Re: Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 12:14 pm
Proposals for "peace"
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After months of demanding direct communication with China, the second world power and currently one of Russia's main allies, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky achieved his long-awaited telephone conversation with Xi Jinping. It was not a visit to Kiev, an image that the Ukrainian government dreams of in order to use it as an argument to insist on its speech of international isolation of the Russian Federation, but the conversation has been presented as an important step. However, the different political positions and the position before the war have marked the analysis of the results of the conversation and the implications for the future. Optimists of different kinds have wanted to see in the conversation an opening of kyiv to the possibility of dialogue or, on the contrary,pro -Russian
"Unlike the West," explained the BBC In his brief text about the conversation between the Chinese and Ukrainian presidents, an indicator of the importance of the virtual meeting, "China has sought to present itself as neutral towards the Russian invasion." Despite the information leaked by Western governments to the press a few months ago, it has not delivered weapons to Russia and it is likely that it never even considered doing so. That speech, which disappeared from the media as quickly as it appeared, always seemed like an idea existing only in the minds of those who leaked it. Still, it served its purpose: the West was able to use it to “warn” China of the political and diplomatic consequences of such deliveries, and subsequently managed to boast that it had obtained Chinese promises not to send weapons to Russia, something it may never have thought to do. . In the diplomatic game that directly and indirectly surrounds the war in Ukraine, the West has never been a neutral player either. It is not now, when it is based on the moral superiority of defending the weakest, who has been attacked by a military, political and economically superior power, but neither was it before the February 24, 2022 Russian troops intervened extending the whole country the low-intensity war that until then was limited to Donbass.
In his talks with President Xi, Zelensky failed to achieve either a condemnation of the war or for China to deviate from the path marked out by its position in recent months. The clearest message that can be drawn from the conversation with the Ukrainian president is that China remains "on the side of peace." The message is consistent with China's actions over the past year -and also in the last nine years- and, above all, with its road map for peace presented days before Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow.
Despite the evident lack of results, since Kiev failed to extract any phrase that could be presented as an explicit support for the Ukrainian position or a condemnation of Russia, both Ukraine and its allies try to present the conversation as the beginning of a process that will favors. "I spoke with the leader of China," Zelensky said after the phone call, which he defined as "long and quite rational" to later focus on the main message. “It is often said that such conversations open up opportunities. Now there is an opportunity to give a new impetus to our relations: Ukraine and China”. In the last nine years, as in the previous ones, Beijing's interest in Ukraine has gone through maintaining commercial relations, which were maintained despite Ukrainian anti-communist legislation, that it was not an obstacle to the Chinese attempt to acquire the strategic company Motor Sich, which Ukraine was trying to privatize. The US intervention, specifically by John Bolton, prevented the sale when the process was already relatively advanced, an episode that the Western press seems to have forgotten in its analysis of the Chinese position towards the Ukrainian government and the "opportunities" to recruit Beijing for the western side.
With any position favorable to the search for a diplomatic solution to the war, condemned as unforgivable neutrality or equidistance, China's position is being presented as practically explicit support for Russia. On her recent visit to Beijing, Lula da Silva sought Chinese support for her attempt to end the death and destruction that the war is causing by shifting the conflict from military to diplomatic. As expected, the Brazilian president obtained the support of Beijing, whose interests are aligned with that position. However, this push for diplomacy, twisted by Western officials and media as a proposal that favors Moscow - and indirectly Beijing, the real political and economic opponent of the United States and its junior partners Europeans - has forced Lula da Silva to once again condemn the Russian invasion, something that Brazil had already done with its vote at the United Nations. The search for a negotiation process to find a negotiated solution to the conflict -not only to the war- must not be considered as a pro-Russian or even neutral position. Even so, any declaration favorable to peace is condemned as an unforgivable concession to the interests of Moscow.
“It is necessary to stop. People are dying and there is no interest in talking about peace”, declared the Brazilian president during his visit to Spain, which coincided with the departure for Ukraine of the Leopard tanks promised to Kiev. Lula da Silva's speech on the need for peace falls on deaf ears in a country like Spain, where both the authorities and the general press quickly sided with the most Atlanticist and belligerent positions in the face of the conflict. Perhaps the most representative statement of the state of international relations in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian war that has taken place this week is that of the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, who despite describing as "positive" that the Brazilian president is involved in the search for peace, affirmed that both Spain and Brazil want the same thing,
In other words, although the objective is apparently the same, the Atlanticist bloc and the pro-negotiation bloc differ in the way in which peace is to be achieved. While the latter advocate negotiation and set aside high-sounding and absolute statements that in no way favor dialogue or the achievement of the objective, the former have bet everything on the military option.
This is also the case of Emmanuel Macron, who in recent days has been linked to Lula da Silva's proposals for a negotiated solution. Halfway between the position led by da Silva, and which is also that of Xi Jinping, and the maximalism of Kiev and its most radical partners, who will only settle for the complete military defeat of Russia, the French president has made clear his position: the Ukrainian counter-offensive must inflict enough damage to force Moscow to negotiate in a position of weakness where it has no choice but to submit to Kiev's diktat. Of course, it is unlikely that, in that case, Russia would agree to cross some red lines, the clearest of which is the renunciation of Crimea.
With more war as the only bet to end the war, the Atlantic bloc does not give up discrediting pacifist or negotiating positions or putting pressure on Beijing in search of an openly pro-Ukrainian position. "I think it is also important that China has a better understanding of the Ukrainian prospects," Jens Stoltenberg said at his press conference in kyiv. It is unlikely that China is unaware of the situation in Ukraine, of the actions of both Moscow and Kiev and their partners during the Minsk process or the role of the West in prolonging the war in Donbass or interfering to prevent agreements like the Motor Sich. However, Western officials continue to try to sow discord between Moscow and Beijing by using Ukraine as a mere tool,
As expected, during his conversation with Xi Jinping, Volodymyr Zelensky tried to win China's support for his twelve-point "peace plan", a proposal presented a few months ago that seeks to recover Ukraine's territorial integrity according to its borders. of 1991 through the unilateral surrender of Russia. To the chagrin of those who have wanted to see in Zelensky's words about the positive of possible Chinese mediation in search of peace a willingness to negotiate, Prime Minister Shmygal once again insisted on what are the conditions for Ukraine to start a dialogue process. As was the case in the years of the Minsk process, the prerequisite for kyiv is the withdrawal of Russian troops, that is, Russia's unilateral and voluntary surrender.
