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  • Russia, China and Iran strengthen their military presence in Antarctica

    03/18/2024 10:43:07 AM PDT · by UMCRevMom@aol.com · 14 replies
    censor.net ^ | 18.03.24 17:42 | Staff
    After decades of calm, the status quo in Antarctica is crumbling. Today, the continent is teetering on the brink of collapse, both literally and figuratively. More and more countries are interested in using Antarctic territory, including Iran, Russia and China. According to Censor.NET, citing Foreign Affairs, climate change is changing the physical environment, and policy towards Antarctica is changing rapidly as rivalry between major powers and growing demand for resources have brought it to the forefront of the global agenda. China, Iran, and other countries are expanding the scope of authorized activities on the continent and contemplating future territorial claims....
  • Dictators Congratulate Putin on Landslide 'Win' in Russian 'Election'

    03/18/2024 11:03:35 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 21 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 3/18/2024 | Frances Martel
    A growing list of human rights violators and authoritarian regimes around the world published messages congratulating Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on his overwhelming “victory” in a three-day sham presidential election that concluded on Sunday. Leaders such as genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-un, and the heads of Russia’s satellites in Latin America – Cuba’s figurehead “president” Miguel Díaz-Canel and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro – extended their support and confidence in Putin after securing another six years in power through a largely ceremonial “election” with no meaningful opposition voices on the ballot and widespread reports of...
  • Despots rush to congratulate Putin after his ‘sham’ election victory

    03/18/2024 4:30:58 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 31 replies
    Metro UK ^ | 3/18/2024 | Katie Boyden
    The world’s despots have rushed to congratulate Vladimir Putin for his all-but-assured Russian election win. -snip- North Korean media says Kim Jong-un sent his congratulations via his embassy in Russia this morning – unsurprising as North Korea has provided Putin with supplies and munitions for his war in Ukraine. Putin has also received well-wishes and congratulations from the authoritarian ruler of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla. ‌The presidents of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and Bolivia, Luis Arce, joined the small repressive group hailing Putin’s overwhelming victory
  • Iran, China quick to congratulate Putin on election win as others reject vote

    03/18/2024 4:13:54 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 11 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | 3/18/2024 | Staff
    Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi is among the first to congratulate Vladimir Putin on his “decisive” win in Russia’s presidential election, state media reports. “The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a message sincerely congratulated Vladimir Putin on his decisive victory and re-election as the President of the Russian Federation,” state news agency IRNA reports. Chinese President Xi Jinping also sends a congratulatory message to Putin, saying his re-election “fully reflects the support of the Russian people,” Beijing’s state media reports.
  • IAN BIRRELL: We're still stunningly complacent about the grave threat tyrant Putin presents to our way of life and democratic values

    03/18/2024 3:33:42 AM PDT · by Chad C. Mulligan · 51 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 18 March 2024 | IAN BIRRELL
    Thirteen years ago, Vladimir Putin went to watch a martial arts tournament and, as he congratulated the winner of one heavyweight bout, the unthinkable happened: a large section of the crowd began booing and jeering their shocked leader. It was the start of a rocky period for the Russian president as his blatantly rigged elections sparked the country's biggest protests since the collapse of the Soviet Union. 'We're not afraid any more,' a man told me at one huge demonstration in Moscow. I heard anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny warn Putin that 'if the crooks and thieves continue trying to deceive...
  • How will the Ukraine war end? Only when Vladimir Putin is toppled

    03/17/2024 4:48:42 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 42 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Sat 16 Mar 2024 | Simon Tisdall
    Pope Francis’s suggestion that Ukraine’s leaders should admit defeat, find “the courage to raise the white flag” and negotiate a halt to the war with Russia provoked justified fury in Kyiv and eastern Europe. He was wrong to say Ukraine is beaten, and gravely remiss in failing to condemn Moscow’s illegal aggression and war crimes. Yet Francis is not alone in wondering how this conflict ends. Two years on, there’s no sign of a winner. Maybe that’s just as well, in the sense that outright victory for either side could be disastrous for all. Does this unheroic consideration tacitly influence...
  • Putin seen winning landslide 88 percent of Russian presidential election vote

