One can only imagine Wikileaks is a threat to their "arrangements". Did not happen Russia had recently said that it would take a more assertive stand against the sanctions and Navalny nonsense the 'west' is throwing at it.. Today the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visited Moscow. The general silence of most of the public concerning the persecution of Julian Assange indicates that real participatory democracy is neither alive nor kicking in this part of the world, and that both the people and the politicians are too scared to take their heads out of the sand. Lavrov of course took the chance to give the EU a well deserved dressing-down. “I hope that the strategic review that will take place soon will focus on the key interests of the European Union and that these talks will help to make our contacts more constructive.”. We are in fact the test subjects. Thankyou B for keeping us informed of the intricacies of the EU bullshit and Russia's hardening towards it. [My Emphasis]. We've developed a suite of premium Outlook features for people with advanced email and calendar needs. Their work touched every aspect of the election. Posted by: robin | Feb 5 2021 20:06 utc | 17. I used to believe Putin is highly popular in Russia with a clear majority of the people approving his policy. The new President claims he will return to a diplomatic approach, beef up the career diplomatic corps, reduce political influence in State diplomatic efforts. Do they know how they look? The english tend to pull together when they sense they are under attack. Good for whom? But the message has already been received. Philip Schuyler said it best on Twitter: This is a coup masquerading as election fraud. We must do our best to enjoy each moment in these insane times. Biden should stop bashing Russia and President Putin. Some new analysis has come out about the 2020 US presidential elections. China is the rising economic power in the world and Russia will be most likely be firmly allied with them. Would have that they shat gold but the amount of excuses provided. And the rest of the world is taking notice. Russia has developed an excellent vaccine: Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is still not approved for use within the EU but that will soon happen. “I have conveyed to Minister Lavrov our deep concern and reiterated our appeal for his release and the launch of an impartial investigation of his poisoning,” he said. Biden is a highly polarizing politician in the USA. Even the oil price has recovered strongly to bolster Russia's finances. As I and others have written here before, China and Russia are forcing the world to change and the populace of the West is not rising up to save itself....but I don't think it will support holding back China/Russia either. We understand that continuing instability continues to weigh down the situation in Europe, including in the context of the inflow of migrants and refugees to the EU. Certainly not B. Yahoo is part of Verizon Media. With all the multinational, powerful, world leading Pharmaceutical companies that were created in Europe, by Europeans, still operating to this day in Europe, it a disgrace to see Israel managing to get its people vaccinated first. The U.S. should expect a likewise assertive treatment from Russia. Re: quite the troublemaker in Oz. Posted by: foolisholdman | Feb 6 2021 16:23 utc | 67, https://www.truthorfiction.com/20-million-missing-vaccine-doses-jared-kushner, https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Disappearing+vaccine+doses%3F&t=h_&ia=web&iai=r1-0&page=1&sexp=%7B%22cdrexp%22%3A%22b%22%2C%22plexp%22%3A%22b%22%2C%22artexp%22%3A%22b%22%2C%22prodexp%22%3A%22b%22%2C%22prdsdexp%22%3A%22c%22%2C%22biaexp%22%3A%22b%22%2C%22msvrtexp%22%3A%22b%22%2C%22videxp%22%3A%22a%22%7D, Posted by: foolisholdman | Feb 6 2021 16:40 utc | 68. We are ready for this. The mass media here do not cover his trial but rely on crumbs from the BBC - and even the BBC appears to pay no attention to him though it had a reporter attending his trial every day last year. Text</U> → Text It will be messier and take longer if the EU hangs on to the coattails of empire longer but the overall suffering may be necessary to break the voodoo brainwashing that the elite who own global private finance have over the masses in the West. Trump summoned tens of thousands of his supporters to Washington D.C. on January 6 with promises that the event “will be wild.” He repeatedly declared that Congress had the power to overturn the electoral votes of