"It is essential that the voice of the attacked country be heard and that its proposal be taken into account," said the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, in his criticism of Lula da Silva. However, this position does not extend, for example, to the population of Donbass, attacked and ignored for years without the countries that now present Ukraine as the bearer of truth and absolute reason bothering to demand that their allies Kiev to comply with the agreements signed to end the war. As now, also during the war years in Donbass, peace always meant the unilateral and unconditional victory of Ukraine. In this context, any peace proposal or negotiation attempt cannot, despite its good intentions, achieve any result.
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After the battle with PMC "Wagner"
April 29, 12:18
In Artemivsk, quarters near the Armed Forces of Ukraine are gradually ending. "Wagner" quite successfully broke into the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the military unit and completely cleared it. The front rolls out directly to high-rise buildings, where the last line of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is located in Artemovsk.
This video clearly shows the level of losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city area. This is just one of the defense sites of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the west of the city after one battle with the Wagner PMC.
(Video at link.)
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Drone attack on Sevastopol 04/29/2023
April 29, 10:49
Drone attack on Sevastopol 04/29/2023
As a result of a night drone attack on Sevastopol, 4 fuel tanks were destroyed in Kazachka.
There were no casualties, the fire was localized by morning. They promise to finish it by the evening. 2 drones arrived.
The takeoff of 3 groups of UAVs of the "Mugin 5" type was noted from the Odessa region, through the northwestern part of Crimea in the direction of Simferopol. The 1st group took off at about 01.00-01.30, the second at 02.30-03.00, the third at 03.50 was noted in the areas of Dalekoe, Kormovoe, Gvardeiskoye.
Around 04.00 one UAV was destroyed by air defense forces in the Gvardeiskoye area
04.23 UAV hit an oil storage facility (Yugtorsan) between Kazachya and Kamyshovaya bays
Video:
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Excellent background for the extension of the grain deal.
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How Russian Troops Disabled a Ukrainian Air Defense Division in an Hour
On Wednesday, we briefly mentioned the successful operation of the RF Armed Forces against Ukrainian air defense. And yesterday, videos appeared with precise hits of Lancet drones on Ukrainian anti-aircraft installations.
All targets were located near the village of Promin in the Nikolaev region: apparently, Russian UAV operators “caught” the division at the time of deployment to positions.
The first launcher (PU) of the S-300 complex was completely destroyed by the explosion. The second launcher was damaged by fragments and the arrival of another drone, which hit the head of the container with the missile guidance system.
Coordinates:46.893040, 32.748303
They tried to hit the third launcher on the move, but the ammunition only damaged the launch containers. The fourth launcher was less fortunate: after arrival, it completely burned down.
Coordinates: 46.925552, 32.743341
The operator also pointed the Lancet at the German Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, which was the first confirmed defeat of vehicles of this type. The ammunition hit the gun-guided radar and, guaranteed at least temporarily, disabled the equipment.
Coordinates: The result of the operation of the RF Armed Forces was two destroyed and two damaged S-300 launchers, as well as a damaged Gepard SPAAG. During the day, Russian troops actually disabled an entire anti-aircraft and missile battalion of the enemy. At the same time, in the following days, evidence of attacks on other enemy air defense systems and radars appeared:46.894512, 32.747980
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Lancet hit the Ukrainian Tor air defense system.
In the Donetsk direction, the 36D6 radar was destroyed .
Near Snigirevka , the RF Armed Forces hit another launcher of the S-300 complex.
According to our information, on April 26, the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a vehicle of the S-300 complex near Voznesensk by a Kh-31P missile hit.
I would like to believe that this is part of the systematic work of the RF Armed Forces against Ukrainian air defense. After all, it is really capable of greatly reducing the potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the eve of their announced offensive.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been shelling the central and western regions of Donetsk since the morning.
According to information for dinner - 7 people were killed and 2 injured. These are not final numbers.
7 dead in a minibus https://t.me/WarInMyEyes/3242 A child burned to death in a minibus.
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Colonelcassad
3:26
On the issue of the allegedly forcible deportation of Ukrainian children, which PACE today recognized as genocide
I still continue to follow the fate of the boy Vova, who was recently “forcibly evacuated” from Bakhmut by PMC Wagner fighters.
Since our last meeting, things have gotten even better for him. She and her mother were able to find her parents, and finally the family was completely reunited in one of the cities of the DPR.
So that the guy would not be bored and he could quickly adapt after the horror he experienced, the musicians, in addition to the tablet, gave him a soccer ball and a longboard.
Surprisingly, the boy’s mother, “forcibly evacuated with him,” broke down during the conversation and sent a message to Zelensky on camera:
“Only our pan-president says that you are forcibly taking us away, we are bought and we give you interviews for money. No, pan-president, calm down. We really say a big thank you to the PMCs. They are not like your warriors who shot us in the back, smashed our houses, killed our parents. I want you to be in our place. With your relatives, with your parents, and so that at three o'clock in the morning your house would burn with your relatives. So that you can feel it on your own skin. I swear: this is not bought and no one paid me anything, ” the woman said.
By the way, today, with the direct participation of the mayor of the city, an employee of PMC "Wagner" began to resolve the issue of employment of the "forcibly evacuated" parents of the boy. Previously, they will go to work at a local city-forming enterprise with the subsequent issuance of housing.
Oh, this is violence.
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Colonelcassad
Across Artyomovsk on the evening of April 27
Since last night, the positions of the 101st and 73rd territorial defense brigades in the Khromov area, as well as the 5th Special Operations Brigade and the 104th Troop Brigade near Ivanovsky, have been actively processed.
