Kiev has adopted a law making it very easy to ban opposition political parties that he claims are ‘anti-Ukrainian’. This is the ‘democracy’ that the Western world is bankrupting itself for and which could turn into Apocalypse Now via nuclear war?
In 2022, the Russian ruble became the growth leader against the US dollar, according to Die Freie Welt. It appreciated by as much as 11%, outperforming the Brazilian real by 9%. And all this, despite the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine and Western sanctions, the German edition notes. This result was achieved by Moscow’s genius decision to sell Russia’s vast untapped reserves of raw materials for rubles, and not other currencies.
SPECIAL INSIDER REPORT: Despite the sanctions imposed against Russia, life in Moscow, population 12 million, continues as if nothing had happened, reports BFM TV correspondent Cedric Fash. As the journalist demonstrates, the stalls in the Russian capital are still filled with foreign goods, and the restaurants are filled with visitors. Moreover, compared with the situation a month ago, the situation has improved, the reporter states.
President Putin’s Russia reported the largest current-account surplus since at least 1994, as revenues from oil and gas exports surged and imports plunged after the U.S. and its allies had imposed sanctions over President Vladimir Putin’s pre-emptive strike on Ukraine.
The leaders of the G7 countries held a virtual meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky. They promised the controversial Ukrainian president to impose an embargo on Russian oil or phase it out in an attempt to ‘further undermine the economic situation’ of Moscow, writes The New York Times.
A car parade in support of Russia was held in Cologne on Sunday, according to the German magazine Focus. At first, about 150 motorcyclists took part in it, including from the Night Wolves biker club. After that, several hundred cars with Russian flags drove through the streets of the city. According to journalists, over a thousand people took part in the action.
The hypocrisy of the NATO West is truly breathtaking. ‘The main goal of NATO is to prevent the spread of the conflict in Ukraine to other countries,’ NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with Die Welt. Stoltenberg stressed that NATO is not a party to the conflict and does not send its units to Ukraine.
The increasing popularity of Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán irritates the unelected members of the European Commission. First, they blocked billions in aid because of Hungary’s refusal to promote homosexuality and paedophilia. Steadfast, Hungary further aggravated their Brussels tormentors by vetoing proposed sanctions on Russian energy imports.
General Trevor John Cadieu, captured and caged by Russian troops while trying to escape from the cellars of Azovstal, was the commander of the Canadian Ground Forces, APA reports citing Mailbd.
Russia continues to profit enormously by selling energy products, oil and gas despite sanctions but thanks to Western sanctions. During the two months of the military special operation in Ukraine, Russia earned €62 billion from the sale of oil and gas, reports BFM TV.
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