[German business newsletter publisher Dr Eike] Hamer told RT that the costs of completing the pipeline will definitely be much higher after the Swiss-Dutch company Allseas announced it is quitting the project.

According to the economist, the Russian energy major Gazprom, which is leading the Nord Stream 2 project, could "surely" sue European companies for winding up operations "unless it was excluded in the contracts."

"The sanctions and promises for additional contracts by the Russians could be much more favorable and be a better deal for Allseas than the US sanctions, which are against international law," he said.

"Afterwards, all costs can be saved from sending less oil and gas via the US-puppets Poland and Ukraine, or increase local taxes on US oil firms in Russia or Anglo-American shareholders of Russian companies," Hamer said, noting "In the end, benefits will overwhelm the costs in the project by far."

He pointed out that "This is an economic war the US has started already." According to the publisher, the delay in the construction of the Russian gas pipeline "will cause inconvenience but not a severe problem."

"The problem arises for the Anglo-American forces that made up the sanctions because they will be regarded as a difficult and dangerous business partner," he said. "Who trusts an Anglo-American firm in future when you never know if you are sanctioned, threatened of not completing your work? In that sense the US has much more to lose than the rest of the world."

His journey from the Presidential Palace in La Paz to exile in Argentina has been a rocky one. One of Latin America's last remaining leftist leaders, Morales resigned from the presidency and went into hiding in November, under pressure from his once-loyal military leaders. Morales had been accused of election fraud by the opposition, yet his offer of fresh elections did not placate his opponents.

From there, he traveled first to Mexico, and then to Argentina, where newly elected President Alberto Fernandez granted him political asylum. Bolivia's interim government, headed by right-wing Senator Jeanine Anez, issued an arrest warrant for Morales last week, claiming that his calls for protest amounted to "sedition and terrorism," and promising to jail the exiled socialist "for the rest of his life."

Despite Morales' absence, his Movement for Socialism (MAS) party has been gearing up to contest fresh elections next year. Though he has ruled out running as a candidate himself, the party has chosen Morales to organize its campaign from abroad. Members of the organization will gather in Buenos Aires on Sunday to start choosing their candidates.

Morales told reporters he is confident the party will win the elections, which are expected to be held within the first 120 days of next year.

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• The conflict in Kashmir

Article 370 of the Indian constitution gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir — a region located in the northern part of Indian subcontinent which was administered by India as a state from 1954 to 31 October 2019, and a part of the larger region of Kashmir, which has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947^[1][2] — conferring it with the power to have a separate constitution, a state flag and autonomy over the internal administration of the state.^[3][4]

This article, along with Article 35A, defined that the Jammu and Kashmir state's residents live under a separate set of laws, including those related to citizenship, ownership of property, and fundamental rights, as compared to residents of other Indian states.^[8] As a result of this provision, Indian citizens from other states could not purchase land or property in Jammu & Kashmir.^[9]

On 5 August 2019, the Government of India issued a constitutional order superseding the 1954 order, and making all the provisions of the Indian constitution applicable to Jammu and Kashmir based on the resolution passed in both houses of India's parliament with 2/3 majority.^{[10][11][12][13]} Following the resolutions passed in both houses of the parliament, he issued a further order on 6 August declaring all the clauses of Article 370 except clause 1 to be inoperative.^[14]

In addition, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act was passed by the parliament, enacting the division the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories to be called Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh.^[15][16][17] The reorganisation took place on 31 October 2019.

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The correction was made after a complaint from Fidel Narvaez, who served as Ecuador's London consul at the time of the alleged "plot." The paper described Narvaez as a middleman between Assange and the Kremlin. Narvaez outright denied any discussions with Moscow.

Though The Guardian corrected its choice of words, the bulk of its story remains as is. The identity of the anonymous sources cited remain a mystery, as does the level of awareness the Russian government had about the plan at any stage in its formation.

As events transpired, Assange was bundled out of the embassy by Metropolitan Police in April, after Ecuador revoked his asylum. He has remained in prison since, with medics and UN observers sounding the alarm over his deteriorating physical and mental health, and comparing the conditions of his confinement to "torture."