Artillery works almost without interruption, aviation is constantly in the sky. One gets the feeling that a powerful breakthrough of the “orchestra” is being prepared from the south and from the north.
There is not enough transport for the evacuation of the dead by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Drivers of minivans and trucks with refrigerators are invited to “carry goods” from neighboring cities: Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, Toretsk.
In the city itself, there are heavy battles in the area of the military unit: from the high-rise buildings adjacent to the territory of the military unit along Levanevsky Street, the enemy snarls with fire from the anti-tank systems, in response, the tanks of the "orchestra" sort out the targets and force the Armed Forces of Ukraine to leave floor after floor.
The intersection of Yubileinaya and Chaikovsky in the west of the city, which the Military Chronicle reported earlier, is not yet under the physical control of the "orchestra", but is actively shot through, and there is no longer any supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on it.
From the north, the tanks and artillery of the “musicians” are pushing through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the dispensary of the construction college. At the moment, about 8% of the city remains behind the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the area of \u200b\u200bschool No. 18 and the children's hospital, the 54th kindergarten, as well as houses between Levanevsky and Pobedy streets.
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Most of the UAVs that attacked Sevastopol were destroyed in different regions of Crimea.
In the early morning, Ukrainian formations carried out another raid on the Crimean peninsula . Three groups of Mugin-5 drones (at least ten units) , handicraft equipped with explosives, took off from the Shkolny airfield in the directions of Sevastopol , Gvardeisky and Evpatoria .
In Sevastopol, one of the "Mugins" struck at the fuel tanks in the Cossack Bay. One was shot down by a rifle detachment over the Sevastopol Bay , and four more were suppressed by electronic warfare in the Black Sea .
In addition, about three or four UAVs were landed by electronic warfare on approach to Cape Tarkhankut , and another one was shot down by the calculation of the Pantsir air defense missile system over Gvardeisky , flying from Razdolny .
It is noteworthy that on the eve of the raid over the territory of Romania, the French E-3F AWACS aircraft operated . His activities are practically a guarantee of preparation for an attack on the Crimea, which has been confirmed more than once.
In addition, the Atlantic-2 anti-submarine aircraft of the French Navy and the American UAV RQ-4B Global Hawk were conducting reconnaissance in approximately the same area , which, by the evening of April 28, departed for home airfields after identifying targets for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
And on the night of April 29, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Crimea. In this case, the attack was carried out immediately after the improvement of weather conditions and the movement of the anticyclone to the south-west of the Crimean peninsula.
On the eve of the announced offensive, attempts at raids and strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, both by drones and tactical missiles, will most likely continue to disable important facilities and create panic among the population.
And in order to successfully repel each such raid, it is necessary to saturate the Crimean defense forces not only with air defense systems and air defense systems, but also with mobile air defense units with ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft guns, which are effective against low-flying objects, such as the Mugin-5 UAV.
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Russia’s Retribution for NATO-Backed “Georgian Legion”
Posted by INTERNATIONALIST 360° on APRIL 28, 2023
Drago Bosnic
The mainstream propaganda machine covers the topic of war crimes only when it serves the infowar purposes for their rabidly Russophobic agenda. If there are no war crimes, the political West never shies away from making them up, as demonstrated by decades (if not centuries) of propaganda, half-truths and even outright fabrications, later virtually cemented by so-called “international justice” institutions such as the ICC.
On the other hand, key information on actual gruesome war crimes by its vassals, satellite states, puppets and/or the political West itself is suppressed, distorted, attributed to others or even justified as “worth it”. Understanding this shameless propaganda approach has probably never been more relevant than in the context of the ongoing Ukrainian conflict.
Namely, on April 24, the Russian military announced that it has successfully struck the position of the “Georgian Legion”, a paramilitary and/or mercenary unit within the Kiev regime forces, infamous for its gruesome war crimes against Russian-speaking civilians in the Donbass, as well as Russian POWs. According to the Russian military’s spokesperson Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, the ground-based “Iskander” hypersonic missile was used to strike the “Georgian Legion”, killing scores of foreign mercenaries and volunteers. The targets held a portion of the frontlines in the Donetsk oblast (region). The “Georgian Legion” had at least 80 irretrievable losses, of which approximately 60 were killed in action and over 20 seriously wounded, with at least 15 vehicles destroyed.
While the “Georgian Legion” is usually referred to as mercenaries by various sources, including Russian state and private media, statements given by the members themselves indicate that money is hardly their primary incentive, as they have demonstrated to be highly motivated by extremist convictions, most likely bordering those of terrorist groups such as ISIS and/or Al Qaeda. Radical groups such as the “Georgian Legion” almost certainly include mercenaries as well, but for the most part, they are composed of extremists. This particular unit and other similar groups have been active in Ukraine since at least 2014, including in the NATO-backed Neo-Nazi Maidan coup, where they were used to create chaos and ensure the protests turn violent, including by shooting at both protesters and police.
Although its name implies otherwise, the “Georgian Legion” is not exclusively composed of Georgians, as it includes large numbers of foreign (primarily Western) nationals, including Americans. According to last year’s report by Sky News, it’s a 1000-strong paramilitary unit “with one aim – the destruction of Vladimir Putin“. The “Georgian Legion” extremists claim: “Russians aren’t human… Russia is a terrorist state… We have fewer of them here, it means less to kill at home.” They openly talk about the “need to maximize Russian casualties on the Ukrainian front”. The leader of the extremist group Mamuka Mamulashvili repeatedly stated that when fighting Russians “there is no difference between so-called civilians and the government, they are the same occupiers.”
“Yes, we tie their hands and feet sometimes. I speak for the Georgian Legion, we will never take Russian soldiers. Not a single one of them will be taken prisoner,” Mamulashvili stated last year. And just to make it clear, these threats have been anything but empty, as the “Georgian Legion” has proudly published videos of its members torturing and killing Russian prisoners of war. The Russian military regularly rejects the mainstream propaganda reports about how it’s targeting civilian areas and states that it’s successfully destroying enemy units such as the “Georgian Legion”. Commenting on the strike, Lieutenant General Konashenkov stated: “The eliminated militants of the ‘Georgian Legion’ were involved in the brutal torture and murder of Russian servicemen near Kiev in March last year.”
