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Independent researcher/writer based in Hong Kong since 1997. Reformed academic. My long-form, analytical articles are collected here https://laura-ruggeri.medium.com/ email: lauraru852@yandex.ru
🇪🇺🇸🇾 The EU’s “Conditions” for Syria: Sanctions, Surrender, and the Smell of Betrayal
The European Union, faithful lapdog to its Zionist-DC masters, dangles a poisoned carrot in front of Syria: lift the crushing sanctions, but only if Russian troops withdraw. Bloomberg reports Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp's conditions with a straight face: Syria’s sovereignty must be exchanged for submission, Russian bases dismantled, and the terrorists-for-hire of HTS must respect “minority rights.” Yes, the same HTS, fresh off its rebranding spree, whose hands drip with the blood of innocents.
But let’s not pretend there's sovereignty on the table, either way. If Russia were to leave, does anyone believe that the EU’s technocratic elite, servants to Tel Aviv’s ambitions and Washington’s empire, would usher in a Syria reborn? No. The terrorists would deliver exactly what’s expected of them: another Libya. A failed state, torn apart, and the people? Collateral damage.
Western-led regime change has one track record, one pattern, and one guarantee: chaos. Not once, not once has the regime-change playbook improved lives, brought security, or delivered freedom. Instead, it creates carcasses. It breeds playgrounds for imperial vultures to feast and terrorist proxies to train for their next Western-sponsored adventure. Iraq. Libya. Afghanistan. Syria, each intervention a bellwether for deeper suffering and greater betrayal.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t about lifting sanctions to “help” Syria. This is about dismantling the Resistance. It’s about resources, oil, gas, water and the theft of a nation’s future, leaving the wreckage for vassals to squabble over. And while Europe plays diplomat, it’s only stripping off the mask. The stench of betrayal is impossible to ignore.
The silver lining? Perhaps more will wake up. Perhaps the world will finally smell the rot emanating from these so-called liberators.
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⚡️ IGOR KIRILLOV, THE HEAD OF THE NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROTECTION TROOPS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, WAS KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION ON RYAZANSKY PROSPEKT IN MOSCOW. Another man also lost his life in this terror attack. According to some reports an explosive device was hidden in a scooter near the entrance of a residential building. (Source: RIA Novosti)
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The pie is shrinking. Liberal extremists squabble among themselves after mismanaging the economy - Canadian Finance Minister and notorious Ukronazis cheerleader Chrystia Freeland quit after clashing with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on issues including how to handle possible US tariffs. Freeland quit just hours before she was due to present an economic update to parliament. The document showed the minority Liberal government had run up a 2023/24 budget deficit of C$61.9 billion, ($43.45 billion) - about 50% more than what was projected and missing one of the three key fiscal objectives Chrystia Freeland had set to achieve. @LauraRuHK
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In this interview with Al Mayadeen Prof. Karaganov offers his views on the use of nuclear and non-nuclear deterrence as a wake-up call to the West to restore common sense, and underlines Russia’s continuing pivot away from the West to the East and the South. "Sooner or later, we will restore some of our relations with the West, all the more with the culture – as we are largely a European country. Of course, with very special traits. And we do not share current post-European and post-human values. But politically and socially, we are more Asian. We are the proud heirs of two great civilisations: one was Mongol and the second was Byzantine." I am glad that Prof. Karaganov, among others, is prompting a critical reassessment of the much demonized Mongol empire. Its contribution in connecting the eastern and western worlds via expanded trade routes and diplomatic relations deserves to be acknowledged as it influenced the political development of China, Russia, Iran, Turkey, India, and other countries. It also contributed to the promotion of religious tolerance and interfaith dialogue, diffusion of art forms such as painting, calligraphy, music, literature, architecture and paved the way for scientific advances throughout Eurasia. @LauraRuHK https://eng.globalaffairs.ru/articles/navigating-the-fog-karaganov/
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🗳 Georgian parliament, not the people, to elect president – first time in history
On December 14, for the first time in Georgia's history, the president will be chosen by an electoral college in parliament, rather than by popular vote.
The only candidate is former football player and current MP Mikheil Kavelashvili, nominated by the ruling Georgian Dream party.
Opposition parties that entered parliament following the election results have refused to engage with the legislature, calling the elections fraudulent, and have not put forward any candidates.
