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Researcher & writer based in Hong Kong. Former academic. Longform articles archived at https://lauraruggeri.substack.com and https://laura-ruggeri.medium.com. Email: lauraru852@yandex.ru
Europe is preparing to occupy Moldova
According to information received by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Brussels bureaucrats are determined to keep Moldova in line with their Russophobic policy. They plan to achieve this at any cost, including the potential deployment of troops and the actual occupation of the country. At this stage, units of the NATO armed forces are being concentrated in Romania near the Moldovan borders. A NATO "landing force" is being prepared in the Odessa region of Ukraine to intimidate Transnistria. According to reports, the first group of regular military personnel from France and Great Britain has already arrived in Odessa.
Such a scenario has been repeatedly rehearsed during NATO exercises in Romania and may be implemented after the parliamentary elections in Moldova on September 28. European officials are afraid that the blatant falsifications of the voting results being prepared by Brussels and Chisinau will force desperate Moldovan citizens to take to the streets to defend their rights. Then, at the request of President Maia Sandu, military forces will compel Moldovans to accept a dictatorship dressed up as European democracy.
Brussels does not intend to abandon plans to occupy Moldova, even if the development of the situation immediately after the elections does not require external intervention. It is planned to introduce troops a little later. The organization of armed provocations against Transnistria and the Russian troops stationed in the region is being considered to create a pretext. The period of holding elections to the Supreme Council of the PMR on November 30 is considered as a possible date.
It seems that such plans of the totalitarian-liberal European regimes are dictated by their desire to demonstrate their "courage and determination" against the background of stalling efforts to deploy troops of the "coalition of the willing" in the territory controlled by the Kiev regime. Fearing a direct clash with Russia, the Europeans intend to take revenge on Moldova. Self-affirmation at the expense of the weak has always been an integral part of European colonialism. (Source: SVR Press Office, September 23) @LauraRuHK - http://www.svr.gov.ru/smi/2025/09/evropa-gotovitsya-okkupirovat-moldaviyu.htm
I am so over X (Twitter). One of my main gripes is that it keeps showing posts from people i unfollowed because i could no longer stomach their plagiarized content, sensationalism, posturing and self-promotion. Influencers with big audiences get shoved in while accounts i follow, whose posts i liked, shared and engaged with, have become invisible.
I know that the main culprits are X's algorithms, which are tweaked to favour high-engagement posts, exactly the kind of posts I am not interested in, but we are powerless over them.
As i haven't got the time to manually search for all the people i follow, and knowing that my frustration is shared by those who follow me, I fail to see the point of even logging in.
@LauraRuHK
TikTok's new U.S. entity would lease its algorithm from Chinese owner ByteDance under the terms of a proposed deal between the U.S. and China, a senior White House official told Axios.
▪️Oracle then would verify the retraining of the algorithm. ▪️There had been some talk that ByteDance would be required to sell the algorithm in order to satisfy a 2024 U.S. law that demands TikTok be controlled by Americans or face a ban.
A pure sale, however, wouldn't allow ByteDance to continue operating TikTok in countries outside the U.S., which it plans to do.
▪️Trump is expected to sign an executive order later this week to approve the deal.
▪️The proposed plan involves ByteDance developing a duplicate of the TikTok algorithm, which would then be leased to a new joint venture managed by a U.S. investor group led by Andreessen Horowitz, Silver Lake, and Oracle. Under the agreement, approximately 80% of the shares in the new U.S.-based TikTok operator would be transferred to this consortium of investors, reducing ByteDance's stake to below 20%.
(Source: Axios) Read more 👉/channel/LauraRuHK/10504
On 28 May 2023, houseboat Gooduria capsized in the Northern Italian Lake Maggiore, killing four people amongst the twenty-three on board. Almost all of the people on board were associated with the Italian and Israeli national intelligence agencies.
Eight passengers had ties with Italy’s secret service, and 13 had ties with Israel’s. In 2024, a memorial plaque unveiled in Italy for the two deceased Italian agents explicitly stated they died during a "covert operation" alongside foreign intelligence colleagues. This marked the first official acknowledgment of the nature of an operation which was framed by the media as a "birthday party".
Claudio Carminati, the boat's operator, was sentenced to four years in prison via a negotiated plea. The court ruled the capsizing resulted from negligence
Since then this suspicious event seems to have been swept under the carpet and forgotten. @LauraRuHK
Last Saturday Serbia showcased both of its Chinese-made air defence missile systems at a military parade held in Belgrade.
