Russian Tensions
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There are numerous unrecognised states from Turkish- controlled Northern Cyprus to Somaliland (Puntland and Galmudug are other states formed out of Somalia) and then there is Sahrawi (Western Sahara). And of course the ongoing disputes of the diplomatic status of Taiwan
But these are the ones from the former USSR in addition to the Ukrainian breakaways
Transnistria
Artsakh (formerly Nagorno-Karabakh)
Abkhazia
South OssetiaI know, it does show the fallacy of the so called nations, and millions of peoples are willing to kill each other for a piece of land, nationalism is a mental poison
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/30/ukraine-crisis-us-sanctions-russia-putin
Sanctions against Russia
Although we recognise that RT is an unreliable source of information, it is an alternative to the equally biased other media outlets.
The Labour Party has chosen to demand the silencing of RT.
Starmer, the Labour leader, told MPs that the Russian president’s “campaign of misinformation should be tackled”, starting with moves to prevent RT from “broadcasting its propaganda around the world”.
Coming back to the old days of Shortwave radio broadcasting of Moscow Radio which competed with the Voice of the Americas, and BBC London
Online Zoom anti-war rally
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“Sanctions against Russia
After all the big talk about what would happen if Russia invaded, just a slap on the wrist; just five banks and a trio of oligarchs targetted. Perhaps they feel partly responsible for the situation by pouring arms into Ukraine which were obviously going to be used at some point to try to crush the breakaway statelets.
And who will be collateral damage — the workers as usual, in this case with even higher gas bills.
And what can we say about the despicable Labour Party — “the Party of NATO” — and its despicable leader. He probably would have let Savile off the hook if it would increase his chance of becoming prime minister.
What is all this about? Russian Oligarchs backing the Tories
Ms Truss said that “nothing is off the table” when it came to hitting Moscow with further sanctions, as she was asked whether donors to the Conservative Party could be among those targeted.“We are very clear that nothing is off the table in terms of who we’re targeting, in terms of the access of Russia to British financial institutions,” she told Sky News.
“We are maintaining our alliance with our international allies to make sure that we are targeting those key people who are backing and supporting Putin’s regime … I don’t rule out anything.”
Asked if any Russia-linked money should be handed back by the Tories, Ms Truss added: “All of donations to the Conservative Party are from people on the electoral register in Britain, those donations are properly declared.”
The foreign secretary confirmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson “misspoke” when he told MPs on Tuesday that Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich had previously been sanctioned by the UK.
Asked whether the billionaire should have been sanctioned, Ms Truss said: “I’m not going to go into details of what our future sanctions plans are, but nothing is off the table.”
So when do we think all this is going to be drawn back and some kind of compromise reached?
A comrade has sent Head Office this email:
An interesting perspective on Ukraine sent from a friend in Australia
No wonder Russia wants to get their hands on it (again)Today, here is how Ukraine ranks in Europe and the world:
1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;
2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves;
2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world’s reserves);
2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);
2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves;
3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)
4th in the world by the total value of natural resources;
7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)Ukraine is an agricultural country:
1st in Europe in terms of arable land area;
3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world’s volume);
1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;
2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;
3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;
4th largest producer of potatoes in the world;
5th largest rye producer in the world;
5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);
8th place in the world in wheat exports;
9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;
16th place in the world in cheese exports.Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.
Ukraine is an industrialized country:
1st in Europe in ammonia production;
2-е Europe’s and 4th largest natural gas pipeline system in the world (142.5 bln cubic meters of gas throughput capacity in the EU);
3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants;
3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km);
3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment;
3rd largest iron exporter in the world
4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world;
4th world’s largest manufacturer of rocket launchers;
4th place in the world in clay exports
4th place in the world in titanium exports
8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates;
9th place in the world in exports of defence industry products;
10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).Wasn’t long ago, it was (in football that is) keep politics (i.e. football players taking the knee against racism)out of sports.
Looks like UEFA will move the Champions League final in St Petersburg in Russia.
What happened?In the background on footage from one of the trenches on the Ukraine/Donbass front line:
On the wall, a black banner reading
MISANTHROPIST BATALLION.Sounds as if that could be one reason why the EU is interested but I suspect NATO’s interest will be more geopolitical, to try to press home its victory in the Cold War by continuing to kick Russia while it is down.
Anyway it has nothing to do with defending democracy. The Economist Intelligence Unit classifies Ukraine “a hybrid regime, somewhere between a flawed democracy and an authoritarian state”. And of course it has its own oligarchs.
Kicking a downed Russia that nonetheless has the power to kill us all!
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