Acting President Salome Zurabishvili has insisted that she will not step down. She reaffirmed her intention to remain in office a day before the election, also declaring herself the only legitimate representative of power in Georgia.
On Saturday, a panel of 300 parliamentarians and deputies will elect the new president for a five-year term in the Georgian parliament building. The entire process will be broadcast live on the parliament's website and on social media.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China supports peace efforts in Syria and a rebuilding plan that meets the wishes of the people. Wang made the remarks when asked about China's views on the current situation in Syria during a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty after the China-Egypt foreign ministers' strategic dialogue in Beijing on Friday.
We support Syria in realizing peace at the earliest, implementing Security Council resolution 2254, advancing the domestic political process in accordance with the principle of 'Syrian-led, Syrian-owned', and finding a rebuilding plan that meets the wishes of the people through inclusive dialogue,"
Syria today reminds me of "Theater of the World", a disturbing work by Huang Yong Ping. The conceptual artist filled a large, cage-like structure with insects and reptiles that fought for survival and devoured each other for the duration of the exhibition. @LauraRuHK
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"Expect power outages" - the population of NATO countries has to be convinced that the enemy is at the gate. In Germany, for instance, The Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) is advising people to prepare for the failure of essential infrastructure. "I appeal to the citizens: Prepare for emergencies, this can also be a prolonged power outage," BBK Vice President René Funk told the portal "t-online". Emergencies do not have to occur, but they are possible at any time."
"Every German household should be equipped so that it can take care of itself independently for three days," Funk recommended. This also applies to prolonged power outages. "Many people don't think about what would then no longer work: the light, the stove, some of the water supply, the Internet, the ATMs."
The preparations do not have to cost much, Funk continued,"light sources that are not dependent on electricity – for example, battery-operated lamps, candles or matches" are important. Funk recommended to stockpile 1.5 liters of water per day and person, as well as food that doesn't require cooking. @LauraRuHK https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/bundesamt-fuer-bevoelkerungsschutz-menschen-in-deutschland-sollen-sich-auf-notlagen-vorbereiten-a-e163da86-1a9f-42d2-907c-7b3bc442d406
Chinese President Xi Jinping won't attend the inauguration of Donald Trump, CBS News reported. A delegation of senior Chinese officials is expected to attend in place of Xi.
Extending the invitation to the Chinese president was pretty odd to start with. Was it a provocation? An attempt to put him in a "double bind", as defined by CIA-friendly Gregory Bateson? Traditionally, heads of state do not make international visits to Washington for the inauguration of an American president.
Donald Trump, eager to turn his inauguration into a global event, personally extended invitations to some foreign leaders - CNN mentioned El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Argentinean President Javier Milei. They are all Trump's aficionados. That definition can hardly be applied to Xi Jinping. @LauraRuHK
China to bolster bilateral relations with Russia, Xi Jinping told Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council as they held talks in Beijing.
“China is willing to work with Russia to strengthen the strategic synergy and lead global governance,” Xi told Medvedev, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Xi added that his country hoped to tap into the “driving force of cooperation between the two countries, and continuously benefit the two countries and their peoples.”
Medvedev:
"Ill-wishers generally see a threat to themselves in the development of relations between Russia and China.They try to divide us, to drive a wedge between us. Frankly speaking, the entire policy of the Anglo-Saxon world is aimed at this. And I believe that this pressure, these attempts to divide us, will not diminish. But they will not succeed in dividing us, because our relations have stood the test of time".
In the "Indo-Pacific" region, the US is strengthening its military presence and drawing allies into its geopolitical framework, thereby driving a new round of space arms races. According to Japan's Asahi Shimbun, a US Space Command opened at the US Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo on December 4, aiming to "strengthen Japan-US cooperation." The US is expanding its space influence through military alliances, seeking to leverage Japan's technological and economic strength to help secure its space dominance.
At the same time, however, the US seeks to limit Japan's technological independence, wary that any significant advancement could challenge its global hegemony.