As the political West continues escalating the conflict, the Russian military has been conserving its high-value assets. Thus, systems such as the “Iskander” have been used sparingly in recent months, as preserving the stocks of such advanced weapons is of prime importance for maintaining deterrence against direct NATO aggression more or less intact. As the Kiev regime’s ability to defend against even basic weapons diminishes, extremely cost-effective assets such as drones and loitering munitions are being used more often. However, this is certainly excluded in high-profile cases such as the “Georgian Legion”.
From the moment these ISIS-like extremists started their failed intimidation campaign and particularly after the aforementioned war crimes, they’ve become a high-priority target for Moscow. This clearly indicates that the usage of such an advanced weapon like the “Iskander” to destroy a relatively small unit primarily revolves around sending a clear message to all radicals within the Neo-Nazi junta forces – their war crimes have not been forgotten, let alone forgiven, and that such barbaric deeds will not go unpunished. Indeed, the retribution was swift and, in stark contrast to what the “Georgian Legion” has been doing, there were no civilians and POWs injured or killed.
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RUSSIA HITS BACK FOR "SANCTIONS" AGAINST IT
28 Apr 2023 , 10:05 am .
The "sanctions" have not had the expected effect (Photo: File)
In collective psychology there is a principle that establishes that what is planned is not always what results, a concept applicable both to society and to the entire reality, what happens when people go out to buy something and arrive with something else. If we extrapolate this notion to the war in Ukraine, we will realize that the plans of the United States and its allies have not turned out as expected. Because?
A report entitled " Failure of US sanctions against Russia " by Oriental Review , published last Wednesday, April 26, offers a fairly comprehensive assessment of how the unipolar bloc's illegal coercive measures against Russia, imposed to weaken the country economically, military and even socially, they have had a boomerang effect against their countries, which exposes not only their ineffectiveness but also their expediency.
"The ' sanctions ' against Russia have failed in the West and have not produced the desired results for the ruble," reports the digital magazine that specializes in Eurasia. The West's desire to burn that currency had unpleasant consequences and what it did was strengthen it.
The pressure against the Eurasian country pushed it to consolidate new exchange schemes with other partners. Today Russia and China can control the prices of gold and oil, and this defines an era.
How did the states that caved in to the flurry of "sanctions" hastened their own demise? The ruble strengthened because it forced Moscow to sell oil and gold in local currency. Proof of this is that in the last six months the rubo has risen against the dollar.
The banking crisis in Western countries is also proof of the displacement of the American sign and the weakness of its fiduciary system. "Western countries' currency is not backed by goods, at the same time the Eurasian bloc is preparing to use currencies based on gold, oil, metals and grains in trade," Oriental Review argues .
CONSEQUENCES OF BAD DECISIONS
America's allies faced rising energy prices and inflation with the rebound effect of "sanctions" against Moscow and the rejection of Russian fuel. As a direct consequence, the cost of energy increased, especially gas, which led to a de-industrialization that also influences the unemployment rate.
The magazine considers that the "sanctions" have turned out to be the biggest miscalculation of the Western world in modern history in that they failed to deal a devastating blow to the Russian economy, as had been predicted; On the contrary, it is the economies of their States, especially the European ones, that are most affected by their bad decisions.
Currently, while the economic growth of European countries is practically at a standstill, Russia is not only overcoming difficulties: It is prospering and strengthening its influence in Asia, Africa and South America.
Oriental Review takes from the IMF forecasts that this year the Russian economy will grow faster than the economies of Germany and Great Britain. It also states that next year it will develop at a better rate than the economies of the United States, Japan and Italy: "Russia's GDP per capita growth will exceed that of the industrialized economies and it will also achieve the lowest public debt/GDP ratio among the G-20 countries," he says.
UKRAINE: A BOTTOMLESS PIT
According to the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, the United States and its allies have delivered a total of 120 billion dollars to Ukraine in military, humanitarian and financial aid. And they have sent so many weapons that the arsenals of many member countries of that organization are already exhausted, some of them could not even defend themselves if a conventional war breaks out that surrounds them.
"Ukraine's current rate of spending on ammunition is many times higher than our current rate of production," Stoltenberg said. The worst of all this is that Ukraine is not winning the war and many of these weapons end up on the black market and subsequently in the hands of criminal groups.
On the other hand, it highlights the military power of Russia and its current strategic alliance with the armed forces of China and other countries. Last year there were joint military exercises with India, Laos, Mongolia and Nicaragua. In February this year Russia and China participated in a 10-day naval exercise in South Africa.
He also adds that Russia's victory is in diplomatic relations. Although the United States managed to convince many countries to impose "sanctions" against it, the assertiveness of the White House had the opposite effect. China, India and other Asian countries have significantly deepened their ties with Russia, the same is the case with countries in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
"At a time when the West is trying to isolate Russia, some two dozen countries have expressed interest in joining economic and security alliances involving it. These include major regional powers such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Indonesia and Mexico," says Oriental Review.
The resounding failure of the blockade led the United States and its allies to "sanction" those who negotiated with Russia. The G7 recently announced that they will punish those who help Moscow. The main objectives of the western persecution will be the States, companies and individuals that do not give in to the harassment.
But the empire of "sanctions" is being rejected in multilateral instances. She stresses that the UN independent human rights expert, Alena Douhan, criticized the United States for using extraterritorial jurisdiction to impose such measures, arguing that, by doing so, they violate the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
History has shown that, while they do a lot of damage to the population where they are imposed, "sanctions" are an ineffective US foreign policy tool for overthrowing governments. Palpable examples of this can be seen with North Korea, under pressure since the mid-20th century; Cuba, now in its seventh decade of blockade; and against Iran, after more than 50 years of siege.
