Monthly Archives: September 2022

2022-09-18: News Headlines

Staff (2022-09-18). Turkey, Russia reach deal resolving nuclear plant dispute. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey and Russia had reached a deal resolving a dispute over a nuclear power plant being built at Akkuyu in southern Turkey.

Staff (2022-09-18). Syria air defense repels Israel's nighttime attack. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) — Syrian air defense forces repelled a nighttime attack by Israeli fighter jets on Saturday using Russian-made Pantsir-S1 and Buk-M2E air defense systems.

Brenda Norrell (2022-09-18). Poisonous Green: Navajoland Freight Rail Scam — Nuclear Industry leads Energy Transition. indybay.org Poisonous Green: The Navajo Nation freight rail scam follows the announcement that the atomic bomb industry is heading energy transition in the Four Corners. The United States government has long deemed the Four Corners a sacrifice zone. It remains strewn with radioactive tailings from uranium mining. Coal fired power plants on the Navajo Nation have left a trail of suffering, disease and death.

Staff (2022-09-18). Kremlin responds to Western nuclear claims. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) — The cases of when Russia will use nuclear weapons are stated in the national nuclear doctrine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-09-18). Rusia frustra ataque de tropas ucranianas en Jersón. telesurtv.net "El régimen de Kiev reanudó los ataques para crear la amenaza de una catástrofe nuclear en la planta nuclear de Zaporiyia", denuncia el Ministerio ruso de Defensa.

_____ (2022-09-18). Asian and NATO Countries Get Actively Engaged in the "Battle for the Arctic" journal-neo.org During the Cold War, Washington and Moscow fought hard for dominance in the Arctic. But then these tensions subsided in the 1990s, a period of "rapprochement between the West and Russia". The Arctic Council was even created, bringing the states of the region together and allowing them to coordinate their policies. After that, for a …

____ (2022-09-18). Shipping route launched between Quanzhou, Russian Far East. ecns.cn A Panamanian container shipcarrying 12 TEUs of cargo departed from Quanzhou City in southeast China's Fujian Province on Thursday, heading for Russian port city Vladivostok.

Anonymous103 (2022-09-17). Military Situation In Ukraine On September 17, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the 28th Mechanised Infantry Brigade of the AFU near Nikolayev with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the 66th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Kupyansk with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the 66th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Kharkov with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck the 80th Airborne Assault Brigade of the AFU near Seversk with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Ochakov with high…

Staff (2022-09-17). Biden warns Russia against nuclear option in Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) — US President Joe Biden has warned Russia of harsh consequences should it use nuclear or chemical weapons in Ukraine.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-09-17). Zelensky and NATO plan to transform post-war Ukraine into 'a big Israel'. thegrayzone.com The NATO-backed Atlantic Council has proposed apartheid Israel as a blueprint for a hyper-militarized Ukraine. The paper was authored by Obama's former ambassador to Tel Aviv, now an Israeli spy-tech consultant. Just forty days after Russia's military campaign began inside Ukraine, Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky told reporters that in the future, his country would be like "a big Israel." The following day, one of Israel's top promoters in the Democratic Party published an op-ed in NATO's official think tank exploring …

Charles Pierce (2022-09-17). Ukraine War, Divided Left: "Social Patriots" and the "Anti-Imperialism of Fools"! covertactionmagazine.com Since Russia's military operation commenced on February 24, the socialist left has been divided in its response to the armed conflict in Ukraine. On one side are those who align with the U.S., NATO and the Ukrainian state in denouncing Russia as the principal villain. In opposition are those who view the conflict as the outcome …

Anonymous103 (2022-09-17). Kiev Begs For ATACMS Ballistic Missiles. southfront.org The Kiev regime continues to beg its Western allies for modern weapons, turning the war in Ukraine into the global one. To approach Ukraine's victory in the war against Russia, Ukraine needs long-range missiles, said adviser to the head of Zelensky's Office Podolyak. | Moscow has already warned that the delivery of longer-range missiles by the United States to Ukraine will make Washington a party to the conflict. In the event of the start of deliveries of longer-range missiles to Ukraine…

