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Russia, Turkey launch new economic 'roadmap'

MK Bhadrakumar
The Cradle
Mon, 08 Aug 2022 19:44 UTC
The Putin-Erdogan meeting in Sochi has rapidly accelerated Russian-Turkish economic initiatives and financial ties. These include bypassing western sanctions, integrating money transfers, and trading outside the dollar.

Erdogan & Putin
© The Cradle
In inter-state relations, the question is always one of balance and political opportunity. Statesmanship lies in striking the balance and seizing the opportunity thereof.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's 4-hour meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi on Friday becomes an outstanding example of how two powers who have rivaled each other in history can still craft a common destiny by balancing their interests and create new opportunities to navigate their way forward in an uncertain world.

It is seldom that the outcome of a high-level working visit can be foretold with absolute certainty. Yet, that was what Erdogan did as he headed for Sochi. He said, "I believe that (today's meeting) will open a whole different page in Turkish-Russian relations."

The agenda of the Sochi meeting was based on a message Putin had transmitted to Erdogan via the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Overchuk, who visited Ankara on 14 June. Overchuk is a politician who is more of a technocrat in economic management. Indeed, the Turkish president happily received him.
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Pirates

German media lifts lid on Zelensky's 'secret deals'


RT
Mon, 08 Aug 2022 19:29 UTC
zelensky
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky
Die Welt published an excerpt from a new biography which describes alleged cases of corruption involving Ukraine's president

German newspaper Die Welt has put Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's "secret deals" under the microscope, publishing an extract from a new book which suggests the head of state may have evaded taxes at home.

Published last Wednesday, the excerpt comes from a new book released this month, Zelensky: A Biography. The paper cited parts of the book that deal with alleged cases of corruption involving the Ukrainian president.

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Light Sabers

Islamic Jihad head issues warning: Fighting will resume if Israel breaks Gaza ceasefire

Tzvi Joffre
The Jerusalem Post
Mon, 08 Aug 2022 19:08 UTC
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary General Ziyad al Nakhala
© Erfan Kouchari/Tasnim News AgencyPalestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhala in Tehran, August 2022
The movement's head said there was unity between all the Palestinian factions despite the fact that Hamas was not taking part in the current conflict.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhala warned that his terrorist movement would resume fighting with Israel if its demands for the release of Islamic Jihad prisoners were not met, during a speech delivered as a ceasefire took effect between Israel and Islamic Jihad on Sunday night.

The movement's leader claimed that Israel had agreed to release Islamic Jihad official Bassam al-Saadi and hunger-striking prisoner Khalil al-Awawda in return for the ceasefire agreement. He additionally claimed that Israel was the one who "strongly sought to reach a ceasefire."

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Eye 1

Dutch gov't to cut Schipol airport flights by 60,000 by 2023, claim they want to cut noise & air pollution

Molly Russell
Simple Flying
Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:39 UTC
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is set to see a drastic drop in traffic starting November 2023 following recently announced legislation.

In an effort to slash noise and air pollution across the region, the current Dutch cabinet is moving forward with plans to cap yearly movements at the airport to 440,000. Schiphol is currently approved for 500,000 movements a year, though it does not use all available slots.

Environmental problems

The government has sought to find a balance between the importance of the airport to the country's economy and improved quality of life for nearby residents, with Mark Harbers, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, addressing concerns in a government statement posted 24 June.

Comment: Apparently the Dutch government's 'solution' to the majority of problems it decides are worthy of its attention is to deindustrialise their economy - another example would be the attack on farmers - however this is extremely shortsighted because a developed nation can't shut down its economy without wide ranging and deadly, fall out; as the nearly two year long lockdowns and the subsequent shortages and economic crisis prove.

But it's not only the Dutch government enforcing ill thought out and self-destructive policy, because the EU has been threatening its citizens with rolling blackouts in order to resolve its self-inflicted energy crisis.

Taken together, and certain establishment puppets have openly admitted as much, it's clear that a nefarious agenda is afoot, and this is only just the beginning: Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Will US Provoke China-Taiwan War? Possible, But Only as 'Trump' Card to Upend Global Economy



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Pirates

Kiev's nuclear terrorism threatens all of Europe

Andrew Korybko
korybko.substack.com
Sun, 07 Aug 2022 12:00 UTC
Zaporozhye Power Plant
Zaporozhye Power Plant
Since he's beginning to fret that unprecedented US-led Western pressure might soon be put upon him to compromise with Russia as strongly suggested by the Mainstream Media's decisive shift against him last week, to which end Kiev would have to unilaterally capitulate on some or all issues that it previously said were non-negotiable, Zelensky decided to resort to nuclear blackmail by ordering his forces to shell the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