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POSTED BY @NSANZO ⋅ 04/29/2023
After months of demanding direct communication with China, the second world power and currently one of Russia's main allies, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky achieved his long-awaited telephone conversation with Xi Jinping. It was not a visit to Kiev, an image that the Ukrainian government dreams of in order to use it as an argument to insist on its speech of international isolation of the Russian Federation, but the conversation has been presented as an important step. However, the different political positions and the position before the war have marked the analysis of the results of the conversation and the implications for the future. Optimists of different kinds have wanted to see in the conversation an opening of kyiv to the possibility of dialogue or, on the contrary,pro -Russian
"Unlike the West," explained the BBC In his brief text about the conversation between the Chinese and Ukrainian presidents, an indicator of the importance of the virtual meeting, "China has sought to present itself as neutral towards the Russian invasion." Despite the information leaked by Western governments to the press a few months ago, it has not delivered weapons to Russia and it is likely that it never even considered doing so. That speech, which disappeared from the media as quickly as it appeared, always seemed like an idea existing only in the minds of those who leaked it. Still, it served its purpose: the West was able to use it to “warn” China of the political and diplomatic consequences of such deliveries, and subsequently managed to boast that it had obtained Chinese promises not to send weapons to Russia, something it may never have thought to do. . In the diplomatic game that directly and indirectly surrounds the war in Ukraine, the West has never been a neutral player either. It is not now, when it is based on the moral superiority of defending the weakest, who has been attacked by a military, political and economically superior power, but neither was it before the February 24, 2022 Russian troops intervened extending the whole country the low-intensity war that until then was limited to Donbass.
In his talks with President Xi, Zelensky failed to achieve either a condemnation of the war or for China to deviate from the path marked out by its position in recent months. The clearest message that can be drawn from the conversation with the Ukrainian president is that China remains "on the side of peace." The message is consistent with China's actions over the past year -and also in the last nine years- and, above all, with its road map for peace presented days before Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow.
Despite the evident lack of results, since Kiev failed to extract any phrase that could be presented as an explicit support for the Ukrainian position or a condemnation of Russia, both Ukraine and its allies try to present the conversation as the beginning of a process that will favors. "I spoke with the leader of China," Zelensky said after the phone call, which he defined as "long and quite rational" to later focus on the main message. “It is often said that such conversations open up opportunities. Now there is an opportunity to give a new impetus to our relations: Ukraine and China”. In the last nine years, as in the previous ones, Beijing's interest in Ukraine has gone through maintaining commercial relations, which were maintained despite Ukrainian anti-communist legislation, that it was not an obstacle to the Chinese attempt to acquire the strategic company Motor Sich, which Ukraine was trying to privatize. The US intervention, specifically by John Bolton, prevented the sale when the process was already relatively advanced, an episode that the Western press seems to have forgotten in its analysis of the Chinese position towards the Ukrainian government and the "opportunities" to recruit Beijing for the western side.
With any position favorable to the search for a diplomatic solution to the war, condemned as unforgivable neutrality or equidistance, China's position is being presented as practically explicit support for Russia. On her recent visit to Beijing, Lula da Silva sought Chinese support for her attempt to end the death and destruction that the war is causing by shifting the conflict from military to diplomatic. As expected, the Brazilian president obtained the support of Beijing, whose interests are aligned with that position. However, this push for diplomacy, twisted by Western officials and media as a proposal that favors Moscow - and indirectly Beijing, the real political and economic opponent of the United States and its junior partners Europeans - has forced Lula da Silva to once again condemn the Russian invasion, something that Brazil had already done with its vote at the United Nations. The search for a negotiation process to find a negotiated solution to the conflict -not only to the war- must not be considered as a pro-Russian or even neutral position. Even so, any declaration favorable to peace is condemned as an unforgivable concession to the interests of Moscow.
“It is necessary to stop. People are dying and there is no interest in talking about peace”, declared the Brazilian president during his visit to Spain, which coincided with the departure for Ukraine of the Leopard tanks promised to Kiev. Lula da Silva's speech on the need for peace falls on deaf ears in a country like Spain, where both the authorities and the general press quickly sided with the most Atlanticist and belligerent positions in the face of the conflict. Perhaps the most representative statement of the state of international relations in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian war that has taken place this week is that of the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, who despite describing as "positive" that the Brazilian president is involved in the search for peace, affirmed that both Spain and Brazil want the same thing,
In other words, although the objective is apparently the same, the Atlanticist bloc and the pro-negotiation bloc differ in the way in which peace is to be achieved. While the latter advocate negotiation and set aside high-sounding and absolute statements that in no way favor dialogue or the achievement of the objective, the former have bet everything on the military option.
This is also the case of Emmanuel Macron, who in recent days has been linked to Lula da Silva's proposals for a negotiated solution. Halfway between the position led by da Silva, and which is also that of Xi Jinping, and the maximalism of Kiev and its most radical partners, who will only settle for the complete military defeat of Russia, the French president has made clear his position: the Ukrainian counter-offensive must inflict enough damage to force Moscow to negotiate in a position of weakness where it has no choice but to submit to Kiev's diktat. Of course, it is unlikely that, in that case, Russia would agree to cross some red lines, the clearest of which is the renunciation of Crimea.
With more war as the only bet to end the war, the Atlantic bloc does not give up discrediting pacifist or negotiating positions or putting pressure on Beijing in search of an openly pro-Ukrainian position. "I think it is also important that China has a better understanding of the Ukrainian prospects," Jens Stoltenberg said at his press conference in kyiv. It is unlikely that China is unaware of the situation in Ukraine, of the actions of both Moscow and Kiev and their partners during the Minsk process or the role of the West in prolonging the war in Donbass or interfering to prevent agreements like the Motor Sich. However, Western officials continue to try to sow discord between Moscow and Beijing by using Ukraine as a mere tool,
As expected, during his conversation with Xi Jinping, Volodymyr Zelensky tried to win China's support for his twelve-point "peace plan", a proposal presented a few months ago that seeks to recover Ukraine's territorial integrity according to its borders. of 1991 through the unilateral surrender of Russia. To the chagrin of those who have wanted to see in Zelensky's words about the positive of possible Chinese mediation in search of peace a willingness to negotiate, Prime Minister Shmygal once again insisted on what are the conditions for Ukraine to start a dialogue process. As was the case in the years of the Minsk process, the prerequisite for kyiv is the withdrawal of Russian troops, that is, Russia's unilateral and voluntary surrender.
