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 Foreign Affairs / Re: Putin Says Some Countries Try To ‘hold On To Their Faltering Hegemony’ by bn365: 6:38pm On Oct 26, 2022 |
You are watching too much CNN, BBC et al, they have to convince you that the whole world is headed in that direction, so it's futile to resist The Covid era of lockdown measures was a window into what a top-down One world govt would be like. You'd have to force people to give into the tyranny. No govt has enough police and army to enforce it The West is moving towards a central system of one world govt., but the rest of the world is not. Check how many nations have declared interest in joining BRICS...Saudi Arabia, Turkey, etc The rest of the world is refusing to go along with their delusion. The West is no longer influential. Their soft power is gone, so have to resort to coercion and propaganda To suggest the whole world is willing to accept the values being imposed by the West is naive at best. DaddyFreeze2020: 11 Likes 3 Shares |
| Foreign Affairs / Putin Says Some Countries Try To ‘hold On To Their Faltering Hegemony’ by bn365: 4:49pm On Oct 26, 2022 |
The world is becoming multipolar, but some countries are trying to "hold on to their faltering hegemony," Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. "Literally before our eyes, the world is changing and is really becoming multipolar, but some members of the international community are trying at all costs to hold on to their faltering hegemony, use a wide range of political, military, economic, informational, and other methods and means that range from breaking the legal mechanisms of strategic stability to imposing unilateral sanctions against those who disagree with their policy," the president said. Putin said these members of the international community "don’t shy away even from outright sabotage." "I’m referring to the organization of explosions at the Nord Streams international gas pipelines," he said. Putin said "the conflict potential remains very high in the world as a whole, as well as on the regional level." "New risks and challenges to collective security are emerging, which is primarily the result of a sharp escalation of the global geopolitical confrontation," the president said. 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Seize, Not Freeze: EU Outlines Plans For Russian Assets by bn365: 3:43pm On Oct 26, 2022 |
Louder for the people in the back Firstcitizen: |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Seize, Not Freeze: EU Outlines Plans For Russian Assets by bn365: 2:43pm On Oct 26, 2022 |
Russia is a safe bet  anonymous1759: 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs / Seize, Not Freeze: EU Outlines Plans For Russian Assets by bn365: 1:54pm On Oct 26, 2022 |
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday. “Our aim is not only to freeze but to seize the assets,” she said, although cautioning that establishing a legal base for such a move is “not trivial.” “The will is there, but legally it is not trivial, there is still a lot of work to reach that goal,” she reiterated, noting that the EU adheres to the rule of law, and therefore this process has to be “legally sound.” During the conference, von der Leyen stated that the World Bank had estimated the cost of the damage to Ukraine at €350 billion ($345 billion). Meanwhile, after Russia launched its military campaign in Ukraine in late February, a multinational task force froze $30 billion in funds belonging to Russian individuals, as well as $300 billion in assets of Russia’s central bank. The EU seeks to outright confiscate Russian assets rather than just freeze them, but the bloc has yet to lay the legal groundwork for doing so. According to von der Leyen, the EU has created a task force that includes various international experts “not only to map out what has been frozen,” but also to see what the legal preconditions would be for seizing Russian assets and using them for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Western officials have repeatedly expressed the desire to confiscate Russian assets to benefit Ukraine. However, in July, during another conference on rebuilding Ukraine, Swiss President Ignazio Cassis opposed such a move, arguing that it would establish a dangerous precedent. “You have to ensure the citizens are protected against the power of the state. This is what we call liberal democracies,” he said at the time. Whatever they're doing to Russia, They will do to you. Once they legally find out a way to seize assets, they will steal it. |
| Politics / Re: Russia Suggest UN Security Council Commission To Look Into US Biolabs In Ukraine by bn365: 7:31am On Oct 26, 2022 |
You, as an African should be more concerned about Ebola. Has any African leader raised the concern at the UN? There's an outbreak in Uganda right now It's one of the bioweapons being tested at the US labs in Ukraine Do you think Covid and Ebola fell from the sky? orisa37: 2 Likes
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| Politics / Russia Suggest UN Security Council Commission To Look Into US Biolabs In Ukraine by bn365: 2:24am On Oct 26, 2022 |
Russia has released a draft UN Security Council resolution that envisages setting up a commission investigating the activities of US biological labs in Ukraine. It says that the UN Security Council should "set up a commission consisting of all members of the Security Council to investigate into the claims against the US and Ukraine contained in the complaint of the Russian Federation regarding the compliance with obligations under the [Biological Weapons] Convention in the context of the activities biological laboratories in the territory of Ukraine 1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Iranian General Donates All His Assets To EU Citizens by bn365: 1:49pm On Oct 25, 2022 |
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| Foreign Affairs / Iranian General Donates All His Assets To EU Citizens by bn365: 1:31pm On Oct 25, 2022 |
The General discovered that his name had been added to the EU saction list for drones supplied to Russia. Out of the generosity of his heart, he said ''All of my assets in the EU should be given to EU citizens.''
