Russian-Ukranian War: Geopolitical Fallout

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Actually a combined forces from the US, the UK, and France.

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New York Times headline:

"Intelligence Suggests Pro-Ukrainian Group Sabotaged Pipelines, U.S. Officials Say"

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^In other words Non State Actors. I seem to recall this from somewhere!
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NRao wrote:New York Times headline:

"Intelligence Suggests Pro-Ukrainian Group Sabotaged Pipelines, U.S. Officials Say"

:)
US starting to throw Ukraine under the bus? Well -- not directly, but indirectly by blaming pro-Ukraine elements (but not govt.)

How is NYT article any more substantive than Sy Hersh's report? If anything, this has far less factual information!

How is one to believe that 1000 lbs of explosive was acquired, transported to the site and placed by individuals without support from state actor? Not to mention the specialized shaping of explosive, all the undertakings for it all to work deep underwater, the divers, the specialized training/breathing apparatus, .....
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https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1633 ... 99488?s=20

Breaking News: A pro-Ukrainian group may have carried out the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines last year, intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials suggested.

No mention of source, no details!
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Some interesting revelations about Von der lying:

https://cynthiachung.substack.com/p/ukr ... email=true
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wow :eek:
who would have thought of that, looks like there are many Nazi collaborators in Europe!
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Putin's goal of denazifying has a new and arguably urgent meaning.
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IndraD wrote:https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1633 ... 99488?s=20

Breaking News: A pro-Ukrainian group may have carried out the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines last year, intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials suggested.

No mention of source, no details!
Exactly! and yet it is supposed to be more authentic than Sy Hersh.
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Cyrano wrote:Some interesting revelations about Von der lying:

https://cynthiachung.substack.com/p/ukr ... email=true
Not so long ago during COVID -- Foreign Policy did a detailed (and not so flattering) profile of her. The article (which is behind paywall and I have subscription for if anyone wants access to original) is also available on archive here:
https://archive.is/20220701140039/https ... -response/
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There were allegations of plagiarism about Ursula's doctoral thesis. And I'm sure there will be interesting stuff about Herr Von de Leyen, a doctor heading a research lab belonging to the Pfizer group. Ursula is under EU investigation for having done the deal to buy over 2 billion vaccine doses at 25% premium for over 92 billion euros, about half of it going to Pfizer. She still refuses to release her sms chats with Pfizer CEO, and is blocking the release of the contracts to EU parliament citing NDA !!!

There is such a strong omerta on these topics in European press that none of this is ever mentioned.

Au passage, Macron Govt has also employed McKinsey consultants by the bushel spending tens of millions every year. It became a scandal last year in France but was quickly doused.
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Houston, we have a problem!! Italians do not understand English.

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Avid wrote:
IndraD wrote:https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1633 ... 99488?s=20
Breaking News: A pro-Ukrainian group may have carried out the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines last year, intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials suggested.
No mention of source, no details!
Exactly! and yet it is supposed to be more authentic than Sy Hersh.
Both may be correct. The "pro-Ukrainian group" may be nothing other than US special forces.
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India's oil deals with Russia dent decades-old dollar dominance
By Nidhi Verma and Noah Browning

https://www.reuters.com/markets/currenc ... 023-03-08/

More rona dhona but the pitch has come down and some grudging acceptance that Massa can't bend the universe to save the Dollah. Dunce cap Yellen puts up a brave front nevertheless.
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Colour revolution underway in Georgia https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/8 ... g-place-in
What does the law entail?
The draft law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” officially targets the disclosure of money flows from abroad, but critics feared it was a way for the government to crack down on opposing voices.

The proposed legislation stipulates that organisations such as media outlets could be classified as “foreign agents” if they receive more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad.

Critics have pointed to a similar law passed in Russia, where all organisations or individuals receiving financial support from abroad, or under some form of “foreign influence”, are declared “foreign agents”.

Ghia Nodia, Georgia’s former minister of education, told Al Jazeera that the law was likely to stifle press freedom in a country where a large share of the media is controlled by the government.

“A large part of independent media in Georgia gets outside support. The government says that it’s just for transparency but this draft law models the Russian law, and in Russia, the legislation was a step towards repressing independent media,” he said.

Member of parliament Khatia Dekanoidze told Al Jazeera that “Georgia has a very vibrant civil society strengthening democracy and rule of law” that gets funding and technical assistance from the European Union and the United Nations.

Georgia applied for EU membership together with Ukraine and Moldova days after Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year.
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IndraD wrote:Colour revolution underway in Georgia https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/8 ... g-place-in
What does the law entail?
The draft law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” officially targets the disclosure of money flows from abroad, but critics feared it was a way for the government to crack down on opposing voices.

