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Watching the Clash of Civilizations, the Fall of Russia and the U.S. Four and a half decades of Foreign Policy & International Security, Intelligence, Crude Oil, Energy. Inside knowledge. All retired or not much.
A Fidesz MP has submitted a bill to temporarily confiscate the Oschadbank funds seized from Ukrainian couriers for up to 60 days pending a tax authority investigation. Fidesz parliamentary group leader Mate Kocsis said the bill will be debated under an expedited procedure. #Hungary
Ukraine ran out of ATACMS — fewer than 40 total — by early 2025.
Fire Point is testing two ballistic missiles to replace them. FP-7 done. FP-9 (800 km) next. Half the price, launches from a truck.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/09/f...
France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and Britain are European countries that are counterparties to the Central Bank of Russia in several categories of assets, do not want/fear and/or cannot act individually and are bound by EU legal rules for some categories of assets.
Cabinet hears of new laws to allow boarding of 'Shadow Fleet' vessels by Defence Forces jrnl.ie/6979665
Ukraine still hasn't received a 90 Billion loan from the EU. Orban effectively blocked it.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
True that re. autocrats. But Trump was elected in the political system they call democratic, with 'check and balances' and all that. His regime is not corrupt? They rule by law? No. People in control? (Never mind, it's a joke.) Checks and balances work? No. So what's the real difference? The sign?
Where were these academics when Russia launched its aggression in Ukraine? Why didn't they talk about the aftermath, about Putin's opening Pandora's box? Where were they when it had long been clear to everyone that the UN was a worthless organization incapable of performing its intended functions?
Israeli-U.S. bombing campaign is close to achieving its military goals, including destroying what remains of Iran’s nuclear program, missile stockpiles, weapons factories, and much of its military and intelligence leadership.
Wishful thinking.
Injustices, insecurities and inequalities are hardwired into our hierarchical social, civilisational structures.
Therfore, it is how we govern and manage them that count.
What we are seeing is the collapse of social progress. We are turning the clock back to the 19th century.
Hasn't it been this way for 4,000 years? It is the nature of what some people call "civilisation". We construct societies that are hierarchical and hierarchy is based on differences, and on control over and accumulation of capitals (social, cultural, political, financial, economic and natural).
russia sentences 69-year-old Ukrainian pensioner to 11 years for sending money to #Ukraine
These sentences, passed by fake 'courts', often with minimal or no hearings, seem aimed at terrorizing the population and convincing them that they are under total surveillance
khpg.org/en/1608815577
Instead of a thousand words.
This is Kyiv's central square. Each flag represents a fallen Defender who protected Ukraine and Europe from Russia.
Eternal memory and eternal glory to Ukrainian Heroes.
📷: kyiv_life_
What should be done: forcefully block and halt all trading algorithms immediately, at least for three months. The markets will calm down immediately.
That old story with trading algorithms, the greatest evil for normal markets. Remember the price of oil hitting -$37,63? The price of the electronic crude oil (and any commodity) never matches demand/supply balance of the physical stuff. The predator markets should have been reformed long ago.
Absolutely. Must do. Look at Russia. It is now fully dependent on China which fills it with its shit goods, destroying the local consumer goods producers. Even though Russia itself produces shit goods, it cannot compete with Chinese shit goods. The Russian consumers are in a state of shock.
Accordingly, the conclusion based on the results of these games is obvious: it is necessary to completely destroy and defeat the IRGS.
And this is being done.
'Mojtaba Khamenei "holds a lot of power in the IRGC apparatus; he has his hands in pretty much every infrastructure you can imagine in Iran: so a lot of money, power and influence".
Find him.
Iran's terrorist sells in Europe at work. Europe? NATO? Were are you?
OK, said the Russians to Witkoff, if not the US military bases and the Navy, then the local refineries and oil depots. By the way, thank you for lifting oil sanctions, this was the right and very timely decision, we can do a lot of things together.
Pezeshkian promise not to strike the Gulf states at work.
"Maybe they can talk to the Russians, and the Russians will pause...".
Zelensky is a very strange guy, after all.
Re.: 'democracy' aka 'People's rule'.
People's rule died where it started long ago, in Ancient Greece (and Russian Novgorod) because people can't govern in the interests of all people. Humans were not created for real democracy, so they created fake democracy. Example: America today (no better).
Good luck going to hell.
He's hiding something. But it was visible on the neck. Maybe old syphilis or something like that? Maybe he is decomposing already?
NATO SG Mark Rutte said: Europe needs a "400% increase in air and missile" defence.
After the Iranian crisis - it became even more urgent for us in Europe to ramp up production of air-defence and anti-ballistic missiles.
#MissileTour 🇪🇺🇵🇱
#ProtectWhatMatters
🇪🇺 Europe may buy Russian gas and oil again in droves due to Trump's conflict with Iran - a serious blow for Ukraine, - WSJ
The EU fears that the prolonged closure of the Persian Gulf will force it to reconsider its tough stance on energy cooperation with Moscow.
Remember that? In 2003 the Ukrainians were ordered: No strikes on the territory of Russia, don't provoke Putin. "We will notw give you the long range weapons, Putin will retaliate...". Then the range of strikes inside Russia was limited.
That's how they go to war.
They are very stupid people.