The anonymous expert said the US' attempt to control Japan's space technology significantly limits Japan's ability to independently develop its space capabilities. For instance, in order to monitor Chinese satellites, the US has required Japan to deploy American-made sensors on the QZSS satellites, Japan's version of GPS. This not only compromises Japan's technological autonomy but also gives the US substantial control over Japan's space activities, the expert said, noting that the US' involvement in Japan's high-tech fields, including aerospace, will help ensure the US' total dominance over space technology. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202412/1324840.shtml
Senior military representatives, scholars and experts from all around the world came to China for a symposium on Sun Tzu's The Art of War and shared their insights on the connection between the Chinese timeless masterpiece of military strategy and the Global Security Initiative (GSI), which was first proposed by Xi Jinping at the Boao Forum for Asia in April 2022.
At the core of the GSI are the six commitments: stay committed to the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security; stay committed to respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries; stay committed to abiding by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter; stay committed to taking the legitimate security concerns of all countries seriously; stay committed to peacefully resolving differences and disputes between countries through dialogue and consultation; and stay committed to maintaining security in both traditional and non-traditional domains. Read more 👉https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202412/1324837.shtml
Russia's Defence Ministry said that Ukraine had attacked a military airfield in the southern Russian city of Taganrog on Wednesday morning with six U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles and promised retaliation.
The ministry said in a statement that all six missiles had been shot down or intercepted, but that falling missile debris had caused injuries among personnel.
"This attack by Western long-range weapons will not go unanswered and appropriate measures will be taken," it said. @LauraRuHK
‼️🇸🇾 🇮🇷 Iranian military adviser who returned from Syria 24 hours ago: We warned the Syrians about the impending attack 3 months before it began - Pars
➖ We were on high alert 3 months before the events, as we received information that an attack on Aleppo was planned from Idlib. This place became the center of concentration of all armed groups supported by Israel and Turkey. We informed the Syrian side about this, - said Emir Hussein Haji Nasiri.
➖On the second day of Assad's visit to Russia, the battle for Aleppo began. Various units of the Syrian army retreated without resistance, and only Shiite forces began to fight. Never before have we seen such a retreat by the Syrians.
➖ All the equipment of the Syrian armed opposition was American. In 2015, we fought in Syria against opponents who had only torn jeans and Kalashnikovs. Now we saw them with professional military gear and American weapons. Their equipment was armored, indicating long-term preparation for combat.
➖Syria was not ours (Iran's) to negotiate about. We went there to stop our enemy 2000 km away from our borders, ensuring the safety of our people. The future will show what will happen to the situation in Syria.
After the first victory people were hopeful and dreamed of rebuilding, but US occupation of important economic areas and brutal sanctions destroyed that dream. Reality was Assad could fight but after all the death and destruction what could he offer Syrians in return. Seems like he decided the best solution was to not fight and to go into exile.
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📈🇨🇳 Chinese car exports to the US hit historic high - statistics
Exports of passenger cars from China to the US reached a historic high of $2.9 billion in the first 10 months of this year, Sputnik has calculated. This is the highest value for such a period since 1992. Previously, such statistics were not kept.
Golf cars, snowmobiles, hybrid cars, electric buses and tractors - the US buys all this from China in addition to ordinary passenger cars.
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Rumours about the construction of a gas pipeline from Qatar to Turkey and further to Europe have grown to the size of an almost tangible reality. Sergey Savchuk separates the grains of truth from the chaff of hype. To begin with, the project to build a gas pipeline from Qatar towards Europe was discussed several years before the Arab Spring. That is, in the mid-late noughties. At that time,
two options for laying the gas pipeline were discussed. The first route under discussion was from Qatar to Turkey via Saudi Arabia and Iraq. In the second scenario, the pipe was to run through Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and then to Turkey. The option of building an LNG liquefaction terminal on the Syrian coast for its subsequent transportation by sea to Europe was speculatively considered.
Both then and as of the end of 2024, all these calculations remained purely theoretical, not a single binding document was signed. There are a number of problems. Firstly, when drawing lines on the map, everyone forgot to ask the opinion of the owner of the key logistics hub, namely Saudi Arabia. Just as it was forgotten that in 2017 Riyadh partially, and in 2019 completely terminated diplomatic relations with Doha. The Saudis accused their neighbors of deliberately patronizing and consolidating various terrorist groups whose goal is to destabilize the region and overthrow the current Saudi dynasty. Saudi Arabia, with the support of the UAE and Bahrain, imposed a trade blockade on Qatar. 80 percent of food to Qatar was supplied through the Saudis, as a result of which there was a real food crisis in the country, Qatari oil fell in price, and the local rial depreciated to a ten-year low.