The “power of unity” military parade proceeded past the Palace of Serbia, with 10,000 personnel taking part alongside 2,500 pieces of military equipment and machinery, including ground vehicles, aircraft and naval vessels.
Serbia is the first country in Europe to independently operate and maintain the FK-3 air defence missile system — all the necessary training was completed in China.
The FK-3 is the export version of China’s HQ-22 mid-range air defence weapon system. It consists of a vehicle with a command centre, rocket launchers, radars and logistics vehicles, according to the Serbian Ministry of Defence.
They were delivered in April 2022 by a dozen PLA Air Force Y-20 transport planes, in what was believed to be the largest-ever airlift delivery of Chinese arms to Europe. (Source: SCMP) @LauraRuHK
"On September 19, three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets made a scheduled flight from Karelia to an airfield in the Kaliningrad Region. The flight was conducted in strict accordance with international airspace rules, without violating the borders of other states, which is confirmed by objective monitoring. During the flight, the Russian aircraft did not deviate from the agreed flight path and did not violate Estonian airspace. The aircraft's flight path lay over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea, more than three kilometers from the island of Vaindloo," the Russian Defense Ministry said. ▪️ But since NATO needs to justify its Eastern Sentry mission, expect more hysteria and hallucinations peddled as news. @LauraRuHK
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European 'democracy'. You get a president — Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 2015 to 2018 (Petr Pavel) — who intends to disqualify the hot favorite to win the Czech general election next month (Andrej Babiš) because he questioned NATO's support for Ukraine and its plans to expand the military budget. If you live in a EU country you can only vote for NATO-approved candidates, as we have seen in Romania. @LauraRuHK
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In a multipolar world, the more allies you have the safer you feel. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed a 'Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement', committing to treat an attack on either country as an attack on both.
The agreement was signed during Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s state visit to Riyadh, where he met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Both leaders held talks with their delegations and reviewed bilateral ties before signing the deal. The agreement, drafted before Israel’s attack on Doha, is expected to catalyze a strategic recalibration among regional actors—from U.S.-anchored security models to diversified alignments. @LauraRuHK
I don't understand why for some people it's so difficult to accept the thesis that foreign powers exploit legitimate grievances to orchestrate colour revolutions. I would never deny people's agency and the good faith of those who join mass protests, but i can't pretend not to see foreign interference either. Not only have I been researching and analyzing colour revolutions for two decades, I also have first-hand experience of different kinds of protest movements: genuine, hijacked and fully-engineered. Nepal’s ongoing political turmoil reflects a profound crisis of legitimacy, not merely for individual political parties or leaders, but for the entire governing establishment. Decades of unfulfilled promises, entrenched corruption, and opportunistic political alliances have eroded public trust in the system. The current wave of protests represents a popular backlash, fueled by years of cumulative neglect and systemic failures that have left the majority of Nepalis disillusioned with their government’s ability to deliver meaningful change. Nepal’s political elite has consistently failed to address the needs of its citizens. Since the transition from monarchy to a federal democratic republic in 2008, successive governments have promised economic progress, social inclusion, and political stability, yet delivered little. Corruption scandals, such as the misappropriation of public funds in infrastructure projects or the exploitation of public offices for personal gain, have become emblematic of a broken system. Political parties, regardless of ideology, have engaged in short-term alliances of convenience, prioritizing power over principles.
Once we agree that the Nepalese have the right to protest, organize and seek change, we should also speak out against the external forces that are funding activists and influencers, pushing certain narratives through the manipulation of social media platforms and their algorithms, exploiting Nepal’s vulnerabilities to advance their own agenda, and denounce that agenda as toxic for Nepal's future. /channel/LauraRuHK/10503
On September 9, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that Poland would close border crossings with Belarus, using the Belarus-Russia military exercises as a pretext. The measure applies to both directions, entry and exit, for individuals as well as for freight, road and rail transport, and will remain in effect "until further notice." The Zapad 2025 military exercises have now ended, but Poland refuses to reopen its border with Belarus, cutting China off from a €25B/year trade artery. Some 90% of China-EU rail freight moves through Poland. Beijing asked Warsaw to restore the route but after 3 hours of talks, FM Sikorski said no. With sea routes slower and air transport up to 30% more expensive, Europe’s e-commerce supply chains risk serious disruption. @LauraRuHK
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The West is transitioning from neoliberal progressive totalitarianism to neoliberal conservative totalitarianism. While the economic logic of neoliberalism remains intact, the “progressive” veneer is being stripped away. Hardly a difficult task when its most degenerate expressions were aggressively promoted for years at the expense of common sense.