Anonymous103 (2022-09-17). SCO Grows While Russia, China Boost Ties In Response To US policies in Ukraine, Taiwan. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageBoth Russia and China see the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit as a major indicator of unity and defiance in the face of threats coming from the US-led political West. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | On Thursday, September 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a much anticipated bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Uzbekistan's Samarkand. Th…

Anonymous103 (2022-09-17). Military Situation In Syria on September 17, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org On September 17, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 3 times: 1 in Latakia province, 2 in Idlib province; | On September 16, SDF artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces near Azaz town; | On September 17, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions in the Tal Rafaat area; | On September 17, Israeli forces attacked Damascus airport and countryside. Five SAA servicemen were killed. | <...

_____ (2022-09-17). US Leaders Moralize About Alleged Human Rights Abuses In Russia And China To Justify Proxy Wars. popularresistance.org Jonny, a pseudonym for a 45-year-old man currently being held in pretrial detention in Miami's Federal Detention Center (FDC Miami), believes that prison authorities are trying to kill him. Maria, Jonny's partner of three years, tells me in a series of interviews translated by her teenage daughter that she is also concerned for his life, given FDC Miami's cruel mismanagement of his grave medical condition. | As a pretrial detainee, Jonny's innocent until proven guilty and protected by the Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, but you wouldn't know this from the inhumane treatment he receives at the…

WSWS (2022-09-17). IG Metall union preparing real wage reductions in German contract negotiations. wsws.org The contract negotiations for around 3.8 million workers in the metal and electrical industries will decide how much the costs of the war against Russia and the massive rearmament programme will be pushed onto the backs of the working class.

Anonymous669 (2022-09-17). Russian Airstrikes Hit HTS Positions In Syria's Greater Idlib Again (Videos). southfront.org A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On September 17, a new wave of Russian airstrikes targeted the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, which is occupied by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and several other terrorist groups. | The airstrikes, which were reportedly carried out by two Su-24M and two Su-34 fighter bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces, hit positions of HTS in…

Editor (2022-09-17). Chomsky and Ellsberg on the Death of Gorbachev (video). scheerpost.com By Paul Jay / theAnalysis.news Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg discuss the significance of the life of Mikhail Gorbachev and what the deconstruction of the Soviet Union means for today's world. Noam and Daniel join Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news. _______________________________________________ 00: 00 Introduction 01: 09 End of the Soviet Union and the Role of Gorbachev …

TeleSUR, hvh, DRL (2022-09-17). Cumbre de la OCS en Uzbekistán concluye con firma de acuerdos. telesurtv.net El presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, afirmó que "es cada vez más claro el creciente papel de nuevos centros de poder".

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-09-17). Rusia ofrece 300.000 toneladas de fertilizante a países en desarrollo. telesurtv.net El mandatario cuestionó el anuncio de la Comisión Europea de levantar sanciones sobre fertilizantes rusos para beneficiar solo a países de la UE.

Infobrics (2022-09-16). Russian, Chinese Energy Companies to Build Hydrogen Plant on Sakhalin. infobrics.org The export branch of Russian nuclear power company Rosatom, Rusatom Overseas, and China's Energy Engineering Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding, which paves the way for cooperation on a pilot project of building a hydrogen plant on Sakhalin Island…

Infobrics (2022-09-16). India unlikely to be coerced by G7 to enforce price cap on Russian oil. infobrics.org Ursula von der Leyen says anti-Russia sanctions "are here to stay" despite European crisis…

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2022-09-17: News Headlines

Peter Boyle (2022-09-17). Video: Peace group protest demands 'Scrap AUKUS, no war on China!'. greenleft.org.au The Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition held a protest and candlelight vigil calling for the nuclear-powered submarine deal to be scrapped, reports Peter Boyle.