"It is essential that the voice of the attacked country be heard and that its proposal be taken into account," said the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, in his criticism of Lula da Silva. However, this position does not extend, for example, to the population of Donbass, attacked and ignored for years without the countries that now present Ukraine as the bearer of truth and absolute reason bothering to demand that their allies Kiev to comply with the agreements signed to end the war. As now, also during the war years in Donbass, peace always meant the unilateral and unconditional victory of Ukraine. In this context, any peace proposal or negotiation attempt cannot, despite its good intentions, achieve any result.
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After the battle with PMC "Wagner"
April 29, 12:18
In Artemivsk, quarters near the Armed Forces of Ukraine are gradually ending. "Wagner" quite successfully broke into the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the military unit and completely cleared it. The front rolls out directly to high-rise buildings, where the last line of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is located in Artemovsk.
This video clearly shows the level of losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city area. This is just one of the defense sites of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the west of the city after one battle with the Wagner PMC.
(Video at link.)
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Drone attack on Sevastopol 04/29/2023
April 29, 10:49
Drone attack on Sevastopol 04/29/2023
As a result of a night drone attack on Sevastopol, 4 fuel tanks were destroyed in Kazachka.
There were no casualties, the fire was localized by morning. They promise to finish it by the evening. 2 drones arrived.
The takeoff of 3 groups of UAVs of the "Mugin 5" type was noted from the Odessa region, through the northwestern part of Crimea in the direction of Simferopol. The 1st group took off at about 01.00-01.30, the second at 02.30-03.00, the third at 03.50 was noted in the areas of Dalekoe, Kormovoe, Gvardeiskoye.
Around 04.00 one UAV was destroyed by air defense forces in the Gvardeiskoye area
04.23 UAV hit an oil storage facility (Yugtorsan) between Kazachya and Kamyshovaya bays
Video:
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/84213
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/84210
Excellent background for the extension of the grain deal.
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How Russian Troops Disabled a Ukrainian Air Defense Division in an Hour
On Wednesday, we briefly mentioned the successful operation of the RF Armed Forces against Ukrainian air defense. And yesterday, videos appeared with precise hits of Lancet drones on Ukrainian anti-aircraft installations.
All targets were located near the village of Promin in the Nikolaev region: apparently, Russian UAV operators “caught” the division at the time of deployment to positions.
The first launcher (PU) of the S-300 complex was completely destroyed by the explosion. The second launcher was damaged by fragments and the arrival of another drone, which hit the head of the container with the missile guidance system.
Coordinates:46.893040, 32.748303
They tried to hit the third launcher on the move, but the ammunition only damaged the launch containers. The fourth launcher was less fortunate: after arrival, it completely burned down.
Coordinates: 46.925552, 32.743341
The operator also pointed the Lancet at the German Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, which was the first confirmed defeat of vehicles of this type. The ammunition hit the gun-guided radar and, guaranteed at least temporarily, disabled the equipment.
Coordinates: The result of the operation of the RF Armed Forces was two destroyed and two damaged S-300 launchers, as well as a damaged Gepard SPAAG. During the day, Russian troops actually disabled an entire anti-aircraft and missile battalion of the enemy. At the same time, in the following days, evidence of attacks on other enemy air defense systems and radars appeared:46.894512, 32.747980
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Lancet hit the Ukrainian Tor air defense system.
In the Donetsk direction, the 36D6 radar was destroyed .
Near Snigirevka , the RF Armed Forces hit another launcher of the S-300 complex.
According to our information, on April 26, the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a vehicle of the S-300 complex near Voznesensk by a Kh-31P missile hit.
I would like to believe that this is part of the systematic work of the RF Armed Forces against Ukrainian air defense. After all, it is really capable of greatly reducing the potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the eve of their announced offensive.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been shelling the central and western regions of Donetsk since the morning.
According to information for dinner - 7 people were killed and 2 injured. These are not final numbers.
7 dead in a minibus https://t.me/WarInMyEyes/3242 A child burned to death in a minibus.
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3:26
On the issue of the allegedly forcible deportation of Ukrainian children, which PACE today recognized as genocide
I still continue to follow the fate of the boy Vova, who was recently “forcibly evacuated” from Bakhmut by PMC Wagner fighters.
Since our last meeting, things have gotten even better for him. She and her mother were able to find her parents, and finally the family was completely reunited in one of the cities of the DPR.
So that the guy would not be bored and he could quickly adapt after the horror he experienced, the musicians, in addition to the tablet, gave him a soccer ball and a longboard.
Surprisingly, the boy’s mother, “forcibly evacuated with him,” broke down during the conversation and sent a message to Zelensky on camera:
“Only our pan-president says that you are forcibly taking us away, we are bought and we give you interviews for money. No, pan-president, calm down. We really say a big thank you to the PMCs. They are not like your warriors who shot us in the back, smashed our houses, killed our parents. I want you to be in our place. With your relatives, with your parents, and so that at three o'clock in the morning your house would burn with your relatives. So that you can feel it on your own skin. I swear: this is not bought and no one paid me anything, ” the woman said.
By the way, today, with the direct participation of the mayor of the city, an employee of PMC "Wagner" began to resolve the issue of employment of the "forcibly evacuated" parents of the boy. Previously, they will go to work at a local city-forming enterprise with the subsequent issuance of housing.
Oh, this is violence.
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Across Artyomovsk on the evening of April 27
Since last night, the positions of the 101st and 73rd territorial defense brigades in the Khromov area, as well as the 5th Special Operations Brigade and the 104th Troop Brigade near Ivanovsky, have been actively processed.