the states he was contesting—it does not—and even that Vice President Mike Pence had the power to unilaterally reject the votes of these states—he did not. [My Emphasis]. The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election, Trump and January 6: The evidence of a planned political coup, https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2796&v=BP2LqZ65M5M&feature=youtu.be, hospitals are closing during the pandemic. Von der Leyen has personally screwed up the vaccine purchase. I can see the USA pressuring the EU not to use the Sputnik V vaccine to protect American pharma profits in Europe. Looks more and more like a victim of elder abuse. I believe he was quite the troublemaker in Oz and had hacked into some places that really don't like sunshine. If its a vaccine you need then the numbers are low. No government in Europe dares to defy the US Deep State. m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) By the way, anyone who even suggests that my question is loaded and thus inappropriate is a J-apologist who supports wife-beating. For that, he has my undying respect. There is a 2012 drama film about Julian Assange as teenage hacker who gets into a US military database in the late 1980s. That is the key of it all, the Brits are gone, they were the eternal breaks for true integration, unfortunately they got the eastern belt in as the new Trojan Horse, but the belt can be disciplined if the empire is busy with its internal problems. ", I doubt that Biden really wants to solve any of those issues. I told her that there are News Stories about Wars & Strife every day and many of them are upside down and even fictional. “Although these five companies’ sales increased slightly in 2020 over 2019, the growth rate for the past year has slowed compared to the five-year aggregate overall growth rate for these companies.”, Posted by: DeQuincey | Feb 6 2021 13:05 utc | 63. Posted by: Cyril | Feb 7 2021 6:45 utc | 78. Posted by: Erelis | Feb 8 2021 3:58 utc | 82. BJU graduate demanded transitional fossil so I gave several examples but he said that isn't transitional, he wanted a case of a single fossil that showed one species becoming another within a single lifetime. A court has dismissed Rep. Devin Nunes' libel lawsuit against CNN, citing California law that requires a request for a correction within 20 days — The decision (Nunes v. CNN, Inc.), from Judge Laura Taylor Swain (S.D.N.Y. "This was an honest discussion. circa 2010 called Constant Conflict by R Peters. Therefore, the time is ripe and even overripe for a detailed, honest review of the state of affairs in relations between Russia and the EU. In all probability the US will continue to bankrupt itself with military spending while the Dollar collapses due to QE. Posted by: d | Feb 6 2021 8:15 utc | 54. Do they hate Iran and Iranians as much as Americans? Clearly, they are going through a rough period, partly related to the unilateral illegitimate restrictions imposed by the EU under far-fetched pretexts. Borrell could say little to defend his position as it is Europe that needs Russia. Do the ozzies ever circle the wagons? Numerically formatted and snipped by me. We know how America deals with issues it considers unfavourable to its interests and it is important that we consider the various actions it could take should Europe turn eastward. Posted by: Mao Cheng Ji | Feb 5 2021 19:35 utc | 4. [My Emphasis]. Putin isn't too proud to talk to ANYONE if it'll reduce tension or avert a potential catastrophe. View an alternate. She needs to get hundreds of millions of vaccine doses and she needs them fast. Posted by: Roger | Feb 5 2021 23:52 utc | 38. })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); Does Europe want to go down with the ship or make new friend to the east? We hope that in drafting its policy, the European Union will consider Russia’s lawful interests near its borders and in its relations with its next door neighbours and allies. Would have that they shat gold but the amount of excuses provided. However the quoted article is different to what I read, from memory at around Jan 25, there were 400 deaths and about 10,000 serious side effects including reported to the CDC, they have a website that lists the data. Australia demands nothing for the Australian journalist Julian #Assange, convicted of nothing, tortured. "how The Swamp measures the 'success' of its BS." I wouldn't hesitate to take up the offer if it's that low... ". The establishment is accusing Trump of a coup. Posted by: Fíréan | Feb 5 2021 23:12 