US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken held talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. In their course, the upcoming contacts with Russia were discussed
The US State Department said following this conversation that the alliance is ready for a meaningful dialogue with the Russian Federation. At the same time, the statement speaks of NATO’s unity in the issue of “deterring further Russian aggression against Ukraine.”
Recall that the day before, late in the evening, the President of Russia and the United States Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden had a conversation.
Factories, metallurgical and chemical plants, bakeries are closing in Ukraine. People are out of work, a social explosion is brewing. The country found itself in a crisis situation because of the actions of the government.
This was stated by the ex-Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Colonel-General Anatoly Mogilev.
“People are left without a salary, without their income. We will be left with the possibility of turning off both heating and lighting, and so on. All this can lead to such a collapse in the country that I think with horror about what will happen,” he said.
Recently, the Ukravtogaz company announced the mass closure of automobile gas-filling compressor stations (CNG stations). Energy carriers have become noticeably more expensive, and the company cannot survive without the help of the government. While the Ukrainian compressed gas market is losing customers. Gas stations of many private companies are being closed.
Compressed gas has become the most expensive type of fuel in Ukraine. Its sales dropped by 90%. Ukravtogaz has already suspended the operation of 32 gas stations.
In a private house in the Iraqi province of Babil, law enforcement officers found 20 people belonging to the same family killed. The Iraqi Armed Forces Operations Command reported that people were killed while trying to arrest a man who opened fire on the military. He wounded two of them.
The security forces had a court decision on arrest on charges of terrorism. However, the man refused to surrender, and the military was met with indiscriminate fire. When the special forces finally broke into the house, the soldiers found that the hunted had killed 20 of his relatives, including women and children. After that, he committed suicide.
The sister of the man who resisted claims that he was only defending himself. She told Rudaw TV channel that the military ended up near the house because of “some family problems.” According to her, representatives of the security forces shot her brother and dealt with relatives.
The governor of the province ordered the creation of a commission to investigate the mass murder.
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On the air of TV channels in the Far East, a New Year’s televised address by Russian President Vladimir Putin was shown.
The Russian leader said that everyone is united by hopes for the upcoming changes.
“We have faced challenges, but we have learned to fight,” the head of state noted.
Vladimir Putin stressed that in the past year Russia has firmly and consistently defended the interests of the country and Russians in the security sphere.
“The main goal of the authorities is to increase the welfare and income of Russians,” the head of state also assured.
In addition, Putin expressed words of support to all those who lost relatives and friends due to the pandemic.
Separately, the President congratulated on the holiday everyone who meets the coming year at the “combat post”: doctors, military and law enforcement officers.
The coronavirus has become a symbol of the deepest crisis that has befallen the social, political and economic spheres in the United States. The United States now resembles the Soviet Union in many ways and risks repeating its fate. The problems were aggravated by both the former president of the country, Donald Trump, who refused to recognize the danger of a pandemic in time, and his successor, Joseph Biden.
This was stated by experts of the Chinese edition of iNews. The translation of their article was published by the publication “PolitRussia”. Instead of solving internal problems, Biden launched a “crusade” against China and Russia.
The Americans perceived the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan as a defeat. The President does not pay due attention to the problem of the pandemic, which provoked a crisis of power. Republicans and Democrats for a long time could not solve the issue of increasing the limit of borrowed funds. The country was in danger of default.
Americans no longer believe that they made the right choice, and in 2024, Donald Trump will have a real chance of winning the election.
The United States is one step away from a serious crisis, which Russian President Vladimir Putin warned about. In the summer of 2021, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, he called the United States itself the main opponent of the United States. He noted their similarity to the late Soviet Union. Washington, like Moscow 30 years ago, ignores internal problems and is approaching the complete collapse of the country.
At the same time, the majority of Americans (60%) divide their country by states – into “red” (controlled by the Republican Party) and “blue” (Democratic Party). At the last election, the confrontation between them reached its apogee. Republicans even tried to seize the Capitol by force on January 6.
iNews journalists came to the conclusion that Putin’s prophecy is beginning to come true.