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia: Kiev Is Preparing Provocation Against Civilians - Operation Northwoods? by bn365: 9:47am On Oct 25, 2022 |
I'm thinking they hope this develops into a world war, so they can get African govts to conscript Africans to fight as they did in world war 1 I pray their hope is dashed fserpent: |
| Foreign Affairs / Kiev Denies Moscow’s ‘dirty Bomb’ Allegations by bn365: 9:13am On Oct 25, 2022 |
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has denied Moscow’s allegations that Kiev is preparing a false-flag attack with the use of a “dirty bomb'' Zelensky was commenting on what he called “a phone carousel” by the Russian Defense Minister: on Sunday, Sergey Shoigu shared with his French, Turkish and British colleagues his concern over “possible provocations by Ukraine using a ‘dirty bomb.’” Russian state news agency RIA Novosti earlier reported that the goal of such a provocation would be to accuse Moscow of using weapons of mass destruction in a ploy to “launch a powerful anti-Russia campaign”. In a video address on social media, Zelensky claimed that “wherever Russia has brought death and degradation,” Ukraine is “returning a normal life.” “And there’s only one subject who can use nuclear weapons in our part of Europe, and this subject is the one who ordered comrade Shoigu to call somewhere,” the Ukrainian leader said. According to the British Defense Ministry’s readout of the conversation between its head, Ben Wallace, and his Russian counterpart Shoigu, the Russian minister “alleged that Ukraine was planning actions facilitated by Western countries, including the UK, to escalate the conflict in Ukraine.” Wallace “refuted these claims” and warned Shoigu that “such allegations should not be used as a pretext for greater escalation,” the ministry said. |
| Politics / Hungary Criticizes ‘pro-war’ EU by bn365: 8:47am On Oct 25, 2022 |
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry has rejected EU calls for Russia to be defeated in Ukraine, saying the bloc needed peace, not a prolonged conflict. EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson made several statements on the hostilities this week, stressing the bloc’s “determination, resolve and unity to stand by Ukraine as long as it takes.” She also insisted that “to end this crisis, first, Putin must lose.” Responding on Friday, Tamas Menczer, State Secretary at Hungary’s Foreign Ministry, accused Johansson of making “a very dangerous statement because it links the end of a crisis with a military event, about which we don’t know when will it happen or if it happens at all.” “This pro-war stance of Brussels extends the conflict and suffering. This is extremely dangerous and unacceptable,” he insisted. Menczer reiterated the position of the Hungarian government, which is that “we need immediate peace instead of a longer war. Peace requires an immediate ceasefire and dialogue.” Hungary has remained relatively neutral since the outbreak of fighting in Ukraine in late February. It has refused to send arms to Kiev unlike many fellow EU members and consistently criticized the sanctions imposed by Brussels on Moscow. Budapest, which is heavily dependent on Russian fuel, was also able to negotiate an exemption for itself from the bloc-wide ban on Russian oil. |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia: Kiev Is Preparing Provocation Against Civilians - Operation Northwoods? by bn365: 2:10pm On Oct 24, 2022 |
| Foreign Affairs / Russia: Kiev Is Preparing Provocation Against Civilians - Operation Northwoods? by bn365: 12:04pm On Oct 24, 2022 |
Russian Defense Ministry is accusing Kiev of ''Operation Northwoods'' style terrorist act Operation Northwoods was a plan circulated in the U.S. government in 1962 to stage false flag terrorist attacks inside the U.S. and abroad to provoke “military intervention in Cuba”. The plan called for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or other operatives to commit genuine acts of terrorism in U.S. cities and elsewhere. These acts of terrorism were to be blamed on Cuba in order to create public support for a war against that nation, which had recently become communist under Fidel Castro. One part of Operation Northwoods plan was to “develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities, and even in Washington.” Kiev is preparing provocation against civilians — Russian Defense Ministry Ukraine is preparing a provocation on Monday in the Kharkov Region with mercenaries’ firing against civilians to accuse Russian Armed Forces, the Interdepartmental Coordination Center for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine said on Monday. "The Kiev regime is preparing a bloody provocation with death of their citizens for the purpose of accusing the Russian Federation of a war crime. On October 24, a unit of foreign mercenaries will shell the crowding point of civilians from artillery pieces in the city of Volchansk of the Kharkov Region during food aid distribution," the Center said. The terrorist act was planned by the Kiev regime to discredit Russian Armed Forces and accuse Russia of killing noncombatants, the Center added. |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Switzerland Considers JAILING Anyone Who Heats Rooms Above 19C For Up To 3yrs by bn365: 6:33am On Oct 24, 2022 |