utc | 35. There is a limit to how much the EU will stand up to the US, that limit will increase as the US slowly implodes and China rises. So was the collapse of Syriza. The issue that the empire endeavours to solve in Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and just about anywhere in the rimland is the one of a fully integrated, succesfull and independant competitor whose growing success unequivocally threatens the rentier system imposed on the world for centuries. They fended off voter-suppression lawsuits, recruited armies of poll workers and got millions of people to vote by mail for the first time. Not, apparently, people in social media, as they had to be pressured into going along with the agenda. The Military Industrial Complex, global investors decided, USA? The Europeans could have done exactly the same things that Germans did inside Germany to support Nord Stream II in case of Iran and JCPOA. 3. And they know that. Posted by: Et Tu | Feb 5 2021 20:06 utc | 16. Posted by: bevin | Feb 5 2021 21:30 utc | 27. The fate of Corbyn is too often seen as a local provincial English matter. Spain and Spaniards are Nobodys in the pecking order of the European Union or NATO. He’s been targeted — targeted for exposing corruption. No they don't hate them. Name: DO we have proof of this? But it is a big mistake to think that Russia will play by Western rules in any case – as big a mistake as like approaching China with the same yardstick. Posted by: vinnieoh | Feb 5 2021 22:13 utc | 32. Borrell could say little to counter him. Spies, no doubt to eventually settled by 'trade' Today the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visited Moscow. Posted by: Steve | Feb 5 2021 19:42 utc | 9, The US has squandered its over whelming economic superiority since WW2 by allowing a handful of oligarchs to hijack the economy for their personal financial gain. Given what Lavrov said next, I'm inclined to think it a bit of flattery: "Sporadic discussions on hot international topics or mutual concerns and complaints cannot replace a systematic, comprehensive approach to our relations – an approach we used to practice before. This statement suggests that America and Russia are working toward a common goal in these countries. This prevents automated programs from posting comments. Posted by: Petri Krohn | Feb 5 2021 20:44 utc | 24. USA Coup in Ukraine, protecting culturally Russian population from the coup Government, now awaiting Ukraine to meet the terms of the agreement it signed to create autonomous region...a long wait!!! Fabrication by Germany, UK et al i.e. There was a lot of support for Assange while he was in the embassy, but the lack of interest and demonisation by successive governments, with the assistance of the (majority Murdoch owned) Australain press as well as compassion fatigue, have weakened support. He later released a rather lame statement that condemned the expulsion of the diplomats but announced no counter move. As the House brief notes, in the weeks preceding the congressional certification, Trump issued a series of incendiary statements denouncing the “rigged” and “stolen” election, calling on his followers to “fight like hell” and “fight to the death.”. Posted by: uncle tungsten | Feb 5 2021 20:36 utc | 23. Posted by: Paco | Feb 6 2021 6:35 utc | 50. Posted by: fyi | Feb 6 2021 19:57 utc | 72. As Sergei Markov pointed out, it could not have been some "Siberian mafia". Posted by: vetinLA | Feb 6 2021 5:10 utc | 47, "Despite recently closing hundreds of bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States still maintains nearly 800 military bases in more than 70 countries and territories abroad—from giant “Little Americas” to small radar facilities. Posted by: time2wakeupnow | Feb 5 2021 20:13 utc | 18. I'm optimistic that the results will be sought and reported, considering the candor in which they've indulged when fessing up to, and apologising for, their numerous blunders along the way. Drunk Hubby (34) Jailed After Bashing Wife For Serving Sadza, Mushrooms . In fact both were warnings to America's 'allies' that they are states living on a leash and not a very long one. The EU is a basket case. Or was he just adding a bit of diplomatic flattery to ease the tension? Posted by: loftwork | Feb 5 2021 20:19 utc | 20. loftwork | Feb 5 2021 20:19 utc | 20... exactly right! My advice to the EU is to cease listening to the English speakers for they're the source of the "disinformation" and all other international illegalities, a very longstanding trait since