The US Secretary of State called the only country capable of changing the world order

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The United States considers China to be the only country willing and able to change the current international order. Such a statement was made by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in his speech on the US course towards China.

China is the only country that has the intention to change all the growing economic, diplomatic, military and technological power. Therefore, the United States views China as the “most serious long-term challenge” to the international order.  

“Even despite” the continuation of the Russian Federation’s operation in Ukraine, Washington is still focused on the most serious and long-term “challenge to the international order,” Anthony Blinken stressed, referring to the People’s Republic of China.

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Pushkov warned about the possible disconnection of Russia from the global Internet

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The head of the temporary commission of the Federation Council on information policy Alexei Pushkov warned that disconnecting Russia from the global Internet is possible. According to him, such a scenario cannot be ruled out.

At a round table in the Federation Council, he noted that the sphere of the Internet and digital sovereignty is the area where “we must prepare for a possible negative scenario.” At the same time, Pushkov stressed that Russia can benefit from such a development of events, as this will allow it to become more independent in terms of information.

On Wednesday, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that Washington opposes disconnecting Russia from the global network. According to him, information should continue to flow to the Russian Federation, and the Internet should remain free and open inside Russia itself.

Before that, the head of the Ministry of Finance Maksut Shadaev, speaking at the New Horizons forum, said that the Russian authorities do not intend to close access to the YouTube video hosting. He recalled that the Russian Federation faces the task of inventing a domestic competitive analogue of the American video platform.

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The version about the liquidation of NATO officers at Azovstal is considered: dark secrets

“Everyone who is captured will give out everything he knows alone”

Among the prisoners who came out of the Azovstal dungeons, many hoped to see high-ranking NATO officers, military advisers and instructors. Earlier, versions were put forward that French military intelligence officers, a retired US general, a British colonel, combat swimmers could get stuck at the combine… Now rumors are being spread that they could be liquidated by Azov militants on command from above (an extremist organization banned in the Russian Federation). We talked to experts about how these versions are sound.

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In social networks and forums, the events preceding the surrender of the last group of “sitters” from “Azovstal” are widely discussed. After the main part of the people left the metallurgical plant, the nationalists tried to blow up ammunition depots. At the same time, according to the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, six people were killed, four more were injured.

Who exactly died in this hastily organized operation remains to be seen. But users of social networks are already asking the question: could a Canadian general or the same British lieutenant colonel or NATO military instructors have been among the dead, who were liquidated by the Azov militants on orders from above? Yes, in such a way that they cannot be identified? If they came to the surface, it would become clear that NATO and the entire Western world are directly at war with Russia in Ukraine.

We addressed these questions to the head of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Andrey Koshkin, an expert of the Association of Military Political Scientists, and Vladislav Shurygin, a military expert.

“I have never shared the opinion that high-ranking NATO officers can hide in Azovstal,” says Andrey Koshkin. As for the Canadian general, he is actually a specialist in the field of strategic planning. And what is the strategy in the bunkers of “Azovstal”? He must be somewhere in the general staff.

And at the metallurgical plant, where the fighting is going on, the platoon commander, the company commander, is already in command. There are experts in the field of decoding intelligence. But strategists are not engaged in this, especially at this level. Why would they climb into the bunkers of “Azovstal”? Moreover, it was clear that Mariupol was being cleaned, everyone was retreating to the factory, a self-respecting smart specialist, an adviser, would say: “Comrades, take me out. I didn’t sign up for this.”

If they were there, they had the opportunity to leave. I understand that the journalistic fraternity has a request on this topic, they crumple it this way and that way. But it’s time to change the vector in the information space.

But, the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said, according to preliminary information, there are foreign citizens among those who surrendered.

An instructor is a specialist who trains fighters. He is strong in training centers, at training grounds. And on the battlefield, having got “under the arm” of his ward, he can grab a random bullet from someone he instructed, trained. It can be assumed that a unit could have been created from foreign instructors. But, again, which instructors will agree to this if they came to receive money for something else entirely? Each of them signs a contract, which specifies all his rights and obligations, and, of course, payment on all points.  

It was hardly stipulated there that he should lead a unit on the battlefield. But foreign mercenaries were really there. This phenomenon has always been, is and will be.

The British military tunic found, according to the investigators of the Russian IC, in a cache next to the former positions of the nationalists in Mariupol does not mean anything. Such field equipment can be freely purchased in stores selling military ammunition and in second-hand stores. Moreover, this form in the desert scale of the “sand” has been discontinued for 10 years.

The version discussed in social networks and on forums that high-ranking NATO officers could have been killed by the Azovians seems untenable to Andrey Koshkin at all.    