You obviously believe that the green agenda will not be implemented in Nigeria. Some of us have a global perspective, while others may be myopic. When global lockdown measures were implemented, the Nigerian government locked down alongside the rest of the West, but did the Nigerian government print money and distribute it to Nigerians as the West did? What you see or hear happening in the West is bound to come to you. ican2020: |
| Foreign Affairs / Switzerland Considers JAILING Anyone Who Heats Rooms Above 19C For Up To 3yrs by bn365: 4:05am On Oct 24, 2022 |
Switzerland considers JAILING anyone who heats rooms above 19C for up to three years if the country is forced to ration gas due to Ukraine war The measures are stated in the Federal Law on National Economic Supply, referred to by the Federal Department of Economic Affairs (EAER) in an official document. It has been predicted that the proposed new measures could cause challenges and disputes, leaving courts busy and the government dealing with a new 'grey area', according to the report. Regarding the potential new measures, the cantons of Switzerland have until September 22 to submit any concerns. Advising the government, the report states that senior police officer Fredy Fassler has told them to 'only order measures that can be implemented, and above all, controlled.' And he has said that the proposed new measures should be implemented with a 'sense of proportion', emphasising that he does not think police should go from door to door. Mr Fassler used the COVID-19 pandemic as an example, stating according to the report that there had been a 'culture of denunciation.' His sentiment was echoed by SVP Economics Minister Guy Parmelin who last Wednesday said: 'We are not a police state', when referring to the measures, saying that he thinks the police can do spot checks to ensure people are sticking to them. Mr Fassler recommended that it might be more favourable to discuss giving administrative fines to people instead of shelling out for expensive criminal proceedings. |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Up To 30% Of Germans Disagree With Sanctions Policy & Weapons’ Supplies To Kiev by bn365: 8:23pm On Oct 23, 2022 |
Exactly, lying with statistics is the point. You dismiss the majority and deem them to be in the minority Akuruoulo: |
| Foreign Affairs / Emmanuel Macron Slammed U.S. Trade And Energy "Double Standard" Policies by bn365: 1:31pm On Oct 23, 2022 |
Macron called out U.S. and Norway as energy producers who make "the real superprofits" benefitting from "geopolitical war unearned income." He said he has discussed the topic "in a friendly way" with his U.S. and Norwegian counterparts. "The North American economy is making choices for the sake of attractiveness, which I respect, but they create a double standard" with lower energy prices domestically while selling natural gas to Europe at record prices, Macron said at a news conference in Brussels following a meeting of European Union leaders. "In addition they allow state aid going to up to 80% on some sectors while it's banned here -- you get a double standard," he added. "It comes down to the sincerity of transatlantic trade," he added. During a parliament debate, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire criticized the U.S. for selling liquefied natural gas to European companies at "four times the prices at which it sells it" domestically. |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Up To 30% Of Germans Disagree With Sanctions Policy & Weapons’ Supplies To Kiev by bn365: 11:59am On Oct 23, 2022 |
| If Britain has 23 army bases scattered around Nigeria, most intelligent people would know its a siege. You won't understand It's not as tight as a dog on a leash. The leash allows it to move around the radius, but it is still restrained by a leash. okeysoninv:
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Up To 30% Of Germans Disagree With Sanctions Policy & Weapons’ Supplies To Kiev by bn365: 11:35am On Oct 23, 2022 |
Hopium and Copium Japan and Germany are surrounded by US army bases for a reason, they are not free to do what they like but you are oblivious to that reality okeysoninv:
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: Up To 30% Of Germans Disagree With Sanctions Policy & Weapons’ Supplies To Kiev by bn365: 11:12am On Oct 23, 2022 |
That only meant the US is in decline. Germany, Japan et al didn't invest in their military because the US guaranteed their protection. They also thrived economically as a result okeysoninv: |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Up To 30% Of Germans Disagree With Sanctions Policy & Weapons’ Supplies To Kiev by bn365: 11:02am On Oct 23, 2022 |