Elizabeth and Drake. He should be released immediately and without condition. That Daydream appears to have come true. It was an election so calamitous that no result could be discerned at all, a failure of the central act of democratic self-governance that has been a hallmark of America since its founding. Biden accuses Russia of "poisoning our citizens," and b replies that never happened. And has never worked. Putin latest approval rating is 64%. Posted by: Paco | Feb 5 2021 21:11 utc | 26. Posted by: powerandpeople | Feb 5 2021 19:50 utc | 13. Some claim Israeli sub-contractors were best placed, but there is no evidence (and if Israeli never will be). The lack of promotion of those videos is puzzling. ", Posted by: vetinLA | Feb 6 2021 5:14 utc | 48, https://thegrayzone.com/2021/01/28/alexei-navalny-myth-wests-russian-opposition-figure/, Posted by: vetinLA | Feb 6 2021 5:20 utc | 49, Posted by: karlof1 | Feb 6 2021 1:24 utc | 40. All would do well in comparing the number of military bases the U$A has around the globe, compared to Russia & China, when the empire whines about the threats they mount against the U$A. Biden's approval rating is only at 61%. It is quite fashionable to consider US regular working people as uninterested and dis-informed. Posted by: RKelly | Feb 6 2021 1:11 utc | 40. promises to 'grow up' and stop its raciest propaganda against Russia, while, in the same breath, continuing its childish behaviour. Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Feb 6 2021 15:17 utc | 65, https://youtu.be/BP2LqZ65M5M?t=2796 I will not accept vaccination until I am satisfied that the downside is being carefully measured and accurately and comprehensively reported/available to browse. @ 73 jen... i find the contrast with the media outlets fairly significant myself.. the fact assange is ignored and navalny is put up on a pedestal shows just how vacuous the media truly is.. not just vacuous... it is intentionally obfuscating and making a story or not, depending on whether it serves the empire... i can't see it any other way myself.. Posted by: james | Feb 6 2021 20:01 utc | 74. Find out more about how we use your information in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. Iran is much better served by its recent economic agreements with China. At least that's what the Time article says. Apologies! 3. russia would be well served to make this exact parallel too and see the response if any from the west... Posted by: james | Feb 5 2021 20:25 utc | 21. But it doesn't work. [My Empasis]. Bible & Sword, Barbara Tuchman, important and Christopher Hitchens indeed. Name is required to post a comment, Email: Blinken lies to them by proxy, and clearly thinks the people of middle USA are gullible fools. It will take more than saying 'pretty please' to get that. Russia will start earning from gas, vaccine, military sales and oil prices. Haven't you noticed that Western 'leaders' are, almost without exception, mendacious, visionless, juvenile twerps & puppets to their "DONORS"? Looks like Nordstream II will be operating by the end of 2021 (as predicted by OIES,) though at what capacity is also subject to political monkeywrenching. Mr. Navalny, like all Russian citizens, is entitled to his rights under the Russian constitution. We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Posted by b on February 5, 2021 at 19:06 UTC | Permalink. In this world, Ms. Leyen (the EU) was just collateral damage from American imperialism. Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Verizon Media websites and apps. That's a timely perspective, thank you. This is how the ending of empire looks like. Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Feb 5 2021 22:08 utc | 31. 55 in USA have died after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine federal system reports. I expect to be offered Covid vaccine soon after all the vital, At Risk, people have been vaccinated. I'm sure Max Blumenthal or many others like him would be keen to jump on such a story? It is the story of an unprecedented, creative and determined campaign whose success also reveals how close the nation came to disaster. Yesterday President Joe Biden gave an aggressive (and stupid) pep talk at the State Department in which he also bashed Russia: Trump did not 'roll over' with regards to Russia but constantly took very aggressive actions against it. Posted by: oldhippie | Feb 5 2021 20:32 utc | 22. It would be right to agree on principles that would include commitments not to interfere in the affairs of sovereign