Beijing “respects” the actions of the Russian government amid the “ongoing crisis situation” in Ukraine, China’s President Xi Jinping told President Vladimir Putin during a phone call on Friday, the Kremlin has said. The Russian president has “thoroughly informed” the Chinese leader about the reasons that prompted Putin to launch a military operation in Ukraine, the Kremlin said in a... 

Germany has taken steps to halt the process of certifying the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia as the West started taking punitive measures against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his government made the decision to halt the £7.4 billion pipeline in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of the independence of two breakaway regions in eastern... 

The EU will not negotiate with Russia “forever,” and sanctions may eventually have to be imposed if Moscow continues to build up its military near the Ukrainian border, European Council President Charles Michel said on Sunday. Speaking to the Munich Security Conference, Michel suggested that diplomacy would not last forever, and economic measures could be placed on Moscow if there is no sign of... 

The EU could impose economic measures on Russia if Moscow opts to recognize the self-proclaimed Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (LPR) People’s Republics as sovereign states, senior European officials have warned. Threats of sanctions, announced on Tuesday, following a resolution passed earlier that day by Russia’s State Duma (parliament). MPs voted in favor of a motion, addressed to President Vladimir... 

Days after Pfizer admitted a safety audit could wipe billions off their stock market valuation, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel dumped hundreds of millions of dollars in stock and deleted his Twitter account. Nothing to see here, folks. Not suspicious at all. CEO Recent Trades: CEO Stephane Bancel sold 10,000 shares of MRNA stock on 02/11/2021 at the average price of $178.29. The price of the stock has... 

Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services has funnelled nearly $200 million dollars to George Soros to help criminal migrants escape prison. The Soros-linked group, Vera Institute of Justice, helps fund lawyers for dangerous criminal illegal aliens, according to an investigation by Just the News. According to sources, Biden is looking to increase the lucrative contract to a whopping $198... 

An EU mechanism to withhold budget cash will be triggered after Poland racked up huge daily fines of €500,000 for refusing to shutter a lignite mine. The European Commission has informed Poland that it will be docking a multimillion-euro fine out of EU funds earmarked for Warsaw, Brussels spokesman Balazs Ujvari told AFP on Tuesday. The mechanism will be triggered next week and will see 15 million... 

Argentina became the first of the continent’s three top economies to sign up for the Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. Buenos Aires and Beijing have signed a memorandum of understanding on the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s multibillion-dollar global infrastructure development project. The document was part of a package of cooperation agreements signed on Sunday in Beijing during a visit... 

EU forced to admit that price hikes are not as temporary and benign as previously said. Inflation across the Eurozone surged to 5.1% in January from 5% in the previous month, despite optimistic expectations for a sharp drop to 4.4%, data from Eurostat showed on Wednesday. Inflation is now more than twice the ECB’s 2% target. The latest growth reportedly reflects the hottest rate of inflation across... 

“Restricted Republic” host Lisa Haven warned the American people that food supply shortages are going to get worse. She mentioned that Washington State is literally rationing food now and that DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management tweeted that people who are going to grocery stores should just buy what they need and leave some for others. (Related: Grocers are now stockpiling food supplies... 

Elon Musk is clearly preparing ground today in 2022 as some sort of conservative, nationalist among right wingers. Many gullible Americans are beginning to warm up to him and praise him just like they did with Donald Trump. Most likely Elon will NOT participate in the upcoming US presidential elections but he will participate in a distant future and he is now preparing his image, setting himself up... 

Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, a Ukrainian-born American family physician known for promoting a three-drug combo of hydroxychloroquine, zinc sulfate and azithromycin as part of outpatient treatment for COVID-19 called the “Zelenko Protocol,” believes that SARS-CoV-2, which causes the virus, is a bioweapon, as he explained recently in a video with Dr. Joseph Mercola. In addition, Zelenko said that he believes... 

Elizabeth Warren and others are running around blaming inflation on greedy corporations’ “price gouging.” Of course, this narrative falls apart when you realize producer prices are rising faster than consumer prices. If anything, producers are letting consumers gouge them by not passing on all of their rising costs. But the “greedy corporation” narrative is great for politicians. It lets... 

The US is considering the possibility of banning exports of consumer and industrial technologies to Russia, such as components for smartphones and planes, if Moscow launches an invasion of Ukraine, news agency Reuters has claimed. Citing an unnamed source in the White House, the agency reported that a handful of American industries could be banned from conducting business in the Russian market. According... 

In its prolonged freezing of Venezuelan assets, the UK continues to withhold 31 tons of its gold stored at the Bank of England, with a new Supreme Court ruling supporting the seizure. The recent decision, CNN reported, “ruled that recognition of heads of state and government was solely the responsibility of the British government, which had recognized [opposition leader Juan] Guaidó as Venezuela’s...