Are they metal ingots that can be moved from one place to another? They are in an alien environment of the Armed Forces and will constantly distance themselves, will be, as they say, alert, ready. And why, in fact, eliminate them? The publicity has already gone. To prove it with facts is another matter, but, you know, there will never be any career officers here, they will be dismissed retroactively.

The expert believes that at first the information space was being screwed up that the NATO generals were stuck on “Azovstal”, now they are being screwed up that they were killed there.

Investigative actions will begin now, everyone who is captured will give out everything he knows alone. All foreigners will be known. Everything will be logged, they will start checking.

The expert draws attention to how the “sitters” of “Azovstal” gave up.

— None of them ran, they fulfilled all the requirements unconditionally. They raised their hands on command, no one had any thoughts of taking any other actions. Many noted that they cleaned themselves up, apparently, a command was given to make them look decent. 

They had been going to surrender for a long time, as they talked about during negotiations with representatives of the military formations of Donbass. They contacted us directly. But they were waiting for the team. They left the factory calm, knowing that no one would call them traitors, because they left the factory, referring to Zelensky’s team.

They had mostly Kalashnikov assault rifles with them from small arms, and all of them were absolutely without attachments, which the Azov regiment boasted about so much. These are grenade launchers, night vision devices, and optics. All this was missing. Ostensibly, so as not to unnerve our specialists. But this iseverything was taken down. They could have been assembled and blown up. Were not these explosions heard on the eve of their surrender? The military was ordered — they began to act. They blew it up as best they could. These could be specialists who were trained in a short time. Everything was done in a hurry. They didn’t calculate something and blew themselves up, 6 people died.   

— The same Volyn, Radish and Kalina (acting commander of the 36th Marine Brigade of the AFU Sergey Volynsky, commander of the Azov Denis Prokopenko, Deputy commander of the Azov Svyatoslav Palamar). Prokopenko — «Radish» — Hero of Ukraine. There were fifteen people at Azovstal who were awarded this title. They had to be evacuated somehow. After all, this is the core that could create a new nationalist unit. They are of more use to the current Kiev regime than the same foreign military advisers and instructors.  

Have you ever wondered why they get tattoos? This is a psychological “hook”, from the category of “not a step back”. And in social networks they are forced to post “heroic” pictures and videos, based on the same principle “not a step back”. They have a special service, svidomo officers who do this, checks who does what tattoos, and if they don’t, then why? The same applies to social networks… 

Another of our experts Vladislav Shurygin, having barely heard about the NATO generals from “Azovstal”, says: “You need to ask about them from those who imagined them there.”

“I have been saying all these months that there is no data to judge that there are any NATO generals on Azovstal,” says Vladislav Shurygin. — They, in principle, have nothing to do there. There could be several military advisers there. In the meantime, all the specific data about those who came out with “Azovstal”;,no. It is known that 2,439 people have been detained and are in custody, including 78 women. It is not known whether there are foreign mercenaries and advisers among them. We just need to calm down and be glad that we were able to force the most prepared, most motivated Ukrainian unit to surrender without major losses.

The expert also does not believe in the version that the nationalists could, covering their tracks, arrange an explosion and thus liquidate foreign advisers at Azovstal.   

— If the militants of “Azov” received and executed this order, then the corpses will be found. But I strongly doubt that it was. It was easier to shoot foreigners quietly and drag them to where they already had two hundred frozen corpses. Most likely, they were simply executing a command to destroy the arsenal that remained there. As a result, it is not known whether they succeeded or not. It is known that they destroyed some equipment there, beat their smartphones.

For some of the militants, the evidence base is now being collected, for many it has already been collected. We must understand that not everyone will sit down. There are people there who will be recognized as just prisoners of war. And the most frostbitten, of course, will be judged.

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The Kremlin responded to accusations of hindering the export of grain from Ukraine

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Russia categorically rejects the accusations of hindering the export of grain from Ukraine. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. According to him, the Western countries themselves are to blame for the blocking of grain reserves. It was his actions that led to difficulties with his removal.

According to him, Western countries should cancel illegal decisions that prevent the export of grain from Ukraine. In this case, deliveries will resume.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said that Russia is ready for dialogue with all interested parties on the issue of solving food problems. According to him, Moscow will be able to provide maritime humanitarian corridors for the export of Ukrainian grain if Kiev ensures the clearance of ports.

He also left on the conscience of the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, her accusations that the Russian Federation uses food shortages as a weapon. The diplomat explained that a comprehensive approach is required to solve the food problem. Including the lifting of sanctions imposed on Russian exports and domestic financial transactions.

Meanwhile, the head of the Dutch Defense Ministry, Kaisa Ollongren, demanded guarantees from Russia for the export of grain from Ukraine. She explained that the Russian Federation will have to ensure the safety of ships that will accompany ships with grain. Ollongren also noted that Turkey will also have to be asked for cooperation.

