Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was improving inside a hospital on Monday after an assassination attempt last week in the town of Handlova, which Russia suggested was tied to his close relationship with Moscow.
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS – May 21 2024
BULLSHIT BLINKEN PROMISES MORE SUPPORT DURING VISIT TO KYIV
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Ukraine last week and promised the country that Washington will continue to provide its weapons “so we could turn the tide on the battlefield as Russian forces continue to advance in the north.”
IMF WARNS WEST THAT STEALING PROFITS FROM RUSSIAN ASSETS CAN UNDERMINE GLOBAL MONETARY SYSTEM
The International Monetary Fund warned last week that the Western push to confiscate Russian assets or the interest on these funds could dramatically undermine the global monetary system.
FRANCE RAMPS UP UKRAINE WAR WITH NEW AID PACKAGE
Emmanuel Macron, the French president intent on playing an important role in Europe’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, announced last week that Paris will provide Kyiv with another military package that was previously unannounced as Russian forces seize more territory in the north.
FRANCE DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN ITS NEW CALEDONIA COLONY
France announced a state of emergency last week in New Caledonia, an island off the coast of Australia that has faced a violent uprising after Paris pushed plans for electoral reforms in its overseas territory... i.e., colony.
ZELENSKY: UKRAINE’S DISASTER IS ‘THE WORLD’S FAULT’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed “the world” for his country’s inability to defeat Russia and recent losses in the north—while explaining that billions sent by the U.S. to Ukraine generally end up in U.S. factories, creating American jobs.
NULAND WANTS U.S. TO HELP UKRAINE HIT TARGETS DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA
Victoria Nuland, the former under-secretary of state for political affairs at the U.S. State Department, said in an interview Sunday that the U.S. needs to permit Ukraine to strike Russian territory with weapons provided by Washington.
FU EU AND AMERIKA: PUTIN AND XI UNITE
Russian President Vladimir Putin was the guest of honor last week in Beijing during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and the centerpiece theme was their budding relationship despite “destructive and hostile” pressure from the U.S.