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Classic case of wanting cover for their favorite NGOs that can launch maidan/color revolutions.
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I can see clearly what’s happening and where the world is heading. I wish I could do more to help you. My advice to you: Move to the bottom of the Southern Hemisphere if you can. Get out of Europe and the US. The escalation will happen rapidly and you may have no time to prepare.

https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/16 ... 03553?s=20 :cry:
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Avid wrote:
IndraD wrote:Colour revolution underway in Georgia https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/8 ... g-place-in
What does the law entail?
The draft law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” officially targets the disclosure of money flows from abroad, but critics feared it was a way for the government to crack down on opposing voices.

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Classic case of wanting cover for their favorite NGOs that can launch maidan/color revolutions.
also means such a revolution can be launched in India also! As India is tightening screws on NGOs thru FCRA
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Actually this why India also can't abolish FCRA. They have to keep cutting it down slowly and systematically.

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Wagner chief’s mom wins court case against EU sanctions
EU court rules merely being a family member of Yevgeny Prigozhin is not reason enough to be on the list. https://www.politico.eu/article/wagner- ... sanctions/
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vijayk wrote:Actually this why India also can't abolish FCRA. They have to keep cutting it down slowly and systematically.

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If Samantha Power is arguing against it.... It means Georgia really needs it
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Now that both the US and Germany have determined that a Ukrainian partisan has blown up the pipeline, they should invoke article 5.



Meanwhile:

China warns of ‘conflict’ with US if it doesn’t ‘hit the brakes’
China’s foreign minister on Tuesday warned of “conflict and confrontation” with the United States if Washington does not “hit the brakes” on its current approach to relations with Beijing.

If the United States does not hit the brakes, but continues to speed down the wrong path, no amount of guardrails can prevent derailing, and there will surely be conflict and confrontation,” Foreign Minister Qin Gang said at the National People’s Congress, {A welcome move} per CNN.

He added that the U.S. call for “establishing guardrails and not seeking conflict simply means that China should not respond in word or in action when attacked,” according to CNBC.

Qin’s comments come as U.S.-China relations remain strained amid a series of controversies, including the suspected Chinese spy balloon that hovered in U.S. airspace last month. The U.S. military shot down the balloon off the coast of South Carolina after it spent a week traversing the country and reportedly surveilling strategic sites.

Qin accused the U.S. of overreacting to the balloon incident and creating “a diplomatic crisis that could have been avoided,” CNN reported. Beijing has maintained that the high-flying object was a weather balloon that was blown off course.

“The result is the U.S. and China policy has entirely deviated from the rational and sound track,” he added, per CNBC.
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China says must advance relations with Russia as world becomes more turbulent

Mon, March 6, 2023 at 10:30 PM CST·1 min read

BEIJING (Reuters) - China must advance its relations with Russia as the world becomes more turbulent, Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters at an annual parliamentary session in Beijing, Qin said the close interactions between both leaders - President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin - provided the anchor for China-Russia relations.

He did not give a definite answer when asked if Xi would visit Russia after China's parliament session, which goes on for one more week.

Asked whether it is possible that China and Russia would abandon the U.S. dollar and euro for bilateral trade, Qin said that countries should use whatever currency is efficient, safe and credible.

"Currencies should not be the trump card for unilateral sanctions, still less a disguise for bullying or coercion," he said.

China, which has refused to name Russia as the aggressor in the Ukraine conflict, has often criticised the United States for bullying other countries with unilateral sanctions.
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vijayk wrote:Actually this why India also can't abolish FCRA. They have to keep cutting it down slowly and systematically.
The only way to make the point is to set up an India AID organization to operate in the US and Euro area to provide humanitarian aid to the many poor and deserving who have fallen through the cracks. We may not have the money but we have the will and people to render assistance 8) Of course US/Euro will not give visas to volunteers wanting to serve the poor, and that can be used as tit-for-tat.
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IndraD wrote: Breaking News: A pro-Ukrainian group may have carried out the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines last year, intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials suggested.

No mention of source, no details!
Arre wah, kya baat hai. Paki terror model of 'non state actors' now has been exported successfully to Eurasia, courtesy of Massa. It's amazing how easily US-Anglo cabal models this style of conflict throughout the globe.
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vijayk wrote:Actually this why India also can't abolish FCRA. They have to keep cutting it down slowly and systematically.