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Haber7 readers reacted to the news that from next year Turkey will cease to exercise command of the Joint Operational Group of High-Readiness Forces of NATO. Many subscribers expressed positive emotions about the fact that in the event of an escalation of the conflict between the alliance and Russia, the responsibility will not lie with the Turkish authorities.
“God willing, we will completely withdraw from NATO. Soon everyone will understand what I’m talking about. What should Turkey do among the gangs of hypocrites?”raquo;, – noted one of the readers.
“The Turkic-Islamic Union should create its own NATO,” another user admitted.
“Let us not quarrel with Russia. Otherwise, we would have suffered a lot from her,” Mukhsin shared his opinion.
Many measures of the Russian government show that the Kremlin has learned economic lessons from the collapse of the USSR. The government does not want to allow a repetition of the sad experience. Therefore, Russia has managed to strengthen itself in constant competition with the United States.
This was stated by analysts of the publication Foreign Affairs Michael Kofman and Robert Connolly. In their opinion, Moscow managed to survive in the conditions of the imposed Western sanctions due to the fact that Russia’s macroeconomic policy has become more conservative. Experts believe that a special role was played by the created reserves and a balanced budget in the absence of external debt.
They recalled that by the mid-1980s, the Soviet Union faced many difficulties. The growth of national income has fallen to the level of economic stagnation, InoSMI quotes experts. The market was supported by petrodollars, but foreign exchange earnings were used to solve current problems. The Politburo did not think about the modernization of the economy.
Mikhail Gorbachev tried to introduce a new concept of domestic and foreign policy. Perestroika was able to partially revive the country’s economy, but it was not possible to find the optimal combination of social guarantees and a market economy. At the end of 1989, the crisis in all spheres of public life worsened and social tension began to increase.
Perestroika got out of control and the government was overthrown in 1990. The country was overwhelmed by nationalist sentiments and against the background of falling confidence in the authorities, a “parade of sovereignties” began. The republics began to make decisions on secession from the Soviet Union. In 1991, the “Belovezhskaya Agreements” were signed, which actually consolidated the collapse of the USSR.
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The Kremlin’s press service reported that during a telephone conversation, US President Joe Biden informed Russian President Vladimir Putin that America does not plan to deploy offensive strike forces on the territory of Ukraine.
“The head of the White House stressed that Washington has no intentions of deploying offensive strike weapons in Ukraine,” the report says.
Earlier it was reported that Joe Biden had a 50-minute telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The American leader pointed to the dichotomy of further relations between the countries.
Among other things, Biden voiced a version of both a possible de-escalation of tensions through diplomacy and sanctions against the Russian Federation.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during telephone talks with US President Joe Biden, indicated that Moscow could completely sever relations between the countries if the promised “massive unprecedented sanctions” were introduced.
This was announced by the assistant to the head of the Russian state Yuri Ushakov.According to him, Putin noted that this would be a major mistake.
Ushakov stressed that the essence of the last conversation was to continue the exchange of views on issues that Russia “seriously cares about.”
The journalists clarified what is meant when talking about a possible “severance of ties with the West.” Ushakov replied that while this does not imply anything, it is not known what “large-scale sanctions” are.
US President Joe Biden held a 50-minute telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The American leader pointed to the dichotomy of further relations between the countries.
Biden voiced a version of both a possible de-escalation of tension through diplomacy and sanctions against the Russian Federation. This was told to journalists by a high-ranking representative of the Washington administration.
The first approach, according to Biden, is the path of diplomacy leading to de-escalation of the situation. The second way is more focused on deterrence and economic measures, especially if Russia invades Ukraine.
Russian diplomat, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov clarified that the American leader did not say exactly what actions of the Russian Federation could lead to sanctions.
Biden mentioned only the so-called “large-scale sanctions, which many are already talking about in the West.”
Ushakov pointed out that this had already been discussed on December 7 at the previous talks of the presidents. Then Putin noted that it would be a major mistake that could lead to a complete rupture of relations.
Ushakov stressed that the essence of the last conversation was to continue the exchange of views on issues that Russia “seriously cares about.”
The journalists clarified what is meant when talking about a possible “severance of ties with the West.” Ushakov replied that while this does not imply anything, it is not known what “large-scale sanctions” are.
