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George Szamuely@GeorgeSzamuely
NORTH ATLANTIC Treaty Organization must move into the “Indo-Pacific.” But it’s an entirely defensive organization! No reason for anyone to get concerned. https://zerohedge.com/markets/uk-wants-global-nato-capable-defending-pacific
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Russia has doubled it’s income from energy exports since the war began. – The Guardian.
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Armenians addressing Ukrainian refugees, “Armenia welcomed you […] But we are against you raising the symbols of an enemy, Nazi state […] If you continue raising these symbols, we’ll consider it a personal insult to every Armenian.”
Bideoa, hemen: https://twitter.com/i/status/1519773841177817088
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The US proxy war against Russia in Ukraine is escalating by the day and the drums of war are beating ever louder against China over the Solomon Islands and Taiwan. You think censorship is bad now, wait until this global power grab really gets going.
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George Szamuely@GeorgeSzamuely
EU leaders hear only want they want to hear. They never listen to what the Russians are saying. As a consequence, they are always “shocked and appalled.“
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EXCLUSIVE: Indian refiners are negotiating a six-month oil deal with Russia to import millions of barrels per month, as the world’s third largest importer seeks more Russian crude despite Western sanctions
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Solomon Islands lashes out at Australia over China security pact criticism
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#Hungary just had a change of heart …
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The military strategy being deployed by Ukrainian forces is most certainly US driven operations and tactics. The commands are coming via Washington.
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Is the U.S. Treating the Ukraine Conflict as a Proxy War Against Russia? https://youtu.be/yz4rpx67Yzk Honen bidez: @YouTube
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The Biden administration has pledged billions in military aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded in late February, and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said …
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In addition to what’s already been sent, Biden is seeking ~5% of the total US military budget to prop up Ukraine’s war effort just thru September. We are already at war w/Russia, and when Russia retaliates it will be portrayed as irrational & unprovoked.
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Zelenski…
Before he was President… Take all of your convictions today and imagine fighting for the complete opposite…. What’s your price?
Bideoa, hemen: https://twitter.com/i/status/1520685857086513152
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Brazil’s former President Lula de Silva stand with Russia: “Zelensky wanted war. If he didn’t want it, he would have to continue negotiations”
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Back in 2014 the year of the Maidan Coup, Zelensky admitted the people of Crimea & East Ukraine very much preferred speaking Russian & that they should be left alone. This is also before he came into power.
Bideoa: https://twitter.com/i/status/1521851545301786627
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Pepe Escobar: A New Russia and China-led Monetary System Seeks to Replace U.S. Dollar
Bideoa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72uSyoiQRzc
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Gogoratu Neil Wilson-en ondoko lanak:
(a) Errusiaren gaineko zigorrak eta MTM
https://www.unibertsitatea.net/blogak/heterodoxia/2022/03/02/errusiaren-gaineko-zigorrak-eta-mtm/
(b) Nola ordaintzen den errusiar gasa
https://www.unibertsitatea.net/blogak/heterodoxia/2022/04/04/nola-ordaintzen-den-errusiar-gasa/
(c) Errusiako errubloak libratzen du klausula
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A Nordic Initiative for Peace in Ukraine and Lasting World Peace
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https://www.pressenza.com/2022/04/a-nordic-initiative-for-peace-in-ukraine-and-lasting-world-peace/
By Nobel Peace Prize Watch,
Honorable Prime Ministers of the five Nordic countries, Magdalena Anderson, Mette Frederiksen, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Sanna Marin, and Jonas Gahr Støre
The war in Ukraine once again shows that the world is like a city with brutal gangs constantly roaming the streets, looting and fighting with loads of heavy weapons. No one will ever feel safe in such a city. The same applies at the international level. No amount of weaponry can make us safe. No country will be safe until also neighboring countries can feel safe. The present international system is broken, to avoid future wars we need deep reforms.
Once again, now in Ukraine, we have seen that arms cannot prevent war. We should not, in the present state of shock, expand or prolong the militarist traditions that guarantee eternal war and, in the nuclear age, a constant risk of annihilation. Our recommendation is that the five Nordic countries together take the initiative to activate the UN goals of global democracy and collective security. In a renewed UN, the member nations should act in loyal co-operation and take their charter obligations seriously. A most promising step here was yesterday´s resolution in the General Assembly curbing the Security Council veto.
A way out of stalled negotiations can be a major shift of perspective or arena. Mindful that Mikhail Gorbachev called for a disarmament race, and Vladimir Putin has repeatedly proposed a law-based international order, it seems to us that an end to the Ukraine war might be reached by making it part of ending the wider, geopolitical war between the US and Russia.
Fear of US expansion does, of course, not justify Russia´s attack on Ukraine. And yet, it is troubling that the US, with a 40% share of the world’s military budgets and 97% of the military bases abroad, seems to be seeking more influence. The Nordic countries should carefully consider whether four US bases (Norway), NATO membership (Finland, Sweden), further arms purchases (all), will improve their security. Only a year ago the outgoing US president released an attack on Congress. The US power of coercive diplomacy is waning. It is imperative to take the time necessary to thoroughly evaluate the developing world situation and the legitimacy and dangers of taking irreversible steps to increase US power.
Facing a stream of global crises, humanity can no longer afford wars. We need to cooperate, build solidarity and trust with effective, common enforcement of international law. Instead of complicity in future war crimes, how much more tempting must it not be to instead engineer a Nordic initiative to realize the collective security provisions of the UN Charter?
The Nordic countries enjoy trust and credibility in the world. They are particularly well positioned for an initiative to empower the Security Council and enable it to fulfil its responsibility for maintaining peace. This will require nations to transfer a part of their sovereignty, which Norway and Denmark already have prepared for.* Instead of more NATO, the world urgently needs to unite across all borders, ethnic and religious divisions, political and economic systems, to rebuild, empower and recommit to the United Nations, build peace, and reallocate the expenditures for war to serve the needs of people and nature.
With reverent greetings
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WATCH
Fredrik S. Heffermehl, Oslo
We agree in the essence and would welcome a Nordic peace initiative:
- Richard Falk, Santa Barbara
- Bruce Kent, London
- Tomas Magnusson, Gothenburg
- Mairead Maguire, Belfast
- Klaus Schlichtmann, Tokyo
- Hans Christof von Sponeck,
- David Swanson, Virginia
- Jan Öberg, Lund
- Alfred de Zayas, Geneva
* Two of the Nordic countries already have provisions enabling such transfers of power in their constitutions, Denmark (§ 20), and Norway (§ 115). Similar provisions have also been adopted by Austria (§ 9), Belgium (§ 25), Germany (§ 24), Greece (§ 28), Italy (§ 11), Portugal (§ 7), Spain (§ 93). In Asia: India (§ 51), and Japan (§ 9).
[1] Addresses: mail@nobelwill.org, Nobel Peace Prize Watch, c/o Magnusson, Akvamaringatan 7 c, 421 77 Göteborg, Sverige. Phones: Sweden, +46 70 829 31 97 or Norway, +47 917 44 783.