In 2021, air traffic between the countries was restored, but relations are still far from warm. Secondly, Doha has never shown a strong desire to switch to pipeline gas. Over the past twenty years, Qatar has tripled its own liquefied natural gas production capacity. Investments totalling $ 65 billion, and according to the plan, should increase production from the current 77 to 142 billion cubic meters by 2030. For the same period, it has planned to launch six QC-Max megatankers. They are ordered by the Chinese shipbuilding company CSSC, and after the completion of the contract, Qatar will have its own fleet of 128 gas carriers, including the 24 mentioned QC-Max mastodons. Qatar has already invested over eight billion dollars in the creation of the fleet. Thirdly, it is absolutely unclear at whose expense this entire pipe banquet is planned. Qatar spends money on the development of LNG and gas carriers, since the lion's share of its exports goes to the Asia-Pacific region. Turkey, as the main potential beneficiary, is floundering in a storm of 70% inflation. The main beneficiaries would be the European Union and its companies. The EU badly needs cheaper gas. But it takes years to build gas pipelines and bank loans are taken for each such project with a minimum horizon of 10-15 years. However, banks before allocating money want to see signed long-term contracts that guarantee the operation of the infrastructure. Fourth, today no one can guarantee the safety of critical facilities in Syria: the opposition that has taken power conditionally controls only large cities, and uncontrolled armed chaos is taking place in all other territories.
Such a significant factor as the Kurds, of whom about 28 million live in Turkey and the Syrian border lands, cannot be thrown out of this equation. This is roughly comparable to the current population of Ukraine. It is impossible to count on a peaceful solution to the long-standing problem, and therefore the existence of any projects in favor of Turkey in the direct reach of the Kurdish armed groups is under a very big question mark.
In general, the Middle East is a boiling cauldron, and if the gas pipeline project is ever implemented, it will certainly not be in the near foreseeable future. @LauraRuHK https://ria.ru/20241217/siriya-1989547190.html
Russia must be prepared for conflict with NATO – defense minister
The “tough struggle” between Moscow and the US-led military bloc continues to intensify, Andrey Belousov has said
A direct clash between Russia and NATO could happen within the next ten years and the country must be prepared for it, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has said.
He was speaking at a meeting of top defense officials in Moscow on Monday, which was chaired by commander-in-chief, President Vladimir Putin. Belousov said the Russian military had executed its tasks in the Ukraine conflict and elsewhere this year against the backdrop of a “tough struggle with the collective West.”
Moscow’s ongoing standoff with the US and its allies “continues to intensify and expand,” he warned.
In such conditions, one of the main goals for the Russian Defense Ministry “is ensuring full readiness for any development of the situation in the medium term,” the minister said.
This includes “a possible military conflict with NATO in Europe in the next decade,” he added.
The possibility of such a conflict is “indicated by the decisions that were made at the NATO summit in July. This is also reflected in the doctrinal documents of the US and other NATO countries,” he explained.
He noted that NATO was currently switching to a new combat readiness system that is expected to allow it to deploy a 100,000-strong grouping along Russia’s western borders within ten days, a 300,000-strong grouping within a month, and a 800,000-strong grouping within 180 days.
In the final declaration of its summit in Washington, NATO member states pledged to continue supporting Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. The document blamed Moscow for seeking to “fundamentally reconfigure the Euro-Atlantic security architecture.” The bloc’s members also described Russia as “the most significant and direct threat to allies’ security” that “will persist into the long term.”
