Russia announced last week that it has plans in place to retaliate if the EU goes through with plans to essentially steal $164 billion in frozen Russian assets to help fund Ukraine’s war.
Tag: geopolitics
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CHERNOBYL 2.0: UKRAINIAN NUCLEAR PLANT’S POWER OUTAGE RAISES CONCERNS
Nuclear experts have raised the alarm about the deteriorating situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) which has gone nearly two weeks without external power and has been running on diesel generators that are not designed for long-term use, raising fears of a Chernobyl-like disaster. “It’s a risky situation because emergency generators are big......
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TRUMP RAMPS UP WWIII, WILL PROVIDE UKRAINE WITH INTEL FOR LONG-RANGE MISSILE STRIKES
The Trump administration agreed to provide the Ukrainian military with intelligence to be used in its long-range missile attacks on soft targets within Russia, in the latest escalation by Washington.
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RUSSIA UPGRADES MISSILES TO EVADE UKRAINIAN AIR-DEFENSE SYSTEMS
Ukrainian and Western officials told the Financial Times last week that it has become evident that Russia has made changes to its ballistic missiles that allowed Moscow to evade even the vaunted U.S. Patriot missile systems.
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GERMAN WARMONGER MERZ NOW SAYS COUNTRY SUPPORTS STEALING FROZEN RUSSIAN ASSETS
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz last week said he is in favor of the EU essentially stealing $164 billion in frozen Russian assets to help fund Ukraine’s war and argued in an op-ed for the Financial Times that there needs to be a “new impetus to change Russia’s calculations.”
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MEDVEDEV WARNS U.S. AFTER TOUGH TALK FROM TRUMP, ZELENSKY
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s national security council, issued a warning to Kyiv and the U.S. on, Wednesday just as U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up his war rhetoric against Moscow and Pete Hegseth, the Fox News clown playing the role of secretary of defense, called for an urgent meeting with generals.
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AS FORECAST: NEAR-CONSTANT DRONE STRIKES ON MOSCOW’S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE RESULTS IN EXPORTS DECLINE
The near-constant attack by Ukrainian drones on Russia’s energy infrastructure has resulted in a decline of more than 1.1 million barrels a day in refining capacity, or 17 percent, and if the trend continues, the rate could fall to its 2020 low.
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UK’S FARAGE FINDS THAT PERSONALIZED VIDEOS COULD BE THE WAY TO VOTERS’ HEARTS
Nigel Farage, the head of Britain’s Reform U.K., has been one of the growing number of politicians who have been using the app Cameo to earn some cash on the side, and remain relevant in the eyes of voters.
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WTO: AI WILL BRING ON NEW AGE OF GLOBAL INEQUALITY
The World Trade Organization (WTO) warned last week that the dramatic growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will likely bring on a new age of global inequality if poorer countries are excluded from gains made in the sector.
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NEW WORLD DISORDER: FRANCE HIT WITH MORE PROTESTS OVER SPENDING CUTS
France experienced widespread protests on Wednesday that included about 500,000 people angered by the country’s new austerity efforts that have already resulted in the collapse of two governments in nine months.