▪️Oligarchic realignment is hard to ignore. Figures like Larry Ellison, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel etc. are centralizing control to support a new hegemonic narrative while liberal technocrats are being replaced with ideologically aligned operatives, often drawn from militarized or corporate backgrounds. Larry Ellison’s recent moves show a strategic convergence of tech, media, and politics—positioning him as one of the most influential figures in the U.S. power landscape. 👉The co-founder and chairman of Oracle donated $1 million to the Security Is Strength PAC, supporting warmonger Lindsey Graham’s 2026 reelection bid. This is his largest political donation since 2022. 👉Ellison has donated substantial sums to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a U.S.-based nonprofit supporting Israeli military personnel. 👉Ellison announced a $500 billion AI data center venture called Stargate, in partnership with OpenAI and SoftBank. The initiative was unveiled at a White House event alongside Trump, Sam Altman, and Masayoshi Son. 👉Oracle secured massive contracts tied to cloud and AI services, including a major partnership with OpenAI, fueling a surge in Oracle’s stock and Ellison’s net worth. 👉Ellison’s son, David, led the merger of Skydance Media with Paramount Global. Larry controls the entities behind this deal, effectively creating a new media super-conglomerate that includes Paramount+, HBO Max, and major Hollywood studios.
👉The Ellison family is preparing a majority-cash bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, aiming to consolidate even more media assets under their control.
👉Talks are underway to acquire The Free Press, with plans to install Bari Weiss in a leading editorial role at CBS News, which Skydance now owns.
👉Oracle, led by Ellison, is part of a consortium—including Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz—that will hold an estimated 80% stake in a new U.S.-based TikTok entity. Oracle will manage user data in Texas, and the board will be predominantly American.
Trump publicly supported Ellison’s involvement in the TikTok acquisition, stating, “I’d like Larry to buy it, too”. @LauraRuHK
Over the weekend, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned of “a growing wave of pro-Russian sentiment and antipathy towards a struggling Ukraine,” claiming this mood was being fueled both by the Kremlin and by “genuine fears and emotions.”
Tusk’s message is clear – if you’re Polish and not enthusiastic about supporting Ukraine indefinitely, you’re either falling for Russian disinformation or helping to spread it.
The data doesn’t support his spin.
According to a survey published by the Mieroszewski Center late last year, only 25% of Poles view Ukrainians positively, while 30% have a negative view. Most (41%) are neutral.
Support for Ukraine’s EU and NATO membership has collapsed: From 80% and 75% in 2022 to 37% and 35% this year, with 42% now opposed to both. This means more Poles likely oppose Ukrainian membership of NATO and the EU than back it.
Just over half (51%) of the respondents believe their country is giving refugees too much assistance, while only 5% think it’s not enough.
None of these figures suggest a secret pro-Russian awakening – just a population growing weary of a burden it never signed up for.
Tusk is also papering over his own government’s political predicament.
Just last year, his administration pushed Brussels to start accession talks with Ukraine and signed a bilateral pact backing Kiev’s EU bid.
In presidential elections this spring, the three right-wing opposition candidates – Karol Nawrocki, Slawomir Mentzen, and Grzegorz Braun – who ran on openly anti-accession tickets, received 51% in the first round. Nawrocki went on to eventually win the presidency.
In other words, Poles may not have shifted right because Moscow told them to – they shifted because Tusk ignored them.
Calling all of this ‘Kremlin propaganda’ is a trick – and an old one.
It allows Tusk and his allies in Brussels to smear dissent as treason, while deflecting blame for their own overreach. The same establishment that still chants ‘Ukraine will win’ and hypes fake stories about Russian jamming of von der Leyen’s plane now paints ordinary Poles as Putin’s pawns.
It’s sloganeering, not statecraft. And it denies Poles something far more fundamental than Ukraine’s EU hopes: The right to their own opinion. Read more 👉https://swentr.site/news/624703-poland-anti-ukrainian-sentiment/
Arab states have called for UN suspension of Israel.
