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Deputy Secretary of State Mallory Stewart says reporters that the United States could use sanctions as leverage to put pressure on Russia in negotiations to extend the Treaty on measures to further reduce and limit strategic offensive weapons on its own terms.
US official. He added that “there are various reasons for anti-Russian restrictions today.”
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Dmitry Medvedev. Photo: Security Council of the Russian Federation. In an interview with Al Jazeera TV, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, spoke about the supply of American HIMARS missile systems to Kiev and spoke about Moscow's reaction if the Ukrainian army attacks Russian territory. “There will be no choice but to act to defeat the decision-making centers,” Medvedev said. formerly.
According to Medvedev, Russia's reaction will affect the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the General Staff of Ukraine.
He also stressed that the final decision-making centers are not even in Kiev.
” Therefore, of course, this is a threat that will need to be taken into account, “Medvedev added.
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Russian opposition politician Mikhail Kasyanov left the country. In recent years, Kasyanov has been the leader of the People's Freedom Party (“Parnassus”) and has been actively involved in the country's political life. Kasyanov was Prime Minister of the Russian Federation from 2000 to 2004.
There is no information on where and for how long Kasyanov left. The party explained the leader's departure for possible personal reasons. Jabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky had previously left the country.
Photos: Snapshot from the video.
The Readovka Telegram channel has footage from a colony in the village of Jelenovka in Volnovakhsky district in the DPR, where people who left the Azovstal plant are being held. and soldiers of the voluntary Ukrainian battalion “Azov” surrendered (banned in Russia).
In the video, a section of prisoners first enters the dining room. Then the prisoners will distribute themselves and take plastic bowls of soup and porridge and sit at wooden tables.
& quot; All prisoners are provided with three meals a day, & quot ;, the report said. The dining room has large windows and no bars. The prisoners eat in silence. They then take the empty bowls to a special window, hand them over and thank the staff for the food in Russian and Ukrainian.
The report also states that the prisoners are receiving the necessary medical care.
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Ukrainian Command lured the Russian coalition to Severodonetsk and the city surrendered. Alexei Arestovich, an adviser to the head of the presidency, said. Arestovich also said that “the Russian command is in shock”.
Earlier, the former head of the Chief Investigation Department of the Security Service of Ukraine, General Vasily Vovk, confirmed that the Ukrainian armed forces continue to retreat.
DPR official Eduard Basurin said that in a few days the boiler, which is connected to Lisichansk and Severodonetsk, will be completely closed.
Photo source: screenshot from the video.
Former Chief of the Security Service of Ukraine, General Vasily Vovk, admitted in an interview with the YouTube channel “Yes, that's right,” that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) continued to retreat.
He complained that someone from the second phase, who has a third, “went through phase after phase.” Vasily Vovk explained that this is why he believes that no second phase of the special operation exists. It's just that Kyiv is retreating from Severodonetsk.
“The president says we are retreating to take a better position and move on the counteroffensive. He also said: “We will not launch a counter-offensive,” he wondered.
According to the general, Ukraine cannot be saved by another wave of mobilization. The army needs people who can control strong artillery.
On May 28, Chechen chief Ramzan Kadyrov announced the conquest of Severodonetsk. He stressed that the fighters completed the task in three hours. Although the deadline was set first for a week and then for three days.
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Yabloko party founder Grigory Yavlinsky leaves Russia to London. “Last night, with a transfer via Dubai, the politician flew to London,” said a source at RIA Novosti.
At the same time, the agency released a video showing At the same time, in an interview with Marianne Minsker at RTVi at the same time, Yavlinsky said that he was not going anywhere and would not go to get another passport. However, he admitted that he may have questions from law enforcement authorities. The politician also condemned Russia's leadership of a special operation in Ukraine.
Jabloko Press Service On the other hand, the RBCs said that Grigory Yavlinsky had gone on vacation and intended to return to Russia in a few weeks.
They are trying to strangle Russia with “neutrals”
The two reports came almost simultaneously. The Wall Street Journal, a body of American business circles, said that an insurgency was brewing in the bowels of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, with the aim of pushing Russia out of the de facto states associated with the bloc. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has come to visit Saudi Arabia, a country that is the “heart and fire engine” of the OPEC bloc. Chance? If so, only from the category of those that seem identical at first glance.
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The advent of the calendar summer drew the line behind the West's efforts to overthrow the Russian economy with a rapid onslaught. The pressure didn't work. And now the US and the EU are moving to tactical long-term sieges.
