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Kiev again violated US-backed energy ceasefire - Moscow


RT
Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:04 UTC
ukraine attack russia energy
© Russian Defense Ministry
The Ukrainian military has attacked Russia's energy infrastructure in three separate regions, again violating a US-mediated moratorium on such strikes, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has claimed.

The incidents, recorded over the past 24 hours, took place in Belgorod, Kursk and Saratov Regions of Russia, the Friday statement said. On Thursday, Ukrainian artillery struck an element of the Russian power grid in Belgorod Region, disrupting the power supply in Shchebekino near the international border, the report said.

A separate incident involved HIMARS artillery strikes on the Sudzha gas metering station in Kursk Region, where "the energy site was de facto destroyed." The ministry had previously accused Kiev of damaging the facility with planted explosive charges as its forces were retreating from the area.

The ministry concluded that "all previous public statements of the Kiev regime about its purported intention to suspend attacks against Russian civilian energy infrastructure are just a smokescreen." It believes that Ukraine wants to recover its military compatibility with the help of European backers while the US pushes for a complete truce with Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered that attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure stop on March 18, following a phone call with his US counterpart Donald Trump. The Kremlin says it intends to maintain the 30-day partial ceasefire as a gesture of goodwill to Washington, even if Kiev fails to honor it. However, the Russian Foreign Ministry has warned that Moscow reserves the right to withdraw from the agreement.
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EU and USAID running political 'experiments' in Moldova - opposition MP


RT
Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:58 UTC
Evgenia Gutsul
© Sputnik / Dmitrij OsmateskoEvgenia Gutsul escorted by police after a court hearing in Chisinau, March 28, 2025
Moldovan opposition MP Marina Tauber has criticized the EU for abandoning the principles of democracy and the rule of law by ignoring the crackdown on Governor Evgenia Gutsul, who leads the autonomous region of Gagauzia.

A vocal opponent of the country's pro-Western leadership, Gutsul was detained on Tuesday evening at Chisinau Airport. Prosecutors allege financial irregularities during her 2023 campaign and claim she is involved in a Russian-backed operation to derail Moldova's EU aspirations. Gutsul has denied any wrongdoing, accusing President Maia Sandu's administration of using lawfare to erode Gagauzia's autonomy.

In an interview with RT on Saturday, Tauber - a former deputy leader of the now-banned SOR party - condemned Gutsul's arrest as politically motivated, saying: "This decision will remain in the history of our country - but only from the negative point of view."


Comment: Previously: Vocal critic of pro-Western Moldovan gov't, who leads autonomous region, arrested

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Arrow Down

Trump: 'I love King Charles'

Csongor Körömi
Politico
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00 UTC
Trump
© Annabelle Gordon/AFP via Getty Images
If there's one thing U.S. President Donald Trump can't resist, it's attention from royalty.

"I Love King Charles," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform, sharing an article from The Sun stating that Britain's King Charles wants to offer the U.S. an associate membership in the British Commonwealth.

Trump's reaction to joining the international association based on the ruins of the British colonial empire: "Sounds good to me!"

Comment: See also:

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MAGA

US government VIDEO promises to 'protect' Greenland


RT
Sat, 29 Mar 2025 11:48 UTC
A mural depicting a woman and a polar bear on the end of residential block in Nuuk, Greenland.
© Getty Images / Leon NealA mural depicting a woman and a polar bear on the end of residential block in Nuuk, Greenland.
The autonomous Danish territory is threatened by "Russian aggression" and "Chinese expansion," according to a clip posted by Donald Trump

A video shared by US President Donald Trump on Friday has promised to defend Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, from both Russia and China. Moscow has not expressed aggressive intentions towards the island and has repeatedly denied Western claims of planning to attack NATO countries.

Comment:
1) Less accessible than the statements from the larger powers are those from Denmark. However machine translations can help, and here are a couple of comments.
In the media Berlingske a commentator began his analysis:
J.D. Vance referred to Denmark in a way that is not 'accurate,' said Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (Social Democrat).

According to Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M), the words of the vice president at Pituffik Space Base on Friday night were 'inappropriate,' and 'maybe you should look yourself in the mirror as well,' he said.
In the same media there was an illustration on the online front page from their satirical cartoonist. The caption reads when translated: We MUST have IT
The US wants Greenland
© Berlingske.dk
2) In the Danish media Jyllands-Posten.dk it is also reported what President Trump stated about Greenland in an interview with NBC on Saturday night, mentioned in an article from March 29, 2025, 11:59 PM GMT+1 / Updated March 30, 2025, 1:29 AM GMT+1:
President Donald Trump told NBC News in an interview Saturday
[...]
Everything is on the table to obtain Greenland

The president on Saturday also said he has "absolutely" had real conversations about annexing Greenland, which is currently a semiautonomous Danish territory.

"We'll get Greenland. Yeah, 100%," Trump said.

He added that there's a "good possibility that we could do it without military force" but that "I don't take anything off the table."

This comes one day after Vice President JD Vance visited Greenland with his wife, Usha, and spoke to service members at Pituffik Space Base, a U.S. Space Force base on the northwestern coast of Greenland.