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We can. We not doing it is giving the rise for all the anti-India activities in India. Govt can start with taxing "foreign money". "The tax will boost the various govt schemes for the needy" "Also contributions can be made directly to PM cares fund https://www.pmcares.gov.in/en/ "
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Blatant foreign interference. So much for UN charter, international law. Rules base order my ass.
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https://twitter.com/isaacstonefish/stat ... 42530?s=20 ---> The front page of one of Australia's leading newspapers warns that Australia "must prepare" for threat of war with China. Australia is an important defense ally of the United States. Yet another key reminder for Americans to wake up to the very real possibility of war with China.

US preparing Australia 'to go to war with China', former official claims
https://au.news.yahoo.com/us-preparing- ... 25591.html
13 Feb 2023
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LOSING TAIWAN MEANS LOSING JAPAN
https://scholars-stage.org/losing-taiwa ... ing-japan/
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This is sad and funny (NYT article).

Sad because they want to benefit from the ICC but not want to subject themselves to it.

Funny because they are twisting themselves into knots trying to have the cake and eat it too.

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https://archive.is/aQIL3
Pentagon Blocks Sharing Evidence of Possible Russian War Crimes With Hague Court
President Biden has not acted to resolve a dispute that pits the Defense Department against other agencies.
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American military leaders oppose helping the court investigate Russians because they fear setting a precedent that might help pave the way for it to prosecute Americans.
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Why Bakhmut matters for Russia and Ukraine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64877991

write up is pretty much rinse repeat of what has become dog's whine of west:
-Russians are dying too many (5 for 1 Ukr)
-Ukr are killing too many Russians
-Bakhmut is strategically not important
-Russia is stuck here
-they want a face saver
-they have achieved nothing so far
-Putin is at risk of losing control over Russia ....

looks like an op ed to placate local audience

"Bakhmut, because of the Russian tactics, is giving Ukraine a unique opportunity to kill a lot of Russians."
Nato sources estimate five Russians are dying for every one Ukrainian in Bakhmut. Ukraine's national security secretary, Oleksiy Danilov, says the ratio is even higher at seven to one.
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Zelenskiy’s bid to appear during Oscars turned down for second year https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/m ... urned-down

Zelenskiy had been hoping to appear on this Sunday’s telecast following on from previous cultural appearances but the request has been denied. In the past year, the comedian turned politician has appeared via satellite during the Grammy awards and Golden Globes and within film festivals such as Cannes and most recently Berlin
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IndraD wrote:Zelenskiy’s bid to appear during Oscars turned down for second year https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/m ... urned-down

Zelenskiy had been hoping to appear on this Sunday’s telecast following on from previous cultural appearances but the request has been denied. In the past year, the comedian turned politician has appeared via satellite during the Grammy awards and Golden Globes and within film festivals such as Cannes and most recently Berlin
Hollywood gets so much $$$ from PRC -- it will not risk that for Zelensky.
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FYI:

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America and China are preparing for a war over Taiwan
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2023 ... ver-taiwan
09 March 2023
It would spread far across the region, with devastating consequences for the world.
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Shekhar Gupta Alert

Who are India’s friends & foes? Modi govt is caught in a messy US-China-Russia-Pakistan jalebi

Modi government has let, even fuelled the building, of a Westophobic & pro-Moscow public opinion while the course it has set on strategic policy is exactly the opposite. https://theprint.in/national-interest/w ... g/1433677/ :((
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IndraD wrote:Shekhar Gupta Alert

Who are India’s friends & foes? Modi govt is caught in a messy US-China-Russia-Pakistan jalebi

Modi government has let, even fuelled the building, of a Westophobic & pro-Moscow public opinion while the course it has set on strategic policy is exactly the opposite. https://theprint.in/national-interest/w ... g/1433677/ :((
No friends. Just interests. Just attention grabbing article.
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If anything, current government has brilliantly threaded the needle on this. It has provided not only a cover but also a template for many other countries to follow in trying to safeguard their interests. Consequently, those actions have prevented a runaway escalation of the conflict
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IndraD wrote:Shekhar Gupta Alert

Who are India’s friends & foes? Modi govt is caught in a messy US-China-Russia-Pakistan jalebi

Modi government has let, even fuelled the building, of a Westophobic & pro-Moscow public opinion while the course it has set on strategic policy is exactly the opposite. https://theprint.in/national-interest/w ... g/1433677/ :((
I find it interesting that he finds a way to fault Modi for things happening outside too. OTOH, what is happening is a very delicate diplomatic dance taken to an art form.
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India’s rampaging rise threatens to tip world’s fragile balance of power https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20 ... nce-power/
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