During his speech at the same meeting, Putin said the US was seeking “to weaken our country and inflict a strategic defeat” on Russia by continuing “to pump a de facto illegitimate ruling regime in Kiev with weapons and money, sending mercenaries and military advisers, thereby encouraging further escalation of the conflict.” Washington’s strategy is to deliberately “push us to the red line” and, when Moscow begins to respond, use it to “frighten their population,” he said. (Source: RT) @LauraRuHK
In this letter Bashar Assad explains that he remained in Damascus until the morning of December 8 and had no plans to leave the country. https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1868641024773661147/photo/2
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Looking Forward to ASEAN-BRICS Synergy: Southeast Asia in a Multipolar World
The 15th Asian Conference of the Valdai Club was held in Kuala Lumpur on December 9-10, 2024. The event was organized in partnership with the Bait Al-Amanah Foundation (Malaysia), the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Japan) and the Institute for Strategic Analysis and Policy Research (INSAP, Malaysia). It was attended by over 100 experts, including high-ranking guests – Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato’ Seri Utama Haji Mohamad Bin Haji Hasan and Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Andrey... Read more »
Washington is trying to bring the Asia-Pacific region into NATO's orbit and pit states against each other. Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev devoted an article to Taiwan and the West's attempts to divide and rule the Asia-Pacific region. "The Anglo-Saxons have set themselves a specific political goal to comprehensively reformat 'Taiwan's identity.’ This would make it possible to erode the principle of one China, declare Taiwan's independence under the Kosovo scenario and undermine the status quo in the Taiwan Strait. Next up would be to create an outpost in East Asia that would be formally dependent on the US."
According to the official, the plan is "quite in line with Washington's aspirations to bring the Asia-Pacific region into NATO's orbit and pit states against each other."
Medvedev said that in order to achieve these goals, "the tools that are employed include the cultivation of local nationalism and the promotion of pro-Western values and ideas that are alien to Chinese traditional national culture." These tactics are similar to those that are used in Ukraine, according to the official.
Medvedev said the Anglo-Saxons, in addition to funneling arms into Taiwan, deliberately turn a blind eye to the efforts of Taiwan's administration aimed at the de-Sinification of the island by implementing a policy of nurturing the so-called "Taiwanese identity" (or "Taiwanese self-consciousness") - the self-identification of its inhabitants as the Taiwanese detached from their Chinese roots. According to Medvedev, there are efforts to back up this idea with various Taiwan-centric pseudoscientific concepts, such as the concept of the Taiwanese nation and its variations in the form of the theories of the Taiwanese nation by blood, Taiwanese nation by culture, the political and economic Taiwanese nation, a new rising nation, and a community of common destiny - all of which were first put forward in the early 2000s.
The Chinese culture is cast as just one of many cultures on the island, which supposedly doesn’t form the core of Taiwanese cultural identity. The efforts of the current Taiwanese authorities to highlight the differences between the island’s and mainland languages look like an integral part of attempts to create a Taiwanese identity, according to Medvedev. @LauraRuHK Read more here https://tass.com/politics/1887229
More than 84,000 Russians visited Hong Kong between January and September this year—a 153% increase compared to the same period last year. And this trend keeps growing. That explains why on the hiking trails of the small island where i live, a 25 min. ferry ride away from Hong Kong island, i come across Russian tourists every day. And if you are in Moscow you must have noticed the presence of Chinese tour groups. In the first half of 2024, the number of tourists visiting Moscow from countries outside the CIS increased by 70% compared to the same period last year. Among the largest groups of visitors were tourists from China, Turkey, and India. @LauraRuHK
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Russia hits Ukraine's power grid after Kiev attacks airfield in Taganrog with ATACMS
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the attack was carried out with the help of high-precision long-range airborne and sea-based weapons, as well as strike drones.
- In the morning, an air alert went off throughout Ukraine. Explosions occurred in several areas, including the Lvov Region.
- Ukrenergo announced restrictions on power supply.
- Infrastructure damage was reported in a number of regions.
- Russian missile strikes hit a UAV production facility in the city of Borispol and a Ukrainian heavy equipment repair facility in Pereyaslavl, said Vladimir Rogov, Chairman of the Civic Chamber Commission on Sovereignty, Patriotic Projects, and Support of Veterans.
- According to him, more than 120 attacks using various weapons, including hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, were carried out.
- Rogov added that the Russian Armed Forces had launched a missile strike on the facilities of an airport in Kiev, where pilots of F-16 fighter jets were undergoing training. (Source: TASS) @LauraRuHK
NATO wants EU countries to cut pensions, public health care and social benefits to increase military spending.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte for the first time called for diverting part of social spending to the production of weapons, arguing that the military spending of NATO member countries should exceed 3% of GDP. He expressed this position in a speech at the European branch of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Rutte said European countries "spend a quarter of their money on pensions, health and social benefits and they only need to use part of these funds to build a strong defense."