Brenda Norrell (2022-09-17). Poisonous Green: Navajoland Freight Rail Scam — Nuclear Industry leads Energy Transition. indybay.org Poisonous Green: The Navajo Nation freight rail scam follows the announcement that the atomic bomb industry is heading energy transition in the Four Corners. The United States government has long deemed the Four Corners a sacrifice zone. It remains strewn with radioactive tailings from uranium mining. Coal fired power plants on the Navajo Nation have left a trail of suffering, disease and death.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-09-17). Rusia frustra ataque de tropas ucranianas en Jersón. telesurtv.net "El régimen de Kiev reanudó los ataques para crear la amenaza de una catástrofe nuclear en la planta nuclear de Zaporiyia", denuncia el Ministerio ruso de Defensa.

____ (2022-09-17). Shipping route launched between Quanzhou, Russian Far East. ecns.cn A Panamanian container shipcarrying 12 TEUs of cargo departed from Quanzhou City in southeast China's Fujian Province on Thursday, heading for Russian port city Vladivostok.

WSWS (2022-09-17). IG Metall union preparing real wage reductions in German contract negotiations. wsws.org The contract negotiations for around 3.8 million workers in the metal and electrical industries will decide how much the costs of the war against Russia and the massive rearmament programme will be pushed onto the backs of the working class.

TeleSUR, hvh, DRL (2022-09-17). Cumbre de la OCS en Uzbekistán concluye con firma de acuerdos. telesurtv.net El presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, afirmó que "es cada vez más claro el creciente papel de nuevos centros de poder".

TeleSUR, jaa, MER (2022-09-17). Rusia ofrece 300.000 toneladas de fertilizante a países en desarrollo. telesurtv.net El mandatario cuestionó el anuncio de la Comisión Europea de levantar sanciones sobre fertilizantes rusos para beneficiar solo a países de la UE.

Staff (2022-09-16). Russia supports Iran joining SCO: Putin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) — The second day of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit kicked off Friday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Staff (2022-09-16). US must take trust-building measures amid JCPOA revival talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says "the US has to take trust-building measures" amid the ongoing negotiations over the restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal.

Staff (2022-09-16). Iran membership in SCO to have positive impact on Org.: Putin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) — Iran's full-fledged participation in the SCO will have a positive impact on the organization's work, as it plays an important role in the Eurasian region and in the world as a whole, Putin said at the SCO summit on Friday.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-09-16). Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard's pro-Hitler patch. thegrayzone.com The Ukrainian President published a photograph on his social media channels showing one of his security escorts bearing a patch referencing the personal bodyguard unit of Adolf Hitler. On September 13, Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky made a surprise trip to the city of Izyum in the Kharkov Region for a photo op following his military's recapture of the town from Russian forces. During the visit, a soldier who appeared to be guarding Zelensky was photographed wearing a Nazi-inspired patch on …

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-16). Israel's Gantz Says Iran Nuclear Deal in the 'ER Room'. news.antiwar.com Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz Israel has ramped up the pressure on the Biden administration to harden its stance in the negotiations with Iran, and it appears to have worked. "The Iran nuclear deal seems like it is in the ER room," Gantz said at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel, according to Reuters. | "There's a period maybe…

Camila Escalante (2022-09-16). Latin Americans Reject Resource Plundering by Same NATO Countries Fueling Military Conflict in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Camila Escalante Sep 13, 2022 | [The following is a slightly expanded version of a talk given by Camila Escalante to an online forum of the International Manifesto Group on August 7, 2022. The topic of the forum was ' On August 6 we celebrated 197 years of independence here in Bolivia. We listened intently to the speech by President Luis Arce delivered in Sucre, the capital city in Bolivia's Chiquisaca department. Among other issues, he spoke ab…

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-16). US Pledges New $600 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, the Biden administration announced a new weapons package for Ukraine worth $600 million, bringing the total US military aid pledged to Kyiv since Russia invaded on February 24 to $15.1 billion. The new package is being sent to Ukraine through the presidential drawdown authority, which allows President Biden to send arms directly from …

Infobrics (2022-09-16). SCO grows while Russia, China boost ties in response to US policies in Ukraine, Taiwan. infobrics.org Both Russia and China see the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit as a major indicator of unity and defiance in the face of threats coming from the US-led political West.

