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UK to send 6,000 'defensive' missiles to Ukraine to 'step up' military support

Sophie Morris
Sky News
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:40 UTC
Boris Johnson
© Justin Tallis / APPrime Minister of Great Britain, Boris Johnson.
Boris Johnson is set to announce a new military support package for Ukraine on Thursday as he meets with NATO and G7 leaders and urges them to "step up" in response to Russian aggression.

Calling on the UK's allies to ensure Ukrainian's have the means to continue to protect themselves against Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces, the prime minister will pledge 6,000 new defensive missiles and £25m in financial backing for Ukraine's military personnel.

The measures more than double the defence lethal aid provided to date and comes on top of the £400m the UK has committed in humanitarian and economic aid for the crisis so far, the government said.

Comment: Boris is unconnected with reality. Does this look like "Vladimir Putin is already failing Ukraine."?



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Chess

BlackRock's Larry Fink says Ukraine war 'put an end' to globalization

Breck Dumas
Fox News
Fri, 25 Mar 2022 17:20 UTC
Larry Fink BlackRock CEO globalization
The Wall Street titan told shareholders he remains a proponent of globalization

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says that Russia's invasion of Ukraine marks the end of globalization, as countries, companies and individuals reassess how dependent they want to be on others.

The Wall Street titan, whose firm is the largest asset manager in the world handling more than $10 trillion, says he is still a globalization proponent.

In his annual letter to shareholders on Thursday, Fink wrote, "I remain a long-term believer in the benefits of globalization and the power of global capital markets," arguing that "access to global capital enables companies to fund growth, countries to increase economic development, and more people to experience financial well-being."

Comment: Prudent countries didn't allow themselves to become so vulnerable. Others, such as Russia promptly learned from the error.

Of course Fink is a proponent of globalization. His company, along with the Vanguard Group, sits at the top of the financial pyramid.

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Delhi calls off top meeting with UK delegates after PM pressures India to distance itself from Russia

Patrick Wintour
The Guardian
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 00:47 UTC
Lindsay Hoyle
© UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PAHouse of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle was to have led a cross-party delegation to India.
A high-powered cross-party UK delegation to India led by the Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, and his deputy has been called off at the last minute in a sign of a growing rift over India's refusal to distance itself from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The 10-strong delegation has been in discussion with India since January and was planning to visit Delhi and Rajasthan, but the Indian high commission is understood to have raised objections at the last minute.

Boris Johnson spoke with Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, on Tuesday in an attempt to use his influence to persuade India to take a more robust position over the Russian invasion. India has not imposed sanctions or even condemned Russia, its biggest supplier of military hardware.


Comment: India has much more than just a military relationship with Russia, although these kinds of insidious slights are to be expected from The Guardian these days: Can India facilitate the Global South's alternative financial transactions with Russia?


Comment: The following interview with between an India anchor and a talking head from the US seems to sum up how many in India feel towards the ailing empire of the West and their attempts to drag everybody down with them:



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Info

Prosecutor says Trump guilty of 'numerous' felonies in resignation letter

Daniel Chaitin
Washington Examiner
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 23:23 UTC
Mark Pomerantz
A prosecutor who investigated Donald Trump says the former president was "guilty of numerous felony violations."

Mark Pomerantz made the stunning assertion in his resignation letter last month to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who paused the pursuit of an indictment in the criminal investigation into Trump and his business practices.

"As you know from our recent conversations and presentations, I believe that Donald Trump is guilty of numerous felony violations of the Penal Law in connection with the preparation and use of his annual Statements of Financial Condition," Pomerantz said in the letter, which was reported by the New York Times on Wednesday.

Comment: See also: Lead prosecutors abruptly quit Trump investigation

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Bullseye

'The unipolar world has come to an end,' says Medvedev, Russia's former president


RT
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:45 UTC
Putin Medvedev
© Sputnik / Alexey NikolskiiVladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev explained why "the unipolar world has come to an end" and weighed the odds of Europe abandoning the Russian gas.

In a wide-ranging interview with Sputnik and RT, the former president assessed the actions of the West amid the Ukrainian conflict and revealed some details about Russia's military operation in Ukraine. He also discussed different views on it, including opinions of those who chose to leave Russia.

