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Biden’s Error on China – Criticized by Former US Secretary of State

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com March 23, 2023

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Moscow. Photos/tasks

WASHINGTON – Former United States (US) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US government made a “very big strategic mistake” by underestimating the importance of the thriving Russia-China relationship.

Mike Pompeo served as secretary of state under former President Donald Trump.

“The alliance between Moscow and Beijing may be a shotgun marriage, but they are still married,” Pompeo told Fox News on Wednesday (22/3/2023).

“To hear the White House play down this as if it is unimportant or unimportant is a huge strategic mistake,” he said.

Pompeo spoke hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up a landmark visit to Moscow, where many deals were signed.

He stressed that China had been “getting energy at a discount” from Russia.

“Think about it. American manufacturers pay full shipping costs for energy today and the Chinese get a 15.20% discount on every barrel of oil, which allows them to continue dumping their product in America,” he said.

March 23, 2023 0 comments

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Former French soldier seeks asylum in Russia

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com January 12, 2023

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Adrien Bocquet has sought asylum in Russia. Photo/Sputnik/Nina Zotina

PARIS – A former French soldier and military volunteer, Adrien Bocquet, has allegedly sought asylum in Russia.

This was reported by the RIA news agency on Wednesday (1/11/2023), citing “anonymous sources familiar with the situation”.

The Frenchman has already made repeated trips to Ukraine and the Donbass and says he has witnessed war crimes committed by Ukrainian troops.

“A former French soldier, Adrien Bocquet, has turned to the Russian authorities and asked them to grant him political asylum,” the source told RIA.

The source added that the asylum application should be submitted by mid-December. Russian authorities have so far not commented on the development.

Bocquet first went to Ukraine as a volunteer to provide humanitarian aid this past spring.

At the time, he reportedly visited Lviv and Kiev as well as the suburbs, including Bucha.

Kiev accused Russian troops of mass killings of civilians in the city, which Russian troops withdrew in late March. Moscow has repeatedly denied the allegations.

January 12, 2023 0 comments

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Russia’s enemies predicted the fate of Moscow wrong

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com January 12, 2023

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Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo/sputnik

FLY – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that none of the gloomy predictions made by the West about Russia’s fate in 2022 have come true.

Putin’s statement on Wednesday (1/11/2023) came as he commented on the West’s failure to destroy the national economy.

“Nothing that our enemies predicted will happen to us,” Putin said, thanking the government for its effective work throughout 2022, which has helped Russia resist international pressure amid unprecedented US-imposed sanctions (USA) and its allies. .

“Not a few, it’s the government’s work,” he said.

The president later said that much needs to be done to ensure the independent development of a truly sovereign Russia despite all external pressures and threats.

He underlined the fact that more efforts should be devoted to the procurement of Russian troops involved in the conflict in Ukraine.

“Russia must also expand the technological capacity of its economy and encourage the creation of new industries and jobs, while strengthening the financial sector, agricultural industry and many other areas of the economy,” Putin said.

Following the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine in late February, the United States and its allies in Europe and beyond have imposed unprecedented sanctions against Moscow, targeting entire sectors of its economy, including finance and banking. as well as the aerospace and aerospace industry.

In December, the European Union (EU), together with the G7 countries and Australia, introduced a cap on the maritime price of Russian oil, set at $60 a barrel.

January 12, 2023 0 comments

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Macron speaks openly about the Putin paradox

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com January 10, 2023

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French President Emmanuel Macron meets Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Bregancon fortress on the Mediterranean coast near Bormes-les-Mimosas in southern France August 19, 2019. PHOTO/REUTERS

PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron said Russian President Vladimir Putin was not an “unpleasant” person, but that can’t be an excuse to launch a “war” on Ukraine.

The French president made the strange remarks during an appearance Saturday on Les Rencontres du Papotin, a television program hosted by a group of autistic journalists.

Macron has been criticized by journalists on a number of issues, including his relationship with Putin.

“When you meet him like this, it’s not unpleasant. This is the paradox,” Macron said, adding: “No one justifies starting a war.”

The French president also spoke about the roots of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev.

He stated that Putin’s real goal is the restoration of the Russian “kingdom”. However, Macron did not explain how exactly the ongoing hostilities could help achieve these purported goals.

“Basically, he launched this war to reclaim territory and extend Russia’s borders to the empire it once was. He bears a very heavy responsibility for himself, for his people, obviously for the Ukrainian people and for all of us. That’s how I see things,” Macron said.

The French president also warned of the misconception that Russian troops are somehow on the verge of defeat in Ukraine.

January 10, 2023 0 comments

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The Kremlin refuses to accept being accused of wanting to dismember Ukraine like Korea

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com January 10, 2023

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Ukrainian servicemen prepare their 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun for firing at a front-line position in Kherson region, Ukraine, November 9, 2022. Photo/REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

FLY – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said allegations of Russia secretly negotiating an end to the Ukrainian conflict at the end of the Korean War were false.

The Russian official called a “hoax” reported last week in Ukraine that the deputy head of the Russian presidential administration Dmitry Kozak was involved in a secret diplomatic mission to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.

The head of Ukraine’s National Security Council Aleksey Danilov said in a televised interview last week that Kozak “acted” and held meetings with European officials “to force us to sign” the peace deal.

He said Russia wanted to divide Ukraine the way the Korean peninsula was divided in 1953, after three years of devastating armed conflict. “Kiev will not accept such an agreement,” Danilov said.

Peskov said any contact between Kozak and the EU officials referred to by Danilov could involve a different person with the same last name, perhaps a member of the Ukrainian parliament.

Taras Kozak is a Ukrainian politician who was elected to the country’s parliament in 2019 and belongs to the Opposition For Life faction.

The party has repeatedly come under attack from President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government over its alleged pro-Russian agenda, but its members insist they are victims of political persecution.

In early 2021, the Security Council of Ukraine imposed personal sanctions against Kozak and party chairman Viktor Medvedchuk.

January 10, 2023 0 comments

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Ukraine claims to have killed 800 Russian troops in 24 hours

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com January 5, 2023

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KIEV, KOMPAS.com – Military Ukraine claims to have killed 800 soldiers Russia in the last 24 hours.

Part of the Russian soldiers who died were involved in the fighting in the Donetsk region.

Reported by ReutersOn Thursday (5/1/2023), the focus of the Russian military in attacks on Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Kupiansk was unsuccessful.

The Ukrainian military said more than 800 Russian soldiers were killed, one plane, one helicopter and three tanks destroyed in the past 24 hours.

Ukraine has also reported civilian casualties following Russian air, rocket and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and two other cities in the Donetsk region, Kostiantynivka and Kurakhove.

Russia has repeatedly denied targeting civilians in its invasion of Ukraine.

A senior US official on Wednesday provided sobering information about the fighting in the Donetsk region, particularly around Bakhmut.

“The fighting is still quite heated,” the official said, as reported by Reuters.

“What we saw in Bakhmut we must see elsewhere on the front they will continue to fight in the coming months,” he continued.

In his evening speech, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian troops outside Bakhmut were inflicting heavy losses on the enemy.

On Telegram, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said that if Russia suffers significant losses, Moscow is likely to announce another partial mobilization in the first quarter of this year.

This information was passed on by Malyar citing the Intelligence Directorate at the Russian Defense Ministry.

According to Yegeny Balitsky, governor of Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian artillery killed five people and wounded 15, including four rescue workers.

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January 5, 2023 0 comments

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