Artillery works almost without interruption, aviation is constantly in the sky. One gets the feeling that a powerful breakthrough of the “orchestra” is being prepared from the south and from the north.
There is not enough transport for the evacuation of the dead by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Drivers of minivans and trucks with refrigerators are invited to “carry goods” from neighboring cities: Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, Toretsk.
In the city itself, there are heavy battles in the area of the military unit: from the high-rise buildings adjacent to the territory of the military unit along Levanevsky Street, the enemy snarls with fire from the anti-tank systems, in response, the tanks of the "orchestra" sort out the targets and force the Armed Forces of Ukraine to leave floor after floor.
The intersection of Yubileinaya and Chaikovsky in the west of the city, which the Military Chronicle reported earlier, is not yet under the physical control of the "orchestra", but is actively shot through, and there is no longer any supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on it.
From the north, the tanks and artillery of the “musicians” are pushing through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the dispensary of the construction college. At the moment, about 8% of the city remains behind the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the area of \u200b\u200bschool No. 18 and the children's hospital, the 54th kindergarten, as well as houses between Levanevsky and Pobedy streets.
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Most of the UAVs that attacked Sevastopol were destroyed in different regions of Crimea.
In the early morning, Ukrainian formations carried out another raid on the Crimean peninsula . Three groups of Mugin-5 drones (at least ten units) , handicraft equipped with explosives, took off from the Shkolny airfield in the directions of Sevastopol , Gvardeisky and Evpatoria .
In Sevastopol, one of the "Mugins" struck at the fuel tanks in the Cossack Bay. One was shot down by a rifle detachment over the Sevastopol Bay , and four more were suppressed by electronic warfare in the Black Sea .
In addition, about three or four UAVs were landed by electronic warfare on approach to Cape Tarkhankut , and another one was shot down by the calculation of the Pantsir air defense missile system over Gvardeisky , flying from Razdolny .
It is noteworthy that on the eve of the raid over the territory of Romania, the French E-3F AWACS aircraft operated . His activities are practically a guarantee of preparation for an attack on the Crimea, which has been confirmed more than once.
In addition, the Atlantic-2 anti-submarine aircraft of the French Navy and the American UAV RQ-4B Global Hawk were conducting reconnaissance in approximately the same area , which, by the evening of April 28, departed for home airfields after identifying targets for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
And on the night of April 29, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Crimea. In this case, the attack was carried out immediately after the improvement of weather conditions and the movement of the anticyclone to the south-west of the Crimean peninsula.
On the eve of the announced offensive, attempts at raids and strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, both by drones and tactical missiles, will most likely continue to disable important facilities and create panic among the population.
And in order to successfully repel each such raid, it is necessary to saturate the Crimean defense forces not only with air defense systems and air defense systems, but also with mobile air defense units with ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft guns, which are effective against low-flying objects, such as the Mugin-5 UAV.
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Russia’s Retribution for NATO-Backed “Georgian Legion”
Posted by INTERNATIONALIST 360° on APRIL 28, 2023
Drago Bosnic
The mainstream propaganda machine covers the topic of war crimes only when it serves the infowar purposes for their rabidly Russophobic agenda. If there are no war crimes, the political West never shies away from making them up, as demonstrated by decades (if not centuries) of propaganda, half-truths and even outright fabrications, later virtually cemented by so-called “international justice” institutions such as the ICC.
On the other hand, key information on actual gruesome war crimes by its vassals, satellite states, puppets and/or the political West itself is suppressed, distorted, attributed to others or even justified as “worth it”. Understanding this shameless propaganda approach has probably never been more relevant than in the context of the ongoing Ukrainian conflict.
Namely, on April 24, the Russian military announced that it has successfully struck the position of the “Georgian Legion”, a paramilitary and/or mercenary unit within the Kiev regime forces, infamous for its gruesome war crimes against Russian-speaking civilians in the Donbass, as well as Russian POWs. According to the Russian military’s spokesperson Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, the ground-based “Iskander” hypersonic missile was used to strike the “Georgian Legion”, killing scores of foreign mercenaries and volunteers. The targets held a portion of the frontlines in the Donetsk oblast (region). The “Georgian Legion” had at least 80 irretrievable losses, of which approximately 60 were killed in action and over 20 seriously wounded, with at least 15 vehicles destroyed.
While the “Georgian Legion” is usually referred to as mercenaries by various sources, including Russian state and private media, statements given by the members themselves indicate that money is hardly their primary incentive, as they have demonstrated to be highly motivated by extremist convictions, most likely bordering those of terrorist groups such as ISIS and/or Al Qaeda. Radical groups such as the “Georgian Legion” almost certainly include mercenaries as well, but for the most part, they are composed of extremists. This particular unit and other similar groups have been active in Ukraine since at least 2014, including in the NATO-backed Neo-Nazi Maidan coup, where they were used to create chaos and ensure the protests turn violent, including by shooting at both protesters and police.
Although its name implies otherwise, the “Georgian Legion” is not exclusively composed of Georgians, as it includes large numbers of foreign (primarily Western) nationals, including Americans. According to last year’s report by Sky News, it’s a 1000-strong paramilitary unit “with one aim – the destruction of Vladimir Putin“. The “Georgian Legion” extremists claim: “Russians aren’t human… Russia is a terrorist state… We have fewer of them here, it means less to kill at home.” They openly talk about the “need to maximize Russian casualties on the Ukrainian front”. The leader of the extremist group Mamuka Mamulashvili repeatedly stated that when fighting Russians “there is no difference between so-called civilians and the government, they are the same occupiers.”
“Yes, we tie their hands and feet sometimes. I speak for the Georgian Legion, we will never take Russian soldiers. Not a single one of them will be taken prisoner,” Mamulashvili stated last year. And just to make it clear, these threats have been anything but empty, as the “Georgian Legion” has proudly published videos of its members torturing and killing Russian prisoners of war. The Russian military regularly rejects the mainstream propaganda reports about how it’s targeting civilian areas and states that it’s successfully destroying enemy units such as the “Georgian Legion”. Commenting on the strike, Lieutenant General Konashenkov stated: “The eliminated militants of the ‘Georgian Legion’ were involved in the brutal torture and murder of Russian servicemen near Kiev in March last year.”
