A couple of interesting articles Europe Still Clings to Russia Gas With Record LNG Flow This Year Bloomberg) — The European Union boosted imports of Russian liquefied natural gas against the backdrop of deepening tensions over pipeline supplies that flow through Ukraine. The bloc purchased a record amount of Russian LNG this year, according to […]
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Georgia’s Elections: Tropes Abound
The media coverage borders on the farcical. Loaded with 5 eyes NATO media condemnation alongside veiled threats. I’m particularly gripped by Zelensky’s condemnation. “As of today, Russia won in Georgia. (Russia) took their freedom away,” Zelensky said in comments published by the presidency. Considering he’s ended Ukrainian elections, has enacted martial law as well as […]
A moment of truth doesn’t really have anything to do with truth. It refers to the point when one has to make a tough choice, most often at a time of crisis a time when a person or thing is tested, a decision has to be made, or a crisis has to be faced. In […]
UPDATE 08/28 5:00 pm EDT Pavel Durov banned from leaving France In Wednesday’s statement, the Paris prosecutors said Mr Durov was put under formal investigation over alleged offences that included: In France, being put under formal investigation does not imply guilt or necessarily result in a trial – but it indicates that judges consider there […]
Not sure why he was arrested in France? Odd that Elon Musk is lionized for allegedly providing a free speech platforem but Durov is arrested in France? An alleged democratic state, EU member, etc.? Excerpts included- read entirely at the link INTELLINEWS Founder of Telegram encrypted messenger exiled Russian internet guru Pavel Durov was arrested […]
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Macron’s Calculated Election Call?
Contrary to media promotion Macron has never really been a well supported French leader. Think of Trudeau here in Canada. Doug Ford in Ontario- They win elections but most people don’t vote anymore. Would these persons win if electoral support was larger? Macron isn’t foolish. My suspicion is he called this election to solidify his […]
I found this a thoughtful piece As I’ve struggled with censorship and the ongoing divide in Canada between the extremes of left and right. Israeli historian Ilan Pappé has seen his book The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine reissued in France after a French publisher pulled it from shelves. He tells RFI that it fits with a broader […]
There’s really little other in the way of credible alternatives to describe the actions taken by France and Britain, other than as declarations of war against Russia France has sent its first troops officially to Ukraine. They have been deployed in support of the Ukrainian 54th Independent Mechanized Brigade in Slavyansk. The French soldiers are […]
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Iran-Adapts-to-Shifting-Tides-in-South-Caucasus.html Two major developments in recent years – Azerbaijan’s reconquest (retrieval/return) of Nagorno-Karabakh and Russia’s unprovoked (provoked) invasion of Ukraine – created new diplomatic openings for Iran. The changed geopolitical environment has enabled Iran and Azerbaijan to smooth over what for much of the post-Soviet period had been a prickly relationship. At the same time, […]
Link Another major geopolitical shift is happening in Europe, this time in the South Caucasus.. This was stated by former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in an op-ed for Le Monde daily, in which he called on Brussels to leave its policy of maintaining neutrality between Armenia, which has preferred the line of the […]