On Monday, the leaders of the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation convened an emergency summit in Doha. In a final statement following the summit, the group called on member nations to “consider the compatibility of Israel’s membership in the UN with its Charter” and coordinate efforts to suspend Israel from the organization.
Arab and Islamic leaders branded Israel's strike on Doha a “dangerous escalation that exposes the extremist hostility of the Israeli government.” They also accused Israel of undermining the international mediation and peacemaking process, given that the Qatari capital had been used as a key venue for peace talks with Hamas.
The statement urged all states to review diplomatic and economic relations with Israel and take “legal and effective measures” to stop Israeli actions, including sanctions, suspension of arms, and dual-use exports. Too little. Too late? @LauraRuHK
AI could cut a submarine’s survival chance to 5%: Chinese defence scientists
Era of ‘invisible’ submarines ending with next-gen tech that could prevent one in 20 from escaping attack \ A new defence industry study from China suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) could soon make it extremely hard – even nearly impossible – for submarines to survive in a future naval conflict.
The research, published in the peer-reviewed journal Electronics Optics & Control and led by senior engineer Meng Hao with the China Helicopter Research and Development Institute in August, unveiled for the first time an advanced AI-driven anti-submarine warfare (ASW) system capable of hunting even the quietest submarines through intelligent, real-time decision-making.
According to the research, the new ASW system could reduce a submarine’s chance of escape to just 5 per cent, meaning only one out of every 20 submarines would likely escape detection and attack.
The AI system collects data from sonar buoys, underwater sensors, radars, and information about the water itself.
According to scientists, the era of "invisible" submarines, which have long been considered the cornerstone of naval deterrence, may be coming to an end. @LauraRuHK https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3325161/ai-could-cut-submarines-survival-chance-5-chinese-defence-scientists
Whether acknowledged or not, the history of international politics is marked by an almost unbroken chain of state-on-state violence. However, this violence is rarely aimed at the complete destruction or subjugation of adversaries. Among the United States' closest allies, Israel holds a uniquely privileged position. It surpasses Europe in this regard, partly because ensuring Israel's survival does not carry the risk for the U.S. of being drawn into a conflict that could lead to its own destruction or unacceptable losses. Europe, by contrast, faces a different reality: a potential conflict with Russia, toward which European leaders often display entrenched hostility, poses a direct existential threat to the United States. This dynamic explains why serious observers consistently answer "no" to the question, "Would Americans sacrifice New York to save Paris?" Israel occupies a different geopolitical position. None of its neighbors possess weapons arsenals capable of threatening U.S. territory, nor are they likely to acquire such capabilities in the foreseeable future. This has historically allowed the United States to view the Middle East as one of the less complicated regions for its presence and intervention, as noted by Timofey Bordachev in his latest article.
@LauraRuHK
https://ru.valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/trudnyy-vybor-regionalnykh-soyuznikov-ssha/
Vladimir Putin held a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council in the Kremlin. His statements http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/78051 carry two levels of meaning and distinct audiences. First, he proposed a framework for nuclear missile and strategic defensive arms control, as this control mechanism has been almost entirely dismantled.
Putin proposes extending compliance with the New START Treaty's restrictions for one year beyond its February 2026 expiration, contingent on reciprocal U.S. action. This aims to preserve the last vestiges of nuclear arms control after Western "destructive steps" have dismantled most agreements. Putin's appeal counters the narrative of Russia as the primary nuclear threat, provides a time-limited "window of opportunity" for dialogue and appeals to rational voices in the U.S., NATO, and EU.
Second: he issued a firm warning against provocations.
Putin asserts that Russia will respond decisively—with military-technical measures—to any strategic threats, signaling readiness to use force against direct attacks on Russian troops or infrastructure. This comes ahead of NATO and UN meetings where the West plans to address imaginary and made-up Russian provocations, such as unarmed drones over Poland and airspace violations near Estonia. The context is one of Western escalation.