He explained why "the Americans are no longer the masters of planet Earth" and commented on Russophobia.

Comment: Medvedev also pointed out how the US painted Russia into a corner with its economic sanctions:
"They shut down the correspondent accounts for our commercial banks, made settlements in dollars and euros impossible and disconnected the banks on the sanctions list from SWIFT, at least some of them. What did they think we were going to do?"


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Attention

Make Nazism Great Again

Pepe Escobar
Strategic Culture Org
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:26 UTC
Nazis
© REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
The supreme target is regime change in Russia, Ukraine is just a pawn in the game - or worse, mere cannon fodder.

All eyes are on Mariupol. As of Wednesday night, over 70% of residential areas were under control of Donetsk and Russian forces, while Russian Marines, Donetsk's 107th batallion and Chechen Spetsnaz, led by the charismatic Adam Delimkhanov, had entered the Azov-Stal plant - the HQ of the neo-Nazi Azov batallion.

Azov was sent a last ultimatum: surrender until midnight - or else, as in a take no prisoners highway to hell.

That implies a major game-changer in the Ukrainian battlefield; Mariupol is finally about to be thoroughly denazified - as the Azov contingent long entrenched in the city and using civilians as human shields were their most hardened fighting force.

Meanwhile, echoes from the Empire of Lies all but gave the whole game away. There's no intention whatsoever in Washington to facilitate a peace plan in Ukraine - and that explains Comedian Zelensky's non-stop stalling tactics. The supreme target is regime change in Russia, and for that Totalen Krieg against Russia and all things Russian is warranted. Ukraine is just a pawn in the game - or worse, mere cannon fodder.

This also means that the 14,000 deaths in Donbass for the past 8 years should be directly attributed to the Exceptionalists. As for Ukrainian neo-Nazis of all stripes, they are as expendable as "moderate rebels" in Syria, be they al-Qaeda or Daesh-linked. Those that may eventually survive can always join the budding CIA-sponsored Neo-Nazi Inc. - the tawdry remix of the 1980s Jihad Inc. in Afghanistan. They will be properly "Kalibrated".
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Bullseye

The White House can't just wash away the stink of Hunter Biden's laptop

Miranda Devine
New York Post
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:53 UTC
biden laptop
The White House at some point is going to have to address Hunter Biden's laptop.

For 17 months, Joe Biden and his aides have ignored the scandal, broken by The Post three weeks before the 2020 election.

They have denied our revelations, refused to respond to our questions, told lies, and relied on their media and Big Tech allies to censor and cover up credible allegations of corruption involving the president and his family.

But the dam is about to burst, as more Americans learn about the scandal and draw negative conclusions about Biden's integrity.
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Footprints

Rostislav Ishchenko on "will Poland invade the western Ukraine?"

Rostislav Ishchenko
The Saker
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:00 UTC
PolandUkraine
© George Valkov
Question: do you believe that Poland will send forces into the Ukraine?

No, I don't think the US is giving conflicting instructions to Kiev. The fact is that when we are negotiating with Ukraine, we are, in fact, indirectly negotiating with the United States. Because, it is clear that we are fighting not with Zelensky, but with the United States, now, on the territory of Ukraine. The United States is at war with us to the last Ukrainian, but the United States is at war nonetheless. Therefore, when we offer surrender to Zelensky, we offer it to Zelensky, and in response, through the mouth of Zelensky, the United States offers us to surrender. They say:
"Well, you withdraw troops from Ukraine, clear the Crimea and Donbass, return them to Ukraine, and then we'll talk."
So, it is clear that Zelensky himself cannot put forward such demands, they are simply absurd.

Therefore, in this case, since two global forces are fighting each other, the demands are practically global. These are political demands to each other for unconditional surrender. It is clear that such requirements can only be met if one of the parties has won on the battlefield. Completely won. Not in Melitopol, Mariupol, there, or even in Kharkov, but completely won on the battlefield. That's when something can grow out of this, out of these requirements. Therefore, now it does not matter whether you conduct these negotiations or you can not conduct them - this is already a field of Russian diplomacy.

