Monthly Archives: July 2022

2022-07-27: News Headlines

____ (2022-07-27). China's positive global role underscored. ecns.cn China has played a positive role in avoiding deepening global polarization and a new Cold War against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the "Indo-Pacific" strategy proposed by the United States, experts said on Tuesday.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-27). Russia Fired on Israeli Jets Over Syria in May 'One-Off'. news.antiwar.com In late May, Russia fired S-300 missiles at Israeli jets attacking Syria. Israeli DM Benny Gantz confirmed this, calling it a " Russia has long complained about Israeli attacks on Syria, but this marks the first time they actually fired on…

Thiemo Kirmse (2022-07-27). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.

____ (2022-07-27). Russia to quit ISS after 2024: space chief. ecns.cn Russia has decided to leave the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024 and will start building a Russian one by that time, said Yury Borisov, director general of Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos, on Tuesday.

____ (2022-07-27). EU continues efforts aimed at success of nuclear negotiations. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the EU is continuing its efforts aimed at the success of the talks, and Iran, too, is seriously pursuing efforts aimed at reaching a good and sustainable result.

Staff (2022-07-27). US rationalism, flexibility ensure success of nuclear talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) — Iranian foreign minister said that in the final round of the nuclear talks two factors, namely rationalism, and flexibility of the American side can ensure the success of the negotiations.

Michael Strinberg (2022-07-27). Will The Diablo Canyon Nuke Plant Ever Shut Down? indybay.org The powers that be are trying to keep the troublesome Diablo Canyon nuclear plant on CA's central coast open longer than planned.

_____ (2022-07-26). US is Stepping Up its Efforts to Squeeze Russia Out of Armenia. journal-neo.org Against the backdrop of the lack of success in creating an opposition stronghold to Russia in Ukraine, the United States has recently taken a number of measures to create a so-called "second front" against Moscow by increasing instability and initiating anti-Russian sentiment in a number of countries that are politically and strategically important to the …

WSWS (2022-07-26). American Federation of Teachers convention: In service of American capitalism's COVID-19 coverup, strike suppression, and war plans. wsws.org The American Federation of Teachers biennial convention towed the Democratic Party line in regard to covering up the pandemic, supporting war against Russia, and suppressing the working class through the trade union apparatus.

_____ (2022-07-26). Ukraine Government Issues Blacklist Of 'Russian Propagandists'. popularresistance.org The "Center for Countering Disinformation," established in 2021 under Volodymyr Zelensky and headed by former lawyer Polina Lysenko, sits within the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine. Its stated aim is to detect and counter "propaganda" and "destructive disinformation" and to prevent the "manipulation of public opinion." | On July 14th it published on its website a list of politicians, academics, activists that are "promoting Russian propaganda" — including several high-profile Western intellectuals and politicians. Republican Senator Rand Paul, former Democrat Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, mi…

Editor (2022-07-26). Patrick Lawrence: 21st Century Order. scheerpost.com Railway station constructed in 2013 in Kazandzhik, Turkmenistan, an important crossroad of the Trans-Caspian Railway and North-South Transnational Railway. (Balkan Wiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons) | By Patrick Lawrence / At last we were able to read, last week, a New York Times story that concerned the Russians but not the brutal Russians. However, if we are not reading about the brutal Russians and their brutal military and their brutal attacks on civilians in Ukraine, we are obliged to read about…

Staff (2022-07-26). Moscow regrets Israel's anti-Russian position on Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — Israel's anti-Russian position on the situation around Ukraine causes regret, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-26). DM Gantz: Israel Can Seriously Harm and Delay Iran's Nuclear Program. news.antiwar.com Talking up the military option in Iran, Israeli DM Benny Gantz says that Israel has the "Iran is a global problem," Gantz noted. "It is not just Israel's private problem." Israel seems to think that regional support will make attacks easier. | That may be the case. The Saudi Arabia / GCC nations would probably let Israel use their airspace for the attacks, but Iraq almost certainl…

Marcy Winograd, Medea Benjamin (2022-07-26). UN Nuclear Review: A Prime Time to Stop the New Arms Race. commondreams.org The real solution to the threat of nuclear war is in plain sight, but still the powerful weapons makers and war profiteers refuse to yield.

