Daily Archives: March 27, 2022

2022-03-27: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Chinese analysts: U.S. hopes to bleed Russia, collapse it like USSR. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 27, 2022 Biden makes US tensions with Russia 'personal'; calling for 'regime change' in a nuclear power dangerous: expertBy Yang Sheng and Wan Hengyi Edited The Biden administration's real and desperate intention in the Ukraine crisis has been exposed — to turn Ukraine into a mire so that Russia keeps bleeding, and to …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Georgia: Ruling party refuses Ukraine's demand to open second front against Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geMarch 27, 2022 Ruling party, opposition MPs: Georgia on "peaceful path", not getting into war The ruling Georgian Dream party and opposition MPs on Sunday asserted the country was on a "peaceful path" and would not get involved in war, following remarks by Oleksiy Danilov, the Ukrainian Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Brzezinski: Biden's Polish visit confirms NATO Article 5 war commitment. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioMarch 27, 2022 Biden visit reaffirms strength of Polish-US ties: ambassador US President Joe Biden's two-day visit to Poland has reaffirmed the strength of the partnership between the two countries and NATO allies, the American ambassador to Warsaw has said, amid Russia's war in neighbouring Ukraine. *** The US ambassador to Poland, Mark Brzezinski, …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Xinhua: Ukraine war impacts life of Europeans. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Russia-Ukraine military conflict exerts impact on life of Europeans Xinhua News Agency BERLIN/PARIS, March 27 — The ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine has exerted great impact on the lives of European people. With rising price increases and panic buying due to worries over supply issue, a number of supermarkets in some European countries have reportedly started …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Karabakh: Azerbaijani troops invade Russian peacekeeping zone, use Turkish drones against defenders. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Massis PostMarch 26, 2022 Russia and US Call on Azerbaijan to Withdraw Troops From Karabakh Village ==== Also see: "Occupied territories" in the way: Azerbaijan, Ukraine push Eurasian corridor through GUAM format Nagorno-Karabakh model for Crimea, Donbass: Azerbaijan, Ukraine deepen strategic partnership ==== Russia has accused Azerbaijan of violating a Russian-brokered ceasefire that stopped the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Germany eyes Israeli interceptor missile system. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ReutersMarch 27, 2022 Germany eyes buying missile defence system, Chancellor Scholz says Germany is considering purchasing a missile defence system to shield against a potential attack from Russia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said late on Sunday. "This is certainly one of the issues we are discussing, and for good reason," he told public broadcaster ARD when …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-27). Azerbaijan preparing to evict Russian troops from Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Until two days ago the only missing piece in the puzzle in terms of the West and its partners "resolving" frozen conflicts in the former Soviet Union. Which is to say, driving Russian peacekeepers and other troops out of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Crimea and the Donbass. The latter are labeled "temporarily-occupied territories" by …

Staff (2022-03-27). US envoy says not confident Iran nuclear deal is imminent. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) — US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley said on Sunday that he was not confident that a nuclear deal between Iran and other JCPOA parties was imminent after 11 months of talks in Vienna.

Jacob Augstein (2022-03-27). The spiral of uncertainty. indybay.org Exiting this spiral is difficult. The first step is to acknowledge one's own involvement. It is said that Putin is the prisoner of his historical myths. But this is also true for the countries of the West. Their myth is that of their own blamelessness.

oneworld.press (2022-03-26). The Chinese Foreign Minister's South Asian Sojourn Was Historic. oneworld.press The extremely complicated international conditions brought about by the US-led West's unprecedented response to Russia's ongoing special military operation in Ukraine, which Moscow commenced to ensure the integrity of its national security red lines there, has made it more urgent than ever for truly neutral countries like China to work closer together with its likeminded South Asian partners in the interests of global peace.

oneworld.press (2022-03-26). Highlights From The Russian Defense Ministry's Latest Briefing On Ukraine. oneworld.press Westerners might not have been aware of this important event due to their governments' censorship of Russian media so the author took it upon himself to share the highlights from this briefing with the intent of breaking through that '(anti-)democratic firewall'.