Comment: 'Pushers' become the movers, then become the shakers. The US is one. Poland is not.

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Blue Planet

Rabobank: We are seeing a struggle for a New World Order

Michael Every
Zero Hedge
Tue, 22 Mar 2022 04:55 UTC
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© KUZA/cozy.com/KJN
As we know, the Ukraine war is taking place on several fronts: and, as we underlined before it started, the Ukraine metacrisis is too.

The Russian Defense Ministry officially released data showing 9,861 Russian troops have been killed, with 16,153 injured. That is getting close to the tally of the entire 11-year Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. That news was then rapidly deleted from their media, like a certain laptop. Aging Russia does not have the young men to waste on this war, and we already had rumors that boys from patriotic youth organisations may be drafted too: the ultra-nationalist babushky most in favor of the war are too old to fight it. As feared, this also ups the ante for Russia to escalate to heavier bombardment of civilian areas. Mariupol refused to surrender yesterday - what happens to it now remains to be seen, but it does not look good for its inhabitants.

Moreover, US President Biden has warned of imminent Russian cyber-attacks, and of the risk of a chemical attack - which Russia has itself warned that Ukraine will soon attempt, which others see as a false flag.

Yesterday was also absent the usual attempts to spin that 'a peace deal is close'. Indeed, listening to an international relations expert yesterday, I was struck by the flimsiness of his arguments. A deal, he said, would involve Ukraine giving up Crimea and its east; not joining the EU or NATO, and getting security guarantees. Fine: but that overlooks that this sounds a lot like Russia winning; more so if sanctions are then removed; and yet if they aren't, why should Russia stop, rather than escalating? Moreover, without the EU, who will rebuild Ukraine, and which way can it orientate itself economically? And who will give it security guarantees? Itself? That sounds like Ukraine winning! NATO? That sounds like NATO membership! Russia?! Basically, while everyone wants this to de-escalate, there are lots of geopolitical problems out there with apparently simple solutions --to the West-- that have deep roots --planted by the West-- and no easy solutions. Take the Middle East for example.

Comment: Financially there are many moving parts to consider when 'predicting' the global monetary future or any of its many facets. The truth is at the cash register.

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Footprints

Russia sees first high level official resign and exit country over Putin's war

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:20 UTC
PUtinCHubais
© Kremlin.ruRussian President Vladimir Putin with Anatoly Chubais
Bloomberg is confirming that Russia has its first high level dissenter who has stepped down from his government post and fled the country in protest over Putin's war in Ukraine.
Bloomberg confirmed:
"Russian climate envoy Anatoly Chubais has stepped down and left the country, citing his opposition to President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the situation, becoming the highest-level official to break with the Kremlin over the invasion."
The 66-year old Chubais had been named by Putin as envoy for sustainable development in December 2020, and crucially in the 1990's as one of the key architects of Russia's privatization era he had a hand in Putin's rise to power. As Bloomberg recalls:
"Chubais gave Putin his first Kremlin job in the mid-1990s and initially welcomed his rise to power at the end of that decade."
He remained in Russia's government serving various roles despite his reformist credentials and close contacts with the West.

Comment: Chubais exits stage left:
Veteran Russian political figure Anatoly Chubais has resigned from his position as the special presidential aide for sustainable development and allegedly left the country. The move from the economist and long-time official was confirmed by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday.

According to a Bloomberg report citing two "sources familiar with the situation," the decision was made due to his opposition to Russia's military attack on Ukraine.

Chubais is best known for his role in the 1990s "loans for shares" scheme, under President Boris Yeltsin, which is today blamed for having helped to create the "oligarch" class in Russia. It also caused millions of Russians to lose their savings and many people in the country have long held a negative view of the 66-year-old former Kremlin official.

Forbes Russia said it contacted Chubais on the phone, but he dropped the call when asked about his whereabouts. The Kommersant business daily claimed the former official was spotted on Tuesday in Istanbul, Turkey.

Chubais has remained part of the Russian government in various capacities, virtually without interruption, since 1991. He has a reputation as an avowed liberal and is known as a strong proponent of integrating Moscow with the West.


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