Pepe Escobar (2022-07-26). The Power Troika Trumps Biden in West Asia. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar Jul 20, 2022 | The presidents of Russia, Iran, and Turkey convened to discuss critical issues pertaining to West Asia, with the illegal US occupation of Syria a key talking point. Oil and gas, wheat and grains, missiles and drones — the hottest topics in global geopolitics today — were all on the agenda in Tehran this week. | The Tehran summit uniting Iran-Russia-Turkey was a fascinating affair in more ways than one. Ostensibly about the Astana peace process in Syria, launched in 2017, the summit joint statement duly noted that Iran, Russia and (recently rebranded) Turkiye will c…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-26). Recent Developments With Russia and the World Point Inexorably to a New World Order. libya360.wordpress.com James ONeill Last week there was a meeting of Russian President Putin and President Erdogan of Turkey and President Raisi of Iran in Iran's capital Teheran. Only a short time ago a meeting of these three men, especially in Iran's capital of Teheran, would have been unthinkable. The meeting was a measure of how much…

_____ (2022-07-26). Japan Faces Catastrophic Consequences of its anti-Russian Sanctions. journal-neo.org While the US and its allies in their Russophobic frenzy are actively discussing tougher anti-Russian sanctions and, in particular, the possibility of limiting the price of Russian oil, the said Western sanctions policy is doing more and more damage to the Western countries themselves. And this is already particularly evident in the global energy market, …

____ (2022-07-26). Russia to quit ISS after 2024, intends to build its own. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) — The head of Moscow Space Agency announced on Tuesday that his country will leave International Space Station (ISS) after 2024.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-07-26). With eye on the CIA, Moscow cracks the whip at Israel. mronline.org The Jewish Agency is Israel's life source and the Kremlin shut it down this month. The fallout may be a measurable schism between Moscow and Tel Aviv, in which the latter has a lot to lose.

____ (2022-07-26). Iran-Russia passenger flights increased to 35 per week. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — Spokesman for the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and Russia, based on which, passenger flights between the two countries increased to 35 per week.

Contributing Writers (2022-07-26). British Journalist Graham Phillips Added To UK SANCTIONS LIST — Inside Russia Report. marktaliano.net READ MORE:

____ (2022-07-26). Schroeder Goes To Moscow And Other Items. smoothiex12.blogspot.com Herr Schroeder is in Moscow, as Spiegel reports.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-26). US "Maximum pressure" against Iran failed: Borrell. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — The EU foreign policy chief has said that "Now is decision time if we are to save the Iran nuclear deal, noting that US "Maximum pressure" campaign against Iran has failed.

____ (2022-07-25). Russia, Iran and Turkey Hold Tehran Summit While the Paranoid West Views It Suspiciously. transcend.org 20 Jul 2022 – Despite political discards, they met and shared their differences to cooperate for change and future-making. Why can't the US, NATO and the EU do the same to end the military confrontations and agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine? The Teheran summit demonstrated that Putin and Raisi could engage with the West in dialogue to stop the acceleration of military conquests and perpetuated political animosities.

____ (2022-07-25). The Multipolar "Iran-Russia-Turkey Troika" Overshadows "Unipolar Joe Biden" in West Asia. transcend.org 20 Jul 2022 – The Tehran summit uniting Iran-Russia-Turkey was a fascinating affair in more ways than one. Their Presidents convened to discuss critical issues pertaining to West Asia, with the illegal US occupation of Syria and wholesale rejection of the "war on terror" exceptionalist unipolarity that once ruled West Asia, as key talking points.

____ (2022-07-25). Some Explanations Re: The Saker. smoothiex12.blogspot.com I need to offer some elaborations on the issue which many who also post on my discussion boards do not understand. A few people like to constantly negatively react to Andrei Raevsky's writing. This is those people's right, and I completely am fine with constructive (I underscore it–not some propaganda BS spewing) criticism of my writing as well, as with correcting my mistakes, which I make sometimes. We all do. As any people we have our biases and even delusions. I, certainly, have mine, but so does The Saker. E.g. I and him we will never settle on the account of Solzhenitsyn who for majority of Russians is a tr…

____ (2022-07-25). Mozart Concerto No 3 (Music Video of the Week). transcend.org Elisey Mysin is a child prodigy born in Stavropol, Russia. In 2022 he celebrates his 12th birthday.