While there, Vance said, "Our message to Denmark is very simple — you have not done a good job by the people of Greenland."

Asked what message acquiring Greenland would send to Russia and the rest of the world, Trump said, "I don't really think about that. I don't really care. Greenland's a very separate subject, very different. It's international peace. It's international security and strength."

"You have ships sailing outside Greenland from Russia, from China and from many other places. And we're not going to allow things to happen that are going to be — that are going to hurt the world or the United States," he added.


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Vance delivers Trump's 'message' to US troops in Greenland


RT
Fri, 28 Mar 2025 23:57 UTC
Vice President J.D. Vance
© Jim Watson / Pool via APVice President J.D. Vance arrives at the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, March 28, 2025
The vice president has defended the US commander-in-chief's plan to bring the "extremely vulnerable" Arctic island under American "protection"

US Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a forceful address to American service members at Pituffik Space Base in northwest Greenland on Friday, emphasizing the Trump administration's determination to expand its permanent foothold on the Arctic island.

The vice president's visit came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined Moscow's Arctic policy and warned that US annexation plans - dating back to the 1860s - should be taken seriously and not dismissed as "extravagant talk."

Comment: Greenland covers 2,166,086 km2 and is home to 57,000 people. And given that Canada covers 9,984,670 km2 just ahead of the US with its 9,833,520 km2 it is clear that by adding it all up, "America" could become the greatest country on Earth, not just informally by controlling a few vassals, that have now shown signs of beginning to wean off, but in actual numbers! While such a comment is bordering to the sarcastic, it is nevertheless evident that the Greenland debacle does seem to have stirred the pot and might lead to increased instability. Time will show.

From the same source, there was earlier in March:
13 Mar, 2025 22:56
US annexation of Greenland 'will happen' and NATO could 'get involved' - Trump
The US has "quite a few soldiers" in the Arctic island and "maybe you'll see more," the president has said

President Donald Trump has told NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that he would like the US-led military bloc to assist Washington in "securing" Greenland following talks in the Oval Office on Thursday.

Trump initially proposed buying the Danish autonomous territory during his first term in 2019 and has reignited the discussion after returning to office. Speaking at a recent joint session of Congress, he stated that the US will secure the island "one way or the other."

Asked by journalists on Thursday about his "vision on the potential annexation of Greenland," Trump stated, "I think it will happen."

"I didn't give it much thought before, but I'm sitting with a man who could be very instrumental. You know, Mark, we need that for international security," the US president said, turning to the NATO chief. "We have a lot of our favorite players cruising around the coasts, and we have to be careful. We'll be talking to you."

Rutte downplayed the proposal, saying with a chuckle, that "when it comes to Greenland, joining or not joining the US, I would leave that outside... this discussion, because I do not want to drag NATO into that."

However, the NATO chief went on to say that Trump is "totally right" in highlighting security concerns in the High North and the Arctic, given the increased presence of Russia and China in the region. He highlighted the importance of Western nations working "together on this under the US leadership."

Trump reiterated that the US "really needs" Greenland for both national and international security. "I think that's why NATO might have to get involved in a way."

The president noted that the US already has "a couple of bases" and hundreds of soldiers in Greenland, suggesting that "maybe you'll see more and more soldiers go there."

"What do you think about that, Pete?" Trump said, addressing Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth with a smile. "Don't answer that, Pete. Don't answer that question. But we have bases, and we have quite a few soldiers in Greenland."

Trump's statements drew a quick response from Greenland. The outgoing prime minister of the Danish autonomous territory, Mute Egede, took to Facebook to criticize the US president for entertaining "the thought of annexing us... Enough is enough."

Greenland has long been of strategic importance due to its location and untapped mineral resources. Covering 2.2 million square kilometers and home to a population of around 60,000, it also hosts a key US military base at Thule.


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US has been plotting to annex Greenland since the 1860s - Putin


RT
Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:37 UTC
Vladimir Putin
© Sputnik / Gavriil Grigorov
The tensions around the island should not be dismissed as the "extravagant talk" of the US administration, according to Russia's president

Washington has long harbored plans to get its hands on Greenland, and the ongoing tensions around the world's largest island should be taken seriously, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned.

Speaking at the International Arctic Forum in Murmansk on Thursday, Putin touched upon the ongoing tensions around Greenland, a Danish semi-autonomous territory, and US President Donald Trump's repeated promises to annex it.

Comment: The topic of Greenland has probably been discussed in the recently renewed diplomatic contacts between Russia and the US. Revealing that the Russian President is more knowledgeable about the historical background for the US push to take more full control of Greenland.

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Attention

Macron and Starmer's coalition of the killing amid Europe's insane war footing


Strategic Culture Foundation
Sat, 29 Mar 2025 23:53 UTC
Coalition of the Willing
© Public Domain
If there were a prize for Orwellian-named conferences, then the one held this week in Paris would surely be a top contender.

Over the past month, there has been a slew of such gatherings in London, Brussels, and Paris. They have been conducted in a frenzy to thwart peace and prolong war - under the guise of "seeking security" against Russia.

