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US threatens traditional Russian values - Putin


RT
Wed, 09 Nov 2022 21:42 UTC
Russian flag
© Sputnik / Aleksandr KryazhevFILE PHOTO.
The actions of the US and other "unfriendly nations" - as well as transnational corporations, NGOs, and media outlets - pose a threat to traditional Russian values, President Vladimir Putin outlined in a decree on Wednesday.

The document calls for the preservation and protection of the values that allow the country to defend and strengthen its sovereignty, while "preserving the people of Russia and developing their human potential."

The traditional values rooted in Russia's cultural and historical experience have enabled the nation to effectively face new challenges and threats while keeping its identity intact, the decree said. Among the values named, are human dignity, human rights, life, patriotism, moral ideals, the traditional family, historical memory, the continuity of generations, and the unity of all peoples who live in Russia.
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China's FM spox refutes Biden's claim that Beijing is distancing itself from Russia


RT
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 19:23 UTC
Zhao Lijian
© GREG BAKER / AFPChinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian
Relations between Moscow and Beijing are as healthy as ever, Zhao Lijian, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, said on Friday, denying a statement by US President Joe Biden that China is attempting to distance itself from Russia.

Speaking at a regular press briefing, Zhao commented on the current state of Sino-Russian relations, describing them as "rock solid." According to the official, China and Russia are "strategic cooperation partners in the new era" that have never sought to confront or target third parties.

He went on to say that "the long-term healthy and stable development" of ties between Moscow and Beijing hinges on a "high degree of mutual trust." Furthermore, "China is willing to work with Russia to promote the steady progress of relations between the two countries in the right direction," Zhao added.
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Dollar

Russian ambassador says US 'prolonging Ukraine conflict for profit'


PressTV
Wed, 09 Nov 2022 19:07 UTC
Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov
© TASSRussian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov
The Russian ambassador to Washington says the United States has prolonged the war in Ukraine to profit from its sales of military equipment and liquefied natural gas (LNG) to European countries.

"The White House cannot escape responsibility for prolonging the conflict and killing innocent people. However, the United States continues with its maniacal persistence to adhere to the tactics of war of attrition by exhausting everyone — Ukrainians, Russians, Europeans as well as ordinary Americans," Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said in an interview with Sputnik that was published on Wednesday.

"There are several reasons for this, one of them being the presence of economic interest. The desire to 'skim the cream' through the mass sale of military equipment and LNG supplies: only business, nothing personal," Antonov added.

Comment: Not just in Ukraine: US reaps billions in profits from Saudi Arabia's war crimes in Yemen

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Blackbox

Best of the Web: Sun Tzu walks Into a Kherson bar...

Pepe Escobar
The Strategic Culture Foundation
Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:44 UTC
russian soldier flag
© Kirill Braga/Sputnik
Deal or no deal, General Winter is coming to town - ready to entertain his guest of honor Sun Tzu with so many new dishes at their dinner table.

The announcement of the Kherson Retreat may have signaled one of the gloomiest days of the Russian Federation since 1991.

Leaving the right bank of the Dnieper to set up a defense line on the left bank may spell out total military sense. General Armageddon himself, since his first day on the job, had hinted this might have been inevitable.

As it stands in the chessboard, Kherson is in the "wrong" side of the Dnieper. All residents of Kherson Oblast - 115,000 people in total - who wanted to be relocated to safer latitudes have been evacuated from the right bank.
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Bad Guys

Chief auditor for Vatican says he was raided, forced out for digging too deep

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:31 UTC
Pope Francis meeting with Libero Milone duitor vatican
© .L'Osservatore Romano/via Associated PressPope Francis meeting with Libero Milone, now a former Vatican auditor general, in a 2016 photo released by a Vatican newspaper.
The Vatican's former chief auditor, Libero Milone, says he was raided by gendarmes in June of 2017, after which he was accused of spying on top Vatican cardinals.

"Now you have to confess," they demanded, according to Milone, who says he signed resignation papers instead of face time in a Vatican jail, the NY Times reports.

Since his ouster, the Vatican - which has been plagued with financial (and pedophilia) scandals for decades - has attempted to clean up its act. Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu - who Milone was accused of spying on (and, Milone believes, was behind his ouster), has himself been booted from his position by Pope Francis, and is now standing trial in the Vatican for embezzlement and abuse of office in connection with a shady $135 million London real estate deal.