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2022-07-26: News Headlines

_____ (2022-07-26). US is Stepping Up its Efforts to Squeeze Russia Out of Armenia. journal-neo.org Against the backdrop of the lack of success in creating an opposition stronghold to Russia in Ukraine, the United States has recently taken a number of measures to create a so-called "second front" against Moscow by increasing instability and initiating anti-Russian sentiment in a number of countries that are politically and strategically important to the …

WSWS (2022-07-26). American Federation of Teachers convention: In service of American capitalism's COVID-19 coverup, strike suppression, and war plans. wsws.org The American Federation of Teachers biennial convention towed the Democratic Party line in regard to covering up the pandemic, supporting war against Russia, and suppressing the working class through the trade union apparatus.

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-07-26). Russia Foreign Minister Lavrov arrives in Uganda as Moscow courts Africa. plusnews.ug Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived Monday in Uganda, the third stop on an African tour to strengthen ties with the continent and seek support against Western pressure over Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine. Lavrov was greeted in Entebbe by his Ugandan counterpart, Jeje Odongo, according to a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman. The top …

Staff (2022-07-26). Moscow regrets Israel's anti-Russian position on Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) — Israel's anti-Russian position on the situation around Ukraine causes regret, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.

Thiemo Kirmse (2022-07-26). Guidance to the system change, parts 1 and 2. indybay.org World War II led to U.S. domination of the political West, which was able to make its mark on the part of the world it more or less controlled. Led and dominated by the military-industrial complex and engaged mentally in a war with the Soviet Union, the USA suppressed any efforts of autonomous state developments that contradicted its interests.

Pepe Escobar (2022-07-26). The Power Troika Trumps Biden in West Asia. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar Jul 20, 2022 | The presidents of Russia, Iran, and Turkey convened to discuss critical issues pertaining to West Asia, with the illegal US occupation of Syria a key talking point. Oil and gas, wheat and grains, missiles and drones — the hottest topics in global geopolitics today — were all on the agenda in Tehran this week. | The Tehran summit uniting Iran-Russia-Turkey was a fascinating affair in more ways than one. Ostensibly about the Astana peace process in Syria, launched in 2017, the summit joint statement duly noted that Iran, Russia and (recently rebranded) Turkiye will c…

Michael Strinberg (2022-07-26). Will The Diablo Canyon Nuke Plant Ever Shut Down? indybay.org The powers that be are trying to keep the troublesome Diablo Canyon nuclear plant on CA's central coast open longer than planned.

Anonymous103 (2022-07-25). Battle For Vuhlehirska Power Plant: Remaining Ukrainian Forces Are Surrounded. southfront.org On July 25th, the the military of the Donetsk People's Republic declared the beginning of mop up operations in the Vuhlehirska power station located on the western outskirts of the city of Svetlodarsk. | The first reports about the Russian military operations on the territory of the plant came late on July 24th. So far, the TPP reportedly remains under control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the reports from the area, the Ukrainian command left the area…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-25). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 25, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU 95th Airborne Assault Brigade in Kostantinovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 60th Infantry Brigade near Orekhov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the AFU 113th Territorial Defence Brigade near Chuguyev with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Uspenovka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Dzerzhinsk with high-precision missiles; | Russia st…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-25). Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Battalions Indoctrinated Children with Anti-Russian Ideology. libya360.wordpress.com Lucas Leiroz In a recent report, information was published on how young Ukrainians were indoctrinated to adopt racist anti-Russian ideology in training camps commanded by the neo-Nazi battalions that have been operating in the country since the Maidan coup. In these camps, in addition to ideological indoctrination, children were also initiated into military training to fight…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-25). Lavrov Says Russia Will Help Ukrainians 'Get Rid of Regime'. news.antiwar.com Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday "We will certainly help the Ukrainian people to get rid of the regime, which is absolutely anti-people and anti-historical," Lavrov said in Egypt, referring to the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. | Earlier in the war, Russia said its focus was to "liberate" the breakaway republics…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-25). Ukrainian Plot to Hijack Russian Warplanes Exposed. libya360.wordpress.com Russian intelligence has claimed that it foiled a sophisticated plot from Ukrainian spies to hijack several military jets. A security official official and a pilot, who is said to have been targeted by Kiev's agents, have shared details of the operation with RT. Russia's Federal Security Service (the FSB) has sensationally added that a leading…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-25). War as a Purpose: Young Ukrainians Radicalized in Neo-Nazi Training Camps. libya360.wordpress.com Thousands of Ukrainian children have been poisoned by the neo-Nazi ideology in the years since the Maidan Uprising. Grown-ups have consistently taught them hatred, calling it patriotism. To that end, the country established a whole network of children's camps, whose instructors had served as punishers in the Donbass. 'Let Moscow Lie in Ruins!' In 2017,…