states, be it in the post-Soviet space, West Balkans or anywhere else. The Harris also seems less than ready for the task. He made several severe mistakes in the past: Anything that can push Europe further towards Russia and far away from America is a good thing. He has appeared as a speaker alongside neo-Nazis and skinheads, and once starred in a video that compares dark-skinned Caucasus militants to cockroaches. Posted by: Et Tu | Feb 6 2021 10:42 utc | 57. He warms to the task a bit in the snarling passages but still seems to barely know what he is saying. Here are the links to the opening remarks prior and the closing remarks and media questions. I'm in the 'ancient' demographic and in dilapidated good heath. The Australian political fabric seems to have been traumatised by the sacking of Prime Minister Whitlam by the US-UK and ever since both major parties have bowed to the will of the USA. First, during the election campaign, he repeatedly cast doubt on the legitimacy of the vote if he did not win it. Posted by: Ray Bergmann | Feb 6 2021 12:29 utc | 61. He knows that, too. Thanks B for the piece. The film reflects Australian opinion towards Assange which was sympathetic at the time. "Two weeks ago, as the virus crept closer and people in other parts of the state started dying, the owners of the city’s only hospital thought it a good time to close down with just a few hours’ notice on the grounds the facility was losing money." The sort of reporting Craig Murray and a few others provided was nowhere to be seen in Australia, and the Guardian has developed a particular hatred for him. That appears to be no more than chatting among marketing scammers, who imagine whom in their experience has been similarly fooled. It is an unhealthy situation, which does not benefit anyone." My immediate reaction is that Biden's remark was an addled Freudian slip... referring to Navalny of course. Putin put the negative dynamic very well in his Davos speech--"phobias of the past"--which the EU must jettison if fruitful relations between the EU and Russia are to occur in the future. Posted by: karlof1 | Feb 6 2021 1:24 utc | 41. Who were the business titans involved in the informal alliance with leftist activists? It doesn't work and it's annoying, but that is irrelevant. I came back to MoA to comment on a conversation I had an hour ago with an acquaintance whom I meet for coffee a couple of times each week. Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Feb 6 2021 14:49 utc | 64, Posted by: Gravel Rash | Feb 6 2021 12:21 utc | 60 Starting with the Biden lie about his Foreign Policy on Yemen it moves on to show that the UK dark state has been cavorting with Navalny and then the video to show just what kind of pillock this man really is. Pearl the Iron Wall is the commander of the Krieg Pirates' second unit.2 Due to his actions, he can be considered the tertiary antagonist of the Baratie Arc. Under Trump and Jared Kushner, some 16-19 million doses of vaccine disappeared. Something I did (I have no idea what) seems to have upset the formatting. Posted by: powerandpeople | Feb 5 2021 19:46 utc | 11. A slew of anti-free speech amd secret trial laws have been passed, journalists and whisleblowers raided and jailed, and despite years of calls for a federal integrity body the can has been repeatedly kicked down the road with federal ministers blatantly rorting public funds. Under Trump and Jared Kushner, some 16-19 million doses of vaccine disappeared. Back than Navalny and his brother ran a transport business that bilked the company out of several hundred thousand dollar. I wonder where Israel got its vaccine from? His imprisonment though is not a popular discussion topic. Covid lockdowns and contact tracing are normalised. What do The Wall Street Journal, Tucker Carlson, Rep. Lauren Boebert, Steve Bannon, and an online troll called “Catturd” all have in common? Having trouble reading this image? The PM has said wanly that Assange would be welcome to return to Oz, but no real consular or legal support has been provided. Cuba has a vaccine for its people too. Let's see if Putin is the awesome 3D chess player everyone says he is. Mr. Blinken has put out some relatively neutral statements on foreign policy, but there is always the little propaganda jab at Russia in them. Posted by: vk | Feb 5 2021 19:30 utc | 2, "It will be impossible for Biden to solve issues in Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, Syria and elsewhere without Russia's cooperation. In that any Western Media that visit Gelendzhik