As the political West continues escalating the conflict, the Russian military has been conserving its high-value assets. Thus, systems such as the “Iskander” have been used sparingly in recent months, as preserving the stocks of such advanced weapons is of prime importance for maintaining deterrence against direct NATO aggression more or less intact. As the Kiev regime’s ability to defend against even basic weapons diminishes, extremely cost-effective assets such as drones and loitering munitions are being used more often. However, this is certainly excluded in high-profile cases such as the “Georgian Legion”.
From the moment these ISIS-like extremists started their failed intimidation campaign and particularly after the aforementioned war crimes, they’ve become a high-priority target for Moscow. This clearly indicates that the usage of such an advanced weapon like the “Iskander” to destroy a relatively small unit primarily revolves around sending a clear message to all radicals within the Neo-Nazi junta forces – their war crimes have not been forgotten, let alone forgiven, and that such barbaric deeds will not go unpunished. Indeed, the retribution was swift and, in stark contrast to what the “Georgian Legion” has been doing, there were no civilians and POWs injured or killed.
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RUSSIA HITS BACK FOR "SANCTIONS" AGAINST IT
28 Apr 2023 , 10:05 am .
The "sanctions" have not had the expected effect (Photo: File)
In collective psychology there is a principle that establishes that what is planned is not always what results, a concept applicable both to society and to the entire reality, what happens when people go out to buy something and arrive with something else. If we extrapolate this notion to the war in Ukraine, we will realize that the plans of the United States and its allies have not turned out as expected. Because?
A report entitled " Failure of US sanctions against Russia " by Oriental Review , published last Wednesday, April 26, offers a fairly comprehensive assessment of how the unipolar bloc's illegal coercive measures against Russia, imposed to weaken the country economically, military and even socially, they have had a boomerang effect against their countries, which exposes not only their ineffectiveness but also their expediency.
"The ' sanctions ' against Russia have failed in the West and have not produced the desired results for the ruble," reports the digital magazine that specializes in Eurasia. The West's desire to burn that currency had unpleasant consequences and what it did was strengthen it.
The pressure against the Eurasian country pushed it to consolidate new exchange schemes with other partners. Today Russia and China can control the prices of gold and oil, and this defines an era.
How did the states that caved in to the flurry of "sanctions" hastened their own demise? The ruble strengthened because it forced Moscow to sell oil and gold in local currency. Proof of this is that in the last six months the rubo has risen against the dollar.
The banking crisis in Western countries is also proof of the displacement of the American sign and the weakness of its fiduciary system. "Western countries' currency is not backed by goods, at the same time the Eurasian bloc is preparing to use currencies based on gold, oil, metals and grains in trade," Oriental Review argues .
CONSEQUENCES OF BAD DECISIONS
America's allies faced rising energy prices and inflation with the rebound effect of "sanctions" against Moscow and the rejection of Russian fuel. As a direct consequence, the cost of energy increased, especially gas, which led to a de-industrialization that also influences the unemployment rate.
The magazine considers that the "sanctions" have turned out to be the biggest miscalculation of the Western world in modern history in that they failed to deal a devastating blow to the Russian economy, as had been predicted; On the contrary, it is the economies of their States, especially the European ones, that are most affected by their bad decisions.
Currently, while the economic growth of European countries is practically at a standstill, Russia is not only overcoming difficulties: It is prospering and strengthening its influence in Asia, Africa and South America.
Oriental Review takes from the IMF forecasts that this year the Russian economy will grow faster than the economies of Germany and Great Britain. It also states that next year it will develop at a better rate than the economies of the United States, Japan and Italy: "Russia's GDP per capita growth will exceed that of the industrialized economies and it will also achieve the lowest public debt/GDP ratio among the G-20 countries," he says.
UKRAINE: A BOTTOMLESS PIT
According to the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, the United States and its allies have delivered a total of 120 billion dollars to Ukraine in military, humanitarian and financial aid. And they have sent so many weapons that the arsenals of many member countries of that organization are already exhausted, some of them could not even defend themselves if a conventional war breaks out that surrounds them.
"Ukraine's current rate of spending on ammunition is many times higher than our current rate of production," Stoltenberg said. The worst of all this is that Ukraine is not winning the war and many of these weapons end up on the black market and subsequently in the hands of criminal groups.
On the other hand, it highlights the military power of Russia and its current strategic alliance with the armed forces of China and other countries. Last year there were joint military exercises with India, Laos, Mongolia and Nicaragua. In February this year Russia and China participated in a 10-day naval exercise in South Africa.
He also adds that Russia's victory is in diplomatic relations. Although the United States managed to convince many countries to impose "sanctions" against it, the assertiveness of the White House had the opposite effect. China, India and other Asian countries have significantly deepened their ties with Russia, the same is the case with countries in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
"At a time when the West is trying to isolate Russia, some two dozen countries have expressed interest in joining economic and security alliances involving it. These include major regional powers such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Indonesia and Mexico," says Oriental Review.
The resounding failure of the blockade led the United States and its allies to "sanction" those who negotiated with Russia. The G7 recently announced that they will punish those who help Moscow. The main objectives of the western persecution will be the States, companies and individuals that do not give in to the harassment.
But the empire of "sanctions" is being rejected in multilateral instances. She stresses that the UN independent human rights expert, Alena Douhan, criticized the United States for using extraterritorial jurisdiction to impose such measures, arguing that, by doing so, they violate the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
History has shown that, while they do a lot of damage to the population where they are imposed, "sanctions" are an ineffective US foreign policy tool for overthrowing governments. Palpable examples of this can be seen with North Korea, under pressure since the mid-20th century; Cuba, now in its seventh decade of blockade; and against Iran, after more than 50 years of siege.
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