Staff (2022-07-25). FSB foils Ukraine op. to hijack Russian Air Force aircraft. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) — Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has disrupted a Ukrainian military intelligence operation, supervised by NATO special services, to hijack Russian Air Force aircraft, the FSB's Center for Public Relations (CPR) said.

____ (2022-07-25). Russia, Iran and Turkey Hold Tehran Summit While the Paranoid West Views It Suspiciously. transcend.org 20 Jul 2022 – Despite political discards, they met and shared their differences to cooperate for change and future-making. Why can't the US, NATO and the EU do the same to end the military confrontations and agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine? The Teheran summit demonstrated that Putin and Raisi could engage with the West in dialogue to stop the acceleration of military conquests and perpetuated political animosities.

____ (2022-07-25). The Multipolar "Iran-Russia-Turkey Troika" Overshadows "Unipolar Joe Biden" in West Asia. transcend.org 20 Jul 2022 – The Tehran summit uniting Iran-Russia-Turkey was a fascinating affair in more ways than one. Their Presidents convened to discuss critical issues pertaining to West Asia, with the illegal US occupation of Syria and wholesale rejection of the "war on terror" exceptionalist unipolarity that once ruled West Asia, as key talking points.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-25). Russia's Gazprom Cutting Gas Through Nord Stream 1 to 20% Capacity. news.antiwar.com Russia's Gazprom announced Monday that it will Nord Stream 1, which connects Russia and Germany, was already operating at only 40% of its capacity over delays caused by Western sanctions to return another turbine that was being repaired. | The turbine was initially stuck in Canada due to Western sanctions on Russia. The Canadian government eventually decided to rele…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-25). Iran: IAEA Cameras Won't Return Until Nuclear Deal Reached. news.antiwar.com With IAEA leadership making a big deal about Iran removing cameras for which there is no monitoring agreement to operate, Iran is now warning that they will Iranian officials say the whole point of the deal was to answer questions about the nuclear program, and they don't seem to want to add to monitoring outside of the deal to try to satisfy the IAEA. | It's probably not going to work anyhow. Since the IAEA monitoring deals expi…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-25). Iran Won't Be Rushed on Nuclear Deal. news.antiwar.com With a lot of progress already made on negotiations, There have been times where months went by without any progress, and the US in particular emphasizes that there's not much time left. Iran has warned that the deadlines are artificial, and wants the deal successfully finished, not raced through. | The big thing for Iran is that they want <...

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-25). Reporters Without Borders Launches Campaign to Censor Russian Media. libya360.wordpress.com Steve Sweeney Reporters Without Borders General Secretary Christophe Deloire A JOURNALIST has accused press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) of "abetting genocide" after it launched a controversial appeal for funds to censor Russian media. Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett accused RSF of silencing the voices of the Donbass region's inhabitants. The group launched an appeal…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-25). Military Situation In Syria On July 25, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On July 25, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 14 times: 4 — in Idlib province, 6 — in Aleppo province, 2 — in Lattakia province; | On July 25, clashes between the SDF and smugglers were reported in the town of Al-Busaira; | On July 25, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces near al-Barah; | On July 24, the SDF conducted a military exercise with live ammunition inside the 17th Division in no…

Editor (2022-07-25). Russia attacked warship and arms depot in Odessa port. mronline.org The Russian Defense Ministry today confirmed the recent attack by the Russian armed forces on the port of Odessa, an action that directly hit military targets.

