Daily Archives: October 14, 2021

2021-10-14: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-14). NATO chieftain: when 30 Allies agree that they are ready to join, Georgia and Ukraine will join the bloc. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgia, Not Russia, to Decide Georgia's NATO Membership -Stoltenberg Speaking at an event hosted by Brookings Institution and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., the Secretary General rebuffed on October 5 the notion that Russia's small neighbors joining NATO would be a "provocation" to Moscow as "absolutely wrong." He said that the message that it was …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-14). Pentagon chief's visit to Georgia stark message to Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgia's territorial integrity: "liberation" of Abkhazia and South Ossetia from "Russian occupation" Euro-Atlantic aspirations: Georgia joining NATO first, the European Union second (the sequence that all eleven nations that have joined both since the end of the Cold War proceeded through) Georgian and American soldiers have been standing side-by-side for years: Georgia was the third-largest …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-14). NATO PA: Bosnia, Georgia Ukraine in NATO, Russia out of Caucasus, Crimea, Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Which is to say, reducing the demands to essential terms, war with Russia on multiple fronts. ==== Georgia in NATO Parliamentary Assembly Resolutions NATO Parliamentary Assembly adopted on October 11 two resolutions that, among others, reaffirmed support to Georgia's territorial integrity and its Euro-Atlantic integration aspirations. Resolution 471, adopted during the Assembly's 67th Annual Session …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-14). Ukraine celebrates defenders, defendresses, Cossacks, Bandera against "Russia's occupation of Crimea" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Day of Defenders and Defendresses of Ukraine celebrated today On October 14, on the Orthodox feast of the Intercession of the Theotokos, Ukrainians celebrate the Day of Defenders and Defendresses of Ukraine and the Day of Ukrainian Cossacks. The Day of Defenders and Defendresses of Ukraine is a public holiday celebrated on October 14. It …

WSWS (2021-10-14). Malian president accuses Paris of secretly arming terrorist groups to provoke war. wsws.org In a statement made last Friday to the Russian news service RIA Novosti, Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga accused the French government of secretly arming Islamist terrorists to maintain the conflict in the country and justify the French military occupation.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-10-14). Climate Change versus the Dangers of Nuclear War. "Three Minutes to Midnight" globalresearch.ca While a World War III scenario implying the preemptive use of nuclear weapons has been on the drawing board of the Pentagon for more than ten years, military planners are now involved in the formulation of concrete attack plans directed against Russia.

Paul Antonopoulos (2021-10-14). Ankara's Penetration into Central Asia Threatens to Bring Pan-Turkic Extremism to Russia's Border. globalresearch.ca

TASS (2021-10-14). Russian diplomat Zakharova slams EU's new set of sanctions against Russia as hypocrisy. tass.com The Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman stressed that any "sanctions decisions," which were made bypassing the UN Security Council, are illegitimate from the international legal stance…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-14). Russian Foreign Ministry condemns NATO pseudo-state Kosovo's final solution in cleansing ethnic minorities. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Not that one should expect Russia to do more here than it does in all other situations: talk. ==== Moscow condemns Pristina's antics in northern Kosovo — statement "We decisively condemn the antics of the Albanian Kosovan leaders who feel impunity and use any excuse to achieve a spike of Serbophobia in the local community …

Anonymous103 (2021-10-14). US Trying To Boycott Energy Cooperation Between Moscow And Europe. southfront.org Illustrative ImageEurope depends on energy cooperation with Russia, but Washington's meddling threatens rapprochement. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | The current energy situation in Europe is really disturbing. The exponential rise in the price of gas directly threatens the functioning of basic sectors of European society. Amidst a scenario of growing demand for energy supply with low economic and environmental impact, European countries are looking for sustainable forms of cooperation and see Russia as the most promising ally. Howeve…

Anonymous007 (2021-10-14). U.S. Wants Russia To Remove All Mediun And Short-Range Missiles From Europe Before It Does The Same. southfront.org Russia must remove from Europe missiles that violate, in the opinion of the American side, the INF Treaty, Jeffrey Eberhardt,…

