom on Tuesday suspended its free-trade agreement negotiations with Israel over the growing Gaza crisis, and after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed disgust at newly expanded Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip, also as famine threats at least 500,000 Palestinians.

Starmer described that he and his French and Canadian counterparts are "horrified" by the Netanyahu government's escalation in Gaza. This also comes as international headlines and warnings grow more dire. For example Al Jazeera has the following new headline: "Starving Palestinians resort to eating animal feed, flour mixed with sand".

"We repeat our demand for a ceasefire as the only way to free the hostages, we repeat our opposition to settlements in the West Bank, and we repeat our demand to massively scale up humanitarian assistance into Gaza," Starmer told parliament.

A Monday joint statement by the UK, France and Canada had threatened sanctions on Israel. Britain further did slap targeted sanctions on Israeli settler groups and individuals.
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