Rqorinoco (2022-07-25). Vladimir Putin: Washington Should Stop Stealing Syrian Oil. orinocotribune.com Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the US government to stop its practice of "We have common positions on the Euphrates River regarding the need for US forces to leave this land, and they must stop looting [from] the Syrian people by illegally extracting oil," Putin said on July 19 during a press conference at the conclusion of a tripartite summit in Tehran. | The leaders of Russia, Turkey, and Iran gathered in the Iranian capital for the seventh summit of the Astana Process — which seeks…

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-07-25). RIAC Experts Discussed the U.S. Factor in the Middle East. russiancouncil.ru On July 25, 2022, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a closed seminar "The U.S. Factor in the Middle East in the New Conditions"

Staff (2022-07-25). Russia to Open a Glonass Navigation System Base in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Russian space agency Roscosmos has announced its intention to establish in Venezuela a monitoring and data collection station for its Glonass navigation system. | "As part of the implementation of the provisions of the agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes… the state corporation Roscosmos plans to install a measurement station of the Glonass system in the territory of Venezuela," announced the Russian space agency in a statement issued on Sunday, July…

____ (2022-07-25). Mozart Concerto No 3 (Music Video of the Week). transcend.org Elisey Mysin is a child prodigy born in Stavropol, Russia. In 2022 he celebrates his 12th birthday.

____ (2022-07-25). Some Explanations Re: The Saker. smoothiex12.blogspot.com I need to offer some elaborations on the issue which many who also post on my discussion boards do not understand. A few people like to constantly negatively react to Andrei Raevsky's writing. This is those people's right, and I completely am fine with constructive (I underscore it–not some propaganda BS spewing) criticism of my writing as well, as with correcting my mistakes, which I make sometimes. We all do. As any people we have our biases and even delusions. I, certainly, have mine, but so does The Saker. E.g. I and him we will never settle on the account of Solzhenitsyn who for majority of Russians is a tr…

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-07-25). Irán condiciona cooperación nuclear a reactivar acuerdo. telesurtv.net La retirada unilateral de EE. UU. del acuerdo nuclear ha provocado la detención de la cooperación de Irán con la OIEA.

Staff (2022-07-25). Beyond-Safeguards cameras not to be swithched on before deal. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) — The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami said that the beyond Safeguards Agreement cameras will not be turned on until returning of the other side to the nuclear deal.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-24). US & EU Hindering Russo-Turkey Efforts to Solve Food Crisis, Mediate Peace. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova On July 22, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine signed documents aimed at resolving the problems of supplying food and fertilizers to world markets and ensuring safe maritime corridors for Ukrainian grain. The Joint Coordination Center will make sure that Kiev does use the grain shipments to import weaponry. "The signing of the grain agreement…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-07-24). Sergey Lavrov: US/UK/EU "Using Food for Geopolitical Adventurism is Unacceptable & Inhumane" libya360.wordpress.com Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's Statement Regarding Agreements on Transporting Ukrainian Grain from Black Sea Ports and on Promoting Russian Exports of Food and Fertilisers, Moscow, July 22, 2022 A ceremony for the simultaneous signing of two documents on maritime shipping of Ukrainian grain and the export of Russian agricultural products — Initiatives for the safe…

_____ (2022-07-24). Africans Decry Europe's Energy Hypocrisy. popularresistance.org Europe, one of the largest consumers of Russian gas, is scrambling to find African alternatives as Russia threatens to permanently turn off the taps. | Russia's gas supply to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline was halted for routine maintenance last week, and there are concerns that Russia may not restart it. Moscow has already cut natural gas supplies to Poland, Finland, and Bulgaria, which refused Russia's demand to pay in rubles. The Bavarian Industry Association forecasts that Germany could lose almost 13 percent of its economic performance in the latter half of this year if Russian gas stops flowing. | F…

_____ (2022-07-24). Amazon Joins The Medicare Privatization Spree. popularresistance.org Amazon, the $1.25 trillion company founded and led by Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, has announced that it is acquiring One Medical, a private equity-backed primary care provider that generates over half of its revenue from Medicare. | While Amazon's profits from its core consumer retail business are dwindling, in part because of heightened competition from brick-and-mortar retailers that were shut down at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the corporation's cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, continues to enjoy robust profits thanks in part to generous government contracts. Now Amazon could be…

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