Ryan Black (2022-03-26). Russia Invasion Of Ukraine Makes Germany Accelerate Clean Energy Plan. progressivehub.net DAN GEARINO | INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS…

teleSUR (2022-03-26). Russian MoD Offers Update on Casualties From Ukraine Conflict. telesurenglish.net The Russian Defense Ministry provided an update on the casualties sustained by the country's armed forces during the ongoing military offensive in Ukraine. | RELATED: | "Unfortunately, during the special military operation there have been losses among our comrades-in-arms. To date, 1,351 servicemen have died and 3,825 have been injured," the deputy head of the Russian General Staff, Colonel General Sergey Rudskoy told…

JANET (2022-03-26). Sanctions Kill Campaign: End the Ukraine war. iacenter.org March 25, 2022 This March 17 statement issued by the Sanctions Kill Campaign links to a petition: solidaritycenter.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=28&reset=1 The Sanctions Kill Campaign is a broad coalition of social justice, solidarity and peace forces, focused on exposing the devastating impact of U.S. sanctions on civilian populations globally. Credit: sanctionskill.org Sanctions are not a substitute for war The current regime of sanctions against Russia is not a substitute for war but a form of warfare. Sanctions kill many thousands, just as bombs do. Sanctions create hyperinflation, artificial fam…

Michael Welch (2022-03-26). NATO-Russia Proxy War: Revealing Signs of a Fading America: Scott Ritter, Michael Hudson. globalresearch.ca "Joe Biden looked Vladimir Putin in the eye last June and threatened him with massive sanctions should he act on Ukraine. He had months to sit down with his inner circle and say, "how do we prepare for this?" Nothing the U.S. and its allies are doing has taken the Russians by surprise. NOTHING! They anticipated EVERYTHING! And they have a plan in response." | — Scott Ritter…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-26). Japan, Russia continue to clash over Kurils, Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsMarch 26, 2022 Russia starts military drill on disputed islands off Japan The Russian military said Friday it has started a military exercise involving more than 3,000 troops on a chain of islands including those disputed with Japan, Russian news agency Interfax reported. It is the first drill on the disputed islands off Japan's …

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-26). Ukraine has become haven for foreign terrorists, mercenaries. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 26 (MNA) — Stating that the most important goals of special military operations have been realized in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine has turned into a haven for thousands of foreign terrorists and mercenaries.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-26). Blinken to embark on a regional trip to discuss Iran, Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 26 (MNA) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the occupied Palestine, Morocco and Algeria to discuss Ukraine, Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, and other international issues.

ecns.cn (2022-03-26). Fund run by Biden's son involved in financing biolabs in Ukraine: Russian Defense Ministry. ecns.cn The investment fund Rosemont Seneca, currently managed by Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, funded the Pentagon's military biological program in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-26). Former land forces commander: Poland should seize Kaliningrad. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NoviniteMarch 26, 2022 Polish General: Warsaw has the Right to Claim Kaliningrad Also see: Ukrainian National Security Council says Kaliningrad, Karelia, Kurils not Russian Former commander of Poland's ground forces, Waldemar Skrzypczak, said the Kaliningrad region was "under Russian occupation since 1945". According to him, this territory was never Russian but historically belonged to Prussia …

oneworld.press (2022-03-26). The US' Secret Police Just Questioned A Journalist For Offering To Debate McFaul. oneworld.press Augustana University decided to de facto function as a brainwashing apparatus of the American elite by declining to allow Sputnik's Lee Stranahan to participate in a panel alongside the US' former Ambassador to Russia, which he suggested to them for the purpose of presenting a diversity of views on the Ukrainian Conflict. Instead of simply ignoring that journalist's well-intended request, they called the country's secret police on him in order to intimidate Stranahan for sharing his proposal.

Staff (2022-03-26). Russian NSA expressed strong commitment to further deepen strategic partnership with India: PMO. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev on Wednesday, in which the senior Russian offical expressed his country's strong commitment to deepen its 'Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership' with India."

WSWS (2022-03-26). Crossing the psychological Rubicon: US-NATO risks nuclear war. wsws.org The real danger that the NATO-Russia war may lead to the use of nuclear weapons is now acknowledged widely. But rather than warning that this must be avoided at all costs, it is being treated by the US political establishment as a legitimate option.