Some 30 nations attended the latest Paris summit, convened by France's Emmanuel Macron, and entitled "Building a Robust Peace for Ukraine and Europe".

Europe is being gaslighted to view war as peace and accept that all economic resources must be dedicated to militarism. It is an insane war footing that is beyond any democratic or moral rationale.

European Union member states participated as well as NATO and non-EU nations Britain, Norway, and Canada. We should clarify that it was the elitist leaders of these countries who were present. Their lack of democratic mandate and authority is all too obvious to the people of Europe.

Some EU nations, such as Hungary and Slovakia, have protested commendably about the unwavering belligerence and obscene waste of public resources for fueling a proxy war in Ukraine.

Notably, too, the United States was not represented at the Paris summit. Coincidentally, this week, a leaked private group conversation between senior members of the Trump administration revealed their contempt for "loathsome" European leaders. One can understand why.

In the grandeur of Élysée Palace, Macron hailed the non-entity gathering as the "Coalition of the Willing". With this self-appointed virtue, the French leader was referring to countries that are willing to deploy military forces to Ukraine or maintain the supply of weapons.

Macron has been assiduously supported in this military venture by Britain's Prime Minister Kier Starmer.
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Lula sends D'Alema packing

valensis
Awful Avalanche
Sat, 29 Mar 2025 23:44 UTC
Lula and D'Alema
© noticias.r7.com
Russian RIA news agency is reporting on some interesting "back corridor" things going on in the world of European diplomacy. The story involves mainly two men: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, currently the President of Brazil; and Massimo D'Alema, the former Prime Minister of Italy (1998-2000) who is currently retired from politics but still functions as an opinion-influencer.

RIA brings the story from the Italian newspaper La Repubblica:

D'Alema had travelled to Brazil as an unofficial emissary to meet with Lula, at the request of Ukrainian President Zelensky.

According to D'Alema, he had met briefly with Zelensky in the "corridors" of the so-called "Balkan Initiative", a summit held in the Albanian capital of Tiranë at the end of last month (February).

I couldn't find (quick google) a photo of this particular event, but I did find this photo from exactly the same event, but one year earlier, 2024. Readers can earn extra points by identifying as many of the European politicians in the photo as they are able to:
European politicians
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Paranoia rebranded: The EU is desperate to sell its people more Ukraine war

Rachel Marsden
RT
Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:47 UTC
Macron
© Christian Liewig/Corbis/Corbis/Getty ImagesFrench President Emmanuel Macron
Peacekeepers are now a "reassurance force", rearming is now "readiness", and citizens should stock up on emergency supplies.

I guess calling Ursula von der Leyen's €800 billion defence spending plan, "ReArm Europe," as she did initially, didn't test well - probably because Europeans are too busy wondering why there's no money for literally anything else that isn't a weapons buying bonanza.

So, what's with this new name, Readiness 2030, that they've suddenly started using as a replacement term? And why 2030?

Turns out that's the magic number that European intelligence agencies, notably Germany's, have cooked up for when Russia will supposedly be all set to roll into Europe. You know, the same intelligence outfits that just now decided that the EU is a sitting duck and could really use desperate measures now that its economy is circling the drain. Like, for example, the new proposal for French citizens to invest their personal savings of a minimum €500 euros, for at least 5 years, to help mitigate the dwindling public support for military over social spending, as the French economy minister just announced.

That 2030 date definitely has nothing to do with the fact that politicians need a solid five years of blank checks from taxpayers to funnel cash into the defense industry, conveniently boosting GDP after tanking their own economies with their self-inflicted crises.

To really hammer home the "readiness" vibe while European leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron riff nonstop about war with Russia, the EU is now mass-marketing a self-assembled emergency kit to all member state citizens.

Comment: Big talk, little minds.

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Gavel

Bedlam, pending

James Howard Kunstler
kunstler.com
Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00 UTC
RobertsTrump
© Kenneth Fowler/CNNSupreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts • US President Donald Trump
"You need a sufficient amount of ruthlessness to run a country."
— Will Chamberlain on "X"
You understand, all these lawsuit shenanigans with select federal judges from Woke-crazed districts like Boston, San Francisco, Rhode Island, and the DC Beltway are aimed at provoking a second civil war. The objective is to burden Mr. Trump with so many restrictions on the executive that the country can't be governed without declaring a national emergency.

This is the Democratic Party's desperate strategy to stay alive: to preserve the flow of taxpayer money to its minions stuffed into the organs of government like cancer cells, and the vast network of NGOs that employ its agents and spread its sickness. The Democratic Party is a malignancy within the republic and the money is the blood-flow that feeds it.

DOGE is the chemotherapy that has starved some of the worst tumors, such as USAID. Chemotherapy is always hard on the patient. Cancer is a very tough and resourceful enemy of a healthy body, and fights back by any means available. Ultimately, it seeks to kill the body it has come to inhabit — in this case, the body-politic of the USA. We are fighting for the life of our republic against a demonic enemy.

Comment: Fun times ahead? The deck is stacked. Let's hope Kunstler is wrong.

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