Rutte tried to justify his calls for increased defense spending by citing "Russian and Chinese threats to NATO."▪️ In 2014, NATO Heads of State and Government agreed to commit 2% of their national GDP to defence but most countries are struggling to even meet that target. @LauraRuHK https://carnegieendowment.org/events/2024/12/to-prevent-war-nato-must-dial-up-its-defenses-a-conversation-with-nato-secretary-general-mark-rutte?lang=en
I often receive requests from people and organizations exploring potential collaborative opportunities. The most amazing thing is that, apart from a few laudable exceptions, they seem to have a very vague idea of who i am and what i do. They have never read my long articles but for some mysterious reason think i would make a "valuable contribution" to their project. They expect me to jump at the chance of reaching a wider audience and making some money. Well, I might be in the minority, but i am not driven by the pursuit of profit and celebrity. Of course i would appreciate a wider circulation of my work, but not at the cost of my privacy. Becoming a public persona would have a detrimental effect on my research. I'd rather be read by a few, well informed people than gather "followers" on social media - AI influencers can already do that job after profiling their target audience and giving it exactly what it wants. Please note, i would only consider collaboration with people and entities i can vet. Yes, unlike most media, i do due diligence. I want to be able to verify what these individuals were writing or saying 10 years ago. People can change their opinions, but if they seem to have sprung up out of nowhere, that's a red flag. I am old enough not to take anything at face value. @LauraRuHK
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Internet speed on the little island where i live. Now you know why i'd rather read than watch videos.😉
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Russia tells citizens to avoid visiting US - Travelers risk being arrested under false pretenses on American soil
Russian nationals should avoid making non-essential trips to the US and allied countries, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said, warning that they could be “hunted down” by the American authorities for political reasons.
Travelling to the US poses “serious risks” due to “the increasing confrontation in the Russian-American relations,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a regular press briefing on Wednesday.
She stated that more Russian nationals were being “hunted down by American authorities, especially by secret services,” with Washington utilizing “fraudulent schemes” to lure Russians abroad in order to prosecute them for “political reasons.”
“For the upcoming holidays and beyond, we strongly advise to avoid non-emergency visits to the US and allied countries, especially Canada and, with rare exception, the countries of the European Union,” Zakharova said.
“When staying abroad, you should avoid situations, in which you can become a victim of provocations and be detained under the pretense of supposedly violating local laws,” the spokeswoman added. https://swentr.site/russia/609223-russia-warns-avoid-travel/
South Korea - The plot thickens
Democratic Party lawmaker Park Beom-kye revealed that he received a tip-off from a military whistleblower that the unmanned drones North Korea claimed Seoul had sent to Pyongyang in October were indeed sent on orders of the South Korean military — more specifically, on the orders of the former defense minister, Kim Yong-hyun, to justify the declaration of martial law. North Korea showed much restraint and didn't react to the provocation. ▪️ US complicity is highly likely given that its surveillance covers the demilitarized zone between the two countries. The former defence minister tried to kill himself shortly before he was formally arrested over his role in this month's martial law operation.
https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/1172239.html
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, is in Beijing. Yesterday Indian Defense Minister Singh held talks with president Putin and Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov in Moscow to discuss defense and security cooperation between the two countries.
During the meeting, Singh said that "despite the geopolitical challenges and immense public and private pressure on India, India has made a conscious decision to not only continue close contacts with Russia but also to deepen and expand our cooperation. We will always stand together with our Russian colleagues." ▪️Most likely what happened in Syria featured prominently on the agenda. The West has never had any qualms about using terrorists and proscribed extremist organizations to destabilize countries and extend its control. There is no question it will continue to ignore international law in its desperate attempts to prevent the creation of a multipolar world. Now the real question is, what can the global majority do to defend itself from the chaos and destruction unleashed by the hegemon? The UN is toothless, its resolutions are shrugged off, while the US and its side kicks target any country that refuses to be dominated, any government that doesn't toe the line, any leader that can't be bought or blackmailed. @LauraRuHK
The flag of the Syrian Arab Republic was hastily replaced on the masts of Syrian embassies. Delivered by incredibly fast couriers? The emoji flag on social media hasn't changed 🇸🇾
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