    03/17/2024 11:56:16 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 50 replies
    Al Arabiya ^ | 3/17/2024 | Reuters
    President Vladimir Putin won a record 88 percent in Russia’s presidential election on Sunday, exit polls and first results showed, cementing his grip on power, though thousands of opponents staged a symbolic noon protest at polling stations. The early result means Putin, who came to power in 1999, looks to have easily won a new six-year term that would enable him to overtake Josef Stalin and become Russia’s longest-serving leader for more than 200 years.
  • Online voter turnout in presidential election in Russia reach 90%

    03/17/2024 8:14:44 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 34 replies
    APA ^ | 3/16/2024 | Staff
    Online voter turnout in Russia’s presidential election on the federal platform has reached 90%, according to the portal on online vote monitoring, APA reports citing TASS. As of 9:27 p.m. Moscow time (6:27 p.m. GMT), as many as 4,268,291 ballots were issued to voters in 28 Russian regions, who had applied for voting online. Thus, voter turnout on the federal platform of electronic voting was 90%. Residents of Moscow can vote on Moscow’s own platform and were not required to apply for remote voting beforehand.
  • My views on the Gazan conflict- take a deep breath before reading, Pushkin House

    03/17/2024 5:49:35 AM PDT · by silent majority rising · 30 replies
    Israel National News ^ | March 17, 2024 | Nataliya Rulyova
    An interchange of letters between Dina Roubina, a Russian and Israeli writer, and the Pushkin House in London, which invited her to a conference but first asked her to 'clarify her position on Israel'. Op-ed. Recently, the Pushkin House in London, in collaboration with the University of London, invited me to a literary debate broadcast on Zoom. The conversation was supposed to be about my books. I just received this email from the moderator of this meeting. I suggest you read it, as well as my response, which I invite you to share on social networks (Arutz Sheva has decided...
  • Ukraine drone attacks spark fire at Krasnodar refinery, Russia says

    03/16/2024 7:40:06 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 40 replies
    Reuters ^ | 3/16/2024 | Reuters
    Ukraine launched several drones at the Slavyansk oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region, sparking a brief fire at the site and resulting in one person dying of a heart attack, local officials said on Sunday. "The drones were neutralised, but a fire broke out as a result of the fall of one of the devices," the operational headquarters of the region in southern Russia said on the Telegram messaging app. The fire was extinguished and there were no casualties as a result of the fire itself, the administration said. Preliminary information indicated, however, one person had died of a heart...
  • France Yellow Vests Week 279: Crackdown Follows Comments About A "Zionist" At Pro-Palestinian Demo, Macron Pushes Troops In Ukraine Narrative, Anti-War Protest This Week

    03/16/2024 6:13:57 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 1 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 3/16/2024 | Nextrush/Self
    French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal descending upon a prestigious political science school in Paris Wednesday announcing a referral to a public prosecutor. It stemmed from a Pro-Palestinian protest Tuesday involving 100 students occupying a lecture hall at the "Sciences Po". The protesters keeping others out. The outrage from government and mainstream media in particular surrounded a comment directed towards a Jewish student. "Don't let her in, she's a Zionist" President Emmanuel Macron saying those remarks were "unspeakable and perfectly intolerable"... "Assisted Death" The social issues push ahead of the European Parliament election on June 9th continues... On Thursday Mr. Macron...
  • How NATO Powers are Using the U.K.’s World War I Model to Lure Russia into the Next Big Global War

    03/16/2024 2:36:19 PM PDT · by delta7 · 35 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 15 Mar 24 | Leo Holman
    Using duplicity, deception and secret alliances, the U.K.’s inner circle of top elites led by Nathaniel Rothschild, King Edward VII, and Lord Alfred Milner backed the German Kaiser into a corner and intentionally set the Germans up to blame them for starting the First World War, when in fact it was the British who provoked the Germans to the point where war was the only option. German generals were caught strategizing several weeks ago on how to bomb Russia’s main bridge to Crimea. This would be an act of aggression that Russian President Vladimir Putin described as guaranteed to draw...
  • Russian nuclear 'targets' mapped as US officer reveals countries in NATO crosshair

    03/16/2024 8:40:05 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 130 replies
    Mirror UK ^ | 3/16/2024 | Charlie Bradley
    A NATO nuclear attack on Russia has been simulated in a video, showing how 45 million people would be "vaporised" in the first hour of a conflict with the West. A former US Air Force officer has warned that Russia could face devastating consequences if it were to use a nuclear weapon against a NATO country. Jake Broe, who used to work in Nuclear and Missile Operations, shared a chilling video on social media platform X, showing how NATO could target cities across Russia. He said: "If Russia uses a nuclear weapon against a NATO country, then this is what...
  • Explosions Rock Oil Refineries Deep Inside Russia