WSWS (2022-09-16). Putin, Xi meet as Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit opens in Uzbekistan. wsws.org The meeting came amid the US-NATO war with Russia in Ukraine and mounting US threats of military conflict with China over Taiwan.

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-16). Iran's Raisi Tells Putin Cooperation Makes US-Sanctioned Countries Stronger. news.antiwar.com Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday called for more cooperation between countries that are targeted by US sanctions in a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. "The relationship between countries that are sanctioned by the US, such as Iran, Russia or other countries, can overcome …

Infobrics (2022-09-16). Russian, Chinese Energy Companies to Build Hydrogen Plant on Sakhalin. infobrics.org The export branch of Russian nuclear power company Rosatom, Rusatom Overseas, and China's Energy Engineering Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding, which paves the way for cooperation on a pilot project of building a hydrogen plant on Sakhalin Island…

Editor (2022-09-16). Scott Ritter Joins The Grayzone to Discuss Ukraine's Counter-Offensive, Russia's Next Move. scheerpost.com Military expert and former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter joins The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate live to discuss.

Anonymous765 (2022-09-16). Russia's Tricky Strategy In Southern Ukraine. southfront.org |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-16). Izyum is Bucha 2.0: New Ukrainian False Flag War Crimes and Western PSYOP. libya360.wordpress.com Nicolas Cinquini While the authorities have ordered lawsuits and detention of collaborators but private channels are simply spurring the murder of civilians, Ukraine pretends on September 15, 2022, to have found out a mass grave of 440 bodies near Izyum. The Russian forces have seized Izyum, northeastern Ukraine, in March, on their path to the…

WSWS (2022-09-16). Quebec election campaign dominated by right-wing, chauvinist appeals. wsws.org Like the rest of Canada, Quebec has been roiled by the two-and-a-half year-long COVID-19 pandemic and the economic fallout from the US-NATO instigated war with Russia over Ukraine. Yet neither of these pivotal issues figures prominently in the official campaign.

Kyle Anzalone (2022-09-16). Putin Scores Several Diplomatic Wins as West Attempts To Isolate the Kremlin. news.antiwar.com After Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February, Western leaders led by President Joe Biden vowed the Kremlin would face historic isolation that would bring its war machine to a halt and cripple Moscow's economy. However, nearly seven months into the war, Russia has maintained its economic strength as Moscow has found several partners worldwide. Russian …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-16). Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran Accelerate Work on an Alternative to the Suez Canal. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Platov In order to accelerate the development of the International North-South Transport Corridor (ITC), in particular its railway segment through the Western Chord, a Declaration was signed in Baku by Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran confirming the readiness of these countries to intensify cooperation in the assessment and analysis of infrastructure and transport capacities to…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-16). Hamas Delegation Lands in Moscow for Official Talks. orinocotribune.com Hamas praised Russia for its public stance on Palestine during talks to discuss establishing bilateral ties | The head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, arrived in Russia on the afternoon of 10 September for the movement's second official visit to Moscow in 2022. | Haniyeh is heading a leadership delegation of the resistance group and is scheduled to meet with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov along with other Russian officials. | According to the group's statement, Haniyeh has been accompanied by Sheikh Saleh al-Arouri, deputy head of the movement, and members of the Political Bureau, Musa Abu Marzouk…

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-09-16). Meeting with an Indian Society Figure, Dr Dalbir Singh. russiancouncil.ru Discussion focused on prospects for closer Russia — India collaboration, especially on the economic front…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-16). The West Is Poised To Throw Yemen Under the Bus Again To Fuel Its Economic War on Russia. orinocotribune.com

_____ (2022-09-16). The Sickness Of The American Left And The Path To Recovery. popularresistance.org The U.S. has entered a dark period. Economic crisis wracks its capitalist system. Military instability and chaos reign supreme over its imperialist ventures. Political illegitimacy worsens by the year, at times by the month. These conditions sound favorable to the growth of revolutionary possibilities within the citadel of imperialism. | But such is not the case at the moment. Discipline and organization are at perhaps their weakest point in generations. Young people are moving toward socialist politics. However, a similar number of people have embraced the politics of a U.S.-led New Cold War against Russia and C…