Copium  okeysoninv: |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Up To 30% Of Germans Disagree With Sanctions Policy & Weapons’ Supplies To Kiev by bn365: 11:01am On Oct 23, 2022 |
I bet you don't know what makes one ''right wing'' but you just had to repeat it because the media told you ''right wing'' bad, ''left wing'' good. If you believe in God, you don't like gay propaganda, if you believe in private ownership of property ie land, if you believe if you work hard, you should reap/keep the reward of your hard work and if you don't like the big brother government in your life, telling you what to do, that makes you right-wing, but you don't know that. So, as low info voter, they get you to vote against your own values ''Right wing'' people stood against vax mandates and because ''leftists'' are collectivists by nature, they went along with it. If they wear a mask[even though they tell you it was by their own choice], they can't stand to see you not wearing one because you make them look stupid. They decide they want the jab, then they insist you get the jab also...we are in this together, they say! I liken ''leftists'' to the woman whose child died, she then stole the other lady's baby, and when King Solomon asked if he can cut the baby in half, she said yes. If they are suffering, everybody ought to be suffering as well Day169: |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Up To 30% Of Germans Disagree With Sanctions Policy & Weapons’ Supplies To Kiev by bn365: 9:50am On Oct 23, 2022 |
Hopefully, you'll say that when you're in the minority okeysoninv: |
| Foreign Affairs / Up To 30% Of Germans Disagree With Sanctions Policy & Weapons’ Supplies To Kiev by bn365: 9:21am On Oct 23, 2022 |
Up to 30% of German nationals of various political views oppose the country’s policy of sanctions and weapons supplies to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with Welt am Sonntag newspaper. "During my conversations with our citizens, I got the impression that between 20 and 30% of them disagreed either with the policy of sanctions or with the supplies of weapons," Scholz said. "They represented the views of all political parties." The chancellor added, however, that Germany would carry on providing aid to Ukraine, including military assistance. |
| Foreign Affairs / EU Ditches Energy Charter Treaty? by bn365: 7:57am On Oct 22, 2022 |
Arbitration claims challenging government actions made in the ''public interest'', such as environmental policies or the protection of human rights and local communities, are on the rise. In particular, privileges granted to foreign investments are increasingly in conflict with efforts to curb climate change and protect the natural world. Using a mechanism known as investor-state dispute settlement, or ISDS, the fossil fuel industry has sued governments and obtained record-breaking damages awards that cost taxpayers millions of dollars. France has decided to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty The decision follows announcements from Spain, the Netherlands, and Poland that they will withdraw from the pact. Germany and Belgium have signaled they are considering their options. EU member countries agreed last year that the treaty needs to be revised to discourage all further investments in fossil fuel-based energy infrastructure projects, “unless they are fully consistent with an ambitious, clearly defined pathway towards climate neutrality," in line with United Nations targets. |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Biden Admin Is Considering Seizure Of Elon Musk's Spacex And Twitter by bn365: 7:28am On Oct 22, 2022 |
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| Foreign Affairs / Biden Admin Is Considering Seizure Of Elon Musk's Spacex And Twitter by bn365: 7:18am On Oct 22, 2022 |
The U.S. government is weighing what tools, if any, are available that would allow the federal government to review Musk's ventures AKA seizure in the name of national security. SpaceX chief Elon Musk, in recent times, has taken to Twitter to announce proposals to end Russia's war in Ukraine, and also said SpaceX cannot indefinitely fund its Starlink internet service in Ukraine. He later backed down and said he would continue to bear the costs of the service. Back in April, Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter to save free speech, and also plans on firing 75% of twitter’s staff [members of the US intel ie CIA,NSA and FBI are among the staff]. and The "peace plan" put forward by Musk apparently is a non-starter for supporters of Ukraine. For these reasons, he has to be punished by the US govt. One possibility is through the law governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is under the U.S. Department of Treasury, to review Musk's ventures. An element of Musk's $44 billion Twitter deal that could trigger a CFIUS review is the presence of foreign investors in Musk's consortium, Bloomberg said. The group includes Saudi Arabian investors Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and Binance, which was founded in Shanghai. |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Bill Suggests Expelling Foreign Nationals From Russia For LGBT Propaganda by bn365: 7:27pm On Oct 20, 2022 |