WSWS (2022-03-26). USW tries to isolate striking Richmond, CA Chevron workers just as strike slows west coast production. wsws.org Over 500 oil workers at Chevron's Richmond refinery in Northern California are entering the second week of their strike. While Chevron profits from rising prices and the drive to war with Russia, workers are under immediate danger of being sold out by the United Steel Workers.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-26). Ukrainian parliament site expresses support for Azerbaijan's attack on Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Kremlin's strategic partner Azerbaijan has chosen a revealing moment to renew its effort for the conquest and subjugation of Nagorno-Karabakh. See also: Azerbaijan intensifies attacks in Nagorno-Karabakh near Russian troops ==== "All these actions carried out by Azerbaijan are nothing but a state-orchestrated policy of ethnic cleansing aimed at the complete eviction of Armenians …

Staff (2022-03-26). PM Modi meets Russian NSA, reaffirms intention to strengthen coordination on Afghanistan. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met with Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, during which they reaffirmed their intention to strengthen coordination in the field of enhancing regional stability, including on Afghanistan.

ecns.cn (2022-03-26). U.S., NATO should hold dialogue with Russia, rather than start new Cold War: spokesperson. ecns.cn The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should hold dialogue with Russia, rather than start a new Cold War, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Friday.

_____ (2022-03-26). US Afghan Military Arsenals are Up for Sale. journal-neo.org While the exact number of US weapons, vehicles, aircraft and military equipment seized by the Taliban (banned in the Russian Federation) after the US and its allies had fled Afghanistan is unknown, the preliminary value of this lethal commodity is estimated by various experts at around $85 billion. In Kunduz, Afghanistan, regular Taliban military displays …

Staff (2022-03-26). Jaishankar meets Russian NSA, discusses Afghan situation. aninews.in New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met with visiting Russian Secretary of Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, and discussed a number of international and regional problems, including the situation in Afghanistan.

WSWS (2022-03-26). Australian government accuses Russia of war crimes, buries its own atrocities in Afghanistan. wsws.org The Liberal-National government and the Labor Party, now condemning "Russian war crimes," are implicated in some of the worst outrages in US-led invasions.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-26). Azerbaijan intensifies attacks in Nagorno-Karabakh near Russian troops. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Panorama.amMarch 26, 2022 Azerbaijani forces resort to fresh aggression, Artsakh says Also see: Ukrainian parliament site expresses support for Azerbaijan's attack on Nagorno-Karabakh The Azerbaijani troops, who have seized the village of Parukh in Artsakh, have today resorted to fresh aggression, Artsakh's Defense Ministry said in a statement. "On March 26, at around 11am, the …

WSWS (2022-03-26). Exhibition at the German-Russian Museum in Berlin: "Postscript—'Eastern Workers' in the German Reich" wsws.org "Postscript—'Eastern Workers' in the German Reich" is on view until further notice. "Dimensions of a Crime. Soviet Prisoners of War in World War II" has been extended until June 26. Both exhibitions have now acquired even greater relevance.

teleSUR, jaa, JGN (2022-03-26). Rusia acusa a Ucrania de frustrar acuerdo de seguridad del OEIA. telesurtv.net El pacto con el OEIA tiene sostén en siete puntos generales, entre los que destaca la preservación física de las plantas nucleares, entre otros aspectos.

WSWS (2022-03-26). Australian high school students denounce major parties at climate rallies. wsws.org Young people attending rallies around the country expressed grave concerns about climate change, COVID-19, the growing threat of nuclear war and the overall social crisis caused by capitalism.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-26). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-26). EU envoy in Tehran to help finalize stalled nuclear deal talk. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 26 (MNA) — European Union's coordinator is in Iran in an effort to help Tehran and Washington finalize stalled negotiations on restoring the 2015 nuclear deal, from which former US President Trump pulled out unilaterally in 2018.

ecns.cn (2022-03-26). China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project fully operational. ecns.cn China's Hualong One demonstration project, a domestically designed third-generation nuclear reactor, has been completed and put into commercial operation, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Friday."ÄÄ"ÄÄ…

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2022-03-26). Rusia afirma que la amenaza del conflicto nuclear está latente. telesurtv.net Rusia llamó a mantener una política responsable, o de lo contrario la amenaza nuclear estará presente.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-26). EU's Borrell says nuclear agreement with Iran 'very close'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 26 (MNA) — The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Saturday that Iran and world powers were very close to an agreement on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.

SAM (2022-03-26). Who's Enabling Putin's Enablers? inequality.org

Norman Solomon (2022-03-26). Barbarism and Hypocrisy Don't Justify Each Other. indybay.org From Moscow to Washington, might makes right…

ecns.cn (2022-03-26). Cargo plane returns to airport safely in southwest China after mechanical failure. ecns.cn A cargo plane of Sichuan Airlines, which departed from southwest China's Chongqing Municipality to Moscow, returned to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport safely after reporting mechanical failure on Friday.

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