Kiev has become so desperate in the nearly six months since the start of Russia's special military operation that it's now resorting to nuclear terrorism in a last-ditch attempt to stop its opponents' slow but steady advance - the pace of which Amnesty International latest report suggests was likely due to Ukraine's militarization of residential areas and thus de facto exploitation of civilians as human shields - from achieving a breakthrough along the southern front. This explains why it's done the unthinkable, and that's shell the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant that's under Moscow's control. Instead of taking responsibility for this terrorist attack, Kiev ridiculously claimed that Russia attacked its own position exactly as it also falsely claimed that its opponent just did to the Donbass prison under its control too.
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Better Earth

Zelenskiy rules out talks if Russia holds referendums in occupied areas


RFE/RL
Sun, 07 Aug 2022 00:01 UTC
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that if Moscow holds referendums on joining Russia in occupied areas of his country, there could be no talks with Ukraine or its international allies.

Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address that Ukraine was holding fast to its position of yielding no territory to Russia.

"If the occupiers proceed along the path of pseudo-referendums, they will close for themselves any chance of talks with Ukraine and the free world, which the Russian side will clearly need at some point," he said on August 7.

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Snakes in Suits

Lithuanian gov't delegation to visit Taiwan, Taipei claims 'authoritarianism seeks to sabotage rules-based world order'


TaiwanNews.tw
Sun, 07 Aug 2022 15:13 UTC
taiwan
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) wrote in a press release that the delegation consists of 11 government officials and electric bus business representatives. Their five-day visit will deepen bilateral exchanges and collaborations pertaining to smart and green transportation, 5G communications, and electric buses.

The delegation will meet with Taiwan's transport-related government agencies and visit leading electric bus businesses with the goal of creating a supply chain between democratic allies.

Comment: These visits, along with that statement from the MOFA, may provide a hint as to whose directing these burgeoning relations. It was only 8 months ago that China condemned Lithuania for allowing Taiwan to open a de facto embassy in Vilnius.

See also: China's 'lack of response' to Pelosi visit is not weakness - it's strategy

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Network

Turkish banks adopting Russian payment system Mir - Erdogan

Tugce Ozsoy
Bloomberg
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 14:24 UTC
ErdoganPutin
© Vyacheslav Prokofev/AFP/Getty ImagesRecep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Sochi, on Aug. 5.
Five Turkish banks have adopted Russia's Mir payments system, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on his return from talks with President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.

There are serious developments regarding the work that Turkish banks are doing on Russia's Mir card, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency cited Erdogan as saying on the plane. That's a relief for both Russian tourists and Turkey, he told reporters.

Payment in rubles will be a source of financial support for both Russia and Turkey, he said, adding the central bank governors of the two countries also met during the visit. Putin and Erdogan agreed to start moving to partial payment in rubles for deliveries of natural gas at talks in Sochi.

Comment: See also: Turkey wants to open 'new page' in ties with Russia

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Quenelle

Lebanese PM accepts Iranian offer of free fuel


The Cradle
Sun, 07 Aug 2022 20:34 UTC
tanker iran
© Joseph EID / AFPArchive.
Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati met with the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon this week and agreed to an offer of "free fuel" from Iran, an official close to Mikati tells The Cradle.

Mikati has provided Ambassador Mojtaba Amani with the specifications of the fuel Lebanon requires to run its stagnant power plants, as fuel from the Islamic Republic is not compatible with the Lebanese grid.

This means the fuel would need to be bartered with a third country, either by Iran or Lebanon.
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Bad Guys

US to take part in military exercise near India's disputed border with China

Vedika Sud
CNN
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 12:29 UTC
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The United States is to take part in a joint military exercise with India less than 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the South Asian country's disputed border with China.

The military drills will be held in mid-October at an altitude of 10,000 feet in Auli in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and will focus on high-altitude warfare training, according to a senior Indian Army officer with knowledge of the matter.

Auli is about 95 kilometers from the Line of Actual Control (LAC), an inhospitable piece of land where the disputed border between India and China is roughly demarcated.

The drills will take place as part of the 18th edition of an annual joint exercise known as "Yudh Abhyas" -- or "War Practice".

Comment: The US is, yet again, taking advantage of any opportunity to provoke China, however, this merely reveals how desperate it is becoming and which factions are willing to act as facilitators, meanwhile China will likely respond in a similar way it did with Pelosi's visit to Taiwan: China's 'lack of response' to Pelosi visit is not weakness - it's strategy

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