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China Must Pay World Reparations or be Sanctioned for Coronavirus Pandemic
China has wrecked the planet! China is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths world wide, businesses shut down, total lockdowns everywhere, complete madness and panic all because of their Wuhan Virus outbreak. China must be held responsible.
China hid information, suppressed its own doctors and arrested them all the way back in December 2019 for “rumors and trying to spread panic”,...
EU to Bypass Hungary's Veto and Send Massive €50 Billion Aid to Ukraine
The European Union (EU) is prepared to provide Ukraine with €50 billion ($53.4 billion) in aid, even if Hungary continues to veto it, as per sources within the EU, reported by Reuters on Friday.
The European Commission has put forth a proposal to offer Ukraine additional grants and loans to assist in its ongoing conflict with Russia. However, this proposal faced vetoes from Hungary and Slovakia...
Biden Lifts Sanctions on Venezuela Dictator Maduro in Exchange for Oil
A panicking Joe Biden has realized that his best friends, now that oil prices are soaring again and the SPR remains largely drained, are tinpot banana-republic “dictators” (in the White House’s own words) like Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, and on Wednesday the White House suspended sanctions on Venezuelan oil, gas and gold production.
But since it would be too corrupt even for Biden to drop...
10,000 Illegal Aliens Will Soon Cross US Border Daily, Warns Mexican President
The U.S. will soon see 10,000 illegal migrants entering its southern border every day, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador warned Friday.
Obrador blamed the U.S. sanctions against socialist countries like Cuba and Venezuela for the migrant influx in the U.S.
From the Associated Press:
Mexico’s president said Monday that about 10,000 migrants per day are heading to the U.S. border, and...
Biden Wants Sanctions for Uganda Because Its Government Passed Anti-LGBT Laws
In an excellent display of how US foreign policy can be used as a means of pandering to domestic interest groups, the Biden administration has threatened to impose sanctions on Uganda as punishment for that regime’s adoption of new laws criminalizing some types of homosexual behavior.
While it is abundantly clear that this move from the Ugandan state presents absolutely no threat to any vital US...
Germany officially in Recession
The German economy has now entered a recession, reports CNBC. GDP fell 0.3 percent in the first quarter of this year after a 0.5 percent decline in the final quarter of 2022.
In a formal sense, the new figures mean a recession, as two consecutive quarters of negative growth are technically used to define a recession.
Inflation, the war in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia have put the German economy...
EU imports from Russia almost unchanged by sanctions
Despite the introduction of ten different sanctions packages aimed at pressuring Russia to end the war in Ukraine, the value of imports from Russia to EU countries has only decreased by five percent over the past year, the Europaportal reports.
Instead of reducing their imports, twelve EU countries have actually increased them.
The EU is now preparing an eleventh package of sanctions against Russia...
Ineffective Sanctions: Russian Oligarchs Thriving More than Ever Before and even in Foreign Countries
With its 25 bedrooms and gold-ceilinged ballroom, Witanhurst is said to be the capital’s second-largest private residence — only Buckingham Palace is bigger.
And as these exclusive aerial photographs taken this week by The Daily Mail show, the £300 million property certainly looks fit for a king. The North London mansion’s lawns have been carefully mown into stripes, its flowerbeds...
Putin unleashes direct nuclear warning to NATO saying Russians will 'suffer'
Accusing the West of a concerted effort to undermine and dismantle Russia, Vladimir Putin has cited this perceived threat as justification for Russia’s decision to withdraw from a nuclear arms treaty. In a recent interview, Putin cautioned that the United Kingdom’s nuclear capabilities would be factored into Russia’s response to what he characterizes as the West’s aggression.
Putin’s...
Serbia's Arms Exports 'Selling Like Hotcakes'
With President Aleksandar Vucic’s administration refusing to denounce Russia’s special operation or support Western sanctions against Moscow and advocating for peace, Belgrade has made an effort to mediate between the alliance and Russia.
Recently, Vucic claimed that Serbian weapons are in such high demand worldwide that the Balkan country must purposefully save part of its goods for its...
Moldova Takes a Step to Outlaw Pro-Russian Separatist Regime in Transnistria
Moldova is changing its approach to resolving the Transnistrian conflict, seeking to liberate the territory on the left bank of Dniester from the Russian occupation since 1992.
Chisinau has been in dialogue with the leaders of the pro-Russian regime in Tiraspol and avoided conflicts for the past 30 years.
Moldova now takes a 180-degree turn: its parliament has passed a law on separatism, which should...
Ursula von der Leyen says Russian Economy will be Crushed by EU Sanctions
According to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Tuesday, EU sanctions are intended to cripple the Russian economy for years to come and rob it of vital technology.
Since the start of the crisis in Ukraine, the European Union has imposed nine rounds of sanctions against Russia that have targeted a variety of economic sectors,...
Great Reset: EU Reduces Gas Consumption by 20.1% From Five-Year Average
As part of its strategy to reduce its reliance on Russian energy, the European Union lowered its natural gas consumption by 20.1% from August to November compared to the same months in 2017–2021, the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) said on Tuesday.
In comparison to the average gas consumption for the same months (August to November) between 2017 and 2021, the EU’s natural gas consumption...
Pentagon says Putin has lost HALF of Russia's tanks, it will be impossible to rebuild
Russia’s military may never recover from the damage it has suffered in Ukraine, the Pentagon has said.
Colin Kahl, the under secretary for defence, revealed half of Vladimir Putin’s tanks have been destroyed and most of his precision missiles used up since he ordered the invasion a little over eight months ago.
Sanctions mean it will be ‘very difficult’ for Moscow to rebuild...
Switzerland is no longer Neutral, joins Europe's sanctions against Russia
Switzerland’s Air Force put on an impressive display at an annual air show in the Alps, amid heightened military tensions in Europe.
The famously neutral country has an air force with around 20,000 active personnel, and yesterday showed off its aerial prowess near the summit of the Axalphorn mountain.
Tiger F5 airplanes, F-35s, Cougar helicopters and special forces put on a highly-skilled and...