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On “Azovstal” found undelivered Ukrainian militants

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The “Azovstal” found Ukrainian soldiers hiding or straggling during the surrender. While there is no 100% guarantee of a complete cleaning of the plant, said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin RIA “News”.

“They could have hidden purely physically, they could have been lost somewhere, they got caught somewhere,” he said.

According to Pushilin, the lost ones do not pose an active threat.

He noted that after the units check everything, clear mines, and also clear all the rubble, it will be possible to say with confidence: there’s completely no one left.

Earlier, a version about the liquidation of NATO officers at Azovstal was considered.

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Pushilin called a condition for a referendum on the entry of Donbass into Russia

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Holding a referendum on the entry of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics into the Russian Federation will be expedient after reaching their constitutional borders. This was announced by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

“The results of such a referendum are quite obvious and quite understandable, but it will be advisable to approach it in a practical plane after we reach the constitutional borders of the DPR and the LPR. All in good time,” the head of the republic emphasized.

As MK reported earlier, the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin called for the creation of authorities in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. He also noted that it is necessary to create a normal life for people there.

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Emerged from the past: Zelensky cursed Kissinger for proposals on Ukraine

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The President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, in his Telegram channel, made angry comments about the former Secretary of State (1973-1977) and the US President’s national Security adviser (1969-1975), Henry Kissinger.

Zelensky was outraged by the proposals of the American political heavyweight on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, in which he advised taking into account the interests of all parties, including Russia.

“Emerging from the deep past… and he says that he allegedly needs to give Russia a piece of Ukraine. So that supposedly there would be no alienation of Russia from Europe. It seems that Mr. Kissinger’s calendar is not 2022, but 1938. And he thought that he was talking to the audience not in Davos, but in Munich at that time,” Zelensky was indignant.

 

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Polish professor explained why Germany does not want Ukraine to “win”

Pavel Soroka, a professor at the Yan Kohanovsky University, said that Germany is not interested in the “success” of Ukraine, as it seeks close relations with Russia.

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Professor of the University of Yan Kohanovsky Pavel Soroka in an interview with the portal Niezalezna.pl He said that Germany is not interested in the “success” of Ukraine, as it seeks close relations with Russia.

According to him, at the moment Germany does not want to provide serious assistance to Ukraine. Such actions can be explained by the economic interests of Germany.

“I can assume that Berlin clearly does not want Russia to lose,” Soroka added.

He clarified that Germany’s behavior will have a huge impact on NATO and will create serious disagreements between the member countries of the alliance, which will weaken the cohesion of the North Atlantic Alliance.

Soroka noted that Germany has been betting on warm relations with the USSR since the 1970s. The goal of such an alliance was the desire to “jointly rule” Europe.

“At that time, there was a tendency between the USSR and Germany to divide Europe among themselves. To date, this has not changed,” Soroka stressed.

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Media: NATO agreed not to supply Ukraine with some types of weapons

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There is an “informal” agreement within the NATO bloc not to supply certain types of military equipment to Ukraine. As the portal clarifies zeit.de , we are primarily talking about tanks and airplanes.

As an example, Poland’s refusal to supply Soviet MiG-29 fighters to Kiev is cited, as well as Germany’s delaying the issue of supplying Leopard tanks to Ukraine.

The source explained that the Alliance insists that the risk of a direct military confrontation between NATO and Russia should be minimized. In the West, they fear that Moscow may regard the supply of aircraft and tanks as participation in hostilities and take retaliatory measures.

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MEP: Moldova will not join the EU in 20 years, but it can unite with Romania

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Moldova will not become part of the European Union in the next 15-20 years, but will be able to ensure its security by uniting with Romania, Romanian MEP Eugen Tomak believes. 

“The path to integration into the EU earlier than in 15-20 years cannot be discussed in any way, because the member states will not accept it,” Tomak said on the RFI TV channel.

He noted that the EU is only able to provide Moldova with economic support, and unification with Romania will give strategic stability. According to Tokmak, the decision to unite is the safest and fastest way that can be implemented at any time.

“Integration into the EU does not guarantee that the Russian Federation will not invade it [Moldova]. On the contrary, a peaceful and democratic alliance with Romania provides Moldova with stability from the point of view of security, since it [Romania] is a NATO member state,” the politician said.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu signed an application for the country’s accession to the European Union on March 3. European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Oliver Varheli handed over questionnaires to the Foreign Ministers of Georgia and Moldova on April 11 in Luxembourg to start the EU accession procedure. Moldova handed over the first part of the questionnaire to the EU representative on April 22, the second – on May 12.

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