Hawkish Western rhetoric, including Lithuanian Defense Minister Šakalenė's call to shoot down Russian planes (echoed by Czech President Petr Pavel), and former NATO commander Admiral Stavridis's advocacy for neutralizing Russian S-400 systems in Russia and Belarus. U.S. figures like Trump's envoy General Kellogg urge "increasing risk" and viewing incidents as tests of Western resolve, framing the conflict as a moral battle against "evil" Putin. European powers are pressuring Trump for "coercive diplomacy", while they should ponder where they'd hide if their aggressive fantasies materialize. @LauraRuHK
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has announced a landmark $4 billion deal for Kazakhstan to buy American-made locomotives.
The deal will boost US jobs in Texas and Pennsylvania, strengthen bilateral ties, and support the Middle Corridor, a key Eurasia-Europe trade route via Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, Lutnick notes. But there is more. Amazon eyes Kazakhstan as a Central Asian satellite internet hub, signing a deal with Kazakhtelecom to deploy ground stations and invest $200 million, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's press service says.
During his visit to New York Tokayev met with Amazon senior Vice President David Zapolsky to discuss collaboration, including joint projects with Kazakh Ministry of AI and Digital Development and Kazakhtelecom, the press service adds. (Source: RIA Novosti) @LauraRuHK
The admission by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on September 22, 2025, during a TF1 broadcast—that the EU's impending 19th sanctions package against Russia has been coordinated with the United States—confirms what I, among others, have long been denouncing. EU sanctions are yet more evidence of transatlantic team work...in case you need to be reminded that Ursula Von der Leyen and her tightly knit inner circle work for Washington against European interests.
@LauraRuHK
At the end of August the US revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of the high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, a step which contravenes international law.
Mahmoud Abbas will address this week’s high-level debate by pre-recorded video.
The delivery of his address via video required a resolution that was passed with 145 in favour, five against (Israel, Nauru, Palau, Paraguay, and the United States) and six abstentions (Albania, Fiji, Hungary, North Macedonia, Panama, and Papua New Guinea).
The US refusal to grant visas to the Palestinian delegation has reignited long-standing debates about the suitability of the UN's New York headquarters, established in 1952 on land donated by the Rockefeller family along the East River.
The UN operations and access can't be held hostage to US decisions that break the 1947 UN Headquarters Agreement between the US and the United Nations.
The US—as host nation—must grant "free and unrestricted access" to UN representatives, including those from observer states like Palestine, "irrespective of the relations" between the US and their governments.
The question isn't just about visas. It's whether New York can still embody the UN's universal aspirations or if it's time for a new home.
▪️In case you wonder, the former leader of Al-Qaeda and then ISIS, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, has no visa issues. He is now in New York, getting ready to deliver his pitch at the UN General Assembly: lift sanctions, repatriate refugees, and integrate Syria into the global economy. @LauraRuHK
On September 19, 2025, a cyberattack targeted Collins Aerospace's MUSE software, crippling automated passenger processing at multiple European airports — they were forced to revert to manual check-in and boarding procedures, leading to widespread delays and cancellations. London’s Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin were the most affected hubs.
▪️Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of US military contractor RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies) provides integrated systems for both commercial aviation and military applications. While it manages critical software for civilian airports, it has increasingly expanded into defense contracts. On September 16, 2025, just days before the cyber incident in question, Collins was awarded a significant contract by NATO's Communications and Information Agency (NCIA). This deal involves delivering the Electronic Warfare Planning and Battle Management (EWPBM) software solution, that is, Collins is directly involved in NATO's electromagnetic warfare operations. Its dual footprint in civilian and military tech positions it as a participant in hybrid warfare, exposing it to retaliation.
@LauraRuHK
🇺🇸 Back to Bagram: The Empire’s Ghost Comes Calling
It’s almost poetic in its blood-soaked absurdity.
CNN now “reveals” what many of us in the non-hypnotized Global Majority already understood: that the Trump administration—long after Biden’s Saigon-in-the-sand moment, would quietly push to get Bagram Air Base back. Not because of some newfound concern for Afghanistan. Not even because of regrets over the death toll or the trillions wasted.
No. Because Bagram is “needed” to surveil China.
Ah, yes. Here we go again. The Central Asian chessboard being rearranged once more by the architects of collapsing empire. Afghanistan isn’t a graveyard of empires, it’s their theater, their testing ground, and their fall-back airstrip when the Great Game grows restless. Bagram, the monster air base carved into Afghan soil with imperial arrogance, is now to be resurrected as a forward surveillance fortress If Trump has his way. No humanitarian gloss. No freedom talk. Just pure, cynical geometry of power projection.