One of the key elements of this siege is the seduction and/or intimidation of so-called neutrals – states that balance Moscow and the West, trying to “collect cream. “
He wanted to fly to the United States, but instead retired. On April 22 this year, Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev was abandoned. The official version is a medical condition. As the minister told President Sadyr Japarov, he desperately needed two or three months of rest due to his body's rapidly deteriorating condition.
Kazakbayev's body had indeed deteriorated – but not only physically but also politically. According to information sources, after receiving tempting promises of “help” from the United States, official Bishkek began an active political flirtation with Washington. An angry, dissatisfied cry immediately came from Moscow. And the supreme power of the republic pretended to have nothing to do with it. Kazakbayev is said to be arbitrary.
Therefore, instead of leaving for the United States to sign a cooperation agreement, the head of the foreign policy department went to improve his health. However, this small but revealing story still has no clear ending to clear morals – as “a well-deserved award has found its hero”. It is hard to believe that the former minister was arbitrarily in such an important matter without the knowledge of his superiors. And the fact that the new head of Kyrgyz diplomacy, Jeenbek Kulubaev, is considered even more pro-Western than Kazakbayev is suggestive.
Against the general background of the big game between Russia and the West, the personnel regrouping in Bishkek is just a small, barely noticeable “statistical mistake”. But the principle of “ours and yours, and most importantly to each other”, which has been very clear in the actions of the Kyrgyz authorities, is, on the contrary, universal. This principle is now followed by the vast majority of former Soviet republics and Middle Eastern countries, such as Saudi Arabia, and the current “best friend of Moscow,” Turkey, and even world giants such as India and China.
The great American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick once said: “Large nations have always acted like bandits and small countries have always acted like prostitutes. I never liked that saying. And the events of 2022 proved that my doubts about the wisdom of this idea were very reasonable. All parties not directly involved in the conflict over Ukraine – both “big nations” and “small states” – act primarily as prudent entrepreneurs.
Take the position of Beijing, for example. To say something upset about “American hegemonism” at the State Department level? This, please! Buying Russian energy at a significant discount as part of a notoriously accelerated “pivot to the east”? With even greater pleasure!
Do something that carries the risk of being subject to US secondary sanctions? Yes, not in life! Back off, Russian citizens! We don't know you!
Despite all the insult to such an approach for Moscow (I'm not talking about one particular Beijing, but about the film as a whole), it's quite natural: in world politics, everyone has their shack on the sidelines. Moreover, the national selfishness of “sympathizers and neutrals” over the past three months has generally worked for the interests of Russia rather than the interests of its opponents.
And now the collective West wants to close this gap. As usual, the role of skirmish is played by the “friends of Moscow” from Warsaw. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki: “Poland and more and more European Union countries are speaking out about so-called secondary sanctions. Firstly, it is the possibility of imposing sanctions so that Russian oil cannot be sold to third countries outside the European Union. ” with Russia. Very interesting! We are waiting for the sequel – both with anxiety (what sin to hide it!), With a burning interest (is it really possible to manage it?), And with a certain expectation.
The ideal position for “neutrals and sympathizers” is to stay either over the fight or as long as possible away from the fight. Characters like Morawiecki push them out of this convenient place and force them, under demonstrative and degrading pressure, to give a clear and nuanced answer to a question in the style of Maxim Gorky's famous rhetorical exclamation “Who are you with, masters of culture?”
Very curious: How will, say, Xi Jinping react? Will he really like the “message” that the most important Chinese authorities are not now in Beijing, but in Warsaw?
I am sure I understand the delicacies of the situation and their interdependence on the same China, EU leaders will act more carefully and judiciously. But that doesn't change the general trend. The Collective West has seriously taken over the processing of neutral “masters of culture.” Let's see if they have enough political skills to provide a decent (and comfortable) answer to the people of the West.
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Na Donbasu v A Russian guard soldier was killed in a battle with foreign mercenaries. Among them was the son of British MP Ben Grant. The ministry was informed.
Just one day, it was announced that Helen Grant's 30-year-old son had been involved in shelling Russian armored vehicles with Matador missiles by a group of Western mercenaries. . He was served in the Royal Marines Special Forces Battalion for five years before being sent to Ukraine.
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Turkey is not an administration Turkish President Recep Erdogan has no compromise on Sweden and Finland in NATO.
It has previously been announced that US troops will have four new military bases in Greece. This is evidenced by the agreement on mutual defense cooperation approved by the Greek authorities. This report has raised concerns in neighboring Turkey: both countries, as members of NATO, still feel like eternal rivals in the Balkans.
