G7 will support using frozen Russian assets revenue to fund Ukraine.
The finance ministers of the Group of Seven countries (G7) will support an EU plan to use the revenue from frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine, Reuters reported on May 16, citing an unnamed Italian treasury official. #AureFreePress#News#press#headline#Ukraine#Russia#Putin
Russia willing to 'soften the border' in exchange for China's support, political scientist says
As the meeting between Vladimir #Putin and #Xi Jinping wraps up, Tom Burges Watson speaks to political scientist Dr Una Aleksandra Berzina-Cerenkova, Head of the China Studies Centre at Riga Stardins University, about how far will Russia go to secure the support of Beijing. #China#Russia#Ukraine
“It’s the world’s fault,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says in frustration at the dire situation in the city of Kharkiv, where Russian troops are advancing. “They gave the opportunity for Putin to occupy,” he says, but adds “now the world can help.” Zelenskyy canceled a planned trip to Spain in order to be in the country as the Russian onslaught intensifies, saying “It’s really important for me to be here.” Read more from ABC News.
Chinese President #Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir #Putin condemned what they cast as increasingly aggressive #US behaviour on Thursday and pledged to deepen their countries' already close defence and military ties.
Outcome of #Putin visit to #China in terms of economic agreements signed:
✅ Agreement on supplies of Russian topinambour and beef by-products, particularly beef cartilage and stomachs to China
✅ Creation of a new nature reserve “Land of big cats”
✅ Cooperation between TASS and Xinhua news agencies
❌ Construction of Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline was not agreed
To me, these indicate an extremely close and strategic partnership between China and Russia, especially the beef cartilages are going to change the course of the world 😂
EU to freeze Georgia's membership bid if 'foreign agents' law enacted.
The EU will freeze Georgia's membership bid if it enacts its controversial "foreign agents" law, the Financial Times (FT) reported on May 15, citing three undisclosed EU officials.
Rachel #Maddow on Bradley W. Hart's superb "Star-Spangled Fascism" podcast:
"The harder thing for us to sort of sit with, as Americans, is that there have been fascistic tendencies, fascistic movements in America ... for longer than we like to admit."
Putin ist zu Besuch in China - beim engsten Partner und Verbündeten. Doch nicht alle Anliegen, mit denen der russische Staatschef nach Peking gereist ist, dürften für China so leicht zu erfüllen sein. Von Benjamin Eyssel.
#Putin said he had appointed #Belousov, who was dressed in a civilian suit, due to rising defence and security spending which he said would amount to 8.7% of gross domestic product or a little more. That is still below the Soviet level of 13% in the mid-1980s.
Besuch in Peking: Warum Putin auf Xis Unterstützung hofft
Russlands Staatschef Putin reist nach China, um die "grenzenlose Partnerschaft" zu pflegen. Die hat Tücken: "Je destruktiver das russische Agieren, desto heikler die russisch-chinesischen Beziehungen", sagt Experte Hoppe.
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post “largely failed to cover Trump’s plan to deport 11 million immigrants, among other extreme immigration policies, mentioning it in only 10% of all the articles Media Matters examined."
There is an intentional effort to cancel and re-write the established world order operating through the #un since #ww2.
Many nations and corporate media are aware of this effort and hedged their bets on the establishment when Trump became friends with characters like #Putin and #KimJongUn.
The gridlock in the #unitednations security council is on full display with two forces in a stalemate, waiting for the spark.