and corroborate the videos produced by the Russian journalist and the Russian TV network would completely sink Navalny's 'documentary' and cause the entire Navalny Saga to become doubted, why hasn't there been any efforts, even at the highest level, to facilitate visits? Posted by: Hoyeru | Feb 5 2021 19:57 utc | 15. Expand your Outlook. It is designed to sneer at the Russian diplomats. You should have qualified that statement adding politicians, Spanish politicians are nobodys, but do not discard Spain, not because of Spain itself, but because half a billion people speak our language, and growing. Lavrov's tone improved after this passage in his following paragraph: "We share the opinion that further degradation of our ties may lead to negative and unpredictable consequences. Best stock up on popcorn, Posted by: Ramon ZarateThe US h | Feb 5 2021 19:45 utc | 10, "I understand those who think that Russia could be more aggressive in reacting to the openly high-handed, unseemly rhetoric from Western leaders. After the members of the Electoral College in 50 states and the District of Columbia met on December 14 and formally cast their ballots, giving Biden the victory by a margin of 306 to 232, Trump, in the words of the brief, “fixated on January 6, 2021—the date of the Joint Session of Congress—as presenting his last, best hope to reverse the election results and remain in power.”. The economic interests were much less, and the probability of significant fallout from the US was much higher, with respect to Iran. Has this site always been full of Russian apologists and sycophants? There is truth in the oft-heard saying "all wars are bankers' wars. Posted by: Jackrabbit | Feb 8 2021 16:08 utc | 85. Posted by: foolisholdman | Feb 5 2021 20:54 utc | 25, Posted by: fyi | Feb 5 2021 19:47 utc | 12. "They hate us because of our freedom" will always get more traction than "they hate us because we're assholes". ... For more than a year, a loosely organized coalition of operatives scrambled to shore up America’s institutions as they came under simultaneous attack from a remorseless pandemic and an autocratically inclined President. He, his mother Christine and half-brother spent years in hiding fleeing an ex-husband of Christine's who was part of a weird cult called The Family. Posted by: lysias | Feb 6 2021 2:09 utc | 42, @ Hoarsewhisperer | Feb 5 2021 22:08 utc | 31. Russia has had enough of jostling with the EU, with the covid vaccine chaos most EU members will turn to Russia for the sputnik v. Germany will see sense and push the completion of the pipeline. Clearly, there would be much fewer of the problems had many Western states refrained from reckless geopolitical gambles in the Middle East and North Africa." What happens to the EU in relation to Russia and China will effect the timeline of empire's demise, not the overall trajectory. We are polite people and are used to achieving our goals in a civil and civilised manner. Article 02/19/21 12:18 PM EST Those introductory remarks confirmed to Lavrov the necessity of applying plan A, which included a tasty dessert for the business lunch, the expulsion of EU diplomats while the head of EU diplomacy is at the table, what a slap, but Borrell great mistake was to start with Navalny from the very beginning, driven by the illusion that he is negotiating from a position of strength, nothing farther from the truth with all the crises the EU is going thru. Today, we heard assurances that the same opinion is forming in the EU." Wait, the approval rating of Putin is just slightly higher than Biden's? So, if I understand you correctly, no state in the European Union is sovereign; they are abjectly afraid of the Mad King. And will never work. I hope that, alongside other matters you plan to focus on, we will be able to consider this fundamental topic." Borrell said he had conveyed the EU’s unhappiness about the jailing of Navalny. Seriously?? 1. Always been amazed that people don't pick up on the foul racist overtones in the western media and political statements on Russia and its President. The deafening silence coming from Australia regarding Julian and this recent news of one of the government calling for the release of Navalny leads me to think the media's part in manufacturing consent is indeed awesome. [My Emphasis]. Bashing Russia When One Needs It Doesn't Work Well. So the US Govt. And also, we don't hear of ANY adverse effects with Sputnik V or the Chinese vaccine. It could be produced relatively fast if Russia would give licenses to EU companies.