Infobrics (2022-09-16). India unlikely to be coerced by G7 to enforce price cap on Russian oil. infobrics.org Ursula von der Leyen says anti-Russia sanctions "are here to stay" despite European crisis…

TeleSUR (2022-09-16). Germany Confiscates Oil Refinery Owned by Russian Rosneft. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) announced that its country took control of a major refinery owned by Russian oil company Rosneft. | RELATED: | Rosneft Deutschland and RN Refining & Marketing, two German subsidiaries of the Russian company, have been placed under the trusteeship of the Federal Network Agency. The Agency will now take over the PCK refinery in Schwedt, by far the bigge…

Lauren Smith (2022-09-16). Massive Human Rights Abuses in America's Prison System. globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-09-16). Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Forumlar Majmuasi Complex in Samarkand Thursday afternoon,to exchange views on China-Russia relations and international and regional issues of shared interest.

____ (2022-09-16). Xi attends sixth meeting of heads of state of China, Russia, Mongolia. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping held the sixth meeting of heads of state of China, Russia and Mongolia with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and Mongolian counterpart, Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, on Thursday afternoon at the Forumlar Majmuasi Complex in Samarkand.

Anonymous669 (2022-09-16). Turkish Forces Shelled Russian Patrol In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org Sergei Novikov/TASS | On September 16, the Turkish military and its proxies shelled a patrol of the Russian Military Police in Syria's northeastern region, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | The London-based monitoring group said that the Russian patrol came under fire while it was building barriers along the strategic M4 highway in the northern Raqqa countryside. The highway links Raqqa with al-Hasakah to the east, and Aleppo from the west. | The Russian patrol quickly withdrew from the highway…

____ (2022-09-16). Xi, Putin vow support for nations' core interests. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Thursday that China and Russia will work together to bolster bilateral cooperation, support each other on issues related to their own core interests and jointly uphold regional and global stability.

____ (2022-09-16). Xi attends meeting of heads of state of China, Russia, Mongolia. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping holds the sixth meeting of heads of state of China, Russia and Mongolia with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and Mongolian counterpart, Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, at the Forumlar Majmuasi Complex in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept. 15, 2022.

TeleSUR- hvh, DRL (2022-09-16). Presidente de Rusia llega a Uzbekistán para cumbre regional. telesurtv.net El mandatario se reunió esta jornada con varios homólogos previo a su intervención que realizará el viernes.

TeleSUR- jaa, JL (2022-09-16). Rusia y China profundizan relaciones de cooperación. telesurtv.net "La interacción interestatal ruso-china puede considerarse un modelo. El tándem de política exterior bilateral juega un papel clave para garantizar la estabilidad global", aseguró Putin.

TeleSUR, hvh, DRL (2022-09-16). Presidente de Irán se reúne con homólogo ruso en Cumbre de la OCS. telesurtv.net Raisi enfatizó que "reforzaremos y desarrollaremos nuestras relaciones con Rusia en el ámbito comercial y económico".

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-09-15). Japan trade with Russia up by 31% due to growing fuel prices. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) — Japan's trade with Russia increased by 31% in August as compared with the same period last year largely due to the growth of global prices on fuels, figures released by the Japanese finance ministry said Thursday.

_____ (2022-09-15). DPRK's New Nuclear Doctrine. journal-neo.org On September 8, 2022 the DPRK passed a new law on the DPRK's Policy on Nuclear Forces, which was adopted at the 7th session of the 14th convocation of the country's Supreme People's Assembly. Although this news was portrayed in the media, including in Russia, as "the DPRK having declared itself as a responsible nuclear …

Staff (2022-09-15). Putin y Xi Jinping se reúnen en cumbre de la Organización de Cooperación de Shanghái. cubadebate.cu El presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, y su homólogo chino, Xi Jinping, se reunieron este jueves en la cumbre de la Organización de Cooperación de Shanghái (OCS), que inició en Samarcanda, Uzbekistán. Putin afirmó que los intentos de Occidente de crear un mundo unipolar han adoptado "una forma horrible".

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