Comment: 'I was only doing my job': Vatican auditor sacked for probing illegal activity

The cardinal seems a real piece of work: The question is, who got to Francis?

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Question

White House mum on why Biden has a 'list' of reporters 'I'm supposed to call on'

Diana Glebova
Daily Caller
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:09 UTC
Joe biden
© Susan Walsh / APJoe Biden
The White House said they are "not sharing" what determines which reporters get to be on President Joe Biden's pre-selected list, and refused to say why he has a list at all.

Biden held his first major press conference since January on Wednesday, and, after giving a speech about the results of the midterms, said he was "given a list" of 10 reporters to call on.

"Now, I've been given a list of 10 people that I'm supposed to call on and you're all supposed to ask me one question, but I'm sure you'll ask me more. So let me start off with the list I've been given," Biden said.

Comment: Of course everyone knows that those outlets can be relied on to ask the questions that Dementia Joe has been prepped with. He has even probably been told what order to call on the hacks so the teleprompter matches up.

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Hungary warns about EU role in Ukraine


RT
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:50 UTC
Orban Erdogan
© Handout / Press Office of the Presidency of Türkiye via AFPViktor Orban (L) talks to leaders of Türkiye and Azerbaijan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) and Ilham Aliyev (R), on the sidelines of the 9th summit of the Organisation of Turkic States.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Oban has criticized the EU for choosing a path of escalation in the Ukrainian crisis. The continuation of hostilities and sanctions on Russia is about to plunge its members into a recession, he warned

The remarks about EU foreign policy came at a summit of Turkic nations in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Friday. He contrasted the European approach to that of nations attending the meeting, particularly Türkiye, which served as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine.

"The voice of those who want peace is much quieter than the voice of those who just increase tensions," Orban said of Western policy on Ukraine.

"We in the EU are on a spiral of escalation. We first delivered non-lethal military aid, then we started sending lethal weapons, now we are training the Ukrainian troops in European territory. In the next few days we will decide whether to bankroll the Ukrainian economy," he explained.
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Dollars

Federal judge declares Biden's student debt relief program unlawful

Jarryd Jaeger
The Post Millennial
Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:01 UTC
Joe Biden
On Thursday, a federal judge struck down the Biden administration's student debt relief program, declaring it unlawful.

In his ruling, US District judge Mark Pittman sided with the Job Creators Network Foundation, who petitioned for a motion to end the program on the grounds that the government violated federal procedure.


Comment: See also:

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Light Sabers

US doubts EU members' resolve on Russia sanctions


RT
Fri, 11 Nov 2022 15:39 UTC
europe protests
© AP Photo / Petr David JosekAn anti-government protest in Prague, Czech Republic, on October 28
EU nations are at risk of deviating from the US-led economic sanctions imposed on Russia for its military campaign in Ukraine, US officials have told the media.

People in Europe are "growing angry over sanctions and blame the US for rising costs," putting their government under pressure to withdraw their support, Politico reported on Thursday, citing an internal US report.

The document led to a "flurry of calls" among officials in Washington concerned about keeping European leaders on board with the strategy, sources in the US government told the outlet, adding that "things are holding steady for now, but it is a shaky situation."

EU countries have been struggling with surging inflation, driven to a large degree by rising energy prices. The bloc chose to stop trading with Russia, which was its biggest energy supplier, as part of the sanctions drive, but is now struggling to find a long-term replacement.
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Bad Guys

White House attempts damage control after Joe Biden announces he is going to shut down coal plants

Cristina Laila
Gateway Pundit
Sun, 06 Nov 2022 15:28 UTC
Biden
Joe Biden on Friday delivered remarks on his CHPIS and Science Act at the Viasat headquarters in Carlsbad, California.

Biden celebrated coal plant workers losing their jobs.

"No one is building new coal plants because they can't rely on it," Biden said on Friday in north San Diego county. "Even if they have all the coal guaranteed for the rest of the existence of the plant."

"So it's going to become a wind generation," Biden added. "And all they're doing is, it's going to save them a hell of a lot of money and using the same transmission line that they transmitted the coal-fired electric on. We're going to be shutting these plants down all across America and having wind and solar power."
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