Staff (2021-10-14). RT Creative Lab releases 'Children of the Siege: VR Sketches', animated movie dedicated to kids of Leningrad during WWII (VIDEO). rt.com RT Creative Lab has released an animated movie, 'Children of the Siege. VR Sketches', dedicated to the children trapped in the city of Leningrad during the siege by Nazi forces, considered to be the deadliest in history. | Over three hundred thousand children were evacuated from Leningrad in the two months after WWII began in the Soviet Union. When the siege of the city began in September 1941, over four hundred thousand kids were trapped inside. | Children in besieged Leningrad knew little else but starvation and cold; they grew up to the whistle of shells and booms of explosions. The siege lasted a grueling…

sputniknews (2021-10-14). Full-Scale US-Thai Military Drills to Be Conducted Next Year, US Military Says. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The US hopes that Thai-American international military drills Cobra Gold, the largest joint annual exercises in Southeast Asia, will be held full-scale in 2022 after being downgraded due to the pandemic, head of US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral John Aquilino said in an interview with the Bangkok Post newspaper on Thursday.

teleSUR (2021-10-13). Cuba and Russia To Strengthen Bilateral Trade and Cooperation. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel met Russia's Vice President Yuri Borisov in La Habana to dialogue on bilateral development prospects and economic, trade, and financial cooperation between their countries. | RELATED: | During the meeting, Diaz-Canel conveyed a cordial greeting to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and reiterated his gratitude for sending over 200 tons of medicines and food for the Cuban people when his…

teleSUR (2021-10-13). Venezuela Offers Legal Guarantees to Russian Investors. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, during the Second Russia-Venezuela Bussiness Forum, the Venezuelan Foreign Trade Vice-Minister Hector Silva offered guarantees to protect Russian investors | Related | President Nicolas Maduro's administration expressed its interest to increase Russian investments in sectors such as farming, mining, and energy. It highlighted the country's strong and effective legal framework for the protection of fore…

scorinoco (2021-10-13). Iran Announces Strategic Alliance with Russia. orinocotribune.com The announcement came shortly after last week's meeting in Moscow between the foreign affairs ministers of the two countries. | On Monday, October 11, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Said Khatibzadeh stated that the Eastern axis has been defined among Iran, China, and Russia, and announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Russia. | This legal understanding comes more than half a year after Iran having concluded a similar agreement with China and in a context of rearrangements of regional alliances and announcements of new partnerships in different regions. | According to the Iranian official, in…

Brittani Banks (2021-10-13). What Kind of a Threat Is Russia? independentmediainstitute.org In his latest book, The Stupidity of War: American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacency, American political scientist John Mueller demonstrates that since the end of World War II, American policymakers have developed a kind of addiction to threat inflation by "routinely elevating the problematic to the dire… focused on problems, or monsters, that …

teleSUR (2021-10-13). GLOBALink | Putin Calls for Closer Global Cooperation on Conserving Biodiversity. telesurenglish.net Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks via video at the leaders' summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 12, 2021.

Anonymous669 (2021-10-13). Turkish-Backed Militants Claim They Shot Down Russian Drone Over Northern Aleppo (Photos). southfront.org Illustrative image. | On October 13, a Russian Orlan-10 drone crashed in the outskirts of the Turkish-occupied town of Marea in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | The Turkish-backed Syrian National Army claimed that the drone was shot down by its militants. Nevertheless, opposition activists said that the drone fell as a result of a technical failure. Photos of the drone's wreckage show no real damage.

Anonymous007 (2021-10-13). Putin Speaks Of Energy Crisis, Nord Stream 2, Ukraine At Russian Energy Week. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On October 13th, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week in Moscow. | Putin spoke about the record growth in world fuel prices, gas transit through Ukraine, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. | He stressed that the rise in gas prices in Europe was caused by a shortage of electricity, and not vice versa."And there is no need <...> to shift from a sore head to a healthy one, as we say and how some of our partners are trying to do," he said.