Amidst this revelation let's reflect on eerie footage of, video of desperate Afghans clinging to the wheels of U.S. planes in 2021, falling from the sky like ghosts of failed interventions. Biden’s chaotic withdrawal was not merely a collapse of logistics, but the symbolic collapse of 20 years of lies. And now, with whiplash-inducing audacity, the empire wants back in.
Let’s not pretend this is about Afghanistan. It never was. It’s about encircling China. It’s about Iran. It’s about saturation surveillance of a region that refuses to kneel. And it’s about denying Eurasia the sovereign breathing space it has long yearned for. The Belt and Road runs too close for comfort. Bagram is the new Cold War frontier, but colder, meaner, and far more desperate.
This is not about national security. This is imperial déjà vu, and the message is clear:
“We’re not done with you, Asia. Not by a long shot.”
But something has shifted. The multipolar world is no longer a dream, it’s an inevitability and already in its infancy. The U.S. can try to reanimate the corpse of its Afghan occupation, but the tectonic plates have moved.
And just maybe… this time, the graveyard will bury the ghost once and for all.
- Gerry Nolan
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Massive Attack have become the latest act – and first major-label one – to pull their catalogue from Spotify in protest at founder Daniel Ek investing €600m (£520m) in the military AI company Helsing. Massive Attack join Australian psych group King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Canadian post-rock group Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the Third Man Records-signed US band Hotline TNT, alternative US group Deerhoof and Manchester band Wu Lyf in removing their music from Spotify as a result of Ek’s investment in Helsing. 👉Read more here /channel/LauraRuHK/10240
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The UN inquiry reached conclusions that anyone observing the situation in Gaza, and Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, had long reached, that is Israel is committing a genocide. But the UN report is important because many countries view the United Nations as the cornerstone of the post-World War II international order and a vital platform for multilateralism, global governance, and maintaining world peace. Take China for example. Beijing's engagement with the UN reflects a "long game": defending the UN while subtly reforming it to amplify Global South voices. Recent statements underscore Beijing's willingness to play a constructive role in enhancing the UN's work for a "more just and reasonable" global governance. Acting in accordance with the conclusions contained in the UN report could provide a shining example of moral authority. /channel/LauraRuHK/10508
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A new comprehensive UN inquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Ex-UN rapporteur and veteran international law expert Dr. Alfred de Zayas explains why that’s hugely important, and what the world can do about it (if it wants to).
Key Findings
Israel’s actions (killing, maiming, causing mental harm to Palestinians, deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction, taking measures to prevent births) check four of five of the 1948 Genocide Convention’s criteria for genocide, per the report.
Intent Proven
Crucially, de Zayas says, the inquiry shows “how the statements of Israeli political and military leaders prove the ‘intent’ (required in Art. II of the Convention) to destroy in whole or part the Palestinian population.”
The "extensive" report is proof "that Israel is waging war not only against the Palestinians in Gaza but against the UN Charter and international law in general," according to the top legal observer.
West Complicit
“Governments that have provided military, economic, political, diplomatic and propagandistic support” are also accountable, de Zayas says. The US, UK, France and Germany “are all complicit in the genocide under Article III (e) of the Genocide Convention.”
UN’s Response Options
▪️recognition of Palestinian statehood (which alas, “will not save the lives of Palestinians”)
▪️Israel’s expulsion from the UN pursuant to Article 6 of the UN Charter (improbable given the need for Security Council and hence US approval)
▪️stripping Israeli diplomats of UN accreditation, as was done against South Africa in the 1970s during Apartheid. Crucially, this measure would not require Security Council backing
▪️the UN has the legal framework to intervene using the 2005 ‘Responsibility to Protect’ doctrine
▪️the General Assembly could adopt a ‘Uniting for Peace’ resolution authorizing nations “to take military action” to stop the genocide, bypassing the Security Council veto
UN’s Last Chance to Save Its Credibility?
