Daily Archives: February 6, 2022

2022-02-06: News Headlines

Staff (2022-02-06). Duque Wants to Speak with Russian Ambassador about Violence in Colombia's Arauca. orinocotribune.com Colombian President Iván Duque said this Friday, February 4, that he will speak to the Russian ambassador to Colombia, Nikolay K. Tavdumadze, to clarify the objectives of Russia's military presence in Venezuela. | Thus, Duque has chosen to ignore the statement from the Russian embassy in Colombia, which had denounced unfounded allegations made by the Colombian Defense Minister, Diego Molano. Molano accused Russia of supporting and implementing technical assistance at the Venezuelan border, to carry out a foreign "intervention." The Russian embassy called these accusations irresponsible, as Molano did not provide…

AutumnSun (2022-02-06). Peace with Russia Day of Action: February 5, 2022, Santa Cruz, California. indybay.org Santa Cruz takes part in a day of action for Peace with Russia!

Fight Back (2022-02-06). Baltimore: Protest demands: 'No U.S., NATO war on Russia and Donbass'. fightbacknews.org Baltimore, MD — Dozens of protesters gathered on February 5 in downtown Baltimore to speak out against a possible U.S./NATO war on Russia and Donbass. Speakers called on the U.S. government to fight COVID and poverty instead of Russia. | Protesters chanted demands for money for social investments in healthcare, housing and jobs instead of the military budget and war. Cars honked their horns in solidarity as they drove by the picket. A caravan of protesters drove throughout the city after the initial picket, before meeting up with another group for a joint closing rally at a different intersection. | A coali…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-02-06). Iran, Russia to hold joint agricultural working group. en.mehrnews.com Deputy Ministry of Agriculture for Horticultural Affairs said that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation will hold a joint working group in the field of agriculture.

Anatol Lieven (2022-02-06). Putin, Put'n, and peace in Ukraine. canadiandimension.com If Putin's past record is anything to go by, then only as a very last resort will he launch a full-scale invasion of eastern Ukraine, writes Anatol Lieven. Photo by Antonio Marín Segovia/ A mythological monster is haunting the fevered imagination of the West. Its name, as pronounced by the US media and political establishment, is "Put'n." It has the body of the bear, the arms of an octopus, and the head of a super-intelligent extraterrestrial. Its other characteristics are equally contradictory. It is an ethnic chauvinis…

Malik Miah (2022-02-05). What's behind US-NATO warmongering against Russia? greenleft.org.au The current United States-Russia crisis has its roots in Washington's betrayal of its well-documented promise to Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in the early 1990s to not move NATO eastward, write Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.

Evan Jones (2022-02-05). Cringeworthy Media Down Under. dissidentvoice.org The Russians are coming! So says the Australian mainstream media. To be honest, I don't know what the Murdoch press is saying as my equilibrium depends on my not reading it. The other major media chain, Nine Entertainment, is in full neo-Cold War mode. Nine Entertainment, as its name implies, has been best known for …

PopularResistance (2022-02-05). Popular Resistance Newsletter: Stop the War with Russia Weekend Actions! dissidentvoice.org Once again, the people of the United States are being lied into a war — this time with Russia over Ukraine. The corporate media echo chamber's warning of an "imminent Russian invasion" is the equivalence of the "Iraq has WMD's" lie used to justify a US invasion there in 2003. We are in an urgent …

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-05). Biden Administration Restores Sanctions Waiver for Iran's Nuclear Program. news.antiwar.com On Friday, the Biden administration The waivers mean any foreign countries, including Russia, China, and countries in Europe, that work with Iran on its nuclear program cannot be targeted by US sanctions. The waivers are an aspect of the JCPOA and were rescinded by the Trump administration in 2020. | "

_____ (2022-02-05). Unable to Produce Evidence, State Dept. Spox Hits Reporter With Russia Smear. strategic-culture.org It's been more than a month since the "imminent" invasion was coming so a new threat needed to be cooked up in the bowels of Foggy Bottom and Langley, writes Daniel McAdams. | By Daniel MCADAMS | It is so rare to see an actual journalist rather than a regime stenographer in the U.S. mainstream media that there really needs to be a federal "endangered species" protection designation. In this case it would be AP's

ecns.cn (2022-02-05). Xi, Putin agree on closer strategic coordination. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing on Friday with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony. The two leaders agreed to deepen strategic coordination in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.

sputniknews (2022-02-05). Aim of 5 February Rallies in US to Show Americans Do Not Seek War With Russia, Activist Says. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) Ekaterina Chukaeva – The aim of the upcoming rallies which are scheduled across the US on Saturday is to inform the public that the majority of US people are not seeking a conflict with Russia, Dan Gilman, who is on the organizing team of Seattle Anti-War Coalition and a member and past president of Veterans For Peace, said.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-05). Russia-China Joint Statement on NATO: What it Says and What it Doesn't. globalresearch.ca Much has already been and even more will be said about the joint statement issued on February 4 by the presidents of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, entitled Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and …

sputniknews (2022-02-05). US Conducting Information Warfare With Provocation Claims: Russian Ambassador. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) – Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said the United States is conducting an information warfare campaign with accusations of so-called Russian aggression with respect to the Ukraine situation.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-05). Russian-Chinese statement on NATO: what it says and what it doesn't. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Much has already been and even more will be said about the joint statement issued on February 4 by the presidents of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, entitled Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable …

ecns.cn (2022-02-05). China, Russia reaffirm support on core interest, oppose interference in internal affairs: joint statement. ecns.cn China and Russia reaffirmed strong support for each other's core interest, state sovereignty and territorial integrity, and voiced opposition to external interference in their domestic affairs, according to a joint statement issued Friday after a meeting between the two countries' presidents.

sputniknews (2022-02-05). Peskov: Kremlin May Switch 'Fake News' to 'Bloomberg News' After False Report on 'Russia Invasion'. sputniknews.com On Friday, Bloomberg news agency published the headline "Russia invades Ukraine" – only to remove it half an hour later, saying that it was a pre-written headline rolled out "inadvertently".

Staff (2022-02-05). EE.UU. levanta algunas medidas contra Irán por acuerdo nuclear. cubadebate.cu El secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Antony Blinken, levantó varias sanciones aplicadas contra Irán y vinculadas a actividades del programa nuclear de este país. La acción significa un paso esencial "para lograr el rápido cumplimiento de Irán" de sus compromisos, ya que el Gobierno de esa nación aseguró en varias ocasiones que "si EE.UU. levanta las crueles sanciones, es posible revivir el acuerdo de 2015".

C.J. Hopkins (2022-02-05). Attack of the Transphobic Putin-Nazi Truckers! dissidentvoice.org They rolled up on Ottawa's Parliament Hill like one of the plagues in the Book of Revelations, honking their infernal air horns, the grills of their tractors grinning demonically, the sides of their dry vans painted with blasphemies like "FREEDOM TO CHOOSE," "MANDATE FREEDOM," "NO VACCINE MANDATES," and "UNITED AGAINST TYRANNY." Yes, that's right, New …

Editorial La Jornada (2022-02-05). Pekín y Moscú: Respaldo mutuo. globalizacion.ca Horas antes de la ceremonia de inauguración de los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno, que acoge Pekín, los presidentes Vladimir Putin y Xi Jinping sostuvieron un encuentro en el que se comprometieron a profundizar sin descanso la coordinación estratégica entre Rusia…

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