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-13). #WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether: Turkey condemns Russia, U.S. over deaths of police killed in occupied Syria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com US, Russia bear responsibility in recent YPG attacks: FM àáavu≈üoƒülu The United States and Russia are responsible in part for the attacks carried out in northern Syria by the Syrian offshoot of the PKK…the YPG, Foreign Minister Mevlàºt àáavu≈üoƒülu said Wednesday, adding that the two countries did not keep their promises. …àáavu≈üoƒülu reiterated that Turkey …

Anonymous007 (2021-10-13). First Brigade Of S-500 Missile Defense System Began Protecting Moscow And Its Surroundings. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The first brigade set of the Russian S-500 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) entered the 15th Special Forces Army of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia, covering Moscow and the Central Industrial Region. | This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department."The first brigade set of S-500 air defense systems entered service with the formation, which is on alert for the protection and defense of aerospace over the capital of the country," the source said, without…

WSWS (2021-10-13). Russian COVID-19 deaths reach record highs while government does nothing. wsws.org Nearly 1000 people a day are dying from coronavirus in Russia, as the federal government does nothing and local officials impose a patchwork of inadequate and ineffective public health measures.

Anonymous103 (2021-10-13). Washington Weaponizes Information Leaks Against Foes And Friends Alike. southfront.org Illustrative ImageSuch a policy makes the U.S. a distrustful partner for any country. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | The U.S. has a habit of leaking information about its presidents, high-ranking officials, and the contents of confidential talks with other partners. Prominent examples of such leakages begin with documents published by Wikileaks and continues to Hunter Biden's Ukrainian story, revelations about former President Donald Trump and more. | It was recently leaked that a meeting between Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, and Chai…

Editor (2021-10-13). Behind NATO's 'cognitive warfare': 'Battle for your brain' waged by Western militaries. mronline.org Western governments in the NATO military alliance are developing tactics of "cognitive warfare," using the supposed threats of China and Russia to justify waging a "battle for your brain" in the "human domain," to "make everyone a weapon."

Anonymous669 (2021-10-13). Reconciliation Process Continues In Eastern Daraa Despite Attack On Army Post (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | On October 13, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a combing operation in the town of Saida in the eastern Daraa countryside. | Saida joined the Russian-sponsored

Anonymous007 (2021-10-13). Military Situation In Syria On October 13, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On October 12, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 9 times: 1 — in Idlib province, 3 — in Latakia province, 3 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On October 13, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces near Sarmaniyah village | On October 13, an explosion was reported in the city of Afrin | On October 10, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions near Tal Tama…

Thomas Knapp (2021-10-13). "No First Use": An Empty Gesture That Would Cost Nothing. counterpunch.org "Debate on 'no first use' of nukes mushrooms in Washington," Joe Gould reports at Defense News. "Five years after President Barack Obama turned back from declaring a 'no first use' as US policy for nuclear weapons," Gould writes, "opponents say the Biden administration is considering it too, and warn that it risks alienating allies." Is it

_____ (2021-10-13). Veering to the Abyss… U.S. and Allies Are Intellectually Comatose. strategic-culture.org We'll need something like the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 when the U.S. and Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war in order to get peoples' heads screwed on straight, says Michael Brenner in an interview with SCF's Finian Cunningham. | In a stark assessment of U.S. international policy and that of its allies, Professor Michael Brenner says there is an abject failure of political leadership and strategic thinking. This is clearly seen with regard to Washington's persistent antagonism of China and its inability to conduct meaningful dialogue and diplomacy with Beijing for resolving major issues. That is als…

teleSUR- jaa, JL (2021-10-13). Irán reafirma compromiso para reactivar el Acuerdo Nuclear. telesurtv.net El canciller iraní aseveró que "en conversaciones futuras, nuestras acciones serán acordes con el nivel de las acciones de otras partes sobre el Acuerdo Nuclear".

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-10-13). US Writes Belarus into Its Familiar Regime-Change Script. libya360.wordpress.com Alan MacleodQuietly, the U.S. national security state is turning up the heat on Belarus, hoping that the ex-Soviet country of 9 million will be the next casualty of its regime-change agenda. This sentiment was made clear in President Joe Biden's recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Biden announced that the U.S. would pursue…

South Front (2021-10-13). Video: US Geopolitical Sense of Urgency Pushed Victoria Nuland to Moscow. globalresearch.ca

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