“If the United Nations fails” to take action, “it will lose the little authority and credibility it still has,” de Zayas summed up. (Source: Sputnik) @LauraRuHK
David Miller reveals that the “Together for Palestine” concert in London, featuring major artists, is funneling donations through Choose Love, a charity with deep ties to Zionist funders and intelligence-linked networks, raising serious questions about transparency and its hidden agenda. The event is organised by T4P Events, a company registered on 29 May this year. It has two directors, Anna Catherine Nolan and James Sadri —both worked for The Syria Campaign, that is they did PR for the British operation known as the White Helmets. When Nolan personally went to collect one of their awards she was described as “The woman of The White Helmets”. https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/together-for-palestine
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The evolution of colour revolutions - The phenomenon of colour revolutions—politically orchestrated social movements aimed at overthrowing governments with external support—has undergone a profound transformation in recent decades. Historically, such movements required extensive groundwork, including the deployment of trained agents, the establishment of ostensibly independent media outlets and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the cultivation of a well-funded and organized fifth column. These efforts demanded significant financial resources and prolonged planning to destabilize targeted regimes. However, the advent of social media and digital technologies has fundamentally altered this paradigm, ushering in a new model of regime change that is faster, less resource-intensive, and superficially democratic. In South Asia, digital mobilization, viral narratives, influencers, and algorithmic amplification have accelerated the process of political upheaval. This shift, while reducing the logistical and financial barriers to orchestrating regime change, poses significant risks to governance, stability, and sovereignty in the region, particularly given South Asia’s youthful, digitally connected populations.
Instead of seasoned activists, smartphone-wielding protesters, often lower middle-class youth, become the vanguard, their fury is magnified by platforms designed to reward spectacle and violence over political programs and ideology. Revolutions are being marketed like any consumer product and governments fall under the weight of digital mobilization. Asian countries should not ignore or underestimate the risk. Their Gen-Z is digitally connected and fired up by regional examples.
@LauraRuHK
Romania opposes establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine, for the time being. In a statement reported by Aradon (https://www.aradon.ro/romania/nicusor-dan-spune-ca-romania-mai-degraba-nu-sustine-instituirea-unei-zone-de-no-fly-deasupra-ucrainei-2083251/), President Nicușor Dan noted that discussions with government officials, military personnel, and foreign policy experts led to this stance. He emphasized, however, that Romania might reconsider "depending on how the situation evolves." Dan referenced "international traditions" regarding conflict status, suggesting that a no-fly zone could be interpreted as entering a conflict, a view held by many experts. This cautious approach reflects Romania’s concern about Russia’s response and potential pressure from senior NATO allies, given Romania’s limited sovereignty. Romania is already treading a fine line. Reports have surfaced of Ukrainian aircraft operating from Romanian military airfields, potentially exposing Romania to Russian retaliation (/channel/EvPanina/17321). Furthermore, with Bucharest’s involvement, Moldova is being positioned as a logistical hub for a "Coalition of the Willing," potentially preparing for aggression against Transnistria. As the saying goes, "The barn is on fire, and the hut is next." Romanian media have also highlighted Dmitry Medvedev’s warning that a NATO-enforced no-fly zone over Ukraine would equate to war with Russia. For now, Bucharest appears to be heeding this caution and holds off on supporting such a measure.
@LauraRuHK
(Source: Elena Panina) /channel/EvPanina/17338
London has launched a new cyberwar unit, the UK Cyber Effects Network, a new initiative to build expertise in offensive cyber operations.
Its primary goal is to create a professional community of government, industry, and academic experts focused on the theory and practice of offensive cyber activities. The network’s initial activities include publishing a collection of articles and offering semi-annual internships to applicants from the UK (or NATO countries if already residing in the UK.) Sponsored by the National Cyber Force—a body formed five years ago to integrate the offensive cyber capabilities of the military and intelligence services—the initiative is led by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the UK’s oldest defense research center. Notably, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office recently designated RUSI’s activities as undesirable, which may or may not be coincidental. RUSI's involvement suggests the rationale for establishing this network extends beyond training cyber warriors to creating an ideological and legal foundation that justifies offensive cyber operations.
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https://www.rusi.org/networks/uk-cyber-effects-network?tab=0
SL Kanthan has summarized Xinhua's white paper on US cognitive warfare and provided links to the original paper, which i invite you to read. https://substack.com/home/post/p-173645523
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SERBIA - The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service warns that European elites are aiming to use the anniversary of the tragic events in Novi Sad on November 1 to orchestrate violent provocations and tilt the situation in their favor.
Brussels relies on media and NGO financing to stir up protests, mobilize voters and bring the ‘Serbian Maidan’ to life—following a well-worn blueprint. (Source: Sputnik) @LauraRuHK