| Foreign Affairs / Bill Suggests Expelling Foreign Nationals From Russia For LGBT Propaganda by bn365: 7:22pm On Oct 20, 2022 |
Foreign nationals involved in the pushing of homosexual relations will be expelled from Russia and fined up to 400,000 rubles ($6,500), according to a bill submitted to the State Duma (the lower house of parliament), a copy of which is available to TASS. The bill suggests punishing propaganda of non-traditional values among adults, including on the Internet, with an administrative fine of 100,000 to 200,000 rubles ($1,600-3,200) and subsequent expulsion from Russia. A similar offense involving minors is supposed to entail a fine of 200,000 to 400,00 rubles ($3,200-6,500) and deportation from the country. 1 Like |
| Politics / U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss Announces Resignation 45 Days Into Premiership by bn365: 2:06pm On Oct 20, 2022 |
British Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced her resignation just 45 days into her premiership, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in the nation's history. Truss' resignation came one day after the Conservative Party leader vowed she was "a fighter and not a quitter," and amid an increasing chorus of voices calling on her to step down. Outside No.10 Downing on Thursday, she told the nation that she had spoken with King Charles III and notified him of her plans to leave. Truss faced low approval ratings after the British government announced tax cuts that would largely favor the wealthy — an announcement that caused the value of the pound to plunge while borrowing costs spiked. As the economy suffered, Truss' finance minister announced that the government would abandon the tax plan altogether, but some argued the Conservatives' power was abandoned with it. "I came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. Families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills. Putin's illegal war in Ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent and our country is being held back for too long by low economic growth," Truss said in her resignation speech. "I was elected by the Conservative Party with a mandate to change this. We delivered on energy bills and on cutting National Insurance. We set out a vision for a low-tax, high-growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of Brexit," she added. "I recognize that though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party." Another one bites the dust |
| Politics / Saudi Arabia And Nigeria Signed Defense Treaties With Russia.[ Dated 2021] by bn365: 7:18am On Oct 20, 2022 |
Reuters reported in July 2021 that U.S. lawmakers had put a hold on a proposal to sell almost $1 billion of weapons to Nigeria over concerns about possible human rights abuses by the government. Three sources familiar with the matter said at the time the proposed sale of 12 attack helicopters and related equipment was being delayed in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Nigeria and Russia have signed a military cooperation deal providing a legal framework for the supply of equipment and the training of troops. "The Agreement on Military-Technical Cooperation between both countries provides a legal framework for the supply of military equipment, provision of after-sales services, training of personnel in respective educational establishments and technology transfer, among others," President Muhammadu Buhari had expressed interest in such a pact with Russia as far back as 2019, when he met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at a Russia-Africa summit. The Nigerian ambassador to Russia at the time said Buhari felt Russia could help defeat the Boko Haram Islamic insurgency in the northeast of the country, which remains a major problem. Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman announced the agreement via Twitter, stating it would aid in “developing joint military cooperation between the two countries.” In a second tweet, he elaborated on his meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Shoygu, in which the pair explored ways to “strengthen the military and defense cooperation between our two countries.” The United States has traditionally been the top arms supplier to Saudi Arabia. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Saudi Arabia was the main recipient of U.S. arms transfers in 2016–20, accounting for 24 percent of U.S. arms exports. |
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