    03/16/2024 5:38:18 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 14 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 3/16/2014 | Brendan Cole
    Two oil refineries in Russia's Samara region were hit in Ukrainian drone strikes, the local governor has said, in the latest strike against the country's infrastructure facilities -snip- Samara Governor Dmitry Azarov said Saturday that Ukrainian drones had struck facilities belonging to state-owned energy giant Rosneft, which left one site on fire. There were no immediate reports of injuries from either incident, but unverified footage shared by Telegram users showed a blaze at what appeared to be the Syzran refinery. The Baza Telegram channel said that the fire engulfed 5,380 square feet following the attack at 6 a.m. local time...
  • How Does Russia Keep Hitting High Value Targets?

    03/16/2024 12:37:13 AM PDT · by House Atreides · 42 replies
    YouTube ^ | March 15, 2024 | Preston Stewart
    Here is a very good assessment of recent Russia successes in targeting and destroying high value Ukrainian assets. Preston Stewart is perceptive and objective observer and analyst. He has recent experience as an American army artillery officer who has held a number of artillery slots and it is evident that is knows this subject well.
  • Ukrainian Drones Hit Russia's Syzran Oil Refinery, Regional Governor Says

    03/16/2024 12:20:49 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 62 replies
    Times of India ^ | 3/16/2024 | Reuters
    The governor of Russia's Samara region said on Saturday that Ukrainian drones had struck two Rosneft oil refineries in the region, causing no casualties but leaving one facility on fire. Governor Dmitry Azarov said in a statement posted on the Telegram messaging app that the Volga river region's Syzran refinery was on fire, but that an attack on the Novokubyshev refinery had been thwarted. He said workers at both plants had been evacuated, and that there were no casualties. Unverified footage published online showed what appeared to be a major fire at the Syzran refinery, with emergency services working at...
  • News Summary-Intelligence Report Friday 3/15/2024 Newsdump Friday Principal Threatened By Knife Wielding Student In France, Prime Minister Says "No New Guns" In New Zealand, Atlanta Democrat Charges Against Trump Intact, Election Interference In Russia

    03/15/2024 8:07:43 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 4 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 3/15/2024 | Nextrush/Self
    A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 flight landing safety...missing external panel... The US Navy announcing an 18-month delay in delivery of the "USS Enterprise" aircraft carrier... "I could not be the man I am and abandon the fight at this point" Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowing to stay on even as his Liberal Party trails badly... In France a 15-year-old student taken into custody after threatening the principal of his middle school with a knife... Five wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's... North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un overseeing air warfare drills today urging more... "no new guns" Those...
  • This is hands-down the best explanation I've heard on why sanctions on Russia backfired, and why they were never going to succeed in the first place.

    03/15/2024 7:11:15 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 38 replies
    X ^ | 3/10/24 | James K. Galbraith
    Best quote of his explanation: "This is a situation in which the sanctions were imposed by one important sector of the world economy which then cut itself off from resources that it needs - and that's particularly true of Western Europe - in return for cutting Russia off from various things that Russia doesn't really need."
  • Vladimir Putin breaks silence as angry Russians burn down ballot boxes ahead of election

    03/15/2024 4:00:30 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 41 replies
    Express UK ^ | 3/15/2024 | Aurora Bosotti
    Vladimir Putin has weighed in on multiple reports alleging Russian citizens have burned down ballot boxes in protest as the Russian election is underway. -snip- Putin slammed the reports as he accused Ukraine of waging a "terrorist" campaign against Russia in an effort to thwart the election. He also accused Kyiv of intensifying military strikes on Russian territory to "intimidate" voters – a goal he claimed Ukraine will not achieve. According to the TASS news agency, Putin said: "These attacks, pointless from the military point of view and criminal from the humanitarian point of view, as has been said, are...
  • Putin casts his vote online in Russian presidential election

    03/15/2024 11:55:43 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 63 replies
    APA ^ | 3/15/2024 | Staff
    The incumbent Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, who is vying for the country’s top office as an independent candidate, has cast his electronic vote in the presidential election, APA reports quoting TASS. The published video footage shows Putin walking to a computer in his office, casting his vote and then smiling and waving at the camera. The computer monitor displayed a standard notification for a successfully cast vote.